Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-06-24

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exseotedwiLh ceufae{ aud peatiess
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latter described as the Teiritosy ef .Kansas. ris
,bEoisrATuREoF or SAID ifoRT slbrk nr, 4 NJ IL
i HERRBy, AuTIlnaizBp TO sfoyinE. III e 4 1na 1,,E
OBJECTION Or DIhEeATks, bg tie poeple of.said
Territory to assemble In Convention aid fofn
"a Constitution and St3te GoTefnnent pfensfd
tory 70 theit admission into the hiof o'i al (,
equal iooilng With tlle ollglna states ia al fe.
sPssts whatsoever, ~ che nalhe 4 ths State u
/ Nav, sirs consider fhcs6| N0gdk IL fsi.ilIt
land sUu viii 500 ibaas iIoNsvef plaisibiS
l4nd vsiFe. daaea il,ey ipag saai,, yet; ia xssI
Ialitg they Are most .lNili1 a. 81, q lRhiia
sfiectipg 70 initinie l|si IS iats ios
,{.e .jea u Ss6ye t.la Isl & sil ID tj,it
| ETarsisufy 10 xsdgeSts IS Is & 3ti.ns ;.i,lss
which !! suffers; nay. they recognize The very
Usurpadon, in which The Crime ended, and
proceed TO endow i. with new preropa.yos,
Its BY the authority Of The Legislature lha,
the census is taken which is the frs. ssep in
Ithe,work. il is also BY The authority Of Me
Legislature that Convention is 10 be called
forihe formation Of a Constitution, which
is the second step. Bu, the Legislature Is
not obliged TO take either Of these steps. To
its absolute wilfulness IL is lei to aci or not
to &C. in the premises. And since, in the orr
dinary course Of business, there can be no
action Of the Legislature till January OF tho
next year, all these Steps, which are prsim,
bary in their character, are postponed ,ill
after thai distant dav--,hus keeping this
grea, question open, 10 dis.racl aud irrilale
The country. Clearly this is nc, what ia re.
CURED. The country desires peace a, once,
and is determined TO have II. Bu. this oh.
jeclian is slight by the glaring Tyranny,
thai, in recognizing the Legislature. and
|ccnferring upon il these new powers, The
Bill recognizes the existing Usurpalion, no,
only as the ,aulhen,c sGoyernrlen,, of the
Territory for the lime being. butalso as pos
sessing creative power,o reproduce itself
in the new State. Pass this Bin, and you
enlist Congress in tbe conspiracy. no. only
10 keep the people Of Kansas In their presen,
isubiugaiion. throughout their rer1torial ex,
istence, bu. alsodo proirac. this subjugation
into their existence as State, while you
legalizo and Ierpetuaie the very force by
which Slavery has been already planned
there.
know that there is another deceptive clause,
which seems to throw certain safeguards around
the election of delegates to the Convention,
WHEN THAT CONVENTION SHALL BE ORDERED by THE
LEcIsLATuRE; but out of this very clause do
draw a condemnation Of the Uurpation which
the Bill recognizes. 1t provides that the tests.
coupled with the electoral franchise, shall not
prevail in the election Of delegates, and thus
impliedly condemns them. But il they are MOTTO
prevail on this occasion, why are they permitted
at the election of the Legislatue2 II they are
unjust in the one case, they are unjust in the
other. If snnulled at the election Of delegates.
they should be annulled at the election of the
Legislature; whereas the Bill Of The Senator
leaves MI these offensive tests in inI a6.ifit &c
the election Of the very Legislature oni 81 which
this whole proceeding is to come; and ii leaves
the polls at both elections 1.-THE control OF the 4.
officers appointed by the BsuIpation. Consider
well the facts. BY an existing statute, establish
ing the Fugitive Slave Bill as shibboleth, large
portion of the honest citizens are excluded from
voting for the Legislature, while, by another
Ststute, all who present themselves with fee of
one dollar, whether from Missouri or not and
who can utter this shibboleth, are entitled to
vote. And it is Legislature thus chosen, un-
der the auspices of officers appointed by the
Usurpatlon, that you now propose to invest with
parental powers to rear the Territory into State.
You recognize and confirm the Usurpation.
which YOU ought to annul without delay. You
put the infant State, now preparing to take a
place in our Sisterhood, to suokle with the wolf,
which You ought at once to kill. The improba-
BILE story oi Baron Munchausen is verified The
bear, which thrust itself in the harness Of the
horse 1t had devoured, and then whirled the
sledge according to mere brutal bent, is recog-
nized by this bill. and kept in its usurped place,
when the safety Of all requires thatit should be
shot, .a
In characterizing this Bill as the Remedy OF
Injustice and Civil War, give it plain, self
evident title. 1t is continuation of the Crime
against Kansas, and as such deserves the same
condemnation. 1t can only be defended by those
who defend the Crime. Sir, you cannot expect
that the people of Kansas will submit to the
Usurpation which this bill sets up, and bids them
bow before--as the Austrian tryant set up his
cap in the Swiss market-pVce. If you madly
persevere, Kansas will not be without her Will
liam Tell, who will refuse at all hazards to rec
ognlze the tyrannical edict; and this will be the
beginning Of civil war. 80 o...h
Next, and lastly, comes the Remedy Of Justice
and Peace, proposed by the Senator from New
York, Mr.. Seward and embodied in his Bill for
the immediate admission of Kansas as State OF
this Unon' now pending as substitute for the
bill of the Senator from Illinois This issus-
tanned by the prayer of the people of the Terri
tory, setting forth Constitution formed by a
spontaneous movement, in which all there had
opportunity to participate, without distinction
Of party. Rarely has any proposition, SO simple
in character, so entirely practicable, so absolute
ly within your power, been presented, which
promised at once such benefcent results. In
its adoption, the Crime against Kansas will be
all happily absolved, the Usurpation which i