The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-01-23

for the Constitution with no Slavery, "a.
This large vote against the Constitution
was cast at an election held on the 4th
day of January, 1853, under the provi-
sions of law passed on the 18th day Of
December, 1857, whilst the short or nee
esssrily imperfect notice thereof no doubt
prevented thousands, in the distant and
interior counties of the Territory, where
the whole people are opposed to the Con-
stitution, from casting their votes against
1t. Inasmuch as the rpro-slayery. party
refused to participate in those elections,
we present the vote polled at the election
provided for by the schedule of the Con-
stitution, which stands as follows: Con-
stitution' with Slavery, 8 s143 . Constitu-
ton; with no Slavery, 569;; majority,
5,574. :.
Of this majority more than one-hslf
was obtained in three of the most sparce-
ly settled precincts in the Territory, and
two of them, Oxford and Shawnee, within
the Shawnee reserve, On lands not yet
legally open for settlement, viz: Oxford,
I,266; Shawnee, 723 ;; Kickapoo, 1,Ol2
From personal knowledge of the set
Elements in and about the'aboye places, We
feel that we hazard nothing in saying that
the great bulk of this vote is fraudulent
and fictitious and taking into view other
palpable but less glaring frauds in other
precincts, we feel safe in saying that not
over 1000 of the bona .fde citizens of
| Kansas cast their votes in favor of that
Constitution on the 21st day of Deeem-
lber iast.aThe fraud committed at this.
| as we'll as the election on the 4th of JAN
uary, for State officers, &C., will be laid
before your Honorable bodies in few
days, in the report of board of commits
sioners authorized by law to investigate
the same. 81 q frE 7;..- ea
We present these facts in support oi
] our declaration previously made, that the
/ people of Kansas have rejected the Le-
/ compton Constitution by an oyerwhelm.
Ting majority g5Lg z,Ig1s.1.a 5! =
The object of your memorialists, and
those that supported them, in pafticipa.
/ ting in the election for State officers &C.
1 was not designed TO give shadow o.
sanction to that instrumen but, on th'
other hand, to place ourselves in position
to destroy it in case Congress should ad
/ nit us into the Union and thus force up
I on the people an organic law against thei
1 will. Our position will be readily under
j stood by reference to the following resolu
ton, passed unanimously by the Conven
ton by which we were nominated.
O (" ResolJsd, That the candidates nomi
i mated by this Convention, on accepting
j such nomination, will be considered a
pledged, should the Constitution be ap
proved by Congress, to adopt and ezecat
immediate measures for enabling the peopt,
through a aew Constitutional Conuentiof
to obtain such Constitution as the ma
jority shall approve sa,.ssf f.d - s
| Thus pledged we went before the peo
n pie, and contested the election; under al
} election law which opened wide door
4 frauds, and under which frauds were CON
mitted to the extent OF, 1850 or 400
votes and under the additional disad
vantages of a strong and incurable antiI
athy, in the minds Of many of our pee
pie against.any participation in an elec
,ton held under the authority of a Con
stitution framed and submitted as was th
Leeompton Constitution, by which thou
, sands were induced to withhold from u
their suffrages, and with Judges of tn
election who, in many of the precinct
in the Territory, demanded a test oat
to support the Constitution, in direct vic
lation of the Constitution itself, by whicl
many more who would otherwise haV
j, supported the Free State ticket, wereide
tered from voting, we yet have receives
j, amajority of all the votes cast, giving tn
opposite party the advantage of all tn
illegal votes polled or returned.
In view, then, of the facts that the LIE
compton Constitution was framed byl
i bare majority of Convention elected by
6 small minority of the people of Kansas
\ that that Constitution thus framed, wa
not submitted to fair vote of the people
for ratification or rejection, and that tn,
| Territorial Legislature did provide by Law
\ for its submission, and under which law j
i has been submitted, and drejectedby anover
whelming majority, and for the sake o
the peace and prosperity of this beauti
full Territory, as well as the harmony and
4 integrity of the Union, We, the Stat,
officers elected under said Constitution, d.
most respectfully and earnestly pray you
honorable bodies not to admit Kansas in
to the Union under said Constitution ant
thus force upon an unwilling people 81
organic law dsaislstthe expressed sciK and
in violation, of every principle of popu
lar government.
80 G. w. SMITH, Gocernor. - :
1 yisB Wy ROBERTS, Lieut. Governor
tE J PC SGUYLER, Secretagyof State
j :. Al. MEAD, State Treasurer.
/ JOEL &. GO0DIN, State Auditor
=. lawrence January Goth 1873 b