The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-09-26

eiAO OcSfStOkg VI OtdtS Of Tue 1Otu oi
July last, as also in the published lette.
of President Buchanan to Prof. SillmaB
and Others, of the 18th of August last
An overwhelming majority of the press
and people Of the United States have
condemned this insurgeant movement:
the example has not been adopted BY anr
other locality in Kansas, contrary to the
expectation of its authors, it failed to re-
ceive any sanction from the General Ter
ritorial Convention of their own party oil
the 26th ult, and now stands without
precedent in our country, solitary mon-
ument of revolutionary violence and In
einient treesprs Sc soon as the csert act
now Shfeasened, is consummated, this re-
bellion viii 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 bave fair and peaceful election,
when, whichever party may prevail, all
semblance of excuse for this insurgent
movement viii have ceased, that the ma
jority of the people of Lawrence viii
abandon their reckless leaders, suppress
this insurection themselves, and relieve
our Territory and country from the dis
grace of an insurrectionary government,
based now only on undisguised revolution,
and an open overthrow, not merely of the
Territorial laws but of the laws also of
the United States. The honor and char
acter of the country, and my sworn duty
as chief magistrate of Kansas, require that
this first actual example of organized re-
bellion as Government against the au-
thoritv of Congress, should be suppressed,
as it must be, and the sooner it is done by
the people of Lawrence themselves, the
better for the sake of their own true inter-
ests and reputation. Dangerous and un-
justifable as was the Topeka State move
ment, it differed widely from the Law
renee instruction in this, that the latter
not only passed laws but required, by sell
zure and sale of property, their compulsory
execution, under therequisition of an oath;
whereas the so-called Topeka State Gov
eminent proposed on the face of their pro-
ceedinss to wait until they received, as
they profess to hope, the recognition of
Congress. AS the troops of the United
States, now s1bject to my orders, are
sufficient to protect the polls and preserve
the peace of Kansas, it is hoped that the
forces raised professedly, for that purpose
without authority of law, will be at once
disbanded.
From authentic information communi-
Gated to me from many quarters in this
Territory, and from many citizens of both
parties, that the presence of the troops
is essential to preserve the peace of the
Territory, to prevent the forcible seizure
of the polls, and to suppress insurection,
| / feel constrained. although most reluct-
antly, by solemn sense ofduty and by a
most serious apprehension of the conse-
xuences which otherwise would follow, to
place the troops at proper points, not for
wal, 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 desire, as the
chief magistrate, of this Territory, by all
lawful and Constitutional means, to Sc
cure and protect the just rights of every
citizen, and especially, in performing my
sworn duty of supporting the Constitu-
! tion 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 conn.,
pact and guaranteed by our organic act oi
! Congress, should be maintained, viz: that
| the people of Kansas, IN the true meaning
oftsdt act, free from all ciotenee, injustice,
or foreign interference, should make their
o.1a lalcs and control their O,0R government
This has been the great principle, the jusi
and faithful execution of our organic law
/ which has controlled all my acts in Kan
sas, and to which shall adhere regard.
less of menace, calumDy, or assailment
either from within or beyond our limits
/ am made by law the chief executiy.
officer in Kansas for the protection, tt
the extent of my legal authority, o
the whole people of Kansas and not o
a part, of every county and district, and
not of {. portion of them only. And how.
! ever sol;citous I may be about the result
of the present most important election
Il however most anxious that those views
d of public policy which have entertained
and expressed at all times from my you'll
{ upwards to the present period, and es
pecially as regards the EQUILIBRIUM o
, our Government, and the Constitutions
rights and equality of the States, shoul,
now triumph here in October, yet can
not and viii not do any act or counte
nance or sustain any act, the effect Q
which would be to. deprive the peopi
of Kansas of any rights secured to ther
bp the Federal compact, by cur organi
act, or by the laws of this Territory.
!. victory thus secured by violence or injns
S tice would be worse than o defeat, an
could only in the end destroy all hop
of the ultimate success of conservativ
: principles and Constitutional liberty i
Kansas.
: Inasmuch as our ensuing election o
' the first Monday in October next, is {
: momentous consequence to this Terrific
: ~ and to our whole country, as the Tvs
t parties of Kansas, tbs hoped, will fin
' measure their strength now, not as
/ former elections, at different times an
S places, or upon the field of battle. b.
: at the same times and placesin giving
their votes, as in other States and lei
n ritories; and as it Is of the utmost in
: portance that this election should be IRE
t from everything which would lead
O excitement or coTnmotion, | most eal
a nestiy request the chief officers of OF
: different towns, cities and municipalifie
5 to resort 70 those means which have j
it often, In similar cases, proved eficaciou
e BY removing for that dag all cans,
d which would interfere with calm an
n dispassionate eiecsisH.
j And now, may that Overriding Proy
: dence. who has crowned our belovs
y conntry with 50 many blessings a
n benefits ;nclnd;Eg the inestimable priv
d lege e seIf-gossrnmens, and withel
-e whose aid Ne cannot look for success
\ any enteEpTise, enable US 50 to conda
y this contest IS b ensure His ssncfso
= aud the approval of chr own consciene
le Is the ferTent hope Of yourfellow eifsse
a r WALKER,