New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-04


h, the hsnd Of violence or Immediately coVc'co;
*. IN Hold that il 10 a question OF = mere local
rst,n,;on" 10 be settled by the people, and thai
the results 10 of little comparative moment 70 the
ME ~ Kansas and not at all the concern OF tho.e
out If it. The calm and thinking American VINO Is
worthy of his political birtbrght Of Freedom know,
better than this. He knGws that even had no fraud
or viz lence ri.en specteEte in the dawnlog e1is'-
ence OF this Territory still the question OF is Deing
Free or Slave State was one Of magnitude, even
70 hin. But as matters stand, be sees its fearful
import He knows that, if the barefaced crlmes
and yilanies Of the Saveocracy IN Kansas trlumpo,
that il would be- deathblOw 10 constitutional lib-
erty, and the beginning OF run 20 inc GOVERN
m, nj itself or TO all that is good in Il. No govern
ment of fraud can long exist and neither can one
incanable of protecting the people Let 81 Union
Savers" ponder this. The most eloquent appeals
10 the spirit of benjghted patriotism will surely fail
in the struggle with stern utility. BY the triumph
of Freedom in Kansas, rufiansm would be re-
buLed Slavery pIOpagandism arrested in its reck-
less course aud the crimes and folly Of corrupt
Administration atOned for.
The result and the webeirg of all these interests
hang on the soundness of the steps taken by The
men in Kansas. 1t matters much TO them, and TO
their country, and to humanity, that they be wise,
and brave, and true. Some Of the men of the
States feeling this importance, put the questions,
WHY do not the men Of Kansas vote, at even the
Bogus elections Why do they not sacrifice even
I" thtr rights, and pOlat of principle, for the sake
"of On adjustment Of the question not involving
"blOOd, he'd"
If this could be done, the people of Kansas would
do IL but they hold that another fraudulent election
cannot sc tie the matter in controversy. They
know that such elections Diu De fraud, and they
know that such fraud at such a period, would be
the tocsip of war. The Free-State man k0Ows that
the PrO-Slavery men cannot afford al Impartial
trial. He also knows that they have never given
it one. He knows, beside, that the Pro-Slavery
men are we'll aware OF all this; it 10 not subject
ON which rational doubt can be founded. When,
therefore he sees there Pro Slavery aud fraudulent
law makers sit down deliberately TO plan scheme,
ard rise exultsnt aud hopeful that through it they
will secure the fruitiOn of all their abOrs and
crimes, it s natural that he should examine the
production critically. When he does so, and fluids
himself hOpelessly handed over, during that strlg-
ole, to the honesty of those who have proved they
have no honesty, and to the operation OF law
which clearly cOntempates fraud, they shrink from
it, They will not by their act, give validity to an
election under such circumstances, when this, their
tabcton, would be its only legitimate power.
Tbey know that this could not settle the question,
and they will not embarrass it by yielding to an IT.
rational hope that it might do SO.
The people of Kansas have been grievously
robbed of their rights and now they stand upon
the ruiBs Of those desecrated rights to vindlcate
and build them up when opportunity shall offer.
1t may be their misfortune 10 be surrounded by
embai easements, and to have clOuded future be-
fore them, but yielding to these can neither
strengthen their position nor relieve them. II is
neither their policy nor design to defy past errors
Dor adhere uDyeldiDgly to hopeless though
righteous cause. They maintain their present pO-
sitien, not only because it is just, but because all
the streDgh they have is in it, They might be In
a. <hax hau
taken but they will only do so foe fair price, well
guaranteed. Such bill ss Grows, for instance,
might have induced them to relinq fish the State
Government under the Topeka Constitution. Bu'
such a proposal TO be accepted must be made in
time. After the Oligarchs have forced the people
of Kansas into another war for their rights all
compromises will he too late. That war once be-
gun viii not end until there is neither bogus nor
Federal authority in Kansas. So long as tue Gov
errors and judges sent to Kansas party to the
urong, they will be sharers in its fortunes. The
struggle may last for week or year, but 1t will
terminate only with such result or the triumph
of fraud and Oligatchy.
Three things will inevitably cause war in Kansas
An election participated IN by both parties,
carried by fraud; recognition of the PrO-Slavery
constitution (abOut to be framed by the PrOSlavery
party by both branches of Congress; and another
invasion from Missouri. All the Governors or
Fede raj authority that could be expended here can
not prevent this, although they might add 10 its
horrors.
It is the true position of the Free State settlers
of Knnsas to maintain the Topeka Constitution.
The only result Of an impartial and protectedspopu-
lar vote from all the citizens Of The Territory would
OILY be to do what has been done. The Pro
Slavery men uW not, end while they strive for sue
cess canaot, give to Kansas that fair test. The
General Government has neglected or refused 70 do
il. The Free-State people could gain nothing by
volunteering to 20 again over the ground, and again
inviting all citizens to impartial test with them;
while such policy would stutify the past, and be
| fertile source Of war and disturbance.
There 10 another grand point worth careful
weighing, and pregnant with significance. The
Pro-Slayery men mean not only 10 form Constr
tuition but State Government. The bogus law,
which is to be the basis of this Contribution says
so in SO many words, and revelations as to their
future policy here show that the Free-Stste men,
by chance, wisdom, or a kind Providence, have
merely fOrestalled one of the grand points of the
Pro-Slavery Kansas conquest. IL is for this cause
that they have writhed under the existence Of the
| present (prospective) State Government Every
blow they have been compelled to strike against 1t,
was another bow against what WAS inevitably to
| be one of the steps in their own process. tor
tuous logic has endesyOred to wriggle in the Law
and Or0er" theory that the possession of the Ter
riOrial Government would necessarily sanctify all
that could be made to grow out of it, Such q doc.
trine msy DO for outside circulation among polti-
clans who will gleedily seize the most Almsy COW
ering for their crimes, but those pho use u kaop
that it is sounding brass and tnkhDg cymbal,"
and they nwardy curse the fortune or the foresigh.
OF the Free-State party.
1t might be hoped that by carrying the
next Territorial election all the evils OF the
past might be rehted. This is q fallacy.
| in the first place, fraudulent cleo
ton law guards the prOstituted ballot-sox
against iuaiice and the fair ,cess Of freemen But