New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-30

r,de,sl Government at the feet Of the Slave
Power. They regarded and resisted the Nebrssks
Act a.an Objectionable but isolated m a'ure; We
orro,ed Il "a one in a series Of bids by Northern
aspirsnts for National eminence through SOuth-rn
gratitude and favor. The successor The Lecomp-
ton S&iDdle will convince many that beneath every
depth of submission TO Slavery Extension there Is
q lower deep; that concession to-day invites fur
Their exactiOn tomorrow; aud that the only con-
sentative, UDOn-saving policy is one OF stern, IN
sleeping. uncompromisng resistance to every AS
sumption that Slavery can exist or have rights out
side Of the Stare States II the Republican party
were TO gain no accession of numbers from the
triumph Of LecomptOn it would yet profit through
vast incres q Of is own conference and internal
strength.
The calculation Of the engineers Of the Lecorp.
ton Outrage is obvious and simple. They consider
that the Job cnce done there will be no help for III
80 the Free States. after transient eferyescence,
will cool down and forget the whole matter in
some new excitement or interest "a little water
clears us Of this deed, says Lady Macbeth and in
the same spirit it s presumed that. the Lecompton
lob being once over, the People will regard it as
something done and beyond remedy, and 30 acqul-
eece ID or cease 70 think Of il.
The vital mistake in this calculation is that it ig
nores the People Of Kansas. For three years, they
have been kept under the feet Of the most internal
usurpatiOn and oppression By means OF Federal
authority and Federal arms. For more than year
past they have been perfectly able and willing to
deal with the Border RufaDs and their small faction
encamped in Kansas if the Federal Government
would but let them alone. For years, they have
been kept passive by the entreates of their friends
in the Free States, who constantly urged that the
hour for their admission into the Union must soon
strike. when they would be liberated from the tolls
of their Oppressors Even Mr. Pierces abusive
Messages, and Mr.. Buchsnan's Inaugural pointed
to the time when Kansas should attain her majority
when she should prepare herself for adInis-
sion into the Union-as one which would
secure tothe actual majority Of her citizens an un
fettered and absolute control of their affairs,
and dissipate every complaint of imposed and bogus
domination. But now that the hour has arrived, if
they are to be admitted under Constitution which
they abhor, which they have done their utmost to
rcpe and reject and which is to force Slavery upon
them in defiance of their notorious repugnance and
protest, can they be expected peaceaby to submit
If they pass this point, with bogus government
imposed on them by usurpaton and fraud, when
may they reasonably hope to be freed from it Re-
member that the men who now count in Frank.
Marshall, Blake Little & Co., thereby acquire the
power to appoint judges and canvassers for future
elections: can they be expected TO use power more
scrupulously than they acquired it! Who can ex-
pect honesty and fairness rs Inc outgrowth Of vii
ainy and fraud No; the People of Kansas will
not submit to this outrage and they should not.
Calhoun may procure his own election and that of
an accomplicc TO the Senate, and may hold their
seats in that body in defiance of those they will
pretend to represent; but Marshall cannot under
take to govern Kansss without lighting the flames
of civil war This is the naked fact, and now is
the time ia give it earnest heed.
Besides every man must answer 10 hiuiroif this
question: Why is this Lecompton fraud forced
through Congress- Who wants it done and for
WHAT There is not an honest, intelligent man in
the Union who can seriously pretend that the PEG
pie of Kansas require it. The record of their re
cent votes ia too clear and emphatic. Who, then,
is interested in forcing Kansas into the Union in
manner so repugnan TO her own wishes and feelings!
Why is she TO be subjected TO the indignity, the
outrage. of seeing men whom she repels and
loathes sitting in the Senate as her representatives
To these questions there il but one answer-lt is
the will of the Slave Power. Remove that con-
sideration, and there would not be five LecOmpton
Members in both Houses. Who can name one 2
Here, then, is the turning point of this con-
troyersy. The Lecompton Constitution IL to
be forced upon Kansas, if the power OF
the Federal Government is adequate to the
task. not because the Members who viii be
drilled up TO say Yea believe in it, or think it
advisable, or polite, or just, but because the Slave
Power requires it. Remove that pressure, and
there would not be Member from this State-we
think not from any State-in favor OF this measure
In all our history il hss no precedent in the genius
Of our institutions no excuse. 1t is gigantic crime,
of which no man can foresee the end; but that
Years will be required 10 " trammel up the conse.
quence, - who can doubt
There is yet time for opposition, for remon-
STRANGE. TO make itself felt. Unhapply, the Slave
Power is very near to our Northern Members,
while their constituencies are far away. Can they
NOT nevertheless act so as to be heard and needed
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The proposition of Mr.. Wilson, submitted to