Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-12-01

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GOV SHANNON. of Kansas, though an Ohio
Democrat, is doing much that entities him TO
the confidence Of the people Of tho South. We
find in the correspondence &c the Ncw York Times
a sketch of bis speech in taking the ehaif Of tho
Law and O;dcr Convention at leuvenworih. 1t
presents sound aud truthful views:
! Governor shannon said the Convention was
called 10 tuko into consideration subjects Of the
utmost importance 10 the whole Territory.
| party hal -prnat taking the position TINT the
late Legislature nniy, and that its laws
possessed no bipding obligation on the people of
Kansas. THESE gentlemen, ns he called them,
had taken this positions not only in their Reso-
utuns and Addresses, but Of late they had taken
decisive steps towards making their position
good. That a crisis was thus forced upon the
opposite party, and that we must meet it with
frmness lIewould not stop TO go into any ar
gument showing the fallacy of the grounds of
tho,s opposed 10 us
He then went on to sprnk o. the Legislature
and asserted that il was legal body and as such
its cnaetmenis should be respected. Each mem
Der took his seat in legal manner with the prop
err certificate, under the broad seal ut the Terri
tory True, few sents were contested, but such
cases were settled in the ordinary way, IA the
Mouse bad the undoubted right II do. Then it
followed, he said. that those mho said they ooutd
| not obey the lars passed By that body, commit
| ted treason against The Government. The Free
| State Party Ind taken distinct grounds aud man
! Tested II determination to curry out their doe.
trines. Mex, h. referred to WhitfeId's election.
and said that Rreder's election was revolution
airy unconventional the people ought to'have voted
the same day that the Legislature had fixed
| Those who voted for Reeder nulhtied the organic
act by voting on the 9th of October. They null
fy not only the acts of the Legislature, but also
the acts Of Congress. The renson the Free
State Part, assigned for not voting the regular
day was, that the Missourians would come over
and take the polls. lfthroe fuurths of the vo-
ters were Free State men, a. they claimed. why
not come out aud meet ''us' face to face. There
was no danger of having the ballo, box polluted,
for tho much abused legislative body AZ he
said, had passed an election law amply guarding
it. The polls could be purified by this law, and
hence there was II" cause for the course pursued
| by Reeder's friends.
But they had not stopped here, but had pro.
ceeded I" adopta measure which tcouid shake
the whoie fdbric Of c,rH gopernment in Kansas
and in the Union. They hud issued a call to all
lin favor of free State" to elect delegates to
a constitutional convention, thus excluding
party from having anything to do with the Con
vention. They had undertaken to make Consti
tuition, when only portion of the people had
been invited to participate in it. ltwas the at
temp Of part TO iorn a constitution for the
whole.
If Congress should by any mans sanction
This Constitution mot ling more nor less than
civil car must foiiow. If Kansas wants to be
admitted. why no, adopt the way that has not
been departed from in the udmis sion of any State
except California; (which to apply to Con-
gress for permission TO frame constitution, -
his was the only proper way to be admitted
The New York Express regrets Mr. DIcKrN-
SONS declension TO lecture slavery in Boston.
1t says; "A body Of men, powerful in wind and
words making the North ling with unconsti
tutional and unscriptural doctrines, and no man
not deaf one can shut his against them
Rome bowls with the hurricane they raise, and
to pretend to be insensiblc to is folly. IL such
men rs Ex. Senator Dickinson thus shut up shop
and leave the African traffic all to the Wilson.
and ds,--ihey will soon make Desert 81
Sahara of us,-an Africa indeed. The NORTH
needs.-and must have the whole subject of slav-
cry. constitutionally, scripturaly historically
and as n matter Of races, thoroughly discussed
Such men as Mr.. Dickinson ought TO go into anc
) not shrink from it. II the CONSTITUTIONAL uphold
ing slavery as it unquestionably doesis agains
God, told, lit ought to go down. an,
, must 60 down. Such men as Mr.. Dickinson ough
: to come out, and show the country why it shout,
not go down"
II The Potsdam Courier con fesses its utter aston
n ishment with the result of the New York election
n and says that the reliable tiliugs from the Or
:. der before the election that they had pon,
II into a hole just after the Virginia election
IF and drawn the hole in after them, that n,
e more remembrance might be had of them anon,
;, political parties. The only way we can acconn
for their sudden appearance in this State is, tina
Is the hole had two ends to it, and they came GU
= | tha other ri nd on election davn