Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-16
Democratic Pledges.


We have assurances from the Democrats
that if they are permitted to succeed at the
coming election, they will "back down" from
their opposition to the admission of Kansas
as Free State with whatever population she
may apply. Can they be trustedy How will
promises made before election he kept after
aoaris? How have such promises been kept
heretofore?
In 1852 they elected President upon
promising to abstain from "Slavery Agita-
tlon." His whole term was employed in
"agtatiOn" of the most uncrupulous sort
that of beating down ancient landmarks OF
Freedom.
| In 1856 they elected another President, on
the strength of pledges to admit Kansas free
How well those were kept, let the invasion
and usurpations, the LecOmptOn Bill, the Eng
fish Swindle and the bred Scott Decision
answer!
In 1857, it had become evident that Gov
| ernor Walker and Secretary Stanton We're
| disposed to administer affairs in Kansas fairly
| and justly, and to allow the Settlers to regu-
late their domestic institutions in their own
way The fact created a natural approval of
their course by the public, and an equally
natural apprehension that they would, at the
dictation of the South, be removed. The Ad-
mnistratiOn saw that the popular verdict
at the elections, would depend on whether
Walker and Stanton were sustained or repu-
dated
10 carry the fall elections, therefore, a
piece of deliberate fraud was resorted to-.
The most solemn assurances were given
through Government organs, that Walker
and Stanton should not be turned out. Lest
these might not spread it wide enough, the
aid of the Telegraph was invoked to announce
the promise, over the Presidents own sigma
ture!
The Albany atlas, on the Sd of November,
the morning of the election contained the fol-
lowing paragraph
We scout as unworthy moments credit,
as mere forgery intended to operate upon
the November elections, the story of the Re-
publican partizans, that the President will visit
Gov. Walker and Secretary Stanton with his
displeasure for rejecting the spurious Oxford
returns If there was any error in the act
(Which we do not concede) it was venial one,
and committed, so far as the facts now APP
pear, in behalf of purity and justice. To sup
pose that Mr.. Buchanan entertains the thought
of removing the Governor and Secretary for
such an act is absurd.
LATER.-We have received, since the above
was in type, and published elsewhere, tele-
graph dispatch from the President contradict
ing the story that he intends to remove Walker
and Stanton.
In another column was this additional par
agraph and the Presidents dispatch:-
The fabrication is set at rest by the follow
ing dispatch, received by Senator Sickles in
this city, last night, from the Executive HIM
self
WASHINGTON, Nov 2, 1853.
To Hon. E. d. Sales.--future is not
word of truth in the removal of Walker and
Stanton. j. BUCHANAN.
p. HENRY, Secretary.
The trick succeeded. The State gave a
Democratic majority thousands who, if they
voted at all, would have voted the Repub-
lican ticket, remaining away from the polls,
in the belief that the Freedom of Kansas was
secure.
AS might have been expected, and as we
predicted at the time,-thc plighted word of
the President was recklessly violated In less
than six weeks Stanton was removed, and
Walker compelled to resign!
The President announced his removal of
Stanton on the 10th of December, and his ac-
ceptance of Walkers resignation on the 18th
of the same month. He only waited till the
returns assured him that the fraud had sue
ceeded!
Will the voters of New York allow them
selves to be second time deceived by SIM
liar trick?-Albany journal.