New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-23

Majority for said Constitution With Slavery ..5.5H
Az the Free.State men had no voice 10 forming
ths Constitution. as they regarded the body which
called it as band of usurpers aud oppressors, and
as no one was allowed to vote against this COnsti-
utiop or to vote Slavery without voting Jor SAID
Constitution. tse Free.State men very properly re-
fused TO vote at ALL and ofiy u"nt pear the Pols 10
see how many non-resldents or minors "S''e a.
lowed to vote, and how many voted several times;
but even this slight attention was paid but In few
Instance Most of these 6,712 votes were returned
from half dozen points along the Missouri border
where II was not possible that Two Thousand votes
should have been honestly cast. 1t is not probable
that Three Thousand legal bona fde votes 10 all
were cast at this Election, whether "FOr the
"Constitution Nth or For the Constitution nth
"om Slavery" As Slavery was recognized and
perpetuated i'll Kansas in either case and no one
could vote at this Election (f challeDged) without
taking an oath TO support the Constitution j
0dOpttd, when there was possibility that it should
not be adopted, tie Free-State men were clearly
hight in not voting. Hardly vote was cast at
Lawrence, Topeka and other Free-State strong
holds. In fact this Election was sternly ignored
by large majority of the People Of Kansas.
Another Constitutional Election, ordered by the
Territorial Legislature, with Gov. Stanton's appro-
val, was held throughout Kansas on the 4th list.
Unlike the former, at this election each legal voter
in Kansas was invited to record his vote For
the Lecompton Constitution with Slavery" or
"Ior the same without Slavery" or "Againa
the Lecompton Constitution" From this Election
the Pro.Slayery party stood aloof not wishing fur.
Their TO expose IFS weakness, and very few but
Free State men voted. The votes cast have just
been canvassed, aud the Telegraph reports ma-
iority of 1926 "Against the LecomptOn Consti-
tuition" AS but few votes were cast for it, We pre-
sumo the total poll at this election was probably
under, rather than over, Eleven Thousand. 1t is
very certain. however, that two-thirds of all the
legal voters of Kansas cast their sufrages against
the Lecompton Constitution.
Still another Election was held on this 4th of
January, under the Lecompton Constitution, by
officers appointed by Regent Calhoun and instruct
ed to make their returns to him. For this election,
by Frank Marshall for Governor, with George..W.
Carr for Congress-Pro.Sl Slavery of course. The
FIee-State party, ignoring the Lecompton Consti-
tuition and regarding it as gross PrO-Slavery
fraud and usurpation resolved in full convention
not to vote under it at this election. A minority of
the Convention, however, in view of the contingent
CIV that Congress might accept this Constitution,
admit Kansas under it, and thus fastenupon her not
only Slavery but a ProSlayery government, with
Calhoun and some other Ruiian for Senators and
Carr for Member of the House, bOted and framed
a State Ticket, headed by George w. Smith for
Governor and Marcus J. Parrot (the present Dele
gate) for Congress. Gov. Robinson, though he de-
clined to be a candidate supported this movement;
81 did Gen. j. II. Lane, irreverenty hight "Jim
Lane and good share Ofthe old leaders. Lawrence,
Topeka. and other of the Free-State stronghods,
voted but. spaIingly, however, while enormous
frauds, partly by treble and quadruple voting, were
perpetrated by the Pro-Slavery party who thereby
polled over six thousand votes, though they have
not half that number of voters Our last tele-
graphic adyices, however, assure us that the entire
ticket of the Free.State boilers is elected, with
decided majority in both branches of the Legsla-
ture. Such being the fact, we do not see how
Congress can proceed to force Kansas into the
Union under a Constitution so overwhelmingly re-
pudiated by her People nor can We wha. Slavery
will make BY the outrage, should it be cOnsum
mated. Can the Slave Power insist on the annih-
lation of its Northern allies for nothing Why
should it