The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-31
Important CorresDondsuce.


ernor and Secretary, inviting them 70 visit
Lawrence and take up their residence
among us. We have comfortable quar-
ters here and can make those gentlemen
comfortable during the unpleasant autumn
and winter, if they come TO town, as we
hope they will
Since the above was in type, and part OF
our edidion was worked of, we have the
response of the Secretary and Governor,
which we insert below, with the letter of
invitation, emitting the list of names at
tached to the bottom from the citizens of
Lawrence.
LAWRENCE, Oct. Goth, 1857.
To has Ercellescy ROBERT ]. WALKER,
Governor Kansas Territory, and Hon. F.
P. STANTON, Secretary Kansas IeTTify.
GENTLEMEN We, the undersigned,
your fellow-citizens, having heard that
YOUR Just action in rejecting the fraudu
lent returns from Oxford, in this district,
has created great excitement against you,
among certain persons now assembled at
Lecompton, and that they are threaten
ing violence; desirous of preserving the
peace of the Territory, we respectfully in
I!vite you to remove to this locality, and we
pledge you hearty welcome, and full
protection against the fends who would
crush you, and trample upon the dearest
rights of the people of Kansas.
Respectfully yours, j. II. LANE,
G. w. BROWN,
RICHARD REALF,
and one hundred other citizens of Law
renee
LEcoMpToN, 21st Oct, 1857.
GENTLEMEN We have reed your
communication of this date, inviting us
to remove to the city of Lawrence, and
offering your protection against personal
violence, which you suppose has been
threatened by certain persons in Lecomp-
/ ton.
1t is quite true, gentlemen, that the
evening succeeding our reception of
the Oxford returns, small meeting here
of fifteen or twenty persons, denounced
our course, in connection with the Ad-
ministration of the affairs of Kansas /; but
no threats of personal violence were made,
us far as we have learned; and we enter
tain no apprehensions of that nature
Even if such menaces had been made,
our official duty requires our presence now
at Lecompton, and no hazard of personal
consequences would deter us from remain
ing here.
Whilst, therefore, we must decline your
invitation to remove to Lawrence, we
tender you our sincere thanks for your
hospitalities SO kindly proffered. We
thank you also, gentlemen, for the appro-
baton you have been pleased to express,
of our course in regard to the cxtraordina-
" returns Gas they are called) from Ok
ford. From our first inspection of that
document, we never doubted or hesitated
as to its rejection. But besides the in
trinsic evidence on the face of the paper
itself, we deemed it our duty, by visit to
that precinct, to ascertain the facts which
are set forth in our proclamation of the
18th instant From the period of our
entrance into this Territory, it has been
our determination, SO far as within our
power, to enable the people of Kansas, in
the true meaning of the Organic law, to
control their own government; and to
this policy we shall continue steadfastly
to adhere. Influenced by these consider
ations, we have rejected the spurious and
illegal returns from McGee county as well
as from Oxford. Accept, gentlemen, most
sincere assurance of the respectful consid-
Grafton of your fellow-citizens,
r. j. WALKER,
FRED. P. STANTON.
To MeSsrs. Lane, Brown, Realf, and up
wards of one hundred citizens, &C., &c.
To our Friends who are wishing 10 come 10 Kansas