New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-18
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KANSAS.
THE LEGISLATIVE CONVENTION.

From Our speeaj Correspondent.
GARvEY House, TOPEKA, STATE OF
KANSAS, Saturday, Jolly ), le56.
Yesterday evening the Convention, assembled at
this place, adjourned after prolonged session
ntersperstd with incidents Of no common char
acter. While the sentiment that aaimsfed tue
great mass was one that was uumistaG able aud NOT
easy to be perverted, there wis uDq lestiOnaby
little Of that political speculation which Was OBJ
servable here at the Consultations, Convention lac.
Fall, and which was Influenced BY similar motives
and mtn. The Buchanan party in Washington
had their emissar'es here, and intended 10 make
capital for themselves, though in so doing toey
should effect the ruin Of Free KaLsas Strong
doubts of the political integrity OF the Lieutenant
Governor Of tre State, W. J. Roberts, are freely
expressed. 1t is supposed thss the Buchanan
meD in Washington have made him tool and arc
using him to prejudice the interest Of the Free
State cause.
If this was the design ii has signally failed, and
all these efforts to ipjure our cause have fi7d 10
spite Of the exertions Of an industrious cass of
vire-u orb era, az will b. seen BY reference to th
resolutions Yesterday forenoon was spent IN dis
cussipg the resolutions, and the Convention wer
SO engaged when Postscript Dooaldscn, iu conpsn'
with Judge ElDore came up and read, first tn
proclamation issued by President Pierce in Febru
ary last, then the last proclamation Of the Go'ern
or, itsued month ago, and on the heels OF thcse
and und der their authority, proclamation frsm Sec
rotary WoOdson, acting Governor OF the Territory
v hich orders the L- gisatuie to dsper.e uoder the
authority of Franklin Pierce and declaring that if
it did Lot the military force should BE- used to drive
it out. Appended to Woodson's proclamation ~ss
note from Col Sumner, informing the Legislature
that if they did not comply he wsuld use all bis
force to make them After this interruption, which
was listened to respectfully, Gilmore aud Donald
son being invited on the stand to read tae p'oclA-
nations the meeting proceeded with ats business
until the interruption described elsewhere, when
ouc of the most startling scenes ever presented to
the civilized world took place. Ia the aftsraooo,
the Convention proceeded in its rork, disposiag f
the resolutions, perfecting an Executive Central
Committee to manage the concerns and interests OF
Kansas, to take general cOgnzance Of It's interests
pecuniary and otherwise. They are to appoint lo-
cal subordinate committees. The members Of tnis
Central Executive Commit ee are Msssrs Vim.
Hutchinson and James Bland Of Lawreace; Alfred
Curt,ss, District No. 2; G. s Hitler of Ninth Dis
tr Ct; DIR. Marin of Topeka; Dr. Rost Of
Waubonsa; 8. B. Mckenzie Of District No ii;
Ii. Miles More Of LeAvenworth; N. Ad-
dis, With District; G. s Donaldson, STau-
GERS Creek; F. G. Jamisop, Donip phan; Ne. VIM
chell, Council City; Mr.. DO~ OF the Neosho.
Such are the me- mbers of this important Committee
will give further account Of Il a. soon As they
have perfected their orgaDizatian. The fbllowiog
Committee WIS appointed to memorialze Con-
eress: Judge Wakefield Of Bloomington; Dr..
Root, Wautonsa; John Hutchinson, Lawrence;
Mr II. n. Moore, LeavenvOrth; Col. Bland OF
Law renee. just before .he close Of the Conveu
ton Mr. Emery arrived, having come through
Iowa. and addressed the assemblage. leee
from Gov. Robinson and the Othsr prisoners
Iecompton, which is hereto sppeeded, was read
It was received with q sad enthusiasm, which
mingled the feeling it inspired with tie reelection
OF the startling and important scene which bad jus
been witnessed, when the Representatives of
free .. ople were driven out by soldiery from the
duties they were called on to perform. TorOugh-
out its long session, the c. DventiOn manifested
deep interest in the important matters they had as
sembled to consider and act upon. 1t adjOurnedon
the evening Of the Fourth.
The following Declaration was promulgated by
the Convention:
We, the people Of Kansas, in Mass Convention
assembled in favor Of preserving forever the Freedom
of the Territory and State and the total exclusion OF
the institution f Slavery, do herein distinctly state our
portion ard on, Cause, that feOwcitizena 10 the
North and the South at the East and the West, az
well as the Government Of the United States, may
rightly appreciate our motives and our mduct:
First: Ne do solemnly declare before God and our
fellow men that we have asked no more than an im.
partial vOte-a free vote on the part OF the citiLehs Oh
this Tenay Slavery should or should not be
established in this Territory.
Second: We do most soIemnly declare TO the world
that our Territorial elections have been inv sded ana
controlled by those who have no residence nor ntere@
in Kansas. -,
Third: That armed bands from the saveholding
Stats have swarmed into our Territory, oeen rs
ceiyed by Government officers, armed with ,vern-
ment arins and, uLmOcsted by any regularly con'ti,
tuted authorities, have searched sacked ana Durnea
our DIV eii gs broken and destroyed our presses and
the homes of our citizens, and fred upm, robbed snd
mobb. them by force, whenever their awess 'sS'ons
directed.
That our towns now warm with 'hsec reckless daspe
radoes who under the very eyes OF fGovernm NJ
stak among our free citizens armed To the teeth ~h
bowie knife and revolver Toat the Government 0fl.
GERS Cd the one hand invite aud receive and ar n aDd
encourage the hrelings OF the slave power as tney
saarm in our Territory; While on the other nAoo, not
Gov. rnmeut officials nor Govern nent troop bd, teese
same brelipe mSraud. rs take upon them-eises, un
uolested, to stop the ingress into our Tenitny OF
peseeabe ,migr ant, from the Free States, wno Iney
Lave reason to b,leve, s,mpa'hize with the down.
troaoep and oppressed people OF Kansas.