New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-03-06

.sroUSbou The length and breadth Of the land an in
tense and pervading interest far beyond that OF an
ordinary contested seat, and wnlch can3ot spnhg from
mere personal interest in the two gentlemen who
nsrties To H. The actual state Of affairs in the Terri
tory of Kansas for some time past and which 1t now
becomes necessary to know IN deciding the present
c,se has undoubtedly arrested the attention and ex-
cited the fe, pgs of the whole people Of the Union to
an extent unparalleled, except in the OF HOSTILE
ties with a foreign power Ii furnishes the leading
on;c az yersatiO-the subject of newspaper con-
troyersiee Of numberess public meetings herangues
lectures and associations-and the theme also Of a
special message to Congress as well as Presidential
proclamation, in which the employment of the army
forces is contemplated "a public necessity. IL H.
however, still more alarming that sovereign States in
different sections of the Union, have deemed their
duty TO consider the propnety Of direct Interference
by men and arms, with the current of events there.
The allegation made, whether true or not your Com
mtee cannot decide in substance is that in this
great Republic, in this age Of enlightened views, a
part Of the people of sovereign State, with the appa
rent acquiescence of that State have levied forces
which, duly organized, armed and equipped, have
been marched upon infant territorial settlement
der the core and protection Of the United States Gov
eminent, and by force OF military power and superior
NUMBER and resources bearing down and slencing all
opposition, have seized upon the Government which
Congress committed to the inhabitants and reduced
them 10 state of subUgatiOn and vassaage, without
the power of making single law or eecting single
officer for themselves. 1t cannot be considered mat
ter Of surprise that srch charge rung like trumpet
blast throughout the land, starting to their feet in
dismay ana indignation, and anesting the attention
not only Of the people, but OF sovereign States, of
Congress and the President The scene Of this inn
pending civil war is remote from the Atlantic States,
and events are heard Of only after they have fully
TRANSFERRED We must expect that different statements
and versions Of these most important occurrences will
be made and circulated, and that fact and falsehood
will be mingled. And more especially so, as the
vague and uncertain means OF information afford,
on the one hand, every opportunity to deny the
truth altogether; or the other hand, OF coiolhS
and exaggeratng II. We must also expect that true
~. q, ,f bufna yDg
will 10 some extent, adapt those statements which
conform to their wishes and commend or excupate their
friends And thus il that upon great and moment
Gus question, involving the nght-the very existence
Of achievement, the supremacy Of the laws the
lives and liberties Of Thousands Of orr fellow
citizens and the peace, perhaps the perpetuity Of the
Union not only the people of the States but the egis
laOrs Of the nation, at variance, not upon princi
pies differences much as upon the simple facts ne
CessaTy TO understand the case. We may safely de-
clare that there il undisputed history. II would,
indeed present singular spectacle if Congress
should 60 to discuss these questions, each Senator
and Member in debate asserting bis own facts and de
Dying those Of his opponent; failing to reach any
satisfactory result, arriving at results only by crop
ing among allegations and denals, when they possess
the most ample power TO spread upon the record and
before the country well authenticated truths. Ii can
not be denied that the public expect from Congress an
investigation which viii separate truth from fasehood
and furnish narrative in which full confidence may
be placed. Nor your Committee doubt that
when this point shall be reached, united and tranquil
defended by denial of its existence is clearly proven,
shown to be in agnary, i cannot be that Congress
or the public will find much difficulty in pronodncing
upon the righteous Judgment But II we should
avoid OF smother investigation in matter OF such gen.
eral interest and Importance and especially for reasons
which might be considered by the public mind trivial
or insufficient we would but expose ourselves to the
charge of willfuy stunning plain duty and seeking
TO leave the question in doubt and uncertainty In
the opinion of your Committee reasons ought even
to be considered much less urged, against entire
nd inye these
clear substantial and convincing.
Your Committee have required the contestant to
state among other things In writing and with reasona
BILE detail the facts be proposes to establish before US
by the witnesses and papers he asks TO have procured
and be has submitted paper from which we make the
following extract; 80
the day fixed the election Of Legislature Tor The r.
O. hs r. s ISs came ~ -sT from the
ties OF he 1 6s Jssder. and supplied With provisions
solder accommodations for camping ammur,on ana N Que
tory with bsnuers and martial music and encsmped in parties
In the vicinity Of different election polls shortly before the sad
soy o ei.cs Members Of legislative Assembly
vded by the A Of Cogres Of taking me power unto e
the p and themselves going through the form OF eecns
Member Of the L e ,i sS' OF whom thus elected
That the country having recently settled, and the
people yet few and sparse and comparatively 10
each unorgDzed aud unprovded with resources oil any
THAT in the First Election District there were from six hundred
the ground who that
would OF all hazards OF ne
PROPERTY and accordingly did vote Ounumberng the i9hsb
isus aud by their violent conduct lettering them from
ha In the Election District party OF several hun
de Of these persons being refused leave to vote without
baS.c in WITCH the election was held aud finally by and
violence drove the Judges from the ground sha
Others from their body, while the actual residents oil the
district genera IL retired to their homes aud declined voting
Third Election District several hundred oil mem
took polls with similar manifestations OF VIC
fence and intimidation substituted election officers from among
themselves and took the entire control Of the eIeoh he u
hsbiiAnts retiring from the ground.
lin the Fourth Fiith Sixth and Seventh Election Districts
similar bodes cared at the polls with more or less OF
military organization and less Of intimidation and Vo
sncs IN each case voting for Member, Of the Legislature
though they resided in the Territory and producing Iesu
had been controlled by the qualified the districts
That In Sixteenth Election District the election was
controlled by large number OF nonesideRt some OF "n1
had come organized AMI armed day or two before he
election and established themselves 10 camps near ne polls
and returned their homes in the State OF Missouri ue
Stey amer the electon of whom had come from
Platte County Mo-, by steamboat in the forenoon yed ana
returned home by the same boat IN the evening vei
eleven hundred poed, OF which not over e
hundred cast by actual inhabitants OF the Ierntcty
the Thirteenth Election District very re" any o. tne
Inhabitants participated in consequence OF tue presence OF
large body of strangers who took the ooho' Of the e0
and poled Dearly tho entire vote.
In the Eighteenth IA small district Of some twenty or thirty
voers well body OF strangers appeared on te election
srourd the number OF about sixty who voted and immed
after took their line Of march out OF the district nd
son the Eleventh Fourteenth and fifteenth Election Dis
the will endeavor 20 and believes ne
On the day fixed for passing upon of these cleo
wit the 5ih day Of April complaints were made 70 the
and there appeared be defects in of the returns Seven
OF the said districts set aside and IN the remaining cases
votes provided in the Proclamation certificates OF election
according them The facts ia regard 10 che
districts have TO the knowedgeot the under
and he has also learned that the reason
Why the contested that the we're
from doing considering Il unsafe 10 the position OF
contestants One gentleman who was active in getting up
Complaint after much denuncaoD oreibly seized oya
PARTY OF men the Of Missouri and there
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