Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-09

kANsAs.-All the accounts from Kansas
TEEN with descriptions of the vast tide of free
emigration rushing into the territory. But
most Of the letters to northern papers also men,
ton that thousands Of the well known MisSou-
ri border ruffians have made fraudulent claims
on the Indian lands, in order to vote at the
ensuing elections. The number of these spur-
Gus voters whose residence is in Missouri, is
said to be $500. A person who has recently
come from Leavenworth, informs the editor of
the Pittsburgh Gazette that the census of that
place, under which the voting is to be done,
is being taken in the following manner The
ters at tavern, where it would be unsafe for
any free State man to venture He does not
go round to the houses, but only sets down the
names of such as apply at the tavern. A mob
of rufians is always there to take care that
too many abolitionists" are not down, so that,
from scrutiny of the list, the informant of
the Gazette thinks, it mostly composed of bo-
gus voters.
In some of the districts, where there are
not 800 residents, not less than 5000 voters
are said to be inscribed on the census All
these lists are to be completed before Cover
nor Walker gets out, as he is not going before
the lst of May, and his instructions being to
enforce the territorial laws at the election, he
can do nothing to remedy the exclusion of the
Free State citizens from these voting lists.
Thepopular sovereignty inaugurated in Kansas
is beautiful to contemplate. Some persons
are under the impression that it is sheer folly
for the anti-slavery voters to abstain from tax
ing part in these elections, if they are as is al
ledged, so largely in the majority This is al
lowing too much sincerity and good intent to
5000 votes, when they never had, at any time,
in the territory, 500 real voters Now, if each
of these 5000 votes represented a man, and all
were armed, as it is well known all were who
went from Missouri, it would be folly for the
scattered Free Soiers to attempt to measure
strength with them. If, on the other hand,
every man voted two or three times over, it is
plain that the election officers were such as no
honest man ought to trust The latter is pret-
ty clear in any case, else these election frauds
never could have been perpetrated. With
no chance of a true return of votes, or of re-
lection of dishonest voters, what inducement
is there for the Free State party to vote?
So far as we can now see, the election un-
der the law passed by the bogus legislature
will be held with the sanction of the U. S. an-
thorties, will be a fraudulent affair from be-
ginning to end, will be entirely managed so as
to return none but proslavery men, and
State constitution legalizing slavery will be
formed. No provision has been made for sub
mtting such document to popular vote, but
if there had been it would not amount to
much, as the same fraudulent list of voters
used for the election of members of the Con-
vention would serve the purpose of excluding
all votes against it.
What the consequences of these proceedings
are likely to be we are unable to guess. One
thing is clear. No such imposition as this
will be submitted to by the bona fde majority