Squatter sovereign., 1856-06-10
Kansas Investigating Committee.

| a more stupendoHs fraud and outrage,
was never attempted TO be perpetrated
upon any people on earth, than that con-
templated by the Black Republicans, in
sending this Inquisatorial Committee to
Kansas and two men more willing to
lend themselves as the tools of base and
traitorous set of fanatics, could not have
been found in all that wretched crew OF
corrupt and unprincipled men composing
the party, than Messrs. Howard and Sher-
man. Since their landing in the Terrific
| y, they have shown themselves be moth :
ng bm instruments in the hands of Rec
der, to aid in manufacturing matter TO be
used in the coming Presidential campaign,
and to cast odium upon the pro-slavery
party in this Territory. Until the difficult
ties which led to the destruction of the
Free State Hotel in Lawrence, they had
confined their investigations entirely 10
| such matters as Reeder ordered, and IN
such localities as no pro-slavery man could
go to, without subjecting himself to insult,
and probably, assassination. This state of
things continued till Reeder's conduct, or
rather misconduct, rendered his further
stay in the Territory, uncomfortable, and
but for the recklessness of some of the
abolitionists, this Committee would, in all
probability, have expended the entire ap-
propriation-S7, 600, of which they had
already expended-without hearing any
testimony from the pro-slavery party
The troubles in Lawrence, which, by the
way, Howard and Sherman are greatly
chargeable for, rendered it necessary for
them to leave, and at last they arrived in
Leavenwofth City, where pro-slayery men
could goy and where they did go-then
the scene began to change, and these men
who had been Hectoring" elsewhere,
found out that there were tuo sides to this
matter. Like two hired Attorneys-as
they were afterwards proved to bc-fnd-
ing the evidence not favorable to their
client, they commenced to object 10 the
testimony, and being the Court as we'll as
the Attorneys, ruled as inadmissable,
much of the most important evidence in
troduced by us, which we had to introduce
under protest; but all honor to the man
who Invented "pen writing; we had
obtained some of Reeder's correspondence,
and that, in connection with the other tes-
timony introduced by US, not only sustain
ed our charges against Reeder and the
abolition party East, but proved these men,
Howard and Sherman, mere tools of
Reeder and the Black Republicans, to do
their dirty work; but proved further that
they were anxious to conceal and 10 dis
credit testimony introduced by us, when
they were in possession of facts to estab-
iish the truth Of it-this last was proven
by the testimony Of one Of their own
party. When these facts were all elected,
we really felt great sympathy for the poor
creatmes-they looked as though they
had been convicted of robbing chicken
roost old Howard fairly let down, while
Sherman tried to hold oat a little longer,
Sut It all would not do, and before we left
tie invc stigation showed the abolition
party to be just what we have always
charged them to be, a pitiful factious mi
nority in the Territory, guilty Of every
charge they have ever preferred against
us, and responsible for all the difficulties
which have occurred since the organiza-
ton of the Territorial Government.
Reeder's letters and other matters con-
nected with this Investigation, will be pub
lished i'll due time.
Our readers may rest assured that we
have lost nothing by this Committees la
bors, the efforts Of AIes>rs. Howard and
Sherman to the contrary, notwithstanding