White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-10-15
The Election.


the Leavenwerth Times, of Saturday,
from which we learn that there is but
little doubt that the Free State party have
a majority in both branches of the Legis-
lature, and that Parrot is elected to-
Congress, by large majority, Leayen-
worth and Atchison are the only Counties
certainly known to1hsysgOne Democfatic.
There is no doubt whatever, that Lea
wentworth is as decided q Free State
County as there is in the Territory, and
that it was carried against that party
through one Of the grandest pieces of ras-
cality ever perpetrated upon an injured
people. At Kickapoo. precinct which
probably does not contain 500 inhabit-
ants. the Pro-Slayery ticket has over 500
majority. Every voter there could vote
in half a day, yet the polls were kept
open two days. and stages were constant
ly running between that place and Yves
ton, ia Missouri. For aught we know
to the contrary, they may be voting there
still. ir-- a =.
But this is the smallest part of the
rascality. The Times makes charges
against Gov. Walker, which we would
fain hope and believe are ill-founded; but
they come to rs from so many other
sources, that we can scarcely doubt
them longer. The Governor was pro-
minent actor at Kickapoo, and was seen
wading around through the mud, drum
ming up Pro-Slavery votes; and news
arriving from Leavenw0rth. on the even
ing of the FIRST day., that the ticket was
beaten in the County. unless Kickapoo
gave it big majority, he had the sold
iers under his charge disguised as citizens,
marched up to the polls. and vote the
Pro- Slavery MISUNDERSTANDING the
election law, which he had so repeatedly
promised should not be violated, contains
the following provision:
"And provided further, tina. no officer,
soldier, seaman, or marine, or other per-
son in the army or navy of the United
States, or attached to troops in the serv-
ice Of the United States, shall be allowed
to vote or hold office in said Territory,
by reason of being on service therein"
And this is not all. He urged men
whom he knew to be residents Of Missouri,
to vote the Pro-Slavery ticket, telling
them that he could see no impropriety in
so doing! The following instance is
mentioned by the Times:
John Herndon is q resident Of Platte
County, Missouri. He is a venerable
man, and truth is stamped on everv line
ament Mr.. Herndon AYERS that on the
sixth of October he was at Kickapoo, and
that the following conversation, in SUBJ
stance, ensued between himself and Wal
ker: --r a.tr .a'ai 9i'i --1-' ?
The Governor wished to know II Mr..
Herndon had voted, to which the latter
replied that he had no right, inasmuch as
he was a resident of MiSsouris whereupon
Walker said that he '!scoUld see no impro-
priety in his Voting." Mr. Herndon, not
being able to view the matter in the same
light, nor yet able to conceal his surprise
and Indignation at Walkers remark,
was requested by the latter to exercise his
own discretion, but not to mention his
name in connection with the matter.
Here We have the spectacle of a man
whose head is gray, who was sent here
sworn to see that justice was done, and
the laws observed: to whom thousands
looked, as the man able and determined
to protect their rights--peJuring himself,
and defrauding those whom he should
have protected, by violating. grossly and
wilfully, the laws he was sworn to see
enforced! When asked by Free State
men to do them some slight act of justice,
he has uniformly entrenched himself be-
hind these laws, and declared that it was
his sworn duty to see them carried out ;
yet, if the charges against him be true, as
disgraccful as these laws were, theX.Yere
not vile enough for him-as opprS4ive
as they were upon one portion of the
people of the Territory, yet he had no
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tscruples against violating them, in order
to Cypress and wrong those people more!
When the Governor issued his flaming
Inaugural, we took occasion to express
our belief that it was call talk and no
cider" and every little penny-dog with
IN. barking distance was yelping at us for
it. We never took back word we said
on the subject, and we find that we were
pretty near right. A great deal has been
said about the people of Missouri ruling
us. Then, we say, for Gods sake, let
them rule us. If we are to have, as an al
tentative, such work as Gov. Walker is
said to have engaged in. If the Nilsson
rians ruled us, they did it upon their own
responsibility y but Gov. Walker has
attempted to continue the usurpation, and
to aid it with the United States troops
under his command as s5f
A Territorial Government for Kansas