New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-08

duty of passing new one, the country was invited
by agtators to enter into party organization lol Us
repeal but that agitation speedily ceased by reson
of the impractcability of its object So when tne
statute restriction upon the institutions OF ne" on,
by geogrphcalline, had been repealed me
urged to demand its restoration anu .nlv s
also died almost with its birth. Then too"ca Tue
crv of alarm from the North against imputed SoutheLn
entertainments which cry sprang IN realty ll4,. .no
spirit of revolutionary attack on the dn1estc Insult
tons of the South, and, after tiopeu f M
q few months, has oeeh tepoheu Ny 'ie '''00 " ~
triotic people. ,,,,o,+ob,o footure was
that it was carried on at the immediate VI .t
neace and happiness of the people OF the Territory Of
Kansas That was made the battlefield, not SO lh"Cii
of opposing factions Or interests Withh ltseli, as III
the conflicting passions of the whole people Oh NY
limited States. Revolutionary disorder ~ h1lisas h'su
it's nririn in projects of intervention deliberately ar
ranged by certain members OF tnaI ConSle ~ Will
enacted the law for the organization OF inc lerrory
And when propagandist coonlzaon .. n 'o 't fr
thus been undertaken in section OF the on'o lnl
the systematic promotion Of its peculiar views OF pom
CIV, there ensucd as matter OF course, countefae
ton, with opposite views, III other sectlohs u 'le
| Union. .-.,4z ,or |
| In consequence of these and other incidents, many
acts of disorder it is undenabe, have been perpetii
ted in Kansas, to the occasional interruption rathei
than the permanent SUSPENSION OF regular sosatn
ment. Aggressive and most reprehenslple c". slos
into the Territory were undertaken, Doth IN me oIIn
and the South and entered it on its northern poroer
bv the way of Iowa. as well on the eastern by way
of Missouri ana there HIS eNisteo Niohiii ~ S'
of instruction against the constituted authorizes noI
without countenance from inconslderate persons III
each OF the great sections Of the unlor But inc a
culties in that Territory have been eNtraVaSahtly eA
agqeraed for purposes of political agitation elsewhere
Tie number and gravity of the acts OF violence nave
been marnied partly by statements entirely untrue
and partly by reiterated accounts OF the same ruols
Or facts. Thus the Territory mas Deei see,l,glt
filed with extreme violence, when the whole amount
Of such acts has not been greater than what OCCASION
ally passes before in single cities, TO inc regret o
all good citizens but without being reSaTueu as u
general or political consequence.
Jmputed irregularities in the elections had in Kan
sos like occasional irregularities Of the same de-
scripton in the States beyond the sphere OF ac'
ton of the Executive. But incidents OF at!l W.
lence OF of organized obstruction OF law, pertaclos
" renewed from time to time, have been met as lhey
occurred by such as were available ana as tlie
circumstances required; and nothing OF TINS charac
f fer now remains to affect the general peace OF the
Union The attempt of part Of the inhabitants Oh
# The TERRITORY to erect revolutionary government,
though sedulorlsy encouraged and supplied Win pc
cuniary aid from active agents OF disorder IN some o,
e the States, has completely failed Bodes OF armed
o men, foreign to the Territory nave been Pre'e1e'l
/ from entering or compelled to leave It, PREDATORY
hands engaged in acts of rapne under cover OF the
+ existing political disturbances, have been arrested OF
lie dispersed. And every Weidlsposeu person Is 10"
enabled once more to devote himself in peace 10 Tue
IN pursuits Of prosperous industry, for the prosecution
III Of which he undertook to participate i'll tue settlement
of the Territory. .
{, 1t affords me un1nm9eu satSi'tCloi tLl. W ''
" nonllce the peaceful condition OF things IN Kansas
g esnecally considering the means to when IL was
necessary to have recourse for the attainment OF tn'
e. end namely the employmento part OF the military
force of the United States. The Withdrawal OF lla
force from its proper duty of defending the country
al against foreign toef the sayages of the frontier t.
employ it for the suppression OF domestic lnspilge
d, ton is, when the eXgency occurs matter Vi Wv
most earnest socitude. On this occasion OF lmper
it tive necessity has been done with the best results
lg and nv satisfaction in the attainment OF such results
b. v ,ch means is greatly enhanced by the conslterl
n ton that through the wisdom ana emery eI e sll
ty present executive Of Kansas, and the prudence nr
t? ness and vigilance Of the military officers on dur.
III there tranquility has been restored without one arc
&C. of blood having been shed III It's accomplishment
ito the forces of the United States.
ne The restoration OF comparative tranquility III tina
W. Territory furnishes the means OF observing calmly
pc and appreciatng at their Just value, tine events Wc
Us have occurred there, and the discussions Oh Wn'
% the government Othc Territory has been me sto]et
- We perceive that controversy concerning It's 1utul
" domestic institutions was inevitable; that no htllt
IL nrudence no form Of legislation, no wisdom Oh III
" bart Of Congress could have prevented THIS
oI It is idle to suppose that the particular provision
~ Of their organic law the cause OF agitation
nv Those provisions were but the occasion, or tile pr
IN tpxt Of nm agitation which inherent in the nan
RS Of things. Congress lcgs1ted upon the SnneGt
nv such terms as most conSonant WIN lhe prime
iSr ole of popular sovereignty which underlcS our 60
t | eminent, 1t could not have le8lSated other"l'
i1I without doing violence to another great prnlclpe
MI our institutions the inpescrptbie right OF cuty
tv the several States. ,..4,
M nossions have been the great impeachment to the sal
on tary operation Of the organic principles adopted a.
civ the chief of the successive disturbances IN Nt
~ sas The assumption that because m the ofSanzaU
ia If thc Territories of Nebraska and Kansas COngre
va abstaincd from imposing restraints upon them
We, which certain other Territories had been suble
therefore disorders occurred in the latter Territory,
automatically contralctcd by the fact that none Ia
on occurred in the former. Those disorders were
rh tile consequence, in Kansas Of the freedom OF Sc
INV government conceded to that Territory by Congre
int of unjust interference the part OF persons
Un inhabitants of the Territory Such lnteIteren
,a wherever it has exhibited ITSELF by acts OF nsur
rn tionary character or OF Obstruction 10 processes
inc law has been lepclel or suppressed by all the mca
,rn which the Constitution ana the laws place III
dod | hands of the Executive.
in In those parts OF the United states where, BY I
h son of the inamcd state Of the public mind, false
@ mors and Misrepresentation have the greatest cl
'o ~ ~ if has been assumed that it the duty OF
Nv Executive not only to suppress lnstflcclohaly mo
~ ments in Kansas but also to see 10 the regularity
Into local elections. 1t needs little argument to sho"
" of tie President has such power All government
NOV The United States rests substantially upon popu
o election The freedom Of elections Is liable 10 he
@ haired Inv the intrusion of unlawful votes, Or the
ond clusion of lawful ones by improper 1hoenieS ~
Uras lencc, or by fraud. But the people OF the I'm
ha"o States are themselves the aiEsuclent g'lidA'
}cn their own rights, and to suppose that they VII
MI remedy in due season, any such incidents OF c
freedom, is to suppose Iltll u navy ~ :9C4
! NJ. pahlc Of self-govemment, Inc President o.
H. limited States has not power to nteFoSe III elec1'
t TO sec to their freedom, to canvass their votes, o.
,ni pass upon their legality in the Territories any II
:; t than in the States. II he had such power the
hor eminent might be republican in form, but 1t wo'Ii'
i monarchy in fact; and if he had undertaken to
Sot ercisc it in the case of Kansas he Wou'H nave l
a nsv subject to the charge of usulpa'lon ana 81
q IN ation of the dearest rights OF the people Of the III
# IN States. ~
= W Unwse laws equally with irregularities at
a ln lions are in periods Of great excitement the
o,on sioual incidents Of the reest aud best pu
! ra Institutions. But all experience demonstrates tlj
not a country like ours, where the right Of scli.conS
and ton exists in the completcst form, the attenp
srh remedy unwisc legislation by resort to reyoNtio
# totally out of place; nasmuch as existing legal
in tutioIs afford, more prompt and ctlicacoG5 Hteah
q the the redress of wrong.
1n,ti | confidently trust that now, when the pea(
lro condition of Kansas affords opportunity Tor cam
Election and wise legislation either the Legislative
VI thn Scmbv Of the Territory or Congress- VIII see Una
+IGS act shall remain its Statntebo0k YloitliNe pl
th provisions Of the Constitution, or srvcSlFe oi
rn IN treat objects for which that was ordained ana Il
~ mn lishcd and will take all other necessary steps +
ms sure 10 its inhabitants the enjoyment, without
r ~, struction or auidgcncut, OF all the CONSTITUTE
Mono rights privileges and immuntcS OF citizens OF
otns United States Or contemplated by the organic Ia
with the Territory.
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