New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-11

,h,, tIt ,h. Territorial Leg STAT IRE was eiected
hstOctober merrl, for the purpose o, w
to.1ts Territorial Governments on" 10 =, 3 ., 81
that a majority Of those men oeS,i" =" 49," - -: :. .
noycr ,b.v have thus accuhuiafd, ,"o! "sa. :"
have moderate faith IN men VINO wiz tpno vHiS
tn, Co." ,bat if they elected men uhder 'ue L.
A"'y ia, '"'"st;tution and that instrument should
c"hp''" C,npress the iBcuInbenis would con-
Ky "'' ,or, .'coIl-.TyatN" 10 hold taot 10 the
-. and .molunients than d'iiitcrc''cdiy 10 dtS-
uo'oa Constitution obnoxious Ia the people. Again,
ps,ent Calhoun is "a " count TIE returns aud declare
~ i elected" Calhoun is II candidate for the
~ = Senate and, So Tar a. hls power over The
To;.l,t,r. i. concerned, he viii likely see that
- tbiug i made of il. Al the recent election
V;Ianoo has certified Ia 100 votes, most OF them
tar th, Democratic ticket Constitution niM
slavery" and johnson County returns 2'-V'.
In Doniphan aud Brown h s,If!icenc! "i Border
Rufans from Missouri voted 10 make "a" chances
of the people carrying the election n'NV MONDAY, u
The same experiment il repeated. rather doubtful
In Marshall County. where they are famous for get
ting nm a bogus vote. they have multiplied their
former exploits by two; and, upon the Whole, The
rbonrrs for voting under the bogus arrangement are
puterate-rerB Calhoun ~ 90 have "Ilhcl
honor nor deccutN They WILL beyond all question,
onIv limit their sWindng operations tn their neces-
sites The worst of it il that frauds have become
deifed. am not sure whether they are in the Gin
cipnai platform not having been III the States 10
obseryr that institution but they are unquestlOnably
inbedded IN the Democracy" They are neces-
sarv Ia whip " Abotionisn,' aud are, of course,
proper. There j, no Use OF bowling over any more
frauds a. these merely Abolition shrleks.
The fraud r0nsprators have grown bold IN their
yillain,. They do il unblushingly. They Scarcel,
cover II with even himsy vail. Owing TO these
things the people have lost all faith i'll elections.
game of hocus pccus, or poker, with professional
gambler. is far
These are the objections 10 voting. lhey are
serious. But" say the "do something's, " II
I'VE don vote we must fight in case the COnslltu-
" ton is adopted" Voting rerSus Fighting. The
voters term the fighters iaatics, and the hShters
dub the others fools. Fighting, let me say, al
though very romantic Is open to serious objections.
In the irst place, it is expensive, and then people
are liable to get hurt. 1t is il shOchingly radical
mode of adjusting differences, very ancient, but
awkward Then it is dangerous TO the relative
value of real estate Go To fighting and corner lots
will drop like chicken Ill the IAN. The eA-
pectant millionaire, who has his recipe Tor II ior-
tuue in the shape OF map of some paper town,
howls over the fanaciSm that would fight
Vote he screams i'll an agony. Vote, says
every mOncy-makcr and wouldbe mOney-naker,
and every usurer of the tribe OF Levi.
The recent Convention decided not to vote; but
certain parties viii not let it stay The do
something's" have since held meetings IN LcaNell-
worm, topeka, lccuhlsen anu t'se"hoio, anu "c-
eded that 1.-The people" wanted TO vote. Last
night another meeting was held in Lawrence. Ii
was not very largely attended. The do some
filings" had il their own way, AZ those who de-
signed abiding the action of the Convention only
hooked on and smiled. Part of the free-State men
will vote for officers for the state, part for Legs
Isture merely, but the bulk of the people will con-
tent Themselves with voting down the Lecompton
Constitution. -,
Let Congress pass a good enabling act. The peO-
Mo w;ll take il. II is certainly hard that the peo
oIc should not be allowed TO have the Constitution
Of their choice, but "Squatter Sovereignty, and
democracy" wills it otherwise. They VIII then
compound for a good enabling act, but let Con-
eress accept the Lecompton Constitution and then
will come up the reverse OF the question: vote
or Fight"