Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-03-04

The New York TriJane of "Wednesday
week contains full report of Mr.. Stanton.
Anti Lccompton speech the evening pre-
viouS, ut the Chinese Assembly Rooms
+ 1t fills eight columns of the Tribune. Mr.
Stanton goes over the whole grounl Of hi,
experience in Kansas, so far as it could shed
light ON the character OF the Lecompton
movement. 1t isa very able and and inter
estinS speech. The following paragraphs
show that the people ofKansas understood
whom they had to deal with:
Now, as the October election began to
approach. it became perfectly evident that
the policy pursued by Governor Walker
was about to succeed. AMI that the people
h,l resolved almost unanimously to try
the thing and ascertain whether Gov Wal
ker would really stand by his pledges
They had determined to vote in the 0cto-
Der election 1t 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 more strange, and what looked
to me at that time to be the very heigh, OF
impudcnce, they said. III you do under
take to do right, the President Of the Uni
ted States will desert you." Laughter
anil applause. '.He will not let you.'
[Continucd applause. Why. it was q
common saying in the Territory. Iheard il
repeatedly. laughed at. it,. l did moi
think it possible that my old friend James
Buchanan, whom have respected and sup
ported. and honorcd SO long-I did mo-
think it possible that he would ever make
such declaration as this at all applicable
to himself Bnt the people did tell us
that if we attempted to do right our heads
/ would fly from the block instantly. But,
nevertheless, they said they would try the
thing. m ,,nef bsiil ..
{. The following description of the receipt
of the Oxford returns will be read with In
terest. .a as4 =. a.fs.s..r.s e.sr' =
The people did so forward and vote
and when they found out that this result
was inevitable, the minority resortcd t.
another means to Illustrate the will oftht
majority, and that was by those celebrated
returns from Oxford, in McGee county,
L had heard intimatiens prior to the cleo
tions that these things were about to take
place, but could scarcely believe, and IL
fact, dill not for a moment anticipate
that any thing of that kind could be
attempted by men whom / believed tc
be respectable and honest Why, gen.
tlemen, when the returns were coming
IN from the different parts Of the Territory
L was amazed one day, when from an unex-
pected quarter roll Of paper was handed
! to me, said to contain the. returns from
Oxford Precinct, in Johnson County. Il
was large roll Of paper, aud when I tore
of the envelope found it consisted Of re-
peated sheets pasted togethcr, ,lwrittea close,
lyI with names, and relied up like a bolt
Of dry goods; and like dry goods man
upon his counter, ] took it through along
the floor Of the Office, and it extended from
one end Of tho building to the othcr-frou
the front door to the back door-a distanct
of45 to so feet. 1t contained 162S name.
from the celebrated Oxford precinct. TIN
census Of which has been recently taker
by = commission authorized by, the Leg
islature, and 'yllat do you think is tht