The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-24

we agreed on an oath to administer to the
voters: the first man who came to vote,
when we required it, said, 81 am here" the
other judges were disposed to take his vote
without swearing him; many OF them swore
they had claims; whenever there was fresh
arrival OF voters they were received with
cheers; speeches were made; there was a
good deal of drinking, and threats were
made against the "Abolitionists" in general,
and me in particular; there was no Free
State ticket that day; we abandoned the idea
when We learned Of the intended invasion;
with fair play we could have elected our tick
ct; had list of the persons who voted, and
should have preserved it If my house had
not been burned during the invasion.
L. A. Stephens sworn-Came to the Terri
tory IN 1855; settled in Kickapoo; at the
election in October when Whitfield was vot-
ed for; saw party of Is men come from
Platte county under the lead OF Stringfellow
and Burns; saw them vote; saw other par
ties from Platte county voting; they kept
coming all day; threats were made that none
should vote who did not vote for Whitfield;
one man from Massachusetts, experienced
great opposition; when he approached the
polls he was questioned by a pro-slavery
man rs to who he should vote for: he refus-
w ~ tcAA. nc war WIN bAat ~ u "a $AbSi-
Zionist should vote in that town." and would
have mobbed him but for interference from
others.
DIR. S. c. Westfall sworn-Came from
Missouri near the frontier of the Territory
in 1856: testified to frauds in the March
election; he went out with party of 80
who went from jackson county; saw other
camps from Cass county; they came up to
vote; knew many of the voters; knew their
residences in Missouri; arrived ut the voting
place on the evening of March 29th; one OF
the Judges of election was not there; Judge
Hamilton of Cass county, Mo-, came into
their camp at midnight; said there was plen-
ty men at Pottawattomie to carry the day;
wanted sixty men; part of the camp went
with him: those who remained went TO the
polls that dav. There were three hundred
men there, principally from Missouri, nine
tenths at least.
We have thus given sufficient number OF
extracts to show the character Of the testi-
mony generally, and to exhibit 10 our read
ers, under the oaths of many witnesses, how
and by whom the elections of Kansas have
been carried. 1t has been demonstrated
clearly and incontestably, beyond any reas
onablc doubt, that the people Of Kansas have
been overslaughed by the people of Mis-
souri,, and that armed bands Of Ahssourians
rallied expressly for that purpose, marched
into Kansas and elected their candidates TO
the Legislature and to Congress by force and
fraud.
That Legislature, SO elected, enacted the
laws Of Missouri by wholesale for the Terri
tory ot Kansas, and in addition thereto en-
acted statues more cruel and tyrancal than
any known to the legislation of modern
times.
And yet the Locofoco party which makes
such an ado about the right Of selfqorern-
ment for the people of the territories, insist
upon the execution of these laws imposed
upon the citizens of..kansas by Missouri, and
claim that Whitfield is the rightfal represen-
totlye Of Kansas in Congress