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INSIST that such n view, and such u dlso5c-
Hence was, and would be, no treason, no
,aging wal against the United States.
| come now, Mr.. President, to examine the
report. ! cannot take time to 60
trough it with particularly mall its parts.
,ut desire to view n few of its leading
features. In the first place, | wish to inquire
rs to the character which it presents in re-
rard to the invasion. ! venture to say there
is no man on earth who would take this re-
port and read it carefully, who could ever
dream that there ever was such II thing III
existence. 1t is confessed by the Senator
from iii inois on the floor but in the report
is confessed or intimatcd. There is
such a thing as insinuation. | know-that is
not exactly suppression. By insinuation, |
mean the intimating of that which truth
will not permit us to assert, or cvading that
which truth will not permit us to deny. The
invasion is not denied in the majority report,
nor is it asserted there. 1t is cast entirely
in the shade. 1t says that there have been
false stories told in Missouri.
Mr.. Douglas. Will the Senator allow me
to interrupt him for q moment
Mr.. Collamer. Certainly, sir.
Mr.. Douglas. The Senator has remarked
that it has been several times admitted on
the floor that seven districts were carried by
invasion. | beg leave to state to him that no
such thing is admitted. My position was
that nobody there at the time ever pretended
that there was an invasion except in seven
districts. That there was one at all, was the
point IN dispute.
Mr.. Collamer. The speech will speak for
itself.
MIR. Douglas. OF course but | wish to
have it fairly stated.
Mr.. Collainer. To confne it to seven dis
tu;,1, 80, o. ,,Lna,1oJpo tb,t - axtonIoI tn
seven. That is n proposition which is capa-
BILE of being understood without an argument.
| suppose that an invasion could not be con
fined to a place to which it never extended
What does the report Of the majority say in
relation to it:
Exaggerated accounts of the large number Of
emigrants on their way under the auspices of the
%cmigrant aid companies with a view of controlling
the election for members OF the Territorial Legls-
lature. which was to take place on the 30th of March,
1855, were published aud circulated. These accounts
we're republished and believed in Missouri, where
the excitement had already been infamed to n fear
full intensity Y, induced a corresponding effort to send
Mt len, It an equal number to counteract the appre-
hended result of this new importation. Your COM
mittee have not been able to obtain definite and sat
isfa ctory information in regard to the alleged irrcg-
ularitie. in conducting the election, and the number
Of Illegal votes on the 30th of March; but from the
most reliable sources Of information accessible to
your committee, including various papers, docu-
ment, and statements, kindly furnished by Messrs.
Whitfield and Reeder, rival claimants for the Dele
gates seat in Congress for Kansas Territory, it
would seem that the facts are substantially as fol-
lows"
What facts follow 1t goes on to state that
u proclamation was issued by the Governor
that he set aside the returns in seven districts
and issued orders for another election, which
was held. 1t states that the Assembly met
OH the I'd Of July at the place fixed by the
Governors, that they appointed Il Joint com
mittee to wait on the Governor; that he re.
ccived them and sent his message in due form,
and then.
,e,r ,'o or mrS No. ~ % 9 ,ho Iiou "r" oslo,ai a. !,
following resolution was adopted;
''.Roslired. That all persons who may desire t,
contest the seats of any persons now holding ccrtif
Gates of election as members of this House, may pre-
sent tne'r protest. 10 thg committee on Credentials
hnI ina' smcb cor,iG ca,ns -" w sNe" Wv p''S0"
,n,
Ihat was on the "a oil July, the hrst day o
the session. nut on the atm OF July the legs
lative committee made their report, saying
that as to iliteen seats there was no contest
ana as 10 the others, they took the statute 10
their guide think the expression Is tina
they considered 1t the polar star-and the.
decided that the second election, which tn
Governor ordered, was of no consequence; an
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