The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-21
KANSAS AFFAIRS.

esSvcxnOr Of Aansass AcasveS~~ az AvPcAs
ysuow or1zxss or sCIn AND Ecc1 or Ruxxus-
Yoa are again convened together x the expiration Of
rs recess taken by yor January last You under
circumstances scarcely less difficult and no less embar
rs<hg TIA, have characers cd the previous meetings
81 ihn legislature. Put your duties under the
spcn plain and the necessity for action imperative.
work for which they selected you me b or experience OF
pssi hasbrouRhi nothing with that could relieve you
% your responsibility Everv step in that experience has
eamness wisdom and determine Prepare those
euwarks on which the people wsy res, their
rights american cltAens, and keep the State govern
fDeD IN readiness for admission into the Cnor
a. 4 becomes my duty 'e recommend such measures
J NAV deem eSpcdept for your Action AUD 70 commun-
ste 70 you the condition OF affairs IN the Stx;e shall
sesvor briefly 10 do so.
March, 1895, many important and star ne
have marked and disturbed the OF afars The
noEross o. actual warfare have existed IN midst
Gowns been sacked snG burned, and
cgs2eas have been oru'ally murdered he hghxa
.na n tneI homes hostile enemy on our eastern oor
Ger has poured in predatory band after band, and army
xfserormy with the design OF harrsssDg Our Citizens
and completing The subasaiion they had begun
general goV erpnieDt, which still tie
Of osec0n US, has basely usea thai the
under which HIS rendered aid comfort
and strengthened the hands Of tdese foreign in
xsders who s pretend TO hold the pot CT
people that they usurped Nor have your lsbors or your
persons exempt Iswlcss EGve beeu made
your members. and also Of executive ocers by
xho, although they possessed some power and in r-any
ssrts acted with rreguSr,y and in defiance Of the
ruiee which hey professed 10. respect.
large and necessary portion Of the isSors Of year
ccdlfy Ing committee destroyed, with much otAer
property Lawrence, in Kay, 1856 when hs place
psAsed ana rtiAlly burned by mob brought there By
aC ned States karsha Waen your bodies met pursue ut
TO adiournmsu in July last, your assembly was inter
tered with and broken UP by large force OF ted States
violation Of those constuionsl rights which was their
nrty 70 have projected Wher you again convened, IN
lat, your regular session, your proceedings
were sgan interfcred with by = Deputy Marshal, and
many of your members arrested
do cot propose entering minute detail OF al the
unhappy that have marked the past yeayo
which have stamped page OF infAny On the
history o. sbe country Le refer you To the coUpre
address,, prepared by mit;ee Of the
that assembled in this place on tie 0h OF March
list; ;hoss PARTICULARS enumeration O. which woud
osoro too nuoh Of your time. Suffice 10 ssy, tina,
ing these causes the State government rot yet fully
Orsuzed and waits in urgent necessity for tie compile
Tha PERIOD FOR which you were elected is drawing TO
No provision for taking the census has been msde
In the government will expire. and with power Of
reproducing it, cannot think tsat you will in any
nngeny incur the reproach OF leaving helpless TIE people
who trusted you, compelling them 10 recur through
Axtens action to their primary power for those ceeded
rteps wk.ea il is yeur duty 10 supply.
my Eessage sent 70 you in March, 1861 enumerated
,hs outlines of the legislation it would be incumbent
ycu frame and adopt Let respectfully refer yes
that document for those details.
mere Is one 81 beet Of great moment for our present
ard future prosperity. The public land in midst stl
belongs TO 'he general government To secure these
ads, ali OF them that be obts ned Is matter 10
which should devote no ordinary attention. The policy
hitherto ado ,ed towards other States gives just
grounds 70 ook TO Congress for grant Of all the public
lands midst To your enterprise aud endurance
value be traced and to YOU trghy belongs The sale
much Of valued lands for the behalf OF In dams
Eives additional claim the government for the
ainder. Surely, the general government viii not seek
TO make speculation the bones and sinews OF the
struggling pioneers who seek add stse TO the
cepederAcy Let US respectfully urge upon the assembled
wisdom of Congress our claim for donations Of these lands
and let press these claims before the government has
passed ais ;tle 70 all the valuable portions into the hands
OF SPECTATORS Nc donation Should by It's terns conflict
with the claim Of a squatier on tho soiL
The inaniuste framework OF Territorial government
sttn In Kansas. While the popular branch OF Con-
Union, he Senate has s, withheld It's spproys In this
Isolated condition, rights American citizens, under
the constitution, and our inherent rights rs men remain 70
The Territorial Governor recently among by
The federal government, in his inaugural has truly said
eat the people Of Kansas, who in forming their state
constitution, TO declare the terms which they
pore TO enter the Union Congress cannot compel the
people OF Territory to enter the Union as State or
change without their consent the constitution framed by
ths people Congress- II true may for cous;i,utona
reiuse admission, but the State Alone In forming
her constitution can prescribe the terms which she
viii enter he Union his pewer OF the people OF Ter
rtory In forming State constitution Is OF vis. r,
DOMAIN Nearly ali the lands of Kansas are public lands
nnds are de property OF The federal government bu,
theI rleht X exclusively That o. proprietor carrying
with e nc political power"
me doctrine here enurca,ed I, only what has been es
hbIshed BY precedent, and reiterated time and again
In ii have right to form State constitution, aud of
necessity the complete state organization, FOR Which rs spe
Ctkc prOvidc. Congress neither IlKnk
20 frame constitution for 10 change the same
1t HIs, be APPARENT to all hey have power
sToy when created Governor Walker goes faTiher
than this and further than We have ever oposet ng
fer be says that thc State alone forming her cons
car prescribe the terms on which she viii enter the
Unon clearly Implying tina. she may enter the Unon or
not Under these circumstances Is Clearly apparent
thai tic fedora government has only sent Gov Walk
eT Is Territorial ofccr to Kansas, because ~e have
hfhe-to failed. been unable complete the orgau
ssuen have begun. In the absence Of the full and
MAI pOweTs Of the government adopted by the people
ihiS merely NJ endcayor TO carry out the implied pro
tec.son
VIVA, renders this more unhappy h the FACT tina, the
federal authorities have yet been able 70 Afford M
such protection and there Is Territorial law here,
recognized by the people as ruch Toe executive FUNCTION
Your fr CON deraiou In the necessities OF the people
but beyond that s your duty with prompLDess
to relieve these federal appO.D;ees Of merely nominal
du,v thai rpuy he erbarrasiug and dc-csnerfrul 10
them whilst the unsettled state OF affairs conveFs i
pressaye reproaeh 70 thoc republican institutions On
which AL our hopes a. people centre Ia the inaugural
10 which have referred, there Is rcu0n ncndaisou
thai people forsake the government they have
sooped, under the management OF usurpbg, pretended
ofEcAls, seek TO do over again what has been done.
We do hink that any serious generally entertained
desire exists amongst people TO do so aue, While
Opinions from such may be entitled 10 respect, u Is
n east unfortunate that ocurse OF action 10 fea 70 the
constitution should be nted Out IN The Official address
federal spponteo, who, w That very address, urges
the sh o. the people and Their right alone 70 Jake
n FOR state government II is as clearly evident from that
address Itself thai Governor Walker la. net been sufci
Gently converssni with affairs Kansas " warrant The
expression q opinion grave matter. In that d0cl
usspt be that snail have everything over
which executive function has control, aud refrRins
from expressing any opinion the only points cor which
could entertain hopes VI bis action. You dogbtc,s
thai acting Territorial Governor Stanton issued
fTcclamAtOn oOua ming Apporolment OF NATION
fos do.e ate en0n. That arpororsucu; leaves
~ one hall Of Kansas without any representation sod as no
has been taken there by any one they vii, OF
course, have no privilege OF even Young.
Had there been state constitution in Kansas, had
frsuoulcut, pretended Territorial Legislature 0r
mated the seJs which this inaugural refers, had tina;
~oop come simply rom the people a y tiegilmaely
should there would sill have been The strongest reasons
Why all rood men should refrain from participating
art % grusfy fraudulent and dcspotc preieDded
tut, and para appointment under a. IN any event such
Pooeeiugs vii inevitably fa TO the ground lacking
usl great essential the popular WILL winch alone could
E1ve HvtAlty
trho ~ tAi strange appointment which deliberately
enocIet dsii ahchsinr half Of the people, sued
wees previous 70 The inaugural Of Governor Walker,