American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-06-10


the board 10 govern The election which the
bill ofthe House prescribed and authorized.
That authorized four commissioners. the
Governor, and Secretary OF that Territory
two officers of that Territory, who might
be, the one tho President OF the Council,
and the other the Speaker OF the House of
Representatives of the Legislature. ANY
three o them constitute board. Nothing
therefore could be done in the board with.
out one Of the Presidents appointess being
there. Here the Board is Increased TO the
number OF FIVE. and another o6cer OF the
Presidents appointment-,h District At.
torney of the Terrilory-is added making
FIVE, anv three Of whome may act; so that
the judges. appointed by the President to
guard this election, will CO institute a ma
jority, and can decide anything and every
thing, and have the election in their own
hands. We know that this matter OF reg
ulating elections has been one Of the gret-
est causes Of ieIousy and suspicion and
complaint in Kansas-I need not say how
Justly, for that is not in ouestion-but we
have evidence enough unquestionably to
show that the public mind there has been
full Of Jealousy, full Of suspicion of those
who regulate their elections. 1t is being
charged that they controlled them by pre-
tended votes, by false returns or by one
urfeirness or another, at the poIIs-polis
which were governed entirely by party
judges. The bill of The House proposed
to take them out OF the hands Of party alto
gather, so that neither should have any
right TO complain. 1t proposed TO have
power above party in this particular tc
govern and control this election. We
chose men VINO we see by their offca
stations, stood high, and whose integrity
might I e relied upon; but this committee
proposes to add fifth; which destroys the
character of imparliality-that character
Of mpractibiity-tlat character calculate
to repe suspicion, and rer"l jealousy This
i1a comparatively small affair, and would
give very little consequence 10 it; hut the
other is the main grond Of objection, as i
seems TO me. 1t is not fair; it is not equal
it is not just.
ask my friends Of the South, IL th,
case were reversed between the North anC
the South, what would the South say t.
such mode of submission? Wha, woe
the South say to the North, if the Nortl
proposed to her, eve will submit thi
Constitutions we will say that il you &C
cept it we will give you land; we will
give you immediate admission into th,
Union as State we will say 10 the aspi
rants in the Ter; itory, you who want Il
be Senators, you who hope 10 obtain tha
honofed place, you who want TO be Repre-
sentatives from the new State, (and tbes
are generally tho first and influential cit
izens,) TO you we offer immediate adnis
sion, and the immediate opportunity of OBJ
tanned an" hoped for honors; but reiec
it. and you shall be Indefinitely postpo
ned" That is not fair. What would th
South say if the case were reversed, an
the North were to put this form OF ques
! tion to proposed State that had majori
J ty in favor OF Slavery and slave State
) Would they not think il very hard?
would. l would spurn it; would resis
it-resist it to The uttermost! I woul
demand for those Of my section fair elec
tiou upon equal terms.
; You have waited too long for the appli
} cation in this case Of rule requiring
certain population before Kansas can b
, admitted. believe, as far back us tn
, last Congress. The bill of my friend from
f Georgia Mr.. TooMBs proposed to auth
) orize them to come into the Union will
the numbers they then had. l voted 70
it; and we made this exception in respec
Kansas, on the ground not merely of righ
on her part, but because she was tn
: source of so much trouble, and so muc
trouble throughout the Iand that we de
] sired to suppress the evil, and her admis
: sion was thought 10 be the best mode c
doing il. The proposition for her admis
! sion in that bill, am ceartain was foun
ded and moved by these patriotic and jus
7 considerations, on the part Of my fren
T from Georgia, even then. AS long a
e there was hope of establishing tie Le
!, compton Constitution arbitrarily on thes
9 people against there will, did anybod
' hear any serious affections made to il o
s the ground that they had not the requisit
i; population? No, sir. 1t is now only an
: nounced; and, coming in this way, it doc
9 come as penalty upon the peopls. A
i our legislation has been based on II
l. idea that in this exceptional case. to guar
n against the mischeifs that Kansas had CIR,
o ated throught the couutry, we would tai
e her into the Union. hind her in the feder
e chain, and leav her to herself, and TO co'
J. ern herself ct her own hazard. ana thu
is using familiar expression, localizo all Il
y trouble she might create among her ov
l. people, and con6ne it to them. We ha'
y pursued that policy; we have proceeds
1t upon that concession upou every side, al
l. by every one; we have legislated upon
sr throughout, up to this moment; and no
'e for the first time. after these long conce
g. sions, dsfranchisemeut is threatened; Il
Of penalty OF being remitted indefinitely to
ID Territorial condition as is held out, II Il
it people do not accept Constitution that '
at know is obnoxious to them.
D. l say, Mr.. President that it does not a
pear to me that this is fair; and altho'
IN belong. as every man must do, 10 sol
n part or some section of the country, wa
1t to see justice done. My experience alo