Elwood Advertiser from Elwood, Kansas • 6

V. LWOOD WEEKLY ADVERTISES mission to a tote, for ratlf.ciit-.on or tion of "S'uarrj clause." They wHl Brown acd Netna'ia ar.d shall be entitled to one rc-sentative; the ttftli shall be Calhoun and Pottawr.t'iiiiie and I tntitled to one Representative; the sisth shall be Jeti'erson aad be entitled ltepresentativts: the seventh be LIarsha'1 sad Washington and entitled ore litrprestuative; the eighth shall beliiiey meet at Lecompk cn the third day. of body could repeal the bill calling them in- December, in accordance with the resolu- to being; furthermore, coalJ make it a tions" adopted, misdemeanor to take further action, in tho On motion of Gen. Lane, it was then, manner provided, tor carrying out their amid great enthusiasm, acts, by submitting the Constitution rea-. L'esolved.

That the people of Kansas, deriDg all thus gui'ty liable to the act of Mass Convention assembled, assert, Feb. 17th, dt57, entitled "An act to pnn-thatincase bis Excellency, Acting Gover-! ish rebellion. lie argned, that as thes Stastos, declines to convene the Ter- Convention adjourned sine die, they had rilorial Legislature that no other course ceast to exist; hence, there was no eiidi be onen to the people, but putting person as their President, to whom the re-' turns of the vote could bo made and the then moJifv ek-ctiou Ltw, aad the Lecotui'tori nnd.Toju-ka a vote of tho actual settlors oi Territorv. and r.e have faith enoush in the to Democrat. love oi ins tiee ot Congress, to believe tliat tltey win accept and ratify the wiil ot the Sovereigns" of Kansas, thus expressed, by admitting the new State oi Kansas into the sisterhood of the Union.

PROCLAMATIONS i'er Xlecticas Vnitr tlxietr Coastitaticnj. TROCLAMATIOX with a of t.ie tulioii recently agreed upon by the delegate? to a Constitutional Convention, assembled in I.e-i oustitntioual ConvcctiM, asseinleo iwuUb n.fkanW TeVri- con tory, in said Convening represented, having shall to the Eve The and i I that on Monday, the 21tdaytf The first Senatorial District shall be Doniphan, an election shall be bolden ia nil the conuiies ofJOTlc Senator the eecot.d Atchison, one Senatorial'' Territory, to determine whether the Consti- tjie Doniphan and Atchison one Senator; tntion to be wibma.itted f.r the raliheation of Leavenworth tbreev Senators tho peoplo, shall contain aclacse ant honr.ir.g the Nemaha and Pottawatinnie, one introduction ot slavery into tl.e State of Ivanw i Senafor; the s'trili Iiilev, Dickinson under said Constitution, or not, and requiring of atMi Wasbirgtim one Senator! the seventh Jef-m; further, to appoint three Commissioners in.f,.rson and CaiiiOirti, ont Senator; the eighth each county of the Territory, whose duty it shall i Johnson two liie ninth Lvkins, Ander-be to appoint three Judges i.f election hi uxtehej-1 s0n lYanUm, one Senator; the tenth l.inn, istir.g election district, or such other districts one Senator; the eleventh, liourbon and McCec, may by said Commissioners be established, to ont, ynatnr: the twelfth DouL'lass. two Senators: i. I i i i I i 'U 5 AD7CRTI2ER. WU Ii las iv 1 Lui.i I i it Agents fGr tiic ii dvriE-r.

The 'd'oaing are asihoris-l Asests the El (rood Vfe'elly 'A-lttrlUt. Their receipts will be by us: (Ulatp-mii! Leavenworth, Kansas. Was. V. I.ras, New York.

llETf ToF T2E WEES- Nothing nf note, snd nj rouiu for it if there in week's paper. No news from India, spice the fall of Delhi. i in session, but no news received. Walker am! Buchanan are reported to be at I'gorhwib about, tho Leeompton Constitution, find Walker's cuirso here Douglas supports our Coventor. Hurrah for Kansad she'll have cno' in the next ConsreHs tliero arc signs ol row both i here and the Democratic ranks.

A union convention is called to uieet at Cleve 1-iiul, O'o, tiic Ifl'ii I nft, to consult on Kauss There i.s tremendous excitement east, nt tii action' of the lite Constitutional Convention, held at Leeompton. Can. Gardenhire made' free-soil speech at Jefferson City, Mo. the ether day. O.tr Legislature is in session they will prob-nh i cpeai the buy, criliio the Constitutional Convention into life, it a misdemeanor to fiii-ry out their net, modifv the election law, -re peal some of the re o'fl Territorial Iiwji, change tha militia hv-v, mil submit tli Lee-omptor, aud Topeka constitutions to a vote if the people.

A .0 rady to "Mintie ITa H.V is reed, but too late for insertion this vevk; it will itp J)3itr iit next "Yc hoar Eomo complaint that wo lmva changed our neutrality into a partizanship this wo deny. Wc are accused of having onc over to tho Aholitionists and Diack-K-'unblieans this wo deny also. We permit our personal politics, in no way to onr position as editor a neutral paper wo do not profess to bo neutral oti all things, or to bo silent on tho important movements of political parties. While we neither support the Republican or the Democratic pa' ty, we daim tho right to praiie or condemn their action in any essential particithlr. As ragarJs territorial affairs, we have neither sid-id with one clique or another, but when tho majority decided in favor of having Kansas a free state, wo thought their sentiments shfiftl 1 1)0 respected when, therefore, tho Constitutional Convention attempted, R3 we believer, to swindle the people, we denounced.

Iheir action, and shall continue to do go. We still assert our neutrality iu federal politics, and in territorial 'embroilments bnt.as we would cry "stop thief" to any rascal stealing onr neighbor's horse, s'o -will wo speak out against any act we nnfair, unjust or tricky, whether rftumed by this man or that man be he of what pat ty he will. We do not expect to please all, and if wo did should be doomed to disappointment; we shall strive to do right, and convinced of that shall "'go ahead'- It we have oiihnded any we regret it, but hope be able to differ fairly and honestly, with no loss of friendship on either if wo have offended any of the fair 'sex, we humbly beg their pardon, appeal to their magnanimity and hold ourselt in readiness to do penance, as they may direct; though oar sense of right may prevent our obeying the law, we wiil readily Kobmitto tho punishment, and kiss the hand especially if a pretty one, and the lips too, if permitted that inflicts the punishment. Fair ladies, kind ladies, imagine us on our knees, with hat in hand and downcast look, awaiting your imperial fint. The lecomptoa Constitution.

The Constitution jnst by the Convention at Leconipton, and dubbed tho "Lcccmpton Constitution," iu contra distinction to tho ''Topeka -Constitution," is now the subject of universal 'discussion throughout the Territory, and wo might almost say throughout the nation. Of course some diversity of opinion might be expected, but such universal cCndemnation we liavo rarely heard, as has been meted out to this swindling Inira- of twenty one papers published in tiTis Territory, six of which are Democratic four of them being Pro-Slavery, but vno, the Leavenworth Herald edited by a member of the Convention supports the Constitution tho bahtneo, except the Constitutionalist of which we know nothing are as indignant at tho action ol tho Convention, as any Free-State paper in tho Territory. Pro-Slavery men, except here atid there somo wild fire-cuter, disapprove and even denounce both the Convention and tho work of their hands. 11 hare not seen a man, who fully endowed the Constitution and Convention. Two weeks since, wo expressed our sentiments upon this matter, and what we tho'K'htthe best plan to defeat tho Conspiracy; since thei: the Delegate Convention has met, and marked out a line of policy which was far more conservative tlnti could be expected, tho Acting Gov, has called a special session of tho Legislature, arid they are now preparing somo comse of action for tho protection of the people Among our foreign exchanges wo find fv greater diversity of opinion; that onr Missouri friends should ratb-er favor the Constitution is not wonderful, yet even there, wo find somo papers, whose fidelity to slavery is not questioned, with enough love of fair dealing and justice to censure fctrongly tho Convention read the following, from tho Democrat (Savannah, "As onr-elves nf citizens of a slavo state, and opposed to the ngioition of that "peMifenu.

niiettioii" here, we should linvo preferred Mmihir irvtitiHioin for onr territory; but we mv frankly, wo nrir no, nml never Imve been in f.vor of ire.hg that, or uny other iuJiUiiiion l.lh 1 their sovereign v. bite trUt'litin. l.ieli rV 1 ier. have It as tat are i the ease would adudt, iiblics! U.nl bcii JOKITT fhi.uid right of a large Free-State majority, ar.d generally admitted, that ma-have the undoubted Democratic their own institutions to suit UiOiUftiVC. We thick the Convention gravely erred.

So to their work to the voice vi the to be governed by it. To deprive the people uf their inherent rtglit of p.ifslnin orjrunie law. is to nirike at tl.e very foundation -f our govoiunK-iit at.d the at- Ui.ipt niut pmvft 1 It would have been better pollev, boer.iise more correct in prir.ciple, whole Constitution to have been voted on direi ye or nay if voted it down there ut tt fay they thidl "not vote fit ti'v' because it is feared Uk ure it, is to concede fit that it Joc not from the popular will." YiTe commend the above to some Demo- imtie and "tJevendeht" t-aners at the East as well as this extract, from tho National Democrat (Lccompton): "There ai'C some blunders in the composition of this extraordinary provUb.ui. First, the Coiieiitntiun shall be submitted to he people yvr I'ppronil vr divij-proTHl," and afterwards it provided that it fhaii be submitted "ftr ratification or rejtatian? Bat tho tiiteeeeding words which shall establish tho firm, and prescribe the eti'eet of the vote, ci inp't-tely nuilii'v these ami v. they "Keep tbt word of promise to the eftrj" 'They break il to the hope." 'Again, it is provided, in so tunny words, that "the voting shall be by ballot." Now every one knows the very ccncc of a vote by ballot, is the secrecy which it enables tiie voter to maintain.

The result of the vote is to be ascertained by conniing the ballots. In this provision, however, the of the Convention is to examine the poll books in to seffrtain the state (if the vote. Tims it isevkleircthat the voting which expressly to be by ballot is to have, at. the ame time, ail the qualifies of a tka toce vote. This is rendered unquestionable by the farther provision, that tho iYesidetit of the Convention is to count only "tho lotra! voles cast nt said election." If the vote bo by ballot, he could never discriminate between the and illegal votes, by the mere inspection of.

tho poll bonks. Kcver before was such a mass oi haiitrliiig i.icoffdSciH-ies pttt together by any respectable writer or thinker. It wotild a Philadelphia lawyer to reconcile these conflicting provisions. 'Miitt there is stiil a preater difTiciaty. In the event of.

a "majority of the iesa! voles'' being a-ainst slavery, the President of the Convention is to strike out of the Constitution the, ariieie prxiilifg fir siatery, without interfering xe-ih tJtfrighU of property in tlacet mm in Terri tory can anyoooy leu wimt ot lie provision on tho suhj.tct above quoted, will bestrick-en out, becnuso several of them uiil he applicable to jdnvnrv, as it will Hill exist in the new Slate. Indeed, there is not a single section out of too whole four which can be said to provide Jor tbttery, Jt is even questionable whether there i-s any aiticle in tio above instrument, which can jirojiorly be called, "the article proti-tling for slavery." What part of this Constitution will Cci. CALiiorx strike out, if that duty should bo devolved noon him? It would require a nice discrimination to enable him to perform this work, and there wotild still be a glorious uncertainty of the rctdt "It.is dr.e to the people that when they are called upon to perform the solemn act of adopting a form of Government, they should have'a plain and distil ct proposition presented to them. There should be no uncertainly in what they are caded upon to do. But above all, thero ought to be no trick in the alternatives presented for their decision.

Xo such trick can ever succeed and we feel morally certain that the instrument now presented in this extraordinary manlier, will never be sanctioned by the people or accepted by Congress. "It is vain to talk of parlies on reference to such a mr-'ttet' a'sthis. The subject is far beyond the rantre of party-net roS. The appeal to party fealty will have no iSorccftectthan tho idle wind. respectable portion of the people can over be rallied to the support of such an instrument, wiih sueb a device for its "ratification or rejection" bv tlcpep'e.

1 Some of the eastern papers profess to think that if wo reject the Ait. on Slavery, we have an anti-Slavery Constitution have they not read this Art. in the Schedule: 2, All laws noK-nf "force in the Territory of Kansas, which are not repugnant to Constitution, shall couiinuo and be of forco until altered, amended or repealed by a legislature assembled under the provisions of this Constitution. The Constitution is a Pro Slavery one anyhow, for tho Territorial laws have slave code might do honor to South-Carolina; and what is there in the Le-contton Constitution to prevent their being embodied as a portion thereof? Until Gov, Stanton called a special session of tho Legislature, we feared trouble was brewing for this distracted' Territory but now, by his promptness, so commendable under the circumstances under which he is placed and for which bo deserves and will receivo the thanks of the Squatters of Kansas, We nro placed in a position before the we can demand a hearing of our case, both on its legal and moral strength. every struggle heretofore arising between the Free State men and their opponents, they have justice on their side, but lata was against them, now.

both unite to ensure them their rights. The Territorial Jaws, framed for their oppression, ore now ninplo guarantee rtgainst any conspiracy oh the part of the ultra Pro Slavery men wo commend our abbreviation of Judge Johnston's speech at Lawrence, which appears in. another column of out paper, to their care-lnl consideration. This Constitution is infamous, and never can or will be the law of this Territory; that the State party are in a majority of three to one, no one denies; that they will ever ratify this swindle, no ono is fool enough to believe: how, then, can it ever claim to be ratiSed, even though tho opponents of it remain from tho polls, unless Jno. Calhoun compiles another abridgement of the Cincinnati Directory? Should it bo forwarded to Congress, with a simulated return showing its overwhelming ratification, wo doubt whether tho South will receive, whilo any northern man desirous of signing his political death-warrant can vote for it; but allow that it is passed, vill the.

of Kansas, receive it? No! Nor all the force that the United States can bringio bear against us. cannot thrust it upon us. Wo borrow no trouble on its account, hr its days aro numbered and even row it may be receiving its quietus, from- the Legislature-we doubt not that they will" repeal the bill bringing into being tho Convention, and prevent, by legal enactment, tiny further notion on the part it's officer to carry out tiie -provision for it's sub- on We go VI 1 tenth LyklLs snd entitled to one Representative; the elovcLth Uun and entitled to two Teseiifulivcs; the twelfth Bourbon and tn-tbh-d to two lieprescntnlives; the thirteenth McGee Do: and Allen entitled to one Representative; the Fourteenth Douglass and entitled to the fifteenth Anderson and Franklin sal entitled to oiie Representative; sixteenth Shawnee Mid entitled to two th seventeenth Weller cud Coti'e entitled to ore Representative; the eigteentb ve il, i titled to one Kepresentive the twentieth Davis, tj0 enTri anni jnul I fltui SZ jotul timber of Representatives, I'pny- the thirteenth Shawnee, one Senator! lim fain- teenth, Dora, Allen, dson, Woodson, Godfrev. Creenwotfd, Mgdison and Coffee, one Senator; fiiteenth Richardson, Rrecken- ridge. Jiuiter, liunier, and Bit westot Davis, wise and Butler, one Senator; iu all nineteen.

The qualified, voters wiil therefore, in iheir respective dislricts, elect il embers of the Legislature under the above apportionment. J. ALHOUN. President of the- Constitutional Convention. Leconipton, Nov, 31, 1857 llass lleeting at Leavenworth City, JJov.

27th. The labors- paituricnt mcfi'cs. tlnasce- tnr ridicul -of the Constitution al Convention, at Leeompton, have had a gaivamc tflect upon all moderate men in tho Territory; arousing them to prompt and energetic action. An insulted and outraged people met everywhere in convention throughout the Territory, expressing in the strongest terms their disappro bation of the Leeompton swindle politely, called a constittitioti-while a mass convention was held at Leaven worth City, on the 27th of and the. Territorial Vigilance Com.

issued their call for a delegate convention at Lawrence, ori the 2d. inst. Tho people, regardless of bad weather and mtiddy roads, were present at Leavenworth, condemning without stint, the attempt to legislate for us, and form, in spite of us, the laws of our embryo state. The meeting was called to order, at 10 A. and Jiblge S.

M. Latta selected as chairman aud after appointing the usual committees on permanent organization and resolutions, 'adjourned till two P. it which time Jndgo Latta was elected President, with Vice Pres. ad libitum. Several well timed speeches wero then made, and the com.

on resolutions appearing reverted as follows: A bare majority of the ntioatil Convention, recently assembled at Leeompton, elected bv about one thousand of fhe voters of Kansas, (twenty-eight only of said bare majority, elected by less than one thousand votes, voting for said Constitution on its adoption.) have attempted by an unworthy contrivance, to impose upon the people of thi3 Territory, a Constitution, without consulting their wish and against their will WnnttEAS, The membefs of said Con- vention have refused to submit their action to the approval 'or disapproval ol the voters ot the Territory and WiiiiHKAS, in thus acting, they have defied the willo! niiie tcnihtoi the voters thereof and Wheeeas, this action of a fragment of the said Constitutional Convention, representing, as they did, a pitiable minority ot the voters of tlie Territory, repudiates and crushes out the distinctive principle of the "Kansas-Nebraska act," and vio- Jates and tramples under foot the rights and the sovereignty ot the people; and- Whereas, the people of this Territory, at the regular election in the month of October hist, elected nrembers of the Legislative Assembly, by over four thousand majority, in iavor of making Kansas a Free State, and opposed to the action of said Convention: therefore Iiatolved, That tho people of Kansas in -Mass Convention assembled at Leav enworth, Nov. 7th, request tho Members ot saul Legislature fo meet at Leeompton, on the third day of December next, at 12 to suggest such measures, and adopt sue;) action, ns tne crisis demands. liesolved. That we have full confidence in the wisdom-and integrity of tho Dele gate Convention to assemble nt Lawrence on the 2d ot December next, and we hereby plcdgo ourselves "to co-operato with, and sustain them in such action as they may take. An adjournment wa3 then carried till 7 clack p.

During the evening tho following resolutions were submitted and adopted Jiettplved, That we respectfully call Upon his Excellency, Acting Governor F. Stanton, to convene tho Territorial Leg-islatureOT-iacc'A, and that we 'do so because we firmly believe that such action is necessary to prevent internal broils and civil '(solved, That tho chair appoint nine active persons, whoso duty it shall be to serve, personally, a copy ot these resolutions, properly uutnenticiited by the olil-cers ot this Convention, upon each metn-bei' elect of the Territorial Legislature, That special messenger bo sent immediately with a copy ot theso resolutions, endorsed by tho officers of this meeting, to his Excellency, Acting Governor F. P. Stanton. Tho chair appointed Dr.

J. I Hathaway special messenger', to convey to Acting Governor Stanton, an authorized copy ot the above resolutions, and a committee of jpiio were appointed to inform tho members ol Territorial to in nor will we and and the all age had the felt acts and the eye A rv. at 10 a to Topeka Government hi motion, and that pledge ourselves to adopt that course, to ttanu or tad by it. During the meeting, many well timed able speeches were made some bordering on the radical and sonio more conservative, but all equally denouncing the Constitutional Convention and their abor- Throufhout. there was a spirit of calm resolute determination, evident amid apparent excitement of tho moment seemed aware of the necessity o' coax-; and uhwavering firmness, under the threatening aspect of affairs; for it was currently reported, that Sec'y.

Stastos refused to comply with Eeveral requests that the Legislature might be at once convened. Should such bo the case, responsibility of any 6teps taken was by every" one, na thoroby, howover strong tlie moral, the legal force of their was a mere nullity; yet no man flinched, but, like our patriot ancestors' of 1776, they knew the justice of their cause, were willing to support it with their own brave arms, even against the federal power. Though the clouds looked dark and sombre, that o'ershadowed tho horizon of Kansas, causing men to take a second thought and act calmly, and already distant thunder of the approaching storm grew momentarily louder, still no quailed, no cheek blanched but the stern resolve was marked on every countenance, to die as freemen, rather than live all slaves. Prior to the meeting of the" Delegate Convention, the following Proclamation was issued by Acting Governor Stanton, which encouraged all, and simplified the entanglements very much. To the members of the Legislative As sembly of the Territory of Kansas An extraordinary occasion having occurred in tho affairs of the Territory, with- tho meaning of the 30th Section ot the Organic act, which authorizes the Legislature to bo called together upon such occasions FREDERIC P.

STANTON, Secretary ol and Acting hereby summon the Members of the Council and House of Representatives of said Territo to assemble in their respective honsc's Leeompton, on Monday next, tne iti then and here to consider matters' ot great moment pertaining to tho public welfare. Given under the seal of tho Territory at Leeompton, fhis tho first day VmiSm of December A. D. 1So7. tgp FRED.

P. STANTON. Delegate Convention' at Lawrence Docoml-sr Ss'ad, 1837. Pursuant to call of the Territorial arid Executive Committees, the Convention as sembled in the Congregational church, at- ciock A. M.

Gov. Roberts was elected temporary chairman, and made a short well-timed address; cautioning them to recommend nothing to tie the hands of the Legislature about to meet, lie spoke of the high and responsible station they held, advocated moderation and advised to take no untenable ground. Committees on credentials and ofgani-iation were then appointed, and Convention adjourned till 2 P. M. AFTERNOON session.

While awaiting the return of tho Committees, several persons addressed the Convention. Gen. Abbott, by request, read tho proceedings of a Mecklenbergian meeting, held at Blanton wherein the slate of Kansas was declared free and sovereign, and independent of tho United States. To show the kind of men forming that meeting, Gen. Lane stated that an infantry company of last summer tiring tho mnirched 43 miles ono hot day, and kept up with cavalry.

The com. on crcdentialshrvihgroported, contest arose concerning a double delegation from some distant county, whereupon Gen. Lane submitted the following: Iiemkeil, That all persons itlttinitiy to be elected as Delegntes'be permit'lad to occupy seats in this Convention, and to vote, and that all other members of the Free Stale party who arc' in attendance be permitted, otherwise than by voting, participate in the proceedings of this meeting. On motion of Col. Ilolliday, districts not fully represented were allowed, by their delegates, to cast the full vote of their respective districts, while the double delegations be allowed but the proper vote ol their district.

Number of delegates' presont, 133. The com. on.permaneut organization reported the following persons as officers of the Convention President, Dr. Chas. Robinson W.

Y. Roberts and ono from each Senatorial district umder the Topeka Constitution- apportion uicnt)r Philliys, A. Wattles and Dr. Macy. The Div was greeted with three hearty cheers, on his taking tho chair.

Ho said that felt tho importance of tho present mo-montous issue to tho interests of Kansas, both now nrAl herealtor. Tho history of Kansas had been a series of crises, but this was the cap chef of them all, and ho hoped near tho end, when wo should bo out of tho -woods, R-ev. S. Y. Lum then opened tho Convention, with a short but unst appropriate pr.lycr.

A com. on resolutions was then appointed, and in their absence several addresses wero made. Judge S. W. Johnston being called, nd-dressed tho Convention in a lengthy and interesting speech.

Ho reviewed tho his- tory of tho Constitutional Coufeniioii, and showed that, if still cxistanithey were sub- jVtt to control of the Legislature, nn.l that acts, consequently, of Calhona possessed, no more legal force than these ol any other private citizen. He expressed his firm conviction that Gov. Walker would. oppose and any attempt to pass tho Leeompton swindle throng li Congress no more bitter opponent to that piece of rae-califv exists than onr liftb- G.ivcronr II, i iei-iitu t'j me vyciiivcuuoij, aim by 1j ia witty ealhes and biting sarcasms, hurled at then, elicited hearty applause. ue recaneu the earlier hours ot his connection with the territory, as a Federal officer; his being arrested, whilo at Leeompton attending court, aud subjected to inquisitorial survcllunee, o'wing to his ee state pro clivities to his bein dubbed 'abolition ist' for trying to organize the Democratic party, to his conferences with tho free state.

men and his semi-neutral position during the troublous scenes ol the past. His remarks' Were interspersed with jest and anecdote, with strong argument aud eloquent lhe Convention then adjourned to meet at Ci P. EVENING Judge Conway being called for. replied in part to Jhdgo Johnston. He denied the possibility of any good coming Iront Walker, Congress or the Democratic party.

Was not there strife between Douglas and Walker for the Presidency hu.j be tween their partisans had not Wise, of Virginia, supported the latter and Hunter the former, and now Wiso retires and: leaves the Senatorship to his Walk er was defeated at home, and Douglas and his policy every where thero was no hope of relief from the Detn. party, for they were all sold to the -Southern firj eaters, who ruled Buchanan and his cabinet Tho uture looked dark, and our hope lay in our own courage and persistanco it tho defence of our rights. His speech was forcible, to tho point and eloquent; he gave way before completing to tlie com. on resolutions, who reported as follows: a'REAJIBLE AND RESOLUTIONS. We, the people of Kansas iu Delegato Convention assembled, nt Lawrence, this 2d clay of December, 1So7, do set forth the following to our fellow citizens and'lha people ol these United States: Circumstances of an extraordinary character threaten to imperii the peace of this Territory, and to deprive a majority ot our people of their rights as citizens of this republic to govern the same.

On tho 30th of March, ISfw, an armed forco from Misssonri violently took possession of the polls in Kansas, and fraudulently cleeted a Territorial Legislature, with sentiments' adverse to the opinions ot a majority of the people, and enacted laws cruel and oppressive. A Legisl -ture composed in part of persons elected' as above, and of other persons elected in October, 1856, in like violent and fraudulent manner, and under degrading test oaths enacted by the previous body, pas-, sod sfhact lor the creafion" of a Constitutional Convention under a partial partisan registration and apportionment, and in the election of members to said Constitutional Convention, the law providing tor the same was never complied with in many important and essential particulars, especially in taking a complete census of the people, and registry of the voters of the Territory, fifteen entire counties being totally disfranchised and many. voters in the other counties left off. The Convention that assembled at Leeompton in September last, fhus elected have proceeded to frame a Constitution the State of Kansas, in defiance of the fact that they, by their own record, represented a Rtniill minority of tho people, of this Territory, being only seventeen' hundred out of twenty thousand Voters, conceded to be in the Territory that their proceedings wero protested against oil the ground of illegal-it and an'd that tho presence ot a poi'tio'n ol. the United States army was necessary to protect them during their sittings, agains't the indignation ol an outraged people.

In the face ot these facts they re-, (used to submit the instrument tli'ey havo litis framed, to a vote of the people for ratification or rejection. They provide for a swindle styled by them an election, iu which neither the Constitution, nor anv material part thereof, can be elected or rejected. They have, pending this action, provided for a state election on the first Monday of January next, under said instrument, and under- the authority of a Usurping Regency, unknown to constitutional authority, imd dangerous to the liberties of tho people, the design being tof rob from the peopled Kansas their ghts, as rescued through tho ballot box iu October last, and destroy the only territorial legislative body ever in Kansas. This dangerous assumption of power calls lor a prompt aud elibient remedy front the people, tho only legitimate source! of power; tiieuekokk liesolved, 1st, That wo rdterly repudiate said Constitution, framed at Leeompton that it is an instrument hostile to tho popular will, aud appealing to the God of justice and Immunity for tho rectitude of our intentions, wo do solemnly enter into a league and covenant with each other, that we shall txever, nnder'nny circumstances, permit the said Constitution; so framed and eot suiiMi'iTKi), to be tho organic law for tho State of Kansas; but do pledge, our lives, our fortunes and sacred honors iu ceaseless hostility to the same. 2d.

That we denounce tho so-called election of December 21st, aj a swindle. mid the election of Jan. 1th. 1353. ns tv crime and misdemeanor againsttho peace (lf this Territorv.

an 1 tho will nf jojity. abio lue peoiiie to vote thrreon. I therefore, he it Known, to tno pcop.e ot Kansas nsas Territory, that on the said 2lst day of cember, 1S57, polls will be opened in the sev- Dece era! election districts of said Territorv, at which the actual bona'JLie while male inhabitants, resident in said Territory on said day aforesaid, shall vote for (r against tba future introduction of slavery into said State of Kansas, ia the following, ns required by said Consliiulioc: Tho voting shall be by ballot, and those voting for Kansas as a slave State shall vote a ballot with the Words "Constitution with slavery," mid those voting lur Kansas to he a free Slate, shall vote a ballot with the words, "Constitution with no slavery." '1 he Judges of eleetlon, arc, by virtue of the. luthoriiy aforesaid, required to open polls in theii several precincts and appoint two clerks to keep a proper record i the votes polled, and witmu i two uays alter said election, make a return. tnere-of to one of tho 'commissioners herein appointed, whose dutv it- shall be, within tight days from the closing of said polls, to deliver to me at Le- cunipton, the seat ol government ot sanl lernto-ry, a true statement of the.

votes castat said elec-fion, and to retain a copy thereof for inspection in each of said precincts. The Commissioners appointed in and for each county of tho Territory, are required to appoint J.tdgcs of election for each precinct now by law in their respective counties, aud for such additional precincts as, in their judgement, they may deem advisable for tho convenience of the people, and for a full, fair and honest expression of the popular will. The Commissioners, appointed by the authority aforesaid, in the several counties of the Territory, are as follows: In the Coitr.tv of Doniphan -S. P. Blair, C.

B. Whitehead, B. For the County of Atchison J. T. Hereford, Eli G.

iiason, James Adkins. For Leavenworth County Oliver Diefeudoif, Robert Thompson, llarion Todd. For Johnson County J. li. Datifoi'th, A.

J. Campbell, James Evans. For the Cionntv of Lvkins Henry if. Peck, James Beet-, L. D.

Williams. For tho County of Bourbon Thos. B. Arnett. Samuel A.

Williams, John 11. Little. For the County id' A. Frazier, J. C.

Head, William Uikton. For the County of Porn' James M. Linn, John Lemmons, Godfrey. For the County of Linn Briscoe Da is, Willis M. Sutton, C.

Fleming. For the Comities of Shawwft anil Richardson Edmund L. Yules. John Martin, James Cor-den. For the County of Davis G.

Fox Booth, Robert Reynoias. For tho County of Douglas John liamS. Weils, Parish Ellison. ocer, Wil- For the Cor.rilies of Breckinridge and Wise A. J.

Baker, William Crimsley, A. W. i'isk. For tho County of Anderson Samuel Anderson, James li. Bowser, Ephraini Coy.

For tho County of Franklin Joseph Morritt, Jesse Waw, Jacob Mareolle. For the County of oft'ee Hiram Hoover, John Woolmnii, Hardee MeMahon. For Counties of Madison. Butler and Hunter G. D.

Humphries. 0. Bunch, S. G. Brown.

For the Counties of Allen and Greenwood B. W.Oowdon,T. It. Bashaw, J. Johnson.

For the County of Riley --George S. B. WhHe, J. Randolph. For the County of Pottowottomic-A J.

Chapman. G. W. Gillespie, Robert Wilson, For the County of Calhoun Samuel Boydaon, John Christv, Henry D. Owdeu.

For the Cout'tty of Jefterson II. A.Lowe, Jas.i iiadeox, Oeorge ju. 1'yer. For tiio Countiesof jMarshnll, Washington and Arapahoe F.J. Marshall.

Petef Valentine, P. iliiler. For the County of Nemaha Cyras Dohnan, David M. Bocknnne, A. Brown.

Fiir the County of Brown Ileciy Smith, T. Whitehead, Sam Brown. Tho Commissioners nforesaitt ore rcqnca'ed to meet in their respective Comities at, as early a day as practicable and arrange the precincts, appoint the Judges of Election, and give notice of the time aud places of hokliilg tnch eieclion. J. CALHOUN.

President of tho Constitutional Convention. Lecosipton, Nov. 21, 1SD7. PF.OCLAli ATION. It is required by the Constitution, recently adopted by the Delegates to a ConstiUUioiml Convention assembled in Leeompton on the 5ih day of September, 1857, that an election for Governor; Li cutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Stat Treasurer, Members of the I.cgislntrtrG, and ono member to Congress, shall be chosen by the qualified voters under said Constitution on the first Monday in January 1858, and the People of Kansas Territory said Convention represented, having, imposed upon me the duty of giving public notice, by proclamation, that such election would then take place, and that returns thereof should be made to tne'by the Judges of said Election.

Now, therefore, be it known to the people of Kansas Territory, that on tho said first Holiday of January lOS, polls wi'tbo opened in the several election precincts of said Territory, at which the qualified voter's under said Constitution shall elect a Governor, a Lieutenant Cover-nor, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, State Treasurer, Members of tho Legislature, and one Member of Congress. Said Election conducted in thesitiiie niaiinei'niid by tho same Judges np-poiiued to conduct the election on (he Constitution, on tho 21st day of December 1857, ntid returns thereof made to mo nt Leconipton the seat of Government of the- Terrilory, within eighl Java after the lv of said election. It is provided in said Constitution as follows. El.I-.CTIoN' I'lSTUIcTS, At the llrat election liohleh under the Cmisti-tiition for members of tho State tho Representative Senitorinl Districts shall be as The first Representative District shall consist of Doniphan County and sfiall bo entitled to four Representatives. Vhefcecuiu! shall be Atchison and shall be entitled to four Representatives; the third shn'l he Lenvoiiwurtli nml shall be en-lit led to cigl.

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