The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-24
cs,. wslker's aesesesse 70 The Bale, ss~

The following sentence from Coy. Walk
er's proclamation, is certainly rr,narkabe
Cor its excessive GOODNESS
"Ifyou have wrongs, redress them through
the peaceful fundamentally Of the ballot
box, in the mode prescribed ~ the lawS ..
vour country.
This is refrrSiI,ne advice e. the Free state
men 81 Kansas after all their experience at
the ballot boA in that Territory The,
have truly io,nd the ballot boN rr"ci"'i.
remedial Il wrongs and restorative. II right
They thought at one time that they hal
come rights They went - the ballot box,
and there met the deepest wrong ever in
fictcd upon a population Of American citi
zens They, the people Of Tree territory
claimed the right to make their own terri
torial Legislature. They were driven ir1m
the polls, and border ruiiians from neigh
boring State came over, took possession Il
those ballot boxes 10 which the frecmen ii
kansas are now referred to rcdrcs. then
wrongs, and these Border Ruiiians iorme'
a Legislature Of their own Ia make laws ioi
the people Of Kansas. Under one Of These
laws, Free State men were asked I" again
seek the ballo, box To- secure their right
aud redress their wroncs-to help make
State Convention and Ia regulate their own
domestic institutions. We are all familiar
with that infamous Census Act under which
the Free State men were invited tn tia,
glorious Republican palladium II liberty
and right, the ballot box--an act by which n
minority Of the people, the pro-slasers por-
tioL Of the citizens, probably not a sixth OF
the whole population, the National Dtaorra.s
Of the territory, were permitted 10 contra.
the election, and to secure their own Dcle-
gates 10 the Constitutional Convention, il
spite Of the majority. This j. the ballot
boz % which Gov. Walker refers the abus-
cd and prosecuted people Of Kansas when
they have wrongs to redress The people
Of Kansas, and when We say people in this
case, we alludc to ninc-tcnths Of the popu-
latiou, refuse to acknowledge the " laws " oi
this bogus Border Rufian Legislature
They protest against these laws rs mon
ssr0us wroay--yct Gov. Walker tells them
II they haze wrongs, 'rciress them through
the peaceful instrumentality II the ballot
boz, in the mode prescribed by the laws OF
your country"-in other words in the moe
prescribed by this bos'ts Legislature And
the pro-slavery Democracy throw up their
hands in admiration, and cry out, great Is
Buchanan and Walker is his Prophet. Wa.
there ever such abominable hypoerics 7
How long will the people d tie North sui
init 90 the rule of TIL, Southern ncgrp lel
ring, aye, white man driving party ",
have wrongs 10 redress. and let ~ 60 10 the
ballot box, - the people If Kansas are ~
hypocritically advised to do, Tor the RENE
dy. Next month there will he an election
in this State. We call upon Republicans to
GEEK the ballot box and redress the wrong,
heaped upon the people Of TIM North i,
the pro-slavery Democratic party, and IN
the mean time, thank heaven that this par
~ docs not control the ballot hbA In ths
States ~ il does in kansas llcr, tue bal /
lot box is the right and rcnlrl, 81 irc.men
there II is used by corrupt party Ia L. /
gali4e wrong and crush freedom