The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-23


reading note from disung asned gen:lsman-his Ho-
nor William POrcher Miles, which was as follows
CHARLESTON, March Is, 1876.
twill no. be possible for aodress the meeting
Ny time has been and IS 80 entirely absorbed
s hem h. feel toy make seeson
great and important question. feel vel assured
s
% H ss s am and
the OBJECTS OF the organization go far have understood
election We mus, mes. l. We 40 nos " show one;
habuA Incidence and ADDRESS se'ou ly to
much Is seSa We 90 not want ~ods out men We not
ca s
raj povocases colonization Our sdvesares have closed
certain policy upon advance Of her requlsi
n s Roy be s os ors DO sa "a M
hen trumpet tones upon The siumoeriag ears OF
~' ''U Awake srissl be forever fallenl
DUB dem S raon honor
which dore ne In me 70 AGREES .ae meeaas
General Martin then said mat his part psrormei,
and Iecaptua,ing the principal fa's Of his stztemsnt,
and sayirg OF ihoee lhst Sent that xs Nom
rose when borne scafaic Of whom It SAL he
to battle proudly as to die, 80 they we're
reaoy to NEE proudly Whatever fac might await them.
Colonel Cunninghsu rose to esenI the address and
resolutions which, he said had been drafted to express
the ion and the scope Of the associaon aud TO
the sconce plions which had occssioned oppcsi
ton indifference to the movement. Tnis duty had
been assigned to him. and he would respec tuy so,it
attenuon to the following
ADDRESS.
Fellow CrrrESs-The Kansas Association hiss invited
your consideration Of the potisal condition OF Kansas
and the policy OF promoting Southern coionizao VI
that Territory.
The association has teen organized upon the basis OF
hearty CO. operation among however they
may up other SUBJECTS entertain conflicting opinions
And In thus concurriug rhi in hsrnony OF object
and interest," II las empaacay rec ognised the issa. OF
this struggle Kansas TO Oe ths paramount polidcai
question Oh the day. =,
SEEKING the object of opening for the South
trial privileges there has been neitne, disposition nor
effort in letter the orgacic laws OF sas state, or
kansas Of the United ) ates but rathe: IN our
proceedings to conorm to their split, sud TO insult the
rights citizens uuder them. In the privileges OF
the conceaey, Of openly carrying tor Ell her pra;
cs, pleasure self def nse aud OF individual contiou
ton Of uncs to legitimate ooecs, private or p1oic Is
found he ssutaL.e OF toe legal propriey OF our pro-
posed action Bat when that action has bee ome enso Ell
the press Necessity OF maintaining the rights Will n
have guaranteed By sysseui, and d.
veoped under our Sags soves eighty and been
Of urgent in portsnce by the aggressons upon them by
factious and sectional the organism and har
mony OF the federal rupubh: II appeals Tn the hghe
impub and duties which animate manic d. arouse
the CT constituted liberty and enlst regard tor
law
Whatever difference of opinion might prevail upon
the aud effect OF the p-iucip;e engraf ed
The Nebraska Kansas &C, Of 1854, thA The pe,pe oi
Territory had should have the Suation Ut toec do
mesic civil Institutions, AMI also upon the question
Whistler tris called popular sovereignty was aus J.
by the Legislative nueLcs al the North or SOUTH
yet three fac unquestionsbls: tnat the measure
igna 60 with Northern statesmen that the South &C.
ceped it tie best it could do, aud that It's crec.
sequence to open compet between freq SOL de-
signs and p.osvary for the iegi, alive control
of Kansas, This ma .uisy iDved tas keenest rivalry
between these sections o. the Union, whose peope had
respectively become aed, whose systems Of ia
daftry in conflict, Whose political relations
thrown into the scala Of the ISIS and whose enterprise
mutually found in that Territory every ndu,emens "
profit. and their aspirations all the team .t~ -.
This rivAirv. is1iai".t. cr.,. =, in Tho an
n.ls c,onizaicn obtained addiii,nal sanction and
rapidly .essed in intensity by the fAn.acal
spirit Of the North and the just appIehensoss OF the
south. The porrical impa-nce Of anti slavery could
OK this slow the natural OF pou-
laton. That territory, acquired uncer the Looisians
purchase in lS03 open oneer hst the French sad
then the American system, to tae liberation and sxs'
ls10 Tie Increasing ru hessness Of toe abolition s!ris
excluded institution from its limits and declared them
shu TO he South Tie peril If cvil disru 2tlon which
then Threatened suggested another mole Of disposal o.
the Territories, which sdop Ell ia the c)nprcmiss
of 1885, and Was specially applied to Kansas IN 1884,
under the term popular sovereignty. During the long
period 81 tbs geographical RESTRICTION from 1929 to 1854
the Nor b eeeming tie leni.cy its owls conquest OF
anttlsveiy-maoe effort TO colorize IT, consen, tina
the South exclu ej, however unconstitu ,nsly.
When wever i. beams appare 1t that thu docJine
puIAr sovereignty would secure me passage OF To.
portion Of the common Territorial domain to Southern
Settlement tee North instantly determined upon ruth
embraced in thu scope of southern extension. Clause
forthwith forced In the bill, that aliens comiog
there 10 resice might vote before they we're made
ci'izens
Thus, doub'e influence wss put in compet ion
against the rights of Southern citizsas For pr5mpy
Aing Of Southern colonization Enigran. Aid
Societies formed q. me North, aud men, however
reckless in character and opinions. in bands
to the Territory furr he'd with means and arms, and
charged pos sssion Of II and control it, election,
and legislation, i; need be, oy violence Armed camps
weapons. Fer over we've months has fees soism,
the very split CT treason and cUi war, Threatened
kansas vita bloody strife and Southern mea With
butchsry.
Fortunately for the s,uh the coniguity Of th.t Ter
Iiiory 20 slave Safe, rendered speedy counter yet
pultus prccesoings. Missouri became justly Alarmed
Tor her institutions, peace and sais.y, and macy
s sss s1sn to hs .sn p1oO o sss'
ta.on in Kansas in such good time AID suf-
fcient numbers as to sscare, ia consonAacs with
law, in the elections and control OF the IegsiA
ture. thus aided, Su,hern residents in Kansas have,
through Il regular Of legislation, obsained
reccgEr there Of property in slaves To- its pro-
teson and above all msinren~nce of those Political
rights Of that po.itical equal to wnish southern
citizens and Southern States equs end led win
Northern whel floats the Ameri-ao dag and eyecy
foot Il Up ed Sta soil is This egs alton, regulsrIn
it, initiation snd adoption, and which nss the confrma
ton ard apci) q the administration, indicated by
President Pierces proclamation, that Northern outbreak
ana threatens 70 overthrow by awess pro.edu.e
and which southern policy aud spri. should spass no
mora or physical means to preserve. La-lAss sggtes-
sion sDd esigns one SIDE Justify, 1t leat lawfa
efforts tee other sna also Ter the purpose Of
s- Pc satco personal and polii ca and 10 the eyes
OF God ard mae, rhat otherwise may Dc deemed
larful.
The selection o. Ree5er at rsbbls hustings and then
sgsn under similar bu. cieien cces OF Dlahay al
the Terri ia deegsta to Congress ia lace Of regular
election Of Gen. WDsli such delegate bu. otnsr
and ntnue instances of defiance to law, aud OF A..
tempted disregard OF s Leg innate safeguards for either
property 9 coDstituuonal rigbys The squattSr
sovereignty tree sc Assembly, vhich organized
tine since st Topeka and usurped egisla ise powers
ard the assumed installation OF 4 es State ocers the
same place the All Of this very month in cont npt
for aud dsobe fence TO the regular Territorial Lsyiss
ufe snd officials, i'll gtosser spscime of esd.in
for al authority but fell and reasonable organization ia
the Ct abolition
Property Is ever timid. rs owne sh fears 30 ven
ture where II has pei.her Tecognlon protection
Speculation ia it OF Its is s cautious I. II
vain that rely upon the extenion OF the slave
intiiuuon through tie expansion of Iurnbers
inGn.try, &nd under the slow operation Of time It's
dangers im.insn,; its recuiiy must be as lama
dists Its spprehensive; safety must ia
vi'e II forward Originating in natural causes, It's de-
veloI euient ct depends upon Dventional organism
u Is a1, aud law alone, which properly and bs1t