American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1856-12-11

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ssto be sbls 70 produee the, Supposed FeT
| splt.sip spite Of The asspned moFAlapa nat
hrl nhsiarIesto is epmplisb bmentl and /
hIot shsi ,aprsAamerQpF p0PpIAiipP 0s she
|eoflhefn ssaiest a ..f.s.sl
Ihee eFgyp'spi e ihaia aayqe7 iRs
condemn sbs repeal Of old ones. 10 alset
AYERS, that their particular views of gov
Srnment have no self-exteniing Or sslf,
sustaining powerof theiroFn. and VIII go |
fnovhere, unless forced by act Of Congress. I
I And If Congress do but pause for mot
lmentin the policy Of stern coercion; ifit
venture tollry the experiment Of leaving
men TO Judge for themselves what iHsiitul |
! tions viii best suit them; ifit, be not strain
cd up to perpetual legislative exertion on
this point; i Congress proceed thus 70 1ic Act
lin the very spirit Of liberty. u g at once
4 charged with aiming 10 extend slave labor
Into all the new Territories OF the United
States, I,.,, ~. = ~, ss,,..., - i,.--.re
4 OF couse, these imputslions on The in.
4 teniions Of Congress in this respect, CON:
ceived as they were in prejudice, and dis
seminsled in passion. are utterly destituIe
{ Of any justification, 10 the nature Of things,
and contrary 70 al the fundamental doc:
. trinssa9d PrinciplesS II civil liberty ard ard
: While. therefore. in general, The people
. Of the Northern States have never at any
/ time ,grrogated for the federal goyernmeut
I the power to interfere directly with The do:
1 nestle condition Of persons in the, South
! ern States. but on the contrary disayowad
Il all such intentions, aud have shrunk from
3 conspicuous afiliation with those few who
Y pursue lheir, tanatical objects ,avowedly
"a through tue contemplated means Of reyo-
is lutionary change of tbe government, and
IA with acceptance Of the necessary .conse'
quences--a- civil and ,seryile war-ye
IA many citizens have suffered themselves L
al be, drawn into one evapescent- political is
4 sue Of agitation after another, appertain
w ling to the, same set Of opinions. and whlel
Al subsided As rapidly as, they arose whep. 4
i'd came to be seen, "a It uniformly did, tha
70 they were Incompatible with the compact
Of the Constitution and the sHis.teenacsei
;er the Union. aroq co .ees1 eAle u, !,
ut. Thus, when the. ,aets. OF some o. =
3 e,er.lkS Stxses to puaksF the EXISTING extradiu'
nn. ssps xAd siuds II, .ihe sa,saE-.
S.i|1 ffsn ~ a,as 1htfy was invited 1
AIT agi tssors to enter into party orgsnizati,
ion for It's repeal: but chat agitation speed
ii. ceased hy. reason of impracticability Of
h.d ltobiect. So, when tie statute resrlcti
If unon. the institutions ofth new States.
as geographical line, had been repealed
ght counti was urged to demand lts res,oI
oh. ton, q that project died slmost in ts blrt !
Fin Then followed the CRY, Of. alarm from :
ma ma North against imputed southern eitcrosc
nce ments; which cry sprang in reality irc
tbo the spirit Of revolutionary attack on 7
J - domestic institutions Of the South, an
,na' after a troubled existence Of few mont
the has been rebuked by the voice OF a pat
ions oiic, people. 10 ,.aoqq rf'e,nis
Inv T, Ofthis bst agitation, one iamentat
faature was. that il was carried onat I
e Z, Iimmediats expense Of the peace ana ma
riyi. lpinesl Of the people o. the Territory
en,- KANSAS. I, That was made the battle ne
not 80 much Of opposing factions or .nt !.
ltbe ests with in Itself as OF the conflict.
III vi ,assions of tie whole psople Of the Unil
"N y sta,es sn revolutionary disorder In Ki
s.s had ITS origin ia projects Of interv
I'm IN ; ion deliberately arranged by cert
III n p,embers Bf that CongEess which henacted
Az law for the organization of thel Petrito
and A nd when pfopagsuaist7 organization
'tor ). Kansas had thus heen undertaken inn
bEectiorf Of the Uhion. for atbe system
The prpnotionfof Its peculiar views OF pol
hst.d dthers ensusd, ,eas "a matter of'course
IS ! counter ssiion with opposite views. an
,bicb ar sections Of the Union. nl woaS 1'sn'
rSnn51 n conseduenc nce'of't those and other
- ~ f6iIents. many acts Of disorder II is ~
~ of1niahlsiI have been perpetrated in Kan
'1sO ~ 5the occasional interruption. rather
{ H. he lIerhariett stspensioh Of regulars
SrDmauta.a Aggressive and most repre-
,ha3 s;bls inctrsions into the Territory
u ~ Fhndeftak9n. both III the North and IN,
.d,rif Sdntho and entered 1t onlits northern,
ion a. der'by the way sof lowa. as Well as on
,ublic eastern BY way Of Missouri; and ther
foundil existed in il n state of insurrection ag
;mita 1.-THE constituted authorities. not WI
Con!1 4 eountenance from incoDsiderate perso
arsaf. each oflthe great sections OF the U
r. was But the difficulties ID that Territory
sr tbe been extravagantly exaggerated for
rs re-! posesof political agitation elsewhers.
oIS1 humber and gravity of1the actsofvic
Unions have been magnified partly by state'
vb;ch entirely untrue. and partly by reitt
ha.n accounts Of the same minors OF IA
LA If Thus the Territory has been seen
and Il shed with extreme violence. wheI
~ ,ha whole amount of such acts has not,
'tmsnt ure,ter than what occasionally passe
ouS n sf..fe siti single cities to the regret
- ~ GOOD citizens, but without being res
,s,aa.tled As Of general or permanent poittica
Grafton sequence. 'tF's ,'o
;'ssif D Imputed irregularities IN the ell
! s;da had IL Kansas, like occasional IRE
! .asarS ties Of the same descriptions in the
~ r wete beyond the sphere Of action
81. n Executive. Butincideuts Of aetus
- % M. Hence or of organized obstructioh 4
y HI nertinaciousiy renewed from ltitne Z
:. a..aI E ~ | have been met as they oceurred.p B
Sp.s - NJ msans as we're available and as che
a,o,ssS stances required. and nothing OF thl
!, -,u i.o,T. actet now remains TO effect the
ss.;st;hlv peace of The Union. The attemf
'Sl;msts ] Dart ii the ihHsbitaOts Of the Tenn
s'a'1ftSSS' III ptfMaqe g hfoilsiI 10 ssi'm -"
.nis
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