The Washington union., 1858-03-11

From bisit will besccn that twenty of the thirty
four organized counties were embraced in the apporon
ment and the journals of the convention exhibit No 4
show that all these represented in that BODY From
the same proclamation it will be that five election
districts embracing thirteen counties, left out of the
apportionmcnt These were, as will appear from what
has been stated the 18th district being Franklin county
the l4th including Weller, Breckenridge Wise, and
Madison the 18th Butler and Coffee the I7th Anecr.
son county md the 10Th, Woodson Wilson, Green
wool. Godiry, and Hunter
OF these thirteen counties nine had but a. small ponu
ation in them This apart from the statement OF Mr.
Calhoun and other reliable nformation clearly appears
from the returns of the election the 4h january last
the official announcement Of which is filed with the pa
pers OF this report From that il will be that
vote was returned having been cast in that election in
of these thirteen counties about the Acknowledgement
which so much complaint has been made These seven
counties are Weller Wsc Butler, Wilson, odry Green
wood and Hunter Nor there vote at that election
in either of the three unorganized counties of ash
ingtOn, Clay, and Dickinson
In two of the thirteen counties stated above to wit
Madison and Wooisontherc but 30 votes cast 40
in the former and so in the latter and but 1856 in the
four remaining to wit Franklin, 3O4 ; Brecknrdge
l0i Coffee, 453 and Anderson, lit so thk If the
election OF tho fh january should be received evil
dencc OF nything it would prove nothing conc-
svcy than that the clamor about the Acknowledgement
OF half the people considerable portion of the
people Of the Territory is utterly groundless and rcsoted
to only as pretext for the want of something more
solid This prctext becomes the glarng when the
of there being registry In these four counties
Franklin, Brecknrdge, Anderson, and Coffee is under
stood This is fully explained not only by the statement
of Mr. Calhoun alluded to- but by the deposition of Geo
Wilson, to be found in Senate Document No 82 Mt this
session From these and other notorious facts the real
and true cause of failure of registry voters in these
counties, and consequent failure of representation being
apporoned to them in the convention clearly appears
to need much explanation The parties in whose behalf
the cry of dsfanchisemen is raised prevented the
registry themselves Since the organization of that Ter
ory there has been in it class of men whose ayowcd
object TO oppose and overthrow all legal author
ty. They went there with this purpose Their OBJ
Ject was to set up umperum nnJerio. In the
Language OF the President, they have been in state of
rebellion against the legally constituted authorities from
the beginning This is fully established by numerous re-
ports OIL uovernors Shannon Gcacy and Walker and Sec
retasy Stanton They were 20 great extent the emis
ries OF those who denounced the Kansas bill when il
passed great wrong and an ,soutragc nJ ,ybo
were resolved to defeat its peaceful operation
To show the groundlessness Of the first c,mor m u
ms the hast we might here inquire what was ,bn - - -
outrage Of that bill Was il great wrong q, ou,r -,
permit the people of New York Massachusetts or o,ho
States of the North well NJ the people of tho sonth
going into Territory, the common property of all
10 be ~ free they ut their native homes and in
forming States 10 enjoy the rights which their
fathers did in the formation Of oil present State con
stitutions and governments This just what that bill
did ON the main question of controversy in Kansas
nothing more nothing less But, rather than this
great principle f right justice and equality carried out
this class OF men weat to that Territory to defeat it at
every heard setting themselves up IN defiance of law