New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-28
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The debate OF the resolution offered BY The Com
mttee Of Elections, to send fov persons and papers
in the Kansas contested election eaas #aa bgougtto
close yesterday The proposition Df Vie committee
was defeated lien Of substitute, proposed
by Mr.. Dunn Of Indiana, was adopted, providing for
The sending 81 a commission of tfrea members q tie
House--to be appointed by Tie Speaker ssiae sllas
proceed 10 Kansas and investigate the whole affair.
This committee is allowed the largest latitude IN s
action. They are required NOT only to assertahn all
the particulars Of the election At which Whitfield Was
chosen bnt Of every other election held III tte Terri
tory since is organization. Tley also required t6
report on the condition Of affairs In Kansas generally.
The substitute authorizes the committee To employ
clerks and sergeant arms, and appropriates ten
Thousand dollars ID defray the expenses Il grantg
leave Of absence from the House TO the memberacon
posing the c6nnittt lee. sgss3J95
Hhe Speaker has not yet appointed the eomIaitfee-
Dat Ne course put two Northern men on IL to-
ole Southern The public, therefore, will anticipate
Wnat WI be the charactero Of the report made. tt
VIII be full Of heesolism fanaticism and foIiY Is
Will be 90 made as 70 be uaed 3assa grand Abolition
document for aIE time to come ID win
be potent means of the flames III sectional
diseord in all portions Of the Union such are sore
of the disastrous efectso rs Pierce arr,aafnenf
of freesol Governor I'd tnas Terrisssg--and auet
are some of the consequence seshIting
from practical application og the glorious Iof
| trine of squatter sovereignty
En- passant, may state that VI aslibtfne III hIaiue
in speech on this Eansas question fta usSsg div.
charged that Gen. Pierce, after be found tha public
sentiment would force him to remove Reeder from the
GoVernorshp Of Kansas, had begged him To Yeaign,
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if he would do so-s sReeder refused 70 resign, aud
Pierce eventually had to turn him out When Wash
burne made This statement In tile House. several DEM
ocratic members Immediately asked him for his au-
thority for making it he said he made it on COM
mon report, having seen it charged and never denied
but If any friend Of the administration would declare
/ it to be unfounded, he would Withdraw it at once.
| Several friends Of the administration land who are
supposed to be confidential riends, tooHaVe address
ed the House since, but there has been reference
1 toit and no denial Of it whatever confess that
4 Washburnes authority in sueha matter. or indeed
in any matter, ia not yeryreliable but the public
will be very apt to entert the suspicion that there
is something in il, unless sorae notice ID takenof it.
The people Of the sonth generally believed that
Reeder was removed BY Pierce on account Of his
Freesoilsm !; but it ii d missak altogether mis-
take. If you will consult he letter Of reno8al writ
ter published IN the late report Of Judge Douglass
from the Committee Territories) you will see that
his removal is made the ground Of speeuations in
lands in Kansas. and Illegal with te half
breed Indians there, contrary our treaty stpula-
! tions with them The Washington Unios, the official
organ Of the also puts his removal
this ground and on no other. Those therefore, who
suppose that Gen. Pierce removed Reedeg becanse he
was feesoiler, out Of his tender regard for the
interests Of the South, labor under know
that it is ndustriousy sought to create such an i'm
PRESTON but there is not shadow Of foundation for
= it.. T$9s !35S5f
Information has reached here that the new govern
ment of the State of Kansas organized by the free
soers at Topeka, has gone into regular operation
The Legislature has even gone far to elect two
;. United States Senators Reeder being one ana mar
named Lane, the other. don't know how others
may regard it, but in my opinion this is clearly a..
act Of treason The partieipators IN it should
be arrested as traitors tried asTators and executed
traitors There never has been VET conviction Of
: treason in this Government but that Is no reason
there never should be- Democracy II rse it in it's
legitimate, not its party sense Ii beginning To
e run riot too much in this country. 1t il time il were
checked People should understand that our Democ-
racy is not that of the Athenians who assembled in
l. the market place and proclaimed their laws, but
Democracy guided and restrained by constitutional
limitations. When the power of the people is hncor-
trolled you will then have the tyranny Of Che people,
6 Between the tyranny of and 6fe tyranny Of
. many give me the former. had rather live under
an absolute monarchy than under pure Democracy.
with its necessary anarchy, eentousness and corrup
e ton. t5.5& sE@a 49,
lido not know that these bogus Senators viii have
the audacity even to apply for admission into the
j; Senate. If they do, suppose that body will not
even dignity them with consideration Of their pre-
tensions. The best thing that could be done would
be to instruct the SergeantatA Arms, when they make
their appearance, to give them vigorous hint pos
teror that their was more agreeable than their
!: company. a gstSs5S$&B& 9
district Of country, with not one-half the popu-
lation Of an ordinary county in one Of the States
sending Senators here and claiming to be admitted
y : as a State! What farce!
d The news Of the seizure of the property Of the
" Nicaragua Transit Company by Gen. Walker, TO
secure certain debts due his government has created
= considerable excitement both here and in New York.
. Cornelius Vanderbilt the President of the Company
y is said to- be in o terrible rage He has made two
is three trips here, for the purpose suppose OF
inducing government to interfere in the matter.
But it would be the best plan for Cornelius to keep
COOL and take things rs they come. Mr.. Clayton
SpeecH VII III
10 in the course of which he read letter from Wander
d. bt admitting that the Company was indebted TO the
X government Of Nicaragua, but asserting that the
amount ofiindebtedness was only seventeen thousand
dollars. have understood that the amount claimed
lg was considerably greater than that, but have
ut Of ascertaning the correct aspect Che
y Mr. Clayton also took occasion to sHgmatze Walker
10 in very severe terms pronouneug him q brgand
Il buccaneer and a pirate. Mr.. Weller Of California,
d gave notice that he should reply to Mr. Cayton'a
i specch-and that his opinion Of Gen Walker was
totally different from that entertained by the Senator
OF from Delaware. MIR. Weller has not yet made bis
Ut Speech and shall look for it with some interest,"
~ The truth is Mr.. Clayton il very much exercised
he about the construction placed upon his BuweE
nd treaty by the British Government He and Cen Cas-
y. have each made about half dozen waspeeehes and
look all the time as if they were in instant expec
nj aton Of hearing the booming Of hostile Mr
er Clayton suspect, is afraid that Walkers movements