The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-12-22

NshatalaId and lsteaeE.

Washington correspondent Of the New
York Herald thus writes that paper ander
date Of the l4th inst
The Kansas imbrorlio j. destined to re-
ccise large share ii the attention of Con
gress. The state Of things which is iiow 60
ING on is well calculated 10 awaken serious
upprehcnsions in the minds Of all lovers of
the Union. aud 10 arouse exultation and
sneers M over despotic Europe. There is
no medicine for a mob like blue pills. Now
is the time when we need al the head Of ma
tional affairs the iron will as well rs the pat
rotic temper Of Jackson. The contested
sent from Kansas Territory il at present over
Swallowed By the contest for Speaker, and il
is impossible 70 foretell what VIII be the re-
suit. rs members do not GENERALLY declare
their opinions, and many Of them probably
have not determined how % vote upon the
question. There must necessarily be much
in the ease which will be adopted only upon
the report Of the committee, and the hearing
Of the parties, which | take for granted will
be before the House. Gen. Whitfield is said
to be no speaker and intellectually unequal
to the discussion of so broad and grave ii
questions but he has many friends here, will
ling and able To prepare an argument, which
he can read before the House, and probably
with good effect, as he is gcntiemax Of fine
personal appearance and good address It
Is more generally conceded By Reeder's OPP
ponents than | hid expected. that both cleo
tions are illegal. and that the seat can be Civ
en- TO neither: aud from this fact | consider
Whitheld's chances very slender, whatever
Reeaer's may be. The argument most relied
on by those who talk on tho corners and in
the hotels on the subject is. that as Gov
4 a 4
he cannot now deny the legality of their cleo
I ton but those who have given the matter
any thought do not rely upon it. Ii is more
specious than solid. Gov. Reeder was only
an officer of the General Government when
/ he gave the certificates and, if the Federal
officers had recognized them a thousand
times, that does not prevent or stop the peo-
pie OF Kansas from showing, IL they can.
that they were elected by fraud and violence !,
and in doing SO they may,make Reeder their a
gent or representative as wellas anyo other man.
/ The matter is not between the Legislature and
\ Reeder now. but between them and the peo-
pie of Kansas. The argument does not at
all touch the question of the validity of the
Legislature. but only the personal consisten-
cy Of Gov. Reeder; and whether it proves
that will depend on whether Gov. Reeder had
the facts before him when he granted eertif
Gates. understand he assails the validity
Of the election law upon other points than
the invalidity Of the election Of the 30th Of
March. AS soon as the House is organized
and as mutters now stand il may take some
time-this question bids fair to be the all
absorbing one. 1t will reopen the slavery
question, and will DO the turning point in the
Presidential campaign, for the next contest
Is bound to be Il sectional one.
BUSINESS At WAsHrNGroN. MIR. Horace
Greeley. writing from Washington, saws that
business m that city is naturally biseeted IN
to: /, Getting money ont Of the Federal
Treasury; and 2, Spending II. He also finds
il hard to realize . that Messfs. Grinnel.
Rockwell, Hudson, Asllmun, aud Winthrop,
OF Mass, are aliyeand active, but an absent.
and their places filed By men with single
exception utterly unknown OUT of their own