Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-06-29


1t seems Just as Gov. Reeder was staIt.
ing On his return 70 Kansas, the President
took occasion, through Mr.. Secretary Mar
ey, 60 ssy, that. in view Of his speeulations
10 the half-breed Indian lands, "GpparenHy
u violation Of acts Of Congress-" be, the
president, felt -'embdrrassed to see how,
consistently with his conviction Of duty" he
could allow she Governor, and his co spec
ulators Judges Johnstone and Elmore, and
Mr.. District Attorney Isaacs, to longer re-
tain the places they had fled This is
prompt and efhclent-very. The Govern
or has confessed the facts, admits the charge
brought against him, duplicates clearly the
Judges and District Attorney, and attempts
lusuheation,-yet the President is "embar-
rassed" as to the line Of duty PROMPT
maglstrate-honest rulerl But the Gov
ernor has gone on his way. aud promises to
attend TO the iRsiRuatioa of the President
formally communicated through the Secre-
tary, when he gets back to Kansas, and
shall have completed bis frauds we sup
pose. We have no faith in Gov. Reeder,
aud have believed him a corrupt man ever
since his mock denuncialions of the mob
violence at the Kansas elections, at the
same time giving certificates Of election to
majority Of the frGUdReRhy returned
Snenbsrs o. The Legislature.
And We have Just as little faith in the
President and majority of his Cabinet
for they have neither vin6icated the out
ragged laws u Kansas, nor taken any meas
ures 10 protect the settlers in the future
The Rroug was done for the benefit Of Sla-
very ssroA that sancti6es the fraud. And
even here.f 10 the case of the land-stealiug
of Gov. Heeder and his associates, the
President isl "embarrassed"-not because
be doubts the guilt Of tie parties, but be-
cause the guilty ones have friends among
the Slavery propagandists, both North and
South. We do not believe that one of
them would ever have been disturbed but
for the persistent eosa gs and boldness of
Col Manypenny, and the lndien Agent
Clark. Il could aot he covered pp-he
vifaesses could not Be hlsked, even though
the administration ,0as Embarrassed"
In regard to the outrages on the elective
franchise, nothing will ever be done. In
publishing the correspondence bearing on
this land-stealing. which il does 10 full, the
Union takes occasion to say:
"We see no cause to sppFebend inter-
ruption of the public peace in Kansas un-
less its actual residents should be interfer-
ed with in the conduct Of the public affairs
Of the Territory. If any persons have In
terfered, (which in our mind does not ad-
NIT Of doubt either to control the votes by
means of organized societies in other States,
or actually to vote in the Territory without
the lawful qualification Of residence, or to
overawe the qualified voters, such persons
have perpetrsted a gross wrong as against
the rights and interests of the bona fde
settlers Of Kansas, which deserves, and will
receive, the reprobation Of all right-minded
men,"
A brave speech! Those persons who
have driven the legal voters from the polls
(which fact tho Uaion does not doubt
have Perpetrated a gross wrong" In
deed and what's the Union going to do
about il? What's the Administration GO
ing to do about il? Just Notbingl The
fraudulently elected members of the Ter
ritorial Legislature are right on the Slavery
question-therefore, "We see no cause TO
spprehend interruption of the public peace
IN Kansas" If they were not all right, the
case would be altered. we suppose. Csus-
es produce strange effects sometimes, diff
ering widely from expectation. Il would
Be well for the people to look ct these
things, and it may not be Improbable for
the South to note the progress Of events
D. s. Journal.