The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-08-01

The names of persons claiming to be
elected on the Both of March, 1855, were:
For Council-Wm. Barbee, Col. A. NJ.
Cof'ey, of Pettis county, Mo-, D. A. N.
Grover, R. r. Lees, H. j. Strickler, E.
Chapman. j. w. Forman, A. NJ. Donald,
VIM. P. Richardson, NJ. +. Conway.
The names of persons claiming to be
elected to the House of Representatives,
were, in the First Representative District:
A. S. Johnson; second, James Whitlock,
A. B. Wade, John n. Banks; third. G..
Ward, O. H. Brown; fourth, D. L. Croys-
dale; fifth, NJ. w. McGce; sixth, Jos. C..
Anderson, of Lexington, Mo-, and S. A.
Williams; seventh, w. A. Hieskill, a.
Wilkerson, ii. Younger, S. Scott; eighth,
s. D. Houston; ninth, F. J. Marshall;
tenth, w. II. Tebbs, of Platte county, Mo-;
eleventh, j. H. Stringfellow, r. L. Kirk;
twelfth, Joel P. Blair, Thomas H. Water
son; thirteenth, H. B. C. Harris, j. Ned
die; fourteenth, w. 6. Matthias, II. d.
McMerkin, A. Payne.
Of the 1905 voters named in the cen
sus rolls, SS1 are found on the poll books
Some of the settlers were preYented from
attending the election by the distance of
their homes from the polls, but the great
majority were deferred by the open avow-
al that large bodies of Missourians would
be at the polls to vote, and by the fact
that they did SO appear and control the
election. The same causes deferred the
Free State settlers from running candi-
dates in several districts, and in Others in
duced the candidates to withdraw
Il If the election had been confined to the
actual settlers, undeterred by the pres
ence of non-residents, or the knowledg,
, they wo'd be present in sufficient number
to outvote them, the testimony indicate.
r that the council would have been com
| posed of seven in favor ofmaking Kansa
a free State, elected from the 1st, ID, Sd
t 4th, and 9th council districts. The re
| suit in the 6th and 10th, electing thre
members, would have been doubtful, ant
the 5th, 7th, and 9th, would have electe,
f three pro-slavery members.
!, Under like circumstances, the House G
r Representative would have been com
r posed of fourteen members in favor Q
!: making Kansas a Free State, elected fror
!. the I'd, Sd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9Th, 9th, an
e 10th representative districts.
n The result in the 18th and 14th REP
|. resentatiye districts, electing FIVE mem
It bers, would have been doubtful: and th
LIST, 9th, 11th, and 18th districts woul
have elected seven pro-slavery member
n BY the election as conducted, the pre-
Il slavery candidates in every district but th
b Sth representative district received ma
It jority of the votes; and several Of then
a in both the council and house, did NJ
n ''reside IN" and were not sfnhabitants of
the district for which they were eleete,
l. as required by the organic law.
Ie By that act, it was declared to be 9Th
; true intent and meaning of this act
d leave the people thereof perfectly free
d form and regulate their domestic institr
Y tions in their own way, subject to II
a Constitution of the United States"
re careful was Congress of the right of pop
lg lar sovereignty, that to secure it to the pea
n pie, without single petition from. an
st portion of the country, they removed Il
S, restriction against slavery imposed by q
( Missouri Compromise. And yet this rish
10 so carefully secured, was thus by force al
al fraud oserthrown by portion of Il
people of an adjoining State.
The striking difference between th
$. republic and ether republics on this cont
% nent is mot in the provisions of constit
D. tons and laws, but that here, changes
E. the administration of those laws, ha'
been made peacefully and quiet
through the ballot box. This invasion,
- the ist and only one in the history of o
R. government, by which an organized for
ID from one State has elected Legislatu
~ for another State or Territory, and
to such IT should have been resisted by t
at whole executive power of the nation
x government.
m Your committee are of the opinion ,th
al the constitution and laws of the Unit
ID States have invested the President d
A. the Governor of the Territory with ann
nj pesgeg for this purpose. They could OF