The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-05


Grea, Meeting Of che National Demo
cyat-GoU. Walker denounced By his
o,gn ParH-Fnnv Res0ludOas-The
Border Rufims Complimct Nr. BIZ
chanan BIZ q Vote of Confdmcc.
Correspondence or tho Cincinnati Gazette
Tho official history Of RoBERr j.
WALKER, as Governor Of Kansas, seems
TO be rapidly drawing to O close. lie
commenced his career by insulting the
FREQ State mon, who he supposed were
only n little handful Of fanatics, and
rorid be bulEed and wronged with i'm
punitv. When he found his mistake,
he called on tho soldiery TO protect him
from the retribution no knew he de
ssrved. But the soldiers soon learned
10 dcspiso the cowardly schomor and his
remnant of influence with them having
been used to induce these poor tools to
vote illegally, they now join and de-
nounce him.
Lastly the National Democrats have
turryd against him. He is LETT without
rartv-almost without follower
A great meeting Of the National Dem
oer,tio party was held in Leeompton, the
Capital ON Monday evening" the 18th
inst To- denouncc the Governors recent
proclamation. The meeting having ap-
pointed committee on resolutions, adj
iourned till Tuesday evening to hear the
report. ,o
The following are some Of the rosolu'
tions offered by the Committee appoint.
ed last evening.
WHEREAS. by a late proclamation
emapatinr from Governor Walker anC
Secretary Stanton, announcing their in.
teption to refuse certificates Of election
TO the Democratic members of the Leg
islature. returned from the counties Of
johnson and Douglas, and to grant then
to their opponents, thus virtually de
stroving the Democratic vote IN th0
Legislature therefore,
PcsoIrcd, That we, as members OF TN
Democratic party, deem it due to th
county and our party, to express ou
unqualified condemnation Of the high
handed and illegal usurpation Of powe
on the part Of the Governor and Sccrc
tary Of this Territory.
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Pesolred, in answer to the statement
Of that Proclamation,
1. That this meeting will not imitat
the unworthy example of the Govcrno
and Secretary, by going into an inycst
CATION Of the facts as to whether tn
Oxford returns contain illegal votes q
not.
4. Itis a gross error in the Governc
and Secretary to declare in opposition
the certificates of the Judges, that it wa
physically impossible to write down tn
votes in the time prescribed 10y law.
5. The other reason assigned, that tt
votes given were fraudulent, becau'
only one Black Republican vote W;
pollcd, is a strange reason to be given b
Democrats for destroying a Democrat
vote, thus announcing its unanimity.
6. That the visit of the Governor an
Secretary to Oxford to smell out Dem
cratic frauds, is an impudcnt assumPtic
OF power.
Z. That tho Governor and Secretal
have been guilty of a gross violation
law, in going behind the Oxford return
and of an unprecedented insult to Il
honesty of the Legislature in refusir
them the power Of deciding the questic
as to fraudulent votes-an insult open
expressed in the proclamation
This report was unanimously carrie
On motion of A. Mclean, it was
Resolccd, That VIC have such an abb
ing confidence and faith in the iutcgri
of the President Of the United Stat
and his Cabinet, as to believe firmly tn
they will not countonanco or sustain d
late action of Governor Walker, in
uniustifablo assumption Of power,
disregard Of law, and his violation
positive instructions received from the
D. LITTLE, Chairman.
A. D. HAND, Secretary.