The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-09-02
THE KANSAS REGISTER.


and welconducted newspaper under this title printed
Lesvenworth city Kansas Territory, by Archibald w Sc
vie and edited By Mark W. Deahay We have been much
interested In reading the articles Of the Register and
sufficiently admire the dignity and the force with which
they written The Register states its objects and lie
principles as follows,
To forth truthfuiy all the capacities OF our fore
Territory noting the variability Of climate and the geo
logical, nnerslogca and agricultural developments Of the
country the increase OF population, commerce, and wealth.
that climate soil aud products may be known and nn
derstood abroad giving an account OF the sur
yeys they progress and such other general and in
formation may be able TO collect having relation to
Kansas, win claim share of cur attention.
The Register will be free from all sectional proposes
sons viii stand firmly by the sovereignty Of the peoples
defending their right IA moulding for hensepes their
laos and issons. The Register will stand firmly in the
ranks doing battle for the OF the laws Of the
land, and if il falls it viii be found at the head Of the col
leading the patriotic lovers OF the American constu
ton adhering to those political landmarks laid down by
and Jackson regard them worthy of imitation
much this day and hour when the host Of the Her
mitage at home
1he Register will stand upon the basis Of the Nebraska
Kansas BILL Firmly believing those principles democratic and
right shall defend them under all circumstances. The
Register will advocate give its support to secret po
ca concaves that spring the ruins of factions whose
growth is produced at the hour and pace OF muhroon
and with duration of like vegetable brieiness The Regis
open DOORS and admit full and free discussion before the
world.
I'VE nave advanced tho far in works Of internal improve
stop short of completing all needul works begun
contemplated and voice will be for aiding every iegt
mate effort forward that branch Of wealth and national
We convinced that objects which tend to advance
the Of the States and Territories aiordng the
general government facilities for transports in time IL war;
within the implied powers of Congress- under the const
tuition, and egitimatey commendabe for appropriations
from the national treasury in their execution
In all questions of territorial acquisition shall favor
oppose convictions Of right and necessity may seem to
require without reference the wishes of northern
southern friends We shall be with the perpetual
Of the States and leave it to modern reormers
quarrel about revision and amendment of our national con
tuition for the purpose of increasing diminishing the
| ers under that instrument"
Thus much for the prospectus of the Register In the
editorial columns Of the same paper upon the necessity Of
organizing the democratic party and eecting national
democrat TO Congress- the editor SAYS
None but such be of service to the people OF
Kansas delegate. delegate thus elected will
mand the respect of ALL and thereby much good be
compished for Territory Certainly whose pot
ical platform is wholly made of pro-sarery-a who
makes slavery in Kansas the only ssuewl find himself in
situation in the Congress where be will neither
mand respect have the slightest chance do any good
for the people of Kansas Territory lie be pro slavery
provided he plants himself upon the democratic plat
FORM and then, if elected he may be ate to successfully
serve the people of the Territory"
There is great sound in these suggestions, and
they may be proaby contrasted with the extraordinary
course which is now being pursued by reckless and
travagant the legislature and by portion of the
press of the Territory equally reckless and exrava
CANT Denuncaons of Of the soundes patriots of
the country abuse of the Executive for not yielding to The
unjust demands of violent men, and the erection of plat
form in which the encouragement of slavery is the i'm
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only result in reaction such those who stimulate
these will regret all their lives The national
democratic party Of the country have hesated to dc
and expose the deliberate and wicked purpose Of
the aboltionis Of Massachusetts, in organizing companies
of fanatics go forward and the Territory Of Kansas
in advances have the sound democratic ioarss Of the
North failed to charge upon these aboonsts the grave
responsibility of provoking the excitement which has
vulsed the Territory Of Kansas from the beginning But
it is not be expected that wrong be made right
by another wrong and that the fraud of portion Of Mas
sachuses be corrected by the violence portion Of
Missouri
With no desire interfere in the local politics of Kan
sas cannot refrain calling attention to the assaults
upon General Whitfield the delegate in the last Congress
who, southern born he is identified in all his in
terets and feelings with the South ia nevertheless Bit
ter asaiIed candidate for reelection because he calls
himself IA national democrat and "a friend of the admin
straton of franklin Pierce The Platte Argus Mis-
souri, paper published at Weston the borders of Kansas
and the Kansas Lcavenworh Herald oppose Gen. Whit
field almost exclusively because in his letter Of last year
announced himself national democrat and friend of the
present administration Fortunately for the interests
Of the Territory however and for the pepetuy OF the
rights of the States far the latter involved in
struggle the democratic party neither extinct in Kansas
powerless in the Union and fortunately, too the
onal administration is in all respects the faithful repre-
sentative of the democratic party.
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS AT WHITE SULPHUR