Kansas weekly herald., 1854-11-24

'scitizens of Kansas, Should take for gram
ted that you areeinfalliabls5 adoptsyour con.
clusions, and consider 81 unnecessary to
judge for myselfs Doubtless this would
save vast deal of trouble and iif i could
take your inEalli libifty for ofgranted. iits would
leave me little todo, but 10 register your,
DEGREES. That.however is not nv mode OF
doing business and although seek the o.
pinions and suggestions of others, / prefer
to judge for myself. There is another very
singular aspect Of shisETeason-D of yoins.a
Without inquiring of me what / intended to
do in relation to an election of members
pfths LegkatqFeE spq hftfast 6aBhe atteH.
ton BY assembling meeting and after a
speech appfop the the
meetings a,cosnniEtes Is. formally Y appointed
TO prepare a grave and dipionaatia aae1flor-
ial 10 quicken me in the perIoaha MY
official duty, and When you have made the
affair thus public, precise and Ieeremonious,
as far as it is calculated to cast dedhsttret Oh
8sg u1dFgeiinent and fidelity, yoai Hodestly
insist, thai, al the residue ofltlhe precee eedngs
shall eas informal as yoas cheoseto make
them, and that whilst you by yoaf actions
are eenspringg f,ss, I shall be required II the
same trans ION, to to1recognlseoyou as men
who cannot possibly efr.tin motive sora1ah
judgement These fulesio of logic and equi-
Ity,4 have meyer learned ). and think gen
tlemen thatto You belongs the merit OF their
discovery. r. - 81 'a1ia.> 70 szfoh -jit9i
Y6dif5 reasons being thus disposed off al
low lie telrepeat, you come to me, as the
hagent OF others, who you aledge are citizens
| OF Kansas, and therefore entitled toa reply.
{ ask fora coPy4of the proceedings in order;
that.I may be satisfied asitadhat fact. You
PerelnPteriiyrefnse to give eEthem. By all
the rules of common sense, common .cour-
tesy and common Justice, / would be justi-
fled in refusing to notice your eommunica-
ton, as had once resolved 10 do.o 1 have
however changed my mind and will proceed
to state some iaets within the knowledge
oflthe whole. public in this vicinity VINO
will decide between US if we disagreeo and
which I should have. proven almost entire
ly by your own evidence, had you not from
the pinching exigencies of the case, been
compelled to refuse. copy of the proceed !
ings. :" .''h % ,..gf
81 The meeting aUas not Of the sscitizens Of
Kansas" as your. proceedings will show; if:
you will produce themr 1t was a meeting.
composed mainly Of citizens of Missouri );
and a few Of the citizens of Kansas. Your
own body whom ain now addressing con-
tains two undoubted residents of Missouri,
one of whom is your chairman, who resides
with his family in the town of Liberty, NO, >
as he has done for years, and whose only
attempt ar a residence in Kansas, consists of
a card nailed to tree, upon ground long
since occupied by other settlers, who have
built and liyeu pon the claim. The President
your meeting was Maj. John Dougherty,
a resident and large land holder in Clay
County, Missouri, as he has stated to ne
since the meeting, and will not hesitate to.
state again; and as he is high minded and
honorable man above all concealnent or
disguise. The gentlemen principally com
posing your meeting came from across the
river, thronging thagDad from the Ferry to-
the town, on horseback and in wagons, in;
numbers variously estimated by different
persons at from 200 to 800; and after the
meeting was over they returned to their
homes in the State of Missouri. These are
facts as notorious here as any public occur
ance can be, and every man who Lad eyes
to see and ears to hear, is cognisan to- them.
They were the subject of much remark
and the cause of deep dissatisfaction, and
even on the ground in the meeting and in
reply to the speech of your chairman, who
was chef spokesman of the occasion, this
invasion of our Territory was loudly COM
planned of by some of the outnulnbered cit
liens of Kansas and has frequently since
been made the subject of indignant COM
plant to me- Such is the meeting from
which you derive authority, and such the
title by which you assume to interfere In
the regulation of our affairs Few men
with ali the facts before them, would be
hardy enough to say, that the assumption
is entitled TO any respect. The Law guar
rantees to us the right to manage our own
affairs. 1t is the great-nuch discussed
feature of cur Territorial Government, and /
0ne which our people highly prize-under |
the pledges OF which the inhabitants of the
Territory have come and staked tlheir future
fortunes on our own soil. d5 rfT56- = Il. =. |
The pledges of that Law must be redeem
ed, and it were q poor and pitiless boon to |
nave escaped from the, domination Of Con-
sress, if we are only to pass under the hands |
Of another set Of self constituted rulers, for
eign to our soil and sharing none of our
2urdens, no matter what may be their vir-
ues or their worth as men and citizens at |
losne. Itmay be very desirable for gen. /
lemen to live among the comforts ,.of the
states, with all the accumulated conyenien- i
,es and Injuries of anlold home, and make /
md occasional expidiiition into our Territory,
o arrange our afiairs-instruet our people 7
md public officers, and eontrcl our Gov
but it does not suit sssss, and I /
much mistake the people Of this Territory, /
+ they submitto it. nethingI am certain /
,f. that having sworn to perform the duties
If the Office Of Governor with fidelity, shall i