Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-12-01
Things In Kansas.

The Free Sol Convention at Topeka,
- Xmas, has adjourned, after adopting 4
constitution, III violation Of all precedent
ana law. Designating the Official action
OF the regularly organized Legislature
they have Sc: up 'tigller law. land in
spirit OF usurYatlon and anarchy, seek to
puilify all ltgal proceedings and 10 ioist
Their own monstrous abortion upou the
| people.
On the other hand, the friends of Law
and Order m Kansas have held conyen-
ton a, L,avenwotlh, with Governor VIII
son Shannon as their President. They
adopted the following resolutions. whose
dignity, soundness and conclusive a1he-
sion 10 justice, right and the form and spin
!! OF our trpubiican institutions, canno:
be gainsaid:
|. Resolved. Tha: the people here as
seinbied believing the Constitution of the
United States, and the laws passed in pur-
Stance thereof, are sufficient for the pro.
icetioh oi our rshts, both Of person a,,d
pr p rt.. and that in the ob,r1ys ,ce Of
the sa.ne, ate vested our or..,y .,onss If 90
cu'ity for liberty and ..ne ONION and we
will maintain the sase q, al, hazards.
~. l ha1 ~ eve rv government, monarch-
'eai' ps.oeeratic, Democratic or Republic
ga" ". liberty the life and the property
al 10 Individual is safe unless the laws
! passed BY the properly constituted authoIi-
ties ATE strictly and fully obeyed.
Ill. That we hold the doctrine to be
strictly true, that no man or set Of men are
at liberty to resist law pissed by Legis-
lative body legally organized, unless they
choose by their actions to constitute them.
selves rebels, and take a.! the eonseqaen-
ces that lesitimately follow the failure OF
revolution.
". That the course pursued in this
Territory BY certain persons protesting to
b" the peculiar friends OF freedom, is at
variance with all law aud entirely subver-
s.re OF good order, is practical no!Iififa-
uon, rebelIous and treasonous, and should
be frownea upon and denounced by every
lover oi civil liberty and the pr osperity Of
the Uuion.
V. That tue admission of Andrew H.
Reeder TO seat III the next Congress of
The United States. would in our opinion be
in violation Of all law and precedent, and
would have tendency to encourage the
violation Of the law and order o! good gov
erpmebt, and would be an outrage upon
The citizens Of Kansas.
VI. Ti,a. the Convention lately assem-.
bled at Topeka to form Constitution for
the State government, called aud elected
by, and composed OF, members of polit
cal par,y-,he so.cailed State party-and
neither called nor elected by the people Of
would In t.rr.A !
purposes had moi been reasonable: ard
Constitution presented BY such Gcnven-
llon is INV or;hy the serious consideration
OF ireeuen, and IL present d to Congress as
the Constitution % Kansas, should BE- sconn
ted ron It's walls as an Insult to its ntrli.
grnce. and an outrage upon our sovereign
:isht
VII. That re cordially endorse The
Kansas Nebraska act, and more especially
that part Of it which fspeals the Missouri
! Compi omise, and enlneiates the principle
that the people Of eseff sefrietrv, is franz
my their organic laws have right 20 de-
eide for themselves What domestic nstitu-
toes they will or viii not have.
VII That the Kansas Nebraska bill
recognizes the true principles Of Repnbll.
can eoverfment: that we feel that We are
as liz Tor and capable OF et.sovvrnment ar
we wele when eiiizens CT the States and
AZ the citizens OF other States are; ard we
denonn O. any ai:enpi On the part o! Con-
stess. or the citizens Of other States TO
control oar domestic affairs.
*. That although as citizens OF a Terri
,ory, we can take no part in National pol
lies. yet we feel ourselves impclIed to ex.
press our gratitude to the Democrats of the
Northern States, Tor their underwriting sup
port of the great principles of goverume nj
under all The abuse which has been heap
ed upon them.
y. That we dep!otc the course which
has been Parsued by some ofthe newspa-
pers abroad IN the misrepfessl ,atlo Us
which have been published by them in
reference to the political excitement which
il has been alleged. existed here, charging
anarchy and confusion as presiding in this
Territory 10 an alarming extent, ard max.
Ing other gross misiatements in regard to
shr ae.ua! state OF Affair, here exisiing-a Of
which are calculated 10 mls!ead the public
abroad and thtreby retaId the growth and
settlement of the Territory.
XI. That we. the Law and Order party,
interviewing party and States Rights part.
ty OF Kansas Territory, are fully able, and
we pledge ourselves to support and sustain
Cav. shannon in the Laws, and that we
!esl the utmos. confidence in his iirmLess
aud integrity.
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