The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-06

ing the Executive oce to be kept the se.t of govern
the hold til. session there va
giant Execu Office just inconve the people
in the transaction Of business and quite Objectionable
every point of view unsettled legislative body,
and there is just much law and requiring
the for be located mt the seat Of
the latter The acts Of Congress being silent in both
cares.
But wholly derry that the acts of legislative body
neces ar void Il passed at ofierent place from
the seat Il government To male them So some para
mount Law ceclsr ring such ut mutt lie shown
least some prohhitory act fro'dding an adjournment
from the seat of government requiring the Legtsla
ia express terms To bold their session ut spec
FED The act Of Congress Is certainly silent as to
the Place where the Legislature shall hold their session.
it only irs cts the lace where they shall first meet
The laws passed by the Legislature have been most
grossly with the prtudcing the
public against that body as m excuse for
lutcDary movements this Territory The limits OF
this will permit correction Of ell these mis-
representations, but will notice of the that
have hsd the most wide spread circulation.
II has been charged and widely circulated that the Ie
eisature In crcer to perpeuate their rule had passed
Jaw bng the qualification OF voters by which it
Gee AIRED that any may vote who will aleg
Ill., and pay dollar" such Is declared to be the
dtnce Of citizenship such the qualification OF voters
he Legislature. The law pres cribine the qualification
voters expressly provides that to ente person
ote he mus, be tive years Of age an actual In
which he Offers to vote, and shall have paid Territorial
ak. There is no law requiring him to pay dollar tax
disqualification to vote. He must pay tax it is true
and this is by unusual requirement in the
ttes hut whether this Is levied personal or
tax, makes no aiaeIsnes, the payment Of any tsr
i'oisl tax en- tiles the person to vote, provided
seems to be euy drawn with The view of excluding ali
illegal ard foreign votes. The veter must be inhab
ION of the Territory, and Of the county district in
which be offers to vote and he must have paid Terrific
Tia The judges and clerks required to be sworn
and to keep duplicate poll books and ample provision is
AIDE for contesng elections and purgng the polls of all
legal votes. 1t is difficult how a more guarded
L. could be framed for the purpose Of protecting the pu
w does not require the ter to swear to support the
ugihve slave law or the Kansas and Nebraska bill,
less he il challenged In that case he is required to take
As to the collar law called, 1t Is merely poll tax,
and has no more connection with the right of suffrage
than any other sx evied by the Territorial authority,
and If to be paid whether the party votes not Is
mere temporary measure having no force beyond this
year aid escorted to such to supply the Terrific
al treasury with The necessary to carry the
government
1t has also been charged against the legislature that
they elected oil OF the Office Of the Territory for six
years This is without any foundation They elected no
the election of that present. are the Au
otor and Treasurer of State and the District Attornes
who hold their Office for four and not six years y the
Organic Act the commissions issued by the Governor
the civil officers Of the Territory, all expired the ad
jooinment Il the Legislature. 10 prevent failure III
the local admnistl aton and from necessity the Legss
TUE made a number of temporary appointment 3; such
as Probate Judge and two County Commissioners aud
c. isio constitute the tribunal for the transa:
lion of county business and lnveed with the power
v.yor, Recorder Clerk &c Probate Judges County Com
DifsioIers Sherifs, &C. al temporary appoint
m.nts and are made elective BY the people at
the first annual election in 1857. The Legislature oud
not have avoided meeting tempoi airy appoint
ments No election could have been held wi hou5
There were Judges Justices of the Peace other
officers CONDUCT election Of any kind until appointed
by the legislature 1t the exercise of which
the first legislative Assembly every Territory exercise
in to put the local government il motion We SEE
nothing in this to justify revolution resort to force
TIE law for the protection of slave property has also
tsfr mi upda $40 ariph To la
expressly stated by Governor Reeder ia his inaugural
message III which he "a Territorial legislature may
undo ubtedly act upon the question limited aud par
tal extent and may temporarily prohibit, tolerate
guale slavery in the Territory, and ia absolute
modified FORM with all the force and effect of any other
power that enacted it." There is hing in the act
Of The subject of slavery. Its bearing on society
is morality exptd ency whether it would be ptc
Or impotc 10 o. AXE this slave State be discussed
heIe freely in any State n this Union without in
hgrg any Of the provisions OF the law To deny the
lehl Of person to h, Id slaves la Y in this
Territory is made penal but beyond this there is
sictn the iscu ,sion of the slavery question any
aec in which is capable Ct being considered. We do
lot ssh 70 ,h DC as aPovng Of all tue Ts
s'se that there that do not approve Of and
uh,c are condemned by publlc opinion here, and which
The next legislature But this ia nothing than
what frequently occurs both in the legislation of Con
OF the various STATE Legislatures The remedy
such evils to be found in public opinion which,
Sc her or later 10 government like all laws must
q. soop be- Ssd % "a.
elect dist this Territory the 9th of :ober
the ection Of delegate to Congress- the Legsa by
virtue OF provision OF the organic act having
established the first day Of October the day for hold
ing said election The assigned by that Conven
top in their printed proceedings for having election
en- cay different from that fixed by law, that TO
vote upcn the day and at The polls w,ud be
an Of the right Of the late legis!sus to
call an election
Having sh ,wn that the Legislature wns legal body,
sitting a. legal place. follows that the election the
~, 49, liz. Haru null tv IHo xr
Spring Convention refused vote the Cay fixed BY
law, because it would be recognizing the legality Of the
reiu ed TO vote he BIB of October and at al other
elections appointed and held by their opponents for
p ceedirgs they believed be M gal and subversve of
order The sequence has been that the eltstyled
Iiee State party have held their election for delegates
Crgss aud for delegates to Free State Con enon at
Tel cha wi hout the participation in any way of the Law
.c Order party oil the Territory Of 'he montrous fraus
sbich said 10 have election will
speak: Is ythy fireman that whole pro-
ceilings without tie cton OF Ia that Of the
he poll be oks existed in this case The Judges ana
ceiis Of the eecon were not swolD, or sworn at all
~ persons having no right 10 administer an oath and
who violated iaw every act of admins eTing DATA
' itsout authority. Such an election, conducted and
managed by band of revolutionary splits
aho law abioug peoIle
in view OF the formation OF constitution the call
was for II fee state party to aod consul toge
thsr as 10 the proper steps to be taken for the
forming free state constitution Thus it announc
% ID suV8nce wnas INTENDED 10 be done TO form
Tree State constitution and those only favorabls to that
object are invited 10 participate in the proceedings In
printed proceedings of the Big Spring alton the
following preamble and resolutions adopted -
Whess the nee State party of the Territory OF Kansas
about to originate organization for the Of
political action electpg officers al moulding
institutions ard reosved, that this convention
y view Of its recent repuc of the acts of the
led Kansas legislative Assembly, respond most earliy
the call ade 10y he people ct Kansas Tei ritory be
clt at Topeka the 10Th instant to consii Ter the pro.
- iety OF The formation CT state constitution Re-
solved secend that the state committee steps
70 collect such facts relative 20 the political condition
the Territory which will be valuabl and needed in Con-
at it, coming session" viii be perceived that
ut the whole preliminary proceedings prepara-
tory to holding fee state convention form free
state Institution q. Topeka, it avowedly the fee
stae party a1ue who participated invited to par
teipae in their proceedings. The delegates to the
iutionsl Topeka elected on the 9th
o. octorer day wber it known the law and order
PARTY of the TerIitoy would not vote, and
could lot vote without giving their sanction to