The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-12-08

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pUeod result in spite Of che otsumed moral I'D =
4 lasAi obstacles to its sosoasplish1sens saa " -
4 moro numerous population 81 the NorsAsrn Btatcs
Thr argument Of those who advocate the ensrtmen
~ new laws Of restriction and soadcmncd the re
peal VI old ones in effect that their particula
/ views Of government have no sslf-extending o.
self sustained power Of their own and will 20 no
where unless forcsd BY oct II COngress. And Il
Congress do but pause for moment In The policy q
stern coercion, IL il venture to Try the experiment
Of leaving men - judge for thsmsslvs1 what insti
tntions will best sut then, II 10 b not strained ~
to perpetual legislative exertion this point;
Congress proved Tins TO act in the very spirit Of
Liberty. 1t 10 IT once charged with aiming TO extend
Slave Labor into all the new Territories If the uni
ted States.
Of course these imputations Of tho intentions q
Congress In this respect, conceived ~ they were In
pr udice, and disseminated in passion, utterly
destitute of any in the aatnre Of things
and contrary to ali the fundamental doctrines and
principles Of ciril liberty and self goverument.-
While therefore, in general, tho people Of the Nor
thern States have never 1t any time arrcgsted for
the federal government the power to interfere d.
rectly with the domestic conditions VI persons in
the southern States but the contrary have disa-
vowed ali such intentions, and hsve shruDk from
conspicuous afhlistion with those few who pursue
their fanatical objects avowedly through tho con
templatsd means 1T revolutionary change of the
government, and with acceptance u the necessary
consequence civil and servile war, Jet many cit
ixcns have suffered themselves u b. drawn into IRE
evanesccnt political issue Of agitation after anoh
ar, appertainng to She same set of opinions, and
which subsidized as rapidly rs they arose, when il
came to be seen, a. Il uniformly did, that they
were Incompatible with the compAets u the Consti
tuition and the existence Ct the Union.
OF this last agitation, one lamentable feature
was, that it carried at the immediate Expense
Of the peace anil happiness Of the people If tho
Territory II kansa-. That made the battle
6eid, NOT so much VI opposing factions and inter
ests within itself, ~ If the conflicting passions If
the whole people II the United states. Kevolu-
tonary disorder in Kansas had its origin in pro-
j~cts of intervention deliberately arranged by
tain mcn,bers Of that Congress which enacted the
Law for the organization Il the Territory, and when
propagandist colonization Of kansas had thus been
undertaken in section Of the Union for the sys
tematic promotion Of its peculiar views If policy,
then ensued . matter Of course, countsr action
with opposite views in other sections II the Union.
Thus, when tho sets Of some of the states TO
multiply the existing extradition laws, imposed
upon Congress the duty II passing new one, tho
country invited by agitators to enter into par
~ organization Tor its repeal; but that agitation
speedily ceased by reason Of the imprscticabili-
~ Of It's object SO when the statute restriction
upon the Institutions VI new states, by geo
graphical line had been repealed, the country was
urged 10 demsnd its restoration, and that project
sso died, almost with Its birth then followed the
cry VI alarm from the North agaiDst imputed
Southern cncroachm ens, which cry spras in real
ity from the spirit VI revolutionary attack on the
domestic Institutions Of the South, and after
troubled existence Of y few months, kAs been re-
buked by the voice OF . patriotic people.
In consequence Of these and other incidents many
acts of disorder 1t is uudeniabla have been erpe-
trated In Kansas, 10 the occasional interruption
rather than the permanent suppression Ut regular
government. Aggressive and most repreLenssbe
incursous into the territory were undertaken both
in the north and the south, and entered it ON the
northern border by the way If Iowa, we'll a. on
the eastern by the way 81 MISSOURI, and there has
existed within IL state Of instruction against the
constituted authorities, not without eountenance
from inchsderaie persons in each II the great sec
tions Vi the Uuon but the di6cuties in hat terri.
tory have been extrasagantiy exaggerated for par-
passes Of political agitation e.sew here.
The number and gravity VI the acts Of violence
have been Mag..ksd, partly by statements ntirsIy
untrue and partly by retsratcd accounts of the
rumop or facts. thus the territory has been
ingly filed with extreme violence, when the whole
amount Of such has not been greater than what
occasionally passes before in single ciies to the
regret of All good citizens, bat without bring regard
ed M Of general or permanent political mpor tanec
Imputed Irregularities ia the elections had In Kan
sas like occasional irregu aritcs Of the same des
ton II the kxecmtive hut incidents Of actual VIM
iencs, II organised obstruction If Law pertinac-
icusly revicwed from time 70 time have been met as
they occurred BY such means - were available and
the circumstances required. and not hog Of this
character remains to affect the genera pescc Of
the Union.
The attempt Of part Of the inhabitants Of The
territory to erect revolutionary government though
sednl0usly encouraged and supported with rkcunia-
ry aid from active agents 81 dis rider in some u the
states. has completely failed. Bodies Of armed mcn
foreign ~ the territory, have 6en prevented from
entering, a compelled 10 leave it, Predatory bands
engaged in acts Of rnpine uadcr VI the exist
ing political difurhanccs have been arrested dis
pr ed, and every we'll disposed person Ii ena
ed more 10 devote hmsef in peace to the pur-
suit of prosperous industry, for the prosecution Of
which he undertook to participate in the settlement
Of the territory.
IL affords me unmingled satisfaction thus to an
nounce the peaceful condition Of things IN kansas
especially ennsidsring ihe means To which 1,
cessary 10 have recourse to the attainment If the
end, namely the employment Of part of the mill
tuy force of thu niiet State. The withdrawal Of
that ferec from its proper duty Of defending the
country against foreign f,ss the sayagcs OF the
frontier. "a employ fer the suppression Of domeslic
nus uirection -, when the exgsncy occurs, matter
vi thf most earnest soetude. On this oecasion Ut
imperative necessity II has ben done with the best
rssats ard y Satisfaction In tina at,aimsn. u such
resu Is by such means l. greatly enhanced By the
siderafiou that through the wisdom and energy
N Tue pfteSH TAefutlSf OF hans1-. auu tie
dsrce hrmncss ami giialce Of the military ofeers
on duty there tranquility has been stored without
one drop Of blood having been shed In its accom-
plrhment by the forces Of the United States.
The rsterAsian u comparative tranquility liz that
territory, furnishes the means VI obsery ing calmly
ard apircsatfng al their inst value the winch
have oycuired there, ard ths discussions of which
the government cf the territory has been the sub
jsct. We perceive that controversy concerning il.
future domestic institutions inevitable; that
na human prudence firm III legislation, no Wis.
dom on the part VI Congress cou.d have prevenod
tEis LII idle TO suppose that ariicular pre-
visions Of their organic law the canse Of agita
ton These provisons but the occasion or prr-
tsxt 81 mn agitation which inherent in tho M
iure u things Congress leginlaied upon the sub,
jcct IN such terms coz sonant with the
principle of our popular sovereignty which snderlies
our government.
II cou. d not hAvs icYsiatsd oherwise without, do
ing violence 70 another great principle VI our inst
int,os, the inprescrpt right VI equality " the
states We here perceive aiso that sc
interests and party passions have been the great i'm
principles adopted, and the chief cause Of the .uc
because in the organizations Il the territories Of Ne
bFaska and Kansas, Congress chs tsRsd frsm impor.
ing restrictions upon them o. which certain other
territories had been subject, therefore disorders &c
Cured IN The latter Territory, emphAtcally con
indicted " the fact that have occurred in the
former. The disordsvs not The consequence in
Kansas u the frsed0nl VI self government conceded
to thai territory BY Congress but VI unjust intesfer