Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1857-09-05

lonSfthe convention abandoned The pro-
/ slavery organization. and adopted the.
law and order. From that day up to the.
18th of. anuary last, w@cted as Lay
and Order party. That Organization was
right and legal The circumstances which
sarrounded US, fully justified the change.
| We desired TO give all honest good citi-
zens, an opportunity to abandon a party,
that was ,hTeaining the country with civil
war. Many OF them joined US, and have
acted with US ever since. and will continue
/ 10 do 80. as Tong as we act IN good ial.h
tand carry out the Democratic platform
adopted at Leconpion in January last. /
defy the world 70 show that the Law and
| Order party ever recommended an illegal
act or countenanced In any manner the
commission of crime of any sort. We
acted right. and triulnphed ia the elections
last fall. Let US feliow-citizens, as Dem
ocrats, be guided by the same patriotic sem
timents, and whether we be sPro-SlaveFy
or Free State men. opposed to revolutions,
sedltlon and treason,, unite as a band of
brothers. determined TO put downthis high
| er law, fanatlcal party which is threaten
ing TO overthrow this Government. Look
al this party whereyeE organized In this
Union. If they are beaten at the ballots.
box. fraud is the cry. and revolution the
remedy. If the courts decide against
| them. corruption and her Jury are the pass
| words, and notification and disunion, pro-
claimed, as far preferable, toeahe accursed
| pro-slavery sentiments of the Constitution
OF the United States. Only look at Mis-
souri,, An election has just come off in
| that State for Governor. That Black Re-.
publican organ The ST. Louis Democrat,
| when it is discovered that its favorite Anti
Slavery candidate is beaten begins the
cry of fraud, and Immediately urges rev.
oiution IN Missouri. as the only remedy
| Feliow-cltizens, if this spirit is net check
ed, our country is ruined. Letsus set a
good example In Kansas. Isas a1
The Law and Order party having ac-
complished its purposes, by enforcing
| the laws. met in Convention at Lecomp-
ton in January last, to consult with refer
ence TO future. action The Legislature
was In session, and it was ascertained that
a law would he passed. calling conven-
ton 10 frame a constitution for a State
government. In order to prepare for this
contest, it was concluded that We should
i take a bold, manly stand on rational pol
tics, and form constitution that would
be acceptable to national men. Our peo-
4 Pile saw that there was but one National
! party in the government which even pre-
i tended to sustain lhe principles we advo-
i Gated in Kansas. And that was the Ma
tional Democratic party. The presiden-
tial race had been rum The Democratic
! party had succeeded. 1t was IN power
and the only party which sustained our
organic act, and recognized our right I'M
| der it, to frame our .ownsSiate constitution
in our own way and regulate our domestic
] relations as might to us Seem best. IN
! der-these circumstances, what other party
could. we look to for support Whether
we had been slave, or Free State Demo
Gratis, Slave or Free State Wings, Know
4 Nothings or .Anti-Knuw-N olhings. or what
! not. there was no other party that we
could act with but the National Democrat
ic party. Hence after mature dellberafion,
we determined to forget past differences.
and unite on the Democratiepialfor.n ..apd
7 throw our banner to the breeze, and 10
forth as one man. to battle against our
common enemy. the higher law Black
Republican party. We were right, and
have acted right as a party. As National
Democrats we have elected the delegates
10 convention. to frame a4constitution.--
| That convention will shortly assemble and
! (elloW-citizens you will see tina. the con-
vention will do right. A good constitution
will be made. 1t will be submitted to
the people, and twill be ratified by them,
and we will be admitted into the union
under it, and forever put down the absurd
and dangerous doctrines of our enemies.
We will not, as Lane. am told who is pro-
claiming, if the Black Republican, party is
/ successful hunt down and drive out the
! last Democrat from Kansas. No fellow
citizens our party is not composed of such
.naterials-we will not prosecute them
we will, by force OF the principles of our
purity, learn them TO be Christians. We
have acted right thus far, and We will con-
tinue 20 do so, and will triumph again
! To show that the Free State party has
acted in bad faith, and willfuily and ma
liciousIy encouraged their people TO rebel
lion the speaker asserted, that the charge
made about the election of the first Legis-
lature being carried by Missourians, was
false, but if true there was legal remedy,
and the leaders OF the party kne ~ it, and
were cautioned by Reeder himself (See
the two letters from Reeder to Lowry,
puOiiSHeu ia the report Oh the congress
ionaI Committee Reeder tells them they
were wrong. and the Supreme Court would
SO decide-not 10 trust the Court--perhaps
"a Freesoii Jury, might do. Their pre-
tended grounds Tor resisting the laws, were
also false. They denounced them before
they were passed. (See Herald of Free
zdom.) sac ~ a 81 IA
=. They pretend not to be governed by
Lane. Read the proceedingsof the Tope-
Ika Conve ntion of July last. He is made
President. He is unanimously rendered
the nomination for Congress- He is made
Chief, and commissioned
to 90 forth and stir up strife, all over the
Territory by sedisious speeches. He is
to organize troops wherever he goes and
thereby create as much excitement as pos
sihie A nd all merely for the nurnose of