The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-02-13

struggle Of the balot-box. | was often
with the Governor when he addressed
the people, aud gave my best efforts in
ard OF the great purpose Of conciIiation.
1t was too late to induce the people to
90 into the June election FOR delegates
to the convention. The registration re-
quired by law had been imperfect iu all
the counties, and had been wholly omit
ted in onc-half Of them: nor could the
people Of these disErauchsed counties
vote in any adjacent county, as has been
falsely suggested. Ia such of them as
I subsequently took a census registry Of
their own; the delegates chosen were not
admitted to seats in the convcnti0n.-
! Nevertheless, 1t is not to be denied that
the great central fact, which controlled
/ the whole case was the utter want of con-
Gdence by the whole people in the whole
| machinery of the territorial government
They alleged that the local officers, in all
! instances, were scrupulous partisans, who
had previously defraudcd them ia the
elections. aud who were ready to repeat
the same OuJragcs again ; that, even if
iutruderS from 2bryad should not be per
mitted to oycrpowcr them. they would be
cheated ly false returns, which it would
not be possible for the Governor and Sec
retary to defeat. Although at that time
these apprchensio0s seemed to me to be
prcposterous aud uDfounded, il WIS i'm
possible to deny the earnestncos and sin
ccrIy with which they were urged, or to
doubt that thCy were the result of deep
convictions, having their origin in some
proyiovs experience Of that nature.
The worst portion Of the small MAORI
y in krnsas, who had possession Of the
Iorrjt9aial or2anization, loudly and bit
tcrly compIaiocd Of Gov. Walkers policy
conciliation. and demanded the opposite
policy Of repression And when, under
the solemn assurances given that the
election should bc fairly conducted, aud
90 frauds which We could reach be couu-
tcnancce or tolerated. it had become ap-
parent that the mass Of the people were
prepared and determined to participate
in the October elections, the minority en-
deavorcd to defeat the result by rcvivine
the tax qualifications for electors, which
had been repealed by the previous Legis-
luturc Opinions were obtained from
hi1h legal sources. the effect Of which,
had they prevailed, would have been to
exclude the mass OF the people from vo-
ting, t. retain the control in the hands Of
the minority, and as a consequence to
keep up agitation and to render civil war
inevitable. But the intrepid resolution
O" Gov. Walser, in spite of fierce opposi-
tion and deuunciation. FAR and near, ear.
riel him through this dangerous crisis,
and he had the proud satisfaction Of hav-
ing achieved peaceful triumph, by in
ducing the people to submit to the arbi-
trat1mcut Of the baliot-box
Eut the minority were determined not
to submit to defeat The populous coun-
t. Of Dou2las had been attached to the
border county of Johnson, with large
and controlIingropresetation in the Lcgs-
lature. The celebrated Oxford fraud was
pcrpct1ated with view t. obtain major
itics in both Houses Of the Assembly
Whcs these returns were received at NY
office, in Governor Walkers absence.
had fully determined not to give ccrti-
Gates based upon them. If they had been
so formal and correct as to have made it
my duty to certify them. | would have
resigned my Office in order to testify my
sense Of the cuormjty Of the wrong
GOV. Walker, at Leayenworth, had form
I'll the same resolution, as he stated to
lie and to several others. and we were
both gratiicd that we found lhc papers 50
imperfect as to make it our duty to reject