White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-10-22

WILL THERE BE ANoTHgR Fuss =
This question is beginning to be asked in
earnest, in regard to Kansas. Every good
citizen had hoped that the question could
ever be answered in the negative, and the
prospect was cheering. But from certain
indications of the political barometer,
and the present state of the public pulse.
we should not be surprissa if another
storm were brewing, which will ere long
break out in all its fury. We hear mut-
terings from every direction. from men
who had almost forgotten that they had
once been injured, under. the assurance
that they should have fair play, but who
now find themselves both injured and de
eei7ej. 1t need not longer be wondered
at, that there are disturbances in Kansas,
when the forces of the Federal Govern
ment are employed to Cypress a majority
of the people Of the Territory, because of
their political opinions-when the ballot
box, which was instituted to give free
expression to the voice of the people, has
been employed to defraud them, by those
whose sworn duty it was to insure fair
ness and justice.
1t is well known that the greater portion
of the people of Kansas were opposed to
participating in the election, because they
felt sure that they would be defrauded !;
but fair promises were made. and they
were entreated to go to the polls. They
resolved to do so but to guard against
imposition, they resolved to organize
themselves into military companies, to
protect the ballot box. Bnt they were
assured by the Federal authorities. that
there was no necessity for this-that
sufficient number of United States troops
would be employed, to prevent disturb
anee or fraud. The moderate and conser-
vative press of the Territory also raised
its voice against the measure, as impru-
dent, and likely to produce mischievous
results. The measure was at length aban-
doned, and the United States troops were
relied on, to protect the rights of the gen.
uine voters of the Territory. But what
was the result Z? Why, the very places
where illegal voting was likely to be done.
were left without q soldier, while the
troops were sent to points where their
presence was unnecessary, but where, in
stead of preventing fraud, they were used
as the instruments to perpetrate that very
fraud itself. An appeal has been made
to Secretary Stanton, Gov. Walkers
right-hand man, requesting him to with
hold certificates Of election from certain
candidates whom every man, woman and
child in the Territory knows to have been
elected by fraudulent votes he coolly re-
plies, that he cannot go behind the re-
turns, and must grant certificates to those
whom the Clerks of election return as
having received the largest number of
votes
We say, then, who can wonder that
mutterings arc heard, and another distur-
bance is threatened? The press will be
expected to use its influence to prevent it,
but its conductors feel the wrong that has
been perpetrated, as keenly as any one;
and say what they may, they cannot, if
hey would. conceal the fact that the
honest citizens of the Territory have been
grossly robbed of their dearest rights. 1t
is expecting too much of human nature,
to ask men to put their hands into their
pockets, and permit themselves to be
knocked down