The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-13
CIV RgEpER,s SPEECH AT EAsroY.

GOV. REEDERS SPEECH AT EASTON.
Aong the true the tried and the trusted friends who
et my oi where il will and although Such oe-
ponslraon OF welcome would call for my sincere THANKS
among any people and under any circumstances assure
Won il has double charm when emanating from
men no have known from childhood, socially, Pohu
caly and professionally and in whose good iain souhu
Judgment and honest impulses, have always reheu Ahu
never relied In vain With no empty words do thank
yoG for the honor conferred by this cordia ana
reception. thank you personally Tor the mphoAuoh -
CONVEYS that nay course Kansas has met your approDa
tou and in the name Of the true the honest the oppressed
and he sanaered people that lovely country thank
you for the assurance wall bear 70 'hs .nn uau
The wrongs they have suffered, they have friends VINO
watch the interesting and memorable events that are marx
Ing their history and that whilst they struggling for
their simplest but their dearest rights among the broken
III does Of a nation they have sympathy here which still
holds cut hope that those pledges may yet Dc
al 10 the thanks tender you In their behalf know
they will respond. Many anxious and manly lace on
The fr-oG plains OF that beautiful and eventual country
will with pleasure reading the account OF inns
receptions aud many heart WI swell WIN % ,hen
sands viii endorse all of thanks and gratitude which, ~
their name, tender you to-day encouragement ron
the homes they have left and sympathy and support from
their lrebren of the States is pleasant their and
cheering their hearts, and although they WIN NOT When
deprived OF it, er at all in the duty they owe 70 he
selves and their country the assurance OF justice ana sup
port from their friends at homo will strengthen and ell
courage them
ID needs no effort of imagination my part to conjure
a. realization of the effect OF such sympathy and sup
pot upon the hearts of the honest pioneers vi Kansas
100 oen have Witnessed among them the eager anxiety
tor expressions OF public opinion the kindng pleasure
m favorable manifestations and the disappointment which
followed injustice or neglect to draw upon any o.ner
Than memory for the effect Of public demonstrators
such AS these. .. -. =,
isix months ago spoke to you this old and familiar
ground and rerounted you, truth and candor re-
CURED the wrongs which had been done to our people ana
the ourages which had been committed upon the consttu-
lion and The doctrine of segoyernment told you then
that our people, though few and weak, were hrm and
strong in their reliance the justice of the nation and
! ola eul htpned public opinion l SAID 10
you that although compelled To wait for proptous time
The exhaustion OF peaceful remedies they would never
SIT down in permanent submission TO the yoke tna naa
een set upon necks tamely bear the shackes OF
She slavery which CALLED their limbs And sooner even
than looked for ha. our prospects prigh'eheu anu o
hopes increased In spite of intolerance and prescription
and sandern spite Of pertnacious tyranny, regarding
no hight sacred 10 invade and no Draconan code 100
fierce mposen spite of the most nsolent attempts 10
treua,e an power and the most elaborate con-
trisanres secure t-n spite OF the complciiy OF
Chief Magistrate, who has proved ithless TO his hgn
trust encouraged the wrong by his official acts OF com
mission and of OMISSION and justified 1t by authoritative
articles in his official organ, and who has allowed our enc
mics 10 use and abuse for their nearous ends ms
his political patronage in the Territory Tin spite OF al
these say begin to what looks like the dawn OF
brighter day for Kansas
In place OF of scattered men, each strng
Cling among the hardships and privations OF frontier
life provide food and shelter for themselves anu tner
families and knowing friends from enemies with no
facilities for Observation-Disclosures and whole neigh
borhoos strangers each other without organization or
concerted acton--they have become now an organized
aud efficient party, conducting their primary eiectons
having committees and subcommittee throughout the
Territory They have met in regular convention OF dele
gates with every district represented have adopted plat
form of principles which, in its conservatism and hoera
y puts shame the intolerance of our opponents ana
gives the lie direct the unmeaning cry OF apohtonsm
with which it is sought to brand every man who Will not
proclaim negro slavery is blessing in ITSELF and that
white slavery in Kansas should be tolerated without
They have for the first time had an opportun-
ty 10 know their strength and are cheered wth tne
conviction that their numerical superiority IS as three
one and that they have outnnmbered all the votes
of their opponents including even the non-resldens
They SEEN the ists of SANDER and misrepresenta
ton cleared away large numbers of late misguided and
deceived opponents hocking 10 their standard ana ra
ing under their flag They have openly repudiated the
vile code of foreign elected legislature and by the moral
of their position they have seen its whole
made mpotent and stationary its magistrates
and ashamed OF their Junction. its courts silent ana empty
It's officers idle its taxes uncOected, even from It's own
political friends and its unconstitutional penalties sco
and by-word They have men who, in March las,
into Territory part of the force that invaded
our polls recently become residents aud join the ranks of
the eeStae party and having held an election with all
the forms and all the correctness that would do credit 10
any community they have elected ify-two delegates OF
character and intelligence representing every district who
arc now engaged in the formation of State constitution
TO he submitted to Congress.
They have seen former opponents, Eubdned and con-
WINGED by the contrast between the enormties OF the egs
ature the hand and the bealty of the freeState
platform the other carry their slaves to the States and
returning with the proceeds in their pockets take firm
and opcn stand with the friends of segovernment and free
institutions and under the influences they have seen
IN certain cHhiRc oNcI
wheiming and triumphant majorites All this has been
the glorious work Of the last ak months, and il has filled
the hearts Of friends with hope and confidence. Nor
is this ALL The sober second thought Of the people in the
border counties of Missouri is taking the right direction
conviction Of the wrong inflicted upon U.s. and repug
TO its repetition, steadily gaining ground among
Them 1t becomes evident that these nvasons of polls
produce permanent effect except in their recol upon
the who make Them and they become weaker at each
repetition AT the election for county seat OF Leaven-
worth county the bitter chace back to the lips OF
those who filed it. and men who had formerly gone into
Missouri and solicited for the legislature found
loudly complaining Of the foreign vote which had secured
minority for rival town.
have spoken 10 you in general terms Of the acts and
conduct of the legislature and it may be well to refer to
them more in detail:
First as 10 its organization. Certain censorous gentle
who Sit quietly at homo and philosophze the matter
IN Their own way, undertake to find fault with me for
granting any certificates OF election at ALL Without stop
ping inquire whether these gentlemen would have
granted them all, had they been in my situation, will
only that such charge betrays ignorance of the facts
Of The Each district and precinct must of course,
stand its merits and 1t would have been ridiculous
to set aside all of them because illegal votes had been
p1led Ia
4 WOULD have been equally ridiculous aside dis
posd These gentlemen take the absurd position that my
then should be judged by the knowledge we have
bad provided for the voters of the Territory the
opportunity, the mode and the time to complain Of illegal
and the right to full hearing, and in of the
districts in which certificates granted was there pro-
tesi hed AS directed by the proclamation was at
the me made acquainted with facts to justify refusal
Seven election districts aside all for disregard of
the forms prescribed by the proclamation and these