Kansas weekly herald., 1854-11-24


Territorial Legisl ature and that arcomes-
pondence upon that subject, of a nature ex-
tremely interesting to all1citizensof Kansas
has taken place between youahd said com
mittee; we respectfully solicit of you copy
Of the same for publication. s3
Very resi- ectfuily y :, St., sai.
ef ..a ]. c. C.sTHOMPSON,
ROBT. H. HIGGINS,
haa M. f. CONWAY. 80
Fort Eeavenworth, = IT., Nov. 49, 1854.
GENTLEMEN: 5e a-- - ~
Yours of to-day is reed. AS the cor
respondence to which you refer, is one that
had its origin in a public meeting relates
to public affairs, and was carried on with
me as public officer, have no hesitation
in furnishing the enclosed-copy for publica
ton, if you deem proper so TO use it. -44
Very Respectfully, Yours,
A. II. REEDER.
To ]. c. Thompson, Robt H. Higgins,
III. T. Conway, Esqs.
Fl. Leayenworth, Nov. %. 1854.
FT. LEAvEwoRTH, Kansas Ty.,
Nov. 81, 1854.
To T. Gwinner, D. A. n. Grover, Robt.
C. Miller, VIM. F. Dyer, and Alfred Jones,
Esqrs., COMMITTEES :"
GENTLEMEN:
On the 18th inst. you called on me in
the capacity of committee claiming TO rep
resent and speak for meeting of Citizens
Of Kansas Territory, held the preceding
day at Leavenworth City, and presented me
your memorial on behalf of that meeting.-
The memorial commences with the state
nent that you are acting under resolution
OF such meeting, and ends by "urgently
pressing me to SEQ nply with TIE wishes
o. those By whom you were appointed"
Finding that you did not come as indi-
vidual citizens, acting for yourselves, but as
the representatives of others, I.took the
ground that it was necessary and proper
for me to know WHOM you represented,
and that must have copy Of the proceed
ings of the meeting which appointed you.
Your chairman seemed at first to think that
was unnecessary. replied that it was
very obviously necessary l should know
by the only authentic evidence, that you
had been appointed and by whom; and
further stated that unless the proceedings
were furnished | should not consider my
self bound to notice your memorial. You
then agreed to furnish them. / waited
their coming until last evening, when | re-
Il Ct d.
ton from you, dated the 18th inst, but with |
no post mark to inform me when it was |
mailed. This communication declines to |
furnish the proceedings Of the meeting
processes to give the reasons for the refusal /
the very deliberate hnnuneiation |
Of some inherent rights OF lie people OF
Kansas, which 10 one would ever think Of |
and some. otlser propositions |
which must in q confusion Of correspondence +
nave got into that letter by mistakeAasi I |
have been utterly unable to discover how
they were connected with the subject. of +
discussions; and again requests that my an
sWer to your memorial be made known to
you and those ''whose organ YOU have the
honor to he The reasons You give may Il
be very briefly stated. First. you say, that
some of you at least, are srecognised.inhab-
itants'' OF Kansas, and asserting ycur own
character as honorable men, you claim that
[ should have endorsed your own opinion
On that head by taking your allegation of
the facts instead OF asking ior the usual and t
natuaral evidence OF them. Secondly, That
the people OF. Kansas have a right to make
known their wishes to the executive without
putting them In writing OF organizing anyI'
meeting for that purpose. To the latter, L +
have only to. say. that. I admit cheerfully,
the proposition it contains, but am at a.
loss to understand what possible bearing it
has upon the question whether I am entitled
10 have copy Of the proceedings. of this
meeting which has been held, and an extract
from winch you profess to give aAs.to the
first reason, passing oyer the ipdelieaey of
gentlemen. putting their personal character
unnecessarily and improperly in issue, and
demanding Of ne who never impugned OIL
it,that should ddispense with the
forms and vouchers which the occasion de- r
by adopting il lieu thereof, any
of that character whatever and es-
pecially one made by yourselves as the ba-
SIS of my official action,,I beg leave to re-
mind you that you are requiring even more
than this and with s. gnal .lnodesly, demand
that ssaeuid surrender my judgement t6l
yours and if you should be eofs opinion that