The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-07-19


Negroes, = ISL
slaves, o42
Voters, OoO5
Tho committee say:
On the same day the census was eomnlet.,
the Governor issued his proclamat ton for :,
election to be held on the Both Of March
A. -. 1855, for Members OF the Lep;slat;v
Assembly Of the Territory. It prescribe,
the boundaries Of districts, the place Of POLLS
tho names Of Judges, tho appointment Of
mem ers, and recited the aualifcation d
voters. Ii it had been observed. . lust an,
fair election would have reflected the will al
the sople Of the Territory. Before thc
eiection false and infiammatory rumors ver,
busisy circulated among the people Of West.
crn Missouri. The number and character a,
the emigration then passing into the Terri
tory were grossly exaggerated and misreprc.
sente |. Through the active excrtions al
many OF its leading citizens, aided by the
secret socities before referred to. the n,,.
sions and prejudiccs Of the people of tha.
Stat were greatly excited. Several resi-
dents there have testified to the character Of
the reports circulated among and accredited
by tho people. These efforts were success
IL,
tended from Andrew county in the north 10
Jasper county Ia the south, and rs far cast
ward rs Boone AMI Cole counties. compan;e,
Oh larn were arranged in regular parties ana
sent into every council district i'm the Terr,
tory and every representative district bu
one The numbers were SO distributed as 60
control the election in each district Tho
went TO vote, and with the avowed design Of
ts.tv Il
generally armed md equipped, Carried with
them their own provisions and tents, and so
marched into the Territory.
The details Of the invasion at this second
election are SO voiuminous that the Commit
tee state their inability to do more than give
the leading facts elected. Their repor.
takes up in regular numerical order the pro-
oeedings in each district. We copy what
they say OF the doings u, Lawrence, in the
frst district:
FIRST DisrRlcT-MARcH 80, 1855-LAwRxscS.
The company Of persons who marched in
to this district, collected in Raw. Howard.
Carroll, Boone, Lafayette, Randolph. Sx-
line, and Csss counties, in the State Of Mis-
sour. Their expenses we're paid-.hose who
could not come contributing provisions.
wagons, &c. Provisions were deposited for
those who were expected to come TO Lav.
renee in the house Of William Lykins. and
were distributed among the Missourians
after they arrived there. The evening be-
fore and the morning Of the day OF election
about one thousand men from the above
counties arrived at Lawrence, and canned in
y ra,ine short distance from town. near
the place of voting. They came in wagons
of which there were over one hundred
and on horseback, under the command OF
Col. Samuel Young, OF Boone county, Mis-
souri,, and Claiborne +. Jackson, Of Nilsson
RI. They were armed with guns, rides, pis-
tolls, and bowie knives, and had tents. mnaic
aud ilags with them. They brought with
them two pieces of artillery, loaded With
lnusket balls. On their way to Lawrence
some Of them met Mr.. N. B. Blanton. who
had been appointed ono OF the judges OF
election by Gov. Reedcr, and, after learning
from him that he considered his duty to de-
mand an oath from them q to their place OF
residence, FIRST attempted to bride and than
threatened him with hanging in order 70 in
ducc him to dispense With that oath. Ia
80 thea~ threats he did not a.
pear Ut the polls the next morning to act d
Judge.
The evening before tho election, while ia
camr. the Missourians werc called together
IN Oh. camp Of Claiborne r. Jackson. and
speeches were TO Thorn By Col. Young and
others, calling for volunteers TO 70 to other
districts where there were not Missourians
enough to control tho election, and there
we're more ct Lawrence than were needed
there. Many volunteered to 70, and tho
morning Of the election several companies,
from one hundred and City to two hundred
men each, went Oh to Tecumseh, Hickory
Point, Bloomington, and other places. On
he morning Of the election tho Missouriaus t
came over to the place Of voting from their
lamp in bodies Of ono hundred At : time.
dr. Dlsnton not appearing, another Judge
vas appoiated in his place, Col. Yoane
lsiming that, Is the people Of the Territory
lad two judges, it was nothing more than
light that the Missourians should have the
ther one to look after their interests, and
Iobcrt A. Cummins was elected in Blanton's
tead, because he considered that every man
I'D right to vote il he had been in the