New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-25
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be cor: uo'ei ~ Ieturosd sSsCia..s % -" hs'e
,se, e1pIss,y ,esh I, sray from. ihs lir, aod tsss
gave ntpocrtrliy 10 tie j1egss ADD csiss 70 aye
:, nsny ia,e returns 50 :ssy Pc a,e1, vt1oa' ,lo
lsiIg en-, law OF TIE Iaa5. S3as"t IL Wy
siueoIdht,y that Cover op os,soss ~ :, On.
from under tie lsv .sus 70 give uais'otui criks ana
uogss sn opportunity, II they cno,e, 10 msKe i,.Ss
nd frsudultLt returns TIA: was the reason Wy l
bed ny doubts. booked mot The Consdut.In ., II IA
Corx ention al / foI, my do1bti s..er2tnebeo ~
ths. exam alton, foy foprd hat the OIto'd haSos
we're leesli1ed IL the Consttuuon. foaoa sas'
johnson County, which had oaly about Tour plo-
An, legal voters assigned four Rsp!esen etvee
snc 70 Seratersi Wills shawnee County VITA, Limo
bnr,,,d voters vas ss.ignsd t-o Rspres snta.iyes
and GRE Srrsto.. The comfy having douoe tue
of legal voie,s lad but bat toe rep'esents.
ton. ] an Afforded THAI When ina. iaT Sss 9 lee
10 the at.el.cn ff tie Convention by Judge 1Iore.
no repre- 20, ted Shawnee, Gnd aked why It vas the
An, ", r given was The g+ntiensn fIgeis that o1:
ford City - il johnson Caun'y.' The edoitg Of
the GO raGduleIt votes OF Ouord City swe!!ec ne
ronber from 100 10 1000 and thus enabling them T.
Give four h presenayes ard two Sens ore 10 Johoson
County, bascd On ths. freud when without the Ea1d,
i. would lot nave been entitled to more ioan one sen
stor al one representative. sp2eAi 90 -. sIse
osizedt oerg s.celtsioed that the fact OF ts being
eeazed was called to the attention OF the Cover
lion at the tine they did t-ibst Oxford ifoua oeng
alluded 10 as justification Tor aolg y; qua taeu
o.t or an ousy denou ced Gov. Walker for havtg
set aside that fraud, furnished presumption "a there
n ust have been re why they provided by intt
schedule, that tie returns hereafter shouid NOT %
tranu eled by sny law which would suthon5s any
hooy 10 set asde Frauds With these facs before ~,
aid entertain doubt towhetf e. it was intended
thst ERE should be honest returns; aud say nov,
frsIkiy, have rot The slightest nose
viii be entitled b aoy lit Tha'ev
kP. FIrCH-WLi The Senate allow Lie 70 tntefiupt
him. because carno. AK TIE Senator from Me1igso
TO ,ieli the floor az ain The Senator from lllnois
,syo that be based Lis nsnuai ion thst improper mo-
i've, ws,e at work either within without n anea,,
70 surs the stkirg out Of the Slavery csuse yester-
day, on a knowledge Of .hc fact that hauduent 49,
p1. bad been prev iousy made, and that the manner
Of sl.oiion for the Constitution was unu.u.l nave
BEIGE n bis laDgusge-tse arguese Of the irsieua-
on The fats to which be low Iet'rs had 6eeo ioog
ktown 10 him. The Oxford fraud was long kno1n 70
him. fer il Vas after OF public no'oety fof veeks
elsc,icr Of yesterday would be ooLductei was known:
ne Of he Constitution aud the report ii IT
tleir et cton would be conducted IL that manner asd
By certain cicers created by fse Conahtuuoaai Con-
ycIiicp w,s well known for weeks. Bat rue kno9I'
edge which was in his possession aid upon wbien ne
Infatuated improper notises were az work IN hansas
10 &c the striking oct or The Slavery c.suSe vas
some thing altogether different, Il We are 70 oenexe
tlehono,ab)e Senator's words ct the tine Of the ue'
livery Of bis speech lie raid:
IsLLk enough Ii the lat t1Eoe Gays 70 n ie "
certain tdn. will be returned ont no ns'eT 10" 'uo 'o ~
NJ. DouGIAs-S GIN much obliged to the Senator
70, ealing my attention. snd ths OF the Senate TO the
t1press largua2e. Tie fsc.s which | haY9 deta cd
warIard me il the supposiion thst there was 40 op.
p<itulity to return the Slavery clause in or retura IL
out us as should be- thought best and hat the Con-
ytrliOn irts.dsd to give thss Opportunity oy p.VS.G-
ptretcs sh uld not be brought to bear on the offend
err if they od perpstrate fraud Thought saw suchs
DE- gr. Now, wins, aladeo TO having seen within the
Ia thia. there ClrYOnt-l
cid rot know whether tI1e or false, and do not kooW
low whether they are true or fcise-that several
gentlemen had stseo from here TO 60 oy express 10
Ksr to HE ell Their power gnd Miueree 10 get Inc
Pro Slavery csuse stricken out that Northern men
could vote for the Constitution, whorf as il was sup
posed tboy could rot if it was not stri:k out;
Mir. FITcM-- Docs The Senator wi b TO be understood
az jn,nstirg that any Northern Ser ator seat such
message II io in the spirit OK mis- language to the
Senstor from Pennsy lvania Mr. Blgerl yesterday,
frtm what source docs ne derive his knowledge Who
10 his authority, and Tho sent tbs message!
Mr.. DCCGLAs-I made no insnua1on that any
Northern SeEstors any. Southern s;Dato-s hsd any-
tbirg TO do with IT, stated that TIE rum ns e1isisd
raw inc geDtlsWso, warm Pio'Slavery man, Who
wss hu1rg of 70 Kansas for the purpose OF inducing
The I'D to Ike OF. the cae, IL order vote OF Con
g1ess should be favor Of the Coastuop He
did not ssy bst bsdy sent hm heard that Others
had gone. Who sent them Whittier they were
sent by any body do rot know but ,oDfess, taking
that 10 correction with the fact that there was 10
pei olty fox fraud, pnaty fof ial.e rsuInsIt1is
TIE law Of the land which PUNISHED fieuds had been
.et aside By tho Colveptioued me to DOUBT whether
ought 10 have much confidence In the returns and
beLee i; sss OF worth while for NE - wait before
deI Oh 10y position uLtl those retains should come
in. Did LOT I.eLd 10 mention the mere "a nor; but
let 60 for VIA! worth 1t may be true, or 1t
may be false. word now ss to the action Of the
Convention which justified the sappoaton. as be-
heyed tia: frauds clght be accomplished with >us the
vic aion Of law The frauds a. Oxford were indosed
by the Conve niionwben ther attention was called to
ibtm. The sane members Of the Convention who
old tta., denounced Governor Walker for hsv-
lrg set ssde those frauds. a further fac.
witch is stated 70 NE by officer Of the Army who
was present. is that the clerk who was understood 20
have perpetrsteSth Oxford fteuds, chosen oetk
Of tie Con, tiJn by acclsnson, on the suggestion
that his services ia Johnson County entitled bin TO
that election These fscts taken together, led ME to
,us OF thai much confidence wss not due 10 the re-
turn. which shoIld be maie th,re. l merely, 6y
so,t Of 2apsas Hagsa, expressed tina. DOUBT at the
tine. Since ny attention has been called - it, give
be Sci ate the ouLdstors on which those doubts ex-
isted aDd leave The country to jadse whether they
re right OF not. have desiIs to excite pfeJa1ce
o. his questi.n.