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FRIDAY moRNtNG,ApRtL Is, 1856
Tho Kansas Mass Meeting

/ INC Kansas Meeting Of the Erccmcn of
/ Chittendrn County, was organized in the
Town Hall, Monday at r. NJ. by tho an.
pointmcnt of j. ~ ponmoY, Esq.,. presi
dent; RrssEtL lIERnIcR, Esq, of Essex. and
RolLA GLEASON, Esq, of Richmond, Vice
Presidents and G.. G.. BENEDIcT, Secretary
GA motion, j. S. Adams, Of burlington.
Rola Gleason Of Richmond, and Geo. Bliss of
Shelburnc, were appointed u committee to
take measures for ciiccting county organi.
cation in iurthcrancc Of the objects of the
meeting.
| Cot. j. 5. EMERY Of the " Kansas dclepa
| ton was introduced by the Chairman and
enthusiastically received. He addressed the
assembly for nearly two hours, when the
meeting adjourned to evening. The large
hall was crowded with an INTELLIGENT
audience, the galleries were filed with
Ladies', and the burlington Cornet Band
favored the assembly with good music at in
tcryals.
col. EuERYs SPEECH
Col. Emery preiaced lis remarks By say
ing that in the darkest of the trying times
had gone, they received letter from Gov
ROYCE, in reply to their appeal to the diff
iercnt States. The letter was the most cor
dial in Its expressions of sympathy Of all
those received from the different governors.
and it cheered and encouraged them exceed
ingly. lie was glad to address the people
who had chosen such man for their GOV
ernor. lie then referred to the avowed
principles Of the Nebraska bill He went to
the territory a National Democrat. Many
went there believers in the doctrine Of "po
pular sovereignty as set forth in that
bill; but had proved moclcry and a fyaud,
and the territorial government was an entire
failure. The people of Kansas had nothing
to do with the cectng Of that territorial
Legislature. 1t was elected by Missourians
The speaker described the scenes Of the inya-
sion on the 3Oth OF March, So, and the SEN
sations with which they saw thcproccssions Of
armed Missourans marching into the cleo
ton prccincts--the polls surroundeI--thc
legal voters prevented from voting and Mis-
sourian votes thrown by thousands. lie lad
pro-slavery testimony that Wr houSand Mis-
sourians entered the territory and voted on
that day. The sole object of this invasion.
the sole object for which the Sham Lcgisa-
ture had its existence. was to FORCE slavery
on the inhabitants Of the Territory The
rro-slaycry men owned it. They told Free
State settlers, with oaths, " We are going
to put Il paddock on your ID abolition
mouths, we will have none Of this ID
abolition talk, We will talr cqrc Of YOU"
They did 50 as far as they coulI They /
adopted a code Of laws for the territory, not
Il volume Of which had appeared in the Ter /.
ritory up to January last, although they had |
been enacted four on five months before. The |
speaker read from the original printed acts
the most offensive Of the laws lie pointed /
out how they took away from the people the |
the rights Of Free Spe,ch, Fire. Pr.ss. and |
4 free Juy. They appointed all the officers
from tax gathcrcr up, for years, and adj
iourncd, That Legislature had on it's side
the forms and technicalitics Of law but
fraud # the bottom ytiatel the whole. 1t
port its own laws, Moderate rro-saycry
men owned this and allowed the whole to be
a farce
81 with the other departments Of govern
ment. The judiciary wus failure Not
case has been decided in the territory. No
free State lawyer can practice they must
first take oath to support these laws. and
therefore no free State lawyer has been adj
mitted-and the people will not appeal to the
courts. Judge Locompte had refused to hold
his court. On the testi mony of Mr.. Chris
tian, his own pro.slaycry clerk he was 'afrail
to make move Thus all the branches of
the territorial government had failed. The
Legislature, usurped by Missourians the
Executive embodied in the mbacile shannon.
the tool of the slavery men-the judiciary
,kulking away, unexpected and powcrless.
Col. Emery dwelt on the moderate position
II the Free State party. They counseled no
resistance to these laws. They said to the
people, obey them or disobcy them as you
choose.
lie illustrated by an incident the way the
avs are obcycd. The Missouran Sheriff.
Jones, came to Lawrence one day to arrest
Mr. Butium. lie came alonc-and that shows
hat the cry Of iorciblc resistance i, moon
'hlne;-Jones feared no force and found none.
The citizens knew what lie was coming for.
and were there to look on. As lie approach
I'd lis man, he stopped moment few PAGES
rom him and drew out his warrant just
hen, Mrs. Butlum stepped between, drew
.istol, cooked it, and said Mr. Jones, we
lon't recognize YOU as sheriff here, another
tep towards my husband and I'll put bull ,
et through you Jones stopped, 'We," ,
aid Col. Emery, "dil not drive him away
lor threaten him We apeAcd at him as he
TODD there, cowcd by woman, and he left" ,
In such a condition Of affairs. the men Of ,
Kansas, with dclihcration and after open and F.,
rec discussion, formed their State Constitu-
ION, and requested admission to the Union =
They had not before intended or wished to re +,
Omitted, believing it better to let the nation =,
car the expense Of the Territorial Govern :
lent, than to take the burden on themselves. :
ut 1t was their onlv r'm,dY Many pro- +
ayery men voted on the question of the /
doption of the Constitution. Many suppos- II
i that Douglas would help to carry the c
leasure through Congress Many were san 81
uine that they could be admitted now; but J,
C tthe spcakor,) had no hope Of that, with
ne power against them at Washington. But II
Try soon they would have the numbers, 49, q
Do, the lack of which was so strongly urged p