Squatter sovereign., 1856-06-24
A LETTER rRon a. h. REEDER.
WAsH.scros, FEBRUARY IL 1856.

received this morning. from DO. Combach. |
Il came very opportunely to enable me to /
state Woodson's refusal in the memorial 1 |
am about to present to the House, eontes-
ting the seat. am only waiting for Ba nks !
TO appoint the committees. and he IS watt
ing for the election of printer. have
not been away from here since the day
came on, although have suffered severly
by staying. l dare not leave until can
make an application to the committee to
have the case delayed until can send for
persons and papers to the Territory.
will also endeavor to have the Committee
ON Territories send for persons and papers,
and report history of the whole Kansas
difficulties, ab initio. This will probably
| bring you along, as | shall have the selec-
| zion of the men TO be sent for In great
measure. Whitfield claims, | am told, to
have received $500 votes, and have no
detfbt when we come to see his hand, he
will show the papers for more than ours,
have had men to talk to him, but all l
can learn is that the 2,900-he gives no
particulars, but talks in very confident,
bluffing, braggart style of getting his seat
Our case will be lost unless we can reduce
his vote, so as TO show more votes for me.
wrote Gen. Robinson on the subject
and hope he has the letter. ] have written
him three times since l am here, but have
no letter from him. l expect to have
man sent out to the Territory for witnesses,
at least for the election committee soon. /
cannot tell what will be the result as 10
our admission. II | get my seat shall
press it hard, and we will get some votes
in the Senate that we do not expect. If
lose my seat there Is no chance Of admis-
sion. Let my name go before the Legis-
lature. and if the party will then say they
do not need my services, we'll and good.
| shall be honorably relieved of labor, re-
sponsibiii,y and danger. If they elec.
me. shall feel bound To- stand by them and
fight their battles pertinaciously, generous
ly and faithfully. AS to putting set of
laws in operation in opposition 30 the Fer.
ritorial government, my opinion is confirm
ed instead of being shaken. My predlc@
| tions have all been verified SO far, and will
be in the future. We will be, so far as
the legality is concerned, in the wrong.
and that is no trifie in SO critical state
Of things, and In view of such bloody
consequences, it will be an invitation to
the powers that be' to bring down the
Missourians upon US in the assumed char
acter of indicators of the law. What
consummate folly is there not in such
move? You will have seen Pierce's mes
sage. Suppose we had occupied the ground
l wished, of the mere adoption Of the con-
stituIon and election of officers only for
the purpose Of applying for admission,
what ground would Pierce have had to
stand on, or how much Of his message
would have been left. He is not the only
man who is backward and lukewarm to-
wards us. For this reason they say they
cannot sustain us In the position of resis-
tance to the Territorial Government, and
you will find think, that Douglas will also
take the ground; but want you TO UNDER
stand me distinctly that do not talk thus
publicly to our enemies. may speak
! my plain and private opinion in letters to
our friends in Kansas, for it IS my duty,
but TO the public, as you will see by my
public letter, show no divided front.
am sorry that you and Robinson are not
upon your former tenns-are you sure IT
is not your fault, have you always treated
him with sufficient respect--l mean IN
small things and in manners. regret YOU
cannot use the Cameron order,-you did
not speak of it in yours of the 22d, / sup
pose he was doing we'll. Il am very short
: of money. have difficulty and annoyance
in meeting my engagements. but OF course
will do all IN my power to assis! you. In
closed send you sixty dollars, which L
hope will beGufficient, as you do not name
any sum. You will have seen that Gov.
Chase of Ohio and Gov. Clark of New
; York, have sent in special messages. and
the Legislatures showed some disposition
to act | have seen the draft of a bill
(confidential) to be offered in the Ohio
Legislature to appropriate two hundred
thousand dollars to send msn to Kansas.
, These movements wakened up Mr. Pierce
and to-day issues his proclamation in which
| he faces North, South, East and West
and saws. everybody has done wrong and
that nobody has the advantage of anybody
| in that respect, and that all must observe
1.-The law, and that he will whip you free
D State men into orderly citizens, and when
YOU obey the laws he will protect you. ]
: learn, also, that General of some conse.
lauence in Ohio is raising one hundred and
. fifty able bodied young men on his own
hook. whom he intends to take out at once
Y each armed with rifle and revolver. You
t have not in your last letters said one word
about the Wyandotte float. am anxious
; for some details, and whether that squattel
has left, and have you arranged the report
I of it to the uryeyor-General. and IN
!, whose name Ii Sam. Paul will not stand
RI by the Free State men In fight, you car
, get from him my gun and buffalo skin, il
You need them. wrote Mallory in re.
gard to his bills. Your letter of the 22d
0 that you were in danger of another inva.
sion, excited me considerably. and at
every one else TO work, to reach the PTesl;
S dent by every indirect influence could
command, 10 order 10 provide for throwing