New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-26

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Of tie Government. II may possibly improve tho
Covcrrmen. itself and that il thing 10 be VOL ~,
s;dcrrd hv The people cf tb North in detemiuir ha,
we will Do in reference to the impending election If
Won were 70 ask who build the bet .bins-fUa-a
;bc interruption from the Fillmore and buchanan nov.
wns SO great that the speaker paused but wss urd To
co On without regard 20 tiff you ask who i the
mos. successful in agricultural improvements in me-
rboricsl inventions and in manufacturing indus,yy
~, arsver Of all the world will be- The No..
rIe of the Northern States Why then canno. tho
I.ople OF the North do just well a, govcrnmen; "a
NV other department of human industry They saw
Icre /. soIrcthinC in the race something in the or
f tho reore Of the South, that gives them p,.rls
rcwcr srd sk in the affairs Of government and pol
iics Pu, why should we not thy our skill with our
;cnds in this as well in any other department where
uo have distinguished ourselves Now let H. ask ou-
selve- If we could not improve what has been done for
the last four years Laughterl. Four years ago
FrarkIin Pierce elected President Of the United
by the almost concue, vote oi the entire Con-
entirely AZ peace In his Inaugural Address upon the
stems II tie Capitol his ips yet with the official
ortb which he had taken to discharge hi, duties as
CIf Magistrate Of the Union he declared that there
wos entire and absolute peace throughout the Anne i
rsr Confederncy. And not only did he recognz, this
fsct bu, he declared soienly that he would maintain
he, resce In December. 1883, lie peated the same
dcclaretons and made the same pledges And now
,brce ,ears having passed what is the condition of the
eorn,iy1 We see to-day entire section Of the
Ccnfederacy arnyed in policy and purpose, repre-
se,ted by candidate agens another portion, and the
fir,st ortion Of tie territorial possessions of the
n, reddened with the blood of American cit
7ens stricken down by the hands of each other in
bloody civil strife. We see people passing from the
State peaceful river that heretofore separated
Ie American citizen fIom the savage only. into Ter
,ic,x p.orled by the Of the east and middle
S,ets. ard there assuming the rights of territorial
ctizens threa ened with violence and death for
ing those richts driven with ther families from the
sn;I e kansas murdered in cold blood aud left on
tle niain We zee the ncendlary the Assassin
tIe hghwsymsn laying waste that beautfu
Land which the Northern einlgrani iondy hoped would
h, HI. harry home. We code of laws enacted
there wLcch for infamy Is unparalleled by any in
Le history of the world not the bloody code Of
Drsco The men of the North Tho have gone into
that Territory dstranChised and the United States
CoyeI0mert looks cold'y upon Oil these Transactions,
wiihout an effort to resore peace, unwilling even to
make sny declaration of principles that shall tend to re-
store resce in hst distracted Territory The executive
ofcer of that Territory declares in hs inaugural and
proclamation that those Law, shall De obeytd until they
sre rerealcd And repealed by whom BY the men
who made them Never. BY the men that under
Them are driven from the Territory Never. No:
they are to be obeyed under the bayonets OF the ted
States Government and under the threat OF It's officials
until tie laws themselves shall give place tn some other
institutions of which We yet know nothing ~ regards
tb.jr or what may be their origin Now think
that such transactions those that have transpred III
the last three cannot be paraeled IN the history
of spy nation civilized barbarOus, on the face o the
earth Iapplausel certainly not IN our own raltlcal
history. ] ak YOU, fellow citizens, without reference
10 patty distinctions is il not possible for us to make
Government That shall equal that And if our citizens
have suffered wrong from the laws that have been
enacted and are being enforced IN Tins Territory may we
not lust az well try our hands in giving them substi-
tute for the present Government that VIII al
least endeavor to restore peace and strength,
On the material interests of the country lAppause
We told that all these troubles have been concoced
by the peo pie of the Northern States We are pointed
TO the emigration of the people OF ew-Engand ot
York and Pennsy lyaIa, TO the Territory OF Nan
sar us ifitWtrc new thing in the history ot aheeau
States ard ar # were OF scandao,is thaIae'e'
and intent. Wien boy in the little village where
lived | remember, among the hrst things saw,
y.uig nj stating of for tie then unpopulous out st
beautiful and fertile fields )f Ohio. look over the
re- ord- which have TO Us FROM hve ot tue great
States OF the Wet the grauary OF the world appaqSe
and find that of the five mulons OF people vi thore
five States more than two hundred thouss I'd
ot them ale from Massachusetts ard the other
five New-fneland States lApplausel In these same
five Western States there are 800 OOo men to-day, nv
irc breathing and acting for the good ~ he country
min I'd 10 see usc, done to all sections of tue
country bu. Who still true 10 the principles oi our
ig,Leis and our institutions. O these 3,VoJVoU moro
thun SEQ CC0 were cradled in tha City and State o
New-lork, Pennsylvania NewJersey, ana 'he 'hrec
for tie last half century Out of the 5OUo oOo oi pco-
ple now nhabng Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, iiinois'
aud Iowa more than OOOO of them were born III
New England and III the five Middle States ~ per
cont of tie whole country FOR they are
our fathers bruhcrr and children. What they do
w,>do their history, great and glorious as II wi oc =
our history and adds much TO our hohor
,s their own lAppHus,l. Now, tcllow-citizens, IL II
criminal in New-fmk, Fennsyl lyania or Ne" England
o do for Kansas or Nebraska that which they dd Tor
Ohio Indiana Illinois. Wisconsin and Iowa IL Is
not crime but il an net of justice, oyerowlng ron
That excess Of our activity and our excess OF mental
and physical energy which sends our race broadcast
o,e, he world wherever there is place or spot upon
which a man can stand, thing fer human hands 10
Ia Al, hen | eny
wrong upon our part IL worse wrong than the tilig
thu done look not exactly with appreciation upon
lie amer in which every man has gone 10 hansasi .f
but here il the great fact that We have sent men the
with properly, civilization and energy To aggran-
die that section of the confederacy, ana 1t
j. one of the bright marks IN the cWlI%atioh
m the Eastern and Middle States that 50 long as mere
is hoitsee that God designs TO open Tor tue welfare
Of the human race so long will lie put IL INTO the
hearts Of people TO go there ana see "nit oa oe
done for tlelr own good anu loi tne soo VI s
lApplsus.l Let me turn for Single moment rom
tie sc, mes of violence, eXtemlnat0n, cOnhaSrat"h,
civil war and murder that have stained every portl0n
of the fields of Kansas and l see the same spur ~ Vi
violence and wrong has entered your na,' vare ~
rress. ! see there a representative oi sofe'o.5
State stricken down by brutal violence ali
brought to the verge of death II not 10 that
which is worse than death, There Is no wrong ~
kal sas no III der, no coniagraon, no a'sass.@''
that can equal the great wrong inflicted oy tns sane
spirit of violence upon Of tie Senators oil sover
eign State of this Union. The mnd ot man cannol
comprehend the greatness IF the wrong. II sumner
passes away as other men have passed away, II hl,
lace in our streets, our lis OF esislaiaton anu alil
school. of phiosophl ' vacant a. are the Paees sc.
once occupied by Webster Clay or Calhoun sun tne
world would meve on, now as then unhnowlng e'en t
lie lose Of its of usrious men, but II tne act "
which be is detached from his family ana teii""
zens and thus made To wander away into the dark
roees-es Of private life and by which the sovereignty
of State despoied of it, Representative Is l2oked
upon with scclsmation in some parts Oi 'he
country and tolerated with Indifference n o'heF sec
cls, every man must feel in hs heart OF heas a.
h,e is no longer hope for the institutions or Liberties
Of The American people lAppausel., We zee me same
lsnd Of vioenc at places where tie people have as