The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-23

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perilling the public peace, We have fcaF-
fal dif6culties to contend with; we must Try
% overcome them. But should ~ again ~
overWhelmed BY invasion from abroad, or by
ffaudat home. win the Federal Government
still regard viii disfAvdt ouf pending ApPhns
ton Cor ad.nission as State into the Union?
In that event, viii nJt III good men aus
tain us in giving e45ect 70 our State GovetN-
ment ct I'll haxAfds Al any 1ate, this nay
Be -egarded - the only attempt which will
ever Be made to adjust oar great diikculty
under the Territorial Government. What
may be done after that however, il il not orr
province to declare, u ss'8eAi.
Before, closing this address, the Commit
toe desire to submit few remarks for the
consideration Of the people Of Missouri
We deaire It to be understood that the peo-
| pie Of Kansas do mot charge the 0utrages to
which they have been subjected upon the
people Of Missouri a. Q body. On the con-
trary, they know Tint the masses OF that
| people have not joined in these ousra9es, but
have remained at home, and denounced the
invaders Towards them We entertain no
other feelings than those of respect and
kindness This has been abundantly made
manifest by orr actions. Many . town ID
now standing and thriving in Missouri mon
uments Of our consideration for them, and
esteem Of their conduct Respect for this
class Of the people Of Missouri has induced
US sedulously to refrain from retaliatory
measures. Those who have Joined in the
forays against us, under the sincere impress
sion that Massachusetts, and other Free
States were importing voters into Kansas,
have been grossly deceived That we are
friendly to the people Of Massachusetts,, and
other Free States, is not surprising. BY
their munifcence we were furnished with
the means to defend our homes from plumber
and desecration. When the Missouri River
and markets upon our border were closed
against ua, the poorof Kansas were clothed
and fed by their iberality Notwithstand-
ing this, however, we would resist them in
any attempt to despoil US of our franchise
as we would resist the people Of Missouri -
But we deny that the people of Massachu-
setts, or Of any other Free State, ever at
tempted any such thing II is, doubtless,
true that Immediately after the election Of
March, 1855, some Of the peacefully dispo-
sed citizens Of Kansas left the Territory, and
good reasons had they for go doing Kansas
was invaded by hostile forces, organized for
war, and her people ruthlessly trampled into
the dust Was not this sufficient reasonr
To that portion of the people Of Missouri
whose aims are foreshadowed in the letters
Of Atchison to South Carolina, in which he
avows his intention to again invade Kansas,
vsSra hnvn 1nocn .ivup kNr hn sy<n~
of Kansas and Missouri are identical A
farm cannot be improved in Kansas, or o
town built up without its benefting Missouri
A railroad cannot be extended into Kansas
from the States without its trayersing
the entire length of Missouri For many
years, Missouri must be the market for
Kansas The people Of Kansas are entitled
to protection by the Constitution and Flag
that protects the people Of Missouri Should
the people Of Kansas invade your homes, to
wrest your ballot boxes from you by force,
what would be your feelings and actions
Would not all the resentful and indignant
impulses Of your natures be stirred up
Would you not meet US onyour border and
with bayonets in our hearts thrust us back
An authority to which we all defer, has said
"Do unto others as you would that others
should do unto you
We implore YOU not to attempt to again
violate our rights; we are men as you are,
and our common manhood requires that we
should resist you if You do. We are organ.
lied for defence we have the pledge Of Gov.
Walker that he will use the troops of the
United States in our behalf IL you persist
against your best interests, against all con-
siderations of patriotism, against all manly
and Christian duty, in the mad course you
have marked out war must ensue, protrac-
ted and bloody between Missouri and Kan |
sas; it may be extended all along the line to |
the Atlantic coast. A dissolved Union and |
q broken Government may be the result
For the highest welfare Of Kansas and Mis- |
souri,, in the name of our common country, |
snd the living God we appeal to you to re. !
frain. Remain at home the Kansas cues
ton will then be peaceabiy settled the agi-
tation Of slavery will cease, and Kansas and
Missouri will so on rrospering and to pros
per
Having thus discharged the duty assigned
them, the Committed would conclude by ex-
horting all the people OF Kansas to 80 to the
polls on the day CT election, in pursuance Of
the action Of the convention, and vote for the |
candidates of their choice You have an |
overwhelming majority. with lair election
success is certain, but whatever may be the |
result we believe our cause will he strength.
ened by such course.
Yours respectfully,
j. H. LANE, Chairman,
And sixteen others.