The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-12-19

III Inc IacI tnaJ the former ENJOY, cOmp3r-
ed with the latter, such irresistibly super
ior vitality, independent of climate, soil.
and all other accidental circumstances.
as to he able to produce the supposed re-
suit, in spite of the assumed moral and
natural obstacles to its accomplishment,
and of the more numerous population of
the northern States?
The argument of those who advocate
the enactmc mt of new laws of restriction,
and condemn the repeal of the old ones, in
effect AYERS that their particular views of
government have no self extending or self
sustaining power of their own, and will 90
nowhere unless forced by act of Congress-
And if Congress do but pause for mo.
ment in the policy of stern coercion. if it
venture to try the experiment of leaving
men to Judge for themselves what insti-
tutions will best suit them; lift be not
strained up to perpe ual legisla i've exer-
ton on this point; if Congress proceed
thus to act in the very spirit of liberty, it
is a. once changed with aiming TO extend
slave labor into all the new Territories OF
| the u nlUcu S.aIeS.
OF course, these imputations on the in.
tentions of Congress in this respect, con-
ceivcd IS they were in prejudice, and dis
seminated in passion, nc utterly destitute
of any justification in The nature of thins.
and contrary to all fundamental doctrines
and principles of civil liberty andsclf- gov
ernment.
While therefore, in general. the people
of the northern States have never at any
time arrogated for the federal government
the power to interfere directly with the
domestic condition ofpersons in the South
ern States, but on the contrary, have dis.
ayowed a'lsu:h intentions AMI have shrnnl.
from conspicuous utilization with those few
who pursue their fanatical objects avow
edly through the contemplated means OF
revolutionary change of the government,
and with acceptance of the necessary con-
sequences--a civil and servile war-ve,
many citizens have suffered themselves to
be drawn into one evanescent political is
sue of agitation after another, appertainino
to the same set Of opinions, and which
subsidized as rapidly as they arose when j!
came to be seen, as it uniformly did, that
they were Incompatible with the compacts
Of the Constitution and the existence of the
Uniou. Thus, when the acts of some OF
the States to nullify the extradition law
imposed upon Congress the duty of pas
sing new one, the country was invited
by agitators to enter into party organiza-
ion for its repeal; bat that agitation speed
lily ceased by reason of the impractical
bility of its object, So when the statute
restriction upon the institutions of new
States by a geographical line had been re-
pealed, the country was urged to demand
its restoration. and that project also died
almost with It's birth. Then followed the
cry of alarm from the North against i'm.
puted southern encroachments: which cry
sprang in realty from the spirit of revo.
luiionary attack on the domestic institu.
tons of the South, and, after troubled
existence of a few months, has been re.
buked by the voice of patriotic people.
OF this last agi alton, one hmcn:ablc
feature was, that it was carried OH at the
immediate expense of the peace and hap
piness Of the people of the Territory OF
Kansas. That was made the battle field,
not SO much of opposing factions or inter
ests within itself, as of the conflicting pas
sions of the whole people Of the United
States. Revolutionary disorder in Kan.
sas had It's origin in projects of interven.
ton, deliberately arranged by certain
members of that Congress which enacted
the law for the organization of the Terri
tory. And when propagandist colonial.
ton of Kansas had thus been undertaken
in one section of the Union for the sys
tematic promotion of its peculiar views
OF policy, there ensuel, rs q matter OF
course. a coua erac ion with opposi {
views in other sections OF the Uni,n.
In consequence Of these and other in.
ci!ents many acts of disorder, it is un.
deniable. have been perpetrated in Kansas
to the occasional interruption, rather than
the permanent suspension, of regular gov.
crnment. Aggressive and most reprehen
sible incursions mo the Territory were
undertaken, both in the Nor;h and the
South, and entered it on is northern Dor
der by the way of Iowa, as well as on the
eastern by way of Missouri; and there
has existed within it a state of insurrec
ton against the constituted authorities
not without countenance from inconsider
ate persons in each of the great sections
of the Union. Blu. the difficulties in tha
Territory have been extravagantly cxag
gerased for purposes OF poll zeal agitation
Elsewhere. TIE number ami gravity o
the acts of violence have been magnitied
partly by statements entirely untrue, and
partly by reiterated accounts of the same
rumors OF facts. Thus the Territory has
been seemingly filled with extreme VIC
lence. when the whole amount of sucl
acts has not been greater than what occa
sionally passes before us in single cities
to the regret of all good citizens. bu
without being regarded as of general OF
permanent political consequence.
Imputed irregularities in the elections
had in Kansas, like occasional Irregular
ties of the same description in the States
were beyond the sphere of action of the
Executive. But incidents of actual vio
lence or of organized obstruction of law