Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-07-04

has authorized the Territorial Legislature to pass
laws. The President of the United States has
taken an oath TO carry the laws into effect, and it
is for Won If YOU are opposed to these laws,
through the peoples vote, TO repeal them. Ia
voce-s'We cannot get at them. l-Ihere IS not
the least difficulty about your getting at them
| "a voice-tKeep out Missouri and we will do well
enonoh - Well. gentlemen, pledge myself to
! Won that so far as my power Is concerned-and L |
| do not doubt that you are not, 10 any event, to
| have re-enactad here the scenes OF the past-out
| So far as nv power is concerned, pledge myself |
| that the people OF Kansas and OF Kansas alone, |
| snd not the people of Missouri or Massachusetts,,
| or anv other State, shall interfere even by one |
| sinqIe vote. to decide for the people of Kansas |
| what shall he their institution. IA Voice-'Ieat |
il nv doctrine" Cries of "Good. good, , Bot,
| gentlemen they shall decide il for themselves |
| When these views of mine are not carried into
effect when YOU see that you viii not have full
and fair opportunity decide for yourselves what
shall be your form of government ana your social
institutions it will then be time enough to COM
Main of me- but not till then. Several voices
| srTbat ia right" Another voice-"What about
the bogus laws!") And now l am asked, what
about the bogus laws! Why, your very Governor
| Mr. Robinson has acknowledged those bogus laws
by uniting into effect a charter, passed by that
bogus Legislature and so have nearly all the peo-
pie of Kansas And if the bogus Legislature
has power to pass charters 1t mas power
TO mass any other law not in conflict with
| tho 'Consttnton OF the United States A voice,
! How are those inspectors to be appointedY i
Thew must be appointed fairly and impartially, Ct
course A voice, 'Who is to appoint them
doubt not that the Convention will prescribe fair,
inst and impartisl method, they do in other
| States IA voice "They did, in giving us $50 vo-
ters in this county"1 WELL gentlemen, let US loci
at that question. What have these $50 voters to
do If Won have all fair voice next FAN on the Con-
stitntion IA voice 'tThere has been no census
taken.nl That has nothing earth to do with the
oues,ion But while must deeply regret and de-
More the circumstances that there has been in-
sufficient census, what am L to think when told oy
those who profess to represent the kepuohcan par
ty of this Territory that tell you that you should
Mother register or vote. You were kept from reg
isteripg as you all know by following the advice of
these party leaders of yours, and then complain,
thew cannot vote You could have registered here
if YOU pleased and hundreds in this Territory since
! hearing nv plan have expressed to me their deep
| regret that they had not registered, and many OF
your county, since my arrival, have changed their
position and resolved to vote. Every man who re-
spouds that he will not acknowledge those laws has
been deprived of no privilege in not being register
ed because he declares that whether registered or
not he will not vote. If you dislike the conven-
tion do you best oppose it by standing aloot and
allowing majority of other persons to adopt their
, Constitution, or by voting down that instrumentY
If you do fall for or against that in-
strument when you have fair chance, Congress
will act as though you had No, you cannot defeat
the Constitution by refusing to vote. A voice,
Governor j
| Now gentlemen, l really believe have detained
you too long, There is nothing on earth that love
more than free opinion, free press and popular
discussion. cries of fright u Instead OF object
ing to it. love to hear some few OF you differ from
| me or ask questions. Come, let US reason toSeth-
err Discarding passion and prejudice, regretting
as you and do, all the difficulties that have occur
red in the past let ask ourselves this great prac
tca question: What is best for the great future OF
Kansas? "a voice, ''The Topeka Constitution"
! w 7 M wi SO
the man who believes that l. 73l. voters should de-
prve some 90 900 or 80, 600 voters pow IN the Ter
ritory or that soon will be here, of deciding their
own form of government for themselves.
"a voice Show was it when the people OF Mis-
D souri, came hereby have nothing to do with the
people of either Missouri or Massachusetts am
; only looking to the future. And SAY Nou de
sire war; cloud cries OF ''NO, no, y If gu. dKirt
s conflict; Ono, no;') if you desire to etleE@re y
lion, not against the Territorial laws o
against the government of the United Stat p
no, y all you have to do is to set up tne,F
, ernmeut against the government approve y
President aud the acts of Congress by the 40
enactment of State laws A voice, Not nc
There cannot be a State government without q stat
= Governor, without his superseding the GoVerno
appointed by the President OF the United States un
=; der the laws OF Congress. There cannot be Stat
l government without State judges and there caHno
e be State Judges without their superseding tn
O Judges appointed by the President of the Unite
States under the laws of Congress- State Leg
islature without superseding the Territorial laws
r ! It means that or means nothing. Surely this
@ open rebellion against the government of the Unl
ted States to which you tell me you do not mean t
= rest
8 Now, then, gentlemen, I return you my most Sit
.. cere thanks for the kind and indulgent attentio
with which you have listened to my remarks Ii
:, voice, "what as to the taxes?) Long before al
called for any official action, the reign OF law,
justice and OF the people will be so fully establish
ed here, that as good citizens, you will all cheer
ELL. -, To Ouy
governm, mt A voice, eve will have great def
more conf1euce 10 the of the people to be Civ
next Fail, if you will tell US by what authorit
the judges to be appointed.") will answe
that question, for 1 have doubt it is fairly aske
and in fair spirit. (The voice, 'it certainly is.
l will say then to you, gentlemen, that if they d
~ not appoint fair and impartial mode by which tn
~ majority of the actual bona fde resident settlers
u Kansas shall vote, through the instrumentality
" impartial judges, will join you all in lawful oppt
> sition to their doings and the President and Coz
T. gress will reject their Constitution. A voice
70 "Wl the Convention appoint impartial iudgesY'
10 Il is their duty to 10 A voice, "Will they d
so?"l Gentlemen, / am not the Convention, but
- do not doubt they will give you impartial judge
~ A voice. will ask the Governor if there is an
one who will be allowed to vote for this COnventio
10 except those registeredY1 As regards the pas
Il" have got no power TO recall it. The past is ire
re ocable, even by Almighty power, and profess
&c have very little power, much less such power
> that. Over the past have no control; but ov'
IL the future / have and say to you that unless
re full and fair opportunity is given to the people
CT Kansas to decide for themselves What shall be the
70 form OF government, including the great section
al question which has SO long divided you-urless,
. repeat they grant you such an opportunity, ha'
u one power of which set of men can d
le prve me- and which shall unhesitating ly resoI
as aud that is join you in lawful opposition to the
i acts ICries Of good, good. and loud appAus
g during which the Gov, rnor wthprew.
nc Ion. +. P. Stanton, the Territorial Secretar
~ was introduced by the chairman, and address,
20 the assembIage in an eloquent, and most effect
=, speech.
gu A brief and most able address by Hon. Z.
y, Perrin, terminated the proceedings.
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