Eastern times., 1856-02-21
Proclamation by the President
ON Kansas Affairs.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE President to-
day issued proclamation, which will appear
III the Union tomorrow, setting forth that in
dicatIons exist that public tranquility and
suppression Of the laws in Kansas is endanrer-
ed by the reprehensblc acts and purposes of
persons, both within and without the territory.
who propose to direct and control the first DO
litical organization by force; that combinations
have been formed therein to resist the execu-
ton of the Territorial laws, and thus in effect
to subvcrt by violence, all the present Con-
siitutlonal and legal authority; that persons
residing without the territory, but near It's bor-
ders, contemplate armed intervention in the
affairs thereof; that other inhabitants of remote
States are collecting money, organizing men
and providing arms for the same purpose that
combinations within the territory are endeavor-
ing by the agency Of emissaries and others, to
individual States of the Union to interfere in
the affairs thereof, in violation of the Constitu-
ton of the United States.
Plans for the determination Of the future
insti utions Of the Territory, if carried into ex-
ecution from within the same, will constitute
the fact of an insurrectlon, and from without,
that of invasive aggressons, and will in either
case justify and require the forcibe interposi-
ton ofthe whole power of the general govern
ment, as well to maintain the loss as those of
the Union
He commands all persons engaged in unlaw-
fnl combinations against the constituted author
ity Of the territory of Kansas. to disperse and
retire peaceably to their respective abodes =
and warns all such persons, that any attempt
ed insurrecton of the territory, or aggressive
intrusion into the same, will be resisted, not
only by the employment of the loyal militia,
but also by that Of any available force Of the U
5. troops, to the end of assuming immunity to
violence, and full protection to persons and
property, and the civil rights of all peaceable
and law-abidirg inhabitants of that territory.
If in any part of the Union the fury Of fac
ton or fanatclsm Inhamed into disregard Of
the general principles of popular sovereignty,
which under the Constitution are fundamental
IN the whole structure of our Institutions, bring
on the country such dire calamity or arbitra-
ment OF arms in that territory, 1t shall be be-
tween lawless violence on one side, and con-
servatlve force on the other, welded by the
legal authority of the general government
The President calls on both the adjoining
and distant States to abstain from unauthor-
lzed intermeddling in the local concerns of
that territory, admonshing them that its organ
ic law is to be executed with impartial justice,
and that all individual acts of illegal interfer-
ence will incur condgn punishment, and any
attempt to interfere will be firmly withstood.
lie nvokes all good citizens topromote or
der, by rendering obedience to the law; to
discountenance and repulse the couasels of in
stIgators and disorganizers, and to testify their
attachment TO their country, their pride in its
greatness, their appreciation OF the blessings
they enjoy, and their determination that re-
publican Institutions shall not fail in their
hands, by cooperating TO uphold the majesty
of the laws, and to vindit ate the sanctiry Of
the Constitution.