Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-10-02

protection of life, liberty, and property o.
every citizen, the dearest constitutional
rights of the people of Kansas have beer
fraudulently taken from them;
Their Territory has been invaded by al
armed force; o. =
Spurious and pretended Legislative, Ju
dicial and Executive officers have been sci
over them, by whose usurpcd authority
sustained by the military power Of the gov
ernment, tyEnicaland Unconstitutional laws
have been enacted and enforced;
The rights of the people to keep and
bear arms have been infringed;
Test oaths of an extraordinary and Ell
tangling nature have been imposed as a
condition of exercising the right of suf-
frage and holding office;
The right of an accused person TO a
speedy and public trial by an impartial ju-
nv has been denied;
The right of the people to be secure in
their persons, houses, papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and captures
has,becn violated;
They have been deprived of life, liberty
and property without due process of law;
That freedom of speech and of the press
has been abridged;
The right to choose their own represen-
tatives has been made of no effect;
Murders rObbcries and arsons have been
instigated and encouraged, and the often
ders have been allowed to 90 unpunished i;
That all these things have been done
with the knowledge, sanction and procur-
ment of the present National Administra-
ton, and for this high crime against ahe
Constitution, the Union, and humanity,
we arraign that Administration, the Pres
ident, his advisers, agents, supporters, apol-
ogists and accessories, either before or af-
ter the facts-before the country and be-
fore the world; and that it is our fixed
purpose to bring the actual perpetrators of
these atrocious outragcs, and their accom-
plices, to sure and condign punishment
hereafter.
IS. ReSolued, That Kansas should be
Immediately admitted as State, of the
Union, with her present Free Constitution,
as at once the most efectual way ofsecuring
to her citizens The rights and privileges to
which they are entitled, and of ending the
evil strife now raging in her Territory.
"6. Resolred, That the highwayman's
plea, that might makes right embodied in
the Ostend Circular, was in every respect
unworthy of American diplomacy, and
would bring shame and dishonor upon any
government or people who gave it their
ssction.
81. Rosolpea, That Railroad to the
Pacific Ocean by the most central and
practicable route is imperativelv demanded
by the interest of the whole country, and
that the Federal Government ought to rem
der immediate and efficient aid in its con-
strlction, and as an auxiliary thereto, the
immediate construction ofan emigrant route
along the line of the railroad.
IS. Resoired, That appropriations by
Congress for the improvement of rivers and
harbors, of a national character, are re-
quired for the accommodation and security
Of our existing commerce, authorized by
the Constitution, and justified by the obi
cation of the Government TO protect the
lives and property of its citizens.
49, Resolged, That we invite the affil-
iation and cooperation of men of all par
ties, however different from us in other re-
spect', in support of the principles herein
declared, and believing that the spirit OF
our institutions as well as The Constitution
of our country guarantees liberty of con-
science and equality of rights among citi-
zens, we oppose all legislation impairing
their security. .......