The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-07-18

In the States, voter is required to be
resident" ''inhabitant," &C., a certain
length of time-in some six months, in
others twelve months.
In all such cases, every man knows
that person who merely stays in the
State the time required, is deemed a
voter. AS in Missouri, a man who has
been in the State twelve months, is an
undoubted voter.
He would not be required to swear that
he intended to stay there alscags-'iper-
E,anently," not a moment longer than he
give his vote. He has lived as long as
the law requires, and has right to vote,
no matter if he intend to move the next
day.
In the celebrated case of Moore against
Letcher in Congress. it was decided that
young men at school, who had been at the
school the proper time, six or twelve
months, lad right to Uote, although they
intended to 60 to their fathers the day
following the election.
In the same case it was held that men
who are hired to work, are residents, .
inhabitants, " whenever they arc at work.
The only general rule laid down by
Congress in that case is this:
"a man is resident, or inhabitant OF the
place where he Is staying, with an inten-
ton to remain an uncertain time"
If the gerry day Of has returning is not fired
If he be uncertain, he is in strictest law a
resident and inhabitant
By the Kansas act, every man in the
Territory on the day of election is legal
voter, if he have not fixed day for his
return to some other home, unless there
be some other objection to him.
As in Missouri, if he stay twelve months,
the time prescribed by the law; so if in
Kansas he be there on the day, the time
prescribed by the Kansas act, he is voter.
And in neither case is he required to
swear that he intends to remain any longer
that the law requires.
This is really the only point of any i'm
portance in the whole oath.
2. II will reject the votes of all non
residents, who / shall believe have come
into the Territory for the mere purpose of
voting"
A very silly attempt to create another
false impression.
Reeder wishes to create the impression.
that person has no right to vote, if his
purpose in going into the Territory was to
get the right to vote!
But he dared not assert so absurd po-
sition.
Every man has the right to 90 for such
purpose as he pleases, and has as much
right to go there to vote, as Reeder has to
go there to speculate in town lots and Kaw
| lands
Recder knew this, and hence he is
forced to limit it to 'non-residents," who
go for such a purpose.
"Non-residents'' have no right to vote,
no matter what their purpose be.
Residents" have right to vote, no
matter what their purpose in going may
be.
1t is then the same question above
considered.
3. "Poll no ticket from any person
who l shall not honestly believe to be a
qualified. voter according to the provi-
sions of the act organizing the Terrific
ry'' and ''where ignorant of the voters
right, will require legal evidence thereof
4 by his own oath or otherwise
First, as to the grounds of belief and
the proof required
! If in the States, a Judge knows that
voter has lived in the State the time
prescribed by law; he is bound to be-
lieve him legal voter. So if in Kan
sas where no time is specified, if party
be in the Territory on the day of the
election the Judge is bound to believe
him a voter.
| Under every law, man who offers tt
vote is presumed to be legal voter, and
his right must be disproved. This ha;
been decided thousand times.
! Secondly, of the proof when any proc
is necessary.
j at shall be by his own oath or other
wise"
The presence of voter is all the proc
he is required to give. If present, it il
necessary to show that he has not righ
:, to vote. Again, as we find in the States
where a residence of six or twelve
months is prescribed, a voter is only re
quired to prove that he has lived ther,
six or twelve months. So in Kansas
where he is only required to be living il
the Territory on the day of the election
his being there on that day is all the proc
that is necessary. The party ehallengin;
must then show that he is not "a resident
: or ''inhabitant' within the meaning of tn
f act.
The right cannot be disproved b,
showing that the voter owns property 0
has been living elsewhere. A man ha
the right to change his residence wheney
d er he pleases-and can change it withou
having to build house, or move hi
faInily-this is too plain to require argu
ment
The following is from the PennsylrO
g aian:-
''The story is current in Philadelphia
Y that Standardization remarked to nun
Der of gentlemen in Washington cit,
j, that the duty of establishing slavery
L Kansas had deyolved on him. He ha
e pledged his word that it should be don
: and by all that was holy, he would do
n at every hazard. His own salvation d,
. pended upon the successful execution
his pledge"
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