The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-30

eubfOb.
will ask leave to read an ansve,
to this from Kansas paper published
in his own immediate noighborhood :
i RoBERT j. WALKER's LETTER OF
REsIoNATIoN.-We bavegiven this doc
ument has.y perusal, and we sincerely
regret that SO mighty Union savior
should be guilty Of SO calumnious .
charge as be, in that letter, prefers
J against the people of this Territory. and
more especially, against the officers
whose duty it was, to take the census,
whom be denominates as 'ipartizan
officers
4 We have not space this week to re-
view all of his letter; but. if We had, it
would be work of supererogation, so
We sha | only notice portion of this
letter, viz:
"In nineteen of these counties there
was no census, and therefore, could be
no such apportionment there ofdelegates
based upon such census. And in fifteen
of these counties there was no registry
of voters. These fifteen counties, inclu-
ding many of the oldest organized coun-
ties in the Territory, were entirely dis
franchised, and did not give, and by no
fault of their own could not give soli-
tary vote for delegates to the Conven-
tion.
| How any man, occupying as high a
position as Robert j. Walker does,
could unblusLi1giy make such charge,
we connot conceive
/ In these counties where he says no
regi stry was taken, and that It. was ''no
fault of the people" he well knows that
officers did attempt to take the census,
and that people did not only refuse to
give in their names, but even drove the
officers from those counties vi et arnsis
How can Robert j. Walker make
such charges, after he has once in this
i Territory from the public rostrum pro-
claimed pice verca
We. for the benefit of that Uni n
savior, aud to refresh his memory, which
is wofully deficient, insert-a portion. of
his speech delivered in Topeca, June
6, 1857
"You could have registered here if
you pleased and hundreds in this Ter.
ritory, siuce hearing my plan, have ex-
pressed to me their deep regret that
they had not registered; and many of
your county, since my arrival, have
enange1 tneir position ana resolved to
Iii Ill M. $1,000. a .sspouus sss ssIs us
depri, ed of ne privilege in not being
registered. because be declares that,
whether registered, OF not, he will not
vote"
/ Gov. " alker well knows that those
fifteen corntiea alIndad to usre i,nar san
lzed, and large portion OF them we're
uninnapited at that time, ana even up
to the present DAY some OF them have
DOT "hite man resialng within tnelr
limits.
Then, gentlemen, according to Mr..
| Walkers statements at To Okla. Jrns
& Is.7 ,ha nao.l. ....,,la
pe'p.e 1 "A
lstereu II tney pieaseo, ana ne declares
that every man who responds that he
will not vote has been depriced of no
/ ,y;;,,;zeo. a., o,o, ,b.;ar r.c;s,.r.J i.
.s"'e 20 ''ss. -
c0atse qeisether ~ giSterea or not ne de
clares he will not vote.
We not only have Mr. Walkers
,ho,;. ~. .,h;ao. h.. fo,.n
metal, NJ St.,ton b.. left = .eorst
nh;ob ot on,r .,.,a;n. hi. noe;t;on
but as emphatically contradicts the se.
/ cretary,s present asser ertieps:
-.
Mr. Sacretarv S,anton in : l.tt.r 70 the
pretended Governor Robinson of Kan.
i sas, and others, says:
Il have heard statements quite as aui
tnen.lc as your oWu. aug 40 some lnsean
ees lgm menols :. yos. v"n paI.y -
yery eenerally' Indeed almost upive, sal.
| ly, refused to participate in the pending
proceedings for registering the names OF
.ne iegai so1ers IN some instances !.
.. - I 49,. s .ssn - e, .es.,.aJ aS1 a. -
give any names at all You cannot de-
ny that your party have heretofore re
solseo nov 20 saks Pare 10 .ne regls.ra
;ndn,a;na % 'ndspsron. - .us,;c;ons of .bs
integrity of officers, you might as well
attribute any errors and omissions of the
sheriffs TO Me eI,stence Of hts sseH
~,'oeoN '4.1e' eo01S1 o1se.tss ie'eS
/ H. then, there was not far regis
tratlon OF the voters, VINO has a righ. to
complain Certainly not those who
not only refused to be registered but
drove the sherlffS from their counties