Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-12-04
[1he HOUSE 81 Representatires

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While all Is peace and quiet in Kansas, and
The people are beg inning rapidly TO fecoser
ffora The panic md vxcileueat Which have SO
seriously retarded the settlement 0 ( this beau
ufu Territory. The Black Repabficant.ems.
gogues in-the Iionse OF Representative, doubt
less disgnstel with these peaeenble indica.
tons, ore striving 10 reopen the discussion aud
agitation IN Congress, by a procedure which
is The rnost indcfeGsIble OF any oftbe measures
they have yet adopted 10 disturb and disgust
The country. The facts are these: Whitfield,
OF the last session Of Congress, presented his
credentials ofeleetlon as Delegate from Kan
sas, wos received and sworn in. Reeder next
petitioned ihalW hiifeld be displaced, and he
be declared thetrue delegate. TIL objection
to Whitfield was, HAT at his election there
were great Gepds and yiolences, large num-
befs of M~issourinus voting Reeder was cleo
ted at an election oI1efsd by what YVES called
the Topeka Convention, a body Informally
called without nuthctry Of law, and which was
by heiT own committee an usur-
ipation. lnYihis slate oil The facts HE House
atriyed Of The pretty Just aud reasonable con,
l%cldsion 10 declare The seat vacant, and send
lhe contestants back TO Kansas 10 have o free
and fair election, The gteatmaiafity OF ibe
BLACK Republicans, however, voted to give
Reeder The seat, though he. wafIclected with
out any authority Of law, only The members Of
10 particular political party yoliug for him.
a new election was held. II was ordered
by The Governor, who was legally appointed
by the President, and Whitfield received sll
he woes, The Black Republicans refusing 10
vote.
NJ. %hil6ed presents himself before he
House Mhh his certificate, and is rejectsd,R an
the ground that The Legislature Of Kansas was
anfliegal one, and passed very outrageous end
Infamous laws. There is no one else claiming
the seat; there is no petition contesting his
rights; but because theie we're yiolences OF
the election Of JaembeT; OF the Legislature held
Two Yeas ago, aud said Legislature passed vi
lolent and saneuiaa.y. laws against Abolition.
ISIS, therefore WhAfsld shsl u not have his seat;
Kansas shnil be lett without n representative
an CongfesS, and NE people iii lie Territory
without o government.
. Their own committee last year declared thst
the Topeka government was illegal aud had
no actual existence. They now propose TO ie.
pudiaIe. the only government IN existence
there, and 10 restore tile Territory 10 sna:ehy;
aud this, teo, Just as the settlers are having
their claims confirmed, as property is adyan-
cling with unprecedented gpidiiy, money and
endgranis pouring into the countryj and when
The Free tSate settlers are enltea,ing their
Friends in The Slaats TO leave them alone. and
they will control The destiny and Institutions
Of tie Territory ardts!ate. gu "A
1t is impossible TO believe that the men who
have feopenel this agitation, who have voted
in favor OF The INFECTION CT Whitfield, me in
~luenced by honest motives. They are reck-
less demagoguesi and ince adisries, who, in
their sohemesof dssunioa and agitation, have
40 regard for law truth OF decency, 1t is a
comTor,to think hat in a very few weeks,
!ns country will be rid OF the occidental ma.
JofNy they how have in The House OF Repre-.
sentaiiyes.-Gfn LAG.