The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-13
From lie Coos penoefat
TEE LATE ErEclIns m KANSAS.


contemptble humbug which shows that they much
for the manufacture Of abolition capital than they
do for the question Of freedom and slavery in that Terri
tory.
They stnid away from the polls altogether in which
election Of congressional delegate 10 he made in
formty 10 The laws Of toe Territory. They allowed
Whitfield whom they have denounced "pro-savery,H
to be elected by almost unanimous vote. Afterwards
hey called meetings in The Of their
own party, sanctioned by any law called by any
legal authority In those meetings they gave Reeder
larger vote than Whitfield received in the regular cleo
ton If they were sincere friends Of free Territory why
Gid fey not 90 the regular polls and elect their
there Surely, being large majority they eonld have
taken Of themselves 10 spite OF All inrudes Their
delegate would then have been lawfully chosen Now he
goes 70 Congress TO claim, agator, seat to
which be hes no particle Of legal claim
Let Us suppose by way illustration similar
home There is regular meeting in town in this
State al the election March The allies all attend
the democrats al stay away The allies 90 and elect
representative under the election laws Of the State The
democrats at party meeting assemble afterwards
and choose another IT. under such election he should
60 Concord and claim seat is there Of in
the State who believes such claim would be looked al
eyenl Or that man seeking to become alegislaior
onld do anything else than make himself object
Of genera ridiclle Z
We know II is said that the Kansas legislature is a
mob-tha its members chosen by fraud and force
The misfortune ia that Reeder governor of the State
whose business wac examined all the evidence before
him. and then gave large majority OF the members oerth-
Gates Of election They preeuded from dspu,ing the
authority Of ts legislature acting within the proper
mts Of its constitutional power, by the authoritative and
binding decision Of the very they have chosen dele
gate.
The legislature has passed several arbitrary and
sttu;onal laws So probably, less extent have Yer
mont and Massachusetts Both Of these have undertaken
make it penal to obey The constitution Of the United
States But their constitutional laws the less
binding for that They don't admit Legislators chosen by
party conventions. No should Legislators chosen
be received from Kansas. No man can for a moment
question that the Kansas legislature had perfect right
establish the times and places of holding the elections
And set the only material issue grow ont of this mat
ter arises upon a denial OF this position.
1t obvious, from all have in defence Of the
course taken by the reesoers that they assumed
elect delegate in this illegal way, that they might be
enabled 10 go Congress and claim his unlawful adlns
son for the purpose Of getting up little capital for the
abolition leaders if ii should be denied They evidently
care nothing whether they represented in Congress by
delegate in favor OF making Kansas free State DEL
egate in favor Of making il slave State All they want
is defy the laws, 10 spread excitement TO provoke
quarrels and bitter uds in the Territory and generally
produce all the disturbance in their power.
If they had gone the polls and been treated unfairly
there they might well have shown up the facts BY
testing Whitfeds election But they neither voted
offered TO vote Whitfield took almost unanimous vote,
and there is earthly ground upon which his election
can be lawfully disputed
Returning 10 the idea have before suggested docs
anybody suppose If Nohirds Of the of this State
should stay away from regular election and afterwards
assemble in meetings and elect by their fall vote
governor councillors senator's and representatives Of
these would, by virine of such election find him
ef in possession Of the Office for which he bad been
designated
Much might be said and truly. Our elections might,
many OF them have been sPecaeos Of Hndoo frauds and
Of murder Of the Louisville stamp Our legislature
might tramp!ed all constitutional scuples 10 effect
its bad puposespassed laws in defiance Of the constitn
ton and overturned the settled institutions Of the State 10
eyade il Ii might have surpassed all Others in proscp
ton violated the sacred rights which have heretofore
guarded mems dwellings, voted falsehoods upon The
Ft2utebooks and confirmed them when forced TO admit
them false in open session but all this would never
transfer The elections from times and places fixed by the
laws Of the State similar outrage. in
Kansas make the duty Of complying with the laws regu-
laiing the same matter less imperative.