New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-07

Slave States fof he Turpose Of enabling settr, ty
o'ahe TO lie institution OF Slavery 10 'cIch .he. Ter
tory, wiibou. eXsrcs,ng co.trol over I'm 49,,
they g.; there; several gentlemen a'<e lei, ,he
Territory ard Missouri, and goDe. .oto Save
States 20 iDduce them pecuuisr N and publ ely
to aid Proslavery emigration 90 Kaa... Territory;
there has been heavy emicr Atom from the Southern
S,ate thi- Spring but links il i. more owing to the
general enlightenment of the people and 70 the M
por'aDce Of such nove rather than 10 the effect OF
our oIeSss; al the elections that have been held IN
the Territory o- ssues raised, have sprung from the
rival institutions OF Freedom and Slavery or rather
The Abolition aud Slavery parties The pre''n' diff
cuts IN the Territory Attributable to Reeder and
his particular friends in denying that there ~ sny
law il this Territory.
TO G'r. Kihg-SoIne day. afte. the Mlrch election
witness went down the river from Leayenworh City
to kaIsas CITY at the former place fry porson.
came on bard, aud in i.ion with them learned
that they from the Free St.te- had
Gently arrived in the Territorv had voted
ard were going back with no expression
Of determination 10 return 10 ths Territory;
at Kansas City similar party embarked 90 the same
boat who had come the Territory recently, snd were
then Oh their return TO the Free States in April wiz
started for Virginia; al Leavenwor,h and Kansas
City there were large numbers Of Free State people
who lad gobe into the Territory before election, and
Oh their way to the Free States. they had voted
JoHS FoRHAs, svorn-Cane from Missouri 10 Kan
in lsl3 brought his family in 1883; appointed
by Gov. Reeder Judge Of the first election in the
Fourte teDth District witness had been sick and could
not attend to the election but few Of my neghbors
attended; they were nearly all for Whitfield.
To Cor. King-Was candidate fyr Member
Of the Council At the March election the
Council District VII. included the Doniphsn,
and Wolf River precincts; had no opposition that
ever heard Of; was Pro Slavery man; attended at
the Wolf River precinct at that election knew every
voter who voted that day two of the JUDGES ap'
pointed BY the Governor were Free-State men, the
election quiet; there was lumber OF men
from Holt County, No., at the election; they
neither voted nor attempted TO vote as know
Of l only know Of two Illegal votes that
were taken; one Of them Free Soler; the other
voter was challenged, and ,worn-he was admitted
another Judge was chosen in the place OF the one who
challenged; witness has examined the DOniphan poll
books basty, and from that examination thinks that
q majority, large majority, he Think OF those
were legal voters; there were number OF names on
the poll-books Of men do not know; think knew
nearly all the settlers in the district.
Witness was Postmaster of Dopiphan; reads the
Northern papers that came through IT. remembers
reading al article in THE NEw-YoRK TRBrNE, in
which il was stated that before the opening of the
navigation of the rver the FreeSta' men would be
beaten, but in the Spring an avalanche Of Freemen
from North would into the Territory, and that
the slayeocrats would be routed the article excited
him very much, as it did many others of bis neigh
bours at the obvious forts the North to Abolition
ize Kanfas; am STAKEHOLDER in = small way, and
did not see why the fanatics Of the North should
occupy my places; the excitement was general on
both sides Of the Missouri river.