The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-06-07

Pennock, do. l4l
The Herald, commenting upon this result,
says:
"The election passed off very quietly, with
out any fighting or disturbance. Reeder and
his myrmidons cannot say this time, at least,
that Missourians took the polls, and Kansas was
conquered by an armed force of border ruff
fans This was emphatically an election by
the squatters-the actual bona Jfde residents of
the Territory"
How far this is true, the reader may guess
from statement recently copied from a Mis-
souri, paper, giving very favorable view of
the progress of this town according to which,
the whole population numbered but 500, while
at this election over 700 votes were polled. 1t
seems from the result that the announcement
that the Missouri party intended to disregard
this election was merely thrown out as blind
INrERRoGATIvEl-A writer in the New York
Tribune says:
Speaking of Virginia, reminds me of a lacon-
ic Geographic correspondence which took place
the day after the Know Nothngs held their re-
cent State Council in this city, between the ed
itor of the Know Nothing paper in Richmond,
Virginia, and the editor of the Know Nothing
paper in this city. Here it is, without names
"RICHNoND, Va, Nay, 1855.
"Is it true that you passed resolutions in
your State Council, yesterday, abolitionizing the
Order in Massachusetts, and elected Henry
Wilson and Henry J. Gardner as delegates to
the National Convention at Philadelphia"
The following was the immediate reply:
"BosToN, May, 1855.
as it true that you passed resolutions in
your last State Council, declaring that through
out the Order, in Virginia. no member should
vote for any man for office who is not in favor
of the extension of slave territory"
Here the correspondence ceased, and'Virgin-
la has not since been heard from on this partic-
ular subject.
SUFFRAGE IN CoSNECTIcUT.-The right Of
suffrage in Connecticut has always been con-
fined to "uhite male citizens twenty-one years
of age, who are in possession of a freehold Of
seven dollars value, or have done military duty
for one year, or who have paid tax within a
year" and every voter is eligible to office. The
present Constitution was framed in l848. In
l947, the question of striking out the word
white " was submitted to the people, and re-
jected-5,353 yeas, 1918 nays. An amend
ment to the Constitution, embracing the same
proposition, has been proposed at the present
session of the Legislature and on Thursday it
was finally voted upon in the House, and re-
jected, o-thirds not being in its favor. The
vote was 1872 in favor and 70 against negro
suffrage. The Legislature, as our readers are
aware, is decidedly Know Nothing in politics.
Boston IraUelLer.
An enthusiastic Kansas meeting was held at
Rochester, New York, on the LIST inst. Resolu-
tons were passed in favor of calling State
Convention to effect an organization of the
friends of Freedom.
JUDGE DoUGLAs-The Hon. s. A. Douglas
has been invited by the citizens of Nebraska to
deliver an Grafton at Omaha city on the 4th of
July. 1t is expected that the corner stone of
the Capitol will be laid on the occasion.
The Negro suffrage amendment to the Con-
stitution of Connecticut has been defeated in
the lower house of the Legislature.