Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1856-12-11

power 10 interfere directly with the do
nestle condition OF persons in the South
ern States but on The contrary, have dis
avowed all such intentions and have
shrunk from conspicuous sffiIiation with
those few Who pursue their fsnaiical
objects avowedly through the contom-
plated means of revolutionary change of
the government, and with acceptance OF
the necessary consequences. a civil and
ssrvile war; yet many citizens hsve SUI
fered themselves TO be drawn into one
evaaescrnt political issue cf agitation.
after another appertsining TO the same
set OF opinions and which subsidized as
rapidly as they arose, when il came 10 be
seen, as il uniformly did. that they were
incompatible with the compacts Of the
Constitution and the existence Of the
UD;Dn.
Thus. when the acts OF some of the
States 10 nullify the existing extradi-
ton laws, imposed upon Congress the
duty of passing a new one. the country
was invited by sgitators to enter into
party organization for its repeal; bat
that egitution speedily ceased by reason
IF the i'm nprsctics biii,y of its object. So
when the statute of restric ion upon the
institutions of new States by q geogrsph-
ical line had been repealed the country
was urgsd to, demand It's restora tion
and that project also died almost with
its birth; then followed the cry of alarm
from the North against imputed South
ern ehcroachments. which cry sprang in
reality from the spirit Of revolutionary
attack on the domestic institutions oil
the South, aud after troubled exis-
tence of q few months has been rebuked
by the voice of patriosic people.
OF this last agitation one lamenta Bile
feature was that 1t was carried on at the
immediate expense Of the peace and hap.
piness of the people of the Territory
Of Kansas. That was made the battle
field, not SO much Of opposing factions
or inherent within itself. rs Of the con
flicting passions of the whole people Of
the United States. Revolutionary disor-
der in Kansas had its origin in projects OF
intervention deliberately arranged by
certain members Of that Congress which
enacted the Law for the organization OF
the Territory, and when propagsndis.
colonization of Kansas has thus been
undertaken in one section of the Union
for the systematic promotion Of its pc.
cuIiar views OF policy. then ensued ms
matter of course counter action with
opposite views in other sections OF The
Union.
In consequence Of these and other in
cidents many acts Of disorder. il is un.
denia Bile. have been perpetratee in Kan
sas. 10 the occasional interruplio on
rather then the permanent suspension OF
regular government. Aggressive and
most reprehensible incursions into the
Territory were undertaken both in the
North and the South. and entered it on
its Northern border by the way oi Iowa,
as well as on the Eastern By the wsy of
Missouri. and there has existed within il
a state of insurrection sgainst the con.
sIi,u,~d authorities, not without counte-
nance from inconsidera,e persons in
each Of the great sections Of the Union.
but the difficulties in that Territory have
been rx.ravsgsutly exaggerated for pur.
poses oil political! sgiistion elsewhere.
The number aud gravity Of the acts o.
violence have been magnified, partly by
statements entirely untrue, and partly
by reiterated accounts OF the me ru
mors or facts. Thus the Territory has
been seemingly filled with extreme vio-
lence, when the whole amount Of such
acts has not been greater than what oc
casionaily passes before US in single
cities, to the regr-t Of oil good citizens.
but without being regarded as OF gen
ersl or pesmanent political impor-
tsnce.
Imputed irregularities in the elections
had in Kansas, like occasional irregu-
larties Of the same description in The
States. were beyond the sphere Of &C
iion Of the Executive, but incidents OF
actual violence, or OF organized obstruc-
ton OF Law. pertinociously reviewed
from time 10 time, have been met as they
occurred by such means as were avsils-
BILE and as circumstances required. shd
nothing Of this character now remains
to affect the general peace of the Union.
The attempts of par. of the inha bi.
tsn,s OF the Territory TO erect a revelu.
government. though sedulously
encouraged and supplied with pecuuisry
aid from active agents OF disorder in
some of the States. has complelely failed
Bodies of armed mrn foreign TO the Ter
rlory, have been prevented from enter
ing. or compelled to leave it. Predaito-
~ bands engaged in acts OF rspine, un-
der cover of the existing political distur-
bsnces. have been arrested or dispersed,
aud every well disposed person is now
enabled en,e moro to devole himself in
peace to The pursuit OF prosperous In
dustry. for ,he prosecution of which he
undertook to parlicidate in The settle
ment Of ihe Territory.
1t sfTords me uEmingled satisfaction
thus 10 snnounce the peaceful condition
81 things in Kansas. especially consider
ing the means to which il was necessary
10 have recourse TO the attainment Of
he end. ne mely: the employment ofs
part of the military force of the United
States. The withdrawal OF that force
rom its proper duty Of defending the
;ountry against foreign foes or the saya-
,es of the fsontier to employ for the
OF domestic resurrection. is
When ..she exigency occurs matter of
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