Freeman's champion., 1857-07-30
SECOND DAY.

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of Lawrence.
SECOND DAY.
Thursday, July l6.
The Convention was called to or.
der by the President, and opened with
prayer by Rev. j. B. McAffee. -
Messrs. Henry j. Adams, A. Lar
zalisr, and A. L. Winans were call.
ed for, and made remarks upon the
position and policy Of the Free State
party.
General James H. Lane took the
stand in response to the call Of the
convention, and among other things
said that he thanked his friends fol
the honor they proposed to confer up
on him, by rendering him the nomi-
nation for Congress, but utterly re-
fused to receive the nomination T; that
hehad determined never again to leave
Kanzas, until her Missouri chains
were broken and her people free under
their own government.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The Committee on Resolutions,
through j. M. Walden, Chairman,
submitted report, which was ac'
cepted, and after few amendments,
unanimously adopted. The follow
ing are the Preamble and Resolutions
as passed
WHEREAS, At the first election O.
Territorial Legislature held in Kan
zas, the government was wrested from
the hands of the people and an usurp
alton substituted in its place ; and
WHEREAS, Said usurpation is still
forced upon the people of Kanzas
and they are thereby deprived of al
the rights of American citizens
therefore be it Resolved by the Ere,
State men in Convention assembled
l. That the Topeka Constitution
and the State Government originated
in public necessity, that subsequent
events have proved the wisdom anc
justice of that movement, and tina
present circumstances render it al
imperative demand Of justice, com
mon sense and patriotism, that it b.
unswervingly maintained and sup
ported;
II. That the Topeka Constitution
is the first and only choice of tn
Free State men of Kanzas-that W,
look to our admission as State un
der it as the surest and only methot
of regaining our lost rights and tina
all our efforts as a party in whateve
direction shall be subservient to tina
end;
III. That Congress will consul
the wishes Of q very large majority o
the inhabitants of Kanzas by imme
diately admitting her as a State unde
the Topeka Constitution,
w. That the Free State men O
Kanzas now as heretofore utterl,
deny the validity of the Territoria
Legislature-that they still recognize
it as the creature of fraud and VIC
lence, and that they acknowledg
neither the validity nor the binding
force Of its enactments;
V. That the recent vote for dele
gates to o Constitutional Convention
has demonstrated to the world tha
the pro-Slavery faction is a "miser
able minority" of the people ofKan
zaS; that an attempt to frame q Con
stitution by delegates thus elected
would be gross outrage upon tn
people, and that the admission O
Kanzas under a Constitution ",
framed, unless first submitted to
fair vote of the bona fde residents
would be an act of injustice and des
potism SO fragrant and alarming as t,
justify her people in resort to th'
extromeSt measures for the protection
Of their rights:
vi. That the Free State party o
Kanzas is emphatically peace party
that we deprecate agitation that nov
as ever we seek to avoid all occasion
of collision with the authorities o
the United States, and that all w,
ask is simple justice and the enjoy
ment Of the rights, guaranteed to u
as American citizens by the Consti
tuition Of our common country;
VII. That we urge upon the Ere,
State mon Of Kanzas the necessity O
thorough organization for the Au
gust election, and that as far as pos
Siblo a full vote be polled at tina
election;
VIII. That wo recommend to tn
Governor the propriety of submit
ting tho Topeka Constitution TO
full vote ofall bona fde residents O
Kanzas at the August election t3
TX. That tho Free State Ccntra
COMMITTEES Is lloroby instructed {,
have 10000 copies Of the State Con