Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-12-12


! acceptance OF the necessary consequences.
( a civil aud .servie Mar--yet many citizens
j have suffered themselves to be drawn int
& aue eraHeseent political issue of agitation
after anpther, arpertainine o the snme SO
of opinions, and which subsidized as rapid,
as they arose when it came to be seen, al
il uniformly did, that they were inconsrati.
BILE with tie compasts of the Ganstitntiar
and the existeDce of the Unipn. Thus
when tlle acts Of someiaf the States % nul-
iify the existing extradi;ion law imposed
apan Congress the dnty Of passing a new
enc, the country was invited hy agltaiors
to enter into party organization feIsiis re-
peal: but thai agitation speedily ceased BY
reason of the impraciieability of its object.
So, when the statute restriction upon the
institutions ef new States, By eeograrhi-
cal line, bad been repealef, the country
was urged TO demand its restoration, aud
that project also died almost with its birth.
Thea followed the cry Of alarm from the
NeF'h, aeainst imputed southern cncroach- !
ments' which cry sprang in reality from The
spirit Of revolutionary attack On the de-
neslic institutions .. the South, and, after
a troubled existence of q few months, has
been rebukcd BY the voice Of patriotic
! people.
I Of this last agitation, one lamentatle gea-
ture was, thai twas carried on Il tie IN
mediate expense Of the peace and ha9 eincSs
Of the people of the Territory q KansAs-
That vas made the battle,feld ro, i much
Of erfcsing factions cr interests within It
self, as Of the conflicting passions Of the
whole people of the United States. Reyo-
iutionary disorder il Kansas had lis origin
in projecfs Of Intervention. deliberately ar
ranged by Law fer the organization Of the
Territory. And when prepagandist colooi-
cation Of Kansas bad thus been undertaken
in oue sesti9n of the Union, for The systc-
matte promotion Of is peeuliar views Of po-
iiey, there eusued, as matter OF course,
copnter-aelion With opposite views, IN 9TH
er sections OF the uuion.
In Consequence of these and other incl
dents, many acts of disorder it is undeni-
able, have perpetrated in Kansas, 10 the
occasional interruption, rather than the per-
manent suspension, Of regular government
Aggressive aud most reprebensible incur-
sious into The Territory were undertaken,
both IN The North and the South, aud enter
ed it on its northern border BY The way OF
Iowa, as well as on the eastern By ~ay OF
Missouri; and there has existed within it 4
state Of iusurrection against the constituted
authorities not without counienance from
inconsiderate persons in each Of the great
sections Of the Union.
Imputed Irregularities in the elections
had in Kansas, like occasional Irregularities
Of the same description in the States, were
beyond the sphere OF action of the Exeeu-
tive. But incidents Of actual violence or
of organized obstruction of law, pertinaei-
ously renewed from time to time, have been
met as they occurred, BY such means as
were available, and as the circumstances re-
quired; and nothing Of this character now
remains TO affect the general peace Of the
Union. The attempt Of part Of the in
habitants Of the Territory tc erect a revolu-
tionary goTerulnept, though seduleusly en-
couraged and supplied with peeaniarY aid
from active agents Of disorder in some of
the States has completely failed. Bodies Of
armed men, foreign TO the Territory, have
been prevented from entering or compelled
to leave i. Predatory bands, engaged ia
acts of rapine, under cover Of the existing
political Disturbances, have been arrested or
dispersed. Aud every we'll disposed persoa
is new enabled once more TO devote him.
self in peace to the pursuits of prosperous
industry, for the prosecution of which he
undertook to participate in the settlement
Of the Territory.
1t affords me unrJipgled satisfaction thus
to announce the peaceful coalition Of things
IN Kqnsas, especially considering the means
to WHICH II was necessary % have recourse
for the attainment Of the end, namely, the
employment Of psrt Of iile military force
Of the United States Tie Withdrawal Of
that force from rs proper duty Of defsnd-
ing the country against foreign ices or the
sayages Of the Iron,ie., TO employ il for the
suppression OF domestic. msdrrection, Is,
when tue exigency occurs, a matter Of the
most earnest solIciiude. On this occasion
Of imperative necessity It has bsen dohe
with the best results, aud my satisfaction ii
the aitainueni Of such results by such
means is greatly enhanced BY the consid-
GRAFTON, that, through the wisdom aud ener-
gy Of the present Executive Of Kansas,
aud the prudence, frmness and vigilance Of
the military officers on duty there, tran
guilty has been restored without one drop