Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-22

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T~s.itor,sl .Le9isIature ard rspml th6ool
49, ms slso designated. ~ there ere
any oricysuees of which you have any just |
r;sht 70 eounplaip, The lawful. peaceful man
usr In which YOU could remove them. in
subcrdination 70 The government Of Your
country was als0 pointed out
You have, however, chosen to disregard
the laws Of Congress and OF the Territorial
government created Nv II, and whilst rrs-
Tossing to acknowledge State government
rejected by Congress, and which can there
fore not exit only by asuecessiul rebellion,
and exacting from all your officers the peril
Gus sacrilegious oath 10 support the social
led State Constitution; yes YOU have even
in defiance Of the 20 called State Legislature
which refused TO grant YOU charter. pro-
| ceeded to create local government Of your
own, hased only upon insurrection and rev
olution The very oath which you require
from ali your officers ~ support your
called Topeka state Constitution, is viola
ted in the very act Of putting in operation
u charter rejected even by them.
A rebellion so iniquitous and necessarily
INVOLVING such awful consequences. has new
before lisgraced any age or coun, ~.
Permit me to call your attention rs still
claiming to he citizens Of the United States.
Ia the results Of your revolutionary proceed
ings You are inaugurating rebellion and
revolution. you are disregarding the Laws OF
Congress and Of the Territorial Government
and defying their authority: you are con
spring to overthrow the government ofthe
I. 8 and this Territory,
: Your purpose, if carried into effect in tie
mode designated by you, by putting vour
la VS. forcibly nto execution, would involve
you in the guilt and crime Of treason ion
stand now. fellow citizens, upon the brink
Of an awful precipiee. and 1t becomes my
duty to warn you ere you take the fatal
leap into the gulf below. lfyour proceed
ings are not arrested YOU will neeessariiyd de
strov the peace of this Territory aud in.
vo!ye il in all the horrors of civil war
warn you. then, before it is too late, to re
cede from the perilous position in which you
now stand
appeal once more TO your reason and pat
riotism. | ask You IN the name OF cur COIN
mon country, in the name OF the ConStitn-
ton of the Onion, to desist from this rebel.
lion appeal once more To your love OF
country, to your regard for i's peace. pros
perity and reputation, to your affection Tor
your wives and children, and 10 all those
l titTlGtlC fINttNts WHICH ohghi ~
American citizens. 10 abandon this CON
tcmplated resolution fyou have wrongs
redress them through the peaceful instrii-
mentality Of the ballot box. in the mode pre-
| -cribed by the laws Of yonr country.
As all arguments heretofore so often adj
dressed by me to YOU, have failed rs yet To
produce any effect upon YOU, have lccln-
c,l il necessary for your safety. and that Of
| 4 a a.
ilous consequences of Your own acts, under
the authority vested in me by the President
of theJJnted States, TO order an adequate
force of The troops of the United States into
Your immediate vicinaee to perform the
painful duty Of arres'ing your revolutionary
proceedings Let me implore you not to
compel me to appeal To- that military power
which is required in the last resort. to pro
tect the government of your country. You
cannot carry Your rebellious purposes into
effect without coming into unavoidable and
open conflict with the troops and govern
mcnt Of the United States
Let me adjure you, then, once more, Il
abandon these proceedings before you in
yolve yourselves in the crime 81 treason
aud subject the people of the city of l.awr
ence to all the horror and calamities of in
SNrfCciiOn ana CIVIL WIZ. IL YOU " III NOW
lcslst from the projected resolution, the pas
viii be forgotten far as practicable; but
# You prcsist in passing these laws and car
rvng them into execution. thus dcfying anc
superseding the government of your coun
try, the deplorabe consequences must b,
upon your heads and those OF your associ
ates 1t will he my purpose, if You still
presist, to spare all blood shed us far 4
practicable, and subject the leaders ant
projectors of this revolutionary movement
to the punishment prescribed by the law
! will accompany the troops to Lawrence
> with a view to prevent, if possible, any con
t'ici AMI in the sincere hope that the reyo
lutionary moy enent contemplated by you
and nov nearly accomplished, will err
. it j. too late be al aEdoned by You.
II YOU can be influenced by no other mo
{, tiyes, the evident fact that the power of tn,
government is adequate to prevent the az
/, complishment of your purposes, should in
ducc You to desst from these proceedings
That the same ovcrruling Providence who
holds in his hands the destiny of our beov d
country, may now incline your hearts to
peace, and influence YOU to abandon this
fatal enterprise, is the sincere wish Of your
fellow citizen.
r. ]. WALKER,