True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-12-17
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
hllOO. Citizens Of the Senate and Of
the House Of Representatives.:


only recommend to the consideration Of
Congress such measures as he may judge
necessary and expedient, but also that he
shall give information to them of the
Stale Of the Union, To do tbs fully, in
wolves exposition Of all matters in the ac-
tual condition Of the country, domestic or
foreign, which essentially concern the
general welfare. While performing his
constitutional duty in this respect, the
President does not speak merely to ex-
press personal convictions, but as the
executive minister Of the Government ena.'
bled by,his position. and called upon by his
official obligations to scan with an i'm
partial eye the interests Of the whole,
and Of every part OF The United States.
OF the condition Of the American in
terests Of the Union. its agriculture,
mines, manufactures. navigation and COM
merce, it is necessary only to say that
The internal prosperity Of the country, its
continuous and steady advancement in
wealth and population, and in private as
we'll as public we'll being, attest the wis
dom OF our Institutions, and the pre- domi.
nant spirit Of intelligence and patriotism
which. notwithstanding occasional irreg'
ularities of opiniofi or action resulting
from popular freedom, has distinguish
ed and characterized the people Of Ameri-
ca.
10 the brief interval between the termi-
nation Of the last and the commencement
of the present Session Of Congress, the
public mind has been occupied with the
care Of selecting for another constitution
al term, the President aud ice-President
-of the United States. .ra,.. ,:... .an
Then follows the constitutional duty
and manner of choosing a President
and Vice President Of the United
States. a . ..
The President proceeds to state the
cause of excitement that has prevailed in
connexion with the late election, and coll
graduates the people on the choice of one
who is appointed by all sections of the
country, and thinks government is now
out of danger. He gives a review of the
slavery agitation, and condemns The
North, in no very measured terms, for at
lempts at aggression on the institutions
of the South. This discussion embraces
nearly one half of the message, but
affords no peculiar interest 10 our rea-
ders. .... .,.... .u.
KANSAS. ..r.
OF this last agitation one lamentabIe
feature was, that it was carried on at the
immediate expense Of the peace and Trap
piness OF the people of the Territory OF
Kansas. That was made the battle field,
not so much of opposing factions or inter
ests within itself. as Of the conflicting
passions of the whole people Of the Uni
ted States. Revolutionary disorder in
Kansas had its origin in projects of inter
venlion, deliberately arranged by certain
members of that Congress which enacted
the law for The organization of the Terri
tory.-.And when propagandist COLOMBIA
ton of Kansas had thus beer undertaken
in one section Of The Union, fnr the sys
tema,ic promotion of its peculiar views o
policy, there ensued, as matter of cours
a counleraclion with opposite views i
: other sections of the Union.
In consequence of these and other in
cidents, many acts Of disorder, it is III
denable, have been perperaed in Kar
n sas, to the occasional interruption
rather than the permanent suspension {
regular government. Aggressive an
a most reprehensible incursions into tn
h Territory were undertaken, both in lh
:. North and the South, and entered it o
~ its northern border by tho way Of low
as well as on the eastern by way Of Mi
e soun and there has existed within it
n state of nsurrection against the constiI
|, ted authorities, not without cOunlenanC
e from inconsiderale persons in each Of Il
- great sections Of the Union. But The d
" ficultes in lha, Territory have been e
d lravagan,ly exaggerated for purposes of ?
d litical agitation elsewhere.
III The number and gravity Of the acts
violence have been magni6ed, partly
!, statements entirely untrue, and partly
reiterated accoums ofthe same rumors
:, facts. Thus The Territory has bet
3, seemingly filled with extreme violen
when the whole amount of such acts h
ii. not been greater than what occasiona
- passes before us in single cities, to the
90 gret of all good citizens, but without
ID ing regarded as of general or permant
i'll political consequence.
as Imputed Irregularities in the electic
% in Kansas, like occasiana irregul
" ilies Of The same description in
"g States were beyond the sphere Of act
an of The Executive. But incidents Of
,ual violence or of organized obstructi
of law, perliRaeIeusly renewed from til
b. to time, have been met as they occurt
th by such means as, were available and
on the circumstances required; and moth
of this character now remains to al
81 the generul peace of the Union. The
lis tempt of pant Of the inhabitants of
nd Territory 10 erect revolutionary 6
re. ernment, though sedulously encourai
ho and supplied with Pecuniary aid from
~ -" tive agents Of disorder in some Of
wv States, has completely failed,
will Bodies Of armed men, foreign to
cts Territory. have been prevented from
L,le tering or compelled to leave it. Pre-
ID, tory bands, engaged in acts of rapi
~" under cover ofihe existing political {
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