New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-19

that q minority Government Nes po- o'eoNN
they have continued that Goyernnent W ""a' 'Oe'
is ,hovn at every step Of their progress =, -.
Ev.s in IN. midst Of this sefsuspenhon oi ,he
risht Of suffrage the part OF theI oPPoues.:.
they called the Convention oy wnch lhi. Ie o. -,
wss made Look a. the Consultation ftseli. w 10
own face does Il not contain the amp,es p,epe.Ab
for fraud vi.ible and apparent LeoA .. nc Nh
evidence marked cn its face. Ihey pass oy 81 'ns
before conducted elections They authorized, BY ,ae
schedule 10 the Constitution, President Caihouo -
take this whole matter into his hsnds 10
officers 10 conduct the elections, giving niu couuo'
over tbs; oficisl body and the sppontmen. oi 'heu
all; and the returns were not to be msne W s1y P
man.It Ificer Of the Government Dot 10 me us'eI-
Dor, but 20 this ssme Mr.. Calhoun. lie ~as -
poLt the ofieers 10 conduct the eec'on' re- '.
returns, Count the ballots. and declare tae rera.''
Well Mr.. Calhoun hae performed all thIs business
Another thing: every human being, IN respec,p
that part Of the Constitution which was suomt'eo u
the people, before be could vote for or agans ~ "as
required to swear that he would support that Cons-
tuition when il was adopted. In tha. CoEshaIoD,
those who framed it well knew were provscns into,
cradle TO all the FeeStste men in the Terri Y ara
they would not swear 10 support r. lhey so oeheVeu,
and hoped, and expected. THIS was under the mo"
Of fair election. Net only have they secured al me
advantages resulting from the appointment oi the
ofeers 10 conduct H. but, 70 leave ther conscience
more easy these officers noteveh worn. There
was 10 provision for that. Every m'1 voting tor
the Constitution, that part Of it submitted 10 hm
10 vote upon, required 10 be sworn beforehand
luA he Woulu support tuhI tOH-tIu-sOu. ihlrJ -
was sup posed ii nothing else would keep of the Free
State men.
1t s said, in this testimony, that Gov. Waker,
from the time he .nt there, had been diligently per
suadng all tie ople Of tue Territory 70 throw sde
tlis uactnn of ems come into the elections, ana
participate in the Government. For this, Mr.. Stanton
tays Gov. Walker became the Object Of utter hos
ity 10 Mr.. Cslhouns party. They did not want con
citation. They demanded, as the same witness says
repression. They wanted penalty, not percussion
They did know what the result of this persuasion
might be IN the elections atrward To take piace on
the Con stitution. II was necessary, therefore, to
axe provision against the possible effect OF these
Eersussions and arguments OF Gov. Walker 1t was
ereiore necessary TO put TO- though nobody oppo;el
them 60C0 votes for the Constitution, they be-
levirg that that was majority OF the greatest
nun Der Of votes given on any occasion IN
the Territory, and it is stated here. They Just
vert beyond the line and for fear of rendering 1t
| more mcnstrous, and the fraud more vis5le, they
went jus, far the Lecessity demanded the Teuu'
| They did not choose TO use it superhuously. Ihey
rather husbaLded H. to be used as the occasion lght
| require, and no more than was required cannot
shut nv eyes 10 this fact. These preparations then,
in the schedule of the Constitution We're made IN anti
Gpaton Of the vague dangers that were spprehendea
1t greatly important TO carry through !nis Jons
tuition greatly portant TO preserve their authorty
under the Constitution There were two Senators ot
the United States TO be eected All the officers OF
the State Government were 10 oe conssieu in7'e
| were 10 he the reward Of those who had laoored;
These seem to me 10 be preparations made Tor
| fraud; and when come to compare them WIN M .he
scton which took place afterward the design ana me
act the purpose and fuhment of IT, make tue PROOF
perfect, Tie Of doing It, the means OF faci,
tstipg IT, are given in the Constitution. 1he actual
perptration OF it siterward at the polls Is seen Is
seen in the election upon the Constitution. 1t ls seen
in the election of the ith of January, for officers under
the new Constitution. There is where these frauds,
lately developed, practced to such an enormous
extent There is where these little precincts dlstn-
| guished themselves.
Aroter fact may be noticed, that this Convention
to make Constitution to meet, by law n Sep
tember and go to their work. They met then. Did
| they 90 10 work 7 No. Why did they not There
was an election of the Territorial Legislature to take
place in the October following. They wanted to know
the result of that election; to know how the land lay;
whether all was safe or not; whether any point was
necessary to be guarded in the Constitution whether
there were any unexpected majorities rising up;
whether there any distractions in the way OF or
eh1 chi rsetar Of the new IegatuTe that they might
meet the emergency and meet the e1igency with
any constitutional provision that might be necessary
to perpetuate their power Ihey adjourned, s Inc
Legislature was elected and that Legislature turned
out notwithstanding all the frauds that were pr &C.
tic.d to be against them. What then The Legs
ature being against them now what Is the provision
in the schedule The officers of election, and other
,ficers of the Government were, many OF them, ap-
pointed BY the Territorial Legislature. They said:
" Now here has come in in October, Legislature OPP
posed TO us What SO likely but that they who have
complained Of frauds from Government officials, will
now cf ange the officers and change the mode OF elec
ton T. What then They declare in the schedule that
all who Office shall hold their omces that
all the laws in existence shall continue in e1ls-
ence until repealed by Legislature which shall meet
under the State organization under the Constitution.
That sences completely the Territorial Legislature,
paralyzes the power of the Territorial Legislature
That was certainly against them; and to take the
chaIces tf future election under that Constitution,
that fu election was to take place by the same
tcedue on the 4th Of January and then they were to
make another deathstruggle for the supremacy, and
then they did have the report of the Comms-
toners lately appointed by the Territorial Legislature
Of kaLsas to investigate the frauds. There TINS Gov
eminent party did axe efforts more than worthy OF
all their former practices in fraud IN order to secure
the Legislature which, under the Constitution, would
make Senators Of the United States II was here that
Oxford that Shawnee that KickspOo, distinguished
themselves in the multiplicity Of votes, feigned and
fraudulent.
And when You see such things as these in the Con-
stituiop when YOU see such things these all around
the Constitution, when you see the saIne men who
made the Constitution rulers in the land during the
whole time do you not that the frauds nave been
everywhere, that the imposition upon the people has
been everywhere And how can you exempt from the
contagion f there nothing than this general
ASSOCIATION irom which TO infer it, this Constitution
aid those who made it Judging from the positive
internal evidence that exists in IT, and the facts that
surrcur IT, cannot. believe it violates the right
Of the people to govern themselves 10 impose upon
them believe this Constitution Is the work Of fraud
fraud upon the rights OF the people.
60 not undertake to defend this people fer their
conduct IL is not my port nor my province. should
agree perhaps, with the President, that much ofther
conduct mad teen of disreputable disorderly and
seditious character. II may be that deserves the
epthet Of rebellion, which the President applies to
It. / have nothing TO do with that am not their
advocate. | have disapproved of their conduct in
many instances. There were many bad men among
them as believe, .dt for that the law assigns its
proper punishment The majority of the people have
their political rights, that remain notwithstanding
their legal ofepes It is in that point of view il is
:, ,haiy chGracter "a the peOple of Territory