Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-12

b ghi,HelSs pss electe1 W. slegal The ofhce
AtIesais u Cong Vas seated by the hsnsas
Nebraska "a, and whoever claimed II snouids
|show th1t he was elected undcr the original iaus
|-whieh i NOT the case with Mr.. Reedcr, VINO
vas traitor. II he gave members of the Legs
lstsse certificates OF election xho did NOT besssse
them entitled 70 seatss He had better by far
have retrcated TO the forests OF Fort Leavenworth
than have faisifed his position
Mr.. Bingham said in asking for power TO send
for persons and papers, desired only TO elsi the
truth, which can wrong no man. THIS was de-
ma nsied by the interests Of nations and the sa-
| cietlness oflaw, which have been violated. IL
is not claimed In the minority report that tins
power Is not within the discretion Of the House.
The only question is whether there is sufficient
cause to authorize such an inscstig tion. II Is
evident from the memorial that either Mr.. w hit
field or Mr. Reeder claimf the seat in violation
| of law. The simplest and most creduious man
| in the house could not believe it legal to hold
| two elections in the same month, and that the
voters could 60 through the farce OF voting ior
Mr.. Reeder after having voted for Mr.. hitheid.
| 1t struck Mr. Bingham that in some OF the cleo
ton the original law was wantonly trampled on
and disgraced, and if this Is true all the people
| in the land should know it. The question IS
| hrye the people of Kansas chosen Whitfield or
| have they been interfered with by invading ar
| mics, and is Mr.. Whitfield here in violation of
the laws by the acts of lawless invaders.
Mr. Bingham proceeded to ascertain the causes
for sending for persons and papers, saying the
usurpers assuming to be the Legislature OF Kan
sas, had violated the organized act of the Terri
tory. He severely criticised their acts in sup
port of slavery, which support, he said, was the
utterance of sentiments unfavorable to freedom,
and in other respects violated the, federal con-
stitution. 80
| WAsuINGroN, March I. e
| HousE-Mr Oliver of Missouri, addressed the
| House in opposition to the request of the COM
| mittee on elections to send for persons and pa
| pers from Kansas He maintained that the re-
sponsbIity for all the strife and bloodshed rests
upon the head of Mr. Rceder, and other persons
who have have joined the extraordinary move
ments in aid Of sending Sharpes rifles to Kansas
and getting up Emigrant Aid Societies. their sim
gle object being TO defeat what they term the
infamous Kansas-Nebraska bill. These move
ments are calculated justly to excite the indigna-
ton of the people of Missouri. Mr. Oliver in
dignantly repealed the term border rutfians,"
applied TO patriots conscious of their rights and
determined to maintain them.
81 Mr. Cambach defended the purposes of the En-
! igrant Aid Society. a. .,.,s .G:.ls ats.s -.
| Messrs. Cuom and Walker entered into long
arguments, to show that the House, in e1amin-
ing the election case, should not GO beyond the
records before them. 70 4 q. fy5-.
Mr. Oliver did not know any missionaries who
voted in Kansas. He had seen hundreds of cast
ern men returning from the Territory who said
they had seen the elephant and fulfilled their
contract to vote, and were going home to author
ize the committee to send for persons and papers
would be TO give confidence to the resolution,
and in difance OF law. He insisted the House
would refuse this request, made at the. instance
of man-Mr. Reeder-who has smeared bis
hands with the flood of his fellow citizens, and
who is the foundation of treason, which needs
the overt act to justify mis- being hanged as Ha'
man. r; s-.- ... . ...,.. FL. --.,...... .-
Mr. Camback, of Ind, admitted, as charged by
Mr. Oliver, that the design of the Emigrant Aid
Societies was to make Kansas q free State. The
doctrine proclaimed by northern Democrats, be-
fore the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act was
not intended only to make those terrttarics free
St ties to the Pacific. He, (Mr. g. never had
any design or intention to go to Kansas ontil he
saw an effort to force slavery there he submitted
to Mcssrs Oliver and Phelps, who had addressed
the House on this subject, has it come to this
that we must ask how many men may emigrate
to Kansas, and at what time they can become
citizens. .-..l.s. .-.. .. -.,...,. .. ....