The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-21
gress against ito admitting Kansas as a State under
that constitution. The act is as follows:-

RTesS against lts ADMITTING Kansas az STATE unue
that constitution. The act is as follows:-
Whereas, it is well established principle that govern
ments derive their just hory from the OF The
governed. and that under the confederate system o.
States OF the American Union the OF Territory
necessary as well as that Of the general government
to fix and establish State government such Tern
tory and that both the general and the peo
pie Of such Territory either crety through the an
beTtes elected by them should DO fully agreed upon the
terms Of admission Of such Territory State into the
Unon 70 make such admission Of legal and binding effect
Resolved by the Legislative Assembly Of the Territory
Of Kansas That as the representatives Of the people Of
the Territory OF Kansas, and rejecting their known and
expressed wish upon the subject OF state government,
most earnestly and soemny protest against the justice
and the right OF the Congress Of the United States to force
upon The people Of this Territory CONSTITUTIONS in the
making Of which they had fair voice which does not
embcdy their wishe5, but is in direct contravention
tbereto which establishes in thor midst constitution
which they neither sanction tolerate, while Il "
opposed To the kno wishes Of large majority OF their
NUMBER and which, in its inception ana general charac
ter ID IN opposition TO their interests and abhOrrent In
their principles.
Resolved. That we ask aud demand, in behalf Of sae
people OF this Territory the rejection Of the 80 called
compton constitution now pending before Congress, and
the recognition OF the rights and wishes Of ouch IN
any action by Congress looking toward the formation
conAI nation Of State government for this Territory.
Resolved, That contravcnton of the rights and wishes
Of the people Of this Territory herein would
be goO and sufficient for armed resistance which
they would greatly deprecae but which every considera
ton OF honor and patriotism would prompt, in main
enaDce Of and defence OF their jus. and legal rights
Resolved That the Secretary OF the Counsel be and is
hereby instructed TO forward copy Of this preamble and
resolutions, properly attestei, TO the President of the
United States aud TO the presiding Officers of both
branches Of Congress, respectively.
Why, if the Legislature designed to take such a
course is marked out in these acts, they should
have delayed it until this late day, would he hard to
explain by any one who believed in their sincerity.
But it il, the whole thing is explained by the two
words-Buncombe, Minneola tracks.
A banking law has passed which authorizes
the establishment of three banks in the
Territory-one at Leavenworth, another at
Lawrence, and the third at Wyandott The
capital stock of each bank is to be 100000,
to be secured by interest paying State stocks at New
York minimum prices; when SIS 600 of said State
stocks shall have been deposited with the Comptrol-
Ter of the Territory, and $500 in specie are in the
vaults of each either of the banks, then the
Comptroller is authorized to countersign notes Of
the bank to the amount of s25 900. 1t is penal
offence for the bank officers to issue notes without
the countersgn of the Comptroller. When the Sc
curtes deprecate, the Comptroller is authorized TO
require more securities or call in the cir ,u'ation till
il does not exceed the amount OF the securities as
then deprecated
Charles Mayo, Esq was appointed, at an early
part of this session, to take the census
of Oxford and Shawnee precincts. He re-
white male inhabitants over the age of
Il at Oxford and before the 9Th of April 1851,
but Ia. This precinct has cast ,62S votes at one
election. Shawnee has at present Us white male
April 8, 1857. In the January election this precinct
pOlled S94 votes.
The act making it a penal offence to attempt to
put in force the Lecompton constitution has been
killed in the Council by a vote of TO 3.
An effort is being made to get up a new excite
ment. The words revolution and rebellion are used
very frequently. But more of this in my next
LAWRENCE, X. T., Feb. IL, 1858.
Character of the Territorial Legislature Persona
appearance Of the Members Their Habits and
Social Quoiities-1 The Passage Of the Lecompton
Constitution Declared to be the Declaration Of a
"ItIar of determination accepts that
Issue-Bunc0mbe and Folly.
The members of the Territorial Legislature will
compare favorably in physical appearance and men
tai endowments with similar bodies in the old States
Rarely il ever before has there been in the United
States Territorial Legislature containing large
number of what, in common popular parlance, are
called 'smart men"-that is, men that are ready Ia
speak at any time, on any subject, either for OF
aganst-men quick to turn point, sharp to retort
and always disposed to raise laugh or point joke
There is large sprinkling of emigrant lawyers in
it, large number Of spectators and traders severa
journalists and but few farmers. They are gene
rally large well built, hardy looking men, ready t'
III
college sprouts, no aspiring sentimentalists, bu
laughing hearty hale fellows well met" and politi
clans, or rather political aspirants TO the soles o
their boots. They dress well because they buy good
articles but they pay little or no attention to tn
toilet, and never seem TO know what they have on
they wear one dress unremittingy till IL Is FUSED up
and then go in for another. When they debate they
do il as though they liked il, and we're in earnest,
not as though they had TO. Socially, they are very
agreeable, brmfull of fun; with marvellous frank
ness some Of them will tell you, laughing heartily at
the time how they talk rebellion a game, and act
fanaticism as Forest does Hamlet-for the gain, the
excitement and the fun of the thing They pass reso
lutions and acts declaring war against the United
States-war to the dagger and the dagger To the
hilt and If any outside barbarians" are 80 foolish
as to he frightened at their mock tragedy, theythe
actors-are the more amused. | do not mean
10 say that We may not yet have civil war
or especially assassinaons here or that these men
will not fight In case OF civil war, but do mean TO
say that they are merely playing the part chosen
by Themselves, without any idea that their mock
tragedy will ever become real one. That II may
turn to be real il possible at least, and then per-
haps, these same men will play the real tragedy rs
well as they now do the mock one; and though they
might lose in the struggle still they would rant.
shrek, laugh and be merry. There are many men
in the free State party who fearfuly in earnest
but the leaders are merely playing To make game.
People have become stated with hearing about
bleeding kansas Were ! to dub her with
title. from the social qualities of her con.
script fathers, IL should be laughing Kansas"
The political squabblcs among said fathers have
been previously noticed. Their personal habits are
generally conmendabe there Is but very little
drinking among them. II is stated that during the
entire special session Of this Legislature at Lecomp-
ton last FALL the hotels in that place sold them but
three bottles Of wine while they averaged a sale ~
fifteen bottles day during the session of the le-
compton Constitutional Convention. But II they
don't equal the prosavery men in drinking they en-
tirely surpass them in buncornbe buncoinbe! bun
combel
KANSAS THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET or WAR TO
THE USfTsD STATES
q. y. Learnard. in the Council offered the following
preamble and resolutions In that body yesterday;
they were Immediately passed. and sent TO the
House. where they were referred TO the Committee
on Federal Relations. Read and laugh or sigh, ~
your humor and their contents inspire:-
whereas, James Buchanan, President Of the Untei
States, IN late message TO Congress, accompanying TIE
compton stituon, urging upon that bofy the a.
oertance Of that instrument by them, the organic ss
Tor the state OF Kansas and whereas that instrument
conceived in the brains Of desperation born 10 cor