Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-10-02

pl lint has been made. or any one Of them,
has been made the basis Of any proceeding.
civil or criminal. within the Territory ct
Kansas. since its organization as govern
ment. This has been asserted, time and
again. upon the floor of the Senate and
House of Representatives in Congress, and
has never been denied. Mr.. DOUGLAS, in
his speech in the Senate, on the Army p
preparation Bill, delivered August 27ih,
referred to this matter in such form. that
if his statements were not literally and
strictly true, il would not have been / f, as
it was. entirely unanswered. Afer speak
iny of he cruel and irhuman acs tiat
have recently been csmmi,ei upon ihe
peaceable and uno.iending 'esiien,s f lie
Territory. by Lane and is armed bandi i.
he says:
VIVA. is he excuse f,r 4. E lis o.
ganiza ion # mill a'y force, mis- invasion
ofa peaceable people. his burni1s Of h"us-
es and numbering ofci,izens? The excuse
is, that certain laws. which have been read
to the Senate several times to-day. and ON
many previous occasions also, are cruel and
tyranical, inhuman and barbarous. That
is the only excuse which is offered for all
this crime. You say that you are not will
ling to allow the President Of the United
States to use ,he military force for the en-
forcemen: Of these barbarous laws. When
did he ever propose TO use II for that pur-
pose9 When has he ever used it to en-
force one Of them? You know very wei!
that up to this hour no one prosecution has
ever arisen under any one Of those laws Of
which you complain. By common and uni
versal consent in Kansas these laws remain
uncxecuied, and no mortal man has ever
made a complaint to a court of jus ice. so
far as can learn. for writ or process fox
Il viola ion of any one of those obnoxious
laws. You know that they AVE never
been executed You know that the very
officers of whom You complain in Kansas
do no; pretend TO enforce them. Hence
YOU Lave 20 light to suppose; and l un-
dertake to say YOU do not believe. that hose
particular laws are To be enforced by this
apprnplia ion; and, therefore, the excuse
which you give f'r the def'a; of the army
appropria ION bill is not sustained by the
fac S. l. is a mere pre- ex;. and has nc
fun la ION in :ru h.
Whenever find man saying to me or
the stump lha. his vo'e against the army
bill was in order to prevent the Presi len
from enforcing those particular obnoxious
laws. | sl,all say 10 him :hal he kn ws thai
preiex. is not true: that there is not IN
honest man living who does not know thai
il is mere excuse. You know that the
appropriation bill is no, for the enforcement,
of those particular laws. You have beer
told before, time and again, hat no one q
| those laws has been erfo,..ed. no one 81
! their penalties as been iiHictr1. no cass
If 'h, kirl has ever arisen; y"'. when one
# you rise - make spe-ch o excuse ,hs
crime # opri's -h~ wheel, - Govern
ment and pro1ucil" civii va in 10 Ter
II ory If Kansas, y"u ci these laws " ic.
nobody pre-ends - eaFfc W1eneve
men are driven to give 4 ..i.- ie.s =, {,
/ ieir persistent action, it slows ha; er,
is true reason which l-c..rcy o. pa j..
ism does no' allow hem to avow
| show the pre:encc la regard 20 hes,
laws is false reason. and the IN erfrienc,
is that there is different one W i..h i'm
pels their action; and why not avow h.
true one, ii consistent with honor, with du
~. with patriotism? am constrained II
believe that, if there were no Presiien in
election approaching, there would be entir,
quiet and peace in Kansas am con
strained to believe that each crime com
mltIed there recently has been done by tn,
orders Of political organization. l an
constrained TO believe that Lane is the re
gularly appointed agent and commando
for that purpose, and that this is no: to clos,
until after the Presidential cleo in. Whe,
that election is over, If the Constitution
! triumphs. as believe it will. there will b,
peace in Kansas, for there will be no mo
tive for any political parry to spend none,
to Fl out bands Of marauders and despera
does TO get up civil war.
None Of you will pretend that these
obnoxious laws. to which you refer so Of
ten. have been the cause Of the disorder,
and disturbances which have occurred il
Kansas.
/ Again: is it really true that you are anx
ious to get rid Of these obnoxious laws?-
If it were true. with your organized major
ity in the other House. sufficiently numer
Gus aud well trained to de feat the appropri
al in bills and stop the wheels of Govern
ment. could you moi have passed bill u
rnDaal tho chnnx,ouO l,us9 Won havp M