The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-06-16
Kansas Meeting in cleveland.

On the 18th ult. the citizens of Cleye-
land held a meeting to protest against the
Kansas outrages, when the following
resolutions were presented and unani-
mously adopted. The Committee which
reported the resolutions were r. p. Spald-
ing, w. Slade, Jr., Hiram Griswold, B.
Stedman, and G. Bradburn. The reso-
lutions speak boldly and to the point
They were advocated by Messrs. Spald
ing, Vaughn and Griswold.
Whereas, 1t is not only the constitu-
tional right, but the bounden duty of all
patriotic citizens to assemble themselves
together and make timely and earnest
protestations against the spirit of despo-
tism, whenever and wherever it may be
found assaulting the citadel of freedom,
therefore, We, Independent citizens of the
City of Cleveland in the State of Ohio,
in view of the outrages recently perpetra-
ted against law, justice and humanity, by
numerous hordes of men, inhabiting the
border counties of Missouri, who under
the lead of Senator Atehison ruthlessly
violated the freedom of the elective fran
chise in the Territory of Kansas, do re-
solve:-
lst. That we deeply sympathise with
the Inflated pioneers of Kansas who were
deprived of that panoPly of freedom, the
Missouri Compromise" by the p,cifc
Intervention of the pretended principle of
popular sovereignty, and are now turn
ed ever to "chattel slavery by the arm
ed Intervention of lawless politicians from
Missouri, who scott at free suffrage ex-
cept it contribute to free despotism in all
that widely extended Territory.
Cd. That We deem it the imperative
duty of the Executive of the Nation to
''hold up the hand'' of Governor Reeder
while he attempts to withstand the pro-
slavery inroads of adjoining States upon
the elective franchise of the Territory
over which he presides.
Sd. That We feel constrained to admit
that crisis is rapidly approaching in the
affairs of our country when conduct will
be more efficacious than speech-when,
daring deeds, will take the place of
"vaunting words"
But, We venture to enunciate as the
sense of this meeting, and as we believe,
the sense of a large majority of the voters
of the State of Ohio, the following plain
propositions.
1. Slavery must be interdicted in Kan.
sas and Nebraska.
2. No more slave territory shall be ac-
quired.
8. No slave State shall henceforth be
admitted into the national confederacy.
4. The fugitive slave law must be to-
tally repealed.
5. Slavery must be abolished wherever
it now exists by force or sanction of
Congressional law.
6. The .'free soiP' of our State must
be made to possess the efficacy of strik-
ing the manacles from off the limbs of
every human being who is so fortunate
as to plant his foot thereon.
2. That to the maintenance of these
propositions the membersof this meeting
pledge their political faith, and now here
declare that they viii support no man for
any office of State or for Congress unless
he yield his assent to the same.
9. That We deprecate dissolution of
the Union if it can be preserved without
doing despite to the Declaration of INDIE
pendcnce. But if We can only perpetu-
ate the American Coufederaey Of States,
by perpetuating and perpetually extend
ing the curse of negro slavery and by vi.
olating national compacts, and the true
principles of popular sovereignty, then
the Union will not be worth preserving.