The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1858-03-11


tion, when we are told that the Constltu-
ton can be promptly amended by the
people, after its adoption, who is eject
ed governor, and what is the political
character of the Lcgislature-points as
to which Calhoun is playing an infamous
double game. In this connection Judge
Douglass said: ,,
Its important to have this result known
and why is it that gentlemen here are not
willing to have the facts setoedI "hy
do southern men desire to be called up
on 10 vote in doubt? Why do Northern
mcn desire to be called upon to vote IN
doubt? [It is none Of our business
! am told it is none o. our business. l
will reIl the Senator who said 50, why it
is hob hi, business and mine. We are
called upon here 10 put this Constitution
in force, and recognize the State govern
ment that mqy be organized in Kansas
under the Lecompton Constitutions and
Give il operation; but every day eFldence
Comes here of fraud, and forgery alter
loroerv. in the rettrns. 1t is not con-
Gned now to the Delaware Crossing,
which is admitted to have been a forged
reu,n; but the testimony has been taken,
AMI is conclusive, that there was forged
3 rsturn also, to the amount of some hun
= ored votes, at Shawnee; that the returns
gere taken from Shawnee down into MIS-
Jsouri, and there for two days two men
were adding names, one man calling OH
the names from the poll-book that had
been made out at the election OF the 2lS'
Of December, and the other adding those
names by the hundred to the polI-book
Of the election of the 4th Of January.
On the day after the election, the 'es-
timopv is, that in the State of Missouri
some nine hundred names were added
There were only about one hundred ana
siylv votes on the book before this addi
ton, when the poll.book left the Terrific,
ry; but after il got into Missouri II
! sywellcd up to eleven hundred votes votes.
These facts are proved; they were IeSIl'
fed to by the men who were present
and by the men who transcribed the
names. :, :.
So it is with regard to Oxlordj 50 it If
! with regard to Kickapoo. The testimo
4 ny as to Kickapoo is, that although there
l. had been vast numbers of illegal vote
n during the day, young Thomas Ewing
e son Of the late Secretary of the lnterlo
is voted next to the last; only one man Vo
ted after him, according to the lcstimc
nv. vet the poll.book shows some nv
'f hundred names added subsequent to HI
The certificate was cut of; i've hundre
,o names were added; and then the cerhl
9 =. cate was pasted on after these names e.
. The testimony is equally conclusive as
Shawnee, where seven hundred or Nil
J., hundred votes were added. a man
,,s ~, the name Of Bailey was the last who v
=" w. led according to the testimony The pro
81 81 is conclusive that he was the last man WI
~ ~ voted; and then they cut off the certI
ho h. cate. nut on seven hundred OF nine hui
III !, dred names, and pasted it on again; al
,ot they call that return! =,
~. w These facts are well known to .
NJ world; they are proven before the wori
for for they are proven before the officers OF I.
vii vii law; they are known to Mr. Calhoun I
~" 49, President of this Convention. lie
ID ID here in this city under the protection
na ina the President of the United States, a
i held by his commission lie w'lnhoI
aai fine facts, and the Senate refuses to p'
,nI o", NIT the information TO be extracted a
'"U we are told that it is none OF our b'
thn ness.