Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-12-11

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iIaICts TO enter into party o.kksf1AliOn for its
repeal. but that agIpdOn speedily ceased BY
reason OF the impracdcablity of its object So
when The same stasuts restriction ppon The fn-
! lgituFQpf OfNew sgOECDTEw1oephkAl hns
had been repealed, the country vi" urged 70
demand It's restoration. and that project also
died sIn%s VIZ Rsikaas TO ifOlSsfg
the cry Of alarm from ths North kg anseihpds
i'ted sVsthsFp enssoashaSAls,- aAiaAAsy -ARERag
into reality from the spirit Of Revolutionary st
tack on domestic inslittious of the South, ,amd
after.a troubled existence Of few months. has
been reSaked BY the E5ips Of patriotic people.
oftbbIsst sgitahOu. one lamentable feature
was, thai II was cArrsd on at The immediate
Expense Of the peace apd haPPinesS Of the peO-
pie OF the Territory Of Kansas. That Was mads
the battle field. not selmuch Of opposing fac
tions5or Interests within ITSELF as Oftbe conAic-
ting passions Of the wAole people Of the United
States. Revolutionary disorder in Kansas had
its Orginin projects OfiplerventiOn, deliberately
arranged by esHGin members of that Congress
which enacted laW2fOr the organization Of
The Territory. And hea prOpagsndIst colon
1izati0p otKansas had 1hus been undertaken in
lone section Of the UniqD for the systematic pro.
molten Of its peculiar views of policy, there en-
lSued, asa matter of tSurse, a counter action
with opposite views, d other sections of ste
Union. oe iS
! Ia iconssqusnes Of Ihess and other incidents
many acts Of disorder, 1t is uudeuiable, have
been psrpsrated in Kansas. to the occasional
Interruption, rather than the permanent, sus.
pensioa, Of regular government. Aggressive
and most reprehsDsblo incursiOns into the
| fTerritGy were uudsrlsken, both in the North
fapd in the South. an nienlered it on its north.
ern border by the way OF Iowa, as we'll as on
lthe easlerntby way Of Missouri and there has
existed within it a state of insurrecton against
the constituted authorities, not without coubts.
nance from inconsidsrate persons in each of the
great sections Of the Union, But the dilTicult-
lies in that Territory have been ex.ravgaully ex-
aggerated for purposes Of political agitation
!, elsewhere. The number and gravity OF acts Of
violence have been magn6ed partly by state
! ments entirely untrue, and partly by reiterated
! accounts Of The same rumors or facts. Thus
} IAhe Territory has been seemingly filed with ex
; Irene Violence. when the whole amount of such
acts has not been greater than what occasion.
ally passes before us in single cities TO the re
'1prst Of al good citizens but without being re.
gardedas Ofgentral Orpermanent political con
sequence. ,s
:. Imputed irregularities in the elections had in
KAnzsG like occasional Irregularities Of tho
1hsame description 10 the states, were bsN ond the
d sphere % + action Of the Executive. But Incl
dents Of actual violence Of organized Obstruc
A tion of law, pertinaCiously renewed from time
. 1toI time, have been met as they occurred, by
r such means ms we're available and as the cir
= ffeumstances required! and nothing Of this char.
:. actsr now remains to affect the general peace
, of the Union. The attempt of a part of the in.
lhabants Of the Territory to erect a revolutions
lry government, the sedulously encouraged and
supplied with pscuniary aic from active age nts
4 of disorder in soms Of tho States has completely
failed. Bodies Of armed men. foreign in the
Territory, have been prevented from entering or
compelled to leave it. Predatory bands, en-
I gagged acts Of rap1e under cover Of the exis-
ting Disturbances, have been arrested or dispers-
ed. And every well disposed person is now
enabled once more to devote himsefn peace
| to the pursuits Of prosperous industry. for the
| pi osecution Of which he undertook to partjci-
pale in the settlement Of the Territory.
aHrrdo roa nm lad eatisfantiou thua tn
announce the peaceful condition Of things in
Kansas, especially considering the means to
(which it was nece ssary to have recourse for
the attainment of the end, namely, the EMPLOY.
ment of part Of the military force OF the Uni'
d ted States. The Withdrawal Of that force from
tie srr per duty of defending the country
agsinst oregn foes or The savages of the from
ltidr. to employ it for the suppressiOnotdOhhea.
'ltIc insurreeLon, is, when the exigency occurs,
"a matter Of the most earnest solicitude On
ibis occasion Of imperative necessity 1t has
been done with the best results aOd nay satls,
faction IN. The attainment Of such results by
such means is greatly enhanced by the con-
tsidelstlon, that, through the wisdom and ener.
hey ofihepresent Executive of Kansas, and tue
bprulence, frmusss and vigilance Of the militia
Try officers on duty there, tranquility has been
restored Without one drop ofblOOd having been
hshed in its accomplishment by the forces Of the
,FUnitea States. we
d, Then restoration Of the comparative tran
guilty III that Territory furnishes the means of
observing calmly and appreciating at their just
'IVaue, the events whidlf have occurred others!
land the discussions (which the Government
Eeflhs Tsttitory has been the subject.
l. Wepetceive tpat controversy concerning its
future domestic Institutions was inevitable
That in human prudence, no form Of legslsti on 4,
no wisdom on lhs para Of Congre Sc could have
tprevented, this. " 'ssi Z
d. 1t Is idis 10 suppose that the particular prOvi
sions were the cause Of agitation. The provi,
scns were tut the occasion, or the pretskt Of an
lhgits{ion, which was Inherent in the nature Of
lH6iu&. Congress legisIated upon the'subject