New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-14
From WASHINGTON
KANSAS THE PRESIDENTS fhoOLA'
NATION.

will have transmitted far ahead oil WIS le''o'' "0'
me second The indignant comments Vt must nave
already evoked in New.York by a fuller exposure
Of the hypocrisy and cruelty of this manifesto
There are this day located in Kansas some three
thousand heads of families and nearly as many SIN
Gle men. Of whom a, least two-thirds demand , rec
dom for 4 Il and are determined that Kansas shail
be Free State. According TO every PrinclPie'
profession. pretense, on which the passage Vi 'no
Nebraska Kansas bill was advocated and carried
the will of this majority ought to be decisive
That il is majority, even in the Apprehension oil
its enemies. is proved by the feet that they have
never dared to let election be held IN the lett
tory since it was organized without rushing IN nun
dreds if not thousands of Missourans to oyerawe'
broybeat and outvote the actual residents oil Nan
sas.
There are the Constitution and laws OF the
United Ststes-the latter including the act organ
izinp this TerritOry-Which the People oil Kansas
are unanimous in obeying. There are United
States fInctonsries to whom they likewise yield
that obedience which the laws require. But, IN
addition to these there are acts passed ana oncers
appointed by body which assembled last summer
under the ST, lie and title of Territorial Leglsa-
ture for Kansas which they know to have been
GIGANTIC and concerted fraud-a Legislature elected
By an armed Eruption of several thousand Missouri
ana. who took possession of their polls, oyerawed
or sperseded the election judges poured in Illegal
votes by hat-fuls, and thus temporarily subJugated
the Territory The Legislature thus fraudulentIy
elected proceeded to appoint Sheriis' Judges &c
(some of them still residents of Missouri for SIR
rears ensuing: to extend the Slave Laws OF Mis-
souri over Kansas and to enact for Kansas, in ad-
dition to those, the following;
AN ACT 70 Punish Ofenses against Slave Property.
"SECTIoN !. Be H6HGctedb y the G0rerTor ana Legs
latire As,emby Of he Terrtt0ryQ hdnsds, sH every
ncrsou bond or free who shall be convicted OF actually
Taisr,, rebellion or instruction of slaves, free ne
groes or mulatoes, in this Territory shall suffer death
CSC H. If any person print, write, introduce INTO, or
rubi.b ar circulate or cause TO be brought into,
nrinted written published circulated, rshail know
tngv aid or assist in bringing into printing, publishing
or circulating within this Territory, any DOCK paper,
pamphlet, magazine, handbll or circuidr containing
any statements arguments, opinion, sentiment, doc-
trre advice OF inuendO, calculated to produce dis
dangerous or rebeOus dlsaiicctlOn among the
slaves in this Territory, or 10 induce such slaves TO es-
cape from the service OF their masters OF 10 resist
their authority shall be guilty Of felony and be pun
i-hed by in pr-onment hard labor for term not less
than five years. 80
SEC. IT, If any free person, by speaking or writing,
asset or maintain that persons have not the right to
hold slaves in this Territory, or shall Introduce into
this Territory, print publish, write, circulate, or cause
to be introduced into this Territory written, printed,
published circulated in this Territory, any book,
paper, magazine, pamphlet, or circular containing any
denial of tie right OF persOns to held slaves IN this Ter
ritory such person shall be deemed guilty OF felony
and punished by Imprisonment at hard labor for term
of rot less than two years.
N, b.Ai ooO OnnOspi
TO holding slaves or who does not admit the right to
hold slaves in this Territory shall sit "a Juror on the
trial of any prosecution for any violation of any OF the
Tis ac to take effect be in force and after the
9TH day Of 'f sgTgRfN G T Speaker the House
THOMAS JOHNSON, President of the Council.
Attest. J. A. HALDEEAAN, Clerk"
Az ACT to punish persons DecOyns Slaves from their
BE IL enocted BY the GoteHoy and Legislative Anembly Of
Kansas Territory:
SECTION l. If any person shall entice, decoy, or
carry away out Of this Territory any slave belonging
TO another with intent to deprive the owner thereof oil
the services OF such slave, with intent to effect or
procure the freedom of such slaves he shall be adudged
guilty OF grand larceny, and on conviction thereof shall
suffer death.
decoying or porsuading, or carrying away or sending
out OF this Territory any slave belonging 70 another,
with intent to procure effect the freedom of such
slave or with intent TO deprive the owner thereof OF
the services of such slave he shall be adudged guilty
of grand larceny and on conviction thereof shall suffer
death.
"SEc. g. If any person shall en!ce, decoy, or carry
AWAY out of any State other territory Of the United
States any slave beoB ng 10 another with intent to
procure or eff the freedom Of such slave, or to de-
prve the thereof Of the services OF such slave,
and shall bring such slave into this Territory, he shall
be adiudged guilty of grand larceny IN the same man.
ner a. il such slave had been enteed decoyed, car
ned away out Of this Territory; III such case the lar
ceny may be- charged to have been committed in any
al into IIerh
slave shall have been brought by such person. and, on
conviction thereof the person offending shall suffer
death"
"Be Il enacted, dc. SECTION l. That every free
white male above the age of II years who shall pay
to the proper officer in Kansas Territory the sum OF
Il az polax, and shall produce TO the Judges OF any
81, ction within and for the Territory OF Kansas re-
ceEt showing the payment of said pol-tax shall be
deemed legal voter, and shall be entitled to vote at
any election in said Territory during the year for which
the same .hal have been paid: Prog'ded, That the
right of suffrage shall be exercised only by citizens Of
the United States and those who have declared on
oath their intention TO become such, and shall have
taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United
States and the provisions OF the act organizing the
Territory OF Kansas.
Such are 1.-THE Territorial laws" which the
President accuses the Free-State men of Kansas
of sndeavOrng to subvert; such are the laws
which in defiance of that People on whom they
were most UNANIMOUSLY imposed, the President de-
clares that he will employ the Military force of the
Federal Government to enforce and maintain
Punthments Of death for any sort Of forcble re-
si,tauce TO Slavery in Kansas--punishments of
FIVE years Imprisonment for Anti.Slayery speaking
or printing in Kansas-punshments of two years
imprisonment for having an Anti-Slayery book,
tract or newspaper in the Terrtory-no earnest
Anti Slavery man to sit on a jury-and, to crown
all, the Right of Suffrage given to every man who