Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-02-07
KANSAS MEETING.

According TO previous no lice, i meellng OF lne
citizens of Ray county, NO., was held at the e.
House on Monday, the lst january, 1855, which,
on motion Of Colonel Ewing. was organized by
the appointment of Judge BrAnsletter us Chair
man, and Fl. J. Conner, as Secretary.
The objects OF the meeting being made known,
committee consisting Of Dr. Chew, Colonel E.
B. Ewing, Colonel b. F. Smith, Captain james
Nj. Cant, John Stone Esq, Judge Geurge w.
Dunn, and Judge Eli Carter, was appointed 10
present resolutions for the consideration of the
meeting.
During the absence of the committee H. L
Routt Esq, of Liberty, was introduced TO The
meeting and addressed it, at length, presenting
forcibly and clearly the designs, and Systematic
efforts of abolilionisls and their allies in refer
ence 10 slavery and slave property in The Terri
tory Of Kansas; their ullcri"r aim TO affect and
overthrow ii, in the slave holding STATES bow
the interests of Missouri were involved, and ron-
cludrd by urging ths adoption of all justitiable
measures. tu counteract the aggressive move
ments Of the northern fanatics.
When Mr. Ruull concluded, The following pre-.
nmblr and resolutions were submitted by the
committee, and unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS spirit of hostility 10 the Southern
States, and especially 10 the institution Of slave
~ as il exists in those Stales, has become 81
perrading and intensified in many of the North.
ern and Northeastern States as TO threaten, it ii
has not already caused, disrupture Of old party
organization, aud TO unite the opponents of sla-
very OF all classes and grades in Il concentrated
effort throughout the non-Sluvehoding States to
organize in their stead great Northern Aboli-
tiun party, under the captivating cognomen OF
Republican, whose every principle is 1T war with
the constitutional rights and domestic institutions
of the Southern aud slavehulding States and,
whereas, in thus abjuring all allegiance to and
severing the lies which hitherto united them un-
der other auspices, and recOnstrucling around
rank abUitionism as the nucleus, great section.
| al party, an exposition of whose creed Is fund
in its avowal 10 restore the Missouri restriction
to the Territories Of Kansas and Nebraska the
abrOgalion Of the fugitive slave law, the rrsrir-
tion Of slavery by Congress, to the Suites i'll
which it exists, opposition 10 the admission Of
any more slave States; opposition 10 the acqui-
of any more territory, except upon the condition
that slavery shall br forever prohibited lhrreiIl-
we see an aggressive movement, which should
be met in spirit, by citizens of the slaveholdmg
States overlooking all the minor Obligations Of
mere party fidelity; and, whereas, the enactment
BY Congress, at its last session, of laws for The
organization Of the Territories Of Kansas aud
Nebraska, embudyng the great principle of popn.
lar sovereignty and the right Of scIf.goyermrncnt
IA principle enunciaed and maintained 10y our
fathers in their separation from Great Britain-
defeated the purposes Of Abolitiunism, a. they
We're sought to be accomplished by Legislation ;
and, whereas. Il general and concerted movement
has been, and is new being made, by Abolition
isis and their alIies in the Northern and Northeast
ern States, by means Of emigraling aid-socetes
rendered efficient and potent by money and all
the appliance. that tanalcal Zeal can employ
TO pprverl and thwart the natura! and Legitimate
operation of lbe principles of !he Kansas law,
by shipping to that Territory hundreds and thou
sands Of mercenaries, picked up from the puri-
Gus of Northern cities TO vote Tor The exclusion
of slavery from the Territory, and thus over
power by force Of numbers AZ the baIlol-box,
those who are attracted thither from Missouri
and other Sl.tcs By the ordinary and proper III
ducrments TO ngralion-lherrfure,
ReS0lred, That we regard The course of Abo-
lilionisls and Freesocrs in reference 10 the Ter
rilory of Kansas rs Il lawlrss crusade against
the institution Of slavery rs il now exists there i;
and that their ulterur object is 10 overturn The
institution Of slavery in NIL the slavehodng
States. We, therefore pledge ourselves 70 de-
fend The institution Of slavery, not only in Mis-
souri,, but in Kansas, and everywhere else where
AboIiliOnists and their emmiSsaries are at work (;
aud We will, by all lawful and proper means, aid
and assist the citizens of Kansas in resisting nll
Abolition influences and acts in the Territory.
Resolred, That The meeting approves OF the
raII for general convention 10 be held at Llber-
" on the 9Th instant, and that the CHAIR appoint
Gtly delegates toy attend said convention.