The Washington union., 1858-02-04

ERAups AND EIEcrIoS FRAuDs.-It is little GU
rous that, while our New York friends disclosing
immense frauds in the administration of the city
,,ovsrpmept, reaching clear down into the smallest
matters of detail tho political press Of that city oc-
cupy three times the space in denouncing al
legged election frauds in Kansas that they devote to
their own bad management. Now, we are convinced
that AN immense margin Of public interest and aten-
ou is due to the concerns Of our pct Terrtory--at
least we concede that the good public have deter
mined to devote great deal of space and time to its
tangled affars-yet we venture hint that our ven
cradle States of the Atlantic ought to claim now and
then. moments thought Of their own election and
other frauds II s an old habit of quarresomc peo-
ple to gossip about their neighbors difficulties and
shortcomings New York, through her great press,
possesses wonderful facilities for exposing and cor
rsctnp eyerybodys crimes and villanies but her own
She has devoted world Of time in making up pro-
tests against the government Of Kansas; in exposing
the horrd management Of it's elections in praising
the wisdom Of the "iniqntons rebels at Topeka in
advising them not to vote because voting they were
teld would be acqusscencc in the territorial gov
ernment Nor ire are charged with dishonesty in
Il
claiming that those who voted for State officers, un-
der the new constitution thereby acquiesced in that
instrument II is manifest that some good people
are hard to please; and there are others who pos
sess wonderful facilities for finding out the wicked
ness of their neighbors We have no idea that
our border friends in Kansas at all perfect-in-
deed, it is clear they full Of faults but, then,
when we remember the 4ialphn frauds, the conceded
shortcomings of our metropolitan brothers, the
Tuckerman defalcation, the Glentworth pipelayng,
and, in fact the tendency Of very good men every
where to run into Of one kind or another, we
are led to believe that our poor humanity is feeble
alike in all parts of the world Paris and London,
those seats Of highest civilization and refinement
turn ont their swinders. The pulpit itself gives up
ts fallen saints We simply suggest, that each COM
mi,nity shall take care Of its affairs, con6de MT
all the while, that no systsm Of government yet de-
~ssed is capabissof assuring in its management alb
soute perfection.
The IssuK.-The voting people Of Kansas, acting
under authority conferred upon them by Congress
and their own territorial legislature have framed a
constitution, and now ask to be admitted into the
Union as State. They have answered all the re-
quirements of the law. Their proceedings are pre-
cisely such as they were directed to accomplish
They have done as they were told they must do in
order to be prepared for admission. They occupy
the legal side of the question They opposed by
the non-voting people Of Kansas, who organized a
government at Topeka in defiance Of Congress- and
the territorial authorities The latter claim that they
outnumber the applicants for admsson--that they
are in point Of fact the people of Kansas. Now
what we have to say upon the issue is this that by
no manner Of reasoning are there any such non
voting citizens of Kansas. They may inhabit the
Territory but they not citizens in legal contem
plation. They refused to exercise their political
that those who did vote should decide the policy Of
the community, but they became political nonenti
ties, divesting themselves even OF the right to bs
heard in protest We have no idea Of man coming
away from persistent work Of mischief and crime
claiming right to impcach the public Of bad lawi
and the police Of irreverent action in his arrest
Those who foment insurrection should not be per
mitted to dictate loyal people what shall be the
form of government This may be homely way O
illustrating the Kansas controversy, but it is never
theless the true way The constitution submitted tt
Congress does not spring from Topeka and Topeka
ties; it comes from tho people, acting through
the territorial authorities and should receive all t
credit due to All act so important.
Among the many devices resorted to by the enc
mics Of the administration to bolster mp their
none II more common than that of claiming prOmi