Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-01-05
,PHE4KANSASe QUESTION.


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% sWxshINGToN nCfTI, Decyf5,s ,57 -
iFo, ,THr 4ionyI IIKw1si sylss, uSFcRkTXfiF or
!, iErA1rsaxa Ieom cd, yiI1ow lssS = ri
/ 1S1p--I res;gn the Office. OF Governor
1of The TERRITORY Of Kansas. I have been
mo mnoost reluctantly forced to this conclusion,
aFts,aan i6,, 1fibqiicatefil Consideration or
inv ddlyI To- nv country, to the people of
Kansas. toithe President of the United
States. and to,myeelf. ut ,,.,.,,l, hs,ab ri
4 Tbe grounds assumed by the President
In bia Iste Message 10 Congress-. ss and in re-
| cent instructi0ns IN wc0iihectionf with tile
,tessntsraowi tianspirinpi here and, II Kan
4 sas, 4. .admonish eI1aes that az Governor OF
! that Territory, it will NC, longer be in my
power to preserve the peace or promote the
4 public welfare e'h h7a''HoO 10 'i'''''
tsi Atthe eearnest solicitation Of the Presi-
dent after repeated refusaIs, theslast being
in writing, L finally accepted this. Office,
upon his letter showing the dangers and
! difficulties Of the Kansas question, and the
NECESSITY of nv undertaking the task Of
4 adjustment. Under these circumstances,
notwithstanding the great sacrifices to me,
personal. political and pecuniary, l felt that
II could no more refuse such a call from my
I country through her Chief Magistrate,
than a soldier III battle who is ordered to
the command of forlornthope. AT.'l ol %
,,, 1 Iaceepted :, however, on the express con-
dition that should advocate the. submis-
|, sion of the Constitution to vote of the
! fpeople fer ratification or rejection. These
D views were clearly understood by the Pres
ident and all his Cabinet. 3, They were dis
tinctly set forth, in nv letter, on my ac-
ceptance of this. office, of the. 26th March
last. and reiterated in nv inaugural ad-
!. dress Of the 9th of Nav last; as follows:
d tIndeed, I cannot doubt that the Conven-
ton, after having framed State Consti-
tuition, will submit it for ratification or re-
4 lection by a maiority of the then actual
bona fide resident settlers Of Kansas" %
4 With these views, we'll known to the
t.. President and the Cabinet, and approved
by them, accepted the appointment of
Governor of Kansas. Ny instructions
1 fiom the President, through the Secretary
4 of State, under date 3oth March last, ssus-
tain the regular Legislature OF the Terri
tory in asse sembline 4 Convention to form a
Constitution. and. tbev express the opinion
of the President that "when such Con
, stitutiou shall be submitted to the people
of the TERRITORY thew must be p,otected il
the exercise of their RIGHT of voting for o,
against that instrument, and, tho fair -ex.
preston of the popular will must not be
Interrupted by fraud or violence. | re.
peat, then. AS nv clear conviction. that
= unless the Convention submit the 'Constf.
tuition to the vote of all the actual resident
:. settlers of, Kansas, =. and the election be
fairly and Justly conducted, the Constitu.
! ton will be. and ought to be rejected b,
Z Congress..'' as71isDS 1aa>' h"f '''-'
This inaugural most distinctly asserted
that it was not aquestion of Slavery mere
", which 1 believed to be OF. little practi
cal Importance then in it's application tt
> Kansas, but of the entire Constitution
+ which should be submitted to the peopl,
ii for ratification or rejection These were
=, my words on that ,subjectin my inaugural
''lt is not merely, shall Slavery exist o.
disappear from Kansas, but, shall the grea
1principles of self lf-government and Stat'
: sovereiguty1be maintained or subverted.'
gI,i,ln that inaugural proceed further t
say, the people s'may by subsequentHot'
qeIeat .1 the ratlncauon OF the CONSTITUTION
O aes,gnate tn,s "a great ga Gonsututlcna iutl';i a
: Ft1ght.'N and add, that the Convention il
tne servant and not the master OF the peo
n PIE. l1i IN my iofhelal dispatch to you
me "a June iastt' q copy OF that lnaugurn
ADDRESS was transmitted 1e TO you Tor tn
!, iurther information OF the President 'ant
. :, his Cabinet. Wy No exception was eve
takento any portiohi OF, that address. lHOl
Z the contrary, IT was distinctly admitted b.
: the PRESIDENT IN hls Message. with com
: mendable trankpess, that my Instruction
IN favor OF submission OF the Constitu
a ton to the vote OF the people were 'gen
: eral and unqualified. I7eaToE" sdi
:. o6 By that inaugural and subsequent ad
dress, was pledged, to the people, of Kan
# sas to oppose, by all lawful means, tn
O. adoption Of any Consultation which wa
r. not fairly and fully submitted to their vot
d. forrati6 ati6catiohiorTejection.J These pledge