Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-08-14
Gov. Walkers FnirlcsS.

Gov. Walkers Fairness
Governor T.. J. Walk started on his
mission TO Kansas with fair protcstations
OF impartiality in the administration OF
is affairs, waile ne sloIld remain Its
Executive. The apparent earnestness of
bis pae!aoation speeches. and their re
dundaEt expressions Of fairness, deceived
some, ana lcl many otheis to wait the
end. without cecid.aS upon his ability to
restore peace to Kansas, or upon the
truthtulness o this las: soft sawder' Pa.
cifcator May Of the latter begin TO see
that Walker : shan: and that, like
shannon, Re has stronger proelisities for
whisky drinking and h;shia,utin procia-
nations, than fJr justice or fairness
/ His recent demonstration agains, Law
renee with ten companies Of |. ). troops
his uaeiio1s proclamation. de-no'hing
policy while there. aad ;snob!e retreat
under ,he excuse Of so.2I 10 hgat ladl-
ans, shows ap Walker as a sham ana
humbuc and undeceives those who II.
the momea; were disposed T. .ras, Lin,
! By legislative &c. 4 was made the du
" 81 tbs Governor ans his Secretary to
make tn appointment for the second
Territorial Legislature. 10 be elected IN
/ Oc.0be but in the event Of his not do
Ing il by TIE first Of June, the President
at the Council aud the Speaker Of the
House, two well-known Border Rutfians.
were TO accomplish the task. This gave
to Wake tie opportunity 10 prove his
fairness and impartiali;y. Here was an
occasion for m to Do as vel as talk.
and to hive pacific sted TO some purpose
the disturbing elements in tue Territory
This wa. time 70 have shown some re-
gard for the much talked of principles OF
popular sovereignty, by disuicting the
rerritnr, fairly and letting al! the real
citizens vote. But Gov. Walker had no
such idei He neglected to heed the re.
quests made 20 him to do this thing.
shirked he responsibility j, involved,
and quietly delivered the people over to
their greaest enemies, and to the tender
mercies o Border Raffian justice. We
copy belox the Official ppor,ionmen,,and
the COMMITS upon it by the Kansas cor.
responded of the Chicago Tribune. and
ask an attentive perusal Of the same, As
an elucintion of modern Democratic
fairness -
Council DIST Ne members,
l-Lavsn.<,A cOuAs,,
| 2-Atchissa
I 3-Doa,phal
| +-Brg~n SaaAhz Marshall, otaraiani>, And r.
ley, ad Al thA. part q ,h~ r-rrito-y u KAnsas
.h.es Les .ess q Marshall, Riley AID DAVIS
A-Jecer.oa Ard cAhoaa,
+ e-Doasizs nd JShn.on,
I-saAsp-. D.yis, Wis. sr-es-arsdse h
i s--Boslrbsa G.tfr~y W iAoG Do-u AID 3cSss~ and
a-sGL-r has-r Greenwood Madisaa W eLer Co.
~. wssi. "a AID At-n Ce1l.t-s. !
lo-ADder~sA Lskias Liaa and Franklin And all that
par 4 tar Territs ry 4 k4ExAs sa.eh lies ves.
q wEse, Batter and Hunter cOanti=s,
whe,r a.aser Is
wM G. MATTHIAS
SPEAKER Il tie is1se Repre- raives At sssu 1887.
/ THus. JOHNSON,
f President u the Council.
ros 'zx sorss or REPRESENTATIVE.
Dist NJ. Msras-rs.
/ l-kAvenssrts county.
2-Aichiscn s,anfy,
3-INouip a-4H county,
E <-Rrvso s1a
5-NemahA cy1ntles
e-AArshsa e.a1sy,
] r-JessrsSn -Gnry,
81 aiAoua emmy,
s--PstAx II 1ssse ard Rfiey cosu,ies
lo-poaztAs AID yahnsoa eSultics And I'll TIA; pars
thu T-rrt.ries q Kansas lying sesf d The eS9a-
Ties II WIS.,, Butler And Hunter,
il--Sha~D-e e1afy,
i2-Rarhara-oa DAVIS. WISE aud Breckenridge, And
i3-wes-r, Asiisoa- Basi.r -Hazssr and Gre-nsoldk
it--BouTbsa. edfrsy, wIIsoa, Dora aud Notes, AID
1s-W si-lsaa. Oatf-y and Aha, Ard
lS-Ansis-son Nsd frankhn ossutses
1T--Llaa el<lafF
k-Ly kins caasfy,
xso,. ..n,., %
AN O MATTHIAS, sssahes
Hoa-s q Representatives At s-s.san 4 1851.
TH0S. JOHN son,
President u To- ceu0cn.
To understand the full. sweeping ini-
guilty of his apportionment. i. Is only
necessary to notice that out ofthe whole
number Of Representatives $50, fourteen