Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-09-04
WASHINGTON. Aup 10

" AShiNbioN, aug. ~.
CATO, The immaculate Federal Judge
IN Kansas, having recovered from the
wounds he received in street fiyht with
Free State man, whom he had assault.
ted, has taken the stamp, in his judicial
capacity. for the pro-SIavery Party
The Judge, there being no case before
him. decides in an electioncering letter,
that the Free State mtn shall not vote
without recognizing as laws the acts of
the Committees appointed by the Mis-
souri, mobs. The Judge decides that the
last mob Committee did not intend to
repeal the Election laws of the first
Committee, but only meant to superadd
conditions and restriction. If, says the
Judge, the Free State men want to vote,
they must pay taxes. From this decis-
ion of Judge out Of court there is no
appeal, for the conclusive reasons that
the persons who as Sherifis and lnspcc.
tors of Election will execute 1t, are those
very accomplices of the legal conspraton,
who procured the decision at his hands.
For the same reason tho Slave State
party will escape all the Inconvenience
of rule placing tax upon the franchise,
because their patrons in command of the
polls will excuse their partizans from
paying it, as they have done before
This last act of villany adds another to
the innumerable proofs of Mr.. Surveyor,
General Calhoun : perfect veracity. when
he sald that the claws were formed
2Ily for one party. and to degrade and
to exPcl from the territory all anti-Sla-
very men, Free-Soilers, and Abolition
lists.
Gov. Walker is said to be indignant
at Cato's interference, and protests
against his deserving the bench for the
stump. But why should he? do not
doub, that Cato interprets the things
which he and the Governor both call
laws" correctly 1t was never inten-
ded to allow the Free State men TO vote
as long as their votes could possibly
aztec, the institution OF Slavery. Gov.
Walker loudly trumpeted his purpose of
executing "those laws before even ar
irving in the Territory. He declared
before his departure from Washington.
that there was nothing in them unjustly
limiting the ri hi OF suffrage. To a plain
nan this was enough. Ii those laws"
are valid, the peoplc Of Kansas have no
rst,,oc from DEGRADATION. ouprnssion. and
absolute subsection. but T beiIion. They
have no remedy 6ut in the II Sht of revo-
luton. Moreover, the laws which
are simply the resolutions Of an organized
mob-deprivc tn, Governor of all ctfec-
tive oscr to correct abuses of them
lie mnst either become the tool of the
rntiians who passed them. or be nothing
Far every other purpose except grind
in, the Free State faen. thetiovrrnor mas
c5n4anted to b nothing. His most fatal
dsrstl.,io1 wa, nrr.crtlnr u ,IiStfjc, tn,
Territory Tor tne.npers OF the i5rtacom-
"a. LEGISLATURE. Ia last mob commit
,es. passed a decree gly!a. the Governor
power to app5rt.oa the 1eargsen,at.on,
nfoy,de.! he md It priar to the lith jam,
# he dad notae before thtt d tte. the
mower WA, 10 pass II the pr, siding otIi-
Ger. Of thu. two branches Of III, mob CON.
m,t.ae. GOV. Walker declined this
duty. ami tIs CtfaiUIUPl OF the mob COM
mlfIee have done ,,;sr him. They have
,i,e1 f,gr.Gttb, of the IN minors nf the
Legislature 10 i've counties adjoining
Missouri regarded A. Pro.S.ascrY strong.
holds. Ai,cr this performance whore
MS the necessity Of Catoss adiaurnjng
ms court to tn. stamp: and no, Walk.
crs ,y,.irnat,o, rnti,ely sunarfl,ou.:
rAe whole Of ta.s trlcksry ana fraud. as
Wi H.. the ,rsyious murders. robberles
and arsons IN the Territory which are
TO be punished whenever tn. Free State
marty obtains the power sprins from one
source. the recognition OF the fictitious
asd prctented laws. Everybody knows
that il Cato had not issued his decision
l,,francbIsing ms opponcnts. some other
prc,ex, WON have bt., found. In fact.
ibe,e j, NJ, a maze Of X ga. "Ie,isla-
,.ons which i. e no, deny the ri,ht of
anvh,,ivt :, vote who * oDpo,ed 10 the
II, rnatu', establishment, OF Slavery in
-.
I,;.s,;1 TIA, tho inhabitants of Kan.