Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-03-05

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/ pn uhc returns oI Hlld erection pelng lnaue
/ 10 tue Governor, protests and objections were
made to him in relation to a part Of said dis
/ tricts and as to them he sci aside such on
/ w. rs bv tbn rot,,rns ,,,,corod tn bo Lod In
rantion To othcr.' r,ydr,nr. in oll a uoiori.
tv Of thc two Ilnn.os onnSIlv yicinn, in fct
fut onn,rontl,. r,,d L,. C,r1,oI r,t,,r,,. tlo
inhabitants ttorS,r L,s,, Jn,,, ~. saiI ,';i,
lonc, ,nI i,t;,,id,.i, ,,t,,,i ,,,,i I;s,,,,,,.
aaod and Sbnrn,, nnJ,r onnrchcnsion. ,'' ;,, (
,ers,ral vi,Icrco r9G.,incj anJ Lcs;stod r.,,,
rra.,ntin, on,' rrntost to tbc Go,.orror i, ro
Iati,n tbGrrtn'. and bo tLo, n,,inc,,,nol i,
relation thcr,t,. is.pcd cnrtif,,trs +, tLo
momb,rs who ,,,,,o,r,j IN. soid C,r,.,ol ~,
/ turns To have bs,n rlnctr1
In relation to tL,s, di.tr;..s ,rI;.L .bo
/ Governor :, s,t asjo orJcrs ,yn,., w.. L;,, i.
suo1 c,r now .lor+in,s tn o,,o ~ ;l,., III.
tricts rho s,,no nra,ooliro.s ,oro r,,,natod H..
mon from Ni,sinri anJ in otbors nnt ond
/ certificates were i.sncd TN rho rorsnns cloctnd
This LEGISLATIVE Assembly &, cloctad ne,
( samIlnd of p,,rro, nm r,n'Sl l,,..r T,I,.
/ lS55 that boing tb, tino.and ,,laao c,r L"ia
in, soid mcctnS ns GyaJ L,. tbc Gn,,rrn. Nv,
authority Of law On o.samhIinr the soi;l
Houses nroccedcd to ser "siJ"nnd rri.ct thos,
members So elected ON said second ,lnctinn
cxccnt in the district whore tbo mon fron
Missouri had. At s1id election. chosen G,', tbe
same persons thov hod elected ot thn said
first election. and they admitted nil IF thc
said first clcctcd members
4 Legislative isscrbl, ., crcotod hy mil.
i,ory f,rco In. f,roi,,SS ;,,sio,, i, H.;aln
tion Of tbc orconic lo'y ,y,s hnt q rsrrna.
ton Xn oct - ;,s "''o ~" "Iui
thc C,oyernor comld l",,,li,o Nv ,or,atiF,, J.,
Ire own docsions ns y, ;ts oy,, iooai;yy,.
lilo its laws hnt tLo G,,;,s ~ ;,s s, '' ",'
nation. which nm Govornnr couid lc~;ti,noto
! That T,rritori,l Iogi.I.trrc nn..oJ +ho "a
Io,yirc law
SIC, H. 1t any person prinw = rite, intro
uu'o mo, P"oIsh or circulate or eause - brought
sbali knoyingIy MD nr n..i-t IN, I,ir',ins, irt,
printing publishing or circulating within iii. Ter
ritory any book, paper, pamphlet, magazine,
a~m'pr of gt,Suar' y'm.a,ns any statements,
or innucudo. calculated +" rron,o,c di.orieriy
dangerous or rebellion, diisalTcction among the
slaves in this Territory, to induce such slave, to
escape from the service Of their masters to resist
tnclr aGthoTity, ne snalI be guilty Of felony and
,eri n Inl. y b anu nara a''' 'or
"Srr, ~ If anv ncrson bv .rc,ki,,, or h.,
writing, assert or maintain that person. have not
the right to hold Slaves in this Territory, print
publish, write, circulate, or cause to be introduced
INTO TINS Territory, written printed published or
eLrunIcu IN thi' larrt3ry' any book paper mag
"f , u" VI any ag.a'
tory, such pcr.6n sbau he deemed guiltv of relonr
and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a
term Of not less than two years,'
And further providing, that no person
- conscientiously y opposed to holding slaves
shall sit as juror in the trial Of any cause
founded on breach of the foregoing law
They further provided, that all officers and
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port the Constitution of the United States,
but also to support and sustain the organic
law Of the Territory, and the Fugitive Slave
laws; and that any person Offering to vote
shall be presumed to b9 entitled to vote
until the contrary is shown and if any one,
when required, shall refuse to take oath to
sustain the Fugitive Slave laws, he shall not
be permitted to vote Although they passed
a law that none hut an inhabitant, who had
paid tax, should vote, yet they required no
HDlo of r'Qdacc necessary, and provided for
the immediate payment Of a poll-tax So
providing, in effect, that on the eve Of an
election the people Of neighboring State could
come in, in unlimited numbers and, bv
taking up residence of Il day or an hour
pay a poll-taX, and thus become legal voters
and then after voting, return to their own
State. They thus, in practical effect,
provided for the pcopld of Missouri
to control elections at their pleasure.
and permitted such only of the real inhabi-
tants of the Territory to vote as are friendly
to the holding of slaves.
They permitted no election Of any of the
officers Of the Territory to be made by the
people thereof, but created the Offices and
filled them, or appointed officers to fiji them
for long periods, and provide that the next
annual election should be holden in October.
1856. and the Assembly to meet in January,
1857 50 that none Of these laws could be
changed until the lower House mirht be
changed in 1856 but the Council, which is
elected for two years. could not be changed
so as to allow of a change of the laws or Of
ficers until the session of 1858, however