Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-04-03
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.

The committee appointed by Mr.. Speak
err Banks, to investigate the Kansas cleo
ton frauds, consists of Howard, Sherman
and Oliver.
A resolution passed the House, appro-
printing $4,000, to be paid out of the
contingent fund, for the purpose of defray
ing the expense cf Clerk hire, Reporters
and Marshals.
The presumption is strong that it is not
the intention of the majority in the lower
House, to settle the question between Rec
der and Whitfield, during the present ses-
sion of Congress.
If Whitfield was elected by the Missou-
rians, why give him his seat Z? Why not
admit Recder at once, and send Whitfield
home
The committee will probably be occu-
pied several months in the investigation
their reports will undoubtedly be very
large, and by the time the committc spends
the $4,000, and returns to Congress, sub
nit their reports, and it ordered to be prn-
ted, and some fifty or hundred Buncombe
speeches made, the whole case will most
likely BE- laid over for wan. of time, until
after the Presidential election.
Tie Fusonists claim a clear working
majority in the lower House, consequently
they can settle this question their own
way. If Congress has the power to go
behind the Legislature OF Kansas, as they
claim, why don't they set it aside at once,
and admit Kansas, and Mr.. Reeder as Sen
asor
There Is no sane man, who is posted on
that question, that has a remote idea that
Kansas will ask admission into the Union
as Slave State.
The repeal of the Missouri Compromise
line, is dselt on long and loud. by those
aeitators; and disinterested locker on,
would have thought that the first hard
work the fusionists would have done after
restore the compromise line This they
should do to make any show of honesty.
Were they to do this, the question of Sla-
very would be settled at once, so far as
Kansas is concerned, but they will not re-
store that line even in the lower House
Some OF the papers come out openly and
confess that they do not want it restored.
If so, why do they make 50 much noise
about It's repeal. Others argue that it
would be lost time to pass bill in the low
or House, to restore it, for it would fail in
the Senate. That might possibly be the
case; but the Republicans would show to
the world that they were determined to do
all in their power to restore time honored
compromises, and that they were honest in
their hostility to the Kansa Bill
The truth Of The matter is, the candid
portion of the republican party, admit that
the principles of the Kansas act are correct;
that had outsiders attended to their own
business, there would have been no seri-
Gus trouble, and that Kansas will be admit
ted as a free State.
The great object seems to be, to Leave the
question open until TIE Presidential elec
ton is over; then there will be no object il
keeping up NOISE about ''this gemman OF
COLOR" then Kansas will be admitted as
free State, and the principles of the Ne
braska act by common consent will become
tho perm anent law Of the land, and many
who are very industrious in trying to de
ceive those whose opportunity for obtain
ing information are limited, by misrepre
senting the act, will deny ever having OPP
posed ii.