The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1857-06-26

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eng on the Missouri line, APPARENTLY have
OF been visited. But the eighteenth d's- r
.ict, comprising four counties, the returns
re consolidated, aud number, in all, SIX
undred aud forty.fyc voters. Now, in all
he rest of the districts, each county is re-
urned separately. Why not in this! or
ere all the counties but one missed, and
he returns OF one county made the returns
Tell.
But even OF several cou mites from which
We have returns, there never was census
taken, and the only returns ever obtained,
were made up from poll books Of the last
bogus election, when none but pro-slavery
men voteu. To prove this we will quote
the following from the Missouri DEMocR.T,
q paper that supported Buchanan. and has
never done anything to forfeit its title OF
"Democratic," unless the advocacy OF free
dom in Kansas aud Missouri is considered
such forfeiture. Will some OF the faithful
tell whether such q course Is consistent
with "Nationsl Democracyr' The Drao-
cRAT says;
"By this apportionment, one.hali OF Kan
sas is disfranchised, and not allowed SIM
Gle Representative. There are thirty. three
counties as organized by the territorial bo-
gus legislature last winter. Only about
twenty of these are on the apportionment.-
There were returns from only ellen OF these;
to-wit: Donaphon, Nehama, Atchison, Cal
houn, Leavenworth, Po:awattamie, John.
some ietu..and Bourbon. In few more,
borhoods, of certain hsts-Or ,Seeue neigh
from poll books, at former pro slavery elect
ions, and Secretary Stanton made appor.
tionment iL these
But the law makers provision for the Pro
bate Court to sit from the 10th OF April tc
the lst Of May, 10 hear complaints and cor
rect the returns. Why did not Free State
men avail themselves of this opportunity
Here our Democratic friend puts on tri
umphant air, aud calls this "poser."-
but listen little. BY the laws of the Dem
ocratic legislature of Kansas, the election
OF all officers was con lerred upon itself; an,
in order to give no chance to correct an,
fraud, no Probate Judges were elected for
great many Of the counties, and as no othe
officer had power to make corrections, o
r In counties where there are Probate Judge
, they would not do their duty, most OF ther
& abSenting themselves to avoid performin
= their task. The St. Louis DEMocRAr says:
- l,af
third OF the Free State men are on the lists
The county courts will appoint the jndge
, of the election in al lplaceS where they hav
, determined the election shall be held. Tn
n county courts did not remain in session fror
the 10th of April till the LIST of May, lnclu
sive, to purge the lists. In sons places tn
U courts held short and irregular :;:oG:--i
!. others they ha1 none. j.. only one or tw
=. aScs were the lists of 'he census posted u
for inspection, un.h after the time in whic
the corrections were to be made. In n
s precint were there three notices in publ
u places.'
Thus the census takers proved even base
; than the law, bad as it was. A number O
the unties have no election precinct
others only one, and that in some isolate
. pro slavery settlement. Lawrence has none
Topeka has none, as well as host of othc
, towns we might mention. Some have writ
+. ten to Stanton, informing him of the fac
that whole counties were passed over, an
allowed no voting precinct, and asking
remedy. The Governor-Secretary reptile
!, he could do nothing.
$ But our Democratic friends say, "Neve
mind! go to the polls anyhow. We are &c
ing to form a Free State Democratic Part,
and then we will make Kansas a free stat
. ourselves, and get all the honorn' Son
men have tried to form Free State Nation
3 al Democratic Party in Kansas, but hav
I it; Reeder tried it; and Geary tried it, bu
9 failed. The latest effort Of this kind is fro
: Judge Johnson, Of Ohio, who recently mad
a speech in Leavenwotth, which is thu
summed up the Kansas correspondent of ii
, Missouri Democrat. 1t tells its own stor,
and portrays the Free State Democrat
: JoRDAN, as indeed "a hard road to trayel:'
a wudge Johnson next addressed the pee
pie, differing some little from. the views e.
pressed by Colonel Lane as TO the polio
! but avowed purpose TO 90 os far as the ia
!. thest in an effort TO make Kansas free stat
N He said, when he came to Kansas he mad
an effort to organize the Democratic party
but those men who had now organized Ii
;, National Democratic party said, I'VE are pr,
!. slavery men, and want a pro-slavery part
and il you are not for us you are against us
c and that he was pronounced an AbOlitioni
n every time he spoke Of organizing the Den
d ocratic party. He was a Democrat, and ha
J. stumped Ohio for Buchanan, and the KaI
:" sas laws had given him q great deal
d trouble in that campaign, and he hoped
d never see their like again. He had muc
faith in the Democratic party, and wou
not be kicked out Of it by this small affa
It called National Democracy in Kansas.
ne had faith in Buchanan, but he must say,
:, Mr.. Buchanan intended to damn the Dem
- cratic party, he thought he was pursuing
~ line Of policy in his appointments for III
= territory, well calculated to damn it SO de-
er that the hand Of resurrection could nev
!. reach 1t. He did not blame the Presiden
but thought the influences which had su
III founded him, had made him commit an q,
m ful blunder in his Kansas appointments
s. The Democrats should not complain
Ve Republicans do not 90 to the election.
to They will thus be permitted to show WI
We their principles are. II they are not pl
= slavery, they will make Kansas free sta
~ If they are, it will be made a slave state.
gu Now is the time for them to show tn
's' hands, But the Democracy here are afrs
- to trust their partyi they say we have do
'a all the yillainy we could; we have robb
re and plundered Free State men in Kanss
49, we have upheld the most infapous OF t
Ill Kansas laws; indeed, our acts indicate II
es the evil spirits that drove the swine into I
'ir water, where they were drowned, have be
e, resurrected. and are made manifest in ,
mt and II is necessary that YOU should fast