Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-11-10
TBe Uermont 3lbenir,
DRArTLEDoRo, SATURDAY, Nov. 10, 1855


We tepehl OF the Missouri COMPROMISE, are
constantly proclaiming that Kansas must, and
OF necessity will, be Free State. They
! furthermore assert that the notes Of alarm
sounded by the friends of Freedom are insin.
cerei being merely designed to affect the cleo.
tons then pending in the free Stntes. At tho
same time these same journals openly sustain
the cause Of Whitfield, the elected Delegate
OF the "border ruffians" and the pro-slavery
settlers of Kansas, who has issued a card de-
clarng himself Irrational administration
democrat" aud nothing else. Hence the DEM
ocratc cause and the success of Whitfield are
identical, and the admission Of this champion
OF the interests Of slavery, to seat, as a Del
gate from Kansas, in the next House Of Rep
rescntativcs, may be reckoncd as an adminis-
tration measure. His claims rest upon the
following grounds;-
The Territorial Legislature Of Kansns,
elected last spring chiefly by blissourians at
the mouth of the revolver aud the point of
the bayonet aud controlled by the notorious
Siringfclow, appointed Monday thu 1T day
Of October, for the election Of Delegate in
Congress. The majority of the settlers, re-
mcmbering the scenes enacted at the previous
''e'''o"i ""u "e'' Ano"'ng 'hat u 'hey shouln
attemptto assert their rights at the baIlof-box,
blood would be shed, very prudenily resolved
to stay away from the polls, and to meet at
another time to cast their votes, trusting to
" 'v'"n" '"e" ,'s"'S' nc e,'s,
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asserls that less than QUO thousand OF these
votes were cast by actcal settlers, while the
remainder, majority, were given by Nilsson.
rians. In ten precincts out Of the twenty
eight where votes were polled, Whitfeld's vote
was 1907, or more than two.thir'ls Of his Gu
tire vote, and these are the precincts most ca
silly accessible from Missouri.
Inc Free State settlers met in convention,
nominated ex-Gov. Reeder as their candidate
Tor Delegate, and appointed Tuesday, Octo-
Der 9'h' ms the day OF their election. Noper-
son was allowed to vote who had not resided
proceeding the election. Poll books were
opened aud all possible precautions taken to
prevent fraudulent voting. The vote was
hueh smaller than It would probably other
Wise nave been, owing to general sickness
whieh al that time prevailed throughout the
territory. Some voters who would have
supported the Free State candidate, remained
away IRON tie polls, apprebensive Of a col
''s'oni while IN some OF the strongholds Of
Pro-o'a'eryism al ing the border, no polls
were opened, fearful If hse7ii;k- ..s -
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at 'he par oi Tue ha'ohM house OF hePre-
sentatives, in December next. each claiming
a scat NJ the dnlx elected Dclega,e of tho ,,,.o-
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pie oil Nansas territory II mere Is any VIZ
tue in "squniier sovereignty" as Is commended
far NV th. nnos,lcs and champions Of Democ.
racy-h tnere Is ahy'h'ns save Baihhoh III
the oft-rcpeatcd declarations of Democratic
Leaders ,h,, the ,aIab;fornfs of n T.rr;tory
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shouiu nave tue power oi determining the
character of the institutions under which they
or,. IN l;yc--;f aDemocrncv,, he mn, cham
"a,
eheht anu he-hee"e' WIN NC "uhiitteu
without debate TO discharge the functions Of