Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22
GOVERNOR WALKERS paOc1AmArroNl
United States Troops ordered ont.


On "Wednesday evening, the 18th inst. Gov.
walker issued proclamation to the people of Kan
sas' notifying them that he had summoned TO his
aid tue troops of the United States to assist him in
enforcing the laws. The occasion of the proelams-
ton was the action of the Free State party, in n p
sStlng IN giving practical efficiency to the leeisIa
ton OF the bogus Legislature of Topeka and resist
ing the collection of tax s. The Tops ka BODY had
passed law comforting charters upon certain towns
ana oodles, with The privilege OF elec ing MAYORS
Justices oil the Peace, &C., under them The At.
tempt 20 use these charters and the refusal to nav
taxes, brought matters 20 issue ut once between
Inc free State party and the constituted authorities
OF the Territory. Gov. Walker has met the emer-
! gency IN proper sprit-proclaimed his intention
to maintain and enforce the laws, Collect the taxes
ana as pTecautiOn ordered out the troops of the
United Stat 5. stationing them at L wreuce He
the course of the Free State party
sonaoe, calling upon all its adherents to aid in the
enforcement OF the laws and maintaining the public
peace, assuring all that in of obedience the
past shall be forgotten.
Alter arguing the matter at length, Governor
walker makes the following appeal to the citizens
OF Lawrence
Your purpose, if carried into effect in the mode
designated by you, by putting your laws forcibIy
INTO execution, would Involve you in the guilt and
CRIME OF treason. You stand now, fellow citizens
upon the brink of awful precpice and it be-
comes my duty to you you take the fatal
proceedings a
not arrested you will necessarily DESTROY the peace
OF this TeTrit ~ and owe it in all the horrors of
civil War. I-warn you. then, before it is too late
to recede from the perilous position in which YOU
now stand.
appeal once more to your reason and patriot
lsI' ask you in the name of our country, in the
name OF the Constitution and OF the Uuon, to de-
sist from this rebellion. I appeal once more to
your love Ct country to you- regard for it, peace,
prosperity and reputation, to your affection for
your wives and Children and to all these D Itriotic
motives which ought to influence American citi-
zens, to abandon this contemplated revolution. If
you have wrongs, redress them through the peace
full fundamentally of the ballOt-5ox, in the mode
prescribe by the laws OF your country.
AS all arguments heretofore so often addressed
bv me to, have failed as yet to produce any effect
upon you, have deemed it necessary for your
safety, and that OF the Territory, and to save you
from the peTlous consequences of your own acts
under the authority vested in me by the President
OF the United States to order an ADEQUATE force of
the troops of the United States into your vicnaqe
to perform the painful duty of sting your revo-
'utlonary proceedings. Let me inp lore you not to
compel me 10 appeal to that military power Which
IS required in the last resort 10 project the gov
ernmcnt OF your country. You cannot carry YOUR
reoeilous purposes into eff ct without coming iuto
unavoidable and open conflict with the troops and
government of the United States.
Let me adjure you, then, once more, to abandon
''00 PiOSee oeloFe you involve yourselves 10
the crime OF treason, and sui ct the people of the
city OF Lawrence to all the horrors and ca amities of
insurrection snd civil war. If you will now desist
from the projected resolution, the past will be for.
gotten as far as practicable; but If you persist in
passing these laws and carrying them into expcu-
'ion thus detying and superceding the government
OF your country, the deplorablr consequences must
be upon your heads and those of your associates.
It will be my purpose if you still persist, TO spare
all oloodshed as far as prsc icabe, and subject the
Leaders and prof. ctors of this revolutionary move
ment to the puni-hmeut prescribed by the law.
will accompany the troops to Lawrence with
vie* to prevent if possible, any conflict. and
IN the sincere hope that the revolutionary move
meht contemplated by you, aud now so nearly ac-
comphshed, will, ere it is too late, be abandoned
by you.
II you can be Influenced by 10 other motives.
the evident fact that the power of the government
Is adequate to prevent the accomplishment of your
purpose, should induce you to desist from these