The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-02

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faithful piatnfe q he intsllocts Of Tie lspross
ruGans Mo enaeted them.
Tie psopas resolved 70 taks he preliminary
neasares 1oe TIE formation 81 Otata conseitn-
don and government Michigan and California
uere their precedsnss.
Thsy called constitutional convention. Il
transmiaed it 70 Couarssa. Il oeeanised, also,
Stats Goverumenk 06acers were elected an
der 4, in order that il might b. pat In motion
without delay, II Congress accepted the constitu.
/ tiou.
Gov. Robinsun VAS tried on Monday, Tuesday
/ and Wednesday, for the misdemeanof known O.
ueurpasion Of oliice.
That once was Governor Of the Gtsse Of Kan
sas Nov, there u mo such olice Recognised By
| the bogus laws. They NO where sneak Or State.
| Il 10 The Territory Of Kansas. TO tsy man for
an offence which the laws do not recognise, y
one Of the anomalies Of Kansas iurisprudeuce.
A Jury was empannelled. n. Parrot, coun.
/ eel Tor Governor Robineon. CHALLENGED the ar
ray.
The law requires that the Jury shall be equally
selectsd from every part Of he district. These
I men were Ill reMdents Of Lecomptou.
The most ultra pro slavery med had been -
lected. Sheriff Jones was the 6rst man that vas
called.
The JUDGE. Cato. fthe bosusl oterruled ur.
Parroets challenge. The counsel took excep-
tioa.
The Jury vas packed. and the case proceeded.
The indictment vas read. Cox. Robinson
plead not guilty.
Mr.. Wier argued that a. the limits Of the
| State of Kansssn corresponded with the boufi-
deries of the Territory Of Kansas. it was 10 be
prcsumed that any Legislature which passed lave
Tor the State assumed Jurisdiction over the terri.
tory. and chat any man elected ~ Governor Of
the State intended to usurp the Office of Cover
nor Of the Territory.
Ihave already given the argument Of the de.
fsnss.
The only witness who appeared was J. NJ. Tu-
ton, renegade Free State man. Mr. luton 10 Q
alive or an emigrant OF Missouri. He was
elected . member Of the Constitutional Conven-
4 ton. He was elected . representative, also, in
/ tue ctat0 AeglSleture. ne was etecteu ~ OiacA
law man. He was an officer in the Wakarusa
var He is clergyman. He made one speech,
remember, in the Constitutional Convention on
the expediency OF permitting colored people to
| emigrato to Kansas, in which he used the memo
rable expression, 81 don't want any black buck
| niggers, Mr.. President, q trampin' over my
gravel" This seemed to be his chief argument
| in favor Of excluding free blacks. He 'feil from
grace" last summer, and became very obnoxious
70 his former friends. de has lived chiefly in
Lecompton since his apostacy. The Pro. slavery
people have employed him as spy-to make
arrests OF the free State men-and as ajailor Of
political prisoners. He was caught by some boys
few months ago, stripped nearly naked, whip
ped, and tarred and feathered.
| He testified that Governor Robinson had ia
ken the oath OF ONCE. de said that the Legs.
/ lature had passed bill defining the salaries OF
| officers and stated that the Governor had signed
1t.
On cross examination ne could net swear that
the Governor hadssigned it. He had not seen
MN sign 1t, his evidence on TINS point was