Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-04-18
In regard to the election Of the Both of
March, 1850 the same party state:

March, l-5J, the same party state:
They lthe M,souiaas) Arrived Al their seversl
destinations tho night before tho election aa hiving
pitched their camps aud placed sontes, waited TOT
the comlng d.. Btgglge wagons wofa there, with
arms am am nunUpu enough tor ur1udcted hght,
and among the two brass del 1eces fesJy ,tgnd
iheY came with drums heaiinf nd higs h,ins. and
lhrif 7hdefs were Of the prominent aud eonspi-
cu"ns men OF iheif respective Stttes In tho morning
hey surrounded The polls Hrmud with euus, bowie
Nn'gs and tev'Ivo.' aad declared tho determination
io vote "a nll hazads and n spite OF all consrquea
ees' ~ the judges could be- made TO suhsetve their
phpnsfht ana receive their votes aud if no obstacle
vas ctst no their WY, their leaders exeited them.
-NNe4 90 preserve pousa AMI order the conduct of
The elcctnu but a the sime time did not hesitate To
decltri that ii not allowed TO vots they would afo
ceod o. any extremity tstfucuon ui pfopefv aud
me- II Ue control Of the puls could ba had 9TH
ef"isr, the iudses were by intimidation and II nee
nrssiiN 10y fnlencei prevented from performing their
du or, it uuytrlilug iu this respect were driven
H"m their post, and the vacancy icd 10 toim by the
nrf4'hs on the ounIi HnI whenever by anv means
they had obtaineh ho control o buafd the foreign
vote wus pfsuiscuuu-iy poured in without dt-cfimi-
nhl'"n or esenr, OF The siihest care conceal its
nriifinu' h'esuhNt Al one of the polls Two OF the
luls's hAFiHg m1niully siool up m the aca OF The
armed mob, and declared they would do thrit duty
ono N"fu"n nl the mo- onumenced 10 toar down the
hnuse hnnhof prnoerhed Go break thG door Of the
judges fuum whist others, ,sh drawn knives pnsied
themselves at tho window, with the pruel timed rur-
pose of Nlllug AMY voter WIN would allow himsetfto
ho swoin. Voters were dragged from the window ba
cause they would not show their tickets, or vote at
the dictaiion oi the m0b and the invaders dec Jared
"ehY ut lho pnls thf thHy would cut the throuts
thr judges they dd not receive their votes without
requiring uu oath us 90 their residence The room
was lnily iureod, and ihe judges, surrounded by
armed and excited crowd, offered the nltrru1tiva
Of fcsiguaton death aud hve minutes were allowed
iof iheif decision. The bnllut-hoK WIS sitzed and
amid 'he shouts OF hurfab for his.ourin' wAs cirti-
ed utn The inoh Tho two meuaced Judges then len
the ground together With all tae resident citizens
except lew Who acted u he outrigH, bccause tho
iesnt expected iion IL eorrrspoadod with their own
''when anstee.s Of III, f,roign foreo was found to
ne h"s " "a" p"!i dearhreol' were sent tu the 9th
who refused tn acceda to tho demands Of 4 simiisr
mob of -oue 400 armed ana organized men wal driv-
en @ by Ho.nee from hs post, aet the vacancy filled
elegymin tor he oppression Of his opinion wis as
suuhcd aud beaten. Inc
lnhabsu,s ct the district, poweiess to tesst tho a.
bundant supply ui afms aud ammunition, utglrtzcd
pfoplriuous and overwhelming uuinlefs of tufoisn.
efs, len the polls without voting.
10 the Lawrence district ono voter 'sda hfrd at he
was driven hom he election ground.
Finding they bad greater fuiee than necessary
iof that poll, soms 2Ol nen were dfalled from Tho
number aud sont of under the proper officers 10 an.
other dstici alt- which they pnlad irom mis- camp
200 votes. ln The An aud 7ih di.iri,t,
the invaders came together in armed aud ganized
body, with uitns ot hity wagons, husiies hnfsamrn
and, the o,ght before election, pitched lheir camp ~
the sciuity of the polls aud having appointed their
own judges, n the place OF those ~ho, hom iniim,dt
uan ut uthcrwisr failed tp attend they voted wiLout
any proof Of fastdHuCe. In these two election de
trcts hetg The census shnws 100 ytntns tbere we're
pulled i1, end list tan 1o3 votes, although large
@ @sa o. he ac.a o'iienis did not vote on ciihsf
ful er ,muatna Of ,ho returns WI ats satisfied i6at
oyr 5000 yuies wcie TINS cast by tho eit4ens and
residents OF lha States"
place IN opposition to these statements
Of the party that was overborne, the slate
ments of the party that prevailed, beginning
with signals Of the attack, aud ending with
celebrations of the victory.
General Stnngtelow addressed the inva-
ders in Missouri, on the eve Of the election
Of March 30 1855 thus:
90 TO those who have qa.ims nj eonseionee a. 10
voiHtus Jaws, stlio or Nauunal Tho time has comr
when suoh lmpu-itlns must ba disfug ifisd - ,oue
tishts aad pfopeuy are be- dtasor; aud ADVISE yot
und al, enter every election district in Klusas
IN dodinco of ieeiaf oud his villa myrmidnns, and
votr, IA tn point OF tho bosia-knifs aud favalvof
Neither give nor take qutttef demands H.
u b. rnlush that he slsvoholiing interest will. II,
iom whtrh thofs b. no appeal. What light has Gov
efnor keedei no tulf Mifsuufians tn ktasHs} ii-
pfoclamutnn and prescribed oath must be tepuiiatd d
n 10 youf iniefeH 20 DO Mind that SLAVERY Is
ostablished where 20 isnot prohibited "
The Kansas Herald. an organ Of both the
Administration and the Pro.Sayery party,
announced the Legislative election in the
Territory Immediately afterwards, as follows (;
Yestofdsy wasa pioui and glorious dly Tor the
fiionis OF Souihrfn Rishti Tho tfumph of tho Poo.
save'y panty q complete ohd 'vriwhilnins. Come
on uthem MHn Bung Auuf Sllvus, and On ~
the Teuitoy Kansas is saved :"
The Squatter Sovereign, published IN
Missouri, thus announced the result Of the
recent election, the day after II closed
" ISoErEsDENeE, March 81, ts55,
several hundred omigan,, tfom Kansas have lysi ca
iaied our city They we've preceded by tho Wesipot
Hui Independence hf.ss b inds 1hey oame 10 al the
west side oi the publc squafo ani proceeded entielY
aiound Il, the binds ehesng as with hlc aute, and
ihn bands were about iva hundred hofsemsn Ia resu
af order following these wofe Ona hundfsd aud Il fty
wagons carriages 80 They gave repeated cheers fof
Kansas and Missouri They report that moi 90 Anti
slavery man Will be 10 the Legislature of Kansas We
have made clean sweep"
A letter written at Brunswick, 10 Missouri
dated April 10Th, 1855, and published in the
New York Herald, a Pro.Slsyery journal,
says that;