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has been attempted, and utter Disregard of the
will If the majority unaffected


Else, why should a Government, protesting to be
actuacd by the principles If popular sovereignty a.
tempt 10 force upon the people Constitution ens.
natipC frcm Territorial Government, cight-nnths of
which 0Ie controlled by the sppODtees of the Pres-
dut while the other ninth usurped by foreigners
and TINT Constitution not submitted the people COR
their ratification or election Why attempt TO force
such Constitution upon us 10 the exclusion If Con.
sttut'on framed by the people independently Of Fed
erni influences and which Constitution has been twice
submitted to IA" people, receiving at each subnissio
an overwhelming majority If the votes Can il be
that all 80 oppIcss, and tyranny practced ia Kan.
has zen for the purpose Of planting institution
our soil repugnaIt to the people Has our Gov
sunk low TO strike down She sovereignty
Cf the whole American people, for the sake OF en-
Shaving n few African
A, the last Territorial election the people were per-
n,ted To take possession Of the Territorial Legislature,
and 1t j, in the hands of the friends of the state
Government, End therefore no further opposition To
their proceedings is 10 be apprchended from that
source. Not So however, with the Leconpton State
Government. BY the provisions OF that Constitution
!, took eject on the .lst of December last. This
Government the President and his Cabinet have IN,
Goi legitimate ard they said to have pledged
all the power of the Federal Government IN rs
support
ihc people Of Kansas, repudiating the LecOmpton
{, Institution IA fraud from it, origin 10 It's compile
ton refused in convention TO participate in an election
under 1t for q State government thus leaving the
friends that fraud and the oppresors OF the people
TO secure that government without contest
Should Kansas be admitted into the Union under
that Constitution and State Government there can be
no radical change in for four years. the state SENATORS
being elected for that time. The people OF Kansas are
nearly unanimous in opposition to this fraudulent gov
eminent, ard have sternly resolved and protected
against il in various ways; but there i reason 20 fear
that the Administration vii, override the sovereignty
If the people and entirely disregard their wishes In
such d question Of grave importance arises for
your consideration What shall BE- done to relieve the
people of Kansas from this despotism of the Fedora
Administration This question, in your wisdom, you
NAV be called upon to decide.
According to the Constitution adopted for our guide
IL the duty Of the General Assembly to legisate
upon the following subjects Encouragement OF Edu-
c5toD and Rceion Registration of Electors; Returns
Of Elections; Election Of Officers; Filling Of Vacan-
ccs; Number Of Senators and Representatives,; APP
lolicnment Special Legislation; Publication of Laws;
Census; Salaries OF Officers Surveyor General, State
Geoopist and Superintendent Of Common Schools; Jul
Gcia Districts and Jurisdiction Of Courts; Publication
oi Decisions oi Supreme Court; Duties of Clerk and
Reporter If sur rene Court School Fund, University
end Normal Schools State Asylums for the Blind,
Deaf and Dumb, Insane, Idiots and the Poor: Houses
Of Refuge Tor Juvenile Offenders; State General Hos
pita: Militia, Finance and Taxation; Counties; City
and Town Officers; Commissioners to arrange Rules
Of Practice in Courts of Record; Bureau of Statistics
and Encouragement of Agriculture; To secure the
separate Property and Custody of the Children to the
Wife; B0nks and Banking.
Whether you shall egsiate upon any or all of these
subjects il for yOu TO decide While we remain under
Territorial legislation, must submit to have our
laws adudicated and executed by appointees of the
President ome of whom have been Cypress RS Of the
people, while others evidently grossly ignorant OF
our past history and present condition. should the
progress, that no collision OF jurisdiction shonld
occpr. it would doubtless become your duty to pro-
vide, at an early day, wise and Wholesome laws for
the use Of the people.
The following attempt to pervert the history of
Karsas, in the Message Of Acting Territorial Governor
Denver OF the 4th inst, woryof notice lie says:
"The affairs Of KansCs have for Il long time at
traced nuch Of the attention Of all portions OF the
American Union, and is sincerely to be hoped that
the troubles which have heretofore existed among the
neope of this Territory are about to be peaceably ad
iustcd. After the ong-contnued disturbances, this
will be most gratifying result, and will give new
impetus to the prosperity and settlement OF the cou
try, Settled as this Territory has been, by people
from every portion of the oder States, many O. WON
enterta extreme views on the question OF domes-
tic Slavery it could hardly be expected that collisions
would not Occur; and yet spirit OF tolerance such as
has characterized the people OF our sister Territory,
Nebraska, which organized under the same law,
ard where Slavery exists to almost, If not quite as
great an extent it does here, might have prevented
it. There all questions OF public policy have been
determined by resort TO the ballot box ana All par
ties have Welded ready acquiesceuce to such dec.
sione Coercive measures have never been resOrted
TO there ana whenever frauds have been attempted at
the elections application has been made to the proper
tribunals for correction, and in no instance "a lar "a
NV information extends, without finding redress. On
these subjects the conduct of the people OF Nebraska
Territory is worthy Of all commentator, and sim
cerelv hope that the great mass OF the people oi tins
Territory will follow their example.
II is tiue that the affairs OF Kansas have attracted
much of the attention of the American people andf for
the very good reason that the sovereignty OF whole
people IVES being crushed out by the Federal power
In the result of this contest OF the people against
usurpation every State in the Union was directly in.
teresied: for if popular sovereignty in Kansas could
he DESTROYED by the Administration might be in
the States and CUR own proud republic give place 10
a despCtism.
Gov. Denver thinks that spirit Of tolerance,
such as characterized the people of Nebraska, would
have prevented the unfortunate collisions Ill Kansas
Ii is difficult to conceive how the people OF Kansas
could have been more tolerant than they have been
from the commencement of their history. Did they
not tolerate the invasion Of the 3'th OF March,
1850 and see their ballOt-bOxes wlested from them by
a foreign army and foreign government placed over
them without resistance Did they not see the Ad-
miustration at Washington indorse this usurpaton
and remove Gov Reeder because he would not enforce
it upon the people Did they not tolerate the IN
vasion Of the Autumn Of 1875, when an army ,2oo
strong was brought up against the people by Federal
authority, without cause or provocation Did they
not tolerate" the raid upon Lawrence in May, 1856,
led on by United States Marshal, ana ana they not
see hotel, printing presses and private properly
DESTROYED and whole city sacked by United States
mob with sufficient tolerance! Have not our citl-
zens submitted to be confined praires and prisons
for no ohonsc, and with sufficient heekness ana
"toleratoL"l Have they not tolerated among
them the appontces ofte President, whose hands are
red with the blood of their victims, a no other people
have done If the people of Nebraska, or any other
place would have been more submissive than the
people Of Kansas to the outrages practce1 on them
& IN are they fit only TO be slaves.
But the people Of Nebraska have been left perfectly
free to regulate their affairs in their own way, in
accordance with the provisions of the organic act and
have no cause Of complaint; while III Kansas no man
i so elorant that lie Goes not know the reverse 10 nt
true. This truth is deeply eIgrayen upon the hearts
of all men in Kansas that they will witness all such
attempts to fasify their history and change the re-
sJonsbility OF the collisions from the Aduinstra-