Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-12

In the first district, Charles Robinson received
two votes; 8. C. Pomeroy, two; p. Blood, one
and VIM. LLOYD Garrison, one. And John b
Chapman received in the first district, nine third
one; eleventh, FIVE and in the twelfth one max.
ing sixteen.
~ThIs District is contested.
The question Of slavery was not properly in.
volved in this election, and Gen. Whitfield, &C.
cordingly, in announcing himself a candidate,
presented, as the issue, the principles OF the
Douglas bill. But the real issue was not left TO
him; the friends of his opponents, before be
was fairly announced, made the issue distinctly
and directly On the question Of slavery--in.
duced to do So without doubt, under the false
impression tbct large number of those sent
out by the A Jlition societies were still in the
Territory. That issue was at once accepted by
the friends Of Whitfield, and by the action OF
the Abolitionists, became the only issue in the
contest; il absorbed all others, and on it the
election turned.
Whitfield received the pre-slavery vote The
anti-slavery was divided between Flennigen
and Wakefield. The former was favored BY
the Governor, and as distinguished from
the Abolitionist was called by the softer term,
freesoiler, He received the vote Of those who
denied that they were Abolitionists, bot claimed
only TO be opposed to slavery, with such Of the
Abolitionists as could be influenced by the
Governor. Wakefield was the proper Adolf.
ton candidate, and received, with few excep.
tious. the votes Of those sent out by the Emf.
grant Aid Societies This laA vote you will
see was nearly all given in one district That
district included the town Of Lawrence, TO
which those sent by the Abolition Societies
were forwarded. Those societies show, by their
reports, that they have transported to Kansas
q. 900 during the past summer and / incline
20 the belief that the number is not overstated.
OF that number you will see, there were left
on the day Of the election, but 248l Of these
I am credibly informed $50 left on the day fol
lowing the election, having complied with their
contract in votingi Others have since left,
and / can safely say, that Of the whole batch
there will not by March, be Fifty left in the Ter.
ritoryl They were not such men as could
settle prairie country.
am aware that It's charged by Abolitionists,
that Missouri sent thousands they had il four
,honaapd) 10 Kansas, "merely TO vote" and
Tins elected Whitfield. j ought not perhaps
20 dsnv the charge, as Missouri has certainly
an eonal right with Massachusetts to send men
~ Kansasf Abolitionists have not the exclu-
sive right 10 organize emigrant aid societies
If the charge we're true, do not see that il
can afford mnch consolation to Abolitionists 70
find. that Missouri can alone and unaided, SO
easily defeat their boasted schemes. On the
contrary, it might well encourage our southern
friends TO learn, that though they be asleep or
afraid, Missouri is not only awake but able
and determined 10 protect the rights of the
South.
For answer to this charge, however, need
only refer you to the yote-you viii see that
Whitfield received majority in every precinct,
but three, in two Of which very small vote
was given, and in the other, 10 situated the
town OF Lawrence. You viii see too that
there was bat handful Of Abolitionists in the
whole Territory, their whole vote being only
about 500. To say then that illegal votes from
Missouri carried the election is TO assert that
there we're no people in the Territory u is a
poor shin, TO which the Abo)itionists are driven,