The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-01

the negative in order to convict him OF official misconduct
One who did not know the would suspect the
identity OF the author of the two speeches of the Sd Of
January and 2Sth of February last lie reminds of
client of large and small conscience who when
asked by his counsellor what facts he could prove replied
Tell me what facts be proven and trust for pro-
duclng the evidence"
Defence Of The Secretary Of Var.
The Secretary of War has escaped Nor has
LEES ot the blindness OF sectional bigoy been displayed in
crlticising his letter 10 Coils Sumner and Cooke His
cusers pretend TO have discovered discrimination in favor
OF Missouri invaders and against feeso nsurreconists
Far from showing in that letter the and sectional
spirit OF his assaiant marked by moderation phi
ianhropy and patriotism they have not evinced and can
scarcely appreciate III sir the omission of the words IN
ri'e 9g9rss'o in the perempory part of the letter. was
designed why should the champions OF the Emgrant Aid
Society object complain Have their hirelngs
tered that Territory with fitted for sport but
not designed to Kill game bat men And, with the fear
OF conscious bood-guness and the cunning Of fraud
they smuggle them into the Territory in boxes marked
books or carpenters tools Are companies of special
ly equipped for war in New England, less deserving the
name oi invaders than the Mssourans with their mere
towlngpieces The arrogance of pharsaical purtansm
might justify the former and condemn the latter just
would deny the right carry slave property there but
those whose visions not limited 10 their little
ton OF this conederacy who would not surrender to
party the rights OF the people Of every State make no
discrimination. IT the Secretary bad used the words in
vasve aggression the black republicans should and proba
bly, would have understood it menacng them; at all
events they would have howed horribly at their
they have done at their omission.
But sir the words properly omitted because they
weie unnecessary aud liable to misapprehenson and mis-
application. The words used co-extensve with any
exgency that could have been anticipated that pos
sby arise The colonies ordered to obey the requisi
lions OF the governor for suprsSioa Of iRsrecttonary
cod"1onS or armed resistance TO the execution Of ne '"
What matters ii whether nsurrecionary combinations
armed resistance be medated and organized within
without the Territory by citizens of Kansas Missouri
Whenever nsurrecuonss resisants endeavor to put
their illegal purposes in action by rising up Within
ering from without they subject themselves alike to the
consequences and invoke suppression by military force of
the government. All who put themselves in opposition to
lawful civil, or political authority within Kansas are in
surgents whether residents non-residents. All who
put themselves in armed resistance the laws matter
whence they come, aggressor and if they from
without are invading aggressors.
The orders are too in strict conformity to the act OF
Congress in spirit and letter. adopting the very language
of those acts in directing when how, and for what pur
pose to exert tho military force of the government Let
the assaants of the Secretary compare the orders and the
acts and show wherein he has trauscended fallen short
or departed in any degree from the law and If they fail
as they must to show any departure let them blame the
makers OF the law and correct its imperiecons The
words ngasice aggression should have been omitted be-
they not used in the law under and by which
and which only, the orders were issued.
Again: they were liable misapprehension and
abusive misluterpreaton. What do senators mean
by armed tnUaders from Missonr2 Are far ad-
vanced in this age of progressive departure from the
provisions of the federal constitution that the entrance
OF the people OF slaveholding State into The Terri
tories Is an invasionY Or Missourans in freesoil
dialect foreigners savages Is the entrance by them
with in their hands armed invasion or invasive ag
gression2 Does not the constitution guaranty to them,
in common with the people of Massachusetts, the right TO
bear arms aud freedom of transit into of the States
or TerritoriesH And may not the militia of State be
marched into another State Territory where the stand
ard Of rebellion psurrecon ia raised against the exist
ing government Does not the constitution make this an
obligation of the State governments instead of inya
son2 Do senators renounce this obligation, and
denounce its exercise in declaring against armed nvs
SION Do they mean to fcresall and prevent the en-
poyment OF the Missouri militia for the suppression of
oelon II So then they may find pretext for
suring the Secretary But they the in the
sense used by the President and Secretary, as 'invs
sve aggression against the organized Of the
Territory then the orders of the latter embrace the
which they say was omitted The orders direct the Off
to comply with the rcqusous of the governor and
suppress all insurreetOnary combinations and armed
sistnce to the execution Of the laws without inqurng
who are The insurgents or resisans whence they come
To have ordered them TO prevent armed bodies OF men from
entering the Territory would have placed the United
States troops u conflict with the Mssourianshe vicors
OF Sacramento and chihuahua, who dsdain to conceal
their weapons play the part of assassinswhe pulling
and coward knaves might have gone 10 without let
hndrance in the garb Of peace carrying concealed In
boxes the implements and munitions Of This would
doubtless have suited them and their couDselors, but
would have wronged the brave and encouraged the COW
srdly.
The entrance Of armed from Missouri Massachu-
sets into Kansas is invasive aggression II they 60
awa6dug citizens and the character in which they
Is not 10 be preudped but determined by their after
they enter The Secretary right in not prcdetermn-
ngor authorizing bis subordnates to predetermine their
character.
The orders Of tho Secretary are public acts and eg.
o praise or Censure- But the senator nom
Massachusetts, Mr. WILSON has gone behind the order and
assaed the character Of the Secretary He has mpesched
the integrity Of his conduct and mpugued his motives
Indeed be denied the purity Of intention and propey OF
action OF the entire administration lie has assailed In
like manner the people of the South He alleges that they
and this administration EusdiHag L1oleSs from
Missouri in their dggreSsiUe aehs iaUles before Whom
the Scca0ry Of War ShriHkS and bendsI Sir IL would just
y excite mirth iguaon and provoke bitter words Of
'corn or coniempuous phrases Of dieule should brave
and responsible charge with covering before any men,
and more especially awess men, him whose patriotism
and whose courage have been sesed by his blood and IL
usrated by his deeds the heights Of Monterey and
plains Of Buena Vista. But when who has dispsye
neither Of those virtues makes such charge against such
man. he should be regarded rather with the pity with
which we look upon di.t who cannot appreciate
emotion he never experienced
Policy Of black republieanism.
This discussion has indicated the policy (more distinctly
developed in speeches made elsewhere) OF the setyed
republican party They unwilling to hazard contest
for The presidency upon the old issues of abolition. They
do not believe that the northern people yet prepared
sustain them in assault upon the coustitu Ona
rights Of the South and hence the repeal Of the fugitive
slave law the abolition Of slavery this District the inh
measures suppressed for the present Even the wrongs
Of the slave longer form the staple Of their appeals
the northern heart No. the wrongs and injuries of the
North and the usurpaOns and aggressions OF the South
furnish themes for their popular harangucs The South
they charge has been robbng the North Of s just share
the Territories the treasures and The honors OF the Union
They affect not 70 be aggesso but the aggeved and
npacaby ncensed against the President for assang their
false position The from Massachusetts, Mr. Wilson
denies that there is anything IN The plans purposes Of he
Eigrdnt Aid Society hostile 10 the constitution TO La order
peace or dogrspe upGn Ms South And do all of the