New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-03

hue u freely open To all the void they vii pener AZ
tie .Ietusi Of bose OF he Northern States il !;
tie feet tha, The former enjoy compared With ih, la.
ter, such iressibiy sueefl vitality infspensen, OF
eiufa-, soil and all other ciden'al c'rcu nsi noes
ne TO be abe 10 produce the supposed iesi "a s2te
OF tie assumed moral sDd natural obstacles % ia &C
Umpliahnept, AID of the mOre numerous pop1la;ioa
tfihe Norbern state
| Tie argument 81 those who edyocs.e 'he enactment
flew laws Of restriction and condemn the repeal of old
in tt Ct ayers that their particular vieSs OF gov
ernn eDt have selteItendpg sef sustaining pow
CT Of their OVID and will ~ nowhere Unless forced by
! act OF Copg,ess. And b Congrss 60 bui psIse Tor
mon ent III the policy of stem cOeroloo Il i venture
TO try the experiment u leaving % judge FOR thom-
selves wha, institutions will bes' suit them; II Il he
no, STRAINED up 10 perpetual legislative exertoD on tots
point; If CoDgrets proceed thus 10 ac' IN tie very
spirit of liberty il ia az charged With amiog 10
extend slave labor into ali the new Territories of the
| United States.
or course tbtse m2utatioDs on the Intentions Of
Copenss in this respect, conceived a. they were in
pr, JUDGE and disseminated in PASSION, utterly ees
tiiUte Of thy justification in the nature OF thOgs, and
contrary to all the fundamental doctrine, and principles
| OF civil liberty and selfgovernmeat.
While torefure, in general, the people oethe North.
ern States have never, at any tine, Hroga9d FIR tn
Fec eTu Government the power 10 interfere directly with
he deintsiic ooDdit on OF persons IN the s3ufhera
S.a.es but on the contrary have disavowed all such
intentions, and have shruhk from conspicuous afia-
ton with those io~ who pursue their f:uatcal objects
svOe edy through the contemplated means OF re-
volulionary change Of the government, and wrh a.
seville waT-yet many citizens have suffered them.
seives 10 be dawn into enc evanoscent poItlcal
ssue Of agitation after another, appeiraniDg TO the
sanc ret Of Opinions, and which uo-ldec &C rady as
they arose WHEN it 10 be seen, a. It uniformly
did that they were incompaiible with the compacts o.
the Constitute snd the existence OF the Union.
Thus hen the meta of of tue Statee 10 nullty the
ex stir e1trsdiop law mpos Upon Con- duty
Of passing one, the country ~as invited by agi-
atoIs 10 enter into party organization for It's repeal
but that agitation speedily ceesed by reason OF the
AfrD .4f w. of
restriction upon the institutions of States by
geographic al libe had been repealed the country was
urged 10 demand lie re oIa'on aud that pr lec also
6itd alm st With is birth. 1h9n folio yed the cry of
alarm from the North az iiD4 impaied Southern
croa, hmen's: which cry spraDg in reality from the
spr of revolutionary attack on the domestic Inst IT,
lions OF the South, and after troubled existence OF
few months, has been iebuked by the voice OF pat
lotic people.
OF this last agita ion one lamcntabe feature was
that il carried al the immediate Expense OF the
peace and happiness OF the people o; the Territory o.
Kansas That made the battlefield, MT 20 much
OF cpp0sng factionsor interests within ITSELF "a of the
6icing passions OF the whole people OF the ntei
States Revolutionary disorder in Kansas bad II. OIL.
gin in pr. ecs Of Intervention deliberately arranged
by CERTAIN members of that Congress which ena,lcd
tie law for the organic of the Territory Aud
when propogandist colonization OF Kansas hal thus
bten undertaken in one section OF the Union, Tor the
81 SIC maiic promotion Of lis peculiar views OF policy
there crsu,d as matter of course, cOuntcractlOn
with opposite views in other sections of the Unon.
in cunse quen @ OF these and oher Incidents many
acts Of disorder is urdeI iabc. have been perp1raed
in Kansas to the occasional interruption rather than
the permanent suspension of regular gov=rnncnt
Aggressive and most repthens6e iDcurs us la'0 me
Territory were undertaken both IN the North aud the
South and entered il lie northern border by the way
of Iowa as wei the eastern by way Of Missouri;
ara tLoie has existed within it state of insurrecti9n
against The CONSTITUTED authorities, not without co1n,c
nance from inconsiderate persons IN csch Of the great
sections of tie Union. But the difficulties in that Ter
ritory have been extiav5ganty exaggerated for pur-
poses of political agitation else shere
The nun Der and gravity of the acts OF violence have
been mogLif,d partly by statements entirely un,ruc,
aid parity BIS reiterated accounts of the rumOrs
facts. Thus the Territory has been seemingly filed
with extreme violence, when tho whole amoun of such
acis az not been greater than what asonaly passes
before in single cities to the regret of ali good c
zens, but without being regarded Of general per-
maneLt political consequence.
Imputed irregularities in the elections had in Kansas
Ike occasional irregularities of the same description in
the States, wee beyond the sphere of action of the
Executive. But Lcicebts Of actual violence or OF or
gained obstruction of law, pertinaciously renewed
from time to time, have been met as they occurred by
such iGe,Is as aebe and as ths circumstances
required and nothing OF this character now rerains TO
affect the gcLeInl peace OF the mon Toe a,tenp' OF
yart OF tie Inhabitants OF the Territory to erect re-
yolutionary government thou sc iulout, encouraged
and supplied with pecunary AID from a;uve agens oil
disorder in some OF the States has completely failed
Bodies Of Cd meD, foreign to the territory, nave
been prevented from orng compelled to leave II.
Predatory bands, engaged IN acts OF raplne, under
cover Of the existing political Disturbances have been
arrested or dispersed And every vel dlsposed person
is now enabled opce to devote himself in peace to
the pursuiis If prosperous Industry for the prosecution
Of wh he undertook to participate in the settlement
OF the Territory.
II affords me unmin y,ed sa.is'ac thus TO
The pesceful condition Of things in kansas especially
coneide ring the to which 1t was necessary 10
have tcou se for the attainment of the end, namely,
the employ Ii of pat OF the military force oil tue
United States The Withdrawal OF Z at force from its
proper duy q defending the country against Foreign
foes or tic .avages Of the frontier 10 employ for the
supprt srion domestic insurecon, Is, when the Ell
etpcy occur q matter of the most earnes. solicnde
On this occasion Of imp ratiye necessity 1t mas peen
done with The best Results and my Satisfaction III e
attainment Of such results by such means, Is greatly
eIhapc, by the consideration that through the wis
dom and energy of the present Executive OF hansae
and the pIuG, Tmness aud vigilance oil ihe Mill
tary officers duty there, tranquility has oeen re-
stored without one drop of blood having been shed IN
iis accomplishment by the forces Of the United States.
The restoration Of comparative tranquility 10 that
Territory furnishes the means OF observing calmly aud
approaching at their just value the events which have
occurTeo there the discussions OF which tue GoV'
erruert OF the Territory hes been the subject.
We perceive that controversy concerning i's tutnre
Lomestic institutions was neyitsble that no human
prudence form oflegsation, no wisdom on the part
Of Congress could have prevented this.
II is idle to suppose that the particular provisions oi
their @, ganic law were the cause OF agitation those
provision were but the OCCASION or the preie1 OF al
agitation which inherent ia the nature u taiogs
Congress leglatd upon the subject ~ sacn Terms Ss
were most oonsopGnt With the principle Of popular
sovereignty which under O. government. IL could
NOT have gla,ed c,beI wise without doing violence 10
another great principle Of institutions, the impre-
tcriptble Iis of equality Of The several ates;
We Perceive slso that sectional Interests and party
have been the great impedment TO tie SAID.
tary opei alton Of the organic principles adopted ana
The chief cause OF the successive dstu bancee IN Nam
sss The assumption that because in the org tnizalion