White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-06-11

1t is not my purpose to reply to your statement
of facts. ! cannot do so from airy personal
knowledge enabling me eitherto admit or deny
th(h. I may say, however, have heard state
ments quite as authentic as your own, and in
some instances from members OF your own par
ty, to the effect that your political friends have
very generally, indeed, almost universally, re-
fused to participate in the pending proceedings
for registering the names of the legal voters
In seine instances they have given fictitious
names, and in numerous others they have refu-
sed to give any names at all. You cannot deny
that your party have heretofore resolved not to
take part in the registration, ard it appears to
me that without INDUCING ungenersus suspi-
cions of the integrity Of officers, you might well
attribute any errors and emissions of the sher-
ifs to the existence Of this well known and con
trolling fact. forbsar to say anything OF the
unreasonableness Of your requirement that we
shall set aside the law in order to accomplish
what you have refused to do in obedience to its
provisions, but will be most happy to Learn,
that you, gentlemen, and your party friends, gen
orally, have been at work in earnest with view
to enable the Probate Judges to present true
and perfect list Of the legal voters Of the Terri
tory. You have had power to correct the lists
if you have failed to do it, the fault viii be
your own.
In reference to your proposition to appoint
four Judges of Election at every place of vo-
ting, have to say that the law very wisely au-
thor;zes only three. The Governor has nothing
to do with their appointment 1t is not in my
power, therefore, to adopt your suggestions in
this particular. If had any authority in the
matter, would, IN every instance, appoint as
Judges of Election, one Republican of your par
ty, one National Democrat in favor of Free
State, and one National Democrat in favor of
making a slave State; this would be quite as
fair and impartial mode of proceeding as ever
is, or indeed can be adopted by political parties
in any country. most sincerely hope the Pro-
bate Judges may adopt this suggestion, or any
other which may better avail TO secure a per-
fectly fair and independent expression of the
popular will.
have the honor to be most respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
FRED'K P. STANTON, Secretary,
and Acting Governor of Kansas Territory.
To c. ROBINSON, and others.
1.-THE following paragraph from Mr.. STASToN's
inaugural on his assuming the duties of Acting
Governor of Kansas, our curious readers may
be pleased to compare with the above reply:l
| need scarcely say that all the power of the
Territorial Executive, will be exerted with en-
tire impartiaity to T7ersHt fraud, to suppress vi
elence, and 10 secure 10 e1ery citizen fair oppor
fanify for the safe and peaceful ersreise Of the
election priDege; and it viii be no less the duty
than the earnest desire and the great pleasl,-e
of the Governor, or actin g Governor of the Ter.
ritory, to carry out, in good faith, the policy
avswed blythe President of the United States,
in his recent Inaugural Address, in which he de-
clares it to be " the imperative and ihdispensa-
bic duty Of the Government of the United States
TO secure to erery resident iRhabitaRt the free and
Independent expression Of his opinion By his rsts.