Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-05-29
The Affairs OF Kansas.

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papers, 10 JUSTIFY the oeliei eAPresoeu W
,-,.. oiu.,;ou I,
lhch Will NoVo ~ Vho uoios"'o ''oo
is sufficiently evident that the admlnstra-
.;,, 49,, ,Lo ,,ro.slovorv marty throughout
WIN anu WIZ f'
the country are exceedingly anxious tnat
.ho rroo STATE mn, sbould take mart in the
'iio ii'' No''' i'o" '"oNN
election. But the administration ana lte
r,rtv hovo mot esto bl;sbed fullv the right TO
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prescribe the course OF the konsas freelnen'
IT,, Too,o,,ror,b T,,me,--a very moderate
"' i''r'''',o'"' Fins w.
and cautious free-State organ-'"uo
.nords 20 ;,e No,y york namesake and The
,.r., r.. S,o+o
Ndflohat FRA on the poiicy Vi 'io ii00
mems voting or abstaining at the bogus
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CONSTITUTIONS '''e''ioh
Will The National Era and ". l. Inn"
answer this question Do you or either OF you,
think that these men-who, the Free-State men
think, hold the Offices they exercise without
having been properly elected thereto, and who
desire to porpetuate their power and reign IN
the Territory-woud have devised a scheme by
which they would be forever politically prostrated'
They have the management Of the whole thing In
suit the circumstances. This is what they have
been doing-what they VIII 90 again. A.. p,.,
10 sit down in their ofices all the comforts of
settled society within convenient reach, and
dictate what Free-State men here should do
whether wisely or unwisely Query They talk
about taking a census and polling votes, and
counting noses &c This is all easily done in an
old settled country where men may have. occupied
the Same houses and farms for MANY wears /; but
here with so many daily aocessions to our
numbers. man don't know his neghbors, and
taking census would require a visit to almost
every voters house This would cost time and
money ofwhich this people have but little to spare.
They are perfectly satisfied that Slavery can be but
nominal if authorized at ALL and that the Legisla
ture will soon be Free-State, when the matter can
be xed up to suit a majority of the People.
understood in the states This party has not, a,
some suppose, determined to abstain forever from
co U,n oiecon far DOIogoto. Tbey have not re-
solved to abstain from voting II tho instrument
inns proposed convention snali ifame DC summit.
Gu 10 'ne PeoPie Lhey nave my ue'ei" ne nv.
70 VOC AZ lne electlon ior neihoe,s vi .ne
Legislature, or Tor Delegate to congress: anu
tuoy wiz nor 50 ueteInne uniees souo uioiose.n
e,ne'EoncS snVulu ARISE iney are ieauy W w
az any timo "neh my can uo 50 81, honoiaoy auu
iarlyi Out they VIII not De puiileu by open enc
mes nor caloleu oy Ptetehueu llienus lh,o
III cdeule "ulcu "Vulu IesuIt III eeitain uis"s'ei'
A. Val. ruo
h"0 correspondents VI 'h0 ave-" hoiA H''
ming Post says:
7. so,,roo Of ,,.,,ie,, 10 ,ho MO ,,,-orr
ioa1rs e. Son ba e. III IT s ~.
$3.50 u, - III .VI VI .n'
va 1re ~ ~
ii' ~ ~ Il =, a. q '..le WV po..e' VDnuy
s..I.. - - -. - - r.Ln,
H., 80 oar,;n, ~, H. - HN 80; -. " Va. o
ten thousand yotes-that the returns would be
nue.. lniie :" Una, we would get hali dozen OF me
there Is ono chance in million that fair returns
o. 'Gles ToI'r uS ,llaae, Inc men VINO Two years
were t ,ch fools as to leave it in the hands Of
honest men. They deposited it with men after
can be got to go into this election.
M. ..c.c,.,r,
.;.;., rnani ,ho .o.n;,or aJas 1877
,,arl7.h san.
~. nave mus iar met three itee-state men who
ately none OF them are registered Two of them
nnue resu'ar application at the proper quarter
ist, or rejected as unworthy by the great man who
presides over the census OF that country. These
honorable, and valuable citizens. They are new.
rbrv are in GU froo iH an
though they differ radically from me in their plans
c sSvp ,bs 1iaTes Uu. Of Mansas am oouna 10
by bogus authorities "under the Constitution of
'ay n'ed states oa they have the faith which
peeceaby from grim succession of atrocity and
ou pIae'o a, admire at tnat faith r,
men u,H not u1t, at that election. N''''
The enormous fraud in the returns of
vters for the town of Lecompton. indicates
the manner IN which the entire censu, is
taken. Thewhole registered vote of
Douglas County is not quite 1900. and of
that number Lecompton has GOT. The no.
mutation of the town avsraoes 15O voters
and this leaves three men for every claim
In the township. But pro-slayerv voters
have an astonishing capacity to increase in
numbers, when party exigencies REQUIRE
them.
The Topeka Tribune asserts that
the Free State Legislature will SURELY meet
at that place June 9th and that all vacan-
cies in it are filled or soon will be.
The Massachusetts So,..o ,,
from i,s roso1ua =.
e1OO OOO onnronr;,t;or ~ ,;d 80 -.
contingent On tho on,n;on of ,ho su..o.o
Judicial Court and tho rsso,vos ui,hou.
this feature. are accord;noJv n,s,ed - h.
enero.sed bv both uo,sos "a .,
tho formal ro,o rnon 49, y owe"
ment to no snbm;ttsd % ,ho -
There are now in Kansas t,oIuo p-.
State nanars tbreo of nh;oh o,o :.
renee. and one German nnbIisbod al r.
ria. The Cb;ado,,on fin Enn,;.h IaaJtx,
is to be edited bv Mrs N,cuo,s fo,mo.,1
of the Brattleboro, VI Eo,lo
The Lawrence He,od or E,o,Jo -.
9th proelaims the .Gibra,,or 81 ST.
taken and notes some of tb0 srrnr;s;a.
changes which are taking nlacs in Kon,os
Douglas Benccia Iacomn,on K;ara-