The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-06
WASHINGTON CITY.
SATURDAY MORNING, ocT. 8, 1856
the PRESIDENT AND KANSAS.


icy Of President Pierce in regard TO the existing troubles
in kansas, tH
at strikes US that the President ignorant Of the
prevalent feeling in the free States respecting the outrages
the Kansas border he is strangely indifferent
the Of the party which contains al the friends both
nominal and real, which bis administration muster
north Of the Potomac The republican needs only
the impulse that it would receive from the Executive
ton OF the illegal proceedings of Atehson and his coaduor
in Kansas render it irresistible in large majority OF the
free States We hold il be certain any future event
depending upon political contingencies be that the &C.
quescence OF the Administrations, with the appreciation Of
the South in the attempt of the shareholders Of Missouri
and their abettors elsewhere force the Institution upon
Kansas against the wishes OF the people OF the Territory
win band the North together under the republican banner
and give such strength and activity TO the efforts OF the free
soiers sweep away all pre-exsng organizations like
chaT before hurricane. ii President Pierce and his
Autiona advisers wish the defeat of the siner designs of
Mr.. Seward and his sectional allies, they must at once
place themselves in attitude in relation TO this question
which win command the appreciation of rational and reflect
ing throughout the country. They must discard All
sympathy with Atchison and lis crew. sustain the people
the exercise of the rights guaranteed to them by
the statute organizing the Territory the conservative
onal sentiment which prevails in the North VIII be utterly
crushed out in the ensuing election"
The Advertiser is mistaken in assuming that the Pres
DENTS either ignorant to the prevalent feeling in the
free States respecting the alleged outrages the Kan
border that he is Indifferent to the success Of the
party with which his administration is identified Iiav
ing made tho Kansas bill measure OF his admins
tration, and having contributed what influence he
could to its passage it would have been strange il
he had failed to watch with deep solicitude every de-
velopment connected with tho successful naugura-
ton of measure which was designed to establish
firmly and forever the principle Of territorial sogovern
men and consequently to give the country epose the
slavery question II not only his interest, but his
duty to observe the prevalent feeling" in The southern
States respecting the efforts Of incorporated companies in
the free States TO control the public sentiment OF Kansas
by the influence of money and capital well rs to OBJ
the prevalent feeling in the northern States respect
ing the outrages the Kansas border lie saw every
impartial man must have that as soon as the Kansas
bill became law, the purpose was avowea by abolition
lists to defeat its great principle by securing tho hasy inn
migration into the Territory through the influence Of cap
ital, of an anti-slavery population.
The Kansas law based upon the principle of allow
ing the bona ae settlersthose who OF their
cord find homes and to pursue their avoclons per-
anent inhabitants and with prcconceved purpose to
affect the political complexion of the Tc-ritoryto allow
such inhabitants adopt reject slavery they might
decide The spirit and object of tho law liable TO be
of hurryng antislavery settlers charged upon the
abolitonsts-tie other by the mode Of attending the
elections and controlling tho ballot-box by force, as
charged upon the Missourians The former mode
much calculated to excite and exasperae the South The
latter was the North We have doubt that the Press
dent has witnessed with deep regret the excited feelings
which have been manifested in both sections in connexion
with the occurrences in Kansas.
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who give direction to public sentiment have not been
careful in looking the different aspects in which Kensas
affairs present themselves The editor Of the Advertiser
is kind enough volunteer his counsel 10 the President
and yet he does not 10 have qualified himself as
counsellor by examining both sides Of the subject Gov
Reeder fell into the same error when he returned to Penn
sylvania shortly after the elections in Kansas In his
speech his neighbours Eason he denounced with bit
terness the violence and force of the Mssourians but he
wholly overlooked the conduct Of the Massachusetts abo
tonss on which the Mssouans based their plea of JUS
tcation In the late democratic convention at Syracuse
the same error commtedthe outages charged upon
the Mssourans strongly censured, but the nterer-
ences of the aboonists which had provoked those out
RACES entirely passed over.
Being actuatcd by no sectional feeling in this NATTER
and being bound by his official obligation TO know
North South but to carry out the law in its true spirit
and meanings the President has not overlooked the embar
RAISING circumstances which connected with the Kan
question: but the contrary has been ready at all
times all the power vested in him for The preven
ton of any Of those nererences whether BY the influence of
capital and money by force and violence which al
legged to have been resored to the defeat of the true
meaning and principle of the law. The Advertiser VIII
therefore, that there is not the slightest danger that
tho President viii give ihe executive sanction TO the e-
gal proceedings Of tchson and his coadutos in Kansas
and thereby give impulse to the republican movement
which would render it irresistible in the free States lie
hats not and he will not lend any countenance TO any e-
gal proceeding, whether il originates in Missouri Massa
chusetts which has for its object the defeat Of the great
principle of allowing the inhabitants of Kansas give
unbiased and free Judgment upon tho question whether
slavery shall or shall not exist in the Territory.
Bnt if we do not misunderstood the Advertiser lie
deems it the duty Of the President TO interfere actively in
way avoid the inference that he has acquesced In
the effort Of the Mssourans to force slavery upon the Ter
rtory against the will of the inhabitants We wonder
that did to the editor that bis proposition
that it is the business of the President first to do
ernnc whether the inhabitants of Kansas want slavery
notthat distinctly left to the decision Of the peo
pie and not TO the President then 10 decide whether the
issourinns have forced slavery upon them; and finally
bat the President has the right power or do
some show that the Executive does dcguissce in
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