The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-06-11

CITY Of DAVENPORT:
JUNE II, 1887.
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4 appears settled that the Census act Of
The late bogus Kansas Legislature 10 10 b. |
recognized BY the powers that be-, and
through i,r dishonesty and swindling, three
four,hs OF the voters Of Kansas are 10 be re
fused The privilege Of sssistng in making
their own Constisutio~. But, ak the Pro
Slavery party, whv do the Free Safe men
refuse TO vote under the Census act, Sim
ply becsuse the authors Of that act placed
Il ost Of the power OF Free..S,a,e voters L.
overcome . email minority OF Pro-Slsvery
votes. No one esn vote but those whose
names are registered, aud unfortunately the
names OF but few Of the great mass OF Free
0tste men 10 Kansas cs-s registered. ]
the few registered Free S,a,e men voted
II would be publicly sanctioaing or approx
ing the, which they had declared IN inia
mous swindle. AMI which has proven itself
10 the world s-andaloas political rascal.
y to give a minority the power to RUE the
majority. Yet Democ- attic Pro. Slavery
editors in the United States are abusing the
Free Safe men Of Kansas for not patiently
submitting TO this iniqui,y and actually lend
ing their aid to give il respec,abil,,y and au
ih,ri,v. We have already published sever
81 sketches Of the workings Of his Ceneus
La~. But finding the foll,~irg ~ the In
dana State Journal. from m I'D friend,
who is perfectly reliable authority We give i,
lie vas our regular Kansas correspondent
(,u smother paper) from the fret commenc
msnt 81 the excitement in that territory, AMI
was elected Auditor Of State under the To.
peka Constitution. After quUting the frsi
section Of the bogus Constitution. he con-
tinues:
The town Of Topeks contains from 500 to
1900 inhabi ants, majority OF vi non are vo
ters. (,he male population being largely in
the prepondersnce all over the Territory -
she would probably be allie To cast sla
or seven hundred vo,es, and believe. with
tao exceptions, oil Free State men.
There never has been an officer mere,
either Saera6 or Deputy, 10 take the GEN.
Gus, and consequently the citizens. no ma,
ter how anxious they may have been,
have not had Il in their power % reg
lister their names, and are theref,re disfran-
Chased. Suppose we wanted To vote, VIVA,
are We to dol Msst we neglect our bu-i-
nes., and throw away our time. which 60 Us
10 valusble, in huntiag up th-sr bogus con
Germs, and begging them 20 place our names
on the register. and thereby make ci ,zen-
Of VI l doubt much whether you could
prevail on many Of our farmers, a, this sea
con of the year, 10 throw down their plows,
and start DIV 10 Missouri in search OF III.
Bogus sheriff. or their deputies. Mr. is To-
p~ks the only pl,ce that 10 Il GIFTED in this
nauaer Every Free State town in the
Territory that have heard from. AID be-
lieve l have heard from nrsrly all, are
sssssed IN he came manner. Wrile in
those In which thee are both pro slavery
esd free State men. the former are scarce
y ever si,ga'ed. the latter invariably are
Ia l.essenworth they nave taken the pains
10 register s,me VINO have merely been
there as "iookets on - Venice, "wale such
free state men rs Mi-cus Puuott n.
n,les n ,oa. c. r carritr, II q. Adams,
(oresent Msyor) and q large number o. ia.
= ,st prominent eiiix~ns, who have been re
cad ats % the cry tor the last two or three
years, but Who. unfortunately, are Free
State mea, are not g-'e-vd
In the Shs~ne- Z serve. on which. al
tAe time required by the act or the tsking
u the census. there Gas not q solitary l--
esl voter. ! an told. on tie res 81 author
y. they have sp~ars OF three thousand
naaes registered. most VI whom are new re-.
ss6,ag in Missouri. and an a anon id a,
shst time. These ar, are tact, acts which
can BE- proven by Thousands %. witnesses,
feess which they dare not d~ny nd yet you
charge the Free State party ailh refusing
70 have th,er names s-g'~i-rr - and win
s'desirins 10 asset 10 making Kansas Slave
State. too The Psrposs of serP,ng up sg,-
tat On"
II IL true. se decided in delegate conven.
tlan. not ~ vote. and ". had tue best o
ssassss ios ~ dong. The Legislature that
ka0ed the act. never intend - should b..
. fss Il 'e,,oa. We kue~ IL We d-ep
letd scsems. aud thess ore oaly the ..g,,i
nate wortisgs 90. u the pot, Why wss
u they dare no. submit u I. tas people. q
u wss 10 be an sonesi, fan rlcci.an. raey
eaes th- ssscaiiiy OF the plaa 100 we'll 10
psonouhcf th ~ verdict on q. Rae "censu.
act" isshs very p aa.ibls - t,ose in tn.
distance wb, merely glance ascr IL. but 10
~. wa are familiar s..h bsri.r tactics, Il |
shsss i,s vlliainy 90 the ,acr.
Tnat tn irrs state party, or any number |
eftnem. desire Kansas TO b.. u Save Stat.
y -qusily untrue. rhey haze alAsys ben
Dol snxisus 40 vote; they ~snt the vrxea
question s*ttl~d; aud ~aen Their. 10 m
olsesi held. In ~h,sA there H. = prospect
u aay slssdSs Of isSsess, they vii v,,e a.
. 0ea. W. haze . MAJORITY II over iilren
~ o. Ard keep n,ssous VII u vs.. the pro
slavery party could not cas-, a shadow
Dur isssaess and business m,n have bu,
III. 10 time 10 spare 10 poliicr. muss les
- sef. sud many OF then dab less . u
thels property st . ssefihce snd .esve Kas-
sas. should /. become slave State. o. -
eissply absurd thea 10 ehafgr them With
u,sa,ng 10 d. thA, which b. j.rsetly agsins,
their 0sn ,ntssssis.
kansss asy b. made a slave S,s,e.--
There 70 . possibility of such an event
Bar shssk 0ed the people OF Kassss w.n
not have hand IN Il. II the "posess that
be" carry ost the pho, md make Kansas .
slsve State against the Wishes OF nine
isnths Of the inhsbitsnts. Their the curse be
upos theis oea hesds. hst thank Heaye u.
our eoun " has not cnsifey aegencrated.
there 10 yet some poser IN the hand. oi the
pesrts. ed the rv,9a oi tn propsgsndlstr
WouA ~ short. iosrs. &c.
q. A. CuTLIR, NJ. ID.
A sEw 0sAss n lowA .-An Iowa cor
sespoa To-, VI The N. y. Trlbunc. mentions
~ ,rG.dse,lon VI : ne~ species u grass
lses ess eses~. which no thinks % NOS g,oSn