TERRITORIAL HISTORY, Part 11
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THE ELECTION, MARCH 30, 1855 (Part 2).
ELECTION BY REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS - MARCH 30, 1855. ====================================================== Number of Representative District: 1. Election Districts, or parts comprised: 14, 17: Voters in District by Census: 97. Number of Representatives: 1.
RETURNS OF ELECTION, BY ELECTION DISTRICTS, MARCH 30, 1855.
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# of PRECINCT. Pro-Slavery Free State Scatter-
Dist. Votes. Votes. ing. Total.
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1 Lawrence........... 781 253 1034
2 Bloomington........ 318 12 11 341
3 Stinson's or
Tecumseh........... 366 4 2 372
4 Dr. Chapman's...... 78 2 80
5 Bull Creek......... 377 9 386
5 Pottawatomie....... 199 65 264
5 Big Sugar Creek.... 74 17 7 98
5 Little Sugar Creek. 34 70 104
6 Fort Scott......... 315 35 350
7 Isaac B. Tutus..... 211 23 234
8 Council Grove...... 17 17 37
9 Pawnee............. 23 52 75
10 Big Blue........... 27 42 69
10 Rock Creek......... 2 21 23
11 Marysville......... 328 328
12 St. Mary's......... 4 7 11
12 Silver Lake........ 12 19 2 33
13 Hickory Point...... 233 6 239
14 Doniphan........... 313 30 3 346
14 Wolf Creek......... 57 15 6 78
14 Burr Oak........... 256 2 48 306
15 Hayes.............. 412 5 417
16 Leavenworth........ 899 60 5 964
17 Gum Springs........ 43 16 59
18 Moorestown......... 48 14 62
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Total........... 3427 791 89 6307
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# of Total Total Census 1855.
Dist. PRECINCT. Legal Illegal ======================
Votes. Votes. Voters Residents
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1 Lawrence........... 232 802 369 962
2 Bloomington........ 30 316 199 519
3 Stinson's or
Tecumseh........... 32 338 101 282
4 Dr. Chapman's...... 15 65 47 177
5 Bull Creek......... 13 380}
5 Pottawatomie....... 75 191}
5 Big Sugar Creek.... 32 59} 442 1407
5 Little Sugar Creek. 104 }
6 Fort Scott......... 100 250 253 810
7 Isaac B. Tutus..... 25 209 53 118
8 Council Grove...... 37 39 83
9 Pawnee............. 75 36 86
10 Big Blue........... 48 21}
10 Rock Creek......... 23 } 63 151
11 Marysville......... 7 321 24 36
12 St. Mary's......... 11
12 Silver Lake........ 33 78 144
13 Hickory Point...... 12 230 96 284
14 Doniphan...........}
14 Wolf Creek.........} 200 530 334 1167
14 Burr Oak...........}
15 Hayes.............. 80 337 208 873
16 Leavenworth........ 150 814 385 1183
17 Gum Springs........ 59 50 150
18 Moorestown......... 17 45 28 99
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Total........... 1410 4908 2905 8601
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The general facts concerning the Missouri invasion of the ballot boxes at the election were known throughout Kansas from the day after the election, and all through the country as soon as the mails could carry the letters of indignant or exultant correspondents to the Northern and Southern newspapers. The Free-state men of Kansas were indignant to a degree that found no expression in words. The Pro-slavery residents, with their allies over the Missouri border, in their joy at the result, acknowledged the outrages with an abandoned frankness which showed that they considered it a fair victory, fairly won. There was no attempt to hide the truth. The Missourians had gone over to the various precincts in Kansas in overwhelming numbers, and elected a Pro-slavery Legislature - they were proud of the achievement, gloried in it, and took great pains to boast of it. The Leavenworth Herald, April 6, headed its election returns with the following:
In commenting on the election at the Leavenworth Precinct, it says:
The election passed off quietly, without the slightest disturbance. There were on the grounds from twelve to fifteen hundred persons. No man can say he was crowded from the polls. Our opponents are chop-fallen; they look most dolefully, talk most hopelessly, and feel, no doubt, awfully bad. The Platte Argus (Missouri), in its next issue following the election, said:
It is to be admitted that they, the Missourians, have conquered Kansas. Our advice is let them hold it, or die in the attempt. The Parkville Luminary, published in Platte County, Mo., ventured, in a mild way, to protest against the mode of carrying the election, and in favor of the rights of the Free-soil settlers. One week after, April 14, a mob destroyed its office and press, and forced the editors, Messrs. Park & Patterson, to flee for their lives. The feeling throughout the Northern and Eastern States was that of intense, indignant excitement. The following extract from a long editorial in the New York Tribune of April 19, shows the general sentiment of the press:
THE RISING CLOUD.
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