The daily union., 1856-01-27
TIE CONTEST BETWEEN ABoLiTloslsM AND IA.
TInN AIIgM

Abotonism exists only upon agitation aud each sue
cessiye by the Executive Of national SEMI
msnts is eagerly seized upon a god-send When the
President to Congress his annual message repee with
naonasm and devotion to the guarantees Of the eonst
tuition the genius Of fanacism hailed PRONUNCIATION as
proper nutmen for renewed agitation The sober sense Of
the country made response which was satisfactory to
the champions Of agitation The present is reign Of
son and not Of passion The PRONUNCIATION of the Presi
dents Kansas message furnishes anaticism with another
preext for agitation How eagerly the occasion is seized
upon viii appear from the following from that chief organ
of political abolitonsm, the New York Tribune;
!" TnE PREsIDEErs MEssAGE-The President has at last
declared himself the Kansas question. He yesterday
to Congress message that subject whose character
forciby given Ia despatch from Washington which reached
last evening that better justice TO its nature
than by quoting the language Of the despatch The
sage says correspondent is intensely border ruian
In this unprecedented document Mr. Pierce grossly assa
Gov Reeder denounces the Emgrant Aid Society upholds
the border uan legislature and s enactment declares the
freeStae movement to be reasonable and proposes that
Congress shalt originate movement for the organization OF
Kansas State under bordersuian auspices lie is ut
tery silent with regard to the Missouri raid Lawrence
and the murders OF Dow, Barber and others
So base document till emanated from the White
House. To this vigorous characterization of this message
need only add that while the last previous State Of
the supposed have had Mr. Gushing for its prnc
pal author this would to be the joint product of
Messrs. PIERCE Cushing and Je Davis. The President
identity supposes that his office holders will insure for him the
northern delegates to the Cincinnati Convention and that all
that wanting render his nomination certain Is, that
he should go sufficiently low in the dirt get the southern
delegates also Meanwhile the duty Of the people Of the free
States is send men, Sharps rifles, and
field pieces and bowitzers to kansas!
In the present state Of the public mind the best
that be made to this TRADE of anatica desperation is
to with it the dgnihed impartial and truthful
statement of the made by the President The follow
ing extract from his message will show that whilst he
fixes tae primary responsibility upon the abolition inter
ference of the colonization scheme gotten up in Massachu
sets he frankly declares that the inereences of the abo
ltionists care far from us,ng the Illegal and reprehen
sibe which ensued The extract
flows,
"Tb interference in far asconcerns its primary
and its immediate commencement of the incidents
of that perncious agitation the subject Of the condition
the coored persons held service in of the States
which has long disturbed the repose Of country and
excited individuals otherwise patriotic and law abiding, to
toll with msdreced zeal in the attempt to propagate their
social theories by the perverson and abuse of the of
Congress- The and the parties whom the tenor of
the act to organize the Territories Of Nebraska and Kansas
hwared in the endeavor impose through the agency of
Congress- their particular views of social the
people of the future States peceiving that the
policy OF leaving the inhabitants Of each State to judge for
themselves in this respect rooted
vicons of the people the Unon then had recourse in the
pursuit Of their general object tho extraordinary
propagand colonization Of the Territory Of Kansas to
the free and natural action of its inhabitants in its
internal organization and thus anticipate the
determination Of that question in this inchoate State.
"With such views associations organized some
the States and their purposes proclaimed through the
press in language extremely irritating aud offensive those
Of whom the coonsts were to become the neighbour Those
designs and acts bad the necessary consequence awaken
emotions OF intense indignation In States to the Terri
tory of Kansas and especially In the adjoining OF Mis-
souri,, whose domestic peace thus the directly
daugered but they far from jusying the Illegal and
reprehensibe counter movements which onsned."
Who successfully gaiusay the truthnoeg of this
historical reference the origin Of the troubles in Kan
sas Aboliionism lost time after the passage of the
Nebraska bill in seeking, through the power OF ncorpoa
ted capital to control the future social condition Of Kan
sa and in that way defeat the spirit the Kansas
law With this fact before him. the President would hare
been his duty be had bad the independence
and courage to FIX the primary responsibility where 1t be-
longed On the other hand, 1t required less courage
and boldness declare that this unusfabe interference
Of abolitonism in the local affairs Of Kansas did justify
"he illegal and repreheusble countermovements which
ensued" in the adjoining State Of Missouri We have
heretofore said that whilst the interference OF the Missou
rans asfabe yet that under the circumstances
there much to pallnc it. The facts folly sustain this
position. The President states these facts distinctly and
with 6rmness which will command the approval Of the
country. he distributes the responsibility for the exist
ing diGcues and dangers in Kansas with steady but
impartial hand His positions upGssalabe because
they TRUTH and for this they defy the rage
OF Rbolidonism.
The exhibited between abolidousm and nation
asm is skngy illustrated in the following comments
Of the Baltimore Sum- Independent and neutral journal
"TnE KASsAs NEssAoE-we publish this morning the
special message OF the President Congress upon the Kan
difficulties This will relieve the oaptious spirits Of por
Of the northern press who have been grevousy offend
ed that the President had nothing to cay upon the subject
and they will Of have material In this oommun
cation for the agitation Of their spleen and the indulgence
their everlasting spite
alt will be read with much interest by tho uupreudced
portion Of the people II mbodes concise and very inte
gent review OF facts upon which the difficulties hinge
shows their relation 10 the principles which the Territory
sorganzed; and at the time indicates the precise
ation which the executive authority Of the general govern
holds 10 the whole matter In passing upon
OF Governor Recder the President shows the ncons
ency Of the pursued by that officer and very dis
tncy points his serious derection. The consequences
which ensued aud h extreme unpopulary, very
raj and inevitable.
"wb respect the infracon Of law and order within the
Territory by persons entitled citizenship the
Is depreoaory but earnest tho President assuming that IL
Il not his duty ~ volunteer inerposon by force preserve
the purity Of elections either In State Territory This
doctrine will be violently assaed Of course by the fansa
press Of the NORTH yet the principle Is fairly reasoned the