The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-13

the Congress There portions of the speech which
might well determine to exclude it from columns
but do choose allow his l-natured remarks to
induce appear much less actually to be unjust to
him. Whatever benefit therefore, he derive from The
argument which he has made in support Of his preenson
to seat delegate Congress from Kansas freely af
ford him opportunity of enjoying by laying bis speech
at full length before the readers of the Uon If the Pc
rusal of it. however shall impress Others IL does us
will result in the conviction either that his claim 10 the
seat is petension that he has been signay
successful in his mode of sustaining it, This remark viii
be readily appreciated when have directed attention 10
few of the positions taken in Gov Reeders suicidal
speech
After depicting in exuant and rhetorical language "the
glorious work Of the last six months which has resulted
in bringing about what looks like the dawn of brighter
day for Kansas, and modesdy attribung this happy
suit TO the exerons of the freete party Of which he is
the champion and leader Gov Rceder proceeds say that
all this has filled the hearts OF friends with hope and
confidence Nor is this ALL The sober second thought Of
the people in Me border counties ef Missouri is taking
the right directon-a eonpiction Of tie ,rrony iac-
ed upon as and repugnanee 10 its repetition is
steadily gaining ground among them 1t becomes evil
dent that these invasions of polls produce per-
ru1nent e6sct except in their yeeoa upon The aho
With such admissions as these in his mouth how can
Gov Reeder expect be sustained in asking Congress
nterpose for the redress of grievances which being
rapidly redresed by The sober second thought of the
people, in the border counties of Missouri Why
allow that moral revolution which is working happily
to go until the regular election in Kansas when
upon the showing Of Gov Reeder the great principle of
popular sovereignty would DO trumphantly INDICATED
The aborder rutans" being powerfully influenced
by "the liberay of the ee-Sme PLATFORM contrasted
with the enormit;ea of the egsature that they al
ready suffering from the "reco Of public sentiment and
their nvasons Of the polls becoming weaker at each
repetition How fully do these admissions of Gov Reeder
verify the predictions of the friends of the great prn
cple of the Nebraska bill And yet Governor Reeder
30 impatient for the golden egg that he cannot
let the principle of that bill vndcae itself in the natural
regular lawful wayby appeal 10 Tie ballotbon reg
ular election be held al tie regulr time He forward
now with these admissions condemning his claim, 10 rely
upon election delegate made in open defiance and
/ violation Of law A .
But if Governor Reeders admissions fatal TO
bis petentious claim delegate his reasons for
desiring Congress disregard the certificate given 10 Gen
Whitfield by Governor Shannon than fatal It
was incumbent Governor Rceder 10 show that Gov
crnor Shannons official certificate is null and void. To
do this he must of necessity oil the validity of the
action Of the legislature, which provided for an cleo
ton delegate in pursuance Of the act of Congress In
attempting this be was comp elled at the outset to make
admissions which ingenuity of which he is master
could overcome The fact that governor of Kansas he
gave certificates Of election TO the very members who
composed the legislature that he assals as awless
body rises IN in his path and demands OF Linn some expa
nation of his present Reputation OF those Official certh
Gates lie answers very successfully The charge of GER
tain censorous gentlemen who had found fault with him
for not rejecting all the returns and for not refusing to
give certificates to any Of those elected lie says with
reason that it would been ridiculous to set aside
all because illegal votes given to These gem
temen says he take the absurd position that my action
Men should be Judged by the knowledge we have now
The ground then which Gov Rceder stands is that he
now has knowledge of frauds the elections which he did
not have when he granted the certificates When he acquired
this knowledge he does state but it is presumabc That
it until after the legislature resolved toadourn from
his Pawnee city which time he recognised asa valid
body That adjournment he then regarded as destructive of
its legislature but in his late speech he deems
it unnecessary speak of that "as it involves legal
question and has been already before the public in the
pers which it evoked from the Judiciary and the executive
The result them is simply this that since Governor Reeder
removed from the office of he has discovered
that he gave certificates of membership to persons cons
uting the legislature of Kansas who ought to have
ceyed them because of frauds in their elections and act
ing upon that discovery he proceeds to organize on
illegal association whose avowed purpose is revolutionary
and to treat entire body of laws passed by the cgisla
commissioned by himself as null and void As private
citizen OF Kansas he repudaes and nulies his official acts
as governor of Kansas and instead Of relying upon that
'ober second thought which he admits is working
revolution the public of the border counties
of Missouri appealing the baotbox at reg-
lar election spritopopuar sovereignty
to movement which deies the laws Of Kansas, which is
palpaby revolutionary its character and seeks
mend and sancfy that by calling exercise of popular
sovereignty IL is just such friendship TO popular
regnty as this that the leaders Of mobs profess when
they seek justify their outrages upon law and or
der How revolutionary this proceeding really s Gov
ernor Reeder shows when he says, in regard to the
action OF his friends in Kansas in eeetlng him del
erate that they have for the first time had OPP
portuny know their strength and cheered with
the conviction that their numerical superiority IS as three 70
one and thai then haze onumbered oil the potes Of their OPP
poueafs including The aon-rsden" And yet, with
numerical superiority of three Governor Reeder de-
olined to make trial of strength with General Whitfield