Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-12-11

iNh"iihS W illN kVucioi ItuSO VI AhO
Union. The attempt of a part Of the IN.
habitants of the Territory TO erect revolu
tionary government, though sedulously en-
Outraged and supplied with pecuniary aid
from active agents Of disorder in some of
the States, has completely failed. Bodies
Of armed men, foreign to the Territory,
have been prevented from entering or COM
PEELED to leave it. Predatory bands, en-
gagged in acts of rapine, under cover of the
existing political disturbances, have been
arrested or dispersed. And every we'll
disposed person is now enabled once more
to devote himself TO the pursuits of prosper
Gus industry, for the prosecution OF which
he undertook TO participate in the settle
ment of the Territory.
II afford me unmingled satisfaction thus
to announce the peaceful condition Of things
in Kansas, especially considering the means
TO which it was necessary 10 have recourse
for the attainment of the end, namely, the
employment OF part of the military force
of the United States! The withdrawal of
that force from its proper duty of defending
the country against foreign foes or the saw
ages the frontier, TO employ it for sup
preston of domestic instruction is when
the eXigency occurs, matter of the most
earnest solicitude. On this occasion Of I'M
perative necessity il has been done with
The bestTresults, and my satisfaction in the
attainment of such results by such means is
greatly enhanced by the consideration, that,
through the wisdom and energy of the
present Executive Of Kansas ,..and the pru-
dence, firmness and vigilance of the militia
ry officers on duty there, tranquility has
been restored without one drop of blood
having been shed in its accomplishment by
the forces of the United States.
The restoration Of comparative tranquility
in that Terrtoy furnishes the means of OBJ
serving calmly, and approaching at their
just value, the events which have occurred
there, and the discussions Of which the
Government Of the Territory has been sub.
ject.
We perceive that controversy concerning
:, its future domestic institutions was inevita.
bic; that no human prudence, no form Of
legislation, TO wisdom on the part of Con-
gress, could have prevented this.
II is idle 10 suppose that the particular
provisions of their organic law were the
cause OF agitation. Those provisions were
but the occasion, or the pretext of an agita-
ton, which was inherent in the nat ire of
things. Congress leglslated upon the SUBJ
icct in such terms as were most consonant
with the principles of popular sovereignty
, which underlies our Government. 1t could
not have legislated otherwise without doing
/ violence TO another great principle Of our in
stituions, the ilnperceptible right of the
equality of the several States. We per.
ceive, also, that sectional interests and par
; ty passions have been the great impeachment
TO the salutary operation of the organic
principles adopted, and the chief cause OF
the successive disturbances in Kansas
, The assumption that, because i'll the organi-
cation of the Territories of Nebraska and
Kansas, Congress abstaned from imposing
, restraints upon them 10 which certain other
. Territories had been subject, therefore dis.
I orders occurred in the latter Territory, is
, emphatically contradicted by the fact that
! none have occurred in the former. Those
; disorders were not the consequence, in Kan.
| sas, Of the freedom of self-government con-
, cedcd to that Territory by Congress, but oil
, unjust interference on the part of persons
not inhabitants of The Territory. Such in
: reference, wherever it has exhibited ITSELF
} by acts of insurrectionary character, or o!
t obstruction to processes OF law, has been
, repealed or suppressed, by all the means
2 which the Constitution and the laws place
{ in the hands Of the Executive.
In those parts Of the United States where.
= by reason Of the imfamcd state of the pub
lie mind, false rumors and misrepresenta-
tons have the greatest currency, il has been
assumed that it was the duty OF the Execu-
tive not only TO suppress insnrTectonary
movements in Kansas, but also to see TO the
regularity of local elections 1t needs little
argument TO show that the President has nc
such power. All government in the United
States rests substantially upon popular cleo
ton. The freedom of elections is liable to
: be impaired by the intrusion Of unlawful
votes, or the exclusion Of lawful ones, by
{ improper influences, by violence, or by
fraud. But the people of the United States
are themselves the all sufficient guardians
: Of their own rights, and TO suppose that they
will not remedy, in due season, any such in
cidents Of civil freedom, is to suppose them
TO have ceased TO be capable of self govern
ment. The President of the United States
has not power to interperse in elections, to
or to pass upon their legality in the Terrific
ries any more than in the States. If he had
: such power the government might be re
publican in form, but it would be a monarchy
in fact; and if he had undertaken TO exer-
else it in the case Of Kansas, he would have
. been justly subject 10 the charge of usurpa.
= ton, and of violation of the dearest rights Of
the people of the United States.
. Unwise laws, equally with irregularities
at elections, are, in periods of great excite.
ment, the occasional incidents of even the
9 freest and best political institutions. Blu
all experience demonstrates that in coun
: try like ours, where the right of self-gov
} ernment exists in the completest form, thu
= attempt TO remedy unwise legislation by
q resort to revolution, is totally out of place
{ inasmuch as existing legal institutions af
!, ford more prompt and efiicaoious means fo
;, the redress OF wrong.
n ! confidently trust that now, when tn
n peaceful condition of Kansas affords oppor