The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1879-03-22


that citizens Of Missoari voted and were guilty
of ou,rages of various kinds, yet are forced to
admit on page 5, that "Of tho legal vote,
cast, General Whitfield received plurality. q
Mr.. Oliver reviews all the testimony and the
majority report, points out tho erroneous
conclusions and numerous contradictions
[page 7S,l and adds [pages 81 and s2l;
Upon an examination ofthe testimony taken
before the committee, what the undersigned
has affirmed in relation to these several dis.
tricts will be found TO be sustained by the
proof And from all the testimony collected,
when compared and weighed properly, the
undersigned feels confident that Il will appear
to every unparalleled mind, not only that
General Whitfield was duly elected, by the
actual and bona tide residents, delegate to
Congress at the first election, in November,
1854, but that tho free. State party was in the
minority in the Territory at the March cleo
ton in 1856, for members Of the legislature;
and that that election was not carried either
by force, violence, or non. residents, but that
a majority OF the legislature was duly elected
as certified to by the governor, and was prop
ery constituted as law. making body; and,
as consequence, that the laws passed by
them, as far us they are consistent with the
constitution of the United States and the or.
ganic act Of the Territory, are valid; aud, AS
further consequence, that the sitting dele
gate, having been duly elected delegate to
Congress under Territorial law thus passed,
is entitled to q seat on this floor as such.
And having gone through this branch Of the
subject, the Undersigned now begs leave to
refer to other matters alluded to by the ma.
jorty of the committee in their report. They
speak of a certain secret political society
formed in the State of Missouri, known by
different names, such as "Social Band,
Friends Society," 'Blue LODGE "Sons
of the South"-the object of which was to
send emigmnts into Kansas for the purpose
of making it slave State.
In reply to this part of their report it is
only necessaryto state that the evidence shows
that these organizations were formed for the
4 purpose of counteraeting similar and other
organizations, first started at the east and
4 elsewhere, for the purpose Of colonizing the
Territory with persons for the object Of max
ing Kansas a free State, and in this way ulti
mately affecting ipjuriously the institutions Of
| Missouri.
The first society of this kind was formed in
Washington, Immediately after the passage Of
4 the Kansas Nebraska bill. 1t was composed
OF members ofCongress of both branches, aud
others.
| The undersigned refers, in this connexiou,
to the testimony of Hon. Daniel Mace, Il
member from Indiana, which is appended to
this report aud made part thereof In his
deposition he states that such an association
was formed in Washington Immediately after
the passage Of the Kansas Nebraska act. 1t
was called the Kansas Aid Society, the mem
bers of which subscribed various sums Of
money, he himself subscribed $50 or 800,
he is not certain which amount. The object
| OF the movement was to induce persons to 70
to Kansas who would make that their home,
and who would at all elections vote against
the institution Of slavery. Mr.. Goodrich, a
member of the House of Representatives from
Massachusetts, was the president of the so.
ciety.
Soon after this society was formed, other
societies were formed in the eastern States
4 for the same object that is, for the purpose
OF sending persons to Kansas to control the
4 elections there,
Those who will take the trouble to read the
testimony and both reports, a copy of which
we have before US, will not fail to see who
inaugurated the influx to Kansas and began
! the bitter political contests which ended in SO
much bloodshed, and which continued for
several years. The question is too great for
newspaper article, and we will close the sub,
ject. The facts above given are sufficiently
| clear to give an outline of the origin Of the
Kansas war. The attitude of the abolition.
| lists is shown TO be such as to create fear and
provoke hostities, and the extracts are sui.
hcient to show that the elections were legal
and the resistance of the opponents Of slavery
to the legally constituted government was the
origin Of the bloody scenes in that State. The
terrible Southern societies, it will also be oh.
served, were only instituted to counleract
similar movements inaugurated in the North
and East.
Mr.. Wolfe asks what we meant by referring
to his religion2 We simply alluded to the
'l'perseeutiono Of the Quakersor Friends by New
Englanders, to bring home to him more di.
reetly the acts Of the people whom he so
strenuously defends. But, as Mr.. Wolfe is
so .loath to believe that the people Of that
section ever committed any improper acts,
and holds them in such yeneration, perhaps
he denies that they ever prosecuted his reli.
gious sect, or that the circumstances of the
times warranted all they did
The balance of Mr.. Wolfe's article, in an.
swer to our criticism, is like all his replies
attempts at ridicule. Mr.. Wolfe should know
that ridicue, even when well directed, which
his was not, is not argument; and while ii
may haye been satisfactory to him, it had no
effect on his readers, 10 whom it was but m
/ illustration Of the weakness Of his position.
He has gone from one subject to another,
never stopping to answer our comments, other
than in the manner just alluded to, and has
run through all the questions at issue. We
notified him last week that we desired to close
the controversy this week, and he informed
us that he would have nothing further on the
Kansas troubles. We have closed our part,
and so ends the controversy, pleasantly con
Quoted, and which has afforded, we believe,
much interesting and instructive reading to
our patrons.