The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-12-03


be able produce the supposed result In
spite Of the assumed moral and natural obstacles 10 m
and q the more numerous population Of the
northern statesl
The argument Of those who advocate the enactment Of
new laws Of restriction, and condemn the repeal Of old
ons In eject that their particular ysws Of govern
meni have no sesfsxtendag or seEsusAinng power Of
their own, and will 70 nowhere unless forced By act Of
Congress And Congress do bat pause for moment n
the policy Of stern coercion II II venture 10 try the ex
pertinent Of leaving Judge for themselves what in
situations will beat suit them II IL be not strained up 70
perpetual legislative sHertion this point il Congress
proceed thus 10 act IN the very spirit Of liberty il ~
charged with aiming 70 extend slave labor into all the
Territories Of the United States.
OF course these imputAons the intentions Of Con
gress In this respect conceived they ia prejudice
and disseminated in passion utterly destitute Of any
justification in the nature Of things and contrary all the
fundamental doctrines and principles OF civil liberty and
selfgoyernment
While therefore in general the people Of the northern
States have any time arogated for ths federal
government the power interfere directly with the do
meshc condition OF persons in the southern States but
the contrary, have dissyoWed all such intentions and
have shrunk from conspicuous utilization with those few
who pursue their nateal objects ayowedy through the
contemplated Of revolutionary change Of the gov
eTnment and with acceptance OF the necessary eonse
quences-a civil and serVe waryet many citizens have
suffered themselves 10 DO drawn into eyanesoent po
ical Issue Of agitation after another appeAiniHg 70 the
same Of opinions and which subsidized rapidly as
they arose when 1t came 70 be seen a. 1t uniformly did
that they were incompatible with the conpacts Of the
stuton and ha existence of the Onion. Thus, when the
acts Of some OF the States nuy the existing exrad
ton law imposed upon Congress the duty Of passing
new one the county invited BY agor TO enter into
party organization for its repeal but that agitation speed
lily ceased by Of the inpraccabily Of its object
So when the statute restriction Bpon the institutions Of
new States by geographical line had been repealed the
country was urged demand its restoration and that
project died almost with its birth Then followed the
cry of alarm from the North against imputed southern
encroachuens which cry sprang in reality from the spirit
OF revolutionary attack the domestic institutions Of the
South and after troubled existence Of few months, has
been rebuked by the voice OF a patriotic people.
larDentaDie feature was,
II was carried the immediate expense OF The peace
and happiness Of the people OF the Territory OF kansas
That Was made the battlefield not much Of opposing
factions or interests within ITSELF OF the conflicting pas
a Of the whole people of the United States ReVou-
tonsr disorder in Kansas had us origin IN projects o. IN
teryesion. deliberately arranged by certain members Of
that Conures which enacted the law for the organization
OF the Territory And when propagandist colonization OF
Kansas had thus bep1 undertaken IA one section o. .e
Union for the systematic promotion OF its peculiar views
OF policy there ensued, matter OF coake Coahtsi
action with opposite views in other sections OF the Union
In consequence Of these and other incidents many az
Of disorder Il is undenabe have been perperated he
Kansas to the occasional interruption rather than the
permanent suspension, of regular government Aggressive
and lost reprehensbe incursons into the Territory were
5,a.ep both In the North and the South, and entered
II on its northern border by the way OF Iowa. as wen az
IN The eastern " way Of Missouri and there has existed
within it stae 81 insurrecion against lns
persona in each Of he great sections Of the Union But
the difficulties in that territory have been extravaganuy
exaggerated for purposes OF nanon baTe Lsen
The number and gravity Of the acsS OF VoeIs gave peh
aagnifed partly by statements entirely 2nuu ana
by reiterated accounts OF The rumors or iacs Ih
the Territory has been seemingly filed with extreme 'o
ence when the whole amount Of such acts has not ben
greater than what occasionally passes before us IN Single
cities to the regret Of all good citizens bnt without beng
regarded Of general permanent political
Imputed irregularities In the elections had in Kansas
like occasional Irregularities of the description IN the
Sate beyond the sphere OF action OF the Executive
Bat incidents Of actual violence OF organized oDstrue
ton of law pernaciousy renewed from time TO time have
been met they occurred by such means as were ayaia
BILE and the circumstances required ana nothing OF W
character remains 10 affect the general peace OF the
Union The attempt Of part OF the inhabitants OF the
Territory to erect revolutionary government though sed
uousy encouraged and supplied with pecunary aid &C
tive agents of disorder Of the States has completely
failed Bodies Of armed men, foreign TO the Territory have
been prevented from entering compelled TO leave IL
Predatory bands engaged in acts OF rane under cover OF
the existing political disturbances have been arrested or
dispersed And every weldsposed person 10 now enabled
once more devote hsef in peace TO the pursuits OF
prosperous industry for the prosecution OF which he I'M
dertaok n, participate settlement Of the Territory
1t affords me uninged satisfaction thus to announce the
peaceful condition Of things In Kansas especially consider
ing the which IL necessary 10 have recourse
for the attainment Of the endnaey, the employment OF
part OF the military force of the United Staes The with
drawa Of that force from ia proper duty Of defending the
country against foreign foes the sayags OF TIE fonne
10 employ il for the suppression Of domestic insuTreeon
s when the exgenCy occurs matter OF the most earnest
soctude. On this occasion OF imperative necessity It has
been done with the best results and my satisfaction in the
of such results by such means "a greatly en-
HANGED by he consideration that through the wisdom and
Of present executive OF hhns anu Tue pIu-
dence frmnesa aud vigilance OF the military ohcers on
duty there tranquy has been restored without one drop
OF blood having been shea ~ ls Accomplishment :! u
forces Of the United States. 49,. J,
The restoration Of comparative tranquility IN 'hal Ter
rtory furnishes the C. observing ahy anu hPPeC
anR at their Just value the events which aVe occurred
there and the discussions OF which the governnh VI o
Territory has been the subject
We perceive that controversy concerning its future do
nestle institutions neVitAble hatno human prudence
no form Of leslaon wisdom the part Of Congress
could have prevented IL
II Is idle TO suppose that the particular provisions Of
their organic law the Of agitation Those pro-
visions we're but the occasion the prete1t Of agia
ton which inherent in the nature Of things Con-
most with the principle Of popular sovereignty
which underes government II could not have legs
lated otherwise without doing violence 10 another great
m ncple Of Institutions the impreBcpble right OF
equrlity Of the several States.
We serceiye also that sectional interests and party pas
sons have been the great mpedment 10 the sauay ope
ration az TIE organic principles adopted and the chief
sumption that because In the organization OF the Terrific
ries Of Nebraska end kRnEas Congress absained from i'm
osino estraina uau them which certain other Terri
tories had been therefore disorders occurred in the
latter Territory IL emphaeay contradcted by the fact
that occurred In the former Those disorders
The consequence In Kansas 81 the reedom OF self
government conceded to that Territory by Congress but
OF unjust interference the part Of persons not inao
tants OF the Territory Such interference wherever u has
exhibited ITSELF by Of insurreconary character or OF
obstruction TO process Of law has been epeed or sup
pressed by all the which the constitution and the
laws place In the hands OF the Executive
In those parts OF the United States where by reason Of
have the greatest currency II has been as
snood that II the duty Of the Executive not only 10