The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-02-23
Lawrence, Saturday, Feb. %, 1856.
Let the President Eeuars.

but collision will, occur betWeea In
vadirg parties from Missouri and settlers
in Kansas Territory. Those who were
residents of the Territory for the ter
days Immediately preceding the 3oth o
March last, observe precisely the same
thing now-parties often, twenty. thirty,
&c. passing up the country on horse
hack and in wagons, loaded down with
implements of war, and pretending to b
searching for claims. A party of thirty
+ horsemen in one body, and strangers il
the Territory, from Missouri, passed VI
on Wednesday last. Reports say tia
persons Of this character are to continue
TO pour in upon us, and fill up our towns
till about the 4thof March, when a reg
ular invading army will make their ap.
pearance. and commence their work O
destruction.
AS corroboratins proof of these in
tentions on the part of our enemy, pro.
visions are being deposited at difefen
points to supply the army Of INVASION
A large amount of military stores are
now at Franklin, and more are being con
eentrated at Tecumseh.
tits stated by those who profess tc
be in the secret, that Secretary WooD.
SON, who is acting in the absence of Gov
Shannon. as Governor, will issue proc
lamation in. a few days forbidding the
General Assembly of the State of Kan
sas to convene, and ordering the arrest
for treason of all persons connected with
the movement Of the people for State
Government Writs of arrest will then
be issued, and if resistance is made, the
Free State settlers are to be wiped from
existence. In short: Acting Secretary
Woodsen, displeased with the termina-
ton of difficulties in December last, is
disposed to try his hand, and Fraak
Pierce from the White House at Wash
ington is to extend to him all the aid of
the federal government to carry out his
purpose. The army of the United
States is to be at the bidding of Wood
son. to complete our enslavement.
AS if not satisfied with his neglect of
the people of Kansas, and his repeated
falsehoods in regard to the position of the
actual settlers of the Territory, he has
embodied in one communication all his
spleen and folly, called ita Message
from the President of the United States, .
and sent it to Congress to direct their
action. The message contemplates moth
ing short of our complete subjugation
and with the view of more fully carry
ing out his wishes he appeals to Con-
gress for an appropriation of means to
carry on his heIlish work,
The President, while he claims to be
in favor of "Squatter Sovereignty" has
given the lie in every official act of his
for the last year and a half to this prin-
ciple. Our law making power, in accor-
dance with the principles of S4uatter
Sovereignty. should come from the gov
erned, not from a foreign irresponsible
source. How is it with us? The Gov
ernor owed his existence to the President
and Senate, not to the people of the Ter
ritory. In his appointment we have had
no choice. And yet the President is de-
sirous of holding the people responsible
for this Governors official action. He
wasnot an agent ofours, but of the feder-
al government. If he erred, the appoint
ing power was responsible, not the peo-
pie of the Territory. The President
seems to claim that by our subsequently
taking him up We have endorsed his acts.
Such, however. was not the case. We
found him entertaining many positions
heretofore Inconsistent with ours but
as we found him with Ms on the main
questions of to-day. and knowing that
he would serve US faithfully in advancing
those principles in which We agreed, it
was thought to make him our candidate.
and he was unanimously elected as a
Delegate to Congress.
The Legislature, as we have often as
serted, and now repeat. was not elected
by the residents Of the Territory. and.
with the exception of Mr.. Houston, who
resigned, there was not a single person
allowed to remain in that body who would
have been there had the people been per-
mitted to express choice on the sub
ject. The body was composed of per-
sons who were foreign to our soil and
interests. and were elected by an armed
mob from another State, because they
could be used to subserye the purposes
Of the Rufians who came here to Inn
pose then laws ppon US. And yet the