New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-26

pie OF state. -,
The Precedent posessses 60 ssch cone tut o9ai
power and cannot be invested with such authority ~
act Of Congress. The President, who recommends
such measure 10 Congress, and proposes 20 eno'oo
inch act upOn the unwilling people Of s'ste, -
fase 10 the high trust reposed him by me PeePi,o
al the 6,ates in the Union 1t is suovernoe OF toc
rights of the States. II is consolidation. wien Jus
Federal Go, erpment shall exercise The power % IN
pose Q Constitution upon the people oil ocaN, rno
shall say what limitstions to It's power remain we
shall stay its arbitrary will and how aud sbere shsi
hs tyranny be arrested J. But, Mr.. PresoenI MOI.
strous and utterly indefen,ible as the proposition "
brig Kansas into the Union under tho LecomP on
Contribution stands upon the case as maoo ~ be
majority of the ittee, dark colors gre yet 70 "
added TO the true picture Of violence to the coneu
tioual principles Of republican government, ana VI
outrage against the nights OF the people OF kaosaS;
The report Of the majority Of the Committee ooee
not state the facts of the csse correctly. The assump
ton that the first Territorial Legislature OF sl,as
fairly elected, AID aid in law, contIaHlcseo W
record evidtpc The assumption that the Lecomp'on
Convention fairly elected by the people OF Kansas
ia contrsdiced by evidence that be neither conua
deted nor contrOverted Upon these two Assumptions
the ma ory Of the Committee maintain the sovereignty
Of invention, and deny the sovereignty oil the peo
pie.
end of it, il one Of fraud and violence, OF wroIg and
outrage. Although The majority here have retused 70
authorize any inquiry or ;.S-taagatlon that "oUlu
bring the facts officially before the Senate YET tney
are notorious TO the whole couhtry and they canno
be eIcuded from sight. Tie act OF Congress tnat
organized the Territory repeated the eighth section o
the act for the admission Of MssouI INTO the Ubion
commonly called the Missouri Compromise lava Jaw
plich excluded Slavery from the Ierritory OF haneas
This was breach of that fsth and honor among men
which statutes can neither create nor destroy-a
breach Of that faith and honor between communities
which il their only strong bond OF peace and hl-hd
ship. Successive statutes are monuments llas main
the existence and decay OF faith and honor IN the men
who make them. and 10 the nations which accept
them. =.
Under a charter for Territorial Government, n.ti-
tuted by such statute the PRESIDENT apPyinleua q
Governor. Secretary Judges Marshas and other OH
cers, and the day was appointed Tor an election tor
members of Legislature by the people, which would
complete the organization Of Territorial! government
As the time for the election OF members oil the
lsture approached, 1900 armed men, not residing IN
Kaneas organized for that purpose by secret lodges
in the State OF Missouri passed from that state
into the Territory Of Kansas and on the day hxed Tor
the election CT the first Territorial Legislature, seized
by force the control at most Of the precincts in the
Territory displaced by violence the judges OF the
Election took possession OF the balot-boxes, and, ex'
GLIDING the citizens residing in Kansas from the polls,
projected to stuff the balot-bo1es, and IN that way 10
designate and appoint persons to DC Legislators Tor
Kansas. Incontrovertble evidence OF these iacts
stands ON record in the proceedings OF the HJoee oil
Represe natives Of the last Congress
TIE Invasion from Missouri was successful aud com
pl.te ard the invaders, having accomplished their
purpose, returned in organized bands 10 missouri.
The persOns thus created Legislators Tor Kansas as
tenbled, organized and assuming to be the Leglsla
ture proceeded to pass laws for the government
of the Territory, and to levy taxesupon the peo-
pie Their eLactments were arbitrary and ,oppres-
sye designed drive the people from the settlements
they had made, and compel them To abandon the ler-
rtOrv The people of Kansas denied the authority of
this Legislature In an evil hour the President vi the
United States recognized this usurpatOn a. the gov
eminent of Kansas and large bodies OF Federal troops
have been stationed in the Territory to overawe the
v,1a nv hair mr.
thus netariously imposed upon them
The call for the Lecompton Convention was made
BY this usrpatiop and upon its submission TO the peo-
pie less than 300 persons responded The large
majority of the people denied its authority and refused
70 vote on the call for the Convention at the subse-
quent election for delegates. Sufficient reasons existed
for their refusal to vote they would not acknowledge
the authority of the usurpaton For the election OF
delegates an act for the registry of voters had been
passed. and the people in many OF the counties were
DISTINGUISHED by the omission on the part OF the regis
try officers to register the voters. In these countes
and none could be held, aud no delegates could be
elected. III the counties where regstries were made,
they were partial emitting large numbers OF the quail
flied voters. The people of tue Territory reasonably
apprehended that without regard to the number OF
votes which might be deposited III the bal0bJXes by
the electors the inspectors and returning officers OF
the election would, by false certic .tes, return, as
elected for their own purposes and not the men
who would receive the votes Of the electors.
The origin AND proceedings Of the Territorial suhori
ties fully justified this ppIchenson. At the election
under their authority in October last to continue the
Missouri usurpation in the election Of a new Legisla-
ture although the original invaders did not reappear,
sixteen hundred spurious and fictitious votes were re-
turned by the inspectors Of election upon false cerl-
Gates from single poll, the Oxford precinct 10 john
sop County One OF the officers of the election at the
Oxford precinct-he very man, 1t Is said, who manu-
featured the false certificate returning the sixteen
hundred fraudulent votes-was one OF the secretaries
of the Lecompton Convention. One thousand fraudu-
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MCGEE County, and more OF less IRON various pre-.
crcts sufficient to decide the elections without regard
TO the votes of the electors The returns OF the cleo
ton in accordance with the wishes OF the usurpa
ion and not in accordance with the votes of the cleo
tors President Buchanan, with the concurrence OF
his Cabinet in their official instructions to Gov
Walker gave express and positive assurances TO the
people OF Kansas that the Constitution preparatory 70
their becoming State, should be submitted to Il iair
vote of the people be adopted or rejected by hem
Coy. Walker in his official communications to the
people repeated and affirmed these assurances. The
candidates proposed for delegates to the Lesompton
Conventon-afterwsrd retained a. delegates-beiore
the election voluntarily pledged themselves to the pub
lie verbally and in writing, that the Constitution the
Cony eution might frame for Kansas should be submit
ted to vote OF the people The Governor OF the Ter
riory invested with power by the President of the
United States proclaimed to the people Of Kansas that
al an election to be held with curty against fraud
or violence at the polls, and against false certificates
by the returning officers, far opportunity should be
afforded to all the qualified voters to vote and that
majority Of the votes of the people should determine
the adoption or rejection of the Constitution; that his
official reports to the President aud Congress, and his
action for against the Constitution, should be gov
erned by the vote of the majority at such election
Gov. Walker adhered to his declarations he rejected
the fase certificates returning the spurious and fct
tious votes in johnson and MCGEE Counties for mem.
bers of the Legislature ard persisted 10 requiring that
the Constitution OF the Lecompton Convention should
be submitted to vote Of the people For this he fell
under the dspeasure of the President and repaired to
Washington TO make explanations aud represent the
condition OF Affairs in the Territory He failed to sat
isty the President and his Cabinet to induce them
to fulfill the assurances, which had been given to the
people Of Kansas that they should have an opportu.