The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-01
T H e L A T ST NENs
BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TE'-sco.pus



Governor Reeder :. -.
AFFAIRS IN KANSAS rBE asnans, s.
BY sQUArrBRs-ExrRAr .n,S. s sud- az ~
GOVERNOR. ~ " ~
~ EAsroN, (Pa.,) April 80, 1855.
ino non a Feeder, Governor of Kansas, arrived
~ rom the West, and met very enthusiastic
soep"o from his friends and neighbors He reached
psburg at noon and there met and escorted to
ne Court House Square, in Eastou by large concourse
of citizens OF all parties, accompanied by the Easton
band On arriving the Court House. Governor Rseder
was welcomed by the citizen, with hearty cheers, and
formal welcome then extended to him in eloquent and
impressive sIeech by the Hon. j. u. Porter who com-
plimentsd Governor Reedsr on the manly and coura
geous as well as able in which he had dscharg
ed the duties Of his difficult and responsible Office. He
into hasy narrative Of the growth and progress
Of the lave question: sttributing its dangerous and
threatening character at the present time to the fana
cal abotionists at the North but admitting also that
slavery me had in their turn fanatca aud
wrong the abotionists themselves &c went through
the old routine of apology for the South, saying that
they bad slavery entaled upon them, and asserting In
fun the broadcast pro slavery claims, declared that Gov
Reder had done his duty ably ami that hs would and
should be sustained both by Pennsylvania and the
try at large.
Governor Reedsr in reply expressed in feeling and eo
quent terms the grateful impression made upon him by
the and enthusiastic reception given to him by SO
large assembly OF his fellow citizens He referred to
the reports of fraud and outrage upon the part OF
slavery men in the Kansas election, and emphatcsy
confirmed the very worst statement Of them which had
preceded his arrival He sad his opinions the subject
Of popular sovereignty had undergone change but
that the conduct Of the people the border counties Of
the north Of Missouri had astourded and amazed him by
their reckless disregard Of all laws compacts and
stutions that the Territory of KANSAS in her late
election, had been invaded by regular organized army
armed to the teeth who took possession Of their ballot
boxes and made Legislature to suit the purpose Of the
pro-slavery party. Kansas subdued subjugated
and conquered by armed men from Missouri; but
her citizens resolved never to give up the
fight for their freedom and the independence Of their
soil from foreign control interference The State Of
Missouri would be called upon to disavow all sympathy
with these border rufians If she refused the South
would be called upon to discountenance her. If the
South refuse the solemn duty would dcvolve upon the
North take the matter that the rights Of her
who had settled in Kansas the faith Of solemn
compacs shall be vndcated and sustained He declared
that the accounts Of the fierce outrages and wild voen
perperaed at the election published in the Northern
papers, were in wise exaggerated he concluded by
saying that Kansas conquered country-con-
quered by force of arms-but that her citizens
solved to yield their rights, and relied upon the
North to aid them, by demonstrations Of public sent
ment and all other legal means, until they shall be fully
and triumphantly vndicated.
During his speech Governor Reeder was frequently
and enthusiastically cheered by the large audiences
present.