Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-01-25

In the first district, Charles Robinson received
two votes; :. q. PCmeroy, 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; making
sixteen
q This District is contested.
The question OF slavery was not properly nTolv-
ed in this election, and Gen. whitfield, accordingly,
In announcing himself a candidate presented, as
the issue, the principles OF the Douglas bin. But
the real issue was not left to him. the friends OF
his opponents. before he was fairly announced,
made the issue distinctly and directly on the ques-
ton of slavery-induCed to do So without doubt
under the false impression that a large number of
those sent out by the Abolition societies were still
in the Territory. That issue was at once accepted
by the friends Of Whitfield, and by the action Of
the Aboltions-s, became the only issue in The con-
test; it absorbed al! others. and on It the election
turned
Whitfield received the pTo-slavery vote. The
Rnti-slaveTv was divided between Elennikeu AMI
Wakefield. The former was favored by the Gov
eInor, and as contra distinguished from the Adolf
ZIONIST cal!edby the softer term, lreesoiler.--
He received the vote Of those who denied that they
were Abohu0ustg. but claimed only to be opposed
10 slavery with such of the AboitlCuists as could
be influenced by the Governor. Wakefield was
the proper Abolition candidate, and received, with
few exceptions the votes Of those sent out by the
EmigIant AID Societies. This last vote Won will
see was nearly all given in one district That DIS
trict included the Gown Of Lawrence, to which
those sent by the Abolition Societies were forward
ed. Those societies show. by their reports, that
they have transported to Kansas 5000 during the
past summer; and incline TO the belief that the
number is not overstated. or that number you
will see there were left on the day Of the election,
but 2ISl of these | am credbly informed $50 left
on the day following the election, having complied
with their contract in yOtIn2 Others have since
left and can safely say that of the whole batch
there will not by March, be fifty lelt in the Ter
ritoryl They were not such men as could settle
a prairie country.
am aware that it is charged by abolitoniss, that
Missouri sent thousands Chey had it four thousand)
10 Kansas "Inerely TO vote and thus elected Whit
field | ought not perhaps to deny the charge, as
Missouri has certainly an equal right with Massa-
chusetts 20 send men TO Kansas! AbohtionistS have
not the exclusive night TO organize emgrant aid So
cietiesI
If the charge were true lido not see that it can
Afford much consolation to AboltiOnsts TO find that
Missouri can alone and unaided SO esaily defeat
their boosted schemes On the contrary il might
well encourage our southern friends to learn. that
though they be asleep or afraid. Missouri is not
only awake but able and determiud to protect the
rights Of the South.
For answer to this charge, however, ! need only
refer YOU to the yote--yOu will see that N btfald
received majority in every precinct, but three, in
two Of which avery small vote was given, and in
the other, is situated the town Of Lawrence You
will sea too that there was but handful of Adolf
tionists 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 were no people in the Territory LISA
poor shift, to which the Abolitionists driven,
but the only one TO cover their failure. Another
and sufficient answer TO all such charges is, that
the Judges Of the election were appointed by the
Governor, who was an active friend of Flenniken;
they received the votes and returned them without
objection from any quarter in but one district and
in that the objection was withdrawn.
The truth is large number Of Missourians who