The Evansville daily journal., 1855-04-11
KANSAS CORREsPcN DENCE.
DoslrHAS CITY, X. T..oApril ., '55.
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Well, the election is ove:',s.gan, and it
was even greater farce this .sSsse sS. than be-
fore. About six hundred puhs krssa over
the day previous to the election =. I'd scatter
ed over this district. Three ae:ssted of them
s,aid at Donphan. They. %sf!ife all armed
with rifles. shot guns, revolvers. and rhisky.
At the Doniphan precinct they took the
polls, elected their own judges, and placed
every ticket in the ballot box that was pre-
sented except two or three Free. soiers who
were actual residents in Kansas, and legal
voters. They even allowed the boys tn at
came with them to vote. One young lad
Of about fourteen stepped up and handed in
his ticket which was placed in the box with
out question. But the idea SO pleased one
of the judges, who knew him, that he could
not resist laughing, but turned it off by say
ing that somebody was trying to steal his
handkerchief. According to the census ia.
ken few days previous to the election,
there were but two hundred voters in this
district, and there were four hundred and
| fifty votes polled at this precinct alone, and
l suppose they had as many men at the other
precincts. When saw how things were
going advised all the squatters to go home
and not vote at all. Some of them wanted
to fight them, but l told them it was use-
less to shed blood, and besides they were
much too strong for US.
| Some of the Missourians boosted that they
had come over two hundred miles to vote,
and they would be id if they didn't vote
or kill every man in the Territory; and they
did vote, not only once but three or four
times. One man would step up to the win.
dow, hand in his vote, dodge down, change
hats, and vote again; and thus vote several
times. When they had finished the comedy
they took the ballot box off TO Atchison with
| them.
Gen. Atchison passed through here last
Monday with fifty others on their way
to the Nemaha. While at the agency they
held convention to unite on some one
man, and Gen. Atchson made use Of this
language. "Gentlemen." said he, "pick your
man and let US unite on him; there will, be
abut 500 from Platt over in this district, and
if that amt enough, just say the word and
I'll go over and get more if it takes five thou.
sand" Now doesn't il look hard when a
man who holds the position that Gen. Atchi-
son does, man who but short time ago
held the second office in the gift Of the
American people, should be the one to lead
gang of outlaws, to break the very law that
he should be the first to respect! There
are forty legal voters at the Nenaha pre-
cincts Of which thirty-seven are Free.solers;
but do not believe they will be allowed to
vote at all.
1t is contemplated here that Douglas in
tends visiting Kansas. Ifhe will consult
his safety he will not, for it would not do
for the squatters to get hold Of him while
their dander isup. / am inclined to think
that they would give him sample of squat
ter sovreienty.
i do not know what we are to do--at least
five to one are in favor of free State, but
if we are to knock under to the people OF
Missouri every election, of course it will be
slave State. But is making our cause
more friends every day; even strong pro.
slavery men are disgusted with the proceed
ings, while Free-soilers who have heretofore
been luke-warm are waking up to a sense
4 of their danger, and are working hard fol
the cause. This one fact is plain to all: al
free State. Kansas will obtain position
among the States; as a slave State she new
er can, for she has already enough disadv van
tages TO labor under. without having that o
slavery yoked to her. The Missourians are
straining every nerve. Gen. Atchison ant
his crowd had to 60 over FIVE hundred miles
In open wagons, and in the coldest weather
E but they had plenty of the ardent to keep ur
thei- spirits. You would have thought tha,
they were company of troops, on an expe
dition against the Indians. Each one was ar.
rayed with double barrel shot gun, revol
yer and bowie knife in their belt. In quo.
, ting Atchison's speech, I omitted his oarhs
as they would not look well on paper.
The election in this district will be con
u teste( but fear it will do no good, for ma t
. tiers would be worse next time. At tn,
' Warthenia district matters were still worse
| hear. That is strong Free soil distric,
but the citizens of St. Joseph, Mo. ,.came owe
! and took possession of the polls, and allow
ed none but pro-slavery men to vote, at leas
that is the report here now.
! must bring my letter to a close, and