Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-09-18
From Kansas.
THE CHRISTOPHER FALLS ADDRESS

rom Kansas.
TIE CHRISTOPHER FALLS ADDRESS
LAWRENCE. Sent. ,.
4 committee of twenty were ann1inted at
the Grasshopprr Falls Convention to nro.
pare and publish an Address to the no1nle
Of the United States. II ia nrenared ii.
though not vet submitted for the annroval
of the entire committee. there !. no Doubt
that 1t will be adopted without alteration
as given below,
,nryrss ~, ,,,,. -r.-,-
~, .,
co. o f1oPl1 VI h'h7ns' ut thelr recent
'..I Tn'.',''oi ",id uU "raSSholP per rams
Ie'oiu,ion " pirucip!te IN the
ia,,,no ~ I iiieiioor9 VI terIl'oiiul Legls
,u,u'o a'u ue'esa'e 10 congress IN octooer
mex anu a pointed the undersigned II com
n.i,'eo ~ uuurcs7 the people AT large with
W .n'9 IN Por'In n actioh'
a., wv yIai1 Wa i,' nui! ago, Por.on oil
FL ~, . ". in'Ht0u oul iclliVo
~ tJ?H possession ol our pai'ot,o0xes' ana
VSUaoi'9u Vno ohgarcny WnIch mas since
olniiiiou W eAeIcisc the luhctiohS Oh gov
81 81 u.hcnU amongst us "A snort time AFTER
f,,"V WI. our PJoPlo HieC III convention, at
b'5 p'inss W ue'crniihe inc course they
T' ,
.ha ~. ~ .tss W iosiov
VIZ .' " 'no,r Jaws ny lorce tne
oJ,.;| W .'.,9 ieiiio measure " rho
.p'O" VI " w" '''"'' Sor'i lni0nV' Ino
wv. ' was plViviic anu 'io
nv 'i',' ""'P''r
u1 ias. Iliu. 'nI uouy Vi men why iol
c .,4 WV mus nave "cc' ''aihi''S i'"'
lor the people oil our territory, moved,
d. 0iGtltp1 1nmnrnnllpg
OF Missouri, are to us foreign body, re-
presenting only the hwleSs invaders who
erected 'hen, ana not the people OF the
territory that we repudlate their action
as the monstrous contamination OF an act
OF violence, usurpation' and fraud, unparal,
l'led IN the history OF our Union, and
worthy only OF men UNITED Tor the duties,
ana regardless OF the responsibilities OF 1e-
PunlicahiSh'
h'S'''f"' nat TINS convention IN view
OF its reputation oil the so-cailed Kansas
heSisi"'lVe Assembly respond most heartily
20 inc eau made by the peoples conven-
uoh OIL the IN INST, to consider the pro-
pretty OIL the FORMATION OIL state COnstitu-
.io"' anu Such other matters as may legl-
AiiaUeIy come before IL.
h'S''',"' lhat setting aside all minor
ISSUES VI ParuIah ponies, IL Is incumbent
upon US 10 Proher an organization calcul-
"'ou ~ recover our nearest rights ana into
Nulch democrats ana hlSS' native ana
ha'uiaiized ciuzens may freely enter without
any sacrifice OF their respective political
cFceuS' Dut without forcing them as test
upon others ana that wheh we snail have
"cnlcNcu our Iol''lcai freedom INDICATED
0 ou riIno VI nCI -SoNcfhnent, ana become
Ihosn Issues NAV, hcco,0o ,.;t,I 49, ,to,' n,.,
now dormont i vii Lo ,,rno o,,n,,.,b -
divide our or,ari,,tinn b,, tLoso tosts tho
imnortanro - ,,hirh va f,u,, roonsri,o j.,
tbair onnronriatc smhora
II i tyeu known ,hat ,roso ros,,u.;ons
rossod ar H., Snr;n,s S,rto,,ban -
bavo cor.tit1t,j tbn ! IN .,,t,,,,,
noI,ticai action of tlo non,,Io ~ E,n.,s
Tba, tn ,,,g'.,,i,',o +, lii..,',,,.a5 49,,
authority nf the t.rrit0ri ! ',;,I,tnrn and
bnvs m,,;ntnined thar nn.it,nn e,c, si,1no
I-,,, th.s, .,r, ,,.,s,,,a. .h,,, 49,,
r.ltnJ tte;r Lo,,es from, rho c,,,,,n,,,,o,,,sr.,
Of their stru,glo and man tbnir nI,ir,-,ts
.nc.ass tLav st;Il cort,nna =, roi,, H.,
uJort,nr this c,ursa of ,ctior rho ,,o',1a- If
Kansa, were NOT imna,lad hy Xix, =,
t,nnt,c.l ,a,I mr. ,v,rthn ;rcon';,Ior,t.,,,.s,
of purrose They nrncaeded gr.vaIv and
with tdelibera;i,I tn decide man rho
ground they should occupv. II was sid
that they coult not nr,rseI +, aHact a
state ORGANIZATION witbout anrLoritv
previously given hv net Of Congrrss mr. nf :,
territorial Ierisiture But thsv kpew
that no such Irincinle as tins had aver
been established on the contrary tbev
knew that the instances in which States
ad been formed under acts of Congress
here exceedingly few. and AS to acts Of the
territorial I7g;sl,tnrn thev knew that
these had hsnn rnI,d hr rho Li,,hest antbnr,.
ty TO be invalid and Of M etlact II was
also said that oItborab tho non,Ie had haan
prevented from elec,,ng their LEGISLATURE n.
the organic act of the territorV rrnuirod
vet. while tbn terr;tori,L ,ovornment
remained technically intact a STATE govern.
ment would he n rival revolutionary move
ment puttinr the onthor;ty or the I-nitad
States government in dcsrita Rnt the
neonle knaw ,r,a. ,ho o,,,a,tf,,.;o, - tLo
'nittad ..a' 'le CONSTITUTION Vi .h0
whatcver c,ro t,sn;,':'i Nv P'o 'i''oi
wbere. tbat a., 't r Ia government any
did NOT con,o,n,Iata ,ts ~ ti". ins'i u'iient
territory ~ rho Inio r"o he!uis''ion oi new
qovernwent ,res , ilc .laI 'no 'eIrl'oriai
femnorar,, ro na9 '.eieloie tnc creature oil
of extra c,nstitn,i3oai Ineio p.oteo'o'"'c-
incident rs Ina ies's'"uoh-a thihs
and that ,L sovereignty -
the nnrmoI aod '"0 St"tc government
Of rho ca,an anu recoshizeu "ofHtes /
erritoriai oarn.s S, came ihlo existence the |
necessitv wL;oL ana,., T' VII" the
X ansos knoy ,hot ~ i"e people Oh
initial Statos ;"1slr government oi the
these nrincirIos in a. .'I piooeedeu upon
intn tho -, e."d'lieeion VI states
lis bigbost na ".;u "'u thus gwen mem
on,bnrita,i,., '"nT ZION ana rendered them
this rronnJ d Ivy therefore, assumed
1'I'c'iohS urged TO 1t with the most perfect
Ia,, a,I -, ~ Gorrec'hessas matter OF
ina H,',9e "oiisneu governmental policy
ton at Wash ;rot m'nue ~ 'he aulnihiStra-
mr. rho o',, 9,ins.oi anu It's party through
oIr oT Ka Uun.'y 70 tnls course OF the PEG
,ree. wonkonoj Ho'' ~ tio sI'Su'est uo
rssenod ~ ,"elr confidence IN IT, or
: ~ ,La , urscr'hihatloh 10 adhere to
,r,,rr;" .""' i"cy are satlshed That ITS