The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-28

lmp0rta. Report Of tho Committee ON Tor
rftosies In Relation 70 Kansas,
The Committee Territories, 70 whom was referred
sundry petitions praying Congress 70 provide some mss.
sure Of relief for The people Of Kansas bog leave 70 sub
NIT the following report
The wrongs Of the people OF Kansas have been abund
antly proven and at this day scarcely denied The
necessity for sone eecual remedy seems to be gone
rally conceded The only diculty in the settlement OF
Of this vexed question Is to be found the diverse
ideas entertained to the efficacy OF the various egsA
tive meaps which have been suggested for removing the
evil complained Of
The evil consists In the fact that the people OF the Ter
rtory have been deprived Of their liberty and reduced
TO state OF Political vassaiage BY power foreign to
their SOIL and too powerful for them alone to resist
the FIRST aud subsequent elections held in the Territory
large bodies Of from an adjoining State, have with
out the sembapce OF citizenship, entered the Territory
voted and then returned Immediately TO their homes
conducting their nvasions IN such manner clearly to
prove that their only object was to usurp the powers Of
Cover nment That object has been accomplished by the
election appointment Of the various officers OF the
Territory and tte enActng Of IL laws. fhe powers thus
usurped placed in the hands OF subserviens mi
uory OF the cxens Of the rrtory with eli the pot
cal arrangements necess- or the perpetuAuon of their
power in the same hands the permanent exclusion Of
In the hands Of the usurl seems to have been part
Of The original plan Of Il. invading force for IL i'm
fevoIutonary in its Cha. AZ, and attended With 20
great expense would have undertaken for other
purpose Than to secure the oonti OF the Territory for
one or even years. and then that the usurped
was 10 be quietly surrendered into the hand OF deraud
ed people, who could wipe of the usurpato and render
the orianl design fruitees such ip,ercaoe 10 impos
sbIe uness we believe that men incur the risk and ex
pense Of great enterprises with the preoonceved irten
lion, successful, Of voluntary surrendefng all their
The acts Of the uaurpers show that the perpetuadon OF
tt e III gotten power was the great idea Of the whole
scheme. The object OF the usurpGtlon being to
control the political character Of the Territory - TO
make IL q slave State the usurpers from without and
their accompces within having In addition 70 the legis
istve and judicial power secured through the poy
or weak the President the executive power Also
applied themselves seduousy to coeing every by
which the d.rsI chsed and oppressed majority could re
gain their lost privileges part cpate in ther 60
versment. Election Laws were tngeniously framed for
the purpose OF admitting non resident voters aud exclud
ing a. possible the voters hostile to the usurpers
The right OF suffrage WA made TO depend upon
political opinions The duties and powers OF election
officers were arranged that In deciding the right
vote they could hold one rule for one set Of men
ard different rule for another Aud In furtherance OF
this policy but those favorable to the continuance
usurping government per mitted to act as OH
GERS OF the election And while the polls were thrown
open such n aps otthe Territory as had conor med 10
the customs OF the bite men, II was LETT 10 the unlimited
discretion OF those partisan judges Of election construe
this vague designation OF persns, and admit or exclude
a,he peaAuIe-,hus giving another partisan means Of
control easy OF practice difficult Of detection
dy The voting places Instead OF being permanent aud
notorious were made Tsnstory and ohAngsbe, ~ the
g,sla,ure conferred this extr 70, binary po~er.
With al these cannipgly devised provisions to vrest
from the people their rights and to secure political control
10 minority and with the constant Interference OF non
resident voters stimulated and organised by tecret soce
formed and maintained for the parpose IN An adjoining
Of tho Territory to recover their privileges a the bal
lot lorg the usurpers shall insist on their ad
vtn,ages already secured 10 socomPlsn any pon.oa
the usurpers having control q the judiciary declared
hat.
resistance TO this usurpes and despotc RUE constituted
high treason and would subject the offender to the penal
against the active leaders OF the majority under
which they either imprisoned or drove them from the
Territory.
Laws were passed making crime to discuss the To-
climate questions Necessary for organized political &C
ton Freedom Of speech as denied, and prnI press
IS were destroyed The cuizers whose rights hAd been
thus som them were carefully excluded from the
Jury and by oahs from the profession Of the law
while al ,he Offices OF the Territory were nled
ou. p.rtsns enlisted in TINS scheme Of sub ugaon and
whole standardization OF justice used - an engine oil
this system aiic oppression
Territory rested upon political opinion Alone while the
right OF the emsrant seeking home on its SOIL to nAvi
entirely upon bis poiitosi sestimsuis By & these
means OF oppression and wrong, the majority were
bound and par.lyred to almost impossbily Of enor.
having nus briefly noticed the nature OF this usurpa
ton Shc character OF OF il acts your commit
ee considering the remedy deem Il unr ecsssary to
refer Other and subsequent acts OF violence and out
he general government, which was the proper and
rghir protector OF this people against such grevous
wrongs Instead OF redressng them and vindcattng their
rgf IT, lent power to shield and uphold the usurpa
ton declaring thai these frauds and ourages bad as
forced upon the ground that the President was bound
s laws faithfully executed. Thus was presented the
strange spectacle OF the natona executive standing gut
city by and permitting the organic law of tue Territory,
pasted by Congress- 70 be trsmpled upon and the so
emn guarantees OF the constitution Of the republic ruth
essy violated By iheee rsurpers In their invAhons nc
vel "a
any effort the OF Congress faithfully executed
Until the wrcng bad ITSELF assumed the aembanee OF Ier.
ioriA law; and then insisting that bis constt duty
REQUIRED that be should guard the acts OF the usurpers
against the slightest infrseton Thus under the
81 si.''' was the Whole power Of b, Office
welded 10 maintain and sancdfy gross
Dirnoron OF law OF Congress which bore his own SO
nature. What remedy Is there TOR this helpless and
subjueated condition OF tbs deeply wronsed aud Injured
p5opei No remedy be efcctual which does not rc
the usurpation and annihate It's Official power 30
a. to place all the citizens OF the Territory upon
equality Of tights and opportunities in the formation Of
m eItrely new government, free from the influence
control OF dent voters Tho systematic law
guerilla warfare which rapidly kndling civil
may cease the administration OF justice be purified
violence burn. houses and rsvaged towns may be re
buii the marsudipg bands that commanded the high
ways and susshted by murder ana rspine may be OK
PEELED the great natural which lead 70 the Ter
rtory may be str ppes Of the artillery and armed men
which blockaded tner passages, presses may be re-.
established persons confined on charges OF political
oaences may be discharged exles permitted TO return,
freedom Of sprech may be again exercised with.
OF tear Of Death or The felon's bail and cham,
Jury box against account Of Their poti "a opinions
may be re@oved-s this ana more may be done; and
yet, whAe would be source Of heartfelt oongratua
10 every lover OF justice the great evil and lts
might stll remain All this might be done, AMI yet tho
government Of The Jumpers stl 90 on 10 s nexecrsee
round Of self perpetuaAon.
usoriy would not avail against II, for being Inst.
tu,ed by ou1de aid IN spne OF majority, hs perpesua.
Ion BY aw oortn Ted for series of years nj least In
The vay tor ru judges u election being accom-
pleas and vested with ample power force and violence
YOU'D net be necessary 70 accomplish ns purpose A.
eT6eDce % hs s only necessary " cite the election OF
ssrth 30 1853 IN the Futb sixth and Eleventh dstricts
-tsre over 400 Illegal voses were Doled yet force
used In order 10 restore and mainain the liberties
Of The people well TO assert the honor and faith OF
ihs government is necessary that the whole usurptng
should be expunSed and that elections should
be opentd for the citizen, presided By above
suspicion OF rsud or completely with the past subjuOa
ton Yogr mmittee therefore recommend the passap
o. an act Tor that purpose and here~sn report the f
loving bill