The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-08-22
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great drama Of dissolution has been attempted BY few
desperate men, who have taken advantage Of their position
10 rise in muny against law and order The order issued
BY despieAbe and irresponsible psrtsshs willing gain
by any o. anarchy has been carried ortb their
instruments ii Congress. Greeley has commanded, and
Banks has obeyed, Read the order issued many months
since
ave urge, therefore, unbending determination on the
part Of the northern members hostile to this inoierAbe out
rage and demand Of them in behalf Of peAcein behalf OF
freedomn behalf Of Justice and 20 the
last Better that confusion should ensuebetter that dis
cord should reign in the national counc6ae thar Congress
.hod break up td dsorder-ndy better thai the Capitol
issT should bass BY the torch Of e inoendary fall and
bury all It's inmates beneath its crumbng ruins, than that
this per6ay and wrong should be finally accomplished"
And look at contamination in the refusal of the
black republicans TO recede from amendment in
consonant 10 the subject under legislation.
The right arm of the government is paralyzed. The
army left without pay the forts Of the country unde
Tended The savage in possession of the frontier Two
armed parties in Kansas only kept apart by the pacific
intervention of the goternmeht The country subject
to instant invasion from any enemy, and to infinite mis-
chief before the volunteers could be armed and organized
for its protection And for what has this great disgrace
and calamity been inflicted upon this nation Solely be-
cause legislative minority thinks that certain laws passed
by territorial government not valid and ought no,
to be enforced If these laws unconstitutional why do
not these malcontents procure decree of he federal r
bunas to annul them If injustice has been done BY the
passage of the Kansas act either directly indirectly or
by consequence let the people of the United States do
what seems them just by the exercise of regular and
constitutional authority.
But the revolutionary majority in the House Of Repre-
senatives willing abide by the regular form of
law proposes reach its ends by the duress and
cion OF those who, with itself, inrusted with the
duty of providing the ways and of carrying on the
government This time 1t abandons the duty OF defending
the country Another time may suspend the pay of the
Judiciary and has dtsbanded The army, may sarUe out
the judges Anon treaty may be made or rejected by
their coordnate They suspend the salary OF the OBJ
noxous minister until the diplomacy of the government
shall conform their will Is President chosen whom
this supreme minority in the national legislature msy
consider unfit for the post who they may say i'm
properly elected they refuse their assent to the whole
appropriation bill until the item approprating the salary
Of the Executive and that perhaps of some more OBJ
noxous members OF his cabinet shall have been stricken
out.
1t is upon this principle that the black republicans de-
mand the virtual repeal of upon trial before
the people Of the United States the price OF their
in legislation indispensable to the operations OF
the government To carry this object refused the last
conference with the Senate and dispersed, leaving the
republic open to its enemies and without the power
hcrl
In connection with this of anarchy it is to be
red that the revolutionary faction which thus attempts
bend to its viii the Executive and Senate has arrayed
revolutionary army snder Gen Lane upon the borders of
Kansas That army is only held in check by the fed
authority. They propose to dssrm the federal
government of the power preserve the peace that their
army may triumphantly invade and occupy the dis
paied territory Is pretended that the officers and men,
whom Is thus proposed exclude from the compensation
promised and in many already due them
matnousH Have they taken the life outraged the rights
Of single citizen Nothing Of the has been alleged
Then, why this act Of reputation and anarchy
But the first Of this drama has been performed by
these fsctions Are we in immediate danger Of the
Oond7 Better" say the orders have quoted that
ngess should break up in wild disorder Il has done
So Better thu the Capitol Itself should blaze by the torch
Of the incendary Where is the blackrepublean Erosia-
tus who to earn infamous celebrity by carrying
this command that be may prevent or postpone repara
ton Of this iniquy2 We do not doubt that those who
counseed revolutionary resistance to the laws Of the land
tools sufficiently mercenary fsnatca 10 the
other alternative threatened by them We imagine the
ucendiary covering at midnight in niche Of the
Capitol Incapable Of approaching the moral magnfcenoe
that political fabric which his hccompces have struck
their blow be yet stands appalled, the idea Of destroying
the splendid ed6ce whose majestic and extending proper
lions but eeby illustrate The grandeur OF the system
which Il It's existence He determines disopey the
orders or to the reward Of bis masters and
dashes TO the ground the material Of destruction he
ers himself cannot do this deed Of shame and ruin
and disappears in the congenia darkness.
We ask the people Of the United States TO look at the
Of this Of anarchy and disorganizaon in It's
true light. II Is the Of party calling itself republican
We have always known and said that this
sumed disguise radical and revolutionary purpose.
true republicans known by their obedience TO- and
resolue enforcement Of the laws an be
ecuonabe republican be its authority by refer
ence to the Judiciary Il be sdjndged legal be attempts
lie repeal through The forms Of repeal established by The
constitution If the people opposed 10 the repeal the
republican submits the win Of the majority expressed
through It's constitutional organs or scorning all petty
devices to outwit eude the law the republican
% that naenable right ofrevolution which he
inherited from bis fathers be overhrows the fabric ofgov-
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