Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-22
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Kansas from IMPROVEMENT and oppression, and
bring her speedily into the Onion free Stats-h. T.
Tribune
The Tribune Is not alone in the grounds gifts sup
port Of this amendment. Strange as 1t may sound
to Southern ears, andhumilsting As my be the con-
fession to Tennessesns, one Of our own Senators
has given it his support for the same reasons, viz
athat it viii rescue Kansas from mis-gOvernmsnt
and oppression, and bring her speedily into the Union
as a free State" It might be supposed BY the two
partial friends Of Mr. 4EIL that We we're doing him
Injustice but for the fact that in this instance, his
actions admirably harmonic with his words In the
recent speech which he delivered in the Senate
and which elected from Hale and WILSON such
marked consideration, Mr.. BELL exhibited unusual
holiness He took the Northern side Of the question,
and declared that it would be an easy matter-the
most easy task in the wOrld-tO demonstrate thst,
according to all sound principles, there is st this
time no application before Congress, with the
assent Of the people Of Kansas, for admission into
the Union as q State" These are Mr.. BELL's own
words He then proceeded to prove, to the entire
satisfaction and evident delight Of HALE, WILSON
Co., that, even suppOsing the LeOOmPtOn COnsttu-
ton to have been regularly formed, the people
subsequently voted upon it and rejected it by an
overwhelming majority"
But, Mr.. BELL does more He shows, with the
aid Of his Black Republican allies who prompted
him on the hoor that the whole proceedings Of the
prosavsry party in Kansas have been characterized
by "fraud." "border rufianism, and every other
conceivable ickedness thatthe editor Of the Tribune
ever charged in his most frenzied moments. Of the
first election which took place in the territory for
members to Legislature, he says: ''many armed
companies Of Missourians appeared at the polls in
most Of the election districts and precincts; and
where they found the judges Of election opposed to
their views by threats Of violence drove them away
and substituted others in their place; where they
found the Judges friendly to their views, they
allowed them to remain in the discharge Of their
duties The result without going into further details
on that point was, that every proslavery candidate
but one was returned as elected. The returns Of
the census taken under requirement Ofthe organic
law one month before this election, showed :, 1903
qualified voters then in the Territory At the cleo
ton .8O7 votes we're polled OF the 2, SOB whose
names we're upon the census rolls, only 698 voted
at the election This fact appears by theoOmparsOn
Of names the pollbOOks with census returns.
These facts speak for themselves, either the census
returns we're false or the Free Soil voters drievn
from the polls But, be that as it may, it appears
certain that some four or five thousand MissOurians
v0tedat the election the returns fraudulent
Complaints we're made from several precincts that
the election was carried by violence and Governor
REEDER set aside the returns in several cases, and
ordered new elections and in althese cases, except
one, Free-Soil candidates were returned elected.
When the Legislature met, however, they were all
elected, and the persons first returned elected
allowed TO take their sests-so that the Legislature
may be said to have been unit the slavery
question"
These grave and penal charges against the pro-
slavery citizens Of Kansas, added nothing to the
originality Of the Senators speech. They had been
sterOtyped in every abolition paper from the time
they we're first needed to excite New England
fanatcism, to the date of their refeCtitiOn by Mr.
BELL If there we're any real grounds for such
assertions would it not still, have been in better
taste-in view Of the many Outrages which the free
State party had committed-to have left the reher
sal Of them to those unceasing shriekers who have
played upon that solitary note for three years past
But are they true charged by Mr.. BELL! The
feelings Of true Southern man, in view Of sll the
circumstances would make him slow to believe
them In fact none but those who strongly
suspcioned Of seeking political favor at the North
have ever believed them. We are assured that n,
such proof has ever come under the observation o
Gen ZoLuCoFFER, Col. READY or Mr. MAYNARD
and they have repudisted in frank and manly term
the rank injustice that has been done to the pro
slavery citizens Of Kansas. Gen. ZoLLIooFFER ha
said. in language Of much force, and that esnno
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ready certain gentlemen are to believe any oharg
Of fraud against the laW-abidng men Of the Terri
tory, and how slow they are to see that the Law
resisting, revolutionary men, who have COMMITTEES
so many outrages, have ever winked st fraud. Why
sir this cry Of fraud was commenced by the anti
slavery men here in Congress on the passage Of thu
Kansas Nebraska BILL and it has been kept up eve
since That bill was itself called fraud When tn
first territorial legislature elected, it, too,
declared to be fraud, though 10 proof was eve
offered to show it and Governor REEDER himse
even certified to the correctness of the returns In
deed the census taken at the time, shows thatther
was a large majority of Southern voters in the Ter
ritory and no necessity for fraud the part of tn
pro-slavery men. Mr.. Chairman, I call attention
to the fact, that st that point of time there was
majority Of Southern men there, by the Oficia
census Of the territory"
Mr.. READY referring to this same stereotype
Black Republican charge of fraud says in his reoen
speech:
This is q grave charge. Il is easily made sut
frequently hard to prove. 1t is legal aphOrisI
that fraud must be prOssd and not presumed. Il i
founded in good sense, and must prevail as well i
political as in judicial tribunals. / ask then
where is the evidenceof fraud2 Il was not in tn
enactment Of wise, just, and efficient law to pre-
serve the purity Of the balot-bOK, and the rights
every bona tide citizen; TO prevent and punish 81
fraudulent and violent interference in the election
and secure full and fair expression Of the populs
will 10 was not in the faithful attempt Of the off
GERS under that law, to carry out its laudable in
tent by making fair registry Of ali the voters il
the Territory for the purpose Of securing them il
the exercise Of the elective franchise and to ensbl
them TO keep off aliens, nOn-resIdents and invader
Of everydescrption ItWas notin thewilful obstius
cy. fraud and threatened violence Of the free Stat
men to prevent the completion Of the reistry.
Thus it is that grave and important issues Of fac
have been made up between Mr. BELL upon the on
part and the entire Tennessee delegation on tn
other. Issues involving the pride and honor Of tn
State. We think the language of Mr.. MAYNARD
though il may not have been intended specially 70
Mr. BELL, must have had q blistering effect Whe
he said: Il" / know that man who intends to pur
sue particular course, for reasons best known 4
himself but who does not like to give the true rea
son, will sometimes be very ingenious in assignin
false reasous untrue ressOn-reasons, Imesn, whic
are not his real reasons" There is no use il
beating about the bush We have been told repeat
eddy by gentlemen on this BLACK Republican, sid
Of the House. when pressed fora reply, thatif ever
man. woman and child in Kansas were in favor O
admitting her into the Union as a slave State the
would resist it. Therein lies all the difficulty
Kansas. if admitted under the constitution framed
Lecompton. will come into the Union as a slav
State, and in my judgment, will remain q slav
State, although the ideas is inculsted sz fHdgstri
that her people after admission can change the con
stitutiOn, and, if they so wish, abolish slavery
less than three months"
Unless these Conference Committees can agre
upon some settlement Of the difficulty between th
Two Houses, it is not probable that Kansas viii b
admitted into the Union at this session Of Congress
As the Republicans and Douglas democrats deslr