New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-11
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90 tLey voted without any proof of Tesidence 10
g. tvo election districts, where the census snow
one hundred voters there were polcd tnrcc hunuoi
"a fourisen votes and last fell seven hundred anu
sirty-fvc votes although hr-e portion OF inc 10
residen,s did not vote upon ether oceason' - a..
Sixteenth Election District hundreds OF neI e o A..
oe;hcr 90 in other cases, crossing the h'ei .oa,Ler
soun The dny before election aad encasPs ibre,t,
suod ard provsioned, made the nerccs. ~,
sgenst he lives Of the judgos anu tnnso Of one
called several times at iee nntJo,;,g him
OF them for the purpose OF INC ,iat n rone
declaring IN the ' to bsDg bim and although we
na1 ~, ,.rnared 10 say that these ihrea's "o1n
Ion carried out yet they served 10 produce MS
RESIGNATION, aud give these inTaaeis ~ we % 49,
;s contro Of tie polls; and on the morning OF tne
son, steam loaf broughtfro the town OF estoh'
Missouri TO Leavenworth, an accession TO ther num-
hers OF several hundred moro who returned IN nc
ssme boat after depositng their votes. There were
over rino hundred and ffiy votes poed, beside from
one hundred to hundred and nifty actual residents
who were deferred or discouraged from voting, WINE
the census returns show but three hundred and egy
Eve votes in the district month later. MOI less man
six hundred votes here gwen by the n0n-rcS'-
dents of the Territory who voted without being sworn
s TO their qualifications and immedinteiy aicr uie
election returned TO MssOur-sOmc Of them beng INC
iucumbenis Of important public Offices there Indeed,
40 vel wns the character Of this foreign vote under
stood that the Judges struck out Of the prescribed form
of return the words Z" by lawful resident voters.
We might continue the lst OF these sickenng details
unit, Tho blood of every freeman would boil with indS-
,,aon but it Is useless One instance alone we
will refer 10. In the XVIIIh Election District, where
The population was and great number OF for
eicr votes was needed 10 overIOwer IT. detachment
from NJ souT r fixy TO one hundred ssrong passed
In with II ain Of wagons and ammunition making
their camp the night before the c!eclon hear hoOeS
town the place OF the polls, without even pretexto
residcncc and returning Immediately TO Missouri after
their woL, done their leader and captain beng
distinguished citizen OF Missouri but late the presiding
officer of the Senate of the United States and who had
huff. around
parently ready to shed the blood OF any man who
refused 10 be onslave1. All those facts we arc
prepared TO establish, if necessary, by proof thet
would be cOns, ID competent in Court OF justice.
From a arefu examination OF the returns we are
sail fe That Ies thousand votes were thus cast
by the citizens and residents OF tie States, ana that
very large PORTION of the residents were deferred or
discouraged from going TO the polls If his condition
of things IL allowed to prevail we ore reduced to The
stato Of vassa province, and are governed by the
Sta.e OF Missouri. >.
n woud Ie nero aIecta;ion in Us TO attempt to dis
ouise the fact that the question Of making Kansas
free or slave State il at the bottom OF tins movement,
and that the non who thus invade soil and rob us
of our Liberties from the Pro-Savery mon OF Mis-
sour who are unwilling To submit the question to the
people Of the Territory and abide the compact between
the North and South, which tho Kansas Nebraska bull
contains.
The compact we want carried out, and by that test
VIC want the question settled If il can be; but there
are few things that would not prefer to the domi-
nation Of irTcsp onsble invaders from Missouri That
enactment IA DOT Only u law NilNu olultb iuli
yiduns are bound TO obey, but is compact between
the North and the South-a solemn covenant between
the sovereign States Of our UniOn which none can
violate without becoming recreont to the principles OF
honor and ueticc-without the betrayal of confidence
reposed-wiihout such breaking of pEghed faith as
in an individual would load him TO the earth with
scorn and contempt and drive HIM from the society OF
honest men. The bill which Northern statesmen
backed with Northern votes Ind obtained for Southern
rights, is made by men who nvHde our SOIL the very
instrument for deprving us of our dearest privileges,
and stobbing to the heart those who magnanimously
gave il into their hands for other ends.
That bill is made TO mean popular sovereignty for
them-sorflom for The doctrine of self-gOyern-
ment is to be ramped under foot here, of all other
psces in the world the very spot which mad been
ialowed and c0nsecraed TO its most signal yindlca-
tiou The altars which had been reared TO 1t on this
ohocen ground and around which ut least the democ
racy of the whole Union had sworn allegiance, and
10 which we had come Pilgrim worshipers in the
widornos, arc to be ruthloss'y demolished The COM
pact be basely broken and the ballot OF the free
man lin eiec) torn from our bands almost before the
ink OF The covenant is dry Not only too, Ii the prn-
ciplo of Popular sovereignty TO be blotted out but
more than this the object Of the contest is to dis
appear. Tie question OF negro Slavery Is to sink into
insgncance and tie great pOrentous issue IL to loom
ND in III stead whether not we shall be the slaves,
and fanatics who disgrace the honorable and cvalric
men of tic South shall be our masters to rule ns at
their leGsure. -. -
cling into existence, without organization and almoj!
without shelter, powcrless TO insist an Old;
strong and populous State, full OF men and arms anu
resources and therefore appeal 10 you ana through
Won to the people Of the States Remedy here we have
zone.
our Executive has with manly determination and
persistent fidelity stood by his people, and endeavorel
10 carry out tho principles of popular sovereignty and
secure us the privilege of managing our own aiiarS
and governing ourselves, until his reputation has been
sssaied and his life openly threatened with bitter
ness almost unparalleled and although as Chief Mag
srae he is all could desire, ana has ieare'sy puf,
sued the path Of duty amid q storm OF menace and
detraciion under which many men would have qualed,
vet he is poweress like ourselves
We make now this last appeal, not to the Norm,
not TO the South not any political parry; but to
the Representatives OF the whole moh' we De 'h1l
no men will sport with our fearful condition by en-
deavoring TO make political capital or build up party
nj the expense of our civil and physical existence.
We want the men Of the North and the men OF the
South to protect Through yourselves, their Rep
resenatyes we appeal 10 their hOnor-to their justice
10 their pa;rotism-to their sympathics not for tavor,
but for Iighs-no for trivial rights, but for the dear
es. rights guaranteed to by the Declaration OF ln-
dependence-by the Constitution OF the Union-by
the law of our organzaiiOn-by the solemn compact
of the States and which you pledged TO liz a. the con-
ditiOn of our coming here.
Communities are not TO blame for the conduct oil
their fanatics unless they sanction them we cannon
believe that the States of the South VIII sanction the
ourages that have been perpetrated upon us or WIZ al
low them to be continued. And although we might
reason the matter question Of policy and show That
il is contrary to the laws of nature and society and
opposed TO all human experience that good can come
from such evil although we might prove tha' Is
sowing tie wind TO reap the wnrwind and that tie
reaction will be fearful yet feel that tins Is unne
cesssry that is enough to appeal TO their honor ana
their sense of justice and to rely upon tben Pleh'eu
faith. ,,
Northern and Southern men mingle together in har
mony and good feeling, and in mutual dependence ana
assistance in the hardships and prvailons OF pioneer