Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-07-11

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them the report which he was about to make
to tho Senate on the several propositions for
q%uicting Kansas. Judge C%ollamcr mot having
been aware Of the intent of the majority to
submit a written report, asked leave Of the
Senate to submit ono the next morning.
Leave was granted, and the report which fol-
lows was submitted accordingly. 1t is very
able and interesting.
VIEWS or THE MINORITY.
In the Senate Of tho United States, July ]. lsjC.
1t is now proposed to pass the bill to en-
able the present inhabitants Of Kansas to
choose delegates to form a Senate Constitu-
ton. 1t is we'll understood that the only TOPIC
of difficulty there, is the subject of domestic
Slavery. As there is not the number Of in
habitants there to cntitlc them to Il rcprcscn-
%tativc, according to the present apportion-
mont, it is entirely n matter of Congressional
discretion whether Il State shall be formed
at this time.
If the state Of circumstances there be such
MS to furnish Il we'll founded expectation that
n fair, lust and impartial expression of the
opinions and wishes of the actual bona idc
inhabitants of the Territory cannot now be
obtained. then this experiment should not
be attempted at this i~uucturc Of their a%frlirs.
4 s~uccinct statement of recent events in re-
lation to thut Territory, its present unhappy
and Unsettled condition and the causes which
have produced it, will fully show that no far
election of delegates. no just expression of
opinion, no true decision, can, at present, be
there obtained.
la 1854 when the bill establishing the Ter
r;t,r;,1 E,v,vp,,n,tu Of l<,,e,g ,,l \.lrngI,
was passed, it was enacted TIN they should.
when admitted as States, be admitted " with
or without Slavery, as their Constitutions
should provide. This, however, was not
satisfactory to the Slaveholding States, and
therefore that provision Of the Missouri Com
promise which forbid Slavery forever north
Of &c deg. 80 min. north latitude, that bill
of reposc for which the Slayeholding States
had received and secured forever their consi-
deration, and which had been sanctioned by
years Of acquiesccnce, was repealed, aid the
novel experiment was profcsscdly instituted
of submitting the subject to the people who
should come into the Territory. This was
to admit slavery into the Territory, which
that compromise forbade. This breach Of
faith was effected by making another plight
of faith. that is, by providing that the set
tiers Of Kansas " should be pcric,hy fro'
to form and regulate their domestic in titu-
tions in their own way.
Relying on this last National assurance,
many people from the Free States, rs well a,
from Slave States settled in Kansas, and how
has the assurar c been kept Neither the Ex.
e~cutive nor Congress has redeemed that plight
ed faith nor executed that law. state, from
information which | regard as entirely r..
liable, and as facts which | believe capable Of
the most unquostionahlc proof, which can
at any time be presented, that Of tho 6,33l
votes cast In March, $50, I"r the election Of
the Legislative Assembly OF klnsas, 1921 Of
them were cast hy armed binds OF the inha-
bitants OF Missouri. who invaded Kansas toi
that purpose IN that occasion that only
l,4l0 legal votes were cast, and a majority Of
those were for the Free State candidates
though most Of the Free state voters were
driven from the polls. This Invasion extended
to all the Representative Districts but one.
and elected and controlled a large majority OF
both Houses. The people oi the Territory
have not been lett Tree, but have been in
yadcd ana sullu-lt"d, ana they are, and
their institutions lave been, controlled by
the people OF Missouri, through and by tie
t%yrannlcal laws enacted 10y that Assembly and
more tyrannically enforced by the officers by
them appointed. these avs, so made by
usurpation, the Executive OF this Government
mas AIDED to enforce, ami IN Congress ne
rellei mas been granted. HE complaints anc
representations OF tins usurpltlon and per
version OF the Organic act have been rcpresen
teu mere as Z mIlalftS OF Il mere Irregular
lty' ana been treated by the Senate with ap,
parent lndlncrcncc ana neglect, as no inca
sure even OF inquiry into their truth ha'
oeen instituted.
Inc people OF hans1S' thus oppressed and
su'Jugated, have complained and struggle