The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1855-10-04


turns sha be made, which shall be deter
mined by this Convention, for the pur
pose OF eIecting Delegate to represpn
this Territory in the Thirty-fourlh Con
gress Of the United Stats.
The committee on miscellaneous busi
ness reported a series Of resolutions, tc
the effect that the alleged cause Of the re
: moYal Of Governor Reeder and o!hcI
| Territorial officers, has no sutIicien
foundation in truth or plausibibiIity, end
giving the reasons fhere,or.
The Convention then proceeded 10 the
nomination Of Territorial Delegate tc
| Congress. Andrew Ii Reeder, late Gov.
ernor of Kanzas, was nominated, and
the nomination carried by acclamati IN
In answer 10 the calls Of the crowd, the
late Governor appeared on the stand
The "Herald Of Freedom" reports the
ex- Governors speech as follows:
GOVERNOR REgDER's SPEECH.
lie proceeded to say how much he
thanked them for their encouraging and
eng'hening friendship; that such ap-
plause and approval would repay all the
injustice that might be heaped upon any
man; that every man there would do him
the justice 10 say that this nomination had
been given entirely without solicitation
by him or by his friends; that 10 accept it
would seriously interfere with private ar
rangements. and that he had continually
refused it when urged, until he had been
told by men from all paris Of the Terrific
ry that his name was essential 10 success
lie would now accept it upon condition
that he be not expected 10 canvass the
Territory in person. To DO SO would not
be consonan with his feelings, as well as
that he desired to 90 into Congress and
say, Il come here with clean hands, the
spontaneous choice the sovereign squat
ters of Kansas" In giving him this nom
iuation in this manner. they had strength
end his arms to do their work; and in re-
turn he would now pledge to them steady
unainchiog Perlinancy Of purpose.
never-tiEing industry, dogged persever-
ance, and all the abilities with which God
had endowed him, TO the righting Of their
wrongs, and the final triumph OF their
cause. He believed from the circumstan-
gas which had for the last eight months
ounded him, and which had at the
same time placed in his possession many
acts, and bound him heart and soul to the
voters of Kansas, that he could
do much toward obtaining redress oI
their grievances.
lie said day by day crisis was coming
upon us; that IN after times lhis would be 10
posterity turning point, a marked period
as are TO us the opening OF the Revolution,
the adoption OF the declaration OF lnde-
pendence, and the era of the alien and Sc
dition laws; that we should take each step
carefully, so that each be step OF pro-
gress, and so that 10 violence be done to
The tie which binds the American peo.
PIE together, ... .... ..
lie alluded to the unprecedented tyran-
ny under which we are and have been and
said that ifany one supposed that institu-
ions were to be imposed by force upon a
free and enlightened people, they never
knew, or had forgotten, the history of our
tathers. American citizens bear in their
breasts too much of the spirit of other and |
rying days, and have lived too long amid |
he blessings of liberty, to submit to op-
preston from any quarter and the man
who having once been free, could tamely |
submit to tyranny, was fit to be a slave.
He urged the Free State men of Kansas
o forget all minor issues, and pursue deter |
ninedly the one great object, never swerv-
ng, but steadily pressing on, as did the
wise men who followed the star to the
nanger, looking back only for fresh en-
,ouragement He counseled that peaceful
esistance be made to the tyrannical and
Unjust laws of the spurious Legislature /;
hat appeals to the Courts, to the ballot
,ox, and to Congress, be made for relief
lom this oppressive load that violence
hould be deprecated so long as single
Iopo of peaceable redress remained but
at last all these should fail-if in the
roper tribunal there is no hope for our
earest rights, outraged and pro&ned-if
70 are still to suffer that corrupt men may
cap haryosts watered by our tears, then
here is no more chance for justice. God
as provided in the eternal frame Of things
edress for every wrong, and there remains
} us sill the steady eye and the strong
rm, and we must conquer, or mingle the
odies of the oppressors with those of the
ppressed upon the soil which the Declar.
ion ofIndependcnce no longer protects.
ut he was not at all apprehensiyo thai
lch crisis would ever arrive. He be-
eyed that justice might be found far
lort of so dreadful an extremity; and !
ven should an appeal to arms come, it was
is opinion that if we are well prepared,
lat moment the victory is won. Our in =
ldqrs will never stIike blow in SO un-
Ist cause. .
"Thrice armed is ho who hath his quarrel just"
He then entered into the plan of conducting I
G campaign, and advised that the proclama-
m from the people, calling the election, be
gned by every voter, Let the legal require
ents of election DO strictly observed. Our c
,siton is one of asking only that the law be 5
.ried out. When Col. Ethan Allen was asked :
Ticonderoga, by whose authority be demand
the fort, he replied; "ln the name of the q
reat Jehovah and the Continental Congress" t
expect of you that you so prepare me, that to a
mllar question, may boldly answer: "The 7
reat Jehovah and the Sovereign Sqatters of /
ausns"