Washington sentinel., 1854-06-21

guarded against may be suppressed by the full
use OF all the remedies provided by Congress.
/ have the honor to be your ob't servt,
i C. CUSHING.
/ Hon. R. McCLELLAND,
Secretary of the Interior.
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i lCorrespondence Of the (do) Republican,
SeItiement or Nebraska and Kansas strong
Resolutions - what the Ab0Iitionists NAV
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INDEPENDENCE, June 5, 1854.
GENTLEMEN: send you, in advance Of the
newspapers, in which they will be published,
the resolutions adopted at two public meetings,
one held at Westport, in this county, on Satur-
day, 90 Instant, the other at this place yester-
day. Both were well attended, and that held
mere was very full. So far as the main objects
OF the resolutions are concerned, there appears
TO be but one sentiment in this community, and
belieye the same may be said Of our whole
western border You will not fail to perceive
however, from the tenor of one or two of the
resolutions, and still more clearly from the
whole proceedings when they reach you, that
party politics have sought a place in them.
Though the name Of Colonel Benton is not
mentioned, still the praise SO lavishly bestowed
upon his enemies, is more than silent censure
OF himselt and very clearly indicates the quar-
M aer In which the movement had its inception.
lhose who wish well to the cause, and desire
70 . see nrm and united action in a matter rising
iar above the transitory and partisan struggles
of the day, must regret that So unworthy
spirit should have been infused into It. The
effect will probably be that the two wings of
the democracy will waste, in idle vituperation
of each other, the energy and strength which
ought TO be employed against the common
enemy, the aboltionists.
Ihe Westport resolutions are as follows:
having recently received intelligence Of the
passage OF bill by Congress, for the organize
ton OF the Territories Of Kansas and Nebras.
ka, repeating the Missouri restriction and open.
ing said Territories for settlement, equally to
all the people Of the Union and feeling deep
ana lively interest, especially in the speedy oc.
cupailon OF our border Territory of Kansas,
ana me organization of government in it,
ana the passage Of laws which shall protect
emlgrahon from every portion Of the country
~ me possession and enjoyment Of their pro-
perry, OF whatever character; and having
heard, through the public papers, that organiza-
.,s sons are now on foot in some Of the northern
states, having for their object the colonization
OF the new Territories, exclusively with eastern
and foreign panpers, with q view direct to ex-
ciude and deter from the said Territories emi,
grafton from the southern States, and more par
ucuiariy, slave emigration from Missouri and
Arkansas and having also heard of a recent
altemPt OF gang OF freesoilers who held
meeting within this Territory and audaciously
resolved that no slave property should be
brought into the same; and being ourselves.
many Of us, determined to seek in Kansas our
future homes, and to carry with us our proper
" OF every description which we think proper:
and being determined to hold and enjoy the
same IN peace or by force, we hereby organize
ourselves into society Of Missonrians, for
mutual protection, and
!. Hesotced, That we invite all well-disposed
citlzens, from wherever they may come, but
more especially our felow-citizens Of the slave
holding States, to unite with us. y E
2. Resotoed, That we will afford to each other
mutual m protection in claiming and holding
lands In Kansas Territory; that we win not en-.
croach upon the claims or rights Of each otber
nor will we allow any intruders to do the same
that until the country is surveyed no claim shall
be made nearer to any other than half q mile
securing to each settler a quarter section Of
land and that we will protect and defend the
claim OF each and every individual Of this or
ganlzatlon, which may be staked off and de.
signated by the claimant in good faith, and
with a view to actual settlement.
3. Resolrcd, That we will carry with us into
The new Territory of Kansas, every species of
property, including slaves, and that we will
hold and enjoy the same; that we desire to do
20 peacefully, and deprecate any necessity for
'esorting to violence in support Of our Just and
awful rights; yet, lin no spirit of 6urado and
NTH the strongest wish for peace) apprehen.
live OF interference with our private and do
nestle concerns by certain organized bands
Who are are to be precipitated upon us, we
iotify all such, that our purpose is firm, to en-
oy all our rights, and to meet with the last ar.
yument all who shall in any way infringe upon
hem.
A. Rcsolced, That we recommend to our fel.
ow-citizens of Missouri and Arkansas. mora
specially of the border counties, to organize,
With these ends in view; and to each and
very man who feels an interest in the destiny
y the future State Of Kansas, to be on the alert
bat we may avail ourselves of the great ad-
antages which the contiguity Of the new Ter
ltory at once gives TO us, and entities us, in
moulding the government and institutions of
he future State in accordance with those Of our
wD, and thus guarantee for the future good
eighbor and a firm friend, united to us by the
ond of interest.
5. Resolued, That the thanks of this meeting
re due, and are hereby most heartily rendered
D all those senators and representatives in
congress who, IN the arduous struggle which
as so triumphantly closed by the passage of
be Kansas and Nebraska bill, so faithfully and
allantly adhered to the great principle OF pop
lar sovereignty in the Territories and States,
nd who, by their affirmative votes upon the
assage of the bill, sustained the only true con-
litutional doctrine, against the interference Of
ongress in moulding or altering the institu.
ons OF States; aud who, by their instrumen-
.lity in this triumph Of popular sovereignty,
ill forever endear them to the country, as hav.
'g removed the last pretext for abolition agi-
tion in Congress.
The Independence resolutions are as follows:
|. Resolved, That we, the citizens of Jack
IN county, in mass meeting assembled, do
sreby endorse, re.affirm, and proclaim the
stice and policy Of the action and resolves of
portion Of our felow-cititizens who recently
nyened at Westport, in this county; and that,
order TO effectuate and carry out the object
that meeting, to secure and guarantee the
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