The Kanzas news., 1858-01-30
Memorial to coners..
To tie Honorable the Senate and Il
Representatives of tie Uaited ,S,rsN-s S's

o tHe A0H0Fu6te kae Senate and u
Representatives Of tie United Stats, q
The undersigned were appointed n
mittee, By Mass and Delegate ConrsS.esn Sen-
of the people of Kanzas, held at T"'lOa TawaOa
on the Esd of December, 1857. 70 enee
rialize your honorable bodies, and 30 n"aai s,lo-
against the admission of our Territorr,,' r'G'ss'
the Union as State under the ins,rn,.a'o ..''o
known as the Leeompton Constitution Uncut
In discharge of the duties thus imno..,
and accepted, we ask you to reject the T.
compton. Constitution
FIRsr, Because the Legislative Assembl,.
by which the Convention which framaS!:,,
was called into existence, was elected l." ~
armed hordes of nonresident voters .O3
did not represent, but did wiffuffy mis.rsD r-S
resent, the political and moral sentimanPt,
and wishes of the people of Kanzas.
SECONDLY, Because Territorial Lep;sIs
ture, even if legally elected, has no CeDst;,
tutional authority to organize and initiate .
State Government, according to the deeis.
ions and legal opinions of eminent Jud;e;a,
authorities
THIRDLY, Because this power to establish
a Government being vested in the people or
IN Congress aione-by the fraudulent census
and ubiquitous apportionment for the elee.
ton of Delegates to the Constitutional Con.
vention--the majority of the bona .Jfde resi-.
dents OF the Territory were deprived of the
power and right of representation in it.
FoURTHLy. Because the Constitution thus
framed was not submitted for ratification or
rejection to a vote of the people.
ETRTHIy Recausa ;t astobJ..bo. g..
an Institution which, in the opinion of .
majority of our people, is politically and
socially curse, and morally crime agains,
God and man.
SIxTHLY, Because the instrument itself
| aside from its trainers and its slavery fea.
ture, is imperfect, anti-Republican, self.
contradictory, and in many other respects
is justly Objectionable to the people.
SEvENTHLY, Because-as your honorable
body will soon learn from official re.
eords-a vast and earnest majority of our
people here expressed, through the ballot.
box, their opposition to it /; and in Delegate
Conventions and public assemblies have
sworn, rather than submit to it, to resort TO
revolution by civil war.
From the manner in which the Territorial
Legislature was elected because it had no
right to initiate a State Government; be-
| cause the people were not allowed Just
apportionment, and were not represented in
the Convention which framed the Leeomp-
ton Constitution; because it was not sub
mitted to the popular vote because it seeks
to extend, establish and perpetuate an or
ganized curse. because the so-called Con-
stitution is unsuited to US, obnoxious and
imperfect, and in order to prevent renewal
of disturbances,-we expect and ask your
honorable bodies to reject it, and we do also
most solemnly protest against its acceptance
by Congress.
Signed by j. Redpath, c. Robinson. Wal
ter Oakley. f. D. Thacher, P B. Plumb.
VIM. A. Phillips, s. G. Pomeroy, ]. P.
Root, J. H. Lane, NJ. F. Conway, ]. N.
Walden, S. F. Tappan, J. Miller, A. A. Ja-
mieson, and E. B. Whitman.