The Kanzas news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1857-1859, 1857-10-03
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lieyed that this precautionary movement OF
mine and proclamation were disapproved
by the President of the United States, where
as they were both most cordially sustained
by him, in the dispatch to me from the
Secretary of State, of the 18th of July last,
as also In the published letter of President
Buchanan to Prof. Silliman and others, OF
the 18th of August last. An overwhelm-
ing majority of the press and people of the
United States have condemned this insur- |
gent movement; the example has not been |
adopted by any other locality In Kanzas, |
contrary to the expectation of its authors, |
it failed to receive any sanction from the |
General Territorial Convention of their
own party of the 26th ult., and now stands
without precedent in our country, soil |
tary monument of revolutionary violence
and incipient treason. So soon as the oUert
act now threatened, is consummated, this
rebellion Will be suppressed by the lawful
use, If necessary, of all the troops under
my control, acting in aid of the civil au-
thorities designated by Congress.
1t is hoped, however, especially as trust
we shall have fair and peaceful election,
when whichever party may prevail, all sem
blance of excuse for this insurgent move
ment viii have ceased, that the majority of
the people of Lawrence viii abandon their
reckless leaders, suppress this instruction
themselves, and relieve our Territory and
country from the disgrace of an insurrec
tionary government, based now only on un
disguised revolution, and an open overthrow,
not merely of the Territorial laws, but of
the laws of the United States. The honor
and character of the country, and my sworn
duty as chief magistrate of KanZas, require
that this first actual example of organized
rebellion as Government against the au
thority of Congress, should be suppressed,
as it must be and the sooner it is done by
the people of Lawrence themselves, the bet
ter for the sake of their own true interests
and reputation. Dangerous and unjusti6a-
BILE as was the Topeka State movement, it
differed widely from the Lawrence insurrec-
ton in this, that the latter not only passed
laws but required, by seizure and sale of
property, their compulsory execution, under
the requisition of an oath; whereas, the So
called Topeka State Government proposed
on the face of their proceedings to wait I'M
til they received, as they profess to hope,
the recognition of Congress. AS the troops
of the United States now subject to my or
ders are sufficient to protect the polls and
preserve the peace of Kanzas, it is hoped
purpose without authority of law, will be
at once disbanded.
From authentic information communica
ted to me from many quarters of this Ter
ritory, and from many citizens of both par
ties, that the presence of the troops is es-
sential to preserve the peace of the Terrific
~, to prevent the forcible seizure of the
polls, and to suppress instruction, feel
constrained, although most reluctantly, by
solemn sense of duty and by most seri-
GUS apprehension of the consequences which
otherwise would follow, to place the troops
at proper points, not for war, but for peace,
in accordance with the views and purposes
before stated.
In conclusion, permit me to say, with all
the seriousness and sincerity demanded by
the solemnity of the occasion, that it now
is, and always has been my most ardent de-
sire, as the Chief Magistrate of this Terri
tory, by all lawful and constitutional means,
to secure and protect the just rights of ev-
cry citizen, and especially in performing my
sworn duty of supporting the Constitution
of the United States, and taking care that
the laws be faithfully executed, to see that
the great fundamental principle which lies
at the basis of our American Institutions,
secured by the Federal compact and guaran-
teed by our organic act of Congress, should
be maintained, viz: That tie people Of Kan
zas, an the true meaning Of that act. free
from violence, injustice, or foreign tnteJer-
eree, should make their oa0n tdars and con-
troll their oocn government. This has been
the great principle, the just and faithful ex-
ecution of our organic law, which has con-
trolled all my acts in Kanzas, and to which
shall adhere regardless of menace, calum-
ny, or assailment either from within or be-
yond our limits. l am made by law the
chief executive officer in Kanzas for the pro-
lection, to the extent of my legal authority
of the whole people of Kanzas and not of a
part, of every county and district, and not
of portion of them only. And however
solicitous | may be about the result of the
present most important election, however
most anxious that those views of public pol
icy which / have entertained and expressed
at all times from my youth upwards to the
present period, and especially as regards
the EQUILIBRIUM of our government, and
the constitutional rights and equality of the
States, should now triumph here in Octo-
Der, yet cannot and will not do any act OF
countenance or sustain any act, the effect OF
which would be to deprive the people Of
Kanzas of any rights secured to them by
the Federal compact, by our organic act, OF
by the laws of this Territory. A victory
thus secured by violence or injustice would
be worse than defeat, and could only in
the end destroy all hope of the ultimate sue
cess Of conservative principles and consti-
tutional liberty in Kanzas.
Inasmuch as our ensuing election on the
first Monday in October next, is of momen-
tous consequence to this Territory and to
our whole country, as the two parties OF
Kanzas, it is hoped. will first measure their
strength NOW, not as in former elections, at
different times and places. or upon the field