The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-12-18
NO. 43.

hoih ihcoiisiuefate persons IN each Of the
great sections Of the Union. But the diff
euhies in that Territory have been ex,rays-
gantiy exaggerated for purposes of political
agitation elsewhere. The number and gray
ity of the acts of violence have been mag
nitied partly by statements entirely untrue.
and partly by reiterated accounts OF the
same rumors OF facts. Thus the Territory
has been seemingly filed with extreme VIC.
lence, when the whole amount Of such acts
has not been greater than what occasional.
~ passes before us in single cities to the
regret Of all good citizens, but without being
regarded as Of general or permanent politi-
cal consequence.
Imputed Irregularities in the elections
had in Kansas, like occasional Irregularities
of The same description in the States.
were beyond the sp..ere of action the Ex-
ecniive. But incidents Of actual violence
or OF organized obstruction of law, pertina.
ciously renewed from time 10 time. have
been met rs they occurred, by such means
as were available and rs the circumstances
required; and nothing Of this character
now remains to affect the gener al peace of
the Union. The attempt of part Of the
inhabitants Of the Territory TO erect a reyo.
encouraged aud 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 compelled
to leave 1t. Predatory bands, engaged in
acts oil raplne, under cover of the existing
political disturbances, have been arrested
or dispersed. And every well disposed
person is now enabled once more to devote
himself in peace to the pursuits Of prosper.
Gus industry, for the prosecution of which
he undertook to participate in the settle.
ment of the Territory
1t affords me unmingled satisfaction thus
to announce the peaceful condition of
things IN Kansas, especially considering
the means to which it was necessary to
have recourse for the attainment Of the end.
namely, the employment of portion of
tue military force Of The United States.
Tho withdrawal of that force from its prop
er duty OF defending the country against
nreign foes or the savages of the frontier.
10 employ 1t for the suppression of domestic
insurrection, Is, when the exigency occurs,
matter of the most earnest soliciiude. On
ihls occasion of imperative necessity it has
been done with the best results, and inv
satisfaction in the attainment OF such re-
suits by such means is greatly enhanced by
the consideration, thai, through the wisdom
and energy of the present Executive Of
Kansas, and the prudence, frmness and
vigilance OF the military officers ON duty
there, tranquility has been restored, without
one drop of blood having been shed in its
accomplishment, by the forces ofthe United
States.
The restoration Of comparative tranauiili.
ty IN that Territory furnishes the means of
observing calmly, and appreciating at their
just value, the events which have occurred
there, and the discussions of which the 90
vernment of the Territory has been the
subject
We perceive that CONTROVERSY concerning
It's future domestic institutions was ineyi,a.
Die; that no human prudence, no form of
IeS'slauons no wisdom on the part of Con-
gress, could have prevented this.
1t IS idle TO suppose that the particular
provisions OF their organic law were the
cause OF agitation. Those provisions were
out The occasion, or the pretext Of an agita-
ton, which was inherent in the nature of
things. Congress legislated upon the sub
ject in such terms ms were most consonant
with the principle Of popular sovereignty
whieh underi'es cur government. Il could
not have legislated otherwise without doing
violence to another great principle Of our
institutions, the imprescriptble right Of
equality of the several States.
We perceive, also, that sectional interests
and party passions have been the great
imped'ment TO the salutary operation of
The organic principles adopted, and the
chef cause of the successive disturbances in
Kansas. The assumption that, because in
the organization of the Territories OF Ne
braska and Kansas, Congress abStained from
imposing restraints npon them to which
certain other Territories had been subject.
therefore disorders occurred in the latter
Territory, is emphatical!y conlradicted- by
'he iact that none lTave occurred in the for
n'er Those disorders were not the conse-
qnencc, in Kansas, Of the freedom of self.
government conceded TO that Territory bv
Congress, but of unjust interference on the
part Of persons not inhabitants Of the Ter.
STORY. Such interference, wherever il has
exhibited itself, by acts Of insurectionary
character, or OF obstruction 10 processes Of
law, has been repeled or suppressed, ky all
the. means which the Constitution and the
laws place in the hands of the Executive.
In those parts ofthe United States where.
10y reason OF the iniamed state Of the pub
lc mind, false rumors and misrepresenta-
uons have the greatest currency, it has been
assumed tnat il was the duty Of the Ex-
ecuiive not only to suppress insurreclionary
movements in Kansas, but also to see to
the regularity Of local elections IL needs
lIl'le argumentto show that the President
has no such power. All government in
the United States rests substantially upon
popular election. The freedom 81 elections
is liable to be impaired 10y the iatrnsion Of
unlawful votes OF The exclusion Of lawful
ones, by improper inaaences, 10y Violence or