New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-04
VIEWS OF TIE MINORITY

VIEWS OF THE MINORITY
IA THE SENATE UsIrsp STATES, July l, 1855.
Mr. Collamer, from the COMMITTEE on Iernton~'
10 whom was recommended the Dali - iIg "
.s.n,borze the people Of the Territory of Kansas
"to form Constitution and state y 'c''"0"'p
.. narstory to their admission into the Cnion when
o,h.v have the requisite population and The
.mordnsnt proposed thereto by Mr.. Seward, and
,hs amendment intended to be proposed by Mr..
Toombs 70 the said bill, and to whom were re-
f,ed the hill (S 342 " to restore order and peace
in Kansas the bill Is. 3i3) "suppementsry to an
sac, N orpanize the Territories Of Nebraska ana
Kansas" and the bill Is. 35l), supplementary
go A, Act TO organize the Territories OF Nebraska
and Kansas. and to provide forthe faithful execu-
tion Of the said act in the Territory oil hahsa''
according to the true intent and meaning Thereon,
submitted the following, which was ordered TO be
prip,ed. and 10000 additional copies be printed
with Report No. 1913: a.
II is now proposed to pass the biI To enaoie quo
nrescpt inhabitants of kansas to choose delesh'e,
G,m a State Con- titution. IL IL well undestood tna'
the opy topic of difficulty there il the suo)ect o, 90
nestle Slavery. As there is not the number oil innao
tapts there to entile them to arePresen.aye' ,,
ing to the present apportionment eh,e LII ha
of Congressional discretion "ue'Hoi '
formed at this time. . .,x Ia snch q. "a
furnish wel-founded expectation that "a isii, Jus
and impartial expression Of the Opinions anu VI
The actual bona fde inhabitants OF the Territory can
not now be obtained then this experiment saould NJ.
he attempted at this juncture OF their ana.rs,
rccpt statement of recent events 10 relation 10 that
Territory s present unhappy and unsettled condition,
ard tte csuserwtich have produced II, VIII fully snow
that 10 fair election of delegates, no just ex preston
of OPINION decision, can, at present. DE 'hefo
In 1854. when the bill establishing the Territorial
Governments of Kansas and Nebra ka was passed, 1t
was enacted that they should, when admitted as otaeS
no admitted "with or without Slavery az their Con
g stitutious sboud proyde." This however, was not
satisfactory to the Savehodng States and therefore,
that provision of the Missouri Co npromise which
forbid Slavery forever north OF 80 deg 80 MIN: n1rh
js,;tude that bill OF epose for which the SsvehodiRg
States had received and secured forever their consid
GRAFTON, and which had been sanctioned by thuty
years Of acquiescence was repeaea s"n Tue t
subject TO the people who should come into the Iofr-
tory This was done to admit Slavery into the Tern;
tory, which thatscompromise forbtd This breach OF
faith was effected by king another phght OF iain,
that L. by providing that the settlers of Kansas should
perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic
institutions their own way
RELYING this last national assurance, many
people from Free States, well from Slave States,
setti, in Kansas; and how has that assurance been
keptg Neither the Executive nor Congress has re-
deemed that plghted faith or executed that law. l
state from information which regard M entirely re-
liable, and as facts which l believe capable 81 tho
mort unquestionabe proof, which can at any time be
prest ned that of the 33 votes cast in March 1889,
for the election of the Legislative Assembly OF kaor
cas- 4 s2l of them cast by armed bands of the
inhabitants of Missouri who invaded Kansas Tor that
purpose that occasion; that only 4t0 legal votes
were cast and majority of those were for the Free
State candidates Ough most of the Free voters
were driven fOm the polls. This invasion extended to
all the Council Districts and to all the Repres NATIVE
Districts but one, and elected and controlled large
have not been left fIee but have been invaded and
subugated and they are, and their institutions have
been, controlled by the people of Missouri through and
by the tyranDs laws enacted by that Assembly, and
more tyrannicaly enforced by the officers by them ap
pointed. These laws, made by usurpation the EH
ecutve of this Government has aided to enforce, aud
in Congress no relief has been granted. Tie com
plants and representations Of this usurpaton and per-
version of the organic act have been represented here
complaints of rfegularity and been treated
by the Senate with apparent Indifference aud neglect,
as no measure even OF inquiry into their truth has been
instituted.
The people of Kansas, thus oppressed and subu
gated have complained ana struggled in vain. they
have done they und. stOOd the people OF otoer Ter
ritories bad done before Them that is formed State
Constitution, inviting all to participate therein, ana
presented the same to Congress for admission. All
such attempts have but brought down ON them the
reproach Of being traitors and suDverers Of authority
Abandoned to their Oppressors, the Free.Sts'e
| people OF Kansas have been pursued by them IA tn9
spirit which made the invasion. The acts OF sara
Assembly have by their officers been made tue coor
for all forms Of political persecution and oppression;
Indictments for constructive treasons and pretended
nusances deprive them of liberty aud destroy their
property Under the form Of Sherf's posses, armed
bands Of people from without the Territory prow over
It and take and destroy property and hives, and intm
date and drive off the Free-State people. Tnese
people have thus for several months past been har
rassed and scattered and any attempt at self defense
has been repressed by the army Of the United State
or been declared constructive treaon, and treated ac-
| ordngly The setilers have thus in large numbers
etn driven from their setteen ts and from the Tern
oiy This is but brief aud eble statement Of the
facts. full picture Of the public atrocities AMI pr
| yate violence which have been committed with i'm.
| punity upon the Free-State people Of kansas would
excite and the deepest sentiment OF indigna
| ton.
| II would seem to be demanded by serse Of com.
mon Justice and by what this nation well 10
the of truth to its character and selfIe
spect that inquiry shoud be made and usurpation DO
| subdued aud the public faith be redeemed, By re-
dressing all the wrongs produced by such mean. This
il not proposed the law OF repose to be restored,
| or the Cor siitution already formed TO BE- allowed
But, instead OF this, ii is now proposed to consuu.
mate the whole by leaving usurpaton in possession OF
IFS power and provide security for those they I'm
prison, oppress and Gisperse, but provide that those
there, and those only, shall determine the definite
condition Of that Territory by forming State Co.'S
sttuton. This Is bat to encourage violence BY re-
warding il with That any result Of such 81
experiment viii produce definite rational pr ace Cd,
satisfaction, is TO suppose the people Of thu, comfy
blind TO the power Of ordinary discernment lost "
every sertimtn mt OF Justice and humanity. 49,,
THE SENATE'S NIGHT DlSSION ON
KANSAS.
1 E5;.or,,i Cor.spons,ne. Of The N T. s,-h,,.