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Kansas Affairs.
The Springfield Republican has letters
from Lawrence Of March 10Th, giving the
following facts
Business in that city was very brisk
BESIDES the private buildings going up, the
Unitarian and Congregational churches were
approaching completion, and the Episcopal
ians, Methodists, and United Brethren were
each intending to erect houses of worship in
the course of the season. The Methodists
are about to build college at Palmyra.
GOV Gcary's resignation was not known
IN Kansas. The pro-slavery sheriffs, ap-
pointed BY the bogus legislature, were be-
ginning to collect taxes At Leavenworth
and some other points on the Missouri river
there was no resistance to their demands,
but they had been warned to leave several
OF the free state towns. In some places they
had seized property and advertised it for
sale. The Tree state men, standing against
" taxation without representation, were
determined to resist the collection of taxes to
support the rulhln government. There have
been recent troubles in the southern part of
the territory, and Henry Sherman, pro-
slavery settler, was shot in an ARRAY .-E.
u. Lyman, u very popular citizen of Law
renee, was burnt to death on the 18th,
while asleep in his cabin.
The free state men of the territory are
represented as nearly unanimous in the pol
icy OF refusing to recognize the bogus legis-
lgture IN any way, even by voting at cleo
tions ordered by it, They were also as we'll
agreed in keeping up the machinery of the
Topeka free constitution, ready to be set in
operation at the first opportunity. And
they think that opportunity will occur
simultaneously with the attempt of the
Of the rutiians to start their state govern
ment, if Congress should give its sanction to
that fraud by admitting Kansas as a state
with pro slavery constitution, against the
wei!-known wishes Of the people of the ter
ritory
Hov. Robnson's speech before the Topeka
Convention, following his withdrawal of his
resignation of the Governorship, is pub
llshed at length, lie says he resigned the
Office OF Governor because, from the ISLANDERS
Aeaped upon him, he had come to be looked
upon with great deal Of hatred by the De-
Mocratc party, and he conceived that by
reslgninG tue head of the State government,
there would be less opposition to the Tope-
ka Constitution. lie also believed that his
efforts to secure the admission of Kansas
into the Union with the Topeka Constitu-
ton would be looked upon as more disin.
lerested II he was laboring in the capacity
Of a private citizen. lie declares that he be-
ieyes the only hope of the Free State party
to be IN Its Free State organization-and he
tells what he thinks ought to be done ,as fol-
lows
The legislature should meet again in June
ana enact an election law for the August
election IL should also organize the State
into counties and townships, establish
courts, and provide for the election Of officers
necessary to protect the government, and
have 1t ready to go into operation at any
moment, And it should be seen that we
have It in operation little in advance of
our enemies. For few months we could
thus have the whole State; or at least all
lying south Of the Kansas river, thoroughly
organized, unless perhaps it would be u
little corner hole down here, called Lecomp.
ton.
With such government in active opera.
ton, supported by an immense majority of
the people, who would object to our adnis.
sion into the Union | tell you the first
one organized, if kent up, will be the one
admitted nothing on earth can prevent |
1t. The President will not dare again to |
oppose it with the army, for he has backed |
out of the dispersion of the Legislature
last July, and throws the whole blame upon |
Col Sumner. Besides, ii ne i1terfered with |
ours, we must also interfere, for it would |
have no more rights than we, until admitted |
into the Mon, and that would create anoth-
or howl
All that is necessary for us to do is TO
keep aloof from the doings of the bogus
Legislature and keep up our own. Gov.
ueary IN his veto message, said that if we
DO not vote we must submit to those that
do. We must vote, and do SO apart from
and repudiate the fairs Of the territorial