Freeman's champion., 1857-08-13

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another border county, has also r.
Thus, as we have before said, 20 out
of the 49, members are apportioned
so as to be conveniently accessible to
fraudulent votes along the Missouri
border. No man can doubt that such
was the deliberate intention of those
thus districting the Territory.
But, in the Tenth Representative
District, there is most shameless
piece of villainy. That district is
composed Of Douglas and johnson
counties but, fearful, it seems, that
the Free State sentiment of Douglas
county, embracing Lawrence and 9th
err staunch Free STATE districts, might
prove too much for johnson county,
even though overun by borderers
from Missouri, an unheard-of piece
Of gerrymandering is resorted to, and
Douglas and Johnson counties are
tied on to "all that part of the Terri
tory of Kansas lying west of Wise,
Butler and Hunter" "a region of
country where there are no counties,
no county officers, nothing but In
diaus and a few Missouri trading
posts
Now, why is it that Douglas and
johnson counties are thus united to q
wild buffalo range, one hundred miles
away from them, to form a single
Representative district? If there arc
a few struggling settlers away off there
toward the Rocky Mountains, why
not Join them to some Of the western
counties of Kansas ? Why jump
clear across the Territory and stick
them on to district on the eastern
border? All, the cloven foot of fraud
is here to plainly visible. The in
tention is, to bring in just such re-
turns from this Rocky Mountain re-
gion as may be necessary to over
come whatever Free State majority
the rest Of the district may cast
Thus, if Douglas and johnson should
give 100 Free State majority, q re-
turn will be made up at Lecompton
from some imaginary precinct away
off in that terra incognita, just over
balancing the 100 Free State MAORI
ty, and giving the 8 members to the
Pro-Slavery faction.
Three districts were formed by the
late bogus Territorial Legislature
Tile apportionn'ent has been made out
on the basis Of the bogus csasas, SO
that, in reality, those Is counties
where no census as taken have no
representation in the legislature
They are completely diSfranchiSed.
This accounts Tor more than 20 coun-
ties having only 3 members of the
Council. The census was undoubt-
edly purposely omitted, with a direct
reference to the disfranchising OF
these counties, in allowing them no
representation in the Legislatu Q.
Thus it is clearly shown that fraud,
rascality and villiany, those charac-
teristic traits Of the Missouri usurp.
crs, are to be employed at this eloc-
ton, and are dangerous elements
which tho Free State party will have
to cope with if they conclude to vote,
PETER I. ABLE, Gen, Stringfellow's 5
law partner, delivered a speech at
Platte City, Mo-, on the Goth ult., in
which he said tina t Walker was q
good manager and a keen man, and
he thought he understood him. He
believed when Walker held his Sc
cret councils with the President and
his cabinet that they were chalking
out policy for Kanzas. Tho people
should remember, said he, that q ma
jority Of the cabinet were southern
men, and he believed that Walkers
trip to the northern states after his
consultations with the President, and
all his talk north about Kanzas be-
, coming a free State had q design in
it. 7Hc object was to get himself en-
dOrscd BY tho northern press and Tho
Free Slate papers in Kansas, and after
ho had succeeded he could put dosOn tho
Free State mon in Kansas6 BY tho strong
arm Of tho Government, and point 10
his Endorsement By the Northern press
and tho Free State press in Kansas for
his justification. Hc believed in
Walker, though he would not endorse
him fully, and believed ho could bc
managed very easily. In regard to
the nomination of Ex-Governor Ran
som for Congress, in Kansas. ho re-