The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-05-13

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= ! 1t may be said, sir, that she would
= probably get the same grant any way,
: !. whenever she did come in; but it is a
!. remarkable fact, that in case she shall
vote down this land grant, this bill goes
: :. on to provide regulations touching the
amount of population that shall be nee
7 essary before she shall come in under
! any other constitution, but does not
intimate that she can have any land at
all unless she will take it with this par
ticular constitution. r.ss. ~, -,
NOW, sir, word as. to the peace
that is to flow from such measure as
this. Sir, do not believe that bet
ter title could. be given to this bill than
TO call 1T a measure to keep open the
quarrel and keep up the strife for / am
sure, as have already said, the North
will reject it with scorn, for it imposes
one set of conditions if the Territory
shall apply for admission as a slave
otate, and another set of conditions if
she applies as free State; and / do
not see how the South can accept or
justify it, especially if the ordinance
should be voted down. Again, sir. the
North, looking to the history of Kansas.
may well object to this board which is
to control the election. 1t is changed
from what it was in the Crittenden
Montgomery bill. The number of the
board is increased to FIVE; and three
OF them are direct appointees of the
Administration. Now, sir, / have
nothing to say about the men; but if
you look to the history of the Oxford |!
and McGee frauds, if we take into con !
sideration the fact that a Walker and
Stanton lost their heads about the I
time these fraudulent votes were reject !
ed, L ask if it would not have been
falrer to let the board remain as it was I
in the Crittenden Montgomery bill c
Besides, sir, what could have been the Q
object OF the change, unless it looks to Il
state OF things in which these out Q
RACES may be repeated? q
But again, sir, the qualifications of =
voters under this bill are not regulated . .
by the laws of the Territory as they !
exist at the present time, but it goes y y
back and takes the qualifications of :, :
voters as they were when the Terrific +
rial Legislature was elected in October. u
under what is called the "border ruf: :. :.
y yN9 ana code" Why ignore the existing +
nieh there has hack galse;k to that code about 81 81
er the country-to the'n.lch the stflie all 10
der which all these frauds have laws
rpetrated? It is true that this bilI1nl,
ntains some provisions for the pun a
lment of fraud; but the qualifications rec'
electors are fixed by the old code 1liIo
at was In existence previous to the i-F
ection Of the present Territorial Leg eve
ature. @ moi
But again, sir; the very man who GU que
S been added to this board to make AT:
the five, is the Attorney General of wn =!
e Territory-the very man who has cup
ven an opinion, as / understand, '
der these very laws, to the effect that cou
man could vote under those laws, RAT
less he had paid taxes under the ter con q,
orial laws. Why this change in the 'li'l'
'ard? Why this change in the quail iile'
cation of voters? PEI
Sir, know not what the result may -,
{; but this do know-I know that - -
the people of Kansas have fair cleo ~
IN, this contrivance will be voted of )
'wn, four to one. 1t cannot be 9th ruh.
,,lsS .nouea'io .' 'otes nave peeh bor
= - v el,i' oons.i'u'ioii' WIFI ave
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ce committee. Six thousand votes .,s atta
ere polled in favor of it; but of those D. D.
( thousand, it has been demonstrated ~
at half OF them were fraudulent, and 4
at there were not three thousand legal ost;
ties in the whole territory in favor of co. co.,
e Lecompton Constitution. Now, DI q
:, if they have fair election. they re- :
Ill vote down the constitution four to T T
e. 1t cannot be prevented without q
renewal of the frauds that have ~. -
arked the past; and let me tell you, r
at it will take more than one Cincin- bic
I'll Directory to do it. They win need hno I
least a dozen before it can be done. ,.o1;
ud if, under all these circumstances, 49,,
ter the board has been changed, and 80 So,, :
e qualifications of voters have been q
ferred back to the old laws, any frauds oda .
ould be perpetrated in this election, ;S ;;no
hich shall be apparent, it will produce na1 nS
have never w;tnessed ao vo''y suon ors as Mes
int of view, this measure is calculated b,t
ly to produce mischief in all sections 80. go
the country. Instead of quieting e.
e disturbance, and guiding the ship go; M
State through the breakers into the 'a1I T
tooth sea, as my colleague on the % !,
mmittee (NIr. English) anticipates, nd - !
sert that it will but infame the strife. ''Ae'
we would settle this question, why
t fall back on the Crittenden Mont =
mery bill, under which the people /, y
g to be allowed to decide whether insu. non
ey viii adopt this constitution? And fs issl
they determine not to do it, the uues- naP
N is to be settled in some other way, Pr
d is never to show itself here again. u - :. i
If the conservative men desire peace. .''.S ..S
ny adopt measure that can by no s41u. .s,ae
ssibility settle the strife on either M
lie, let it go as it will, but viii increase ussl
e strife? Gentlemen must not fiatter sso' sra
emselves that this viii be the end of - - :
for these propositions are very de- f:..' 1':..'
:, - 80 :, - s'nu 'eil gen look
ct in all the northern States the issue ~
Il be distinctly put whether one set = =
orv a,s,,1v;ner ,, e., ~ . ladd
ate, and another TO Territory apply q