Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1856-12-04

which underlies our government, 1t could
not have legislated otherwise without doing
violence to another great principle of our in.
! stitutions, the inprescriptible right of equal
ity of the several States.
/ We perceive, also, that sectional interests
and party passions, have been the great i'm
! pediments to the salutary operation OF the
| organic principles adopted, and the chief
/ cause of the successive disturbances in Kan
| sas. The assumption that, because in the
/ organization of the Territories Of Nebraska
! and Kansas, Congress abstained from impos
/ ing restraints u0on them to which certain
! other Territories had been subject, therefore
( disorders occurred in the latter Territory,
is emphaticalv contradicted by the fact that
none have occurred in the former. Those
disorders were not the consequence, in Kan
sas, Of the freedom Of selfgovernment con-
! ceded to that Territory by Congress, but Of
unjust interference on the part Of persons
/ not inhabitants of the Territory. Such in
I reference wherever it has exhibited itself,
/ by acts Of insurrecti0nary character, or Of
obstruction to processes Of law, has been re-
PEELED or suppressed, by all the means which
the Constitution and the laws place In the
hands Of the Executive.
/ 81 those parts Of the United States where,
+ hY reason Of the iufamed state Of the puhlic
! mind, false rumOrS and misrepresentation
have the greatest currency. 1t has been as
/ sumed that it was the duty OF the Executive
/ not only tn suppress insu-rec.ionarv move
ments in Kansas. but also to see the r@gu-
larity Of lnca, elections I. needs l!ttle
argument t. show that the President has no
such power. All government in the United
states rests substantially upon popular
/ election. The freedom Of elections j. liable
to be impaired BY the intrusion Of unlawful
votes, or the exclusion Of lawful o'iaS, ~
/ improper Influences, by violence, or by fraud.
. But the people of the United States are
themselves the all-sufiieient guardians Of
! their own rights, and 70 suppose that they
will not remedy, in duo season, any such
incidents Of civil freedom, Is to suppose them
to have ceased u te capable of self-govern
ment The President Of the United States
! has not power u iEterpose IN elections, 70
/ see 10 their freedom. 70 canvass their votes
or to pass upon their legality In the TerTl-
, tories any more than in the States. IF ne
/ has such power the government might be
republican In form but i. woull bc monarchy
/ in fact and if he had undertaken to exercise
/ it in the case Of Kansas, he would have been
justly subject t. the charge ii uswrPa;ion,
and Of violation Of the dearest rights of the
/ peonlc Of the United States
! Unwise laws, equally with irregularities
at elections, are IN periods %! great excite
Inent the occasional incidents uf even the
tree=t and best political institutions. But
ali experience demonstrated that in . coun-
I try ike ours, where the right Of self consti
+ tuition exists in the pcJe,t tlrn, the at
tempt to remedy unvse Legislation by resort
/ TO revolution, is totally out of place mas
-, -
more prompt and efiicaciyus means for the
! redress Of wrong.
! ! confidently trust that now. when the
peaceful condition Of Kansas atforIs oppor-
| tunity for calm reflection and wise legislation,
! either the legislative assembly Of the Terri
/ tory, or Congress, vii! SET that 10 act shall
! remain on lis statute book vioiativs of the
! provisions Of the Constitution, or subversivc
/ of the great objects for which that was or
/ dained and established, and will take all
! other necessary steps to assure T. its Inhab;
tants the enjoyment, without obstruction or
! abridgemens Of oil the constitutional rights
! privileges ami inmunities Of citizens Gf the
United States, rs contemplated by the or
gauc law Of the Territory.
Full information in relation 10 recent
events in this Territory will De found in the
documents communicated herewith from the
| Departments OF State and War.
l refer you to the report Of the Secretary
| Of the Treasury for particular information
concerning the financial condition OF tho
| government, and the various branches Of the
! public service connected with the Treasury
I Department.
During the last fiscal wear the receipts
/ from customs were for the first time, more
than siztv-four million dollars. and from ali
I & eighteen thousand Gne hundred ana forty
/ one dol 70: which, with theLaiance on hand u p
to the lst Of July, 1865, made tho total re-
sources Of the year to am,unt to ninety-two
! million eight hundred and fifty thousand one
/ hundred a0d seventeen dollars. The e.
penditures, including three million dollars
/ in execution Of the treaty with Mexico, and
/ excluding sums paid on account of the pub
( lie debt, amounted to Six:y million one hun
/ drcd and sayenty-two thousand four hundred
/ aud one dollars: and, including the latter.
! to seVenty-two million nine hundred and
! tortY-eight thousand seven hundred auI
/ ninety-two dollars, the payment on this ar-
! count having amounted 70 twelve r!,jru
! seven hundred and seyenty-six thoGsla!
/ three hundred aud ninety dollars.
/ On the 4th Of March, 1853, the ama,:-. . nf
. the public debt vas S69, l.9, ,937. Tacre
/ was subsequent increase of 81, $50, Geo sor
/ the debt Of Texas-making totel of & =.
| S19,937. OF this the sum Of 81, ,525. .3IQ.
including premium, has been discharged,
reducing the debt to 0,737 ,l29 all which
might be paid within 4 year without embar-
RAISING the public service, but being not We;
due. and only redeemable at the option Of
the holder, cannot be pressed - payment by
I the government.
On examining the expenditures Of the last
five years, it will be seen that the average,
deductng payments on account of the public
debt and ten millions paid by treaty 10 Mex
leo, has been but about S4S 100000. 1t is
believed that under an economical admins
| tration Of the government, the average ex-
! Il tn e.