Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-03-29

NucH Tue Idltt river, u lew
miles further north, was the great natural boun-
dairy that should have divided the two, if a
division was to be made Was it because
that would bring a part of Kansas opposite
Iowa, so that freemen could reach the Terri
tory without the necessity of passing through
a slave State Why was the clause always
before inserted in every territorial bill since
the formation CT the Government, requiring
the laws of the Territory to be the supcrvi-
sion of Congress, omitted in this Then,
when, the time comes for electing the Legis-
lature, which is. of course, to give shape, by
! its action, to the institutions of the infant
State, it is secured to slavery by an invasion,
of non-residents, and then follows the legisla-
ton to which have referred a series Of acts,
all pointing, from the first, to the consumma-
ton of one object-the tu6llment of the pro-
phecy of General Atchison, made in the Sen
ate of the United States that if the Missouri
compromise was repealed Kansas would be a
slave State. And he has insisted upon that
opinion from that day to this
In addition to all this the secretary of the
| Territory, who is required by act of Congress
to transmit one copy of the laws and jour-
nails or the Legislative Assembly within thir-
! tg days after the end Of each session, and one
correspondence semiannually," to the Pres-
dent, and copies of the laws to the Senate and
House of Representatives, to be deposited in
the libraries of Congress, has neglected entire
ly to send the laws to Congress, or to furnish
the President with the executive proceedings.
If so, the President has not transmitted them
to the Senate, to answer to their call for them.
and has not answered call made by this House
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for granted that they have not been furnish
ed by the secretary of the Territory, as requir
ed by law. So, no information of the doings
of the Territory reaches us officially till late
day, and then We are furnished only such part
as the officials choose to give But his neg
| lect on the part of one of the officials of the
Territory is passed By unnoticed by the Presi-
dent, while he removes other officers for aleg-
ed dereliction of duty. Now, if the gentleman
from Virginia Mr.. SMrHl wishes it, | will
yield to him.
Mr.. SMITH, Of Virginia do not desire
to interrupt the gentleman at this point /
merely made the remark-rather sub rosa than
herwise-that did not understand why the
gentleman should complain of the secretary of
the Territory for failing to pat the House and
! the country in possession of the territorial laws
when | found him using those laws and arguing
upon them. | thought it was rather uuneces-
sary fault finding.
Mr.. GROW. | suppose, then, Mr. Chair
man, that il would not be necessary for the
officials of the Government to do their official
duty becunse the information they might com
nuncate could obtained in some other way
| | take it for granted that, when the organic
law requires an officer of the Territory to do
certain duty You haze right to complain if
| he fails to perform that duty, even though you
may obtain the information by some other
means.
But to return from the depression into which
| have been drawn by the gentleman's remark
1t seems, that but one object has actuated
this whole movement, from the inception Of
the repeal of the Missouri compromise, and
that has been TO suppant free labor and free
institutions. in order to establish slavery on the
soil of kansas.
| Why are men brought there face to face
with the bayonet in their hands and deadly
( hostility in their hearts Governor Shan
| non, in his dispatch to the President, giving
an account Of the troubles at Lawrence, saws ::
The ex ement increased and spread ~ on through
out this whole Territory but Was worked Up T. the ut
most point Of intensity in the whole Of the upper portion
| Of Missouri. Armed men rushing from all
quarters towards lawrence, 20 defend the place and
| Others TO demollsh it,
Men rush with arms to demolish it -
| From where The State of Missouri. What
| interest has Missouri in enforcing the laws Of
| Kansas more than the State of Ohio, or Nir
ginia General Atchison tells us Slave in
Stitutions for Kansas or free institutions for
Missouri Slavery in Kansas secures slavery
| forever in Missouri. This is the motive which
brings from Missouri men 10 preserve law and
order in Kansas. From the description in an
part OF this letter, the = law and order that
such men would preserve is ike the protec, 4,
the wolf would give the lamb. In another
part of the despatch he SAYS:
al found in the camp at wakarusa deep and settled
feeling o; hostility against the opposing forces in Law
and apparently fixed determ nation attack
this piAce and deno>h and the presses and take pos
! session of their
To issue an order to the Sheriff to distand his nos
and Generals Richardson and Strcker di-hand their
forces would have been to let loose this large body OF
en, who would have been left without control to follow
the iapmise Of their tssLIags which evidently
! tack G1'd disaraa the people Of LE,rreacs.@
| Those are the men who 20 forth 10 enforce
! law and order. and to preserve peace aud cu;-
| ct in one of the Territories of the [ Uuiou-
They come for what To dcmolisk a town,
to burn its houses, and drive out its citizens
! from their homes at the point of the bayonet
/ Why is Missouri fighting the battles NJ the
! South and how are her institutions at stake
/ in the issue of slavery or freedom in Kansas :
/. The capital invested in any oac kind Of pro-
Perty has always i common interest. and is
moved by a common motive. The three mil
/ lion slaves in the South, at an average pr.ce
of $500 each, makes capital of Sl,50o.O00
/ 900. But. in addition it is the same interest
that owns the landed and personal properttS .
so that the moneyed interest Of the South
acts together by common sympathy proba1
bly, exceeds =, 900. 900, 900. Whatever, then,
| tends 10 enhance the market valne of the slave
moves this mighty interest With common i'm