Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-04-29

Which thi. is the substance and text signed by all the
members of the provisional legislature OF kasaS' ana
that is true copy Of that paper, n. ne hau oe'Gr
stated 10 the honorable senator from Michigan, ana
suppose the original is within his reneh and available
THIS is in no substantial respect different.
Mr.. Seward also further said that this staseinent
is due to him. and this statement ID a.! thai heed say
in Justice IL myself .
In reply 10 Mr.. Seward senator arose and sand:
IL think, Mr.. President, this debate will not Do
without ii, ndvamta I" the country Wenra begin
ming to get at the truth ot s matter slowly, Out
it would seen securely
"Where do WE stand a paper has been presented
here, paned upon the senator from Michigan, pur-
porting Ia be Is memorial from certain persons in
Kansas who claim Ia be the senators and representa-
tivcs IF the Stale of Kansas. Ii Is que,tiuned its
thentcity is dIubted il is denounced forgery and
a fraud. We legrn nav that il reached tho huuura.
BILE senator from Michigan al the hand of one who is
sent here H. Il sruHGur from Kansas. We learn from
the senator from New York that that paper thus de-
n0unced on this floor forgery. and fruudulemt!y
done, came tn the hands of The senator from Michi
gan by one of those who is sent here rs sena-
:or for the pS"udo Su- "f kasas ani yet there is M
man whom have heard who undertakes 10 vndi-
cate him. There is 10 gentleman who stands on this
ti0nr u z says TINT he who brought the paper
here 10 what he claims Ia bean honorable mau-and
that he brought laIr and iiris paper. do not un.
dersiani the senator from New York To do that
Where are the gentlemen who claim To be here speak
ing Tor the oppressed people Of Kansas Sir,
company Ii. keeps. If it hes true That the n;n il
known by the company he keeps, the company is
known by Tie man who he p~ them
Alter further discussion OF similar character, the
resolution at Mr.. Mnsun was adopted by vote OF
81 in the affirmative To 3 in the negative, by which
the ordrs 10 refer the Fraudulent piper the Com.
mIters ~ Territories and Printing were rcscinded
AMI tn" naprr was then Withdrawn by Gen. Cass and
returned 10 Col. Lane.
| have been thus minute in tracing the outline Of
l. Inn AZ
THIS fraudulent memorial III order 10 show that took
no part IN the discussion which questioned the au.
thentlcy Of the paper or the conduct at Col Lane in
counexiun with it. Yet it will be observed tIIut i'm
the letter which you bore from Colonel Lane to me-
II il stated the first cause of grirv vance, that ION
Thursday ut thut wcc: that memorial was the subject
Of severe criticism and in cunnrxun with il charges
OF most grave character are preferred uyuust me
lCu!unel Lane.
We have seen what those charges were: They
We're no less than that Of FRAUD and FORGERY -
These charges We're made and repeated by several
senators III the course OF that debate and received
the sanction IL the Senate By vote ui - 10 in the
adoption Of Mr. Masnn's resolution. Your friend
Cu Lane, rested under these charges until the next
week. "hcn he attempted to excupa,c himself, not
10y chnS on the senators who made the clIGrg-s for
cXpianatI"n but by presenting petition signed by
himself, with the original memorial made Il part III H.
praying ihHt the pretended copy, which had been re-
Jece'l Oh tn" previous Thursday NIGH; also be re.
ceINcu, ana inviting comparison between the two,
WIN III Inc SENATE Ia ucfe' Wc
ther the one which the Senate had rejected II
copy or forgery. As the chairman ui the commit
tee having charge "l territorial affairs il bccanc
appropriate duty 10 institute The comparison which
had been invited by Colonel Lane in h4 petition and
In give the Senate the result OF nv Investigations
found that while the rejected copy purportcd To b..
authenticated by the signatures tail in one hand
wrtnsl at the members ot both huuSe. of ;ha, spu-
rIous Legislature the original from which it was pre-
tended 10 have been copied, had no signatures AZ
f,D II. tl,uf Iut.,
except M eTa-ivc affidavit taken that ,lay before
Judge Mclean. also found that the first three pan of
the original were entirely suppressed in ia. pretended
copy. also found many other material uniSsiuls
and suppfessI"ns, many nterpoa;in. and alterations
running al through the pupcr, and changing its
whole character not only in form, but in substance
AMI principle exposed these things 10 the Senate
IN PLAIN and uilInca,ured terms. it ny right
and duty 10 do. | did not 20 out Of my way 10 cri.
inmate or exculpate any dealt with the fraud
ulent paper rs II came before III the line Of my
duty, and ct the authors Of the in;Iuy free pursue
their OWE Course showed that The original memo
rial which ii IS alleged adopted BY the spurious
legislature of KANSAS w:s based the Fundamental
idea or principle tia; Congress hal power esab
lish governments for the Territories that the Kan.
sas cDfaska act was unconstitutional and void for
that Robson; that the people Of the Territories owed
no nllcgiance n the governments which had been or
should b- established by Congress in the Terrforu,
and Hence they had MI Inherent RIGHT to take the
steps which they a,l taken 10 overthrow the terri
o. the authority vi Congress. | also showed that
in the pretended copy all this had been suppressed
since the -sue WIS made up between the is" parties
by the reports nf the minority and minority of The
Committee on Territories, and III lieu "i II had been
Inserted nm hu.nl. pe,,tou To- Congress recognising
its nuti or ~ nuI pruynr for lis iu;rrpustinn. Ia
short | showed and proved by comparison of the
two paprrs that the prre nded copy wa Il copy IN
any s,.se at the wud-tiat |; Wa spurious, FRAUD
u!ent paper in other words, thar 1t WIS bn-r ami
inpuiri, forgery. NJ s.nrtur did no man IN or out
oC th, S..uu,. q m y,mrse th, u,r,.r from mi. iu-
condemnation. The sever,st iuI.in.n, which, bra,
upuurrl on ;his rr.u.arri,u !. cnuiur.d in rh. fol-
yang extract. from nv su,.h wt,.l n,w r.p.s,
"a the uny xp,uu,iou h,v. f., ,nYkr ri the narr.r.
to which they refer:
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