Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-05-02
15uIittal.
AFFAIRS OF KANSAS.
SPEECH OF
HON. j. C0LLAMER,
OF VERMONT,


the time OF the adjournment yesterday was
proceeding 10 show the reasons which indu-
ced ma 10 believe that the invasion from the
people Of Missouri on the Territory of Kan
sus, on the uccnslon Of the election Of March,
Iojj, lot members Of the Legislature. extern
dcd 10 other parts OF the Territory, besides
the soyen districts where the returns were set
aside ] have shown from the returns, IT
they are to be believed, that such was the
fact; ! have read some Of then for that pur.
pose. To be sure, It cannot be expected that
the returns on their face would show 1t; but
in great number Of thnse districts, where
there was no protest, where they were not
set aside by the Governor, outside and be-
yond the seven contested districts, the great
disparity between the returns Of voters by
the census, end the vote cast Is snch as 20
convince us thlt the vote must have been
cast by the invaders. nllude particularly
to the case of the 9Th district electing four
Representatives, which was directly on the
line, on the Missouri border. whore alone, as
the Senator from Illinois says, the inyasion
extended. ! have shown how the voting wes
done there. ! have shown tlat In the ION
representative district, where the returns
were not set aside, the votes were certainly
il we can believe any of the testimony. cast
by people from abro,d. This " fully stated
by tbe return of the iudaes Luye ALREADY
,e,d
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p'''es'eu against n's is statement MADE
hv The fulrps who were on The ground al
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Ilt senator llNlN lIIINNIH tNNifnNtN IUlI
the invaston vas confined IL, tbe bordnr -
N""' "lsn 10 Chll attention Tor teW mo-
meuts TO tho returns which have been made.
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statement ] viii take one of the returns
fir the nurDosp Of illustration The elpv.
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cnlh election district was part OF the ninth
Representative district
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ty.,,,bt NJ ,bi,b ,yer,' cas-, ,,r us-sh,il as
rcorrsen,,tiye In rcl,,iou IN ,b,, .,to
re,J n nrotcst of citizons Of ib,f MACE
Mr. GrYrR Mr. Marshall was one of tb,
ipdres of thc clcc,inn
Nr Cotr,vfn 1'b,t may no. do ma,
know who hcrit so mr. po, road ,ho
d,cnr,ent IN ,s.I l.,,, ma, ,,,-nol A. ,L,
nr,rl,,,ation IN see ,,b,,ber i,c - i,,,,o
of moi - Is imno,eri,l
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,ioo OF John pouaiisou aod Thomas j. 'is.hsn, com.
ess s, of Of M s,5 un.' tS' ,So Tg
prcpioci AID that the ballot. received a. the aid Pc
.n.l Se,o opened 'na 'vai oy lns Judge before asy
oi,b OF 81 + Cow . 10 support ,le-oof With ,be afl.
dawn Of Cole lecies, ihat upwards OF tso huuitrd
" n1 e, 1o rled ' , '' %ei ,e5 M M s y'ss9
prerediag tfe elee eus ih., tho, intended To
,a'e at .ee M3y',lls peeias and ura r,lu,a TO ihs'
day and slooJay he sav man, oftGs s,ae per.sn, ie
,u,nias ,o~as' Missouri ''g some Of whom stated IN
done the 1hns 90 rieG,." '"'''"'' "'' ''''' 500
This was set ASIDE by the Govor,or .rd
he decided the election on the votes cast in
the twelfth election district orthat renresen-
istiye district But the Assembly held This
Marysyille election 10 be all right.
The eleventh and twelfhelecton districts
made no this ninth representa,iye district
The number of voters in the eleventh dis
trct. tMarysylllel when the census was ta-
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