The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1855-10-27

The CONSTITUTIONAL Convention.

On Tuesday next it viii be for the
people of Kansas to show their senti-
ments upon this all-important move
The Delegates to form constitution are
all conservative and true men. Let the
Constitution be made, let it 90 to Con-
gress, let Congress see our wants and
hear of our oppression, let the ungarbled
truth be told, and Kansas will be admit
ted into the Union as State. Then she
win secure half million of dollars from
the sale of public lands which she would
loose by remaining a Territory. Con-
gress will more than probably say that
Kansas may have the public domain
within her borders, and gladly say so,
if the people of Kansas viii only agree
to support State Government, and
cease to be drawing upon the treasury of
the General Government to support a
Territorial Government. The General
Government would be the gamer by such
course. Instead of large annual ap-
preparations for Judges and host of
federal officers in the Territory, the peo-
pie will secure for themselves their own
officers, and fix their salaries. These,
it seems to US, are considerations suf-
ticiently potent to induce every man in
Kansas to take an interest in an early State
organization, and thus peaceably rid
themselves of all the oppression and in
equality of the laws of Kansas, as at
present gall the necks of Independent citi
zens. Beside these there are many other
considerations why the people should re-
spond heartily to this move. We will
elect two United States Senator's and a
member of Congress, and beside, we
will take part in the next Presidential
election, remaining no longer a hobby
for the people of other States to squabble
and brood political disgrace upon. We
will then come out from among the by
words used in every political caucus-cor-
ner We will take our stand side by side
with our neighbors, and let our inStitu-
tons be of whatever cast they may, We
will show the world that we can main
tain the dignity of freemen; that we will
sympathize i'll all the misfortunes of this
Republic, either in the noon of her re-
splendent glory, or in her darkest and
gloomiest hour of woe and despair; we
will prove by our justice to every section
of this confederaey, our love of country,
our loyalty to law and order, never
yaunting our power as a sovereign State
over our weak and fellow-men, either as
communities or as sister States, but by
spirit of exact justice, help to protect
and sust2in the weak, SO as to preserve
| the whole in one national family to the
last generation. This much we will
swear to do-not because it needs it, but
because the American Union deserves
such yows-because they were made by
our fathers, we initiate. them-because
their suffering for human liberty planted
IN the hearts of mankind reverential
devotion to the work of their hands and
as longas there remains single germ of
patriotism in the hearts of the sons of
such sires, their valor, their suffering
and self-sacrifce, will be monitions suf-
fcient to direct the thoughts of man
right in the hour of peril Then, let
Kansas become State, with all possible
speed-let US have peace and quiet once
more-let all our friends in and out of
Congress speak encouragingly in behalf
of our petition. We ask that justice
may be obtained, and nothing more
Territorial Register.