Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-21

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- - gsod osti ~ I3sneeratie doctrine.
Nov, II xoaad - calisd scssnatical Ii leass. and
subject The aaihor Is charges II Abol;iionism and
Black Republic
IL II q obvious to every mind that the power
Il lesisIsfe over the Territories of the United
States must reside somewhere and where can
1 Il be lodged except first in the inhabitants Of
the Territories; orr second, Ia the several
States a. such; or, thirdly, in the United
Ststes.
1. Il cannot be lodged in the inhabitants of
the Territories while they remained Territories.
Because iii Is lodged In the inhabitants OF the
Territories they are at once By that fact no long
Eer Territories bat sovereign States for the right
10 make laws 10 the first and highest prerogative
Of sovereignty. tta +
2. II cannot be vested in the several States
nor the people of the several States.
8. Then il follows Of necessity that this power
wns lodged by the theory and constitution OF
our government in the United States,
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TESTIMONY BEFORE THE CONGRESSIONAL Cox-
xirrsE or ISvEsr1aArIoS IN KASsAs.--The st.
Louis Democrat has the testimony taken on the
eighth day We give portion OF the evidence.
given by Missourian. Comment is entirely TN.
necessary. Our readers will see what kind Of a
figure this Kansas matter will make, when pre-
sented upon paper in an authentic shape:
ID Lewis A. Prathef was called and sworn
Came to franklin 9Th Of july, 1855, from Nilsson
ri, was below Independence, Mo-, in September
luef ne,
ed, where are you going ? they told me they were
going to Kansas to vote. saw them again
near Wesport, their numbers had increased,
knew they voted, stood near the polls at Franklin
and saw them; before we got to Westport saw a
hemp stock and hemp rope hanging ont of one
of the wagons, which they told me was to hang
abolitionists with-a Robert Grant told me when
he learned how much opposed was to their
coming here to vote, should be rewarded with
the rope first If did not look out; they claimed
the right to vote under the acts of the Territorial
Legislature, there we're about so, they did not
claim to be citizens, i asked them particularly
about that, one Of them said, we have claims in
the Territory, another said, tsJim, what is the
use telling that4d--n lie? you know we are going
to vote same as we did on the Goth of March
and return they said they were going to tear
down Lawrence, and slide the d--n town into the
river, they wanted to know why the free State
men we're not going to vote on the same day as
they did, / answered that the free State party
expectedto elect Gov. Reeder on that day, they
said God DIN Gov. Reeder he will notbe alive
on that day, and Robert Grant said he would
kill him wheneverhe could get the chance, and
the more aboiitonists he could kill at a fire the
better, they asked me if Twas going to vote on
the LIST, told them no, they then said You are
worse than an abolitionist for was On South
ern traitor. @ SSsess Ast5 AsA
On Monday when the polls were open, l was
called upon to act as Judge of election, refused
to serve in consequence of my opposition to the
law and the Missourians being there to vote,
they threatened Inc in consequence-Mr. Whit
lock, member of Territorial Legislature, in par
ticular, when the polls were opened placed my
self where I could see who voted, and stood
with pencil and ,paperin hand to note who voted,
Imade 70 foreign voters and from II to 10 resi-
dent voters, some of them who came up with me
did notsvote at Franklin, but voted at other pla-
ces as was informed.
slFss, - ~ ~ ~ 1850;
saw Indians in the camp at Waukarusa, they
were armed think; saw arms about their camp
while they were at dinner; saw man pour a
handful of bullets into the hands of an Indian,
and tell him he wanted him to save Yankee
scalp for each bullet; the Indian said he would !;
the same man also took the Indians bottle and
carried it away to get it filled; the same Indian
told me afterwards that g he no kill Yankee, me
want to get whisky" Wallace expressed a de-
cded determination to come with the Missou-
ri troops to Lawrence, and die with them, if
necessary was roughly treated by them, and
while L was away they blackguarded my wife
and family; if was away from home at night
they would not let me 60 home, they would not
let go to the post Office in Lawrence threat
ened to apply to the laws for protection one of
them told me, :" by Cd should like to see you
get any benefit out of laws against us" in con-
sequence of their troubling and harrassing me
could not attend to my stock, and thereby lost a
cow and calf; was doing business ina store and
wanted to go home at night, and they prevented
me from going; heard of many other depreda-
tons committed but know of none myself
Here Governor Reeder offered to prove by the
witness, that in conversation with two council
men Of the Territorial Legislature they said that
their object was to legisate so as to drive the
Yankees from the Territory, objected ,o,) was in
company with DR.. Wood and Mr.. Wallace, ding
into camp Weed told US he had come from Lee
compton with Gen. Richardson, and about three
or four miles above Lawrence they met two men
riding out on the prairie, Mr.. Burnes and Maj.
Clark rode out after them. Geo. Richardson d.
rected Wood to ride out and call then, back,
Wood saw Burnes, Clark and another man pop
ping away at each other, one man was not firing,
two men then rode away and Burnes remarked,
we hit one for l saw the fur fly, afterwards was
introduced to Clark, and heard him tell the story
and say we gave one *Yankee his winter quar-
tiers, for saw him reel on his horse. ,4g
sThomas Barber the murdered.