Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-01-22
Corespopdenee of The Cincinnati Gazette.
Froun Kansas.


Free State ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS o.
Governor Ro5inson-His Leter-Ihe
Territorial Legislature.
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, Dec. 81, 1856.
The Free State Constitution provides
that the Legislature of Kansas shall meet
at the Capitol on the 9Th of JANUARY
Accordingly, at the time specified, the
members now in the Territory will meet at
Topeka. Several are absent in the States,
and it is rather doubtful whether there will
be a Quorum. If not our movement for a
State organization may prove failure, and
brought about by the negligence of its pre-
tended friends. The members of the Leg
islature who intended a trip East, ought to
have resigned, and by so doing prevent the
possibility of a failure.
The Free State Legislature meets only
to continue its existence. 1t will adjourn
to await the action of Congress on our ad-
mission as State into the American con-
federacy.
Governor Robinson left few days since
for the East. Before leaving he sent the
following letter of resignation to Lieut..
Gov. Roberts:
"LAwRENcE, Kansas, Dec 25, '56.
"Dear sir:-I herewith tender my res
ignation as Governor of the State Organiza-
ton of Kansas, which please submit to the
Legislature at its next annual meeting.
"Having natural distaste for political
l,co - ,r,, 9Th ~o1,,o4onoo tbot I concant
ed to permit my friends to use my name in
the convention at which was nominated for
the important Office of Governor under the
State Constitution.
'At that time the post was also one of
danger, and l did not feel at liberty to op-
pose my judgement to that of my friends.
Now, however, all danger of collision
seems 10 be removed by the concession Of
the General Government of our constitu-
tional rights, and l am satisfied, for rea-
sons which it may not be expedient now to
give, that l can serve the cause of Free
dom in Kansas and the State organization
in private rather than official capacity.
"As citizen of Kansas, somewhat init
mately connected with her past history, land
deeply interested in her future prosperity,
it will afford me great pleasure, at all times,
to sustain the State organization, and to
render all the aid in my power to yourself
and the Legislature, in securing its COM
plete success.
avery Respectfully,
sYour obedient servent,
&C. ROBINSON.
"To w. Y. ROBERTS, 1t. Gov'r of K. T."
The Territorial Legislature" meets in
Lecompton on the second Monday in JAN
uary, and gov. Geary, in his Message to
that body, will recomend the repeal of the
most obnoxious enactments found in the
Kansas Quasi Statutes
A claw and Order" Convention is adj
vertised to be held there at the same time.
Delegates have been elected to it in the diff
ferent pro-slavery localities.
One was held in Leavenworth city, 14th
of Nov, 1855, Gov Shannon, Chairman.
1t was followed by an invasion from Mis-
souri, Lawrence besieged, Barber murdered,
and the famous Shannon treaty.
The prime movers in the one TO be held
On the second of January at Lecompton,
will try to cajole Gov. Geary into an except |
ance of the Chairmanship of the Conven-
ion, to keep up the similarity between the
TWO. Whether similar results follow or
not, remains for the future to prove.
Yours, ION.