Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-02-07

500 lOueFalloh and Iaudable regard Tor The
rghis Of others-haV NJ seen at every step the
pleasant manifestation Of an ANXIOUS desire to
avoid even The semblance Of encroaehment or
aggression, | should be false to every manly
impulse and every sense Of duty, II / allowed
the aspersious Of the MESSAGE ~ ,ass r,nc,;.
ed.
Unless the Message shall ineite and slimu-
'ate new invasions Of our Territory and fresh
outrages upon our citizens, It will produce 10 us
no regret as it has caused no sunrise. Afer
having seen our people tram2ed on, oppressed
and robbed, on the one hand by the invaders
OF their soil, and on the other by the iniu-
enee, the authority, and the officers OF the pre-.
sent administration; after having witnessed
the cold-bloodsd murder Of an unarmel and
unohensve citizen by an officer Of the Admin
lstratiOn who is not only unmolested BY the
laws and unrebuked by the President who ap-
pointed him, but who has, perhaps, strength
ened his official tenant and enhanced his
chances Of promotion by the act it is not a.
all surprising that we should, by the head Of
that Administration, be misrepresented and
perverted. A8er having seen the Chief Mag
lsEate. during FIVE organized invasons Of our
Territory, unmoved by single sympathy in
favor of an unohending people. innocent Of all
wrong and laboring only to carry out faithful
y for themselves the doctrine of selEgovern.
ment, and to build up aud extend the great.
ness OF our country,-afler having seen our
invaders coming upon US armed without re.
proof /: not with official permission, from the
contents of the Arsenals of the United States,
establishing a system Of of martial law over
life and property, regulated only by the urcon-
troHed VIII OF Vlndictive and irresponsible men
A system under which life was taken and prop.
erty destroyed the highways obstructed
travellers seized, searched and detained all !
the pursuits Of life paralyzed and the destruc-
ton and determination of whole senttlements |
threatened and evidently intended backed up |
by the sanction and authority of the Federal |
Officers, VINO pledge publicly the cooperation
of the President, and all based upon the fact
that man encouraged, perhaps aided, bv his
friends, had made his escape from an arrest on
a Constable's peace warrant-aiter having
thus seen our natural. and legal protectors
joining 10 the most atrocious measures of Cd |
esslon and wrong, it is no matter of sur. |
prise to see misrepresentation Of our position |
and our objects emanating from the same
source.
This is not the mode nor the time in which
to discuss the themes Of this message. Expect.
ing as have q right TO expect from the clear
ness of the exclusive title am prepared TO
show, that | shall enjoy seat and a voc on
the floor of the House, | am willing patiently
'to bde my time" AT the proper time and
place, however, pledge myself to meet and
expose The mis-statements of facts and the er.
rors of law logic which it contains. shall
show that there is nothing but cold cruelty and
Insult in The request OF an appropriation to pay
an army or a posse to prevent the people of
KaDzas from the commission of outrages and
treason. | will show that the movement for a
State Government is mis- stated as to the facts
its origin and progress, and that all we have
done in this direction has been under the sane
tion of the preeepts and examples of all the
great men of the country for the last fifty years
of the legislation Of Congress and the action
Of the Executive in repeated and well-consider-
ed cases, and of deliberate opinion of high
and distinguished Attorney. General of the U.
nited State, and which, as it is part of the ar
chives of the Executive Department, it is to be
regretted the Preldent did not consult before
the delivery of the Message, If is illegality
and ncipent treason for new State to be H
formed without an enabling act of Congress, |
will show that fourteen Senators of the United
States hold their seats, and seven States stand
in this Uoion by virtue of illegal and treasona-
bic proceedings-th Congress has sanctioned
revolution, Illegally and treason, again and a. I
gain, and that the rank and noxious weed has !
even hourished in the White House an the
Executive Department; and, having vind;cated
ny people, will also, with the utmost conf U
lence Of success, proceed to the minor and Sec Il
'ndary task of vindicting myself in such e
manner, trust, as to show the attack to have r
'een lll.advised and unfortunate.
AS to the discussion in the Message Of the
'oints involved in the contested seat, shall .
meet them when the case is heard, and as the a
House is the sole constitutional Judge of the :
qualifications of its own members, trust that d
he minds Of members may be kept open and i
until they shall hear the law and c
be facts of the ease, and that whether the lis e
usion by the Executive of some of tie points B
involved, has been made because they we're in +
idental TO another subject,or aimed and inten- t
d to PREJUDICE my claim, hope in either case Ii
hat be herd before decision. II
This hasty note has sweed to an unpremed- s
tated length. It's object is only to solicit c
rom the House and the public, suspension u
t judgement, as to the position aud action of n
'ur people-as to my right to a seat, and as to "
he carges against me in the Message, until I q
an be heard, v
Very respectfully, yours, A. H. REEDRR. q
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