The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-02-04

gives the Democrats q majority in Leavei forth
county, and consequently a majority il both
bran ,hes of the Legislature. ;, Z
"ge are also informed that the FreeF State
vote, said to have been rejected by GeH Cal
roun because it was returned 10 Gov. Dsaver
had not been returned at the time the afoSe said
at the Free State polls, held under spthoS &y OF
the Territorial Legislature, for q vote Z the
Constitution, and that alone, and was n ! re-
turned even to the Governor until the ne j day
after the counting, but before the publication Of
the result by the Speaker and PresidesS and
was embraced by them in their aggt gate.
Hence it is claimed that all the Free Sta off
GERS have been elected.
seen. Calhoun will be here in fes lays,
when he will doubtless furnish complex re-
tarns."
Whereupon the National Intelligence. per.
tuently remarks:
:" These paragraphs exhibit some inc insist
spcies which need explanation. The ELECTION
| took place on the 4th of January, an the
schedule Of the Lecompton ConstitutiS re-
CURED that the polls should be returned o the
President of the Convention within eigh days
after the election. By the above staten ant it
appears that the poll for Delaware Cros ing"
precinct in Leavenworth county, was .ot so
returned, but was placed in the hands the
Commissioner of the county, and by h n re.
tanned until after all the other returns hat been
counted. This return, nevertheless, seen now
to he recognised as a valid return by M Cal
kou n, whilst he rejects as irregular otherr turns
uhic h were inadvertently made to the Go rnor
Ct the Territory. We cannot perceive, a. these
returns were alike irregularly made, hcx one
da 9 of them can be counted, and not the eher.
1t appears from history of the vote1t the
De aware Crossing precinct, published IN our
pal or of Tuesday last, that the real vote Ct that
pla~ was only tsirtyJfue. 1t is now represent
ed be something over three hundreSt and
chi nges the position of parties in the Lsgisla-
tau I. How it was magnifed is stated 81 Mr..
j. Jarrett, one of the election judges, wi . was
arr sted for making fraudulent return He
ex dsed himself, on oath, by stating th st the
orr sinal returns, which he signed, only ,owed
tn, tyJfoe votes and that they we're sent o Mr..
ca houn by Mr.. John d. Henderson, WI >, it is
all ged, fraudulently altered the retur,,s, for
VII ch offence he was arrested and is s'ss held
in custody at Lawrence. That accouSt also
sta es that Mr.. Calhoun declared that no rsturns
Lad been received from Delaware Guessing,
WI lst the Union, on the contrary, says that
ths were received and counted"
a one particular, the Latelligencer IL mis-
tab IN: the Union accepts the FRAY dulent
ret rms from Delaware Crossing, and ,ounts
the n, so as to secure what it styles, Demo
Gre ic msjority-but it does not say that 6 they
we received and counted" nor does i init.
ma e that Mr.. Clarkson states that the were,
W. suppose this is a matter reserved " Mr..
Ca noun for consultation with the "powv Is that
he Shall the Delaware Crossing vote which
J. Jarrett, one of the election Judges. wears
VS. only thirty;fue, when he made the ,eturn,
lie put down as three hundred and .1iff so as
10 secure the State Government to tt, Pro
SlSyery party? That, we suppose, is to be the
greet question for the consideration of j. high.
tor d, honorable Administration. ~
IS a final REPUTATION of the miserable sisrep.
rec ,ntation of those Free State men VII voted
fot State officers under the Lecompton. IonMi
tue on, we insert the closing part of the. Protest
of the officers themselves, transmitted Con.
grtss. :.
,after full statement of .he fraudule, mode
in shich the Convention had been cali d, and
its action directed, the statement says:c.,
The object of your memorialists, All those
WIZ support them, in participating in s e cleo
tion for State officers, &c, under the comp.
top Constitution, was not designed to we the
slightest sanction to that instrument, BUT, on
the other hand, to destroy it. in case CSngress
shnnld admit na into the Union and herahx
their will, and that is repugnant to IL sir feel.
ints. Our position will be readily Understood
upbn this point by reference to the f. lowing
resolution, adopted unanimously by tie Con.
veption by which we were elected, viz:,
/ Resotced, That the candidates no ainated
by this Convention, on accepting such .omina
ton, will be considered as pledged, sh, aid the
Constitution be approved by Congress, adopt
and execute immediate measures for ,a6linq
the people, through ne,c Constitutio. al Con-
oention, to obtain such a Constitutio,S as the
majority may approve.
"Thus publicly pledged, we went be ore the
people and contested the election, us5er the
provisions of the schedule of the Com Tuition,
which opened vide door to fraud, an-4 under
which frauds to the extent of $500 e 1000
votes were, committed, and under il lges of
election who in many precincts dem nded
test oath to support the Constitution, direct
violation OF the Constitution itself, t which
many who would otherwise have VI ed the
Free State ticket were prevented from voting
and under the additional andegreat { ,adyan
tage OF strong antipathy on the part F many
OF our friends against any participate a in an
election under the authority of Cor titution
fremed and submitted as was the LIS ompton
CONSTITUTION, by which thousands were induced
fo!withhold their suffrage from us; al II vet. in
tho face of all these disadvantages, e have
secured a majority of ell the votes ca, giving
to our opponents the advantage of all he lille.
gal and fictitious votes returned. i view Of
these faces, that the Lecompton Coz titution
was framed by bare majority of sonven.
ton, elected by small minority of ~ peonje
OF Kansas; and that the Convention used to
submit the Constitution thus framed fair
vote OF the people, for their ratification .,r reec
ton, and that the Territorial Legisl, sare did
provide by law for its submission, un6 ;. which
law it was submitted and rejected by "a over.
~helming majority of the people an Afor the
sake of the peace and prosperity of Il p Terri.
sorry, as well as the harmony and irS gritty of
the Union, we, the officers elected NJ .er said
Constitution, do most respectfully and earnest
y pray your honorable bodies not =. admit
Kansas into the Union under said Corr tuition.
and thus force upon our people an ors: mic law
against their expressed will and in viH alton of
every principle of popular Government
"G. w. SMITH, Governor elect.
w. 7. ROBERTS, Lieut.. Co.. ele
ANDREW j. MEAD State Treas. Aect.
ID. Il. GooDIN, auditor Of State yect."
MR. WADE AND THE RESOLUTIONS Or THE
OHIO LEGISLATURE.
Mr. Puph nresented in The g.. Al,