Squatter sovereign., 1855-05-29
The Legislature and Governor Reeder.

members elect, or most OF tnem, met at the
Methodist Mission, where the Governor
makes bis headquarters, and after consul
tation, we are informed, it was universally
admitted that the Mission would be the
most suitable place for the first session of
the Legislature. This conclusion was sig
nified to his Excellency, but, as in every
thing else, he has shown his entire disre-
gard of the will and wishes of the people |
of Kansas, and for reasons best known
perhaps to himself, he calls the members
together at Pawnee, some one hundred and
forty miles from the Missouri river, and
where every body aware accommodations
cannot be furnished without double the cost
that would be required at the place desig-
mated by the members elect. In fact, we
doubt if the Legislature can be accommo-
dated where it is appointed to convene, so
as to insure dispatch in business.
Will the members submit to such treat
ment2 We do not believe it; and if they
do, they are made of different materials
than we had been led to believe. If there
were no other reason, the Governors dis
regard of their wishes is of itself sufficient
cause for refusing to obey his command.
Let them show to him, and all other SINH
lar demagogues, that the people of Kan
sas are sovereigns-not the supple tools of
an abolition governor appointed to rule ov-
er them. Let them, in order to expedite
matters, make arrangements to hold their
session at the Mission, as determined upon,
and, in obedience to the Governors procia-
nation, meet in Pawnee on the day named,
and in an hour adjourn to meet at the Mis-
sion. The Legislature once met, the abo-
lition Governor is stripped of much of his
power.
From reports now received of Reeder,
he never intends returning to our borders.
Should he do so, we without hesitation say
that our people ought to hang him by the
neck like traitorous dog, as he is, so
soon as he puts his unhallowed feet upon
our shores.
Reeder has gone back to his own State,
and grossly slandered our people, calling
upon his abolition allies to come out and aid
him in fastening the foul stain Of abolition
upon our soil. He represents us as horde
of abolitionists ready and wiling to submit
to his dictation, but that the demons from
Missouri came to our election and over
powered us and drove us from the polls,
and asks the President to give him mill
tary force to protect the voters-a base
SANDER upon the citizens of Kansas Ter
ritory, and one that we know she will re-
sent. Reeder is unworthy Of the place
he fills-wholly unfit to rule the independ-
ent sovereigns Of Kansas. He cannot
longer act as their Governor. They will
not submit to it. We call upon our people
to take this matter in hand. There is no
other remedy. Vindicate your characters
and the Territory, and should the migrate
full dog dare to come amongst US again,
hang him to the first rotten tree. There
is no other remedy, and the character of
ourselves and our country requires us to
act. A military force demanded-poor
contemplate puppy-could an honorable,
high-minded American citizen ever dream
of such demand? Nothing but the dark
and muddy waters of abolitionism could
have produced such an offspring as Reeder.
A military force to protect the ballot
box in this Territory Let President Pierce
OF Governor Reeder, Or any other power,
attempt such course in this, or any other
portion of the Union, and that day will
never be forgotten. The people of this
Territory are not slaves. They yet ac-
knowledge no master, save God, and he
who undertakes to dictate to them how
they shall vote, and the kind of institu-
tons they shall have, is no true-hearted
American, and will be taught lesson that
every abolitionist in this Union must soon
learn, or our constitution and laws are
worse than nothing. The time has come
when all good men, North and South, East
and West, must stand up and resist the
fanatical storm that is threatening to de-
stroy the country. The people Of the States
and Territories must assert their sovereign
ty, or the country is gone. All power re-
mains in the people, not specifically sur
rendered to the constitution, and that con-
stitution must be sustained i'm all Its parts,
or it is nudity, and the power reverts back
to the people, and in their hands, and
theirs alone, can the power rest with safe
ty. Talk not to us, in this country, of any
power save the will of the people. They
are the Lords of this land.
The constitution was made by the peo-
pie for mutual protection and benefit, and
grants no power toone section to dictate to
lanother what they may or NAV not do. sc