The Kansas herald of freedom., 1856-02-02

cent message of the President to Con-
gress, wherein he speaks of our domes-
tic relations, as entirely pro-slavery |;
and in this respect disgrsceful to the
chief magistrate of free people. That
not content with an overweight euiogy
upon the institution of slavery, he even
rebukes freedom itself for interposing
any objections to its:.extension. and this
he considers constitutional liberty. but
which We look upon as an unmanly con-
cession, and mean bid for southern
votes to perpetuats a wicked slaveocracy
upon the American people.
Resolved That the President of the
United States should have protected the
settlers of Kansas against the armed
mob of Missourians, who have, on sever
al occasions. invaded the Territory, de-
stroyed the ballot box and murdered her
citizens, for the avowed purpose Of plant
ing slavery there, without regard to the
will OF the people; but instead of vim
dicatlng his own cherished doctrines of
popular sovereignty. the present chief
magistrate seems to have encouraged or
crlminally overlooked such lawless and
desperate conduct.
Resolved, That similar aggressions
from the slave states will inevitably de-
stroy our federal relations, for if it be
the settled purpose of few misguided
men to propagate and extend slavery by
force, how long will the free states re-
main indifferent to the struggle between
freedom and slavery for the ascendancy
Upon this continent
Resolved, That we condemn certain
public prints for steadily falsifying the
truth, with regard to the recent troubles
in Kansas, by endeavoring to place the
free state men of the Territory in the
wrong before the world in their struggle
for freedom,
Resolved, That the foregoing Pream-
BILE and Resolutions be published, and
that copies thereof be sent to the
President of the United States, to Mr..
Wade of the Senate, and Cambell of the
House, to our Senator and Representa-
tive in the Ohio Legislature, to Gen.
Robinson and Col. Lane of Kansas Ter
ritory, and to the widow and friends of
the deceased in Kansas.
After the adoption of the above reso-I
lutions, Judge Haines was called to adj
dress the congregation. He made few
touching remarks in regard to the char
acter and melancholy death of Thos. w.
Barber, and then proceeded with an
elaborate address upon the great ques4
tion which is now agitating the minds of
the American people and which is en-
bodied in the above resolutions. The
close of Judge Haines' remarks was fol-
lowed by spontaneous outburst of sp-
plause.
DR.. Gilpatrick of Kansas Territory,
formerly Of Darke county, Ohio, was
next called to the stand. He had been
an eye witness to the troubles in Kansas,
and gave very Interesting and satisfac-
tory account of the discordant elements
which are there operating in the strug-
gle between slavery and freedom, in
which remarks he took occasion to vindi-
cate tie conduct of Ex-Governor Reeder
against the aspersions of the administra-
ton.
At the close of DR.. Gilpatrick's re-
marks, Gen. Hendricks offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the perpetrators of so
henious crime as that of the cold heart
ed murder of Thos. w. Barber, ought to
be brought to speedy trial before the
proper authority, and in case the same re-
fuses to act, or proceed correctly, his
death should be avenged, if not in sum-
mary way. by putting the mark of Cain
upon him.
Judge Haines proposed the following
resolution which was also adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of this meet
ing be extended to DR.. Gilpatrick and
other citizens of Ohio, who have emigra-
ted to Kansas, for the part they have
taken in the affairs of the Territory on
the side of freedom.
The thanks of the meeting are due to
DR.. Cox for the efficient mannerin which
ne presided over its deliberations. He
made an appropriate speech both at the
opening and closing of the meeting.
1t is due to the ladies to say that they
were out en- nsnsse on the occasion, to
lend the charm of their presence to the
melancholy business of the meeting.
D. a. cox. President.
WV. WoLvERroS and r. SsopGRAss,
Vice Presidents.
GEo. w. MITCHELL, Secretary.
V. q. Miller and G. w. Gains, Assist