Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-12
crscus TAXING IN KANSAS.

We print herewith the bogus func-
tionaries' official returns Of tho Legal
Voters Of Kansas Territory, made in
pursuance Of the act Of their late Leg
islature. Our correspondent at Le-
compton, telegraphs us the facts need
cd TO complete theexposition. There
are thirty-three counties in Kansas
which contain larger or smaller
number of white settlers. OF these
counties, the row lying directly along
the Missouri border contain all the
Pro-Slavery there is in the Territory,
except that which clusters around the
Federal officers at Lecompton, in
Douglas County. OF the sixty dele
gates who are TO compose the Con-
stitutional Convention, Secretary
Stanton Cwho cannot help himselfun-
der the bogus laws) has appointed
thirty-seven 10 the counties on the
Missouri border, with eight or more
TO Douglas County, making just three
fourths Of the whole number TO the
counties which contain all the Pro-
Slavery strength and perhaps half the
voters in Kansas.
The bogus officials pretend TO have
taken the census Of sixteen Of the
th;rty-three counties, but have really
taken IL In but ten, eking out their
meager list from the returns of their
last years vote in the six other coun-
ties. (The reader will observe that,
though their Legislative act peremp-
torily required census Of the entire
population as we'll as ofthc legal votes,
on pretense of having taken the census
Is made except in ten counties, while
q dozen counties we'll filed with Free
State voters, have had no kind Of
census, even Of votes. taken ut oil. r.
And thus tho bogus lists report lit
tic over Nine thousand Votes in the
Territory, while there is not one man
less than Twenty-Five Thousand
American Freemen Of due age in
Kansas, ut least Fifteen Thousand OF
whom have been their long enough
10 entitle them 10 vote, even under
the bogus Convention Act,
If those who blame the Prostate
men for declining the part assigned
them in the monstrous fraud, and won.
der why they don't get themselves
registered, will not remember that
tho PROSTATE Counties, many Of them
largely pcoplcd, neuer had any bogus Of
fcers 10 do hc registering, they will,
perhaps, soc n little further into this
milestone.
Nobody isauthorizcd TO register but
tho county officers appointed by the
bogus Legislature, which 10 not now
In session, while these counties never
had any bogus officers, having no
raw material out Of which they could
be manufactured. How, then, will
some grumbler inform us, where the
Frec-Statc settlers Of these counties
to get registered IL they had wished
TO take part in tho pogus ElectionY
Welt the National Democratic
party" and the "National Democratic
Free State party are 10 have tho next
bogus election all TO thcmselves-a
nice pocket arrangement, which will
obviate the necessity Of bringing over
their Missouri allies this time. They
will Of course lovingly elect their Con-
vention, and thereby frame their Con-
stitution, which will be so shaped as
TO keep Slavery in Kansas as long as
possible, even though under the pre-
tense of driving IL out. When they
shall have coddled II up TO their mu-
tual satisfaction, we dare thom to sub
NIT the Main Question 10 n fair vote
Of the whole People of Kansas, each
bearing on his ballot Topeka Consti-
tuition" or "Leoompton Constitution"
rs he shall Judge best II they make
Constitution which the People of
Kansas shall deem preferable TO the
PROSTATE one already in existence,
there will be the end of the matter;
but if tho People do and shallcling TO
the Topeka Constitution as that under
which they choozc 10 live and die,
who has a right to say them Nay?
I. bsufr Nsv York Tribune. 8