Litchfield enquirer., 1858-02-18
The Witnesses,

Reeder, Geary, Walker and Stanton, in succession, were sent 10 ensiave Kansas and each, too lonora- ble to do all that was asked has borne his testmo n.y. and been sacrificed And now Denver with fate before his eyes, and in the very heat of the contest, says that Stanton is right and takes sides agalnst the Lecomptonites Mir Stanton Ca Tennes. sce sltvehoder, remember.) is now in Washington and makes the following statements to lis fr;end, He says that there are in the territory now from twelve to hftren thousand free state men. and about 2 800 pro slavery men. Of course, the pre. t~hfe That the pTo-slavery ticket has been elected or any part of if, or that the Lec.mpton Consiitu ton has been approved by anything approachino to m1Jer!ty of the %gal votes, is simply absurd Calhoun, who was President of the Consii,u,ional u nven,ion, ard as such authorized to count the votes at the late election and report them to Con. ?rrss. IS anxious to be Senator, and what he ma, do 10 secure such prize no one can yet say. He does not propose to report the vote ho weyer at all until Congress has acled upon the Consultation, The motive tor ihs procesding,I presume, is |, weaken the opposition of those who would be leas, likely to favor such an acquisition as himself to the Senate.
 Mf. Stauton says that the votes of some eight precincts were sent to Gov. Denver, by nis,akr, after the ycte had been fcund hy Calhoun TWO or three hundred in favor of the Calhoun or border rufihn ticket. The vote of these precincts yielded Tree state gain uf some six hundred, and free state ma jorisy on Caihoun's ou n count of some thrse hundred. How Caihoan will get around 'his' ana how Denver will abet him in the effort, remnins to be seen.
 Mr. Stanton says that 1.-the Lecomp,on Consti. !u'ion has been approved by anything approach ing to maj rliy "i the legal voies its simply ab. surd. Calhoun, who Was President of the Con situtiona Convention, and as such authorized to count the votes at the ia.e election anl rspor, them to Congress-, is anxious to be Senator, and what he may do to secnre such prize no one can yet say. He d res not prop. Sc 10 report the vet. however. at all until Congress has acted upon the Constitution. The motive for this proceediuq. I presume, is to weaken the opposition of ,hosp who would be least likely to favor such an qui- stion as himself to the Senate.
 Mir. Stanton says that if the Lecompton Con- stltution is imposed upon the territory by Con. gress, and the slave ticket is returned elected the Governor will never dare 10 reside in the territory
 nor will the legislature dare to convene there
 that neither would be safe for an hour unless pro-
 'e,,ed by the United States Troops that nothing hut an armed force to compel anything like sub. mission 10 the Lecomptnn government, so fragrant
 were the frauds in which it originated and ,he 1 tyranny hy which it is enforced Nor is this feel. ing confined to the eastern settlers or 10 ani-sa. very mPn. Stanton does not Hesitate to say tha, he would have preferred that Kansas should be a slave state, bn, the feeling of the territory is So overwhelmingly agains, it., that it is utter madness 1 on the part ot any southern man to attempt to make it anything b..t free state. Even String fellow, the most tHn"ticai and also the most capa. b'e of the border ruffian party, is now arraye,I against the Leconlplon Constitution on similar gr'nnds. When there wds hope of making Kansas slave Sta(e. he was for it. now ba knows that such attempt is prepostsrous. and can only lead to civil War and 10 the ruu of tine territory. Mir. Stanton thinks the President has treated him in d very unmannerly way. He lief: lucra-
 live business 10 go up to Kansas, very reluctantly and not until he had twice declined it; he followed the Presidents instructions faithfully there. and was finally removed without one word of explan. ation or apology