New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-11
THE CONVENTION OF KANSAS AID COM
MIrTEES.
BrTvALo, Thursday, july

x.,..s Convention met at Kremin hall yes-
terday Gov. Reeder presiding. LIE staesu o9ecs "
le Convention to secure as lar as possio'o as1
fc;enev of action throughout the country IN oenaif
81 Ereedom for Kansss Committee to draw up
,csolutiops was appointed. Most OF the session "es
consumed in addresses upon the wrongs ana "eo's Oh
Kansas. W. II u.;,- IS hi;
- zee amounted Secretariey and Il. Chandler OF
Michigan, w. Penn Clark of Iowa, and Thoe' Russo"
81 Massachusetts,, Vice Presidents.
A Committee Of thirts en- was appointed 10 repsn
letter was received from Gen. Lane recomnend
nc routes by which TO march troops through Iowa
into Kansas. Referred to the Commt'ee'
SECOND DAY.
BUFFALO, Thursday July 10, 1885. =.
This morning the following resolutions were reported
by the Committee and adopted: x
Of and uPh men to whose s. sSS
whole conduct Of SACRED cause soa DC aa Zach state
40 FAR AZ tber States In which suitsoe person Gun 20
found ss s ss 9ss 20 sss 10 the q
ttrse shall constitute Quorum aud ene's' " '"' N
4. that Dsf SS s end . ssa:S Of a. IL:
sa :r s. Ss saS a.
township f tho paIpo's Of oosinlns %essny
bns speedy close the great w0's which "e
sns That the contribution, OF month should not fa
short @ @ and that those Of the ,ss 81 ss
next mouth BY LIST day of september and in like sna'f
70 travel through the se Of ow. sad h.t Goa
sTe.s be ur. emily requested 70 establish DALI mail from To-
RssI T 10 s Maass Pleasant s1d Burlington. Iowa
CERT Smith introduced resolutions that armed men
nust he sent to Kansas to conquer the armed nen
Who come against her. and that justca'i0n Tor sead
inc them il be ouno in the refusal of the Government
20 do H. and that the Government instead Of protect
ing Karsas is the great itgstor and uphoder OF the
oppr, ssion and outrages which she suffers.
Other resolutions, less ultra were introduced ny
Gov Reeder and other and referred to the Com
Gov. Reeder spoke in favor o, the admission on
e alton of the Senate bill, which he characterized Is
oe,gntd by the Slave Power to perpetuate their sway
in Kansas. There was no ress1n why hsnsas should
the objection TO such admission want Of regularity iu
the ,oce edipgs because they originated wthou, the
act Of Congress the spontaneous action Of the peo
pie y Ifthst objection was valid one, then It was
true that Kansas could Lot be admitted but there
slre adv nine States in the Union which have In
by precisely the same door at which Kansas wss now
Tennessee, Iowa Florida, Arkansas, and Michigan.
Each formed Coz sttut0n without q particle
more authority than Kama had. THIS not oil, in
1885, wher Arkansas was making preparation to come
into the Cnion the question was directly raised as TO
the power Of the State thus to apply for admission
The motter was referred to Attorney General Butler
by General jackson. lie decided on three points,
First, That no Territorial Legislature had right TO
cause it could not go outside Of its defined powers
which are to govern the Territory, pass laws for that
purpose, and carry on the machinery for the Territorial
Government. Second That the people have the
power in primary meetings TO originate proceeding
for the formation OF State Constitution to adopt
one, upon which to apply for admission. This pc
10 given by the Constitution under which the people
have q right to assemble together and petit N
Congress for relief. II the people of the Territory
nsider Territorial Government grievance they
petition Congress to remove that grievance, but Goa
gress has only power to remove il by admitting tho
Territory State In oder to do this State Con.
stutiOn must be submitted by the petitioners upon
which Congress can act. The machinery must be com.
pete In all its parts and then set In motion by Con-
gress. The third question decided by Attorney Gen
the formation Of State COMMUNICATIVE s' Ge sues
that the State machinery in must be Perfect l. al -
Territory have right to appoint every officer neces-
say to State Organization, and to choose United
States Senator. They must then apply TO Con-
motion themselves then they transcend their du-
ties, because they 10 conflict with the Govera.
ment OF the United States. Governor Reeder then
ceeded to say that every person who de.res to put
put the machinery in mott IN themselves. Thu, /, ua.
qualifedly false. They have done no snch thing but
have only done as nine other States ddthst is they
assembled together without prevo1r action of the Ter
rtoria legislature Oh Congress- formed a Consttu-
ton elected officers and applied 70. stmission into
the Cbnn. lie, further, quoted the authority of Mr..
BDchanaD, who on the admission OF Michigan into tie
Union, held in the Setate that any action If the Ter
rfoiial Legislature authorizing the people to form
Safe Government was null snd void, and tina. the
power was with tae people alone. He had asked II any
Sci a'or would deny that position aud no one hsd
aDsw exc but General Cas- whose appreher sion wa
~ terribly excited because Marshal Stevens had de-
elared martial law in Washington Territory, and
trampled the Constitution under foot by refusing 10
low Jucge to bold Court. He was deaf dumb aud
blind to the 0utrages in kaDsas and shut the door
through which be had himself entered against that
State.
Governor Reeder then opposed Gerrt Smiths reso.
lutiors az being too ultra
Mr.. Psge said they were offered. and only CON.
tenplated moral fighting ia Kansas.
Gerln Smith replied that he was glad Mr. Page WAS
the interpfe.sr Of Bis resolutions and that be had
explained that be only meant fghting-he would not
say IN q Pckwickian, but in moral sense. The
difference between Mr. Page and himse elf wa the. the
former would use moral, while he would use pbyscs
force In reply to Governor Reeder he said that the
resolutiODs did not declare az tnst the Federal
Government or against the Missouri Border Rusisns.
They recon mended sendiog armed men to kacsas 70
resist armed .Orce there The only difference bstwsep
hmsef an0 Gov. Reeder was Lat the latter desifsd
to welt before resistir g. while he bekevec thai the
time for resistance had already arrived. IL the oo7e
Of tie Convention was to distribute good books aud
agricultural implements 10 Kansas, 4 was douotisss
| good ore They might rare their hunored thousand
| dollars NOR THY 10 60 co. but they would have no
! money firm him He bad given all the money ne
could spare for such things, end felt that 40
| was nor cav,d upon 10 cont ibute rosaa 70 srr'
men ind SEND them ort 70 hght. He continued "
urge at length the necessity fcr bold action. Now o.
cav 81 understood the suten change that hAd tsken
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