Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-09
S7'EiriCEs
HON. JACOB COLLAMER, OF VERMONT
FFAIRS IN KANSAS.

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Fp,n,v Anr;i 4 .Tho Son.,tn ,vi,,, ro
sumod the CONSOLIDATION or tbo s,,no snh
i,ct-
Nr r,1,,s,;1. u. p.o.;,.n. o.u,
a: nf' rpilaIher SUI Nr. iresiuen1, AT .n'
cooding tn shn,y tho ro,sc, ,,I;ch ;ndrco1 m,
IN brlieve that tbo invasion rron tho nconl,
or Nissouri on tLo rnrr;torv Of Kor.as n,
/ llo occ, sion or ,ho oIoot;o1 or March 1sik
far monhors or ,Lo or;sIat,,ro avtonjod :,
other parts of tbo Territory hcsidos tbc soyrr
/ distr;cta ,yboro tbn rotnrrs ,rora sot os;do
/ have shown from the returns If tbnv ara to
! ho h,l;o,od ,hnt o,,ol ,.s H. rtI Lo,,
read soma Of thcm far that ,'urnoso Tn hl
sura if cannot he exnoctcd ihat tLo ,otnrn.
| On thcir f,cc ,,orIJ shaw, Il. hnt IN ,roa,
| number Of those districts whore ,boro ,y,s nr
nro,est ,vborc tI,ov ,oro mo-, eo+ os;Io h,, ,I1
| Governor. outside and bevond the sevon con-.
tested districts. the rreat disnaritv bctwonn
the returns of yoters nv tbo cnnsus and tho
vote cast, is such as to convince us that tbc
| vote must have boon cast bv tbe ,,v,ders I
! alluded narticulorlv +, tho cas-, or tho xii
district. clectinp ronr REPRESENTATIVES. which
was directly on the line. on the Missouri h,r.
der. where nlono as tho Ssnator from Ill;nn;s
saws. the invasion extended have shnun
how the voting was done thero bovo sbovn
that in the ION ronrosontotiyo d;strict ,rLoro
the returns were not set aside. the votos wcro
certainly if ,vo can hol;era an,, nr no .o.,;
mony, cast by people from abroad. This is
fully stated by the return of the Judges have
already read.
Tho Torr;torv u,, d;r;dod ;,,, d;..; r
tho nurnosc nr t,k;no tbo consns Thaso' al.
tricts are call d elortion distr;cts rLo n,,n
ciI and ronrosont,,iro d;s.r;,ts a,o ,,,lI
~ "'' pi'ltSchthlINe ui5'TlCts are com posed
Governor's nroclnm,tion hn,o oI,,'ioI ~
the returns IF thr 5th disti;ct ! u;.i, - - -
ho understood tbnt tLie itL oioo,iou d;.tu; y.
is on the line, ~
Mr. (ievcr. Yes. sir
Mr.. Coilnmcr rhis district ,,,s or,;,,od
to two councillors and f,nr ronrosontn,i,'os
The census returns show that thnro ,vorn i .
lrpol voters and Sjj votee wore c,s+ Is,,,r-
cd the yreot disn,ritv u.biot ov;stoJ j.; ti, .
9TH council district wIich ,y,s on,i+Iod r.
two rcrrcscptatives. nun the OH district he,
tween the election returns and the census
! wish now to apitulate for Il moment I
think the INVASION extended +, all ar rnost or
the Territorv becnusa os havo said su,I
aro tho etotoynonts H., 800, i,',- H. 's,'i
. 49,: ,,: f''l' va Wv > Iva
~ '''H Pu',ic ic,oIutIohS ana meetings. In
tle second place, think so because the state
mcnt OF the Governor, rs made to the House
of Representatives in writing. to which | al
lulnl vcstnrdav :, ,ll,,od f. H., .L;1
nlocn saw 'hoo,rsa ~ ;,,..a; VIZ ;- .t,i"
I; r. H.. '' i'''"'i'" VI NV
'''T '0 a 1"i'rt tcrh-"a> LOT thc
FuIPusc, anu only LOT thc purpose, OF making
u Legislature entertaining their own views
and hc'raying il consciousness that unless
they interlcre1 the nnnnln v,uld n1oct o,,c n =
a different kind Tbor uro,t r,r .l,, ,,,,u,,,,.,
NJ .II1 "1r' W. way tui PoHc
that they confined their efforts to a minority
Of the Legislatures; They went to make The
Log,sIdturc. There is no reason to suppose
they confined themselves to clectinr nine rem
resentativcs out of the twenty-six In the
next place saw so, because they stated that
they had done the work fully. and had made
a "clean sweep" This view is confirmed bv
the statement which have read of the cleo =.
tion Judges of the tenth district. appointed by
the Governor, who stated on oath that the
residents of the district went away and left it
to the invaders, who appointed their own
Judges and made their own returns. This
part Of the Council district, being the 10th
representative district, was entitled to one
representative, who was thus elected. hat
was IA case never protested against. This is
a statement made by the Judges who were on
the ground at the time.
The Senator from Illinois contended that
invasion was confined to the border. Now
wish to call attention for II few moments to
the returns which have been made, so that
we may see what truth there is in the state
msnt. will take one of the returns for the
purpose of Illustration The eleventh election
district was part of the ninth representative
district.
Mr.. Geyer. The eleventh and twelfth cleo
ton districts formed the ninth representative
district
Mr.. Collamer. This eleventh election dis
trict is Marysville, and we find by the returns
that there were 33l cast-32S of which were
cast for Marshall, as representative. In re
lation to that, wish to read a protest Of the
citizens OF that place.
Mr.. Geyer. Mr.. Marshall was one of the
judges of the election,
Mr.. Collamer. That may be ; do not
know whether it is so or not. | read the
document as 1t is; | have not turned to the
proclamation to see whether he was a Judge