Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-03-04
Mr.. STATIONS New York Speech.

Mr. STATIONS New-YOrk Speech.
The New York Tribune of the oath
lit. contains a full report of Mr. Stan
.on's Anti-Lecompton speech the even
ng previous, at the Chinese Assembly
Rooms. 1t fills eight columns of the
Tribune. Mr.. STANTON goes over the
whole ground of his experience in Kan
sas, so far as it could shed light OH the
character of the Lecompton movement.
It is a very able and interesting
speech. The following paragraphs show
that the people of Kansas understood
whom they had to deal with -
Now as the October election began
TO approach, it became perfectly evident
that the policy pursued by Gov. Walker
was about to succeed, and that the peo-
pie had resolved almost unanimously to
try the thing, and ascertain whether
Gov. Walker would really stand to his
pledges. They had determined to vote
in the October election. at is true, !"
they said, "Governor, that we will try
you, but you don't know these officers
as we do. They will cheat you to your
face; they will cheat you out of your
eyes, and you can't help yourself"
What is still more strange, and what
looked to me at that time to be the very
height of impudence, they said, "Ifyou
undertake to do right, the President OF
the United States viii desert YOU
Laughter and applause. ''He will no.
let YOU Continued applause.) Why
this was common saying in the Terri
tory. heard it repeatedly. laughed
at it. / did not think it possible that
my old friend James Buchanan, whom
! have respected and supported, and
honored so long-I did not think it pos
sible that he would ever make such {
declaration as this at all applicable tC
himself. But the people did tell us
that if we attempted to do right oul
heads would fly from the block instant
lly. But nevertheless, they said they
would try the thing.
The following description of the re
ccipt Of the Oxford returns will be rea6
with interest:
The people did go forward and vote
and when they found out that this re
suit was inevitable, the minority resort
ed to another means to Illustrate the will
of the majority, and that was by those
cclebratedreturns from Oxford, in John
son county, and from three precincts il
McGee county. Ihad heard intimations
prior to the elections that these things
were about to take place, but could
scarcely believe, and in fact, | did not
for moment anticipate, that anything
of the kind could be attempted by mer
whom | believed to be respectable and
honest. Why, gentlemen, when tho
returns were coming in from the differ
ent parts Of the Territory, was anna
zed one day, when from an unexpected
quarter roll of paper was handed to
me, said to contain the returns from Ok
ford precinct, in Johnson county. II
was large roll of paper, and when ]
tore off the envelope found it consis
ted of repeated sheets pasted together
written closely with names, and rolled
up like a bolt of dry goods and like a
dry goods man upon his counter, | took
it through along the floor of the office,
and found it extended from one end OF
the building to the other-from the
front door to the back door-a distance
of45 to so feet. 1t contained 1928
names from the celebrated Oxford pre-
cinct, the census of which has been re-
Gently taken by commission establish
ed by the Legislature, and what do you
think is the actual population You
would imagine there would certainly be
a thousand voters there, or at least sew
Ell hundred and fifty, or five hundred
but the fact is, there are just thirty three!
loud laughter.)