New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-04

on The ou. .tion. submitted BY the Coseenson. The
people however were pertber msaed DOT intim,dsted
Alarmed by this 80 OF connVanee oy tbe fresaen'o o'
the United states with their oppres-os they began TO
prepare for thsjsst arbranent Of naions. Ihe SEC.
fetsry Nj Stanton. now Governor al iateyiH Ssued
his proclamation, calling the new Territorial Legsia-
tue 10 assemble 70 provide for preserving the puohc
pSsce An Executive spy dispatched niormsaon OF
tbi. proceeding 10 the President by telegraph, and IN
stantfytMr Stanton ceased 70 be Secretary and Gov
erpor aa yerim being removed bv the President, by
and with the advice and consent Of the Senate Oh the
United States Thus the service OF Frederick T. stan
ten came 10 an abrupt end but in manner most non
orsbe 10 hinrelf. His chief, Mr.. Walker, was less
wise ard ess fortunate He resigned. P'etus lhra-
sea are informed by Tscitus) bad been often pres
ent in the Senate, when the fathers DESCENDED 10 uI
worthy acts and did OF rse in oppostion out on tue
occasion when Nero procured from them a decree 10
celebrate a. festival the day on which he nad mur
dered h- mother, Agrippins, P@us LEFT bis seat apu
walked out Of the chamber thus by MS virtue Pio
vokpg future vengeance and vet doing no service 70
the csnse Of Liberty. Possibly Roberto Wsiker may
End n less stern historian
The new SECRETARY, Mr.. Denver. became EoVernoi
Of Kansas the fifth incumbent OF that once appch'eu
within less than four years, the legal term Oh one
Happily however for the honor of the country tree
of the recalls were made on the ground OF the virtues
Of the parties dsgraced The ProConsnls OF the no
man provinces were brought back 10 the 'ap'""i ~
al swer for their crimes. c. c..,.on
had so wisely instituted nevertheless went on; anu
has become trust the principal means 9l lesoe,s s
from tyranny the people whom he governed 70 olenI
and vet so we'll The Lecompton Consttutlon ha3
d-ected that on the 4th of January elections shouo
he held IN fill the State offices and the offices of mein-
bers Of the Legislature and member OF congress 70
assume their trusts when the new state shon,d Ss %
uitted into the Union. The Legislature OF the leiIl
torv now enacted salutary laws for preserving tue
purity of elections in all Ii directed the Le
compton Constitution 10 be Submitted TO tsir Vote on
that day. the ballots being made 10 express c0no.I
N
ont Slavery. The Free -Laborparty debated anxlousy
on the question whether. beside voting against tnat
Constitution they should, under protest vote also 'or
officers TO assume the trusts created Dy II, 'ouscs
should admit the State under it, After majority had
decided that no such votes should be cast, minority
hastily rejected the decision, and nominated
for those places, 10 be supported under protest. o
success OF the movement, made under the most SER
Gus disadvantages, is conclusive evidence OF tner
strength While the election held on the list OF De-
cenlber, allowing all fraudulent votes, showed some
six thousand majority for the Constitution with slavery
over some five hundred votes for the ConstItutlou
without slavery the election on the 4th of January
showed an aggregate majority OF eleven thousano
against the Constitution itself IN any forin WIN the
choice under protest of Representative IN Congress-
and of large majority of all the candidates nominated
bv the Free.Iabor party for the various Executive
and Legislative trusts under the Lecompton ConStu-
ton.
The Territorial Legislature has abolished Slavery
by law TO take effect in March, 1888, though the Le-
compton Constitution contains provisons anticipating
and designed to defeat this great act OF justice
and humanity, 1t has organized militia which stands
ready for the defense of rights OF the people against
any power The President OF the Lecompton NohVen-
ton has fled the Territory, charged with an attempt tn
procure fraudulent returns to reverse the already
declared reeuts of the last election and he holds the
public in suspense as to his success un after ms ar,i
val at the Capital and the decision of Congress on the
acceptance Of the Lecompton Constitution. In the
mean time the Territorial Legislature has called
Convention, subject the popular approval 10 De heu
in March next, and tofOrm Constitution TO be SUD-
med to the people, and, when adopted, to be the or
ganic law of the new State Of Kansas subject TO her
admission into the Union The President OF the
United States, having received the Lecoinptoh
Constitution has submitted it to Congress, and IN
sisng that the vote taken on the juggle OF the L-
compton Convention, held on the 2lst OF December, ~
legally conclusive of its acceptance by the people ana
absolute against the fair, direct, and unimpeachabe
rejection of it by that people, made on the Atm OF
January last, he recommends and urges and impores
the admission of Kansas State into the Federal
Unon under that false pretended, and spurious Con
stuton. refrain from any examination OF TINS ex-
traordinary message. Myrecitals less complete than
have hoped, if it does not overthrow all the Presl-
dents arguments in favor of the acceptance OF the Le-
compton Constitution as an act OF the people OF Nan
sas however speci0us, and without descending 10 any
details In Congress- those who seek the admission
of Kansas under that Constitution strive to delay the
admission of Minnesota until their opponents shall
compromise that paramount question:
This Mr. President, is concise account OF the na-
tional Intervention in the Territories 10 tvor OF SaVe
Labor and Slave States since 1870. No wonder that
the question before exces apprehension ana
aarms There is at last North side OF this Cham
ber North side of the Chamber of Representatives.
a North side of the Union, well as South SIDES oi
all these. Each of them is watchful; jealous, and
resoue. If it be true, has 80 often been asserted,
that this Union cannot survive the decs9n oy Ccn'
gress of direct question involving the adopuon OF
Free State which will establish the ascendency OF Free
States under the Constitution and draw after 1t the
restoration of the influence of Freedom IN the domestic
and foreign conduct of the Government then the day
of dissolution is at hand.
have thus Mr.. President, arrived at the third CIR.
cumstance attending the Kansas question which l
baye thought worthy Of consideration, namely: that
the national Intervention in the Territories IN favor OF
Slave Labor and Slave States opposed 70 the mate
rial moral and social developments OF the Republic.
The proposition seems TO involve paradox, but II IS
easy to understand that the checks which the Const.
tuition applies through prudent caution TO the re atve
increase of the representation OF the Free otstes 10 tne
House of Repre- ressntatives and especially IN the Sem
ate cooperating with the differences OF temper and
political activity between the two classes Of States,
may direct the Government of the Federal Union in
one course while the tendencies of the nation itself
popularly garded are in direction exactly opposite
The ease and success which attended the earlier
policy OF Intervention in favor of Free Labor and Free
States and the resistance which the converse policy
of Intervention in favor of Slave Labor and Slave
States encounters, sufficiently establish the existence
of the antsg6nism between the Government and the
nation which have asserted. vessel moves quietly
and peacefully while it descends with the current
You mark its way by the foam on its track only when
it is forced against the tide. will not well other
proofs-such as the rapid growth Of the Free
States, the ruptures of ecclesiastical Federal Unions
and the decentralization and disorganizaion of pol-
cal parties.
Mr.. President have shown whyt is that the Kan
question is attended by difficulties and dangers
only by way Of preparation for the submission of my
opinions in regard TO the in which the question
ought TO be determined and settled. l think, with
great Difference to the judgments of Others that the
expedient peaceful andtight way to determine 1t Is to
reverse the existing policy Of Intervention in favor Of
Slave Labor and Slave States. 1t would be wise to