The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-03-20

towns and butchering OR anofendin2Dt gee
state citzns -
We hope 10 he able TO hold out until assist
anee can reach IA. We respectfully request,
on behalf Ot the citizens u Kansas, that such
steps may be taken By the people of the States
a. humanity suggests, 10 pFeyent the succcss-
fol carrying out OF 80 inhamaD an Outrage
Respectfully, j. II. LANE.
chairman TX. Com. n =
&. RoBissos.
t.oyernor eject of kan-aI
Gro W. DgITzrR. sec.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. INDIANA.
IxDIAxAPoLIs Feb 18th, 1886.
JAMES II. LASE. q. RosISsoS. and Gao. W.
DrnzrR. Lawrence City, K. L.:
Gentlemen - Your communication Vi the
2lst Of January, addressed TO me 10 an official
capacity, and asking that steps may be taken
to protect your people from the violence of the
citizens Of Missouri. is now before me.
II the Legislature were in session, | should
lay your communication before them, not with
the most remote idea that Indiana would devil
ate from her well known opinion. upoI the
principle involved but out Of respect to you as
citizens.
shall certainly not interfere ia the domestic
institutions Of your Territory. nor recommend
that our people should take any part therein.
The conduct Of the Missourians. as well as
Of those from the free States. who have gone
into your Territory, with the view Of cOntrolL
ing your elections. aud not to become b0,a jide
citizens, Is alike reprehensible and liable to the
severest censure and punishment.
BIT the remedy for these evils Is properly
and constiiutionally lodged with the legal aud
sovereign power OF the Territory and il this is
not sufficient, It is most wisely lett to the action
Of the Executive Of the Nation. and TO that OF
Congress.
Our form OF government never contempla.
ted, for u moment, that. in the domestic troub-
h!ss frequently esisips ia the different State.
AMI Territories OF the Union, sister states in
the cooicderacy should take any part When
ever this doctrine is assumed and carried out,
We shall 6Ld ourselves approaching state OF
things, that will sweep away oil the SAFE bonds
and ties that bind Us together rs one people.
We must live faithfully up 10 our compacts
not only dscharging the duties We owe to
our own State or Territory but those VIC owe
to the national government And this can be
done most sfSectuaily by guarding against the
slightest eneroachment upon the great bond of
our Union which makes Us united people,
Ia the furtherance Of this object We should act
towards every membes ID the coniederacy alike
Ito each as equal to squal While We enjoy
the right to make our own form OF government
% 10 oil other domestic institutions, the anne
sight We should freely accessi 10 others.
There Is a spirit Of Propagandism, which
scem- to be increasing in the South and the
North, TO which even the law-making powers
Is invoked This must not be countenanccd or
encouraged. The whole force OF the legal pow
er OF the State or Territory. must he brought
into vigorous action to arrest it.
When this tails. the ample power vested by
the Constitution In the Executive, and Ton
gress OF the nation must be sought. Should
all this prove Intellectual. We shall In not only
on the verge Of anarchy and rebellion. but ready
for the worst OF all evls--intes,ine war with all
the caamitics that must follow the hostile ar
ray OF neighbor against neighbor brother
against brother, son against sire--war among
those OF the same race. the same name. the same
blood
Asa state. we are surrounded by our sisters
in the coniederacy, differing in many domestic
Institutions In some OF them have occurred
mobs riots, and destruction Of human life in
others the sanctuary Of the elective franchise
nus UtFt tut AHVhSht haN Ht''i
occurred TO our peaeeable and law abiding ci,i-
zens that the sovereign power in these rcspec-
tive States. in connection with the strong IA
tonal nrm. was insufficient to bring about the
observance Of law and order.
so long as our pcople recognize this priuci.
pie, and fully carry il out we shall have respect
Tor the supremacy Of law, and for its admins
ira tors. II w depart from i, in the higher and
A Il. slnt t.t, IN tbu
dilcren, members OF the confederacy. we shall
find that in tho same proportion. citizens Of the
counties and townships will be engaged in
open violation Of law--trampling upon those
in authority. in the smaller communities, and
there will be no safety for property, liberty. or
lifr
The want Of confidence. North and South 10
the people OF Kansas TO mould their own inst-
tutous 20 suit themselves, and the consequent
aggressive spirit Of interference for the purpose
Of influencing their elections. seem 10 originate
in a sort OF egotism, both in parties and indi-
vidua citizens. who. while they doubt the in
tegrity and capacity of the people OF Kansas,
are ready TO assert their own honesty and abi.
ity to regulate their institutions tor them
Indiana. as a State, has wisely selected her
own domestic policy. She is willing TO give
ifS fcf& 8BSFs tifS s-iitF F3EA' AVA w i"s'
them capable of choosing and deciding for them
selves She has never given any canse Of com
plant TO any of her sister States or Territories
She expects tho like exact justice from them
And do most sincerely hope tina, none o. her
citizens will so tar forget the relation they sus
tain to their ncighbors, and the national COM
pact. as TO take any part in the striies aud con
ten,ions Of Others who arr openly violating the
laws Of the land. i
Notwithstanding it was teegrapbed from
your Territory 10 New York. that was willing
aud ready to oder the assistance OF ciii,ens Of
this State. in your controversy, let me assure
you that while have the honor 10 h. her TX.
ccutive Officer, will not in any manner attempt
10 bring her down from her present high posi-
ton. and have her in any way mugling in the
domestic s,rss n her sister states or Terrific
ries.
The sentiment OF our people IS TO leave thc
settlement 81 thes' questions 10 the people OF
Kansas, who are actual citizens Of the Terrific
~. II this cannot he brought about, il inhu
ences are at work which rcDder this impossible
the remedy ia not TO he found by others unhx
fully interfering hut by the Constitution and