The Kanzas news., 1857-07-25

State government, and frame their own So
els institutions. would be acknowledged
and protected. IF laws have been enacted
By the Territorial Legislature, which are
disapproved of by a majority of the people
of the Territory, the mode In which they
could elect new Territorial Legislature
and repeal those laws was also designated.
II there are any grievances of which you
have any just right to complain, the law
fnl, peaceful manner in which you could
remove them, in subordination to the Gov
ernment of your country, was also pointed
ont
You have, however, chosen to disregard
the laws of Congress and of the Territorial
Government created by it, and whilst profes
sing to acknowledge State Government re-
jeeted by Congress, and which can therefore
now exist only by a successful rebellion, and
s.llctiag from all your officers heperilous
and sacrilegious oath to support the social
ed State Constitution, yet you have, even
In defiance of the so-called State Legislature
which refused to grant you charter, pro-
ceeded to create local government of your
own, based only upon insurrection and rev
olution. The very oath which you require
from all your officers to support your So
called Topeka State Constitution, is violated
in the very act of putting in operation char
ter rejected even by them.
A rebellion so iniquitous and necessarily
involving such awful consequences, has new
er before disgraced any age or country.
Permit me to call your attention, as still
to the results of your revolutionary proceed
ings You are inatgurating rebellion; you
are disregarding the laws of Congress and
of the Territorial Government, and defying
their authority; you are conspiring to over
throw the Government of the United States
in this Territory. Your purpose, if carried
into effect in the mode designated by you by
putting your laws forcibly into execution,
would involve YOU in the guilt and crime of
treason. You stand now, fellow citizens,
upon the brink of an awful precipice, and it
becomes my duty to warn you ere you take
the fatal leap into the gulf below. If your
proceedings are not arrested you viii neces-
sarily destroy the peace of the Territory and
involve it in all the horrors of civil war. I
warn you, then, before it is too late, to re-
cede from the perilous position in which you
now stand.
/ appeal once more to your reason and
patriotism. l ask you in the name of our
common country, in the name of the Con-
stitution and of the Union, to desist from this
rebellion. | appeal once more to your love
of country, to your regard for its peace, pros
perity and reputation, to your affection for
year wives and children, and to all those pa
triotic motives which ought to influence
American citizens, to abandon this contem-
plated revolution. If you have wrongs, re-
dress them through the peaceful instrument
tality of the ballot-box, in the mode prescrib-
ed by the laws of your country.
As all arguments heretofore so often ad-
dressed by me to you have failed as yet to
produce any effect upon you, have deemed
it necessary, for your own safety and that
of the Territory, and to save you from the
perilous consequences of your own acts, un-
der the authority vested in me by the Pres
ident of the United States. to order an ade-
quate force of the troops of the United States
into your immediate vicinage, to perform
the painful duty of arresting your revolution
ary proceedings. Let me implore you not
to compel me to appeal to that military pow
er which is required in the last resort, to
protect the government of your country.
You cannot carry your rebsllious purposes
into effect without coming into unavoidable
and open conflict with the troops and Gov
ernment of the United Strtes.
Let me djure you, then, once more, aban
don these proceedings before you involve
Yourself in the crime of treason, and subject
the people of the city of Lawrence to all the
horrors and calamities of insurrection and
civil war. IF you viii now desist from this
projected revolution, the past viii be forgot
ten as far as practicable; but if you persist
In passing these laws and carrying them in
to execution, thus defying and superseding
the government of your country, the deplo-
rable consequences must be upon your heads
and those of your associates. twill be my
purpose, if you still persist, to spare all
bloodshed as far as practicable, and subject
the leaders and projectors of this revolution
ary movement to the punishment prescribed
BY the law. ] viii accompany the troops to
LAWRENCE with view to prevent, if possible,
any conflict, and In the sincere hope that the
revolutionary movement contemplated by
you, and now so nearly accomplished, will,
ere it is too late, be abandoned by you.
E you can be influenced by no other mo-
tives, the evident fact that the power OF the
government is adequate to prevent the ac-
compiishn1ent of your purpose, should IN
duce YOU to desist from these proceedings.
Thatthe same overruling Providence who
holds In his hands the destiny OF our below
ed country may now incline your hearts to
peace, and influence you to abandon this IA
fal enterprise, is the sincere wish of your
fellow citizen. r. J.. WALKER,
Z Governor Of Ranzas Territory.
The Camels in Texas.