The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-10-31

election.
The new commissioners, in their turn,
have had recourse to the courts, and sued
out an injunction, restraining the mayor
and city council, COLLECTIVELY and indi-
vidua!ly," from appointing inspectors for
the approaching election, or doing any
other act or thing toward providing for
said election One or the other of these
parties will have to yield, or the people
of New Orleans can take no part in the
State election. AS yet there is no sign of
backing out on either side.
The Great Pro-Slav5sy Fraud in johnson
County, X. +.
(From the Lawrance Republican, Oct. 49,
johnson County has sent up to the
Secretaiy's Office returns giving for the
county some LOO proslavery majority
! The mass of these returns are from the
Oxford precinct, a little town on the Mis-
souri, line, or rather, the village, what
! there is of it, is on the Missouri side.
There are not thirty legal voters living at
that precinct, and only some eighty were
pollcd the first day. But the polls were
kept open, or pretended to be, another
day and now the prctence is made, that
! from a thousand to fifteen hundred votes
were polled the second day. Now, accor-
ding to the census of the pro-slavery
men themselves, johnson county contains
only 400 voters, and total population
of 800 inhabitants OF course, such
monstrous returns give prin,a tacie evil
dcncc of being fraudulent throughout.
A majority of ten thousand would be
| just as reasonable and honest from John
son county, rs this LOO majority.
We Tern that Secretary Stanton openly
avows his conviction that the returns are
fraudulent, aud, of course, under such
circumstances he can give no certificates
based upon them. Indeed, should an at
tempt be made to dcfraud the members
! rightfully elected by the people, of their
seats, by the admission of these fraudu-
lent returns, we think we speak advisediy
when we say, that the peace Of the whole
Territory would be immediately and most
inmincntly hazarded thereby
The people Of Kansas have staked their
all, almost, upon this election, and now
they will not endure to be defrauded
again. If it be again demonstrated to
us that there is no reliance to be placed
upon the ballet box, what alternative is
left but that of perpetual degradation and
slavery, or prompt recurrence to the fl
nal resort of oppressed aud down trodden
people! Those now in authority, es-
pecialy the Secretary and Governor, have
resting upon them at this moment most
awful responsibility. Upon their wisdom
and justice in this case depends the peace
Of Kansas, and, We may add, the peace
and perpctuity of the Union.
Let them beware, for they tread upon
a volcano.
REMARKS OF TIE DOUGH FACE.
From the Kansas Herald of Freedom Oct L.
Gov. Walker and Sccy. Stanton were
met at Fish Hotel, on Wednesday even
ing last on their way to the border to
inquire in person in regard to the fraud
ulcnt election returns from the Oxford
precinct, in johnson county. Thy cx-
press determination to see justice done
the actual settlers of the territory.
Oxford city has sprung into notice like
Jonah gourd. Several gentlemen from
Lawrence went down IN Tuesday to hold
a meeting there We noticed Mr.. Bah
, cock, Mr. Morrow, Mr. Specr, DR.. Gil
/ tick and others, among the rnnbcr
The, returned on Thursday and rcpor-
! ted, that they found one family residing
on the town site, and two or three stores
which had been mo;ed over the line into
! Oxford from little Santa Fe, Missouri.
/ The legal voters of the precinct were
/ varously estimated at from - to 40.
! What discoveries Gov. Walker and
suit will make we cannot tell
GENERAL RESULT OF TUE ELECTION.
From the Lawramce Republican,
| Election returns have been received
! from nearly every county in Kansas, and
the result is, every district-exeopt the
Leavonworth aud Atchison Districts
have gone overwhelmingly PROSTATE
Such disparity of strength was scarce
~ ever exhibited between two contend
ing parties for power as is seen in the
vote throughout all Kansas, except on
the immediate Missouri border. Seven
! ty to nothing-l50 to 3-24 to 0-9O5
to ll--this IS the way the vote runs
whore the polls were not convenient of
access from Missouri We said the Free
State ticket was overwhelmingly victori-
Gus except in the two districs mentioned
In this we slightly erred According to
the true vote east in this district, the
Free State party carried the day by 1900
majority out of an aggregate of about q
800 votes. All was right so far, and
would stand so, except for the fraudulent
returns mentioned elsewhere.
Admitting, however, the johnson Coun-
ty and all other fraudulent returns, Mar
Gus j. Parrot is elected by abont three
thousand majority, and Secretary Stan