Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-01

The following passage from the speech Of, al
Gov Reeder delivered at the great mass meeting 90
of the Fremonters at Morristown N. j., on
Thursday last is fitting sequel to the terrible %
tration and the Buchanan Party in his recent
letter. There co::ld not be a stronger or more e,
truthful statement of the wrongs which have !,
been inflicted upon the people Of Kansas and III
the perils to which they are now exposed: 81 sssE99
+ start with the proposition, that, from the oas
year 1854 up to the present time, there hasbeen
in operation upon the plains Of Me ltesk a pre-
Hberate plan to oree slarery upon The people cfl.ih
Kdnsaain despite Of the iaw az despite Of their es,T
,rH and IN despite Of their Coastituionai riyhts
This plan has given rise to a series OF outrages
that are disgrace, not only to- our country, VI
but disgrace to the age in whichwc live and s8I
to common humanity. The current news Of
these various outrages is constantly being pre-
sented to you;, and the great error in the sdisi
cusson of these Kansas matters, and the one to
which our opponents res0rt-and it is no error. s
with them, but deliberate Misrepresentation
and perversion although II is an error with our -
friends who allow themselves TO be mislcd by Ax,
taking up these Kansas outrages singly as sola- s
ted circumstances, and looking at them by them u
selves, each and every one Of them, as though
they were entire transactions TO tbe Judged of o.
by themselves only, and by the immediate cir bi'
cumstances which attended their occurrence. The.
man who desires to understand the affairs Of
Kansas must look at them as whole. He must
take up the entire plan from its commencement NJ
He must follow ii OUT step by step, and see how Gt
in the pursuance of this plan, the lawless ruff
fans OF Missouri seized rstupon the, legislative
power OF our Territory-how next they seized
upon the executive power--and how they, hsy-s1
ing already in their hands, by the formation Of
the Kansas and Nebraska bill, the Judiciary q,
power, they subsequently, seized every Office in r.
the Territory, down to the most minute and
insignificant one, and then proceeded to strip -
the party of its eaders--how, they undertook, ,efa
/ to close against us the courts OF justice-how;t,
they undertook then to disfranchize, destroy and
s,arve out our people-how they undertook
previous to making personal aud violent attacks .
upon them in the destruction Of their property, 3
and their lives, to deprive them of arms with .,r
which they might be enabled to resist.
There is no outrage which ever took place ~
upon the soil Of the Territory of Kansas that
could not be traced directly 70 this plan as you
would trace the branch Of every tree to, its :
| stem; and it is fatal delusion If any Of your
people allow themselves to take up one single,
solitary circumstance for the purpose of ascer.is9
tanning whether the Free State or their in-s
vader sare to blame. Now, apprehend that "a,
there is one perfect plan. Each step tends d. y
rectly to the accomplishment ofthe main end,9 i
and now that plan is almost accomplished. -Ifiaa
! the elections are carried on in the same manner
in which they have already been carried on In
that Territory, the plan Is consuminated--a Slave
Constitution is adopted for Kansas. have all
ready shown how it would he DONE Ii is per- II
fectiy palpabe. The next election scheme. will on
I take place in the month Of October, 1856. Sub
lseauent 70 that, another takes place upon such
day as their bogus Legislature chooses to Direct
and the work is done. Both those elections
will be carried in the same manner 10 WHICH :
they haye carried every other election upon the
fNn. -. A.
4 Constitution goes TO yonr next Congress- and u
there before the Representatives of the nation
will this issue have to be decided. IL will have
left the soil Of Kansas so fa- as the aspect Of
that question ia coDcerned, athoush still our
people will be left subject tothe despotism which,
was fixed upon them BY Their ipysders- still
perhaps they win be left subject, 70 ontrAges
from the marderers and piundefefs of Missouri, !
but SO far as the aspect OF the question is cons
cerned it will be removed from: their sslection
; and made subject TO- yours. Il Before the next
, Congress there will be Free State Constitution
adopted by the settlers of the Perritory at To-
peka, anda Slave State Consultation before nexts
; Spring will be adopted by 0ura invaders Be !.
!, tween these TWO Constitutions choice viii have
70 be made, and nobody can doubt shat that
! tchoice must be. You may linda iew dodgers,
q few men who are desirons still further 70 de-
: lude the people with some plan Of compromise.
j $50 called-compromise viii be, nothing
e more than plan further 70 tssmple uron our
q rights, and take them asay under cover Of some
i misrepresentation, which will deceive the peos
Q ple but ths main question: 70, which saGsp pf
2 tall political parties must come viii be whethes
. Free or Slave State Constiiution shall be- fixed
{, tupon Kansas. That i ths srauestion shich ems
T. ters directly into your next Congressional cleo
e tion and it viii be for the people Of this district
y and for the people Of this county aeoaar az they
e can inuencs the questions to say, when they 60
TO- the polls at the next election, whether they
shall vote for the Free State Constitution which
IS has already been adopted by the settlers Of The
tn Territory That to . great extent b the Dues
ne ton nov involved In the cofniag sPresidentia
20 and Congressional elections. Beyogd thatit u
pc ftrue lies the great question Of the extension o
MS slavery principle to be acted upon ID rcgsft
err to the other Territories which liehehin Kansl
no land which Il question indissolubly and int
ELI matey connected with the best political and pe
hi- fcunary interests Of evcry man ID sha NOsther
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