Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-08-01
NUMBER 81


laws was also designated IfTthsre are snv
grievances Of Ghich goa have any Just right
to complain, the lawful, peaceful manner in
which you could remove them, in snbordi
nation to the government Of scar country.
was also pointed ont.
You have, however, chosen 70 DISREGARD
the laws Of Congress and Of the territorial
government created hy it, and, whilst pro-
/ Tossing to acknowledge State government
reiccted BY Congress, and which can, there.
fore, now exist only by successful REBEL
in and e1acting from I'll Your officers tho
peTtlols and saerliegiods oatl TO support the
50 called state constitution, yet you bave.
even IN defiance If the so-caled State legia-
laturc, which refused 10 grant you char
ter, proceeded to create local government
OF your own, based only upon insurrection
and revolution. The very oath which Won
require from all your officers to support
your so-ealled Topeka State constitution is
violated III the very act Of putting in opera
ton charter rejected even by them.
a rebellion SO iniquitous, and necessari
y involving sneh.awf,tl consequences. has
aeyer before disgraccd any age or country.
Permit me to call your attention, as still
claiming to be citizens Ct the United States.
to the results Of your revolutionary proceed
ings. You are inaugurating rebellion and
revolution you arc disregarding the laws
OF Congress and Of the territorial govern
ment, aud defying their authority; yea are
eo0spifing to overthrow the government of
the United States in this Territory. Your
purpose, If carried into eject in the mode
designated by you, BY putting your laws
tofe'tiY INTO execution, would involve YOU
il the guilt and crime of treason. iou
stand now, fellow-citizens, upon the brink
Of an awful precipco and it becomes my
dafy TO warn yoa eye you take tile fatal leap
iato The gulf below. If your proceedings
are not arrested you will necessarily destroy
the peace Of this Territory, and involve it
IN all the horrors Of civil war. warn YOU
then. before it IS too late toreeede from the
perilous position in which you now stand
appeal once more to your reason and
patriotism. ! ask yen in ,he name Of our
| common country, in tire name Of the eou-
stitutlon and Of Che Union. to dcsist from
this rebeilloI' lappeal once more 10 your
love OF country, To yotlr regard for its peace,
prosperity, ald reputation. TO gonr affection
/ Tor your wives and Children, and to all those
patriotic motives which ought to influence
American citizens to abandon tits contcm.
plated revolution. ryoa haze wrongs, re-
dress them through the peaceful instrulhen-
tahty Of the ballotIoxi in the mode preseri-
!. bed by de laws Of your country,
As all arguments heretofore so often ad..
/ dressed by me to Won have failed as yet to.
produce AM eject upon you | have deem
ed it necessary. fer your own safety and
taat If ihe Ierritory, and TO save YOU from
the perilous consequences Of Your own acts,
under the authority vested in me ~ che
President Of the United States. to order al.
adequate force Of the troops of the United
States into Your immediate yieiuage, to per
form the painful duty of arresting your rev.
olutiou0ry proceedings. Let mo nnploYo
you not to compel me to appeal to that mil
itary power which is required in the last
resort to protect the government of your
country. You cannot carry your rcbellious
purposes into effect without cominginto uu-
avoidable and open conflict with the troops
and government ef the United States.
Let me allure you, then, once more TO
abandon these proceedings before you in
yolye yourselves III the crime Of treason, aud
subject the people Of the city. Of Lawrence
10 all the horrors and calamities Of nsurrec-
ton and evil war. If you will now desist
from this projected revolution, the past will
be forgotten as far as practicable; but il you
persist IN possine these laws and carving
them into execution thus defying and su-
perseding the government of yoay country,
the'deplorablc consequences must be upon
your heads and tlose Of your associates. 1t
will be ny purpose, il you still persist. to
spare MI bioodshed as far as practicable, and,
subject the leaders and projectors of this
revolutionary movement to the punishment
prescribed by the law. / win accom- pany
the troops 70 Lawrence aitli a, view to- pre-
vent, il possible, any conflict, and in the
sincere hope that the revolutionary move
ment contemplated by you, and now so near
y accomplished, viii, ere it IS too late 10
abandoned by you
If you can be influenced by no other mo-
tiFes, the evident fact that the power Of the
government is adequate to prevent the ac-
eompiishment of your purpose should induce
you TO desist from these proceedings
That the same everything Providence who
holds in his hands the destiny of our beloy-
ed country may nov incline your hearts to
peace, and influence you to abandon this IA
sal enterprise IS the sincere wish of yonr fol
citizen r J, WALKER.
Governor of Kansas Territory