Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-05-13

Senator from Ohio Mr. PCGH yesterday un-
dertook to explain the reason why and the
reason is this /: that the board made of four
men, Governor, Secretary, President of the
Council, and Speaker of the House of Repres-
entatives, could not do business, and it was
necessary to make partisan majority on that
board. Then why did you not give it TO the
people will tell you why you have put that
board in the hands of the President Of the
United States The President Of the United
States, last May, sent Governor Walker TO
Kansas Territory with solemn pledge that
the people should have an opportunity to vote
on their constitution on its adoption or re-
lection. | went up Missouri river with Cover
nor Walker and he everywhere proclaimed it,
| heard his speech to the people assembled at
Lawrence. He told them that they should have
a fair opportunity to vote He pledged him
self to the people Of that Territory that if the
constitution was not fairly submitted he him
self would resist the constitution before Con-
gress. lie gave the people to understand
that he was backed in this by the President
of the United States that he represented the
President and his Cabinet that he spoke for
the Government. Sir, these assurances had
their weight. Men said we shall be cheated
if we 20 to vote under the partial enrolment
they will give Us a chance to vote on the con
stilution, and then we will vote down the cor
rupt and dishonest thing and make constiu-
ton which shall reflect the popular will
You will remember Mr.. President, that
when the October election came, the little
town of Oxford, which had about forty-two
legal voters, gave over one thousand six hun
dred votes Governor Walker went down
there, examined the case, and threw out the
vote. McGee county, that had hardly any
Inhabitants at ell, gave one thousand three
hundred votes: Governor Walker threw them
out and for these acts howl went up from
the States now threatening to dissolve the
Union if YOU DO admit Kansas under the Le-
compton constitution. They denied that Gov
ernOr Walker had the right to throw out these
votes, and he was denounced from correcting
these frauds although the correction Of the
frauds was vital 10 the just expression Of the
public sentiment for these frauds gave the
Legislature to the minority OF the Territory.
While these threats were borne on southern
Jreezes to the White House, Governor Wise
came TO Washington, saw the President, told
the President that he would write letter suS
tanning his policy and draw this fire upon him
self He did so and day or two after that
very letter was written, the President deSer-
ted the Governor and left him to be shot down.
lie deserted Walker The moment Walker
corrected those frauds the demand went forth
that he should be sacrificed, aud the President
was the willing tool to sacrifice man for cor
rectng a gigantic fraud upon the people
That is not all. sir Mr. Dennis who was
appointed marshall of the Territory by Mr.
Buchanan, attended the polls at Oxford, this
very precinct that gave sixteen hundred votes
at one election, thirteen hundred at another,
seven or eight hundred at another. He was
summoned before the investigating committee
of the Territorial Legislature and lie lie tiled
that there were less than one hundred and
fifty voters in the precinct, and that not over
two hundred and fifty votes were given there
on that day, when they counted out nearly
thirteen hundred votes He gave thS teSti-
mouy, exposed these frauds before the iuyesti-
eating committee. and the President of the
United States removed him. Yes, sir, Mr..
Dennis was sacrificed for exposing the frauds
of the friends of Lecompton by a willing EX
ecutiye who has shown that he is but an iustru
men Of the slave propagandiStS.
While Walker and Stanton and Dennis
were stricken down for exposing these frauds
upon the people Of Kansas, by your President,
Diclfeniorif remains a clerk in your land Office
Jack Henderson, who took the vote at Della
ware Crossing, and who was implicated in that
stupendons fraud, is vet in the public service
Mclean who hid the returns IN a canG,e-bOX
at night under q wooG-plc, two feet under
ground this man who then went before the
commission and gave a solemn oath That he
had sent the returns ont OF the Territory, and
then had to escape from the Territory To
escape froa charge of perjury. and has lott
cred around this Capitol for the last three
monthS-thiS creature Is vet in the confidence
Of the administrations and | have met him
and his compeerS in the eyecntivc mansion
Yes, sir. he is in Office and Calhoun the or
gauizer Of frauds, Yet has the Presidents con-
fleucc, ana is to be sent up into Nebraska per-
hapS 10 play the same game in that Territory
Now. with these lights before rs | have
right to say that this change in the board Of
commissioners could he made for 10 honest
purpose These three men may he removed,
ii tAe.g removal be necessary 10 affect the pur-
pose Of the men who have sustained the MIS-
souri, invasion. sustained the violence IN Kan
Sas, sustained this LCcomNton fraud sustained
IhiS whole policy that has disgraced our country
for more than three years. If they demand
it, he viii remove these men. He has given
pledges, guarantees; ali there is OF him, aud al
be hopes to be, lie has staked upon them He
is in their hands He is their instrument and
if they demand it, he will see to it that the
three men lie appoints Who have tue control
Of this board Of commissioners, who can fix the
day Of election as far Of as they please to pre-
side over the ba,lot-boxcS, who can count in
the Oxford, kickapoo, aud Shawnee frauds,
who can decide this whole question-he can
remove them at his WILL aud they are but his
tools and his Instrument, aud he is The tool
and instrument of the slave propagandists
and dsunionists. They must obey him, and