The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-02-07
Correspondence st. Louis Democrat.
FROM KANSAS!
Legislature In Kansas.

Missouri Legislature In Kansas.
LEcoxProN, X. T., Jan. %, ISL.
The bogus asscmblsge which we're elected
by Missouri to legislate for Kansas, have
been in session nine days, and the most OF
its time, up to this date, has been occupied
in Incorporating towns, banks, roads and
steamboat companies. The 18th section OF
the infamous code has been repealed. II
reads az follows :--sIf any person print,
write, introduce into, publish or circulate,
or shall knowingly aid or assist In bringing
into printing, publishing or circulating, with
magazine, handbill, or circular, containing
any statement, argument, opinion, sentiment,
doctrine, advice, or inuendo, calculated to
produce dangerous, disorderly or rebel
Iious disafection among the slaves in this
Territory, or to induce such slaves to escape
from the service Of their masters, or to re-
sist their authority, he shall be guilty Of
felony, and be punished by imprisonment
and hard labor for term not less than Eve
| years."
As soon as the above section was repealed,
| the passage Of the following act was effected
and presented to the Governor for his appro-
val ssBe it enacted by the Governor and
Legislative Assembly Of the Territory OF
| Kansas, Section 18th. The District Court
or any Judge thereof in vacation, shall have
power and authority TO admit to bail any
| prisoner on charge or under indictment, for
| any crime or o6ense Of any character, wheth.
| or such crime or oifense shall have been here
tofore brilable or not, such Courts or Judge
on every such application for bail exercising
sound discretion in the premises. Thi,
net to take elect from and after its pas.
sage"
The Governor vetoed the bill, giving his
reasons in n message of considerable length
The message is very good one, and dem.
onstrates clearly what would be the result ol
such law should il be carried into effect
The enactment shows rascality on the fac,
of il, and 10 fair exponent Of the law,
which the most OF the members desire t.
pass. With such Law, Free State meI
could be hung on any charge, while on tn,
other hand, their opponents would be bailec
out, as has been shown by the release Of
Hayes, Clark and Stringfellow.
The Supreme Court, now sitting at thii
place, found bill against G. w. Clark, ex
Indian agent, for the murder Of Barber
bail bonds were entered into and Clark re
leased, to takc his seat in the "law an
order" convention. DIR. Stringfcllow wa
also indicted for murder or horse stealing
(immaterial which as both are punishabl
with death) and also released. Previous I,
his arrest he advocated the introduction OF
bill advocatms the passage Of Law to hang
for the charge preferred against himself
but the enactment leaving it to the discre
ton OF the court to bail in certain cases
would save the Doctors mock, notwithstand
ing the unpleasant position it would plsc
those in, who differ from him on the ssdeli
cate and exciting question Of Slavery" Th
slave oligarchy very well know, that il the
can enforce the bogus code, that no ma
could live in Kansas, unless an ultra pro
slavery man, and the only remaining requis
ite is, to get the Governor to apply the bal
I and chain, which he says he has suspende
by the request Of several Of the u. s. Sena
tors, and the time specified by law for con
victs to wear ball and chain, shall be serve
out in prison. Partridge, OF 0ssawatomi,
and Cushing, a pro-slavery man, who wa
convicted by Judge Cole as the murderer Z
Norton, have made their escape. They wei
chained together and carried the chain wit
them. This is the first instance of pro
slavery man being found guilty Of any Grim
in Kansas, and Cato should DO "marked"
!, the "self defensives," notwithstanding II
! scoundrel is ut large.