New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-10

p+s invented 10 JuftIfy them. Procoe.., s.s,
70 ciineh convection by direct and positive proofs:
First the statements of the party which has oeen vsei
home. Gen Pomeroy and his associates IN oenaii Vi
the STATE of Kansas make this representation CONCERN
ing the Congre ssional election held In inc Aei'' Va
the 3Oth Of November, 1854:
closed BY overpowerns plumbers aoa I'M . no, 20
n.slhsr stack They upon not IN the snse o.
voter TO away frNhise but ooiay sha b.ir
boms. and IN compact and organized band, with sfns
hand rrovions for the eipeSion . ,Ssy esme
and when their work was done re,urnsa 1,n.b 20 ssy
II unseessary enter INTO the details II .sh 80
hat tsee dc IN when ~ in .as sy vote most Of
whom refused to participate IN the %os.sy To,..
In regard to the election of the 3oth OF March, 1872
tie same party state; ,s., ,.,.r., s.,,;p..ion.
the night the election, and having pitched h'
and placed their senres waited 70, the COMING oAy &
rretys,ed sht and sons them bras 6eip.ees rsad
bssed They came with drums besns aud fs dying ana
Of her reeee States In the morning they surrounded me
polls srued with guns bowie knives and .na con-
u The judge: could be msds % s ,sS.ss , cst
purposes and receive their votes and no 20
pe,ee and order in the conduct Of the e,eenon put
tame 1s tune S aS n Would proceed 70 any extremity d
Huetion Of property and life the eOn'SO no G
.nd nee..y By violence prevented from performing ,ssIt
duty qnyetns in hi. respect, rsF; driven o% on i s
and any they bad obtained The con
S o. s SGsd sop or or he 6te.
ceal It's nesrous lesaty AT one Of me Pos o 49, a. s
and declared they would DO their duty portion OF the mop
commenced down the hoae another % ote
o.ted hems.ve. At the window with the proesmed purpose
Of Killing any voter who would allow himself 70 % .Soln;
show tickets the delaon Of the mos ana the
invaders declared openly a. the 0 tbs. I'D dA' go .e.vs
their without requiring an oath 81, to sa.i'
surrounded by an excited crowd were offered The
.1.y. q or dss lss s T. .sa amid
shouts Of Hurrah for Missouri carried into the mob
IN reS except few who acted
because the result expected from it eore'ponsea TO e own
When an excess Of the foreign found to be had
JnS i Of the Gospel Whoseusd to the demand,
of similar mob four hundred armed ana organized
dysP By 9" n pT' cs1n.n for the
expression Of his opinion assaulted and beaten .hr,d
supply Of and ammunition organised p anu
Is s be hf
fred at as he was driver from the ELECTION s srouna a
nce.,rv for that roll some 20 men were drafted from the
number ard of under the proper officers TO Sne Gus
In the Fourth and Seventh Dlstrlc,, the in
yode!' cane Sssher a. aa an the before
election pitched their In the vicinity OF the Polls ana
Intimidation or Otherwise failed attend they voted without
any proof e,dence In these two election dnes wnsts
tie shows 100 voters bere were Poed S votes ana
last fall 7e5 although large part Of the actual residents
I Of the returns we are satisfied 5000
votes thus by citizens and resdenso toe states
Ipace in opposition to those statements OF the party
that Overbone, the statements OF the party tnat
prevailed, beginning with signals OF the attack, ana
ending with celebrations of the victory.
Gen Stringfe addressed the invaders in Missouri
On the eve Of the election of March 80, 1855, thus:
To those who have qusms Of conscience as to violating
laws State Nsons the time has come when such iupon
dnss and advise Won ole AID all to enter every election
Kansas defiance Of Reeder and his vile myrmdons
NefeI give nor take quarter a. our case demands it, 1t
enough tina, the slayehodna interest wills it. from Which there
in Hi. and Presosd oss must DC re-
rTd.S.d l. y9G INIT Interest Ttos S 90 80 Mind 'h
Tie Kansas Herald, an organ of beth the Admins
ration and the Pro- Slavery party, announcer the re-
suit of the legislative election in the Territory imnie'
diatey afterward as follows:
Southern Right. The triumph Pless1siy
slaves. ana iii up the sritOry Ksnss, saved"
The Sguatter Souereign, published in Missouri, thus
announced the result of the election, the day after 1t
closed: .
Several hundred emssnts from Kansas have at entered
brass banda They came In at the west side OF the puhG
with fne music and the eungrans with good Imne-
datey following the bands were aoouttwo hundred hoemsn
WAGONS carriages &C. They gave repeated cheers for Kansas
and Missouri They report ths' no an man w,
A letter written at Brunswick In Missouri dated
April 90 1885, published in The Nee. York Herald,
u Pros lavery journal, Gays that
From five thousand men started nom Missouri 70
attend the election some to remove bus he most 70 return 70
their families with intention they liked The Territory to
make their permanent abode the eset moment practices
bic But they intended 70 yote The hsounans we're many
Of them pousas men There Were 49, voter from @, &
nshed s quota and when they set ou looked Ike an army
houses the Territory they carried tents Their mission
peaceabe onso yoe and to drive down STAKES Tor their iu
Mr Resder ascertain If t was his purpose to
rsy the election He answered that was ADD said the ma
Jointly election carry the day. But Is not To be de-
Lied that the 500 spprehendns that the Governor might az
pay the h, Tbsr
resolved IL yant stmP ed to trample upon the nights
OF the sovereign people 10 hang him"
On the 10Th of May, 1855, The Sgustter Sovereign,
organ of the invasion in Missouri thus gave utter
ance 10 its spirit:
turning borders Should he do without hs,is-
ton that people ought 10 hang him By the neck Ike
taorus dog be s. he puts his unhsowed feet
vpdeate your characters and the Territory aud should the
uuaeu dog to among again. hang him to the
misry force to protect the bsllo..bon Let President
Pierce Gov heeder any other power attempt such
course in this or other portion OF the Unon and that DAY
Gov. Reeder, at Easton, in Pennsylvania, on bis
frst return that place after the elections, declared
the same result in frank and candid words, which cost
him his Office namely:
quered BY an armed force from beySDd her
LED on By fssica spirit tLsmPns under foot the P0cp''
The Hon. David X. Atchison, direct and out
spoken man, who shrinks from responsibility
and who is coIfessedy eminent at once as political
leader i'll Missouri and as leader Of the ProSavery
movement therein directed against Kansas, in a
speech reported having been made to his fellowe-
liens, and which, far know, has not been dsa-
vowed, said:
81 saw it with my own eyes These men came with the
purpose Of driving Q, esRens you ON the b6sIrtO
game When election Of told you TO
You did and beat them. We party in Kan
.ratn (ar Mltheld the AhnlitnnlatH n0mi