Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1856-01-22
Kansas Rebellionists.

Kansas Rebellionists.
EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGIsLATURE
That Governor Shannon is an honest
man, and intends to do justice as the pre-
siding officer of this Territory. we have.
not doubt.
In dlscharging the militia that assem-
bled near Lawrence, at the Governor
call, without innicting any punishment up
on those Febellious subjects, except exact
ing from the Rrineiplelords promise that
they and their serlis would, in future. obey
the laws, it is said, by the Governor and
his friends, was all he could legally do.
Without entering into any argument on
the subject, or giving any opinion as
to the course pursued by his Excel
iency, we must say, that if his. course
was correct, and he exercised all his legal
power, the Territorial government is very
weak affair, and calls aloud for help. That
help can come from The Legislature alone.
There is no power, now On earth, that can
make laws Tor Kansas but the Territorial
Legislature.
Congress passed the organic act, and
under it, the people have set up a Terrific
rial government, and have passed laws to
carry on; the objects designed, and until
those laws are repealed, in the mode pre-
scented by law, they must be enforced, or
the Territorial government. is a mere farce.
The organic act sets UP principle, that
none but thieying aholitionists are mean
enough to controyert, in this country-the
right of the people, from all portions of
our country, &c settle in the Territories.
and for themselves determine their own Inc
stitutions. This principle, the very heart
and soul of a republican government, and
TIE doctrine Of the capability Of the pco-
pie to govern themselves, is denied by ab-
olitionists; and, in order to counteract the
effects OF the princi pie in this Territory,
Immediately commenced their work Of send
ing here their tools, bought and bribed TO
aholillonize this Territory, and prevent the
people from settling here, and, in u peace
allie way, rnaase their.own laws and, in
due course of time, shape their own ill.,
situations in their own way, and ask adj
mission as State. The people Of Mis-
sour, and other slave States of the Union,
seeing the fraud about 10 be practiced by
the atoli,ionists in this Territory, deter
mined 10 exercise their right of settlers,
| particularly as they had spent about as
much money and blood in the acquisition
Of cur Territories as the sancsimonious
mgger-loving Northerners. Thus IL was
/ that both commenced the work-one party
only claiming to act as they pleased in re-
gard to slavery: the other swearing ven
gance against slaves and slaye-owners
aud that Kansas must and should be made
a free State, in order to enable the aboli-
tionists to steal all the slaves from Mis-
souri,, Arkansas and Texas, and so on, un-
til negro slavery should lie driven cut Of the
Union. This is no fiction, or over-drawr
ipictu.e, hat a true statement of the case
which all honest men, North or South
must admit.
The Governor was appointed, and the
aid societies organized and set at work
and the alo'itionisls thought that il was 6
mere one-sided game-snd so did most o
the pro-slavery menrbut TIE aboli.ionis;s
ia anticipation Of an easy victory, became
.
impudent and insolent, and Southern mel
commenced being aroused. Missouri be.
, ing nearest at Land was the first TO begin
TO feel the effect of having hired band o
thieves stationed on her borders, ant
through tie old, muh abused and slanderes
t-i1t now IGNORED Platte County Sci
: Defensive institution. put the tail in motor
that aroused her own people and the Who'll,
South to sense Of their danger. Th,
aid societies spent their millions; Rcede
t played into their hand. and kept the pee
: pie from expressing their own opinions an,
enjoying the benefit of their own laws
The election came, and the squaiter soy
freignty doctrine prevailed. A tremend
( Gus majority OF the people proclaimed !,
7 the world that Kansas was not yet abcli
tionized. What thena why the bor,le
rafiians drove tue abelitionis,s from tt,
5 polls.
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