Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-08-08
WHOLE NUMBER 1890.

| right to vote II they had been there
but Eve minutes, and he was not will
ing to 90 home without voting. which
vas received with cheers jackson
then called upon them TO form into
little bands Of fifteen or twenty, which
they did, and went 70 an OK We
gon filed with guns. which were dis
tributed among them, and proceeded
to load some Of them on the ground.
In pursuance Of Jackson's request.
they tied white tape or ribbons in their
button holes, so ms to distinguish
them from the "abolitiorists. They
again demanded that the Judges
should resign. and upon their refusing
to do SO. smashed In the window-sash
and all, and presented their pistols
and guus to them. threatening to shoe,
them. Some one on the outside cried
out TO them not to shoot, as there
we're pro-slavery men in the room with
the Judges. They then put a pry
under the corner Of the house. Which
was n log house, and lifted il up few
inches. and let il fall again, but de-
sisted upon being told there were pro-
slavery men in the house. During
this time the crowd repeatedly de-
manded to be allowed to vote without
being sworn, and Mr., Ellison. one oi
the Judges. expressed himself willing
lly. but the other two Judges refused.
Thereupon body Of men. headed by
"Sheriff JONES'" rushed into the
Judges room with cooked pistols and
drawn bowie knives ia their hands,
aud approached Burson and Ramsay.
Jones pulled out his watch. and said
ho would give them FIVE minutes 20
resign in. or die. When the Eve
minutes had expired and The Judges
did not resign. Jones said he would
give them another minute and no
more. Ellison told his associates that
if they did not resign there would be
one hundred shots 6red,in the room In
less than fifteen minutes: and then
snatching up the ballot box. ran out
into the crowd. holding up the ballot
box apd hurraing for Missouri
About that time Burson and Ramsay
we're called CUT by their friends, and
not suffered 10 return. Az Mr.. Bur-
son went out he put the ballot poll
Books In his pocket, and took them
with him: md ~ he was going out
Jones sns,ched some papers away
from him. aud shortly after wards came
out himself, holding them up. cryinq
"Hurrall for Missouri" Alter he
discovered they we're not the poll books
he took q party Of men and started of
to take the poll book from Burson.-
Mr.. Burson saw them coming. and he |
gave the books 10 Mr.. 'Umberger and |
told him to start of IN another Jirec.
ton. 30 ~ 10 misIead Jones and his
party. Jones and his party caught
Mr. Umberger, took the poll books
away from him, and Jones took him |
up behind him on horse. and carried
him back a prisoner. Afier Jones and |
his party had taken Umberger back, |
they went % the house Of Mr.. Ramsay,
and took Judge ]. A. Wakefield p,is-
ouer and carried him 70 the place Of
election. and made him get upon q
wagon and make them speech af- |
ter which they put white ribbon In
bis buttonhols and let him 90. They
then chose two new Judges. and pro-
ceeded with the election. aeI
They also threatened 70 kill The
Judges II they did not receive their
votes without swearing them. or else
resign. They said no man should
vote this day unless he voted m open |
ticket, and was "all right on the
goose" and that II they could not
vote by fair means they would by |
foul means. They said they had as
much right to vote if they had been
in the Territory two minutes as II they
had been there two years. and they
would vote. Some Of the citizens
who were about the window. but had
not voted when the crowd OF Missou-
rians marched up there. upon attempt.
ing to vote. were driven back By the |
mob. or driven OF. One OF them.
Mr., J. NJ. Macy. was asked il he
would take the oath. npon replying |
that he would IL the judges required
il. he was dragged through the crowd.
away from the polls. amid cries OF
"kiIl the damned niger thief" "Cut
his throat" "tear his heart out." DC.
After they got him TO the outside Of
the crowd. they stood around him
with cooked revolyers and drawn bow
IL knives. one man putting knife to
his heart so that Il touched him. an
other holding cooked pistol to his
ear. and another struck Mt him with a
club. The Missourians said they had
a right u vote II they had been in the
Territory but Eve minutes. Some
said they had been hired TO come
there and vote. and got a dollar day
and by god they would vote or die
there.
They said the soth day Of March
was an important day, as Kansas
would be made slave State on that
day. They began TO leave in the d.
reclion Of Missouri in the afternoon,
after they had voted. leaving some
thirty or forty around the house where
the election was held. 10 guard the
polls until the election was over. The
citizens Of the Territory were not
round. except those who took part IN
the mob, and large portion Of them
did not vote; 34l votes were polled
there that day, Of which but some 80
were citizens. A protest against the
election was made TO the Governor.
The returns Of the election made to
the Governor were lost by the Com.
mittee OF Elections Of the Legislature
at pawnee. The duplicate returns
LEFT Ia the ballot box we're taken by
r. E. Laley. one Of the judges elected
by the MissouriAns, and were either
lost or destroyed in the house. no
that your committee have been unable
TO institute acomparison between The
poll list and the census re,urns Of this
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