Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-04-02

ton OF exercising the right of suffrage I'd
holding Office: the right of an accused
person to speedy and public trial by al
impartial jury has been denied; cruel and
unusual punishmens have been inflicted
upon the innocent, while murders, robber.
/ les and arsons have been instgated and
encouraged, and the offenders have been
allowed 10 go unpunished; the right of the
people 10 be secure in their persons, hou-
! ses, papers and effects against unreasona-
/ bic searches and seizures, has been viola
ted; they have been deprived of life, llber-
/ ~ and property, without due process OF
law; the freedom of speech and OF the
press has been abridged; the right 10 choose
their representatives has been made OF no
effect; That all these things have been
/ done with The knowledge, sanction and
procurement of the Federal Government,
! in violation of the plainest mandates of
( The Constitution; That the usurpation by
! which spurious Legislature was imposed
upon Kansas, and its people subjected 10
a code of laws unparalleled for cruelty in
the history of civilized nations, is still in
full force, and the people are denied the
right peacefully to assemble and petition
Tor redress of grievances; the n ational
Executive has permitted two Governors of
his appointment 10 be driven from the Ter
ritOry under fear of assassination, and has
not dared TO exert lis power for their pro-
lection against the lawiess minons Of Sla-
very, while Judicial monsters and men
whose hands are red Wi innocent blood,
are retained in office, to carry on the work
of subJecling free territory To the cause of
Slavery. kansas'has been denied admis-
sion under free constitution, and fraudu-
lent means are now in progress to secure
lis admission as Slave State at the next
session of Congress. Agains; this stupen-
dous wrong, we protest, in the name of
Con AND HUMANITY-by all that is glori-
ous in our history, and by the memory Of
tie great and good men who established
our liberties.
Hesofred, That it is fraud upon our
laws, and lraught with danger 10 our in.
sututlons, to admit 10 full participation
in their Lenetils, any man who acknowI
edges foreign supremacy, which he can,
not conseienliousIy and without mental
reservation, allure and forever renounce;
whether that supremacy be civil OF spirit
ual
ReSO'Ced, That the stupendous frauds
bg which our popular elections are swayed
against 4 majority of the legally qualified
voters, strikes at the foundation and life of
our system OF goVernmeni: and unless
speedily corrected, Will lead to violence
and anarchy; and we urge upon all good
chlzens 10 unlte for the suppression of this
evil; and we call upon our own Legislature
to guard by elierlve and stringent laws
tie purity of the ballot box.
Res0lUed That the sale of the Main
Line OF our Improvements. is demanded
hy every consideration that should weigh
with Intelligent aud honest men. As
source of rex c,iur, il IS wholly worthless
10 the State, while it is nDtoriousIv used as
j means OF pccula ion and plumber, there
by inilcling upon the State pecunlary loss,
aud also irrsParable injury, il the almost
universal decentralization aud political
pro1igacy engendered throughout lis entire
extent.
Res5iUei, That we invite the alliiation
and co.opsrltion OF men of all parties,
however differing with lis in other respects,
III support OF the principles herein declar
Cd; and believing HAT the spirit of our in
stiutions, as well as The Constitution Of
our country. gnlrantecs liberty of con
SCIENCE and equality of rights among Gilt
zene, We oppose all Legislation impalring
their security.