The Kanzas news., 1857-08-08
The Bogus Legislative Apportionmeni

tory of Kanzas," alias Missouri, just as we
were going to press last Saturday, and had
but time to insert it, without comment
We place it in oar columns again to-day,
for the purpose of referring to it, and know
ing that it would well repay second pc
rusal.
We approach the "sutieet'' with some
misgiyings as to our ability to do its merits
that Justice which they deserve.
By this apportionment the counties of
Shawnee, Richardson, Davis, Wise, Breck-
enridge. Bourbon. Godfrey, Wilson, Dorm,
MeGee, Butler, Hunter, Greenwood, Madi-
son, Weller, Cofey, Woodson and Allen
eighteen in nunber-are entitled to tsco mem
bers of Council, while Douglas and Johnson
counties are entitled to two members. John
son county lies adjoining Jackson county,
Missouri, which has turned out more Kan
zas voters in times past-and is ready to do
it again-than any other county in the State.
Leavenworth county alone, has three mem
bers of Council; and Doniphan and Atchi-
son (both border counties have one each.
And the returns of the census lately taken
by the Marshals under act of the Free State
Legislature, show that these same eighteen
counties which receive but two members,
lack but few hundred of containing half
the entire population of Kanzas.
Then we find that the counties of Ander
son, Lykins, Linn, and Franklin, and all
that part Of tie Territory Of Kanzas aohieA
lies scest of Wise, Butler and Hunter coun-
ties, are entitled to one Councilman. The
counties of Lykins and Linn border on Mis-
souri, and as an instance of what may be
expected in October, we viii just state that,
at the election held In June last, for mem
bers of the Bogus Constitutional Conven
ton, when no outside aid was needed, over
one hundred Missourians came over into
Linn county and voted! And in October,
when aid for their brethren viii be needed,
that amiable section win probably turn out
five hundred or thousand. There is anoth-
er feature worthy of notice, and which viii
prove highly suggestive to those who are
acquainted with past events in Kanzas, and
that is the fact that to these counties of An
derson, Franklin, Lykins and Linn is at
tached all that portion of the Territory west
of the counties of Wise, Butler and Hunter;
leaping over one hundred miles of settled
country to attach wild and unsettled re-
gion to these counties, from which the re-
turns can be regulated according to the ne
cessities of the case
Thus we see that southern Kanzas, con-
tanning two-thirds of the population of the
Territory, gets three Councilmen, while the
other third gets eight! But the apportion-
ment of members for the House of Repre-
sentatives is still more atrocious.
Douglas and Johnson counties and all
that part Of the Territory lying scest Of tie
counties Of Wise, Butler and Hunter, are en-
other leap into the unsettled regions. More
fears that Missouri whisky has lost its potency
and viii fail to stimulate enough votes to en-
ter Johnson county to over-balance the free
soil vote of Douglas. Then we have the
aiaetsea counties of Richardson, Davis, Wise,
Breckenridge, Weller, Madison, Butler,
Hunter, Greenwood, Bourbon, Godfrey,
Wilson, Dorm, McGee, Woodson, Coffey,
Allen, Anderson and Franklin, all but two
of them being in the interior, entitled to the
astonishing number of three Representatives!
while Lykins and Linn counties, 6oth on the
border, are each entitled to t,oo Represen-
tatives.
Southern Kanzas, with half The whole pop
ulation, gets screen out of Mirty-niHe Repre-
resentatiyes. What mockeryi What an
ntrocious piece of villainyI The apportion-
ment is even made in violation of their own
law. But had we not reason to expect it
Could we for moment suppose that they
would give up the contest now, after all The
yillainies they had committed, Just because
one more hellish crime was needed TO consul
mate their triumph? Nol if we have for
one moment suffered ourselves to think that
they would do US simple act of justice, We
have been deceived. They knew full well
that if they gave us fair election, they
would be forever ruined. The Free State
men viii never assist them to operpetuate their
infamous tyranny by participating in the
October election under their outrageous ap-
portionment.
District Meeting.
The legal voters of the 14th Represents