The daily union., 1856-02-03


malice ptejadce, fanacsm, rise from It's perusa
without asserting 20 its conclusions
Let those who would the great principle Of the su
premacy Of law maintained read the following extract
from this message
the duty Of The people Of Kansas TO diseountenance
every act purpose OF resistance TO its laws Above all
the emergency appeals TO the citizens Of the States and
pecaly Of those contiguous the Territory neither by in
tervenon Of noG-esidenIs Ia elections by unauthor
lied military force attempt 10 eucroach upon usurp
the authority of the inhabitants Of the Territory.
No citizen OF our country should permit himself TO for
get that he part OF ts government and ed be
heard In the determination OF its policy and It's measures
and that therefore the highest considerations OF pen ona
honor and patriotism require him 10 maintain, by what
OF power nnenee he may possess the integrity OF
the laws of the republic.
"Entertaning these views ID will be my imperative duty
TO the whole power OF the federal Executive support
public order in the Territory to vndicate its laws whetn
federal local. against all attempts OF organized resist
and 10 protect its people IN the establishment o
their Institutions undsurbed by encroachment from
without and in the full enjoyment of the rights OF self
assured them by the constitution and the
organic act Of Congress
That l. the position of President Pierce How does the
mere statement of facts as put in this message refute
world Of caamny What the good citizen find here
TO object to What is there here TO encourage what is
termed border ruanism If there has been wrong there
is constitutional way OF finding redress for the wrong
Well and most forcibly does the President remark:
aOur system affords no Justification of revolutionary
for the constitutional OF relieving the people
Of unjust administration and laws, by change OF public
y
effective than illegal violence These constitutional
must be scrupuousy guardedthis great prerogave Of
popular sovereignty saeredly respected
at is the undonbted right OF the peaeeabe and orderly
people of the Territory OF Kansas TO elect their egs
latve body make their laws and regulate their own
social institutions, without foreign or domestic molesta-
tion.n .s
We have constantly defended the ground that the Kan
sas Legislature should be held as legal body The other
the anarchica ground that the legislature legal
body that no allegiance it that its acts were
lnn1y In thp
aud by most OF the opposition press This Is all amenti-
bly, wrong This position cannot he maintained, and it is
the duty of good citizens To irown upon it,
In again communicating with Congress upon the state OF
the Union, the President has discharged his duty frankly
and patriotcay Let Congress do their duty. How
1t may be with the icous ory il Is great sais-
faction know that noble band patriots in the House
and majority of the Senate ready by Ex-
ecutive who is doing his whole duty to the country
From The Albany Alas Ian. 80.
SELr-GovERSMENT KAssAs-"It is the undoubed right
of the peaceaoe and orderly people of the Territory OF
Kansas elect their legislative bod make their ocn
kas and reguto.s their social institutions without for
eign or domestic lnolestation. - President Pierce.
Does any oppose this docirne2 Ii so, why2 The
people OF Kansas, enough,
ineg gent enough, interested enough 10 decide this ques
tion for themselves All the people Of kansas-ee State
well slave Stateare agreed to this right. The
treeSate party have gone further than all others in the
assertion Of this doctrne and have got up outside of all
law and in voluntary convention, State consttu-
ton, upon which they ask admission into the Union.
There 10 no party nor section of party, in the whole
Union that denies that the people of Kansas will have
the right Of selfgoVernment in its compe,es sense Six
months year, al two years will not pass before
Kansas free State and when Stale, the citizens OF
Kansas will be sovereignty, capable of sefgovernneni
and of participation in the general government as New
York
What the people Of Kansas security for the
else of the right of suffrage, and then sefgovernment
This what President Pierce asks for them This he is
willing 10 enforce so far as his power extends
81" the Territory be invaded by citizens of other States
whether for the purpose Of deciding elections for any
other and the local authorities dnd themselves unable to
repe withstand it, they will be entitled to- and upon
the fact beng fully ascerained they shall certainly
ceiye the aid Of the general government"
This what Congress refuses granrefuses from its
inability organize itself Ii Is this request conveyed in
an Official message that the leaders OF the republican party
voted against receiving.
Whatever aspect this question may have once
few will deny that the position assumed by the President
the true ground. There people in Kansas capa-
BILE of sefgovernmenti Let it govern ITSELF
The Albany Argus in speaking of the Presidents mes
sage about Kansas says:
"t discusses the affairs Of Kansas in clear and dispas
sonae manner aud complete vndication OF his
thereon the principles of the
Those who hoped find in IL defence Of the awless do
ings Of the Missourans disappointed The Presden
throws the responsibility Of the troubles where rightly
belongs and ably aud concusvey shows that the troubles
In that Territory the result of circumstances which
he could avert We ask Of our readers Of the public
acandd perusa OF this message confident that the de-
fence OF the President and the Nebrasa-Kansas bill is
be efound in the document ITSELF
Prom the Cleveland Plain Drsier.
TR PRESIDENTS MESSAGE ON KASsAs-We lay
before readers to-day the complete message of the
President Kansas affairs 1t Is bold and able docu-
men defining the duties Of the Executive and people
OF this country under the constitution and denouucing
the wrongs that have been committed the people OF
Kansas by political intruders from abroad
The history the President gives OF the troubles in organ.
izing that Territory IL be has been msnormed re-
yeals state OF facts that amply justify his conclusions
The remedy he proposes, to Wit law authorizing the
people Of that Territory without respect party any
period when they may desire and when IL shall he ascer.
taued by taken Tor that purpose there is su
Gent number Of actual settlers constitute State TO call
convention and form constitution for admission This
whole controversy be- and doubt will be- amcably
tettled In this way.
OF course the usionss OF the North and Rre-eae!s O.
the South will oppose any such settlement Of the question
any settlement al all and will find "penty a,
blackberres' FOR their opposition But the people
opine, will lay aside all sectional Aninosies and pu
down these professional agiators by planting themselves
fair and square upon this peace OF the President
The message very appropriately RETIRED the Terri
oria COMMITTEES 10 the Senate, of which Mr. Douglas il
chairman, and We have doubt that committee will re-
port bill imbodying the PRESIDENTS Recommendation aud
II will pass the Senate. " fusion House should IL eyet
become organized III take the responsibility Of d.,
eatng such II viii b. issue for the country
TO pass upon In the coming presidential campaign. Upon
that issue we, party, willing stake our polica
fortunes aud, sink OF SWIM abide the decision OF th,
Il people.
We shall wait with great interest the Senate commiteI
report, which We have no doubt will be made In anp,
time for the consideration Of the House.
TUE BARoUB AMELIA.
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