The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-04-17
ssev. ID. c. HASKELL.
His Remarks I'm the National House
Of Representatives I'm Opposition 10
the amendment for the Repeal Of
the law Protecting the Purity of

OIL representative 1u OPPOsfthOn !
the amendment for the RepsaI q
the law Protecting the Purity q
the REilDt.fBox.
From the Congressional Record April 3 |
! Mr.. HASKELL-Mr.C Chairman, hoy
| shall not detsin the COMMITTEE iopgt
than the time that has been yielded to M
have listened with great deal of intere-
to the debates on this question upon bot
, sides ofthe House. l have been carrie
back BY the remarks OF the gentlema
from Mississippi Mr.. Chalmersl to tn
origin OF the war, TO the legislation of h
republican party, and have listened to IN
harsh ard hostile criticisms that have bee
made upvu Its course during the eightee
: years of its supremacy. l have listene
with much interest TO the remarks tina
have been made BY nv friends upon tn
republican side, sherein they have defeude'
the record of their party, wherein they hav
asserted that in their present position upor
this question they have no desire save I,
preserve the peace at the polls and Ii,
purity of the ballot box
In view of the fact that upon both side
of this House "reminiscences have beer
INDUCED in, and in view also of the fac
that these very words sought to be stricken
out of statute of the United States wer,
placed there upon the molten Of q Senator
from the State OF Kansas, believe ths
il becomes nv duty az q Representative o
thst State, and also as a republican mem
Der upon this floor, TO give what may have
seemed to that Senator. and what seem to
the Representatives, Of that State now OF
this floor, some reasons for de'iring thai
| a strong Federal power may lie exercised
in time OF reed to p'e-e5ve the purity o.
the ballot box. ! desire. then TO call ths
attention Of this committee briefly to 3
record which | hold in my hand concern
| ing ore Of the elections red in the Terri
| tory OF X ansa,
| Gentlemen here will recollect that the
real beginning If the late struggle bet
tween The North srd tie South was, rot
as it hss hoeo stated on the republican side
OF the House. by the firing of that fateful
eun at Sumter: nor wss The war begun; as
/ has been stated on Ihe other side amid
/ the rattlc Of John Brown'- musketry AZ
( HsrTer's Ferry. No, Mr.. Chairman, thst
var begun here in Congress and upon rhi-
/ floor when the Kans - md Nebraska bill
was introduced and the compromise meas
ures OF 1920 were repealed, which forbade
the introduction of slavery into the terri
tory purchased from France. known ga the
Lauilina Territory When lie Territories
OF ksnsas and Nebraska WEI. sought to b.
opened up to the slave pos there aro-s
a struggle between the North and the South
Iets,en the pro slavery force and the free
State forces at the bsllot-boy, as TO who
should control the future destiuy Of ih'
State OF Kansas l held in my hand an
extract from the report Of congressional
Committee on that subject-a record Of tn
first import mt election held in the Terri
tory of Kansas, March 80, lS55. | ask
that IL BE- read at the Clsrk's desk.
The Clerk read as follows:
On the same dav that the census was com
plefed = Governor issued his proclamation
for an eectiUn 10 be held 90 the2ih of March,
A. ID ls55. for members of the LegiS atiV'
Assembly OF TIE. Territory 1t prescribe
the boundaries Of districts, the places for
polls. tn names o. Judges the Epportionment
oi mem hers, aud Tsc-ited me qua ifieation oi
voters fiT hTd been observed a just and
fair election wou Il have reflected the will a"
the people OF the Territory. Before the elec
ton false snd iIflsmstory rumors were
CIR uistrd among the peopie 81 We>terg
Missouri The numb T aud cnaraci Of the
EN- grafton then passing into the Territory
where gros ly exaggerated and misrepre-en
ted. Through the active eNeTiionS Oi many az
it, aiding citizens. aid d To- the crtf society
before ri RI q % thu passion ami m. Jude
OF The p.oyle of that state Were greatly tx it
.-si. SsVef'tl residents tn1rr have I,st fed to
u e character The reports ciTCu ated among
an ere Irpd by Tin. people Thee pf.ri-
were successful by sn orsaniZ d -noveme nt
which ~ ended from Andrew county in tie
north 10 Jasper ounty H. the south, and 81
far aSJwaTd a. Boone and Cole counties, Mo-,
companies were arranged in irregular pa tie
and sent into every counCl district ia the
Territory, and into every Tenr, sentative d.
trct but one The members were so disfTih-
u'ed as to control the eli elton in each dis
triCt- They went 10 woe, ana VII ibe sNnw-
go deS cn 10 MIX. Kansas q 81 We state.
They were generally armed ana equipped
carried with thu M th"ir oNn provisions and
tents and so marched into the Territory
TIL details # tbs in Na>ipn form Ia" mass
the testimony taken b your committee, no
ar 50 70 umin, u inst We can here state DIl
the ipaniug acts ellcli.d.
Eirsr .ct-Is-wTerca-The company Of
persons w O marched in-o this district wa
collected in Ray. Howard, Carroll, Boone, La
Fave lie, Ran oloh, Macon, clay Jackson
Saline and Cass counties, in the state uf Mis-
sour. Their expenses -eTe paiG; those who
could I ot com, con ;rihUtiH < prov l>ioh>, wag-
ous, sc. Provisions were deposited for tho>s
VINO we're expected To come Ia Lawrence in
the hous- Of William Lysins, ard were dis
tTibuiei among the Mls>ouriaus after they
arrived mere. The evening ID fore and the
dsy of the cleo ion about ore thousand men
from the abyy. counties arrived at Lav'rei c.
and Canned In q TaNine n short ulsiarce
fIom town. near the place OF Va ing They
CANE. ~ wagons Of which there were over
one hundred and On hoIseblcE under tie
command of Colonel samuel Young Of Boone
'ouuty. Missouri, and ,laiD1 rne Jackson
of i-s"uri They were armed with gu, :,
Tifi-S, pistols and bpwie-kniyes, and bad
.n1S music, aud flags with them. They
brought with them two pieces of artillery
Ioa0ed with musket balls On their way To-
LsV.reuc- some uf them met MIR y. Il. B.sn-
ton. VITO had been appointed one Of Tie
Judges Of election py Governor Reeder, anu
after learning from him that he considered
il his uuty to demand AN oath from them ~
TO their pia e OF residence, first attempted 10
b!ige him anF then threatened HIM with
nqugipg In order To induce him TO dispense
with hat oath In consequence of these
threats he did not appear AT the polls the n x
MOI ming To act a. Judge
The evening b for. the election. while in
car y, tae AI>souTisHs weT. called together
AT the tent of Captain Claiborne T. Jack
and SD ecbpS were made TO them by Colonel
Young md others calling for vO unteer- To
go other districts where there we're not Mis-
SuuriauS enough 10 cOntrol the election, a
needed there. NJ any Va iUutesr,d to go. and
on the morning OF the election
ssverzl companies, from one hundred AID
MI TO two hundred each went OIL to Ie-
cuusel, itcKury Point, Bloomington, and
other places. On the moruiag Of the election
the MI->puIla1S c tine over To The place al
V ting foIn their camps in bodies Of one
hundred AZ a time. Mr.. BIentpn not appear
iu2, another luagc WAS appointed IN hi>
| place ;Co:nuel Young claiming that - the
people OF the Territory had twoJutEsS. II was
| ans should have the othef one Ia look al ct
their in T-sis; ard Robert \. Cummings
was elected il B'an'on's stead because IA"
| considered tast every man had right To
vote if lac had been in the Territory but
Ths. MISSrurians brought their tickets with
| TN, IN but not having eT ough they had three
hundred more printed In Lawrence on the
| evening before and on Tie day Of el"c ion
| They had whit. ribbons IN their huIionhole>
TO distinguish tnemseives from the settlHrS
Mr.. HASKELL. Now, Mr.. Chairman
| VI arch IS, 1855, wss the first day | ever
saw within the Territory of Kansas. l
came no from Kansas City. Missouri, TO
the town OF Lawrence, in company with
those one Thousand men whom / saw
af:erwsrd at the polls in that town casting
| their ballots for The election of the LegiS-
lature OF that Territory. | csn vouch for
the truth Of the foregoing statement.
desire also TO send to the Clerks desk,
to show what W a. the result OF that election,
two sections of the old statutes of the
Territory of ksnsas thst were afterward
enacted nv that Legislature, enactmsnts
made possible in consequence OF elections
carried 10 thst wsy by mobs and armed
forces, accompanied by artillery.
Mr.. BLOUNT. / wish to ask the gen
tleman q question. Where there rot two
reports, and was it not the msjority report
which the gentleman h ed resG?
| Mr.. HASKELL. Yes, sir.
Mr. BLOUNT. You are having Thu
read s. true history?
II HASKELL. | was there and know
myself the accuracy OF what l state.
k the C.erk to read the sections TO which
have referred.
The Clerk resd s. follows:
Sec. u IL any free person, by speaking o