The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-21

from either party long as the Judges of Election
| will permit men to vote frauduently, or to vote
several times, long they will make fraudulent re
turns or permit them TO be made. So long as either
party can secure all the Judges OF Election, their
clerks and attendant mniOns, 30 long will there be
false and fraudulent votes and returns Inc Federal
troops and the Territorial executive can never pre-
vent it, not even if the latter should have the ap
pontment Of the Judges of Election for he could not
appoint men in their precincts who would not be
partisans.
The condition of the command Of the troops at
Kickapoo has been told by previous letter and is
fully expressed by the above instructions of the Go
vernon.
doubt He calls himself one-the free State party re-
cognize and claim him as one. The pro-slavery
party declare him such.
LAWRENCE, X. IT,, Feb. 2, 1853.
The Free State Party Of Kansas Territory-As
Hostile Factions-hs Re-construction- TVhat its
Leaders haze Sought and now Seek - Their
Deception Outbidding Each Oher-Tery Novel
Grounds for Making Political Capital The Con-
serratire Men of the Free State Party Their
Policy Their Falsifcation by the Correspondents
of abolition JournaIs-A Ne,o York Paper in
an Unenriabie Light-Eating Dirt.
There is sort of tact truce existing between the
two hostile political factions of Kansas at present,
which will probably continue until the fate of the
Esq., has declared the result of the election for State
officers the 4th ufmo. The free State party, thus
relieved to some extent from extraneous PRESSURE
begins to foment within itself. The whole party is,
as it WERE thrown into the crucble and each of its
subfactons is scheming throwing, plotting, mining
and undermining for the lead and rule in the party
which, if obtained, would subsequently give it the
spols. Each of said sabactons has also another mo-
tive for striving to get the lead of the party into its
hands, which is to subordinate the other elements of
the party to its political color and will. The great
struggle between the two principal divisions of the
party which, from want of better names, may be
called the conservative element, composed of
men who we're democrats and wings in the
States and the radical or fanatical element,
composed of VINO were abolitonists
in the States, and of men who have here fingered
abolition gold, perhaps grown rich upon it. An &C
tive cross fight in the meantime n carried on be-
tween all the ub-factions, cliques and coteries in
| each Of these two divisions. Probably there is
no other political party in the world in which, in
proportion to the number of men composing it, there
are so many political asprants. Almost every man,
from the bottom of the political ladder to the top
most round earnestly aspres to do patriotic service
for his country in some office another. The
sequence is, that each asprant gathers around him
a little band, clique or coterie, composed of men
whom he thinks will serve him and labor for
part of larger coterie engaged in the service of
some other would-be demagogue, who promises the
heads of the subclques to use his influence for their
political elevation, those sub leaders also promising
the asprants among their followers their influence
to elevate them to any position they may desire to
achieve.
The subcliques are merely the representatives Of
individuals; so it Is only the two grand divisions of
the party that are interesting to New York readers
The fanacal faction may be known as the one which
endeavored to get the Territorial Legislature to ad
journ, and then to throw us into rebellion
by the institution of false and illegal government
IL the conservative democratic element that
stood firm against that demand and triumphed. II
the abolition faction that has always opposed &C
ton voting, and Disguised quiet, peaceabe men
by the loudness of their ranting and shrieking. II
was the conservative element which, by overriding
that noisy faction led the free State party into the
election on the 4th of October last, through which
they have obtained the present free State Terrific
rial Legislature: also into the election on the 4th
ultimo in which they obtained the control Of the
Lecompton constitutional State governmental
least ii the majority of the legal votes polled will
obtain it. The fanatical faction have always cried
loudest tor with the United States, and quickest
ran from danger. Within month past they COM
passed heaven and earth to place Kansas in open
rebellion to the United States. Even now they
seek 10 put the Topeka State government into opera
tion whether the Lecompton constitution is admitted
rejected by Congress II is the conservative ele-
when we would have been justified in rebelng
against the United States" II is that element which
seeks to kill the Lecompton constitution le-
gSaly iaIoush s s own N. provisions nst ro
thorized a new Constitutional Convention to pro-
cure a constitution which, after being fairly sub
mtted 10 and approved of by the people, will be
sent TO Congress: and they can have objection to
admitting under it, if the Lecompton constitution
shall not previously have been adopted.
From this il will be seen that the comparatively
conservative element in the free State party is larger
than the rabid fana'ica faction though the latter
has been noisest aud loudcst in the press and
before the people; though IL has commanded the
pens OF the correspondents of such bleeding Kan
sas" shrieking journals the Tribune, which cor
respondents have pursued a regular system OF de.
nunciation against the more respectable, quiet and
peace loving men In the free State party The con
servatve element predominates in the Territorial
Legislature; yet when some of its acts
sidered many Eastern people will say is by
conservative element. That. perhaps. Is very true
yet IL Is respectfully conservative when compared
with the fanatca faction Compared 20 that, II may
even be considered dignihed. for its doctrine Is
less shreksng and more action. Indeed, some OF the
conservatives have become disguised with yelling
fanatics, that they hate and despse them almost as
much as they do the clustering. fraudulent voting
border ruffians. They also so contemn the base
lies written by the correspondents of those Eastern
journals that are attempting TO make political CAPT
tai out Of Kansas, and which are read as law and
gospel 10y unsuspecting countrymen, that they have
refused the privileges Of the House TO one Of them.
though il in violation of previously adopted
rules. Another Of them. who furnishes Kansas his
Tory lot philosophers OI ceTliln new Ork jour
nal was compelled few days since. even in aboli.
ton Lawrence by free State men, to eat his words.
acknowledge them false. and beg like a schoolboy
not to lie whipped for desgnedy telling fbs. and
like the same schoolboy promise never 10 d. so
again. II they would only LET him 90 unvhipped that
time.
But TO return 90 the two divisions of the free State
party Charles Robinson was considered the leader
of the fanatical faction: but he was too shrewd
politician not to perceive the reaction OF popular
feeling against the fanatics; the consequence Of
which is that he has fallen from the good graces of
that faction. and must now be considered a conser-
yative James II. Lane. who has little political ga
gacity IL now the recognized leader Of the fanatics
though some Of them are not willing 10 acknowledge
him such. aud he will only serve them until he il
able to that the majority OF the people are on
the other side. He aspires to be United states
Senator. and to achieve that end he would he will
ing to sacrifice almost anything change sides in the