The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-27

tat the city 10 fall q rumos tsat your Eisnd Coone
Lane, irteuoec to challenge me. w.iter
20 the teyolntionar movents In Kansas and hostile
% nJssii not on announced the sact three OF
car eryE arc, but actually fxed ths ii me waen your
friend int.ndsd End the hostile message The obi Ct
fy.ur hi.nd In causing his Intentions be mate
Tbs werd a06 published In the newspapers is for
70 - p.sn When he ard every must have kn0
'Sat Tbs effect would inevitably be to both parties
arrested ,he moment he succeeded in making the pub 10
beievs that be intenfed to invite hostile meeting
In We NTitnai Inhgeneer, Of this morning find .
oaaen pahhbeo By your frisrJ in which he attempts
city be wes us upcr point In reference vhi h he
s1nit soo sHrrstvsy asserts the truth of my state
sAAeow OF ,u,hority for nakra any such ste smsnt .
tavrg selected h;s tc5uD al removed his eompai
r6ds hao deo sred b. oud bring it, and appealed
sc he pubic through tha columna OF the ssspaper
hs y e. ss'fy to tossSTts in That ,s forum
are the bearer ard IN which You designated .s hi.
ndsy las. the United States senate on the faudu
hit memorial of shs spurious Legislature Of Kansas
MAKES the following request of me- respe ,uy ask
for iuch sxplsr Of your Language upon that &C.
css'on as viii remtve eli inpntation upon the ineg
,s ~ 'ss'n o. motives IN ''nns'a with that m'
The csas'na a,sgned for calling upon v:ndioa.e
tine integrity Of his action snd motives in cnnnexion
vi thst memorial are that /" on Thursday OF that
~ssk (e week previous to the debate OF whcn be now
con pszs) that memorial. the subject Of severe
grave cbssacter were preferred against me-" (your
Isesd Col hoe Is not pretended tha' made those
bate shows that on Thursday Of that week less
'hsn three or four Senators did denounce that memorial
.h an i'm, uesnt forgery attempted to be psmsd Of
he venarsbe Sena.o- from Michigan" ss ia paper
which bas reached the Senate through fraud which
has BEEN and
o'her deLurcisucns of like character. all tenoing
stamp the memorial With fraud ard forgery. did not
rtpe! them on The other for the reason tha while
et,oIs suspicion. and ndeed, raise the presumption
hat they were true, yet the crcums ances were not
spco a. 70 render II my DUTY to do more than to re.e
so followed tie lead of the ustrious Senstcr from
Michigan who the memorial under the impress
neas 70 vote for his motion to print of
ely TO him. 20 lrg 1t invcvea other considerA
would cost But when it's reception and p,in ing be-
come tbe test Of principle which was to recognise sld
nouncsd m, purpos. to vote sgans it for that reason
Sutrequer ty such disclosures made to create
doubts in the pd Gen Cass in respect to tn. autben
cfty OF the aper, ard he ae- interview With Col
Iaoe from whom he had received it, ths following
to the Senate and votes for the resolu
no al Was received and referred an1 therefore Withdrew
it Gen. Casa said
TV y
ne senae that not eatsfed that this paper Is
sIsS or & as
tie SeraiOr t-f VLfiD1Q.
After the 'ner o:is had been denounced by several
se1atcrh o. fraud and forgery, and after General
Car. had thus acncunced lis purpose vote for its
I'M he ,,s nat ,,5 ~ CI s. M M "n% ,h %
jtc and he sdded:-
B s HI me- tad IL b, s s.t e. % T.
s IA. ks hs s The n doe
Cd y y The nsmtea O. ,be pIoysios Lesasture
.sted to e hes,ratie senator from Michen ard suppose
subets n,al respec different
NJ Sc wad aHo further ead that .sthis sta.emen, Is
cue TO him end tti Statement is ali that Eeed soy in
justice tc n;ieK"
In .erly to NJ. Seward Senator arcss and paa:-
l.6ht m PretIean ths eaba,e WI no. be without its ID
uh q ibis -y butt sssn sscasey whsrs
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ss;.. sessss Ks.sss xhS claim . Ss ths ssn.Or:
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toraery ard Is1da ery done 10 The bands Of the
sso
The who brought The here s Whist he 70
asss
.s,s nasin ,hs Known 1y ise company fs.os
company il known BY the man who be p thsu.'
After fursfer citcuseion cf similar cnasacter the
the sf native to three in the naga i've by which the
er6ers to refer the fraudulent paper to the ttes
then withdrawn BY General Cass and retucned to
Co'osel Lale
lhave thus minute in tracing the outline of the
debate which occurred the hrst presentation Of his
ufDt memorial In order to how tha4 took part
In the discussion which questioned the authenticity Of
the paper TIE condrct of Colonel Lane in connection
withr Yet 1t will be observed that in the letter which
ytu bore from Cooaei Lsue to It is stated, Is the
fret cause Of grievance that g on Thursday Of tba.
week that memorial the subject of Criticism
sDd In cotton With charges Of mcss charas
We bsve saen wnat those charges we're Tney were no
hes hsn tia. OF frauo and forgery These charges were
ssnooa Y
vote ef 80 t in ths adoption sf Mr. hssons resoIu
tion Your frisd. Colonel Lane, rested under those
charges until he lext week, when he attemp ed
10 exculpAte himself, not by calling the SenA-
,ors WHO made the charges for an explanation, but
the original mcIia made part Of It, praying that
the p,e,tndeo copy, watch had been rejected The
G mparon between ,6s two with New enabling he
senate determine whether the which the Senate
y ns
which hsd been Inved by Colonel LSne in his petition,
sbd to the Senate the result Of my invs tigatcr
found tba while ta rejected copy pur ported to be
t.entiss'ed BY tt taaitu;es (a Ia baadw iine)
are, tbs original, f,m which 1t pretended tc have
been copied, hao 10 signature at sn Ltached 10 IL and
aetlen,eaaop whatever except an eyssi,e sfidavt
taken that oay before Judge Mclean. aso found tbs
tbe r.t three pege Of the original cnt'rey sup
pressed IN the copy also found many other
aerfa onisscns and many inter soan
and alterations ru ming ali through tae. pAper,
changing its whole character, not only in form,
but IL substance and principle ! opposed these
tnrge TO 'he Senate IN psia ana unnesursd terms
ii was riaA ard duty to do. did nct 60 out Of my
wsy to cfircinsss escu pate any oncA dealt wxn
tie frsuduleat paper before in the line of
ny duty, Srd s he authors OF the inl1iy es pyr
their own course showed that tho original memo
Iia which is alleged adopted IL the spnrlons le
gsature tf KsSsss based the fundamental ides
pr.ncipa that CoDgtes had powr estaoIsh 60
verpn tor the Terito-fes that to Kansas Nabrefa
act unconstitutional aud void fos that reason that
the pe pie of the Territories osed allegiance to the
govers arts which had been houM be estsbshed oy
esassp the Territories; and hs1cs they lad ir
bftn, tight to tate the f'eps With they had tak TO
,yertbrow beTeY'itcria government without the
nt ard 10 d6srce auth o-ity Congress. nlso
Shaved that In the pretenced cory ell this bad been emp
parties by The reports Of the npjory and Minority OF