The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-02-05
The Recent Votes in Kansas.

sentatlves OF hansaS Oh the results Vi TIC
elections Of the 2lst Of Dec. and Of the
4th ofJanuary, We publish part of the
history Of events in Kansas, and with the
view Of keeping our readers fully inform.
ed in relation to matters that have tran
spired in that territory. 1t is said by
letter writers from Washington that the
probability oil the adoption Of the Lee
compton Constitution, Notwithstanding its
emphatic condemnation by the people OF
Kansas is increasing. Followed as this
act of wickedness, without doubt, would
be by civil war, everything which DEM
onstrates in such manner that it can
not be gainsayed, any Of the outrages to
which the people of Kansas have been
subjected by border ruffian violence, Of
fetal corruption, and the deviltry Of the
enemies Of the people Of Kansas, should
receive special consideration. 1t is for
tunatc for the cause Of the people Of
Kansas that the story Of their wrongs and
outrages, is told by official documents as
we'll as by the unofficial statements of
writers who have been cognizant Of the
events that have transpired in the terri.
tory. Official document after official
document, some Of them emanating from
sources in noways favorable to the cause
of free State men in the territory, have
corroborated the story Of almost unheard
Of outrage and violence, to. which the
people OF Kansas have been subjected
The proclamation Of Gov. Dencvcr, shows
that the Lecompton constitution at the
election held January 4, which election it
should be remembered was held under
an act of the territorial Legislature APP
proved by the then acting Gov. Stanton,
was rejected by a majority of moro than
TEN THOUSAND votes. The vote is given
by Counties and summed up as follows:
For the Lecompton Constitution ,O'th
Slavery, l3S
For the Lecompton Constitution ,sith.
out Slavery, -
Against the Lecompton Constitution. O,226
Majority against the Constitution. lO,O62
Looking at the document it will be
perceived that the vote at the election
held on the 2lst of December, under the
authority Of the Lecompton convention
when no vote against tho constitution
was allowed, was only O,7l2 and of these
votes the signcrs OF these official docu-
ments tells us that they have no hcsita-
ton in saying that the great bulk ofthese
rotes ~ere fraudulent. More than THREE
THOUSAND OF these votes were thrown at
Kickapoo, Lawrence, and Oxford, places
not yet open to settlement. Under this
state of facts, should the administration,
crushing down the principle Of popular
sovereignty. succeed in forcing the Lc-
compton fraud on the people of Kansas,
one course and one only remains for them,
and in taking it they will be sustained by
their fellow citizens in the free States with
an almost unanimous public sentiment,
and that is 10 reject the constitution,
drive those who are cndeavoring to force
it upon them from the territory, and put
in operation a government made by them.
selves, and relying on the God OF battles,
fight for its preservation.
There was also an election for State
officers. At this election a large part Of
the free State men refused to vote declar-
ing that they would not by so doing
recognize the validity Of the Lccompton
Constitution, and saying il they did, and
they should fairly elect the free State
ticket, the scandalous Calhoun would by
fraudulent counting deprive them of the
triumph they might gain. Notwithstand-
ing this division of the free State men,
those who did vote, it appears by the re-
port Of the presiding officers, Calhoun
dissenting, succeeded. The result of the
vote being as follows:
FREE STATE.