Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-02-07

Territories. The Governor Of Kan.
'as vas required to caase census or.
enumeration ofthe inhabitants and
qualified voters of the several coun-
ties and districts of the Territory, to
be taken by such persons in such
mode as he might designate and ap-.
point; and direct the time and places
Of holding the first elections, and
the manner of conducting them, both
as to the the persons to superintend
such elections and the returns there.
OF; to declare the number Of the
members of the council and house
Of representatives for each county
or district; or to declare what per-
sons might appear to be duly elect
ed; and to appoint the time and
places of the first meeting of the
assembly. In substance,
the same duties we're deyolyed on
the Governor of Nebraska.
While, by this act, the principle Of
constitution for each Of the Ter.
ritories was one and the same, and the
details of organic legislation re-
garding both were as nearly as could
be identical, and while the Territory
of Nebraska was TRANQUILITY and sue
cessfully organized in the due course
of law, and its first legislative assem-
bly, met on the 10th of January,
1856, the organization of Kansas
was long delayed, and has been at,
tended with serious difficulties and
embarrassments, partly the conse.
quence of local mal-administratione
and partly of the unjustifable inter.
ference of the Inhabitants of some Of
the States foreign by residence, in.
terests, and rights to the Territory
The Governor to the Territory O
Kansas, commissioned as before
stated, on the 29th Of June, 1854
did not reach the designated seat o
his government until the 18th of ths
ensuing October; and even then failed
to make the first step in its lega
organization-that of ordering ths
census or enumeration Of its inhab
itants until so late day that th.
election OF the members of the leg
islative assembly did not take placl
until the Both of March, 1856, no
its meeting until the second of July
1855. So that, for a year after tn,
Territory was constituted by the &C
Of Congress and the officers to b,
appointed by the Federal Executive
had been commissioned, it was with
out any legislative authority, withou
local law, and of course without tn,
ordinary guarantees of peace ant
public order.
In other respects, the Governor
instead of exercising constant vigi
lance and putting forth all his ener
gies to prevent or counteract tn,
tendencies to illegality, which ar,
prone to exist in all imperfect,
organized and newly. associated com
munities, allowed bis attention tx
be diverted from official obligation
by other objections, and himself Sc
an example of the violation Of Law
in the performance of acts which
rendered it my duty in the sequel
to remove him from the office O
chief executive magistrate of The
Territory.
Before the requisite preparation
was accomplished for election of a
territorial legislature, an election Of
delegate to Congress had been held
IN the Territory on the 18th day oil
November, 1854, and the delegate
took bis seat in the House of Rep
resentatiVes without challenge. II
arrangements haG been perfected by
the Governor so that the election for
members of the legislative assembly
might be held in the several precincts
at the same time as for delegate to
Congress, any question appertaining
to the qualification of the persons
voting as people Of the Territory
would have been determined before
conflicting passions had become in
famed by time, and before opportu,
nifty could have been afforded for
systematic interference of the people
of individual States.
This interference, in SO far as
concerns its primary causes and its
immediate commencement, was the
subject Of the condition of the col
ored persons held to service in some
Of the States which has so long dis
turbed the repose of our country,
and excited individuals, otherwise
patriotic and law-abiding, to toll with