Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-11

number was not over 90. These voted the fee stab =
whole number of numcs appearing upon The poll lists tfH h
foil examination, we ore satisfied that not over 232 ofts.
voters, ard cW2 were nonresident and illegal voters. 1i
strongly boz favor Of making Kansas a ice stale, aud 49,.
that te free state candidates for h0f1sislaturs vSit
elected by large maJuriues, 81 none but de actual sculen M
the preceding election in November, 1854, where none NJ.
were rolled, General Whitfield, who received he GB n.y.
pro-suyey parry, got bat 80 votes
SECOND DisIHicT.-HLocsnNeros.
On tie morning ofthe election, The Judges appointed vA, Il
nov appeared ond op'ned ihc polls heir .nnmes vdt H.
Burson, Nathaniel Ramsey, ard Mr.. Ellison. 1heMissrr
to come no carly on uc morning some 500 o. 600 Of Them, n
ord carriages, aud on horseback under thc lead OF Sanua
then Postmaster of WCstpotY Missouri, ClalluTuc T. gsA.F
Me- Stccly, OF independence. Missouri. They wtt omdva y
tuuCI,d guns, rifles, huWlckuY,s ono pistols, and bod ifl
They held sort OF iuioimaI election. 90 90 one side. al fef
of Shawnee Missions r,dsd Governor Tie roUs Ied
but % short time when MIR Jones muched with tie crowd
window, aud demanded that they should be allowed TO vol
se carue os to their residence Amer somenoisy ard tbrtr
there Co vote, hat they bod a ugh TO vote II hey bad beea
five minutes, aud he was not willing 60 50 nome wHhcut r
which was received with cheers. Jackson then called on hrl
INTO little bands OF fifteen or twenty, which they did, and Su. L
oX-Wegou flied with guns, which were distributed among b
proceeded 90 load some OF Them on the ground. IN pursue
J]8Chsou's request they tide white tupcubbons ~ their button
ats To- distinguish them from the Aboltuouss. They
moudei th8t tue Judges should resign, and upon their reuabe
smashed boa tc window. sash und old, and presented utr
guns to them, threatening TO shoot them. Some oue'1b uaa
called oct Co them not 60 shoot, us llerc were TrO-slalcy afr
room ~ith the Judges. They heu puto ply under The rura
iall aeaIn, but dcsIstc1 upon being told there were pro sUru ~
the house. During this time Che crowd repeatedly cuEar &
allowed To- vote without beng sworn, ana MI LlHeNN. HHr
Judges expressed bimseii Wiling, but iWe Other TWO Juoar
t%horcupou a body of men, headed ly Sheriff Jones' Iustdm
Judges room, with cooked pistols and drawn bowiehm'aa z
hands, and approached Bufson uud Ramsay. Jones puNtee
watch aud sstd Boz would give them five minutes 60 resign b.
When the Eve minutes had expired, and abe Judges dd Haa
Jones said Boz would give them another minute und no mon
ded shots fired into the room 300 less than II minutes n
suotchipr up the ballolboY tau ont a. to the crowd. hodnguat
lotboK and huuohing for Missouri. About that time bgra.
Rumsny were called out by their friends and not suffered bg
As Mr.. Burson went out be putthe ballot %polhbook n hiss loe
took them with him and as be was going out Jones snasEs
papers away from him, and shortly amer came out himsc
Them up. crying, " hunoh for Missouri" Atsr he discogEd
od 10 take the ~polbooks from Burson. Mi. Burson savaauI
ing, and be gave the books to Mr. u%mberger aud tod h1mes1
iu another direction, 50 as 70 misieud Jones and his party. llaa
bis parry caught Mr. U%mbergcr tlok the %Ioubooks awayhrs
and Jones took hm up behind hm on a horse, uHd eutIt1laal
prisoner. After Jones uud hs Tauy had taken Uuieiedala
went Go ihe house Of Mr Ramsay end TOOK Judge John a ta.
prisoner, and carried him 10 te place Of election, aud mode Va
up ou "a wagon and make them q speech after w]ileht1ey lu.a
ribbon n ts Luuon-hole nnd ict iuui go. lhty then cho,enH
Judges, and proceeded with the election.
They also threatened TO ki the Judges if they dd not tece7e
votes without swearing tlemi or else resign. They sad nu
one who would offer 90 DO so-" shoot hm, enc l5 gusW
They said 200 man should vote tus day unless Doe voted aHoeaba
and was call right ON The goose, ond that it they could na0isgI
means they would by foul means They SAID thcy had BE- mtdu
TO vote 81 ucy bad been 500 te Territory Two minutes, 90 toy|
been there TWO years and they would vote some OF ue duila
we're nl0utthe window, but bad not voted whenthe crowd oAe
uaus marched up there, upon attempting TO vote were dr'enba
thc mob. or driven OF. One OF tbem, Mr J NJ. Macy, "os h'
he would take hs OATH aud upon ha tep}iug i'l "e NA@
Judges required 81, be- was dia- gd through The crowd away i1
polls, amid cries Of % Kill the t-d nIgger incl "CH Ms tl
{" Tear hiss heart ont" &C. Aher they bod got him lu Ibe of.
the crowd, ttey stood around him With rocked teYni'ris "1
bowie knives one man puuing aknhe Co his heau, so tIHH a
him, smother holding cooked pistol 90 hs ear while anoiiH
him with q club. Tie Mlssouuaus said lhty bed q right % z
they had been 10 the Territory but five minutes. some sad@a
been hired TO come there md vote, aud ge, a dollar aday audga
they would vote or die there.
they said ,he 3oh duy OF March, was on mporautday,n l
would Doe made e. slave Stale on that day. They p,gauto lsaH
direction of Missouri in the afternoon, aher they had vote e
SOME 80 or 40 around te house where ue election ~as la q
!. the uols uull after the election WIS over The cuzels oiit1.
b Wetr NOT around, except those who took pert boo tbc H-'ot sues
,. portion of them did MOI vote 81 votes were polcd there t@-