The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-04-23

wkep on the 10th of August, he address
scdshis lastseoanuanieation aTeTuE HON.
oaABfE riiE MNEMBERs OF TIE CoUNciL
ASpsHaisE. eg- REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
TERRITORY or Kansas notifying them of
his r6fn5sAR from The office of Governor
by the President of the United States?
In that communication, Which was his
last AofftiaI ncfhs Goycrner of the Ter
ritoirsy. ke ~reoScafhed the opinion expressed
in hhs messase of the Est of Jaly. ethat |
h WAS m,iabie to convince myself of the
legality Of soar session at this place, for
tAe rcasons then riven.r The areasens
then igirSuss were that the Legislature was
inasesao9atcthet acs.o,ag phaceAto wit: at
ShawnAc MssieniHsteaa Of Pawnee CITY.
Ftiesu Rwero the only reasons which he
ever assigned for believing that The acts
ofathatsl l5c gislatures were pot valid and
hindingaeHlthepeonle of Kansas. Unto
that apsriaa loIi tirneAwhich was nearly !
fiyefimonths after The alleged conquestAit
docs net Appear that Governor Reeds
hui evsr.ebaceived the idea that the two
Heusexsdflt she Legislature had not been
faslyhuadshaaesfly elected by the lawful
vottrsoaud sactuaa inhabitants of the Ter
ritory. sdlvas heat this time ssuNfNroR.I-
Eps,;hs iaelation to the onqnes of the
Tsrritory fiveaa ontis presiousby an insad-
ing rarmyxf ssIIad he never heard, during
all. otisathtimc, that the 9 Territory had
Deed Sosersua by large bodies of armed
lmena froma Miss6ari;,t that AKansas had
,l,ee0 Sihiuasted .aia hat .sahe inhabitants
! had lseessi borne down by violence and
intimiiatioG''s that terror reigned every
where N stire T~epritory; and thatsthe peo-
pieiwereso much alarmed that they dare
not tell the horrible tale of their multi
psiediwvoags? Ia fairness and justice to
tfosepnor Reeder, eve are bound to be-
liepcztisa6 during the whole of that period
hsshad shevsru heard ). whisper of any Of
.thescSahiags Otherwise he would have
t~uasontpromp and energetic steps .sto see
that the lawssewere faithfully executedP'
Hhringsremased .nninformed in rela-
sticatto tlte insasioa for five months after
itas alleged toa have happeneds it becomes
iuipoutaatto know when, how, from whom,
and aroaswhat evidence, he subsequently
leaEaed ithe great fact that Kansas had
beenai conauereds4 NY colleague Mr.
TRtNsgLI]Fsays: aaf ss )
-st9hgeg feassofacts remains, and is not
mctabyF sae report. that the people of
Khnsas. have been conquered, as the Gov.
error tkimsef once said, and a Legisla-
ture7 kRssbeeh imposed On them by vio-
lencessxo5 al
dFmss wsafAd that the Governor is the
aushaxitya cited and relied upen to prove
: tlEzssyreat feet. How does he know it?
xuesrhaTe already seen that he did not
<aitness sits that he has no nerseual kpowl-
upoa7 the subject; that he never
skaad of 10 faeiise months after it hap
sspenca > saWaso Informed him /? Where is
stle.sestiAaoby apeu which his statement is
f,unaeds IL IL not to be found in the
minority report. It was not commune
Gated to- the Cemmittee Oh Territories.
It doesspot exist in any authentic form or
in anyform except the naked. unsupported
Statement IN NV colleaone,s sneeeb. He
savs.thati this srreat faet remains and is
notumet hy the reports of the Committee
ON Yerrftories. but, on the contrary, is
.deshurred tte,aand thereby admitted,
Permit. me ,to,tell NV colleague that this
prpat. Fact Is. nat in thu, report and denied
md, d;snroved ;ueontroyertibly hv the
poblies records and official nets and mes
saaes.af fine came Governor mon whose
vav,,e and -,nsrn,ortad ALLEGATION. he now
vcntaresg 10 mako. the charge. Governor
Reeder- eannot make such n statement
wifhaut .stultifyinr hlmselfl He is not a
c-ouareteut witness, 10 impeach the public
records of his Own official acts by aver
ring dtkc sexistenee of a state of facts of
which he has no personal knowledge, and
in degard to- which hcsis admitted to have
.remaineal ".uainformedn for nearly five
manthssafter they are alleged to have oc-
CURED This unsatisfactory and urreli-
ablesfatemeat, which has been attributed
toythe Hoyernor for the purpose of prov
ing TINT Hsthe people of Kansas were on
squered, ''and e a Legislature imposedupon
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