The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-01
KanSnH.

i1hN EhthtI bOlnc duulblOllHl ldCAS dUDub
the Kansas Legislature. 1t seems that
the Pro Slavery members. who we're
chosen by the Missouri mob, declined to
present the Governors certificates rs
evidence of their election. but contentcd
themselves with filing return of the
fraudulent votes pollcd for them. Tho
Free State members presented the Gov
ernors certificates as their credentials.
which were referred to a committee.
The Tribune tells the remainder Of the
story thus:
" On Wednesday morning tho House
Committee on Credentials reported a.
gainst all the Free State men obtaining
seats. They were elected unanimously.
except one vote--a Free State man
whose scat was indisputcd. The House
adopted the Missouri Code of Laws, (but
the Senate had not acted upon it,) when
they diourned to the Missouri State
line-Shawneo Mssion-to enjoy the
healthful breczcs Of the Wcstport (Mo)
Frog Pond aud other fumes equally re-
viviug, always to be found in that enter.
prislng ncighborhood.
The action Of the Council was very
similar. The Free State men we're eject
cd by about the same process. but pno
man voting against it-Nlr. f Chapman.
Of this place
Both Houses refused to consider or
hear the protests. and afidavits in rela-
ton to the first election, and denied the
tight to 60 behind the first Judges Ger.
tiicate Of election. Such was the posi-
ton taken by all the ProSlaTery speak.
crs. They were bitter in their denunc.
alton of Free State men. and declared
that 50 long rs hen HcM Kansas should
not be Free State any how
The action of this scfstylci Lcgisa.
tnrc is but the carrying out Of the fraud
and vilIainly pcrpctratcd at the polls
ontfngcs unparalleled in the history of
this Government.
And so the Free State members legally
chosen were expelled, and the Missouri
men claiming seats admitted in their
stead. The Governors certificates were
treated with utter contempt The Leg
stature is now composed almost cxcu-
slvcly of Missouri men, the citizens Of
Kansas being excluded from all partici.
patton in it, IHc Trtjnuc adds:
The adoption Of the Missouri code
we suppose, recognizes Slavery in Kan
eas. and for aught we know-and by
easier construction of law than some we
have hcard-makes Us colony of Mis-
souri,. Let them work. The people
cannot be made to succumb to invaders
their tongues cannot be slenced but
they Will continue to proclaim their hon
est sentiments, aud act their honest CON
victons. despite of Missouri iirc-eating
mobs, whether they assume the braega-
docia and tyrant III the shape of legisla.
tive bodies or as armed invaders of our
soil They will probably make it ;rca
son to denouncc Slavery as moral or
political evil. Let them. Who cares ?
For our part, 50 long as We have control
of free press, we shall continue to de.
nouncc it az the sum of all villainics. -
and to prove that it deserves tho appel.
la'ion BY the conduct of this corrupt self
styled Legislature. We seek to invade
no mans rights. but the rights, of the
people caunot be trampled upon, and we
shall regard cnacimeuts Of the body in
session "t NcS'Port as just as much
n'"u''g' amy no mare, as acts OF the
Ic'Vu""or'h MOB or the resolutions OF
Tue " oS.'rh 9'"- defensive Association
10 DC Ieeutu only as the ravlngs OF
Mlur'a'eu anu misguided men
Fr'm Mc B,Sioa 4 }rcriiscr, JglV23.
Letters received from Kansas on Sat
urday show mat he 'iinlrs of the lcgis-
ia'loi "i Inc ierr.tory have arrived near
y at crisiS. We had been already in
formed by telegraph That the LegiSla-
'ure had adJ"urned from Pawnec-a
town near tho forks OF the Kansas river
where Governor feeder had alled it
TO the shawnee Mission, in the immedi
are ne'8noorhood OF the Missouri line.
Our readers VIII also remember that
Governor heeder undoubtedly seeing
the ohJ'ct OF tins procedure, vetoed the
vot" Tor an adjournment The Lcgisla'
ture, however, passed the vote anew, BY
more than two thirds, over his veto.
The telegraph as Is usual with it in
Kansas matters, lost, IN its passage
] through Tue negative electricity OF Mis-.
souri,, the much more important news
that the Legislature had first unsealed
the eleven Free State members who
in spite of Missouri invasion had been re-