New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-05
VIEWS OF THE MINORITY


Needed
VIEWS OF THE MINORITY
IA THE SENATE on THE UNITED STATES, July l. i~"'
Mr. Collamcr, from the COMMITTEE on Ie'l""'
10 whom was recommended the OIL TO-
.authorze the people OF the IefltorJ VI
",o form Constitution and State e ,verpmens pro-
.n.rs,o,v 70 .AsSr admission into the Cson when
g. bev have the requisite population" and the
amendment proposed thereto by Mr. Seward, snd
,ho amendment intended to be proposed by Mr.
Toombs 10 the said BILL and to whom were To-
feued the bill 49, 3a2) to restore order sod peace
in Kansas" the bill IS. 3i3) Complementary 70 an
"act 70 organize the Territories OF NeHasko ana
kansas" and the bill Is. 3Sll, supplementary
$40 An Act 10 organize the Territories ct Nebraska
and Kansas. and to provide for the faithful eAecu'
"tion of the said act in the Territory OF Kansas,
according to the true intent and meaning 'he'eos'
submitted the following, which was ordered TO We
prpted. and 10 600 additional copies be Prlnto
with Report No. 1913; A..
I,;s now nroposed 10 pass the bill to enable thu
present inhabitants of Kansas to choose oeegS ~,
f,m State Con titution. IL is wei undet.ooo .no'
the only topic Of difficulty there Is the suVeN ., 10
este Slavery. As there is not the humoei OF innao
tants there to emit lie them to arePresehshute' ao
mo 10 the present apportonment ID entirely mower
o. Conores,i discretion whether State shall Do
formed at this tme A.. 4. .uoL a. "a
II the state of circumstances there De suen a. W
furnish wel-founded expectation that An, Jus's
nd mnaral expression Of the Opinions ana wishes vi
the actual bona fde inhabitants OF the leritoy can
mot now be obtained, then this experiment saouo no.
ba a,t.mnt,d at this juncture OF their anahs-
statement of recent events IN relation 10 that
Territory ts present unhappy aud unsettled cou.o,
and Il causes witch have produced n, wh iuy sno"
that Lo fair election OF delegates no JUST
Of opinion, no true decision, can III Pfeoc", p0 '"0
obtained. , A, r..;,
Governments of Kansas and Nebra Ia was passea, "
was that they should when admitted as Stses
b. adm tilted with without Slavery, as their Con
'stitutiops should provide This; however, was not
satisfactory to the Saveholdng States and therefore.
! fiat provision of the Missouri Co npromise which
forbid Slavery forever north Of SO deg 80 min north
latitude that bill OF repose for which the Ssveholdng
STAT, had received and secured forever their consd
GRAFTON, and which had been sanctioned by thirty
wears of acuuiesceuce repealed and the novelex
pertinent was professe6ly instituted OF submitting the
subject 10 the people who shoud come into The Tcrri
| tory This was done to admit Slavery into the Terri.
tory Which contemporaries forbade. This breach OF
'anh effected by IN king another plight OF faith,
hat is by providing that the settlers of Kansas should
| pfrtccuy free to form ard regulate their domestic
| institutions IN their own way
Relying on this last national assurance many
people from Free States, as well as from Slave States,
| settled in Kansas and how has that assurance been
kept2 Neither the Executive nor Congress has
deemed that plgbted faith or executed that law.
state from information which regard entirely re.
| liable and as facts which believe capable Of the
pes ned that Of the 1871 votes cast in March 1855
or the election of the Legislative Assembly Of Kaa,
sas, 92l Of them were cast by armed bands Of the
inhabitants Of Missouri who invaded Kansas for that
purpose that OCCASION; that only ,4lo legal votes
were cast, and majority Of those were for the rres.
ate candidates. Tough most of the Fr:c.otae voters
were driven nom the polr' IT, invasion extended to
all me Council Dstri;r and to oil the Repres. NATIVE
Disi'"' ' ". one, and elected and controlled large
majority of both Houses. The people of the Territory
have not been left free but have been invaded and
subjugated and they are, and their institutions have
betn controlled by the people Of Missouri through and
by the tyranDis laws enacted by that Assembly, and
tyrapnicay enforced by the officers by the sp.
pointed. Tese avs, 80 made by usurpation, the FIX
ecutiye of this Government has aided TO enforce and
in Congress relief bas been granted. Tie com.
plants representations of this usurpaon ana per.
version Of the organic act have been represented here
as complaints OF mere rfeguarty, and been trested
by the Senate with apparent Indifference and neglect
AZ no measure even Of inquiry into their truth has been
instituted.
The people of Kansas, thus oppressed and subi,,.
".ted. have complained and Struggled in vain. They
have dor they und, stood the pe6pe OF other Ter
rtories bad done before them that Is formed State
Constitution, inviting all to participate therein aud
presented the tame 10 Congress for admission. All
such attempts have but brought down on them the
rtprOacb of being traitors and subverers Of authority
Abandoned to their oppressors the Freo-Ststs
people OF Kansas have been pursued by them in the
sam. spirit which made the invasion The scts Of said
Assembly have by their officers been made the color
Indictments for constructive treasons and pretended
ruisaLces deprive them Of liberty and de- troy their
property. Under the tom Cf Sheriffs posses armed
bands Of people from without the Territory prowl over
and take and destroy property and lives and intim
cate and drive off the FIee-State people, These
people have tus for several months past, been har-
raised ard scattered aud attempt self defense
las been epresed by the army Of the United Ststes
been Cecared constructive trea'on and treated
ordDgly The set ers have thus ia large numbers
dfi, en- frcm their settlement and from the Terri
il nta hrisf nd feb .(t
facts. A full picture Of the public atrocities an Phi
yate violence which have b.en committed with ian.
puny upon the State people Of Kansa, would
excite and the deepest sentiment CT indigns
ton
| II would 70 BE- demanded by a ger az OF CON.
mon justce and by what this nation owes As well 10
tie cuuse Of truth TO its character ard sefre-
spect thai inquiry should be made and usarpa loo be
sutdued, and the public 'ath be redeemed, BY re.
dessipg all the wrongs produced by such mean. This
lot proposed nor the law of repose 10 be restored
or The Constitution alrescy formed TO be allowed.
But, nsteac OF this, it is now proposed TO consum.
mse the whole by having usurpation possession OF
lis power, and provide security for those they i'm
prsoD oppress aud Gisperse but provide that those
nor there, and those only, shall determine the definite
condition Of that Territory by forming State Coz
sttation. This is but to encourage violence by
sadDg it with success. That any result Of such an
experiment will produce d. finite rational peace and
satisfaction, IL 10 suppose the people Of this try
bind 70 the power OF ordinary discernmeut lost -
every seat tim, Mt Of iusiice and humanity.
J. cOLLAMER
TIE sENATE'S NIGHT SESSION on
KANSAS.