New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-17

prk Tho feoef@ opYUuNts arc 0OHhS ~ they
can to insure the success Of Tie swindle. l 6nd
phipg the squatters who 90 to that Office on busi-
ness With arguments for the Lecompton Constitu-
ton. Even those Of them who opposed tho Lee
compton Constitution at first are doing 80. The
poverty stricken squstter who goes to the Land
Once filed with apprehensons that be may lose
bis claim has stream of "LecOmpton' eiOquence
poured into his ear by the artful Official. II Le-
compton is accepted the sales will be indefinitely
postponed" They twill hace to be postponed
IN order that the railroad lands may be selected
Such are the arguments by which Federal Office
holders are trying to seduce the people. In order
TO estimate their force it necessary for the reader
to imagine the position Of the squatter. To hs'en
to such arguments az "Oh, you know, the Le-
compton Constitution will never really amount to
"s nything. The Free State party has the power
" and it will be all right II would only be q nom.
final Slave State, aud that shortlved one; aud
elbow seductive y il will save your farm How
adroit the exercise of the Presidents power in pre-
cipitatiug the land sales at such time. What
foresight. But LET the satrap Of the ogarchs who
trembes at bis own acts in the White House not
look for the ratification of LecomptOn under such
circumstances. That he should think that all men
can be bought With bride is natural; but there is
a psucity in his reasoning. He has tried the men
of Kansas by small standard. Wait
"You cannot indict a ,ehOLe people, " and "you
"cannot bride a whole people," has been said and
surg. Our Government Of experimenting ollgarchs
mean to try Is there virtue in the people Does
q sense Of right rise above selfish considerations,
and is the corruption OF representative power per-
version of that which i. should signify thIsk
the result will be such to vDdcate the squatters
of Kansas. Even those who are selfish have brains
enough to know that the material interests of the
country depend chiefly on national virtue and ln-
tegrity. There can be prosperity where the
sense of public honor is rotten at the core. There
can be no luck in the sO that is watered by the
unpaid sweat of aDy portion of the children of men.
Let those oIgarchs who thought they could buy or
fDghten people from their principles watch the
result They have had several lessons in regard to
Kansas. They evidently need more. Wait
The Leavenworth Constitution ia destined to run
the gauntlet of opposition from all quarters. The
PrO-Savery mtn are actively sounding the notes OF
preparation to aid in votingit down. Allthe dsap-
pointed political aspirants whose virtue does not
RE above the chances of office will be arrayed
against it. The power at Washington has even
preudged its case, and it's emssaries here are say
ing even to its friends: 1T is useless" 1T will
abe loss of time" 1T will distract matters and
Impair the material interests Of the country" Even
some of the prominent politicians who have been
known as the friends of Freedom write back that it
is hopeless Prejudice is arrayed againstit because
it is said to recognize the idea that negroes have
some rights-because it is not document stepped
in prejudice. The LeavenwOrth Constitution is
thus destined not to caM over the course. Its
friends and its foes will be arrayed for or against it,
For the first time all parties will participate in
adopting or rejecting an organic law for Kansas.
Let us not predict the result. Slavery has every
thing in its favor. Prejudice is its handmade and
disappointed political ambition its servtOr. Aroused
by these favorable symptoms and by the fact that
the hand of poverty presses the squatters, the ser
wants of the Oligarchs grding their armOr for
the fight. democracy Aatters itself that it will
be able to kill the peoples Constitution here.
Wait!