The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-14

Congressman OF the vilaniss by which the
that the eeveopemeDes ef this ion auch
Heir cannot bear To this end they hsys under
70 he sI y Kssssr nov Inc
seat of Gen Whitfield and have une to crag hin
away to lscon pton ga pro-slavsra nss SO as to pa
raiyte and break upthe exposure of the gigantic frSu
and violence BY which they carried their bogus Legsa
ture last year.
bsna has charged his pro slavery grand jury to inoc
all the State ecers and members Of the ate Legisa
ture IS guilty OF high treason, and federal troops hav
hsved at Lawrence that effort would be made, unds
eever Of serving these to seize md destroy h
blasting evidence OF border Iuan fraud already taker
before The Con mission. earlier despatch had already
apprised Of the arrest of Gov. Robinson, . steam
beat eemiIg Ess,, 1t AxiDgtor, Missouri.
tensi. nis,s havirg the executive the Judiciary, the
Senate and least halt Of the House on their SIDE would
virtue Of which they Pretended 70 enact laws for Ksnsa:
snd send Whitfield to Congress- and then let the people
decide between the two psrtes. Having the fall power
and rgsr zation Of the democrats party whsrewsh
supply and bewder the voters of the free States
an
1t seems that hey think eerenty and resolved to
ttas he investigation BY violence and force The alter
Ksnsas quietly to slavery subdued and punished
traitors" Sc 1t then. Let avoid collision to the
inc Critics, to impriscnmsnt to b bssd and
harassed as traitors but not to the enslavement Of Kan
No surrender.
from the N. Y. Daily Times, May 1871
THE KANSAS INVASION.
We published exclusively, in the Daily Times Of yestezl
Gay morning. full report OF the testimony token before
the Congregational COMMITTEE upon the first
dsys of its sesscr-ald We this morning &C ne
the record If any one has hitherto been inclined to
doubt the statements which have been made from tune
tme concerning the outrageous invasion of Kansas
men from Missouri, We are confident perusal Of this
testimony will compel conviction Of hsir truth 1t Is
certain inc eed from this svxepce, that tie propsgan
the express purpose Of introducing illegal VOTERS and
thus nakpg Kansas slave State. Mr.. JORDAN Davidson,
hrst witness who was examined before this committee
in Missouri, The express object Of which to make
Kansas slave state-and that he had to believe
that 1t existed also In other Southern States-in Vr
ginia. in Tennessee Kentucky and Arkansas. He
from Missouri to Kansas to vote was sworn In the
spot as one Of the officers Of election and knew Ct many
othefs who came from Missouri and voted. William
Lyons another witness testified that ut the election,
March, 1856, he Mr.. Shelby, told him he had
come hur dred miles t. VOTE and hat eight hundred
Missourians would vote on that day' he himself Knew
that hundred went to Douglas where the polls
were held that day. to vote Augustus Wates, living in
census returns, that there but twenty five legal
voters in that district and yet several hundred votes
cast. At thar poll Mr.. Hammond kuzzy test ,fes
that just he got there Mr. Mace ofes ed VOTE and
that
Tsen % :S s h
hold hin 0y ec.r a.d pulled him away .ooI 10
sn ou H. S.s Ssss he S
man draw knife upon him without dong any ia
'sS s i Ell s1 Ct s
saw E.on come out q the cabin With he ballot DO! in his
q judges heard 5oae: gov shssa1 ny he would give
sn fsas s
Bson beth free sae there when the other Judges
free state vote.
Here the Mis- ouri mob obtained entire control Of the
poll and with Sheriff Jones at their head, comre led
two Of the judges under threats Of deatn to resign and
then put two Others in their place In the Seventh dis
trct Marcus H. Rose teses that there could not
votes cast j. B. Titus testi6es that 200 MS
urans near his place. and told him they had
CINE there expresry to vote William Jessie swears
that he was ct tie p0s in the Second district and that
Ihir went until about 50 votes taken, when
man came ioEad whnss vote wa, oeeeted o the judges
Tsrr9y crowd cried cut be should 70 without
ingj yhie ihsvss goh on DC zen came to vote and
ns
they they there 70 vote AID hey would vote
Tie mob finally demandei Of Burson and Ramsay, the
zee State judges that they should resign, and threat
ened to blew out their brains they reusd Jessie fu
ther says
rec they ccme out found them and heard mar tell
he .SHS sf ss
M. II bis hard told Bu.On ne had s.I bs e. LEAVE
Ss%s Ssnsy a. win Rs%ssy :ns sssI; V
r. sssss E aSa
ana MT Is. tccn went OWatd0 their crown Vi
horseback and aked where the poll books were
told them did not know they swore they were there
went of returned again and abused MT Jones now
acting Sheriff with Them, on horseback with Mr. Hum
hacker behind bm others came after Judge Wa ed;
they decanded he shoud 90 with hem he scented 60
harm Jones was ore Of e ihree the cry
then fer Burson; found him and away with him; when
returned the bigger part Of the company had goDe mes
Sheriff was the man who was holding the watch and
telling him they had 1--WE minutes to resign de-
Fast suppose there nearly 400 strangers there; have
them in the district dnce they well armed with
Knives and reyovers; do not know as any sc ~ OF
the district voted.
Thomas B. Woverton ties fled that he was at he 90.
tobsr election in Willow Spring, and that he told by
several there that they had from Mss uri to
vote in order to make Kansas flave State; and Tho
D. Hopkins residing about nre miles south OF Law
renee says that 1t the election he many OF his old
acquaintsEces from Missouri. He adds
They tod there about twenty five of my acqua Mt
there hat settlement they said hey TO vote
ard intended do; they said they wanted axe
Stale; want they would lore their property ar 1t was
f 700 to 900 from gssou this place. ard that there
would lie from 5000 00C0 here In the Territory from Mis-
The general tenor Of all the testimony the same,
it proves beyond all possibility Of doubt that thou
esnos Of armed from Missouri rave invaded Kansas
at every election robbed them Of their right of suffrage,
and imposed upon them officers and legislators who cc
rep esent their wis hes but acted direct deisnce
OF their will is the laws made by these men, thus
eecd that the people Of Kansas required to obey
And the whole power Of the tera to ba
used to &C mpel obedience.