The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-03-14

Legislature for Kansas, Gov. Reeder gives
full details. Large bodies Of men marched
into the territory With banners and martial
music. s1pplied with camp couinape. and
in one case with artillery. They took pos
session of the polls. and succeeded in driving
from them the real people Of the territory.
In the first election distric, there were from
coo to 1000 of these invaders ON the ground,
out numbering the inhabitants, and deter
RING them from vo,;n, +, Tho sooo,d .,o.-
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W." u''''e'' ''e Dosu' 'o'ei'' On ocihS To
CURED 10 furnish some evidence OF residence,
drove the judges from the polls, and substi-
tinted others az ,ho;r ow, hoJ,, ,vhyo al.
-,
ae'u'' i'''uen'' i''iiou " '"e'r hon'e'' anu
declined voting. Similar bodies OF men,
with more or less of military organization,
appeared in the fourth, fifth. sixth and sew
onth oIoo,;o, d;s,r;.,. ood !, oooh GA. 90.
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'"S' III INC siA"eh'n eiec'ioh uis''io' 'ne
election was controlled by large number oil
non-residents. In the thirteenth very few,
;sonv or,ho aetna, ro.;dorts ror,;o;nn,0d
a.
IN 'ne ei0cuon' IN 'he e'on'ech'h sixty
armed men voted under the lead OF the Hon.
David Atchison,
ca. .oas cor,-o. po.,..
o' IAN 'O"'Au '' i''u'i'
to give his statement respecting the grant
ing of certificates to these members. He
saws
oh 're uay l1 iu.; ior PASSING uPSn s .no
rc'urns VI 'neso oieS'ions' W VIZ, 'no v,n
Iay VI APfh, coiiPiaiiiss Mo i. maui " .Lio
Governor from Sonle oi tne uis'rieps, s..''Is
iol.n 'n.se iaes' a .I .nsiu aPPVSsru sS 10
uy ,s ~ so.o VI 'ne io ~ S' ', Wv
SUI IissfIs.s WI. .t 81 ao' nm " 'He
manning ease 'no i 80. oe6 III
anu no complain. UnS hi'uo VI ihoSa'
votes, Us pr9'idei IN tlie rroeiaina''oh, cur
tihcites Oh election were gran'eu aocoruinS
10 them. Inc iacs III rogaru 10 tue uncoh-
tested districts have come 10 the knowledge
OF tho undersigned since that time, ana ne
has also learned that the reason why the
same We're not contested was, that the IN
habitants Were prevented ny intimidation
and fear OF INJURY 10 NE or properly from
DONG 80, considering II unsafe 10 assume
the position oil contestants. ohe gentle
man, who was active IN getting up con-
test IN ths lotn Dls.r,ct, anu mho Ihaue am
uavit 10 tne conlPil'"', was ai'er n'nUn u "
nuncia'lon' poiyio A. g., % 49,. "
and there Ivncbed with gross indirnity and
brutal violence.
An election having been ordered for the
"a OF NAY, loo1; " III So os S ,Ln ;st S,y
No nov wero then elected, and, in the 10th
district, as your mcmorialist has since
learned, the election was again carried Tor
inc sanls Sauuia' e., pNth ~ Mnroh hnt ms
comnlaint was then made. In the other
districts the actual Inhabitants were unmo.
Tested, and elected other Representative,
who, as well as those OF tho Slxtcenth DIS
trict, received their certificates from the
Executive. All the members thus elected
on the ODD of May, however, excepting those
elected from the Sixteenth District elected
by a body of strangers,) were rejected, and
their places filled by those whose election
had been set aside, and who had not the
certificate of the Governor, as required by
the organic net, although the Legislature
had not the power usually conferred upon
legislative bodies, to judge of the qualiica-
tiOns of its own members"
To substantiate these statements, Gov.
pooasr has arr,;od 10 tho s.creb,rv Of tho
- c. a. -. Ioa,.., 81
i'r'''Oi9 io' '"0 piOP'' ~, uV.' anu
they have been refused This Secretary
the creature OF the Administrations has
also neglected 10 make LEGAL returns to the