The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1856-02-07


zed, and as such were adr4Nted into The
Union without previoue enabling act
OF Congress IL is true thht, while, i'm a
majority oi cases, Il prepiess act of Con.
gress has been passed to authorize the
Territory to present i.selfas State, and
that this is deemed tAerynosl regular
course, yet such AN act bas(not heen held
| to be Indispensable, aud, ID some cases,
tile Territory has proceeded without il,
and has nevertheless beengadmitted into
the Union as "a State. lLixs with Con-
gress to authorize beforehand or to con-
tirm afterwards, IN itsS ;<rruon. But
in no instance has SgaHTIccn admit
ted upon the appicatioh e,ersons act
ing against authorities deJ constituted
by act of Congress. In Ssery case il
is the people OF the Territory, not a party
among shem, who have the power to
form Constitution, aud AJAX for admis.
sion as a State. No principle OF public,
law, no practice or precedent under the
Constitution of the United States, no rule
OF reason, right, or common sense, con.
ters any such power as ib&t now claim
ed by mere party in the Territory
| In fact, what lias been doue is OF revolu.
tionary character. Ii is avowedly so i'm
motive and in aim as RESPECTS the local
law of the Territory. Ii will become
reasonable insurrection if IL reach the
length OF organized resistance by force
to the fundamental or any faiIer federal
law, and TO the authority Of the General
! Government.
In suchan event, the path of duty for
the Executive is plain. The Constitu-
ton requiring him to take care that the
laws OF the United States Se faithfully
executed, if they he oPpossa IN the terri
tory of Kansas, he may apll lhould place
at the disposal of eie ,Ssaarsbal any
| public force of the United Mates which
happens to be within the tadrisdiction,
| To be used as a portion OF the posse CO.
aitdtus and, it that do nnl suffice to
maintaiu order, then hthusy sbail forth the
| militia of one or more Siate,s for that OBJ
ject, or employ for the same object any
part of the land or naval p,rce of tue
| United States. So also, if flhtobstruction
be TO the laws ofthe Terrisrty, and if it
be duly presented TO him as case of
msurrection, he may employ for it's sup
preston the militia of any State, or Tue
land or naval force of the United States.
Aud If the territory be YSyDsed by the
citizens of other S'atesA St,er Tor the
purpose of deciding eefS r.. SSs.-or & for any
other, and the local authueities find them
selves unable to repel Oh withstand il,
they will be entitled To, alLdupon the fact
being ully ascertained, tSey shall most
certainly receive the aid Of the General
| Government.
But j. is not the duty Qi aaslAsS ideat
I or the United States td NJ. cen inter
position by force TO presses the purity
of elections either in Il Stale or Terri.
tory. To do so would be subversive OF
public freedoms Aud whether law br
wise or unwise,jusl or unins,, is not Il
! question for him to judgesyAH~t be- con
stitutional--thatis is, Il !, be Ahe law of the
i land--it rs his dutyto cnnse.t to he ex-
ecuted,or To sustain the authorities oil any
State or Territory in executing il in op-
4 position to all $insurrectponary move-
i ments.
Our system affords no justification oil
revolutionary acts; for the aonstitutioual
ineans OF relieving the people of unjust
| administrators and laws, by a change of
public agents aud by repeal, are ample
and more prompt aud effective tnan
illegal Violence. These constitutional
means must be scrupuiisss,,shi guaraed--
tbs egreat prerogative Of popular sove-
reignty sacredly respected,
i II is the undoubted rig the peace
able and orderly people of Ne Territory
of Kansas to elect their 2s;} Legislative
body, make their own laSsc. @nd regulate
their own social inst,tuliohs, without
foreign or domestic moiestation. Inter
ference, on the one hand, TO procure the
abolition or prOhibtioU Of slave labor in
the Territory, has produced lnisc hieyous
interference, ON the niher, tor it's mann
tenunce or introduction. Que wrong
begets another. SlatrnsesS Us entirely
unfounded, or grossly exaggerated, con-
cerning events within lhe Territory,
are sedulousiy diflused thrC}tgli remote
States TO feed the flame ~ SECTIONAL
anilnosty there and tile aglators there
exert themselves indgfatigahlx IN felurn
to encourage and stimulate algite within
the Territory.
The iphammatory agitalioit, Of which
the present is but o part, has for twenty
i yeHrs producrd nothing Sanmitiga.
ted evil, North and South, But for it
the character of the domestic institu-
tions of tht future new pss, would
have been matter of tEikAittle inte-
rest to the inhabitants OF stntiguous
States, personally or coilesa 10 pro-
4 duce among them any polx Inotioi
Z Clinate, soil, produciigrs. y rapid
advancemept aud the pursSf @6f happi-
NESS on shs part of the Rfrs them.
selves, with good wishes, ~ with no
interference from witliouts would have
$quietly determined the qtsSsise which
is at this time of such distafbsng char
4 acter,
4 but we are oonstrained our
i aiseiisiGil To the circumstaneeS of 6n,-
4 bafrasspseDl as they now exist ltistlie
duty Of if,s people OF Ku,ssaS d dis
4 coantenaBes ever set or pssy pf res
slstance e s.laWs. Aboae q eIner-