New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-19

and We admitted the freedom Of the ballot boxcsst-
inc at the same time majority OF ten thousand votes
the returns would be made 30 that We would
get half dozen Of the delegates. No one Is 30 in.
sane As 10 suppose that there is one chance in mill
ION that fair returns of votes would be made. The
men who two years ago lnvaoea hsnSas ana soi1eo
her Government, were not such foois as " ieaSe
in the hands of honest men. They deposited II with
men after their own hearts. None OF the Free'State
,uen can be got 10 90 into this elecnOn-thero can
hardly be doubt a. to the result They viii be beat.
en- lust as they were on the 3Oth OF March, ioo|us'
As unfairly; and yet Congress Will admit the ITO
slavery Constitution without question. Such Con.
ti,nt1on would certainly be valid as the Territorial
Legislature; besides everything being IN the nahus OF
our enemies which not the case theh neeueI
ing appointed all the judges of election ana
rules Tor their official action il is not probable that ne
same evidence of fraud will be left behind their rascal
ity. Mr. Stanton partskes equally with his rro-
Slavery brethren Of the desire 10 enrap the people,
and this delay in the enforcement OF the YAK anu o'1
laws is accounted for in no other way ii tne PeoPc
can be induced TO forget for moment tnat tneu
oppressors are tyrants and trust them as honorable
men. the game will have been played BUT We nave
not lived under despotism two years without learning
few Lessons and something OF the character oil desPo
Nothing should be iDtrusted TO them none oil tneu
many promises should be needed. Tyranny has never
been known willingly to relinqush its grasp"
To the same effect, Kansas Free-State man
writes 10 The Times, demonstrating against the
course of that paper, and saying
Were il indeed possible for fair vote to be
secured at the June election, the argument for par
ticipation would be ten-fold stronger. But we know
this 10 be beyond hope. The roting there is done
already and the electors the Sherfs and Probate
Judges. In making up the census and registry list
enough has already been done TO show that
al The mase Of Free-State names are omitted.
80 Their places are occupied by names of actus
non-residens claiming citizenship through the very
outrages Of the past.
49, The distribution Of the delegates Is so made on
this false basis as preclude the possibility OF Free
State majority, notwithstanding our proportion Is
as nine TO one
ain view of these facts, what madness would II De
for the people of Kansas TO abandon their now I'M
pregnable position and mingle in this election, thus
Endorsing the frauds on rh'eh Is 6ased, Wthout even
a remote hope of either succe. or justice
The statements receive striking though unin-
tended confederation in letter to The Herald from
a notorious Border Ruffan named Beaverton, who
pretends, indeed, only to desire that Kansas shall
be a National Democratic" State, and not to
care whether she shall legaze Slavery or not, but
who is and has been hafellow with Stringfellow
d Co. This beauty traduces and misrepresents
the Free State men to the extent of his ability. but
he is intensely chagrned at their refusal to cOun-
tenance the bogus election, though he shows abund-
ant reason why they should not. Hear him
"LEcoxproS, X. T., Friday May 8 1857.
"The following official returns OF the corrected GEN.
sus lists are all that have been received at the Execu-