The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-02-13
WAR message OF GOVERN
OR CHASE.

~ tHr r+cnrfut s<AaSe"t'tJ
of ne STATE Of 0Aio:
iraEsru;t 81. The consideration Of lhr
G~n.rs! assembly commpnicnlion frum
eer'aih 4 Nj, men Holding tIiciAI positions
IN kaRsas .iif ras'r , si trtr
The nrgeney of,he appeal ,.mata by the
compunsc.,tiaa herewith transmitted, indu
ces me 10 lsy ia before the. GU;pDTal Assem-
bly, Hithoul slelay.
IL is auibcniira;ed by the signatures Of
James II Lshe, Chairman of'ihe Executive
ts,ainiesse o. Kansas Territory. Charles
k,bnsun, he Governor, and George w.
Dei;zifr.- ll-e Secretary, elected by the peo-
pie andrr the recently adopied State Con
slitpiio9
L. represents that an overwhelming force
of citz ms Of Missouri i, organic ng upon
the borders OF kansas with the avOwed pur.
pose of Invading the Territory, demolishing
is towns, and tutsheiinsits Free State cl
aisens
tappeRlS Er prompt assistance in terms
which ransot tail 10 command your most
earnest attention.
The olsect OF the contemplated invasion
Of Kansas is to compel its inhabitants to
submit to lbe establishment Of Slavery.
The plogres of saaveholdtng aggression is
very remarkable. sq
H. 1920 The slave power insisted on the
almi -rieu of Missouri as a Slave State, and
Elected is purpose by tngrafting on the
bill liar,is admission a perpetual prahibluon
Of slavery in all the remainder Of the terri
te4g acquired from lAapce, north of The
In .I1. A xt. NJ nrI
to eur frontier.
In 1854, the slave power demanded the
repeal OF tie Prohibition of 1890. and tfyc.
teih his objret bv ENGRAVING ON the Nebras-
ka Kansas bill which provided tor the repeal,
an expttss declaration that the people of
the Territory should be tfi perfectly fir g
To ferui and regulate their own domestic IN
slituiian@ snt:jcct only 10 the provisions of
the Gonslisu ion Of the United 'Itates."
Ia i356. the slave power insists that un.
dec thissdeciaraIion the people of the Terri,
tory bAyen no power at all toexclude Slavery,
until, under an embracing act of Congress,
hey proceed to form State Constitution
preparatory to admission into the Union.
That tnis pretention would be advanced
was Ioreseen and predicted, VIXEN the Ne
slaska Kansas Bill was under discussion;
nd it was indeed indirectly sanctioned by
the refusal Of its supporters to adopt an a.
mendment to the BILL expressly recognizing
the right Of the people to exclude Sla-
very. r
v hateyer con trucion, however, may have
been intended BY the S!ayeholding supper
ters of the bill, and wha,ever counttnance
70 tltt construction may be nfforded by the
Dhraseology Of the act Itself, il is cerlaiu
that, throughout the Free States. the conyic-
tonis nearly univsrsal, that the People OF
Kansas. deprived of tie protection of the
prohibition Of $780, have and ought to have,
complete right and full. power to protect
ihemselvss against the evi of Slavery.
To prevent the people from exercising
this right aud power, arred hands, from
the neighbori1g State of Missouri, invaded
the Territory at the time appointed for the
first election Of members Of the Territorial
Legislature, March 80, 1865, and, having
taken possession Of the polls, and excluded
We legAh voters, selected themselves the
he persons vino were to constitute the Ls
gislaturc, without regard to their place o
residence, whether in Missouri or in Kan
sas;
lhe acts Of this spurious Legislature wer,
worthy Of its origin. Having excluded tn,
tie few Free State members who held cir
liic tesof election. hev proceeded to pro
nulgste. in the forms of law, a series @
pretended Statues which hive no parallel
he annals Of Legislative usurpation.--
The Governor of the Territory. who attemp
ted, intellectually. tofrtstrain their excess b,
his Executive veto, was Jsiemoved from oi
ice by the President of the United States
nnd TINS full scope was given 10 their ut
most extravagance.
As if d;spending of conquered province
ttey pIoceeaed to decree the cstablishmea
Of Slavery, and to secure il against popula
opposition, by providing for the appoint
ment efsheriifs and other officers, by Com
nlissioners Of their own creation; without al
lowing the people any voice whatever il
their selection, and by imposing on the ex
ercises ofthe right to vote at future elec
tions ofmembers OF the Legislature. condi
tons which none but the supporters OF Sla
ver eouitl comply.
I. was impossible for men, not themselve
prepared 10 be slaves, to admit the validit,
If this spurious Legislation. The people 0
Kansas refused to submit to disfranchse
nnent by the usurpers. Left without valit
laws, and remittsd % the original right, in
herent n every community to provide for it
own saleiy and good order, they proceeded
ln regular conversion, to appoint day am
prescribe the manner of electing delegat
10 Congress. aud 70 provide for holding
convention 10 frame constitution, prerar
.nyvl to application for admission into tA,
Union as ia State.
On the Oh Vt October last, the day ,lrs
ignalei for the election Of delegate t,
Congress, Andrew III. Reeder was chosev
to that olfice; and on the esd Of the sam,
month State constitution was promuIga
led by the convention elected for that pur
pose. On the 18th December, this Stat,
constellation was ratified by the people, ant
on the 18th Of January, just passed, an elec
tinr was held for State officers and member
ofthe Slate Legislature. The governor ant
Secretary, whose signature are affixed {,
ttie appeal herewith transmitted, we're cho
VI sen At This election. fsa
While these things we're in progress tn,
Territory Was again invaded, early in De
-emhar. by armed bands of from Missouri
nov called into action by an extraordinary
roelsmalion from Wilson Shannon, Wit
hsd been appointed Governor Of the Terri
svry III place Of bis removed predecess ~
rha town af Lawr nee was actually belea