Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-11-17
Protest of the Democrats of Kansas Against
 Gov Walkers Proclamation.


 We have received a copy of the resolutions adoEted by the meeting held at Lecompton on the 10th of October to protest against the re- jection by Gov. WALKER and Secretary STAN TON, of the votes cast in Oxford, Johnson coun- ty. We publish them in order to show how the democracy of kansas regard this high hand ed act of Walkers:
 The following are the resolutions:
 WHEREAS, The democratic strength in the Legislature has been reduced to bare maiori- V m consequence of the many illegal votes cast by the black republicans in the various counties of this territory at the late election, induced to great extent, by the erroneous construcion of the election law promulgated by Governor Walker on the eve of said eec- ton: and
 Whereas further, by late proclamation emanating from Governor Walker and Secreta- ry Stanton, announcing their intention to re- fuse certificates of election to the democratic members of the Legislature, returned from the counties of Johnson and Douglas, and to grant them to their opponents, thus virtually destroy ing the democratic vote in the Legislatures; therefore,
 ResolUed That we, as members of the demo- cratic party, accidentally assembled in Le- com pton from various portions of the territory, deem 1t due to the country and our party, to express our unqualified condemnation of the high handed and illegal usurpation of power on the part of the Governor and Secretary of ths territory
 ResolUed, That the reasons assigned for the outrage alleged in the proclamation are un- grounded, illogical, and insulting to the con- mon sense of every citizen, and the resort to them to justify their conduct, can only be ac- COtlUtPU hV he far tba nation, that (" the disposition to be made of the supposed vate (Oxford vote) is all important, from the fact that the political character of the Legislative Assembly will be exhibited there by and which disposition, as made by the Proclamation, will make that Assembly almost Unanimously black republican, by giving to that party the power of carrying out their avowed desIgns ot throwing out the remaining demo- cratic delegations in the Legislature
 Hes0fved, h answer to the statements of that Proclamation,
 l. hat this meeting will not initiate the un- worthy example of the Governor and Secretary Oy gong lnto an investigation of the fact as to whether the Oxford returns contain illegal votes or not. The decision of this important ques- tion is placed by the law in the han Is of the Legislative assembly, and in them alone, where all parties can be heard to any contest that may arise
 l' The Governor and Secretary have no rign toinfer that Johnson county is to any degree unnhablted, from the fact that settlements upon Its soil are illegal. We who have Lined in K Kan sas, and know something of its history, are aware or the fact that the most thickly settled portions or Kansas were the Delaware Trust Lands, where settlements were also illegal.
 5. The law does net require the election re- xx<~,, H., -l,, { I.
 sworn; or that the poll-book returned is one of the original poll-books kept at the electon- The returns and certificates in the Oxford casa are in exact accordance with the law, and the rule adopted in the proclamation would throw out every poll-book in the territory save one.
 4. It Is gross error in the Governor and Secretary to declare in opposition to the Ger. tifcates of the Judges, that it was physically Impossible to write down the votes in the time prescribed by law.
 3. The other reason assi gned-that the votes given were fraudulent because only one black Republican vote was polled-is strange reason to be given democrats for destroying demo- cratlc vote-thus denouncng its unanimity; and that too when number of poll books are re. burned and approved without one democratic vote on them.
 b. That the visit of the Governor and Secre- tary to Oxford to smell out democratic frauds, IS an jmpudent assumption of power, there oelng no law requiring or authorizing such a procedure and indicates to the party through OuI the Union no love for the democratic party
 particularly as they have made no similar at
 P' at detecting frauds at black republican incb ct'Ic's' though the fact of there being many such Is notorious. been an;a , aa, the Governor: and Secretary have beb;n5 u.'y ot gross violation of law, in going dentaS ;a ;ne oxiord returns, and of an unprece- in resnl; insult to the honesty of the Legislature ouestiaS iaSns them the power of deciding the ly eyrra. as to fraudulent votes-an insult open
 asApIeSsed Te in the proclamation. ns peaceful settlement of the Kausas