The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-09

rule defeated the voting policy He would stu have
abded by the action of the convention but for evidence
he had obtained that unworthy trick was pfactseu
upon the convention which defeated that policy He
held himself absolved from all obligation TO support the
election unfairly obtained and went IN now with his
whole heart for State vote and the triumph OF the
State ticket on the 4th
j. c. Vaughan followed in speech, urging, with good
effect harmony and concerted action
A letter was read from of the head men of the
party and Of the delegate convention urging concession
and recommending the voting policy
Sam Smith, of Quindaro; followed In telling speech
in favor Of securing the officers under the Lecompton
stitution.
Delegates elected to the county convention which
meets here Wednesday nominate senators and rep
resentatives, follows c. Vaughan, &C. &c.
An executive committee of nine appointed to act
in concert with the executive committee at Lawrence
with power to adopt and execute for eommun
eating the counties north of the Kansas river the pur
pose Of the people Of eavenworth. and for seeing full
turn out and fair election, follows Thos Ewing,
jr., o. b. Holman, H. Miles Moore M. Sattig j. b.
Williams w. w. Gallagher SC.
Freenen Of Kansas, rally with to the support
of the eeSate ticket that floats at the head of col
umns Our trust should only be in ourselves. The
prospect at Washington dark and gloomy and the
executive will doubtless overpower in Congress- We
must work salvation. Let have the lcgsla-
ure and State government provided for by the Lecomp
ton constitution and, if Congress admits under it,
will then have the camp and munitions OF of
enemy will change the constitution at once and
viii be freed from federal dctation and tyranny
Go, them into the election Have ticket for senators
and representatives in the field Lose not moment.
Work. for the life death of freedom in Kansas is ut H.
Work with vigorous and united efforts and next
Monday the victory is ours, and Kansas is free
THE VOTE IN KANSAS.
Scarcely had the day upon which the people Of
Kansas voted on the State constitution passed be-
fore there general cry by the back-republican
press that Missourans had invaded that Territory.
Perceiving that the vote would be large, that the
sober and peaceable people of the Territory be-
coming FESTIVE under the terrorism kept up by Lane
and his mnions, it necessary to forestal opin-
ion throughout the country, and to provide them
selves with pretext for further interference in Kan
sas affairs An invasion of Missonrans was the pre-
trely false-that citizens of Missouri participated
in the election. correspondent Of the St Louis
Republican of the 3lst ult. says
am from Kansas myself since the election and have
the best grounds for saying that the reports about Mis-
souans voting unworthy of credence There was an
attempt made at Leavenworth by the black republican
committee appointed for that purpose to seize the ballot
box which hlally failed by the Intervention of United
States troops Some persons arrested under the
charge of illegal voting but proved themselves to have
been longer citizens of Kansas than their accusers
This account is corroborated by several other
statements which have fallen under observation
The Missourians called, who voted, were original
ly emigrants from Missouri and this circumstance
viii account for the hippancy with which the asser-
ton is reiterated that Missourians voted in Kansas.
Only scattering returns of the vote on the 2lst
ultimo have been received, but, far they have
reached u.s. they fully justify the estimate given yes
terday of thousand Uoss. The complete result
in Lcavenworth county is the constitution with
slavery l773; without slavery 1873 total vote, OIL
In October last the vote for delegate to Congress was
Parrott, l,055; Ransom, 1856; total, 2,4ll. This
is the result in only one county. The scattering
returns from others indicate q large vote to have
been cast upon the constitution