Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-02-12

own affairs. In the cUnstituti)u soon after
wards adopted, they endeayorcd to suppressed
the Legislature which had been elected hy
the people. by providing in the second
section OF the schedule, that "all laws now
of force in the Territory shall continue Ia
be Of force until altered, amended, or IT.
pealcd by Legislature uadcr the provisions
Of this constitution
They provided still more efoctually, Ms
they supposed, for the pcrpetuatiun Of their
minority government by adopting the Ok
ford fraud rs the basis Of their apporti0a-
men., giving a great preponderanee Of
representation to the counties on the Nilsson
ri border. and aa5rding, at the sane time,
every possible !lcility for the Introduction
of spurious votes. The President If the
Convention was clothed with unlimited
power of conducting the elections and
receiving the returns, while the officers arr
not required b take the usual oath t.
secure lair and honest dealing. The cleo
/ tons wero hurried on in md winter---the
I Dist of Dacca Der and the lth Of January
when cmIgrnnts could come only from the
/ imm.iiatc borders, under the Qualification
which invited to the ballot box every Writ
male inhabitant an the Itrrit0ry on that
/ daY. The same men who did this had
! pre-, iously denounced Governor Walker f.r
the suggestion in his inaugural address.
and in his Topeka speech, that the constitu-
ton should be submitted to all the bora tiac
inhabitants, although be- invariably state =,
when asked lorexp lanation that some Ta&s3al-
BE length OF rsldsnca ought 10 be required
as evidence oftAe beaa pr character Of in
ha'itancv,
!; was APPARENT that all tie machinery
had been arttHlly prepared for n repetition
oil gross frauds, similar to those which had
been attempted IN October, and il WAS in
View OF ali these facts, after the adjourn
ment Of the ,oi 'eb'ion, that the people of
the lerfitor{,hy an almost Unanimous de-
mand' called upon me, % the acting Cover
nor, to convene an extra session Of tie
legislature IN order u enable them P2aee4
by to protect themselves against the wrongs
evidently eatten7,ittcd by the adoption 5f
tins constitution. Thor vs. - law t.,
punish lrau5s IN election re:ams. TIE
Teppl' Wer' t'nshiy excited; and ]: We
t8eoWaien OF tho ee1ltst msn n t'a f,rfi-
t1rE' mat without e llot TIL sislstu
thu elections und n the Constitution cn4ll
not htFs taken place without c1l SION AMI
boo '7''ei. ihe mfe.'aSaf the legislature
diverted tie attention Of the p'otls tr
tdc schemes 81 viola.lca upon which t}eg
VIZ br7'tthg, substituted tdH excitement
.oi debate and investigation for tht- of fire.
and wArilkh hatred, and ehahid their
representatives. % deTlS' means i9r counter
Rcting The wrongs which I'll y igS;iy ape
hehd'I
R5esft events laze shown tia their ap-
pr. tensions weF2 aHitl. Enormous frauds
htHr leen perpetrtd 1T tn precincts .
0xf5rl, shawHe' aH4 kiekaln1 All it nay
well BE- believed that this r'>uit was actually
j II .nctl By tho artful leaders WHO ,eyiss1
The plan and framework d the l.ee8mptan
Constitution. ht,e Lately it.ea At SHaw-
NJ, ana t7ir' ss.u eHt c9ny rsel with
persons Who we're at OSiprL on the dlv of
tlacti N. The frauds c1.nmittd arr
notorious, ani though dish nest pfrsous
may deny tfem. ard FIJI the channels Of
public information with Shameless rrpreS
rnt.,tio~s n the contrary. thew can hs
easily established beyonl al controversy.
/: was to eua9e the rs5q!a To sficfl
thap,,lva,, from the, fra.a, and t, eiys
lerll cyprt sion = their hatred md rrie..-
ii IN Of Lha instrument which t,.rsaittad them.
'aal frs t. Es-..rr.sI ty fA,,a. t1lt cll.eH
IL Legislature t4z=.h-r.
In NV ialgmaat The pa5rie h-l a iaif
claim = BE- heard ~ tbs s,aiet THROUGH
t35=.e legislature. II. 5r=.5tjc act eanftlal
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