Nebraska palladium. [volume] (Bellevieu City, Neb.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-11

and report al. such persons as shall = = . . by the expression
of Abolition sentiments produce disturbance to the quiet Of the cii-
Tending shall be notified and made to leave The Territory"
The meeting was ably END eoquen,dy addressed 5y Jgdge. Le-
the head Of the Judiciary in the Territory not only assisted at a public
and bitterly partisan meeting, whose direct tendency was to produce
violence aud disorder, but before any law is passed in the Territory,
he p~Fjudges the character ofthe domestic institutions, which the peo-
pie Of the Territory were, by their organic law, cleft perfectly freeto
form and regulate in their own way"
On this Committee were several of those who held certificates Of
election as members ofthe Legislature some ofthe others were then,
and still are, residents Of Missouri, and many Of the Committee have
snccb been appointed to the leading Offices IN the Territory, one Of
which is the sheriaaIy of the County Gones) Their first act was
Subsequently, on the 25tn of May, A. D. 1855. a public meeting
W. shedi at which r, r. Rees, a member elect ofthe Council, presided.
The following solutions, offered by Judge Payne, a member elect of
the House were unanimously adopted
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Fssiges T6ai Ne return our thanks sa ne Committee for faithfully perform
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,.5 Esfsot Ss5y That ~ rye , sfyss' @ys sop ID Pr p sPs,i Pro 5s4y 5 % "s@ Eh SG d% T 0T
assSiS% That in order to secure peace and harmony to the community we
me- s 0%' ''p"'o " =" 'O""' ''p""'' "' ''p "D''' ""'
The act of moral perjury here referred to, is the swearing by
Phillips TO a truthful protest in regard to the election of March 80,
The members receiving their certificates of the Governor, as
members Of the General Assembly Of the Territory, met at Pawnee,
the place appointed by the Governor, on the I'd OF July, A. D. 1855.
mitted, entitled respectively, THE Statutes Of the Territory Of
Kansas j" " The journal Of the Council Of the Territory Of Kan
sas,' and The Journal of the House Of Representatives OF the
Your Committee do not regard their enactments as valid laws.
A Legislature thus imposed upon a people can not affect their
political rights. Such an attempt to do so, if successful, IS virtually
AT 0NEA llf VI AI q EAAAA AnMH uNl ANNhANo AE ltNIlE VI hE
Territory to the condition Of vassals to ~neighboring State. To
avoid the evils Of anarchy, no armed or organized resistance to them
should be made, but the citizens should appeal TO the ballot box at
public elections, to the Federal Judiciary, and to Congress, for
relief Such, from the proof, would have been the course of the
people, but for the nature Of the enactments, and the manner in
which they are enforced. Their character and their execution have
been so intimately connected with one branch of this investiga-
uon-that relating to violent and tmultuous proceedings in the
Territory that we were compelled to examine them.
The " laws f" in the statute books are general and special; the
latter are strictly of a local character, relating to bridges, roads,
and the like. The great body of the general laws are exact tran
scripts Of The Missouri Code. To make them in some cases conform
to the organic act, separate acts were passed, defining the meaning
" Territory" and the words County Court shall be construed 10
mean the " Board Of Commissioners tansactng county business, or
the Probate Court, according to the intent thereof The words
"Crcuit Cout" to mean " District Court"
The material differences In the Missouri and Kansas statutes, are
upon the following subjects The qualifications Of voters and of
members of the Legislative Assembly the official oath Of all off
GERS, attorneys and voters; the mode Of selecting officers and their
qualifications the slave code and the qualifications Of jurors.
Upon these subjects the provisions Of the Missouri Code are such
as are usual IN many of the States. But by the e" Kansas Statutes
every officer in the Territory, executive and judicial, was TO be ap-
pointed by the Legislature, or by some officer appointed by if. These
appointments were not merely TO meet a temporary eXigency, but
were to hold over two regular elections, and until after the general
were to be elected. The New Legislature is required to meet on
the first Monday in January, 1855. Thus, by the terms of these
" Laws" the people have no control whatever over either the Legis-
lauve, the Executive, or the Judicial departments of The Territorial
! Government, until a time before which, by the natural progress Of
i population, the Territorial Government will be superseded by
s State Government
No session of the Legislature is to be held during 1886, but the
members Of the House are to be elected in October Of that year. A
a candidate, to be eligible at this election, must swear to support the
d Fugitive Slave Law, and each Judge Of election, and each voter, if
challenged, must take the same oath. The same oath is required Of
every officer elected or appointed in the Territory, and Of every
attorney admitted to practice in the courts.
/ A portion of the militia is required to muster on the day Of cleo
r ton. Every free white male citizen Of the United States, and
every free male Indian who is made a citizen by treaty, or other
wise, and over the age Of twenty-one years, and who shall be an
inhGJitdHt Of the Territory, and Of the county and district in which
|. he offers TO vote, and shall have paid a territorial tax, shall be a
e| oYahGpd plarfOr Tor all Elective offices " w classes OF upFgoug