Kansas weekly herald., 1855-04-20

eozouE iate eiectlon, and also gives well
Fme5ited reprimand to Gov Reeder-for his
truckleney and conn.vanee withthe Aid So.
#cieties. Hear him: stoA syss:s71sI r.
Kssassss ana Coz. Reeder.
While we write, the election for members
ofthe territorial council OF Kansas in pro-
gressing.E On the result Of this election de-
pends not only the future domestic institu-
tions of the territory of Kansas. but also the
preservation of our sown. The excitement
ON this subject along the entire frontier of
the State, and even from the western border
TO the central countess unparalleled: The
attempt toaeolnnize hordes of eastern and
northern Abolitienists ia the territory and
thereby prohibit slavery, and exclude the
people of this State and the whole South
from. any participation in the seitlemen. of
this fertile region, is sufficient to account
for the deep interest taken by all classes of
the community in the result of the election.
When Missouri was preparis g for admission
into the Union there was an internal Str fe
on the same subject, but bore no comparl-
son TO that which now exists In the western
part of Missouri and in Kansas. The contest
was between men who had settled IN the
then territory, with the intention of making
l6 their permanent residence, but who hon
estly differed as to the policy of excluding
slavery from. the new State. A different
state of things now presents itself in refer
ence to Kansas. IL the question of slavery
.orno slavery ip Kansas were to be decided
by those who have migrated to the territory
In the ordinary course of events, and by em-
igrants from those portions OF the Union
which have heretofore contributed to popu-
late this belt of country, it is not at all pro-
bable that this election would have eliciled
any unusual interest or excitement. II en-
igrants from Illinoir, Indiana, Ohio, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland,
were to decide upon the future of Kansas,
it is hardly probable that eyensthe day of e.
lection would have been known outside of
the territory But the character of the pop
uiation that has been thrown into this terri
tory-the means resorted to .aboiitienize it.,
and the ultimate ends Of the principal ope-
rators In this movement, has given this
question an importance In Missouri, and to
Mlssoufians, inferior To no other that has
been presented in this State for years
The hundreds and thousands of emIgrants
that have landed here for weeks past from
every Ohio boat and every eastern railroad
train, are either crazy fanatics or suDserv-
lent tools Ia the hands of a few reckless and
unprincipled leaders. They have been ship
ped at so much per head to accomplish a
certain purpose-and that purpose is first to
make Kansas a free State, and next to tam
per with and steal the slaves In Missouri,
and ultimately compel their owners to give
them the Liberty OF being degraded still
lower In the scale of civilization. This is
the design of these fanatics; and that is pro-
perly considered, it is not at all surprising
that the whole western part of Missouri and
Kansas is boiling over with rage and ex-
asperation. -z4a1
:. Superadded to these causes of excitement,
is the conduct of Gov. Reeder. There Is
but one opinion in the territory and out Of
it, as to his ExceHency. If he has any
friends, who make an effort to relieve him
from the load of censure and accusation un-
der which he is suffering, they have not ap-
peared before the public. Without accep.
ton. every press in the territory and IN the
western part of the State denounces him.
They charge him with having speculated
in the Indian lands. They accuse him Of
corrupt and illegal conduct in making his
purchases, and that he is at the head Of a
secret abolition organization, which has its
agents in all the Eastern cities recruiting
emigrants, who are to answer the double
purpose of becoming purchasers of his Ex-
cellency's lands, and of voting to exclude
slavery from the territory. The course OF
Gov. Reedergives .countenanee and color to
these accusations, and the fact that sever
al hundred ,perhars thousands, of emigrants
from the Eastern States. have reached here
so early in the season, and just In hme to
be in Kansas on the day of election, affords
almost conclusive proof that the Governor
has beenlplaying into the hands of the erai-
grant ASSOCIATION, such. at all events, Is the
firm conviction of those who have observed
events as they have transpired IN Kansas.
We are not, therefore, prepared Tor the re-
port that Gov. Reeder has hedsto Fort Ri
ley and sought the protection of the militia
~ force concentrated at that place, against
the apprehended violence of the honest
sQ0atters Of Kansas. We can conceive that
he may have cause for alarm and tripida-
ton when he reflects upon hisscondpet. and
the Indignation and resehtmens It has so
Justly provoked amongst unpretending and
honest Backwoodsmen. If consequences.
that all would depiore. should follow the acts
of Gov. Reeder and those with whom he is
leaugued. let the responsibility rest where
il properly beongs. -
A correspondent of the New York Daily
-
Times, wiring from Greensboro, Ga, I'M
Ter dsle Of March 2eth, furnishes very
one and interesting accouns Of the hearty