New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-18

come obscure lOeh f.ans.
80 .,,a.,h., fs;,,x in that distant Territory sensa
s;o.I shs, soue wong had been or w"ud oe oone 70
the neople of Kansas. Wen, nov, ~ ~. 7,
mot necessary for Ine to 60 IuIeuo, as, to onv
O,s w. .hs.ss he improper for me 10 REFER 10 huy
~Vu's polaa"P, paP, ndines teat might have taken pacs
h.t.ee. the Presdeat aud Gov. walker ana my7en'
n, Gen Cas- These written ius.'u orc euin .
Giant. ard can say here to-hgut tnat tueIe was pot
,.,,i,ten OF uttered either by the Presldent or
G. Cas- or suy member of the Cabinet that was
not AZ distinct IN character az the Words nave Ieaa
- ~ h.re Tonight. There was our commission 10
s,,tb 60 the people of Kansas and see that tree
Pom an foreign Interference relieved from all fears Oi
force or fraud they should be permitted to work OUT
their own destiny-to establish taer own = iIs.iu.ou1
to vote upon their own Constitution. lProlongeu
obeeripg.l You are sll aware that | preceded GoV.
Walker arriving iu the Territory about the inludie OF
April. I found the condition Of the people very Oil,
ferent from what had expected TO ma IL l loun9
tbs slaie Of the oue.tous n the Territory, which
had supposed were uppermost In tue minus VI 'ue
people altogether different IRON tnat wlCn uau
previously entertained IN regru 10 'uon' "hy'
4 had suppOsed that there was no QUESTION cai-
cusfS 10 .urb their peace or TO interfere with tue
oner.aioue Of the Territorial Government, except that
Of Slavery and that this being settled, everything
ess ,o,ld necessarily be settled and as consequence
nf n found that the dissatisfaction went 81
together beyond this. / found the whole people
nlmost at war with the Territorial Government
"a the President in his recent Special Mes
ssee declsres, continually in Il state of rebellion
and ready to overthrow il at any moment if they hsi
NOT been kept in obedience by the power of the army
of the United States (SensatiOnl. 1t seemed to me-
gentlemen to be very strange tate OF affairs; and
as sou az naturally suppose, was extremely anxious
10 sscertan the causes of this. l was perfectly well
satisfied that in this Government no such great phe
nOrnenOn this could take place among people 10
intelige"t rs those of Kansas, without some cause,
and that some good cause either real or Imaginary.
/ felt il to bo my duty, and when Governor " akeI
into the Territory he iel 1t to be MS ana acted
upOs that sense Of 0uy 90 out among the people IN
order TO bear their complaints and ascertain as ar rs
possible. their desires and wants To my utter ast9n
isbnept gentlemen, found then declaring theiI de-
Termination never to obey the laws which had been
passed by the Territorial Legislature, because they
Stated they had had no participation in the
passage of those Jaws They said to us that the LegS
fstures which had preendedto represent them did not
actpaly represent theR; that they had been elected
in some Instances by ntruders nom a neighoonng
State and IN other instances by fraud and violence 100
monstrous OF that time to be credited by Inc. III
seemed to me altogether impossible that the cnaraes
they made against their feow.citizens, and especially
the officers of the Territory could be true to the eK
tent they made them. Aud must confess never did
altogether believe At until with my own eyes
similar tssnsactions attempted by the same people,
which satisfied me that the complaints of tnose peo
pie in great measure just and true. Continued
checring.l The policy pursued by Gov. Walker, 1t
seems TO me, gentlemen, was wise policy 1t was
benign policy. His object to persuade the people
temporarily to submit 10 the government, until by the
due operation of the existing laws and by the exercise
Of the elective franchise they could establish laws for
themselves. The people, in answer TO hs persuasions
and to my persuasions-for was generally with him
would say, 1Ou invite us 10 go 10 Lne U8IlOt-OOx
We know that it will be perfectly useless for us to
there" "Wby7" OIL" Because we shall be overruo
by our neghbors." Gov. Walker said: ave have
tho army Ct our command IN order to pTeven, .ne
vent them, you canuot prevent the officers from
cheating and defrsuding us, so that it will
at last amount to the same thing. lSensaton.I
Well now, gentlemen, shortly after arrived in tho
Territory the process Of tai ing the census was com
plesd, and the returns were made by the Sherhs OF
The different counties to the Probate Judges of those
that tha Tatnf nlIO
corrected. That law which had been passed ut the
previous sessOn of the Legislature OF the territory
had provided that every voter III the Territory should
be Registered and man should be entitled TO vote
for Delegates 30 the Convention unless he was regis
tered. Going through the Territory, heard on all
sidee charges Of great wrong and injustice; heaTd
GERS OF the Territory had utterly disrcgaded right and
justice 10 the performance OF this dnty-ih iact, tey
had not performed the duty at all. They said In many
instances men OF nigh character, fesidehts o' oms
standing men whose residence could not possibly nave
been unknown to the of6cers had been lett on the
reeister. said to taon, Gentleme9 you might nave
gone tie Probate Judges ana had those naules Pa'
On the Ess But they laid was not their duty to go
n az the duty of the officers to register their naules
Now it useless for any Of us to Disguise the truth
The great of the Free-State people didnt care
6g vhctber their names registered OF not, they
were oppo sed 10 the Convention; they were opposed
TO all tlss laws and all the proceedings under H.
I'' Good" applsusel On the other hand, gentle
men have not the sighteet doubt that the officers
of the Territory or at least of them, were per-
fa.sIw Hing t6nt their names should be left of, aud
am very well satisfied that the officers didn't iarly
perform their duty even in the 10 coanties IN which
an imperfect registry was obtained. In some III,
stances know that they didnt do their duty. l had
a correspondence with them, and in some instances
they refused 10 do it. In the county OF Shanec,
large ard populous county, the Sheriff wrote to me
that he had not time to take the census Woua not
do IT, Tnete are 80 countless gentlemen, In the Territory
Of Kansss incluoing the defiant county OF Arapahoe
In nineteen of these counties an imperfect register was
obtained giving vote Of Dbl. In the other elgh-
tech counties there was no census ana no
fact tat Ia sOue Of these counties the officers were
deferred snd discouraged by the people from the duty
of taking the census. In others l believe that the
officers utterly refused TO do their duty. KNOW IL
was the case with regard to some of them and know
that the people of Of those counties adeny de-
sired 10 Le represented in tue Convention, Tor they
nterwaTd, under the statement from Gov. walker
and myself that probably they would be admitted,
elected delegates and sent them 10 the Conventions
but they did not get Now, the Free-Stae men,
believing that they had been wronged and outraged
in the election Of the Legislature were not disposed TO
submit to any laws were not disposed to go into any
electiun-were not disposed to give any as
sistancs in taking the registration OF the voters Tor
the Convention under the act OF the Legislature
On the other hand the Pro-Slavery party haVing al
the leesl offices in their hands, and having had the
two Legislatures which had sst in the Territory hav-
ing had the whole organization from the beginning,
were equally willing that the other party should Do en-
tirely lefI out lLaughter.] doubt not geetiemen,
that some Of those officers who were alleged TO nave
been mere partisan tsoe in the h4Dds OF the leaders
did actually neglect To take the census OF these In
terror counties with the view OF preventing the re-
presentation Of the Free-Skate people in the Convcn
tioa- At She same time, have no doubt 1t is true,
that the great majority of the Free-Stote people
die pw wish 10 ~ represented, and did not intend
TO be represented ut al. They determined to hold off
from II. That Is tac whole state OF the with
gard 20 that Convection. could not know what was
the population OF these interior and disi ant counties