Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-05-09

TIE record and vet the legislature said this
was all good enough, and they admitted that
man to his scat
The districts where the elections were SET
aside by the Governor. were entitled to rep
T, snntitiycs: e. it is acknowledged that the in.
vasion extended to those districts. The . who
were So Illegally chosen by tho invaders were
admitted t1 seats hy the so-callpd Logislatpro
BY the return of the iudrcs of the tenth
representative district. which road vostor-
day. 1t appeared that the iudros ,yero driven
! from the POLLS and vet the man thcrn said
to be elected was admitted 70 n seat. l., tbn
fifth election district. directlv on the harder
four representatives were returned Tborn
were only about four hundred LEGAL voters
there at the time of the ccnsus. in E,brnorv
/ but there were nearly nine hundred votes
/ cast in March. There was no ,,rotost cntorod
| in relation to that district, for reason which
/ | have already cXplnined one was attemntad
| but il did nnt rcnrh tho Covarror in e,.,s,,,
rLon l.; ,i., -. -, - '1 - - '0'''.'''
h"'r ~ US! ISIS '"erc were Ill teen mem
/ oers Oh the Legislative Assembly, more than
/ one nall OF the whole number, Illegally
/ elected hy the ncople not bclonginr to the
/ Territory, think have shovvn hv tbo ro.
cards ,,,d .os,;,,,o,,,. ,,l;,L I -, ,...... /
| A.. . l.) ~" I'''! i0>0''''''
'' ~ h''Jolly VI u"aI L'glsla'ure was
'lectcu .Y IN lhcurslOn oil people from Mis-
/ souri, dislike ever to have occasion t. use
! terms OF reprOach. | avoid them whenever
! en- When psa tho vorJ :. i,cursior ~
moan tbe comm. IN Of ,,o,,,Io ro,,, N;ss',,.;
hy rioianoo nn7 c tr,,i ,i',,' i.I
~ Nl'Ichcc anu iorCe' snull use no ndu
IT,. ~. n:1 ,.,
tba ad,,;t.S o,1",
"''i,';' :, tioso I''en M'h "clG
we ought not to inquire into it. The idea.
| that if Il bJdy of men were mere usuruprs in
the heoinun', tLnir n,,.r not ,.,uId I,,,i,i,,,to
,L,.,sol.,s =; 49,, r '',,,'''
. - 10 =, nv o"o VI '''9 ,n''' FrePo'-
'e''u9 t"ln@S tnaC ever was advanced In
ofuer, however, to Judge with some degree Of
fairness in regard to the action of those men,
| desire lnr q moment to d,roc. thn uttn,,;,n
" q. t',e senate TO the character OF the elec-
uou' noW r"iGu E""1 enough ana "hich
'"Iy u'c'Ie" TO De good
mere ocS leave TO reharH' that when we
SIo" lIi"V thousahd votes We're cast at a
F'''' ""''' "c'c p"l! i""F "uhurc" ''''rS'iC
'p' "a" ''S'1 'n'V t'l'. SHOWS Vnc eAtre'ni-
~ " Wv ,"'r '''IG'"se II Is 10 DC o'r"e IN
n'''u' ~ Vlc lacts JUNK are. that the resi-
% %ns"' So'elS W"ci t,'S lhcursioh was made,
"r','N't" n an" I''' 'nt Hrouhi' nave read
n'I'' o' 'o'n1 "i tne eIe't'oh Judges
,'unS ,''V ''ey Ie'C the ground, ana
.i,r .,''Y t''n i'Stl Voters WehV away men,
'"cIc''ie' we hho" lnhV thudSthd votes
dred voters, II cannot be said that that shows
the ovtnnt nt tho rr,u1 'rLo r,o. i; .L,.
,... 81, i: - '
Nv Wv nnI ~" "'i2 V''' az 'Hc c4'I
tiph oi the "Uth oi Nhfch were cast by people
from Missouri, and they should b. counted
as Missouri votes. desire, however. to
state the facts in regard to die elections
which the Legislature held to he good
. ''o "'' '''C'ip" u'H,'iIO "ci"S c"Ilt'cu 10
three representatives., had, according to the
census, three hundred and sixtv-nine voters
but one thousand and forty-f,ur votes were
returned AS cast there Let us see what the
judges Of election and persons on the ground
said At page 80 OF the document to which
| alluded yesterday-the executive proceed
ngs OF the Territory furnished hy the Presi-
dent to the House Of Represcntatives--.I
find protest Of Samuel F. Tappan and twcn-
tv others