Show MEMORIAL to the Ilon non oraMe erable the ahe senate and house ot of ot of the united State sot ol amel amer iea lea I 1 the undersigned undersigner under ulder signed citizens of the territory of kasas respectfully from arld and after tile the passage orthe kansas nebraska bill where by the public lands in this tills territory mere ere thrown open to preemption and settlements wa availed ourselves of the tile opportunity thus eff aff crded to erbet homes for ourselves ours elres eires and arid families improve and cultivate our lands in lit this land and that in ili all things we have labored to conduct ourselves in that peaceable and orderly manner becoming citizens cf ct the file united states expecting in turn to recino that protection to our property persons and principles which we bad the right to c claim under 1 the constitution aud and laws of the llie fede fedo federal rali government vir vcr As am american acan citizens we regret to bf b under the necessity of making complaint that we have not rec received elyea elvea that ud adequate equate I 1 rutt rott to which we werd were entitled repeatedly ilive our most sa bared red rights our principles principal a been invaded tu bulted and while our property hus lins been destroyed our families fan fau luies iVies diven d iven from irom their honit honi tes ses s our prostrated our eur persons maimed abid aud many of our fellow citizens sit fit ricken down by tile the lisi list h rida iida ol 01 the aub aab auf cin bin ciu niu nin those who have been guilty of these outrages which are without pirl piri liel in u the ilia history of intsons it either elther go anti unit thereby by giving them us aurance assurance to still further lurt lurl lier iier or llave been to repeat tin these so bets of violence by receiving to places ol 01 public treat alid arid honor ane right 1 to voe the i ight choose our own ce cars ae l the tile constitution ot of the ut united states guarantees aind sund iud lud ind we us amerlyn citizens catiz lis ils regard as us urr ii gilst st mii mil indal 6 acred ol 01 all oilier otiler rights it ilas lias h bely ply y ni ot viol n alty wrested from us to taci tius tins larg arge e bouley bullies of men from irom neighboring boring notates otates our voil and arid bearing all the ol 01 d armnies ar iules inies ith arms anns pr guip gulp quip dge edit eldittion tion music c and arid lidi banners liters took look io ol 01 tile llie polls drivie driving I 1 g by lic tole tic tiie tile uon bun i fine heilers be tilt r 8 I 1 11 er ef rom and chose r sis to gohei it i us wiio wilo ar arh arb not riot the tile chouice choice of a ii ot coir our st meis weis aud and willi ith whom wilom we are arp inard ay as in fit ciany lust Ju stAnces inces luces they I 1 were to 10 our soil bcd tilis tills site swill slie sliu of it hid id been repeatedly represented to tiie tile fuder fider a government and praying the redress ol 01 our auces arid end tile avei avet avenging ging ol 01 our our asure been twilled by re nep rep petted eted butr ech ech buce eding outrage lititia attended with wi h greater violence than ihan the former being full fuli butis batis hied fied of our right to govern our sivea ives and believing that we fuld the r rt titillation and that in lit a Sf s parate separate and distinct gov capacity cia cla eity city u gehad e had the llie at I 1 ity to sustain protect our rights and prevent tit the gross butr igers vs upon property properly person und and principle pl to which we lit Lil hliberto berto herto been subjected and arid lieving b that we lidd lud eio jio no other oilier way in lit which to secure our protection we ule preceded pro ceded us the people of hai kan kamiyo lyo iyo ss s s irre clite e ol 01 party and aad and avd lii ill tile tiie tuli lull concurrence of five sixths sixtus or more 0 of our entire t citizenship to organize a government f foe for or the state slate ol 01 kansas Kin sas fur this 1 nipo e a delegate convention conventi oil oll fully representing ewry every district dis dij of the territory c n vend ven send d at ut 1 I 1 un oil the tle tie tim dill day ol 01 september lo 10 tiie llie lin ilu hirry wels sejs kejs sels ary to euca atit tl by tins this it ans vor ordered dered ond and public y proclaimed that un election for lor tillin till in beers iu to a conven couve nimi tiju to fraine a constitution bouli be held on oil the tile 9 ath it day of oct october ber her SW gald lection nus as beld 11 ld in I 1 due form a mid il d on oil it etc tiny 0 0 torr tur r 1653 1655 it 55 tile the thus elt eit ceded wed als as ass ambled al at topeka tind alid loriner a 4 coir coil slit ution of tile tiie state or 01 kati kain isas daas as on the diy day dry oi 01 december 1855 tilt ith coils cons thus ihus framed was by fly liia ilia by fly ballot und on tile llie aay ol 01 jitou r ry rs for the iilo state and arid members of the llie general assembly nere were ere duly elected ty ny ballot oil the tile ath day ol 01 dirch the ut Iskeni bly convened at tit 1 I alid arid uhl alter utter gling its celd evid d to your flonor non Uon orole lie uld bot BO ies lea u upon poli poll lise llie of our sinto sixto aud and the tho udini taun loti kansas of into hito the llie union as us a b bored buren ver vur 1911 ante into banle no fow v we avi the people of kansas territory ur eally eaily enily d of oth g ilie tile public buoi ui of rt res iori stori g and arid good older to this ami ana litras sed ednd und arid fully cully arler bele lug int tnt it we poet itofe K atif tie tre inherent arld and conot coDol itu titu ional tonal rigia to er ci is 1 of our own that trtat u ur ir is b to ell eli entitle tille kusas to the rixta rigia and dignify ol 01 a soVi i sidie sidle thai that we ii luve tile ille lh nitis nind mind to ros lof sustain such givern it iud ind lloil thil it id is tiie tile only method is which our rights cun call ie arid and justice obtained billit I 1 petition petit ion iUn your youn our honorable admit nus kus s into the union us as an nt lit aud and uye uve vye elate blate llo tio our pirt pitt present sent coti goti go ti I 1 aud and your petitioners petition ers will ev evar r pray |