The daily union., 1856-04-01

Mission If aour Territory shall derive no fruits from
the meeting Of the present legislature says the governor
athe responsibility rests not on the executive What
uits did he desire the Territory derive from the spn-
rioas egsatare The governor must have been
amsntatons over the loss OF the fruits which be expected
the Territory 10 gather from the action Of this legislature
Had he become uniformed In relation thereto when, on
18th Of August he addressed his last communication
TO TIE HosoRABLE THE hEMBEHs OF THE coussL AND
HOUSE. OF REPRESENTATIVES, on TINE TEanToRr OF KAssAs
notifying them Of big removal from the Office Of governor
cation which his last official act governor of the
Tsrror he repeated the opinion expressed in his message
o. the aist Of July shat was unable TO conyneo myself
Of the legality Of your session al s place. for the
then given" The reasons then given" were that the leg
slatnre was IN session at the wrong piaes-to Wit at
hs only which e 9 a
eying that the acts Of that legislature not valid
aud binding on the people Of Kansas Up 70 that period
eonquesi does not appear that Governor Reeder had
conceived the idea that the houses of the legs
ure had not been fairly and honestly elected by the lawful
that time susEroRnSD rslaoa y The conquest Of the
Territory hve months previous by an invading army
Had he never heard, during all that time that the rTerr
Missouri" that "Kansas had been subugated that he
inhabitants had been borne down by violence and ntim
dation that terror reigned in the Territory
not tell the horrible tale Of their multiplied wrongs In
fairness and justice TO Governor Reede bound
sa, during s Whole q nss period b bad
have taken prompt and energetic steps that the laws
were faithfully executedP Having remained aunnformed"
10 relation to the invasion for ave monhs after II is alleged
to have happsned it becomes important to know when.
how, from whom and upon what evidence he subsequently
learned the great fact that Kansas had been conquered
My colleague Mr.. TRUAsULLl says al. Nm t,ynr
"The great remains and not met BY the report that
the people Of Kansas have been conquered the
himsef once said and legislature has been impofsd
them BY violence" -, ,.,.... j.,
IT,. - q Il a.. ~. 4, Il IL. !
and relied upon prove this great acl How does he
know 1t? We have already that be did witness
that he has no personal knowledge upon the subject
that he heard Of for five months after happened
Who informed him Where Is the testimony upon which
his statement 10 founded? 1t not be found in the m
noty report II was not communicated to the Committee
on Territories 1t does not exist In any authentic form
In any form except the naked unsupported statement in
colleagues speech Hesays that this great fact remains
and Is not met BY the report Of the COMMITTEES on Terrific
res but the coutrar is sdemurred and thereby adj
mitted" Permit me to tell my colleague that this great
fact is met In the report md denied and disproved In
oontrovsrtby BY the public records and official acts and
messages OF the same governor whose vague and
supported allegation be ventures to make the charge
Governor Reeder cannot make such statement without
peach the public records of his official acts by
ing the existence of state Of facts of which be has
no personal knowledge and in regard to which he is d
mitted have remained aunnformed" for nearly fye
months after they alleged to have occurred This
satisfactory and unreliable statement which has been at
trbued to the governor for the purpose Of proving that
imposed upon them by violence receive additional
force credit In consequence OF having been endorsed by
my colleague, [Mr TaUnsuLL and the senator from New
Mr. SuMsHR and the author OF the minority report Mr.
CoLLAMER and the other champions Of the blackepnb-
party They have personal knowledge Of the facts
and have no moral right to manufacture testimony for po
htca purposes by endorsing unfounded statements the
truth Of which is dsproved by all the evidence before the
committee.
But sir, since the opposition have determined to rest
their whole case upon the assumption that Kansas
conquered and that Legislature forced the peo
pie BY violence desire follow the history Of the trans
action into the Legislature of the Territory and what
position each party there assumed and what proceedings
had. Immediately after the organization Of the two
luton adopted by the house Of represeu author
izing person who desired TO do contest the right
Of any member holding seat in that body upon giving
tce 10 the sitting member This resolution direct in
vaton all men who believed that Kansas had been CON-
quered that there had been fraud and vioencs In the
elections or that the result had been controlled by illegal
votes TO come forward and state the facts and prove their
allegations. ,to.
II were true as alleged in the minority report that
the people had been inmidaed and deferred from filing
protests and making proof TO the governor on the bh Of
April would suppose that Sufficient time had espsed
TO enable them to fom their fright and induce
them 10 appear before the legislature and vindca their
rights. That they were not deferred from appearing by
approximations Of personal violence apparent from the
fact that the seats Of several members contested
committee appointed testimony received and two reports
made to the signed by four and the other by
one member Of the committee The majority report says
that "HAyne HEARD AND EXAMINED ALL THE EVIDENCE
TOUCHING TINE hATTER OF souiny BsroRE rHEn they find
that the seats OF fifteen OF the members who
present remain uncontesed person appearing deny
question the fairness Of their elections the regulsr
~ and truthfuness Of the returns Hence these fifteen
representatives permitted TO retain their seats BY
consent Of the ffeeoil members who
then held seas n the house interpreting any objection 10
any OF these fifteen members" Thus IL appears from
the official records and journals that II universally
conceded a that time by Of all parties that majority
Of the members of the Legislature had been fairly and duly
elected by the legal voters Of the Territory That majority
thus elected constituted legal quorum Of both houses
cordug TO the organic OF Territory
that there was any petence at that time that mad
been conquered and that legislature had been imposed
on the people by violence The contest confined 10
the disputed dstricts both parties admitting and
concedng that the elections and returns had been fairly
and legally beld and regularly made In the other eleven
districs The freesoil members OF the Legislature
tended that Governor Reeder had decided fairly and
rectly when he awarded the bh Of April certificates
70 the seventeen members whom be adudged 10 have been
duly elected and set aside the returns aud ordered
goUanors deeson was FINAL AND ooscusyS IN respect 10
tie ryh Of svsy member holding his certificate TO RETAIN
ms sKAT
The minority report Of the committee on credentials in
the Legislature argued at length TO prove that the egsa
ture could not 60 behind the governors certificate and In
q.ire into The fairness and legality q the election, OF
whether there had been previous election, any other
matter or thing which would invadate the right OF the
sitting member under the governors certificate When
the house overruled this position snd vacaed the
those members who claimed under second election held
the Gath Of May, -four Of em sigued protest against
the decision and had Il spread on the Journal In that
protest they did pretend that the legislature was spu
lous body imposed the people o Kansas BY violence
they did pretend that outside OF the disputed
dsric any members had been elected by Illegal yotes