New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-01

and their posterityGD slavery "s ." ~
10 eone. IN. was the ample effect OF the
vote I. scarcely necessary for Gs ~ cay Shnt 'he
privilege OF voting urcn one proposr ob; 'hus -
9th conditions 40 utterly INADEQUATE ehd uIyu,., Y
ise power OF deciding upon single, anu a
Is DO means important question, piOdu'.u a- E ~ '
e1pense II giving the sanction OF our votes 70 nIuJ
PROVISIONS that our judgment condemned, WIS aul
considered BY tho people OF kansas 40 Boon ou'' on
The other hand, tie offer IS Justly he'd 20 DC an 49,
10 q people who krow and appreciate the rgh.s OF
freemen: and hence eight tenth- ot the people rT.'
ed the offer with coIieup., and refused 70 perNcPa'g
n election, the tsrIns oi when ih97 c.uPIsnuu -
the diepIty Of an American citizen. in We" o' 'oes'
facis til. TerrOiia. IegIsa,u uTe, al - a. eN'a es
son rroy ided bv law for the submission OF The "oie
CoD-tituiion, the An dsy Of January, is 10 tnree
distinct propositions, VIZ: CONSTITUTION WIN o'"'
cry Constitution with no slavery ana Asah-S Asn
the Constitution" The returns OF this election are
not vet ell recorded but enough il known TO warrant
IN saying that ae vote cat against The Constitution
j. about eleven dousand; for the Constitution with
Slavery, 10: for the Constitution with no slavery,
D. This large vote acain-. the Constitution was
cas- at an election holden the 9Th day OF January
1858, by authority of law passed on the lth dsy oi
December 49, while the necessarily snort anu I'M
perfect notice thereof doubt prevented Thousands
10 the distant interior counties OF the Territory, "nere
the whole people are opposed 10 the Constitution RON
casting their votes against il. lnasmuch az tue fro
Slavery party refused 10 participate IN tins e4e cton
presen, the vote polled on the 2st December as
provided for by the schedule Of The Constitution
which is ss follows:
oor'tui on with s.syry y..''''.'''''''''''''''''''
CONSTITUTION viii 10 ssveEy oo'
Majority
OF this aiority more than one-h af obtained in
those very sparsely settled precincts the Missouri
border, two of which, Oxford and Shawnee, are IN the
Shawnee reeerve on land. not yet open Or settlement,
viz:
oslora KcAAFoo...'.''..'''..'ioH
II
From personal knowledge of the settlements in
i -. ,f,r fa.f t4t a I'd
nothing in saying that the great bulk Of this vote is
ravd1en and fictitious; and taking into view other
papable but less garnc frauds il other precincts we
feel justified in asserting that not over 2goo OF the
hoc fdc citizens of Kansas their votes for the Le
compton Constitution on the DIST day of December
last TIE frauds in this election, NJ well as that on
the ib OF January for State officers, &c, VIII be a'd
before your honorable bodies in few days in the re-
port Of Board of Commissioners authorized by law
| TO investigate the same
We present the above facts IN support of deca
ration previously made, that the people OF Kansas
have rejected the LeConpon Constitution by an over
wheming majority. The object of your memorallsts,
and those who support them in participating in the
election for State officers &C. under the Lecompon
Constitution not designed to give the slightest
sanction TO that instrument but on the other hama 10
destroy H. in Congress should admit US INTO the
| Union, and thereby force upon the people an Or
ganic law against their will, and that i repugnant %
their feelings. Our position will be readily undet-
stood upon this point by reference 10 the following
| resolution, adopted unanimously by the Convection
by which We were elected viz;
Rotd That the candidates nominated BY thi' conyen;on
accepting such noninson, will be cond.',d 20 s. , d,ag& &
should Constitution b. approved by Congress 20 a
sreeuie ianediafe nea'1re' FOR eneomg nJ i5a a.,
| Constitutional Contention 70 oo'"" '"''" '
| Thus pnbiciy pledged, we went before the people
and contested the election, under the provisions OF the
| schedule of the Constitution. which opened wide
door to fraud and under which frauds 70 the extent
| of 1900 or 900 votes were committed, and under
Judges Of Election, who in many precincts, demanded
esf oath 10 support the Constitution in direct viola
tion of the Constitution itself by which many who
would otherwise have voted the Free-State ticket
were prevented from voting, and under the additional
and great disadvantage of strong antlpathy on the
part Of many of friends against any participation
| in an election under the authority OF Constitution
| framed and submitted, was the Lecompton Consti.
tuition by which Thousands induced 10 withhold
their surages from ne and yet in the face ot all these
disady ansges, have secured majority OF all the
votes east giving 10 our opponents the adv anage oil all
the illegal and fictitious votes returned. In view OF
| these facts-thst the Lecompton Constitution was
framed by bare majority OF Convention, elected
that the Convention refused to submit the Constltu-
tion thus framed air vote of the people for their
ratification rejection, and that the Territorial Leg
islature did provide BY law for it, submission under
| which law il was submitted and rejected by al over
whelmng majority Of the people and for the sake OF
the peace and prosperity Of this Territory, as well az
the harmony and integrity Of the Union, We the
officers elected under said Constitution do most re-
spectfully and earnestly pray ysur honorable bodies
not TO admit Kansas into the Union under sald Consti-
tuition, and thus force upon our people an Organic la"
against their expressed WILL and ID violation oi every
principle Of popular government.
o. w SMITH, Governor elect.
w. Y. ROBERTS, Lieut.. Governor elect.
ANDREW J.. MEAD, State Tressurer elect.
}. X. GOODiN Audisor Of State elect