Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-11-06

sends all our conceptions Of lying with thu
hallot.bOx. The facts are thcs, Oxford q
on tie eastern boundary oi the Shawnee Re
scrvc-consrquont neat DOOR T. Jackson
County, Missouri. You will not find u ~
any map yet Published, but am assured 10y
persons Who pretend 10 have hccn there TIA
IL is in Kansas, aud not In Missouri. VI,
opinion IL. that Oxford Is lying aroun,
lGose. A small party from Lawrence took
out warrant for Oxford, few days since
and started 20 end the place
Thoy rcturncd with the Endorsement 81
HrH ,a. Bot the voting freaks Of ihi'
phantom precinct are Of the most a.ioul'h
ing aud cItraordinary character. The cleo
ton vas held, a. YOU are aware, on Mon
dty. the jth int.
On Tuesday the returns were made ron
Oxford, exhibiting IS majority Cor the Pro,
slavery candidates all around. Counting
Oxford at s., which was about - NOR,
than the number Ut legal voters, the R'-
ruhlican maprliy in the Dstrist douglas
and Johnsonj was ascrruincd 10 be- ,2N.
This was los to the Pro-Sla,cry side of
members Uf Council and ; uf the House
With \ judicious arrangement Of matters IN
the bilancc of the Territory this Ices could
have been sustained without throwing Oh,
legislature out uf the hands OF the Ruhhns
Bui, .ingularly, the interior couniics hav,
almost unanimously returned Republican
members. The case getting desperate
Presto up comes an error Of SlNIEEN
IIuNDRl u and fourteen votes in the Pre-
cinct uT Oxford SiNtcn hundred and
iuuric,n votes tor the PRO slavery ticket
not one Prostate vote on the list Now
mark the elect Of this return. Il SirD hoiA
lruachS ofils Legislature % iLs RuEa1'. ,,
q MAJORITY Of one ~ sdrh. ltuyrrthroWs the
Republican vote ui DOugla. County, IN
which Lawrence, Palmyra, H.: Springs.
&c. are situated. aud subtncts three COM.
,i'mcn aud eight Representatives from III,
Frr,~Statc column. Ihcsc, adivd 70 %,
rrlslarcry column, exhibit
Cur>ciL.-Rcp, 4 pro,SAvcry :.
ll0rsu Rep. ~ rrp-Slavcry ~
There J. no rvaslu assigned a. Yet i'r thi'
mar,elous " error" Some people pretend
% think the shawnee iribc OF Indian. made
a grand rush a, the polls un the day sue.
cy,1ln. the election. and all voted the Ma
tiunal Democratic ticket IN sHtc OF III,
Judge. pi Election. who knew they had Lu
vote. but acre unable 10 prevent ., Among
other mys:rric. connected with tbs Oxford
husiuc-, j. the singular fact that the l,Gll
namics on the Toll.list and al ihrrc Of the
signatures OF the judges arr in the same
hand writing - gro. fraud. u coursc,
end, 'rw applps,s,s. Walker and stanton
both declare that II i too Talrahlc-ihai
the people shall not ~ thus cheated They
will throw oui the whole precinct fret, the
- and all We have learned TO place M
reliance on the promises Of these liars, bot
will take care. II our own action, that no
such svtndlc arrives o. fruition iu these part,
at tli, time. II our federal lunc,Ipna-ic-
throw out the Oxford vote they Will un,
J1ubiclly open holc f1r a ike fraud either
in toe same place " somewhere else IN "a.
,lrahlc PROXIMITY Bu, they may make uI
their mind, g. one result, that whereas the
Prostate men % Kansas have accepted
their Irumis,s, and gone into this election
10 spiIe ui the y,,rwhclminc odis Of The vii
lain app1rtipnmyut. and whereas, they hay,
hirly and honestly Won hack their lu,,
rights, they will nov claim hem at what
ever cusi u the ncsr1-hrc,dins Democracy
These fraud, were - gr1s, aud bare faced
that GOV. Walker 6r-, not WAX at ,hcm
H. has decided 10 rgjrCt tn votes FROM the
Oxford rrcyinc;, which will give tie Rcrub,
ltsau, a clear msj1risy in both branches oil
tie legislature. Too much importance
o17Ea, bc attached TO this glorious result
l, j, the hinge upon which this great con-
iro,rrsy i. finally to turn. Il Atr.umgh
a victory which cannot be oyrrn,gi.
Walker did not rcjrct these returns be-
cause he wanted -, TAR from it, lie knew
villa, the free State men Of Kansas would
DO, lr the, frauds were to be allowed, b,
know they had resolved TO fsh as a last
final resort be did not dar, to count IL
thesc fraudulent rc,urns. IL feared Sharp,
ride. in the hands Of an outraged people
De- f,arcd a civil war that never would Lav,
cl,s,J, until the last shaeslc should b,
knocked from the cusaycl African IL
the whole country. The last reports ~
the border rufilns are in terrible fer
ment agains, Walker. They threaten BIZ
life, aud he has virtually hcd from tie ter
ritory. The free State men lave, since hi'
decision ia relation to tie johnson County
votes acted as his body guard Kansas vii
ere long come INTO the coufcderacy a fire.,
State in spite Of the black democracy. W,
shall refer to this matter again. i, is d
glorious Republican victory.
The latest accounts oonccIe the election
Of the Republican candidate for Governor
in Minnesota by small majority, but III,
black democracy claim the legislature
There have b'en 50 many contradictory re
turns about this territorial election that il
is now impossible to decide exactly how ii,
matter stLn's. One thing is however mad,
certain, that the most gross frauds have
b,en perpetrated by the black democracy II
tie recent election.
II they have any majority a, oil, it wal
obtained by s~indling. II the Republicans
have the legislature. the whole thing vii
b. siltcd out and exposed; If, on the other
hlud, the black democracy are IN the as
eeniepey, these frauds will be covered up
and never broasht to light. Tho late Min
nesota election proves one thing-taa, thi,
young embryO State is soupdly Republican
LIT them set State government, get rid o
the gambling, corrup,vIllains, sent on, Their,
by the buchanan dynasty to make 1t horde,
ruthan, and they will carry all before them
4 more debauehed set Of seoundrels neye