New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-02

o. heard from less than 500 have been cast against
the new Constitution and, as our Governor
elect IL said 20 have remarked Arkansas was tied 10
the tail of South Carolina and pulled out Of the Unon
and now she proposes TO redeem herself by asssusg W
pun South Carolina back to r allegiance oy .ne ann ,s
appcndege" In truth, this State now stands py the
vote of her own people, east h defiance of the 9fostion
of "Obuservatves and tho threats Of gnerrihs reeo
from tho curse Of Slavery Which az an rss
long sustained an overbeaiBg and supercisons aris
toccy and Kept the labUing classes In STATE oi u
sl.cuabe poverty.
WHO rgE VOTERS wEIE.
It may be inquired by many, where tnls surprsngV
ar,e vote comes from Previous to Steeies campaign,
but one law prevailed in the state, and thai was he
Rebel CONSUMPTION act. Executed ny proving pahas
OF irresponsible and unfeeng men thus law y au,,ny
ent ro ched upon the male population unt nearly eveIy
man who WAS able TO bear and could not purchase
exemption was pressed into the service us iset.
which IS tho cause OF our surprise here at the Young
strength Of the counties heard from, Will undOnoted
cvcite IN inoury as 10 who were the voters. can
answer About the year 1851 have not the dates
ard statistics before me, but the facts mention are
well known 10 oil who are ut all acquainted with the
history Of this State-srong inducements were oneied
to unsettled in other states TO lnnIgrate 10 a,
kansas Large bodies Of swamp lands were under sane
at stated price payable IN the "scFlP ihe ~ cIs u.
lution In this state This scrip could be had FOR ~ or
30 per cent on the hundred and lands were TO be had OF
an actual cost OF never than 90 cents per acre
The consequence was strong current OF lmhgi anon
pouring into tho State for three or four years ana y
may be worth while 20 say that, with the exception o
Texns and Missouri ills is the only instance IN whcn
Slave state has encouraged the immigration OF an IN
drstrial element The swamp lands, which are ny iaf
the most protective were rapidly taken up, and many
persons Who had left their former homes with but com
paraiiyely we're atom Of capital found themselves the
owners ~ hundreds Of acres OF the best land ~ the
State This was thus far all well enough, but an neA
nected trouble confronted them. They owned no slaves
j and white labor was not orthodox They had Dougni
the elephant but could make no use OF him. A,Oer
while white labor was introduced to very moderate
extent IN certain neighbOrhOods and wealth was soon
developed By the enterprise But as regarded ihe gen
eral euod this signiied nothing. Manual LABOR ana
| Slavery were 30 firmly coupled that wnite men Wle
| should have been working for an honest lVehl0oo
! shrapk from the communicating touch OF the pow
handles and betook themselves the respectable
associations of groceries and gamblers, bowleknye'
end bulie The new were thus unable TO Dfine
into cultivation any more than mere pateh OF groiho
from which their own necessities might be supplied.
We these same people, together with such other CIT
sens as have seen the error oi their Ways ana tuFne.
from Them have nearly all deserted the KeDei army an
are the voters who carried this election IN favor OF
1 Free STATE Constitution, and State officers 10 suit Doe
/ any one blame thcml 81. .,
| iuerrillns it il rumored to-day. are patToling tn
counties that are unprotected Oy Us. determined 20 cap
tare the messengers bringing The election returns o th
4 capital One Cntcrprising individual VINO mas taAti
tho oath 80 often that II has probably become as con
/ frmed a habit with him as whisky drinking mas nus
tered band OF twenty or thirty IL the country nue
i dlaely north OF here, and swears wlekedy agsst -,
i life OF GOV Murphy and Others. His name u oarke
I III he is caught more your correspondent wiz yer
likely be under the necessity Of sending you detae
account Of his execution as q spy CAiiiOL