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sand, and yet. in March. over siX thousand
votes were cast. You cannot Dc .aot tht
three thousand from the six Thousand. and
say that the rcmlinlcr shows the cNtcut OF
the voters from ab1Old, because We lmy0 M
reason to believe that morn than one third OF
the real inhabitants voted or that occasion
Then there were more than five thou- nd
votes cast by people from Missouri. and they
spread themselves, as it appears, over the
whole Territory, and in every district, except.
perhaps, one. There may he some very small
precincts to Which they dii not 70. hut
clearly, they went to the great body Of tine dis
tricts and precincts.
The settlement Of the Territory went on
with great rapidity in the season of l~5l.-
1t was the second year in the progress of the
settlements. The acccs,ipnz durigg t.e vu.'
were undoubtedly very great. Tho senate.
some time since, called upon the President of
the United States for documents in relation
to Kansas, and also asked Tor information as
to the present population OF the Territory
lie sent us Letter from Mr. Calhoun, sur
yeyor general of the Territory, giving am cs-
innate Of the number of iuhahitarts How
does he arrive Mt it In October, 1853, there
were two elections for II Delegate in Congress
from that Territory. One WAS on the day
which tho Territorial Legislature had fxcd
I.l v 49,
u'.C'Su' re!y ~" Vi ,''o 'le' S,"'G I"''''
other dav far clrrtino a u,Im,,ta ,,.i,l, o,,
the rround tbnt thov di not ,,;,h f, t.. ,,,.
dcrstond "a orrnein, tn tLn ,,l;l;,,or tt,o
Territorial Legislature. On the day which
they fixed for AN election Mr.. Rceder was
chosen, | presume the voters at each election
did not interfere with the others | never as
ccrtained whether, at Mr. W hitt'ld's election,
brt | tako il thnt iTtLoro ,r,,n o,, ,L,,,
wcrn yrrv few in nunlor
Mr.. Toomhs There ,,cra 70 .,c,t,.s ..i,cr r,,.
Hecdor Mt that eloction
Nr roll,,nor IL ,,.,, = ,,,,.,, ,,,.,..:.l
,nnnnt Mr. C,lhn,,, ,,,,,,lar+.,l,.st t,,'a.t;,',...,
thc nonuIotion nf tLo Tnrritnr,. r.,,, tLo
,n,nifestntinns or tho.o oloc,i,as i, 0'',.ia.
ln.t T. ,riu Lo ohsa.,.ol ,I,ot ~. ,,.,
tho season far omi',r,t;n, 1"d ,,o.S
sovon ,nontLe oftnr tLo ,1.,+ii, ,r ,t,.l
Ahomt tho nor;,d or ti,+ oi'o,;.,,
afterwards n,vi.,ntin, n,,.,,ol orJ o,,;,,r,.;.,n
rn.LoJ ;n,o tLe torri,,ri. Wi,h aii
ccseiore which ,voro ,,oI, d,,,;,,,, ,,.,,,,,,.
Mr. C,lhnnn romnntas tbo ,',,,,,t,,,..,, ~, g.,
tnhor os doJucoJ ,ro,,, ia 80. 90. ~,
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- nGo IyLo,, tjo ,,,., Il;
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rr,nJ on o,cb ltLor i, ,I',.
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conn WIN io,,,i,.;r va. '''r' "''". ~.
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in ontoLor tla,, a,,,IJ ~. ~ = ''9
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h'i I u ,ii ''o .i ',''' '''" t"rS
c.,t Goa. tos NIo VIZ, ~
nj yotas oC,o rr,,, "', ~,
,L,,. ,,or, ii.,',.,,l Ill ~ ,r; ',s ~"
w. f,J tbon, at ,,o '''i '''0
mlles in tho intar;or o+ ,+I,,rs 80, H., I.I
and ,t vnri,us ,Ior's ,hrn,,rl,',,t
Territory. WLer, d;1 ,Io,.,,7,,., r,..,,, Ivi.',
dij thnv 40 tLornl WLn,'lil ,L.,. .I,,.,..I,.'
say they had done What do the election
returns show that they did
The ma iorIty roport static. tho ,r,e,ooi,..
of a meeting held nt La,yan,y,rth ,lnr;,,, tT,
past fail for the ,ur,,sn nc ,,Iir,s, st1.,I
Of disabusine the rubIi, Hr tb, ,yrn,', l,,,,.
sions which tbev had rnrriy,j in ro.,,r., r.,
affairs in Kansas Iouso = c,n,,,,1 ,7l'r,.,
it was n wbi,e-yosbinr unntir,, t,,l;.i, ,lI
E,om ,h Tas'.l'9 at ""lth thr
officers. were the rrinc,naI movers hi tl"t
meeting DENY this incur.ion. this inv,.inn
this usurpation, Did il anologizn far if
Did it limit it to small mart 'f tin, I.rrit,r,,
It saws not a word unon the snIi,nt TLis
had been the Great p5int of conri,int Jhc
statements made tn rcyard IN il Lad haan
such as to make the ears Of t,a community
tingc. This meeting never ATTEMPTED nny
SORT of cxnlouotion Gycrso o, dor;aI af ,ha
fact. 1t never attemptcd TO distmse tbe
,,,,bl;, r,;,J 80, A.. Mt.