The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-11-05
Rep clfally.
IMPORTANT STATE PAPER

OFFICE OF SEc,Y. eF STATE, J
WASHINGTON. j. G., Oct. 1886. )
TO IFS ErccUcacy, James u. Crimcs,
Cor. If iolra-Sia =:
Your letter of
date ugust 3o:h, addressed to the Pres
iieut has been referred by him In this
d-pariIuCnt with il struvi!oDs to reply as
follows. The President regrets al at you
should have beeU receiving letters. ne
mort,Is aud If; ,lav.ts frcin former eta
zens OF Iowa lis Kansas foe u whole year
ailedgirg that Tia: are got protected by
the u tied Stats differs IN the e. joj-
Ineit ct their liberty ai.d property"
That your ExcelleLcy s'Icu;d be sntjec-
ted to suci, ar a%I.hoysnce Is the more
I-sirful wien We coi,sidcr, that yuu have
10 power to grant redress
Tbe state Of sfajss in kansss is to lie
regretted deeply by all American citi-
zens. The President is not less seusl-
tive than YOU are as to the rights of the
c~itizans in Kansas. His power. howev-
er, is oniy Executive aud thg; which he
is sworn to execute. It therefore be
m lis duty to see taat the laws are
faithfully executed. lie has 10 power
TO disregard, amend or set aside laws.
as unjust or Unconstitutional; far to 90
so would be To invest him with the law
making power. to make him an absolute
and irresponsible power-to make him
not the President OF a Republic. but the
absolute Monarch of the country. a po-
sition to which the President does not
aspire.
The President hitherto has been, and
now is using all the means i'll his power
to suppress outrages in Kansas upon
private rights and to sustain and euforce
law and order. The difficulties i'll Kan
sas have mainly arisen from a spirit OF
rebellion against the constituted author
tiles, and all law which by it's general
dissemination has subverted civil gov
m and rendered the law power
less and by destroying the power of the
law has opened a general field for laplne,
murder and the whole catalogue OF
crimes to be committed with impunlty
and to go unredressed.
The President has taken every effect
i've measure to secure to the citizens OF
Kansas domestic tranquility and securl-
~ against foreign aggression. The sup
preston of insurreetioBary movements
is within his power, but he cannot, and
will not attempt to control traitors to
their country. He will protect with the
national arm, all who are disposed 10
gather around the standard Of the Law
aud to obey its bchess. The President,
conscious of having performed h'e whole
duty, is at a loss to know by what au-
shortly your Excellency claims to ar
raign him or to call upon bin for an ex'
PLANTATION.
Assuming that the General Govern
ment has failed to perform its duty, you
assert, "that it is manifestly the righI
of each of the States TO adopt measure
to protect its former citizens" 1ou de
mand again protection, but conclude
with what seems to be the burden OF all
your grief-not a demand for protection
to citizens in Kansas, bnt a demand tai
the military foI ce on The line of eInIgra
ton be dispersed. The President can
not crafty yen nthis matter. He viii
not permit armed invasion from Nilsson
ri or Iowa or any other source. Peace
full migration he never does AID never
will interrupt.
The President is rot disposed to ex
cept TO the style of your address wher
Won saw to him "as the EIec"ttDe Q
lama ! demand, for her citizens III Eau
sas protection in the enjoyment OF thel
property, their liberty and their poi'''
cal rights" but would suggest 20 you
exceljeacy that such language implies
right to enforce obedience ard the pow
err to compel it. Neither of these ar
entrusted to your Excelleney, and th
President therefore pardons to your yea
what could be forgiven to your goo
breeding. III
In conclusion you propose the folio"
ing issue : "in the event OF . non'eom