The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-10
A HEAVY FIRE IN THE REAR.


The ponderous report of the majority of the committee
sent out Kansas compile eectioneerng document
for the presidential campaign concludes with the
ton of eight acs and deductions which they report to
be established by the testimony" 1t would have been
uuore allow the House
and the country to draw their deductions from the
testimony this might have subserved the pur-
poses Of their extraordinary mission they have not hesa
ted to sacrifice modesty to expedency Whatever may be
the opinion the whole report during the tendency of the
presidential canvass venture to put record pre-
dicon that after the election document will
excite more universal dersion han that which has signed
to the names of Messrs Howard and Sherman. Their
work on Kansas embracing thousand pages Of
document type will be regarded the receptacle Of
larger amount Of humbuggery than any book since the
days of the notorious humbugger Munchausen. But our
present business is with the concluding "cis and
deductions" which wind up the report We quote them:
Seventh That In the present condition Of the Territory,
fair election cannot held without census, strn-
gent and wellguardcd election law the selection OF impair
m judges and the presence OF United States troops at every
place OF election.
Eighth That the various election, held BY the people
the Territory preliminary to the formation Of State gov
ernment have been regular the disturbed condition Of
the Territory would allow and that the constitution passed
by the convention held pursuance Of said elections mbodes
the will Of majority OF the people"
we did not know the fact 10 be otherwise we night
pose that Mr. Toombs framed his bill for the paccation
Of Kansas with the knowledge that its provisions would
be sustained by the seventh fact and deduction Of the
ority Of the committee II is certain however that he
done exactly what the majority say necessary TO
cure "a fair election be has provided for "a
he provided "a stringent and well guarded election
he has provided for be selection Of impartial judges and
he has provided for be presence OF United States troops
every place Of election II proper to remark that in
the discussion Of Mr. Toombss bill in the Senate no oppo-
OF the complained that its provisions
completely guarded for securing ir election"
Il was possible TO be done by law when the final vote
was about to be taken Mr. Pugh and invited the OPP
ponents Of the bill suggest any amendment that would
more eectunlly secure their friends In Kansas complete
security In the exercise Of their personal and political
rights and pledged his vote and that of his demo
cratic associates 70 is support The only response
from Mr.. Trumbu who said that nothing short Of the
abrogaon Of the Ksnsa, legislature illegal and in
valid body would The purpose This full and
ireagabe admission that the bill contained every provs
ion necessary 'iair election
The opposition senator's not being able TO End any OBJ
ccops to the provisions Of the bin in regard TO securing
fair election Of delegates to form constitution
sumed that there is majority Of prosavsry in
Kansas and that this result has been produced by the
moval from the Territory Of fee-sate This dodge
the only escape they had asserted and in
their former speeches that the freestate in
large majority and that their voice had been oveued by
the violence and force Of the Missouri inrude The two
members Of The House sent out procure cs and make
deductions" sustain those assertions and thereby
give color Of plausbiiy to tho proposition for the
admission Of Kansas with the Topeka constitution have
accomplished the object Of their mission and announced
the result in their eighth "fac, and deduction The great
fact there stated H. that the Topeka constitution in
bodies TIE vu Of majority Of the people" When II is
membered that this constitution made nearly rear
ago and that large accessons to the population have been
made since that time II is fair inference that the
committee meant to state "facr which would sus-
tsis their friends in adopting the Topeka consti-
tuition mbodyng the present nil Of majority Of lss
people IN he Territory 1t would be an outrage on
sense 70 say that the committee intended TO
recommend the admission Of Kansas with constitution