The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-02

served that day the crowd chose to supply
The ssoagsas said hey came there vo. for and
his wife ana daughter lived with his law Willard ?.
rasy nigh, The If farm generally snown The Rich
saw min and where he generally remained during the
the Mssourans gave as their reason for voting that
hey had heard that Eastern emgranls % be a
Others ssd that inv n0 % gran were mere
making Kansas slave lsp '0' ~ '.t purpose y
S from the fact ns Tia. they
free s men In ae n n ro % a
Ss % Ss s John Mn
and aid not all members the Lower House ss
q as's hat esS s @ ,As
small majority aS and others THAI the party had
polls the Nssourans returned home During the
20 all ds7 ''iN0' -pS''''
posIpHAN PRECINCT.
The evening before the election two hundred
sssOSrans from Plate Buchanan saline and Clay counties
and and armed e %sS and
Knives and encamped about two miles from the place
slave state and Intended Missouri aerthey had
On the morning election the judges appointed by the
e sd s Allowed e Sas sx s
beng sworn Of them voting as many as eight or
each Afsr they had voted returned
Missouri m Inc ree state men generally did not vote eN
coGnns ballots names on the poll lists S
he Judges Of election TOOK out ballots enough to make the
WOLF RIVER PRECINCT.
o s he Ss T int s s
fused to receive their votes and when he resigned another
was chosen in his place who consented to receive their
Protests drawn against the elections the various
that greater numbers would be at a cleo
ton should be called and Of personal violence TO those who
SosFnos g.s Mao, he pro slavery
that BE- contested the election he and his office should be put
The number Of votes in the district by census was $50
of these LA voted The testimony shows that quite number
Of Buchanan Mo- opposite river claims
IRE sn built as and o ans & seT
they could They residents Of the Territory
iet in ne month Of March Your committee are satisfied
number Of legal votes cast did not exceed ao-ou OF III
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
HAYES m % ,n ss@n wss Sra If ee @ S m MIR
c collected around the polls Of which the great body
tmony 2 that the strangers commenced crowding
were made before and during the election day that there
should be free state although there nearly
district Most Of the crowd drinking and carousng
Judge Of Election majority Of those Who voted wore hemp
On ON s u s ere al.
named BY the witnesses Several SPEECHES made by
oliver one q your commune Colonel Burps and Laan VII
o and hs Sop h AL
would be SAID or done 20 harm the feelings OF the
m in rs &. . The rs Of noting and
committee are satisfied thai he did not vote Colonel Burns
recommended all vote and be hoped would home
dissatisfied a the interference with their rights by the
them hat would be better % have Kansas free sae
may sii ever ihs fence os The Judges rsaas.sS The
objected !, arsi some saying they had claim, u
associaie Who at hrst We're disposed 70 waive it,
contested viii him and he voters all took i snsr
and laid hem II ne shape q and tina, made HIM
sticks wo9 and THAI made him claim. The free State
men dd & vote although hsy believed Their number, 70 be
y, he Ihey deferred 6y threats hroushou
putting u sanddses and no candidates were run for this
would control he election The free State Judge
VS. hrescnSd WIN eIRsan ron the pol and Young
received The whole number q votes cast Az q
the testimony shows iha small portion estimated by one
quarter q he legal voted Your
referred certaed the sir
@ wn qo contested because no Sne %s
sse and that another election had the residents would
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.
For some time previous 70 H. election meetings we're held
The Territory and 5 and The day before
Pe eisy say Charlton csrroi cnn,oa and saline coun
tes No. came into te district and esmped there 6 They
Gun. ana res az, and bad Sadse~ q hemp IN Their button
On he morning o. the election were from cooto
leo pe9ns resent on The soGsd s9 rrs ~, q the
Judges resign y making threats q personal violence
Ton 80 u; crowd chose asoher g a his place 2ll Da
Ss q % " he aoSernor The osT Two S@cas Sst ,5y
ma rg . swear any oue who Offered 70 vote but thai al
fused we're some DsAwsre Indians, some thirty wyando1e
one q ne free ssaie candses withdrew In consequence OF
presence Of the Msourans amid cheering and accama
New Lucy came down from Western Missouri with large
number o on board who voted and then returned
r AZ ss,s S S.s'os .s 2r q f is,,: .o@ sS
grafru into TIE Territory and they wanted q eoun,
n.ay q ne xiSsourisns took The ground that under
tss y &C, az who were on 'As ground
Others thai laying town, stalking lot driving down
yo sS Ss" c Ss 1 ss member. s & he caanc
ren, construction upon hs law must be either knave ora
s:soq 20 ana nss ,Tsd "a, sa:sr3 eT St.s.
F S:iiss 9 2. ssa v .sI rsI. asa:
conesed election ordered By Gov Reeder Tor
III s.,.noy dvid.d - 70 he relative strength q parties
10 @ The wh9s 9S"ss. q y0 sas = VIE sr
very carefully prepared 1 y prepared io ne
ca sr .ns qs er r pro a,e Tsps G %
adng boo Who bad claims. eu, ds no. vs on 'asm r.
TIE os voted Your conlse upon careful essmns
SEVENTEENTH pprmcr.
ducSed ssa s al In this d-c, sae prOsla
very part BAD he msiorily -
s,.v,. - me elersn Gen David " Atchsou ~ Platte
CIV No rut un 4 Company q si--nurians. snd passing
hr,u ~ weston es MO The Terrtory. We
reaiscd the honae 81 and hen exhinhed he
aras ~ sb,ri h. abundance lie proceeded - the
Nssnni.er * nth dlxrct g.A. On his be- and his
rarsv alenae 4 conventon IN ~ Foureenh ds
~t ara roraa~a md nominated set ~ candi
80 :. In rrou w~he. q The pro.avery residents
convention he sad hat here we're
atr n b4rpd men coming from Platte county and
thai wA.n enough hey could -nd I'VE thousand
tsmx r.unr ~ rtFs and would XII every ID Id
abd.s y Tie Territory Cs1b. 49, =.
On he aay 81 election, ID u-ourana nner Aenson WI
e.~ eYrarted N the pofs In TIE krhteenh
district faklng cath lisa hey residents o. the dsc
1e Nmeouranx all armed 9TH pistols bowie knives
ana aaa hsxg sriy tAer company xZl But sev.n
tes vosea ru that day given By resdene ~ The
earirf t> The whole number ~ votes was SKIP two
4. KIRK 81 me csnddais- came into ne district from
N,rt aiu,tts no election and BOARDED there
erp1 he lei amer The election and no' 81 DE time
u "a Rro~k c W stewart A " Michel u :. Creel q W.
flle4ple 1T1 I. Dillon, 81 W Gillespie tIe A. a Jamie
- xtrarA n Hall g. W stewart nTt4 A. A. Iam-~on,
VI y RcbSd-on Benrmis Hsrsss' j. H. Whitehead, A.
Iaryrrrr W r. Hail. y Blax. - -.
r-s, a Al Jameson W. " Rlchsrd-un, y ~ whiiehead.
willard p Hall. n7eP 4. Jsme-on Benz HARDING. . VI