The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-07-30


as ir your present purpose.
You were distinctly informed in my in-
augurnl address Of May last, that the validi-
ty of the Territorial laws was acknowledged
by the government Of the United States, and
that they must and would be carried into ex. |
ecution under my oath Of office and the in'
structionsHof the President Of the United
States. The same Information was repeat
ed in various addresses made by me through
out the Territory. p" e. "5;s
At the same time, every assurance was
given you that the rights Of the people Of
this Territory, under the Constitution to es.
tablish their cwn State government and frame
their own forms prescribed by the govern.
ment of your country should be acknowl-
edged and protected. -
II laws have been enacted ky The Terri.
torial Legislature which are disapproVed OF
by majority of the people, the Territorial
Legislature should .tePeal those laws. If
. there are any grievances ofwhch you have
5 any just right to complain, the lawful peace
: full, manner, in which you could remove
! them, 10 subordination to the, govern.
meRt Of, Jour county. was also pointed out.
You, have, however, chosen to disregard
r the laws Of Congress- apd, Of tha Territorial
government created by it, and whilst profess
!. ing to acknowledge State government re-
iected by Congress, and which can therefore
n not exist only by successful rebellion and
g exacting from all your officers the perilous
J. oath to support the so called State Legisla'
q ture which refused to grant you charter
:. prc rcceeded to create a local government OF
your own, based only upon insurrection and
If revolution. The very oath which you require
is from all your officers to support your Tope'
10 ka State Constitution, is violated in the very
it act of putting in operation charter rejected
d even by them, :: l.
II a rebellion SO iniqultous' and necessarily
+, involving such awful consequences, has new
/. er before Gsgraced any age or country.
m Permit me to call your attention as still
claiming to be citizens Of the United States
o. to the results of your revolutionary proceed
ty ings. You are inutgurating rebellion ant
i. revolution; you are disregarding the laws
It. Congress and of the Territorial Government
to and defying their authority; you are conspir
a ing to overthrow the government Of tn
,s- United States in this Territory.
:y. Your purpose, if carried into effect j
he the. mode designated by you, by putting you
". laws forc;bly into execution, would involv
'ct you in the guilt and crime of treason. 70
lin stand now, fellow citizens, upon>the brin
to of an awful precipce, and it becomes m
Ter duty to warn you ere you take the fatal lea
m into the gGlf below. If your proceeding
are not arrested, you will necessarily destre
ers the peace Of this Territory and involve it
his al! the horrors of civil war. warn yo
ty then before it is too late, to recede from tt
.he perilous position in which,you now stand.
On. Iappeal once more to your reason and p
US. triotism. | ask you ip the nameiof our cor
ind mon csunsrys in the name Of the Constit
- i IlUH uEu Vic = " uOoiot hoAA sAA~ AS~~
th lion. ] appeal once more to your love
and country,tQ your regard for. its peace, pro
on perity and reputation, to your affection
eo. your wives and children, and to all those p
Wer triotic motives which ought Ito infuen
the American citizens, to abandon this conte
plated sevoluton. If you have wrongs
our dress them through the peaceful. inst
sla. mentality OIL. the ballot.box, In the mode pl
cre-, scrited BY the laws of your country.
ven AS all arguments heretofore so often
you dressed by nee to you, have failed as yet
cate produce any effect upon you. baVel deem
are it necessary for your safety, and that OF
. 2 Territory, and to save you from the perilt
thus consequences of your own acts, under
rec authority vested in me by the President
shed the United States, to order ans nsadequate fo
rest of the troops Of the United States into y
con- immediate vcinage, to perform the pain
stly duty of arresting your evolutionary proce
b all ings. Let me implore you not to compel
test, to appeal to that military power which is
quired in the, last resort, to protect the g
this ernment of Jour coanteXs,.a You cannot ca
lPon your rebelioys purposes into effect with
'lud- coming to unavoidable and open conf
exc Fwith the.troops and government of the .
g IN ted States. ~ .,! ~ i ,,
ID in Let me adiure you then, cnce more
the abandon these proceedings before you invo
yourselves in the crime of treason, and
you ject the people Of the city of Lawrence to
ly if the horrors and ,calamities of insurrcc
ID by and civil war. If you will now desist,f
tcal the projected, resolution, the past will be
the gotten as far as practicable; butt gou
own. sist in passing your laws and carrying Il
It for into executions, thus defying and ,supercet
d the the government of yotr country, the dep
act. able consequences must be upon your he
ught and those Of your associates. twill be
with Fpprpose, you still persist to spare 81 BIZ
lnder shed. as far as practicable, and snblect
A.,., leaders and projectors of this revolution
IN in,f movement to the punishment prescribed
val. the law. +. will seeompauss the troops
ated; Lawrence with aVfe6to preveptiif posi-
con. any conflict, and in the sincere hope that
cost: revolutionary movement contemplated
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