New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-21
itsyEkwuRTH BOGUS DELEGATION THROWN CUT.
Jack Henderson Returns 10 kan>a'
with Denver's Commission.

Oh the crater. Akin 70 ,uch valuable Homeopathic
RENE dies is the very nft itssms dose suggested by
Secretary Stanton, AID lab rlously worked for by
every one Of tho.e persons Who delight in calling
themte yes "Conservstives," title which other
men are compelled to give them for lack OF aOy
depifJius principle on which they might be reeos
pz.d. Ii would be well enough TO state tina: feS
Of the most Jealous Of the Free State men ever had
much faith in this csed session Of the Terr.orl.
s,slature. Knowing the limited character of its
powers and the fact tha. it would DO tied up By
tubtrpatoral vetoes it clear 70 be seen that it
would, under the cont Of of these men (Walher or
StantoD), be very Inefficient remedy against the
evils s.s.lirg the people, uoless those worthless TO-
ausursttd an individual reformation Of the mos
radical character. II 10 nov very clear ths. the
design of these parties in thus prematurey summ IN
il that body has been to further obi cts Of their
,wn rather than 10 admit Of any expression Of the
LEI pie. These slippery political func iOnariee are
slHsys very jealous ab, ut the 4" will of the people
in ibc BuI cOmbe 10, DtestOes with which they favor
US bot % far as admitting even nail parbg Of it s
concerned, they are as resolutely opposed - ever
was Napoleon the Lesser, or Napoleon the greater,
for that matter.
After the development of the Lecompton swindle,
ie ling Of the 81 intense Indignation seized on the
people. Tbreats ogsiost lie usurpers were freely
made, end alsO against all who aided or abetted
them, and ttese Iunct narles, bogus or mixed, did
not know but what they might awake some fGe
morning aid find themselves, Ike the banks, SUI
pended. This was. no doubt, very radical aud
very shocking idea; yet even cOnserva i've"
men were free TO threaten such awful tulmina-
GOrs. To direct the energies of the people
to legitimate aud practicable object WAS
the tssk Of the last Delegate Convention. Never
was there more full representation OF the peop'e
lr,m oil parts Of the Territory. The position taken
was framed to meet the known P9rql.s ,onEment,
AID SO successfully that not ayolc- VAS lifted against
it in The CObventiop and it adopted as the plan
of scticn Of the Free-Stae party by one of the NEST
enthusiastic manifestations of sentn eat ever wit
messed. Had Secretary Stantons professions OF
regard for 1.-THE will of the peOpe" been worth Ten
2, hts on the dollar they never would have allowed
him 10 stand IN the way Of wiih so unmistaksbls.
But while this vas going on, game Of pohacI
chicsneIy was at wOIk to defeat 1t. Walker md
Stanton bad endeavored to lul! The popular clsuor
By directing ell eyes to q remedy 10 tho Terrtori,
Legislature. They would convene q special session
OF II. "Whst can that Legislature do p asked the
people of the lively orscles of Governors, through
The political mediums to whom they deigned to
muDcste. Repeal the law creating this ConSen-
tion," was the hrst response "You can thus Eu
it in its inc, ption" But said Sir Dou,tfil,
whose experience had taught hun to have moderate
faith in Territorial officials, "wilI that have legal
effect, or will it prevent this action OF the regency
and smother the swndle Of a Constt1tiOn'' To
this was responded: ave will recognize its va
hdity; We will regard IL a. law to be enforced and
&c. have the army to sec it enforced" 80 far this
Was so goods but sst occurred to the more shrewj,
that Walker and Stanton, although, perhaps, I'M
Dacuhte, we're not immutsblo and eternal, and
that such course on their part, however just,
might secure their political overthrow and ell p0 Yer
On their psTt to aid IN the premises. That he Le-
compton swhdleIs would 90 on unabashed 10 the ir
weTk if the people were only tlckled into the pro-
priety of letting them alone and trusting to these
gObuks and ihfIitetimals Of the double barreed
Territorial Executive. IL was then urged that
1t wsuld hurt nothing for the people, too, to have
affirmative position. What that something WAS and
would be, any man in the Territory would know who
bad been Governor long enough to issue procla M
ton, or head q scsvengor rebellion. "YOu can sub.
NIT the Topeka Constitution 10 vote under tie
ioIms Of law, and occupy position thus" SO
uttered these DelPhic orscles through their "me'
dune" There was some point in that suggestion,
and the people began to have faith in Governors.
To ctDsiderab extent, the Convention was tineed
with this. True it was that the proclamation was
not issued until the eleventh hour. True il was d
Secretary Stanton id refused TO do this thing only
few days before he came down to Lawrence, and
ON the very eve of the Convention, anticipated the
action of that Convention by rsing them 70 ask him
to do il. The unexpected act BY which the Terri
toral Legislature was thus convened reacted In
favor Of the great Isotherma' and all the Lit 10
"I.otherDals 1t might be meant in the good
faith il professed. After AL these Territorial Off.
eials nigh be pretty honorable fellows, and their
occasional tersiyefsations merely chargesble 70
circumstances. GubernstOral stock advanced
fifty per cent AMI to encourage them in we'll doing
b resolution spplaudng Stanton WAS passed through
the Convention. 60 far the "Dephic Oracles" had
done very we'll. They bad directed public sentiment.
into chsnnel in which they hoped they could con.
troll IT, They hal passed the tcklish point, and il
merely remained to be exhibited how much back.
handed duplicity could be INDUCED in wi,hou. Gre
sting too severe reaction.
those cenverssDt with spiritual matters are awaYe
that Communication BY medium allows Of set>>
lsttude for corrections. The profsndity of Cover.
nors and Secretaries in resorimg 10 such means il,
is highly creditabie 10 their diplomatic character.
To dsown and disavo~ is comparatively easy yhsn
nothing is to be dOr but throw il on the shoulders
Of the convenient medium. Put not your trust IN
prr ces," said the ancient preacher. had he lived
In our day be would have said Territorial Governors
The Ii sisa,ure is convened. II is likely 70 bs. in
the power of q Governors veto. A few Of IL
members, elected by the Free State men, and
trusted BY them are suspec ed vi being In conf jeose
with Stanton, and that they VII obey bin, rather
than the plain directions OF the people tia, trusted
Them. Ii 90, the Guberra.or4i way is clear lie
disavows sDd inveiehs against the decision OF tbs
peoIlrs convention. He seeds Message repuii.-
til & The positions ard psomi.es on his own and
WAlkers part aud kicSiog out the hopes they h,d
rai,ed. He charges the people with having brought
all this about, by refusing ~ vote, hsIe,d Of sal
cling the proper part Of it on his own shoulders, ir
his WICKED spportiODmeDt, and the rest on the
Border Rufiians He stabs at the only elements VI
power that tbs people ever had. He create.
schi,m by pervsr.iDg par. Of the representatives, OF
tie people ~ bis oan purposes. e Pfosiie for