Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-04-04


the people of Missouri, with the aid
OF the Executive which be appoint
ed, have enacted. Bot it is hoped
that by the time his forces are raised
and marched into the Territory he
,oiU find, IKE His Erceiiency Cor
ernor Shannon, that The people are
not so deserving Of anHihitation as
he had supposed
THE BOGUS LEGISLATURE.
The President gives the details Of
the invasions of Kansas and the
Governors connection herewith, and
does not deny the so-called Terrific
rial Legislature was elected by the
people OF Missouri; but because the
Governor, his appointee, chose TO
grant certificates of election to
majority Of persons elected by the
people of neighboring State, there
fore their laws are binding upon the
| people. TO strengthen his argu-
ment, he might have accused the
Governor of still further completely
with the invaders, and have SAID
that although this Territory is hun
dreds Of miles in extent, and the
people were politically unorganzcd,
yet he gave them but four days in
which to contest the election, and
you'd not extend the time one aour
for it is said that a protest arrived at
one O'Clock on the morning Of the
fifth day, which, had it been regard
ed, would have changed five seats
in the Legislature hut it was too
late by one hour and could not be
received.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT REFUSED TO DO.
I The argument of the President
may be good against any objection
to the acts of the LegisIgture, on his
part, as, in the first place, he refused
to protect the ballot box from fraud,
and, in the second place, so far as
lay in his power his appointee legal
ized it; but is II good against the
people
The organic act provides for a
Legislature, to be elected from and
by the voters aud voter is to be
% an actual resident of said Terrific
ry )" and il any other set of men,
either with or without the sanction
of the Executive, claim TO he the
Legislature, are the people bound to
regard them as such Also this
act says: 4" 1t Is the true iuienl and
meaning OF this act to leave the peo-
pie of the Territory perfectly Tree TO
form and regulate their domestic ln-
stiulions in their own way, subject
only TO the Constitution of the Uni
ted States y not subject TO the peo-
pie of Missouri, or the Executive, or
both of them together How can
the true intent Of this law be carried
out by legislature elected as was
that on the 30lh March last =?
A SHARP PASSAGE.
Yet that Legislature, elected from
and by The people Of a neighborng
State, have assumed to pass laws for
the people Of Kansas, and also to
"legisdte Slavery into the Terri
: tory" which Congress itself pro-
lessed not TO have the right to do,
. and these are the so called laws that
!, the President says must be enforced,
" even though it require all the army
> and navy Of the United States and
=, the militia of the several States.-
u Undoubtedly one-hdY Of this fore
u ioiH be diL-SuGcieet TO enable him 4
y Serve any process, or to chop, shoe
a. or hang all the inhabitants. Blu
, all the armies and nayIes in the worl
II could not make the people believ
az he had right to do it, or that lh
> enaclments of that Border Legisla
- ture we're binding upon The peopl
, of Kaasas. II Squaler Soyereignt
" means simply that Congress has n
right 10 interfere with the afiars %
a Territory, but that the Executiv
and the people of another Stat,
have, then mos, certainly that doc
trlne will be very unpopular in Kan.
sas.
" REVOLUTIONARY " GOVERNMENT.
The President says "the constitu-
tional means of relieving the people
of unjust administration and laws by
a change OF public agents, and by
repeal, are ample" This is usually
the case, aud ought always to he so,
but the case of Kansas is an excep-
ton. The administration of Kansas
has its head at Washington, aud we
have not so much as vote in favor
of its continuance or removal, while
the repeal Of any laws, under pres
ent arrangements, by the people, is
out of the question, as the Lcglsla-
lure has DISTINGUISHED large major
ly of them. No man, IN favor of
a repeal of certain laws, eau vote
under our new order of things, aud,
consequently, no peaceable way OF
establishing a government of the
people is left, but To form State
I Constitution and ask for admission
into The Union. This has been done,
but the President objects 10 our
Constitution and calls the movement
for Slaie Government revoluliona-
~, and inl!mates that the forces of
the Union must, if necessary, be
brought against it, although he ad-
mits that II was not revolutionary for
other Territories to do precisely
what we have done, as California
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