Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-02-11

filled by considerable number of mercens.'
who are paid by the Abolition Societie, :,
perpetuate and dffuse agitation throuobo''
Kansas, and prevent the peaceful settIemes,
of this question. Having failed in indrr;'
their own, the so-caled Topeka State LepisI1!
ture, to organize this insurrecton, Lawrs,"'
has commenced it herself, and if not arras,sl
the rebellion will exted throughout the Tss
ritory"
And again In order to send this comm.
nication Immediately by mail, must close :,
suring you that spirit of rebellion peryad.
the great mass of the Republicans of this T..
ritory, instigated, as | entertain no doubt tb,,
are, by Eastern Societies, having in view -
suits most disastrous to the Government s,,
the Union And that the continued pres4r.
of General Harney is indispensable, as ORC
nally stipulated by me, with large body =
dragons and several batteries"
On the Goth of July, 1851, General Ian,
under the authority of the Topeka Coovp
ton, undertook, as Governor Walker ssv,
to organize the whole so called Free Sto.
party into volunteers and take the name, n
all who refuse enrolment. The professed ,i
ject was to protect the polls at the election
August, of the now nsurgent Topeka Sta.
Legislature. The object of taking the nam.
of all who refuse the enrolment is to terri,
the Free State conservatives into submi,So.
This is proved by the recent atrocities Com
mitted on such men by the Topekates. II.
speedy location of large bodies Of regular tron,
with two batteries is necessary. The Ia,.
renee insurgents await the development Of hi,
new revolutionary military organization
In General Walkers dispatch of july 9th
hesays :: " General Lane and his staff ever.
where deny the authority of the TerritO,lI
laws, and counsel a total disregard Of thea
enactmentS." Without making further opo,.
tions of similar character, from other di>ratc.
es of Governor Walker, ii appears by referels
to Acting Governor Stanton's commncatic
to Secretary CaSs, under date of the 10Th d
December last that the important step 4
calling the Legislature together was takes a:
ter the Governor had become satisfied thattl,
election ordered by the Convention on the 9ls
inst, could not be conducted without coIIs,
or bloodshed." So intense was the disl0y,
feelings among the enemies Of the Governne,.
established by Congress, that all election xh9
afforded them an opportunity, if in the mac.
ity, of making Kansas a free State, accorip,
to their own professcd desire, could not becn,
Quoted without collision or bloodshed Ts
truth is, that until the present moment, the sl
emes of the existing Government still adspr
to the Topeka Revolutionary Constitutional
Government The very first paragraph of th.
message of Governor Robinson, dated the 7tht
December, to the Topeka Legislature, now a.
sembled in Lawrence, contains an open defaae
of the Constitution and laws of the Units
States. The Governor says The Conycr
ton which framed the Constitution at Toek.
originated with the people of Kansas Territe
~. They have adopted and ratified the sam.
twice by direct vote, and also nd.rec7
through two elections of State Officers api
members of the State Legislature, vet it has
pleased the Administration to regard the whole
proceedings as revolutionary This Topeka
government, adhered to with such treasonabh
pertnacity is a government in direct oppos:
ton to the existing government as prescribed
and recognized by Congress 1t is an usarpa
ton OF the same character as it would be G
a portion OF the people of any other State
undertake to establish separate goYernmeui
within It's limits for the purpose Of rcdreSlg
any grievances, real Or imaginary, of Which
they might complain, against the Legitimate
State Government Such principle if carr
ed into execution, would DESTROY all lawful 90
thority, and produ universal anarchy FrOa
this statement of facts, the reason becomes pal
pab!e why the enemies of the government 40 |
thOrlzed by Congress have refused to vote R
Delegates to the Kansas Constitutional Cor
vent.on, and also, afterwards, on the question
oil slavery submitted by it to the people. /;
is because they have ever refused to sanction
or recognize any other Constitution than ttii
framed at Topeka. Had the whole LecOnr
ton Constitution been submitted to the people
the adhcrents of this organization would dOub'
less have voted against it, because if HDSgS
cesSful they would thus have an obstacle Ol
of the way of their own revolutionary C0%.
tuition. They would have done this not upon /
consideration of the merits Of the whole or Pf
of the Lecompton Constitution, bnt simpl! b 1
cause they have ever resisted the authority +
the government authorized by Congress, iron
which it emenated.
Such being the unfortunate condition Of tx !
affairs Of the Territory, what was the ris1 +
as well as duty, of law-abiding people Wee
they silently and patiently to submit to ti |.
Topeka usurpation, or adopt some uecess'7 !
measure to establish Constitution under te I
organic law of Congress ? That this Law Re /
cognIzcd the right of the people of the IdF
tory, without the enabling act of Congress,
form State Constitution, is too clear for 81 \
gnment. For Congress to leave the pco%
OF the Territory perfectly Free" framing tltl
Constitution, to form and regulate Their % /
meStlc institutions in their own way, Snge1
only to the Constitution of the United State
and then to say they shall not be permitted
proceed and frame Constitution in Their C@
way, without the express authority from t@
gress, appears to be almost contradiction
terms. 1t would be much more plausible il'.
the people of a Territory might be kept Onia
the Union for an indefinite period, and un'l'
might please Congress to permit them to e1f
else the right of selfgoyernment This WOW