The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-10-29

Overwhelmingly victorious, except in the two
districts mentioned In this we slightly erred.
According to the trle vote cast in this district
the Free State part5 carried the day by thirteen
hundred majority, cut of an aggregate Of abou.
two thousand three hundred votes. All was
right so far, and w-uld stand so, except for the
fraudulent returns mentioned elsewhere.
Admitting, howeter, the johnson county, and
all other fraudulent. returns, Marcus j. Parrott
is elected by about three thousand majority
and Secretary StdK.oa has indicated his reodi
ness TO gice Aim hi certificate of election.
johnson county t.as sent up to the Secretary's
office returns giving for the county some seven
teen hundred Pros avery msjority. The mass
OF these returns ara from the Oxford Precinct
little town on tie Missouri line; or, rather,
the village, what there is of il, is on the Mis-
souri, side. There are not thirty legal voters
living at that Precinct, and only some eighty
were polled the fest day. Bat the polls were
kept open, or prs ended to be, another day;
and now, the presence is made that from
thousand to fftee hundred votes were polled
the second day. Isow, according to the census
OF the ProSlayei men themselves, Johnson
county contains Oxy four hundred and ninety
sac coters, and a ts4al population Of only eight
hundred and ninety Inhabitants! OF course,
such monstrous returns give prima .facie evi-
Jorty OF ten hundrt thousand would be Just as
reasonable and no Jest from ohnson county az.
this seventeen hui bred majority.
We learn that Secretary Stanton openly
aooios has conrict&p hgt the returns are fraud
utent, and Of cour;e under such circumstances,
he can gire no c-ftifcates based upon them.
Indeed, should AM attempt be made to defraud
the members, rig fully elected by the people,
OF their seats, by he admission of these fraud
ulent returns, WI think we speak advisedly
when we say taat'fse peace Of the schole Terri
tory aooutd be Immediately and most Imminent
ty hazarded Thereby.
The people of. Kansas have staked their
all, almost, upon ahis election, and nov they
wiU not stand it 20 be defrauded again out of
their just rights. : If it be again demonstrated
to US that there is no reliance to be placed upon
the ballot box, what alternative is left but that
of perpetual degradation and Slavery, or
prompt recurrence to the final resort of op.
pressed and do~n-trodden peoples? Those
now in authority-e-especially the Secretsry and
Governor-have Costing upon them. at tSis mo-
ment a most awfI responsibility. Upon their
wisdom and JUSTICE in this case depends the
peace of Kansassand, we may add, the peace
and perpetuity of-,he Union
Let them bews4e, for they tread upon a vol
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The rights of tse freemen of Kansas cannot
long be tampere&with through such damnable
means. acknowledgements will prove inefficient
for the protectors of members whose seats are
thus fraudulentlyobtained and who never can
obtain them exc, Qt through completely of the
Executive officers Such officers shall be held
first in responsi lility to an outraged people.
Should certiGcatss be given on such fraudulent
returns, let the people be prepared to settle
this question in ( manner that shall effectually
put an end to military dictatorship and rufhsn
rule in Kansas laurence Kansas Repu6li-
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