The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-23

porton OF the press 10 the northern cities, affected By
orid and vicious sentiment upon Kansas affairs is
% he influence TO provoke armed resistance against the
boty OF the United States 10 that disturbed Territory
Il insists upon civil the properre and only ehee
tive yiudcaon Of The wrongs taleges The reesoil party
has sustained The proclamation OF the President - treated
,ib studied contempt and be Il charges with fearful
responsibility hs attempts 70 execute the purpose II i'm
Ms Thus we have the Language Of insoent rebellion
Uttered here upon the Atlantic coast against the consfitu
,al executive authority Of tho nation aud virtual dec
laou Of war behalf Of the freeSate party OF Kansas
nat forth Hppanty bat with affected consequence, in the
Johanna of our daily ournas Its shame that men oo-
nnyiuQ positions Of influence aud respeetahiiy in the
community should be culpaby indifferent to the peace
and welfare OF society
among The other irrelevant matters it Is grayely asked
fthe President will dare authorize Gov Shannon to en-
force BY civil or military power certain acts Of the egs
tur OF Kansas practically stringent uRcn the subject OF
yey These acts declare the printing publishing, &c,
any hook pamphlet &c. containing statements arguments,
oninons documents &c. calculated TO produce disor-
dsy dangerous or rebeous dsaIection among hesayes
aelony, and provide penalty. IL 10 grayely asked
whether Uncle Toms Cabin the writings Of Dr. Claiming,
Longsow Bryant and Cooper are not Of such charac-
ter and whether the sheriff shall make haa Of all men in
whose possession found such publications is asked
If northern who 60 to Kansas are to burn up their
rbraries before they depart And much frivolous
su Of the put before the public by men and
journals from which looked for better things at such
time as this aa.
II is needless to say that these forced and violent
constructions of the executive authority of the United
States The general has alternative but to
sustain the constituted and recognised authority arising
out of the of Congress The territorial government
Kansas has been duly reported to the President and
thencated by the Of the governor appointed under
the law of the United States All that the President has
to do Is to sustain that authority not enforce its laws
If laws made by the legislature obnoxious to thu
people they can repeal them by the same means by which
they enacted The power Of the United States vii
be present in the Territory to protect the inhabitants in thu
future against invasion and outrage and thus they may
quietly redress the grievances of which they complain
Whatever wrong has been done may be easily put right
but right only be firmly and securely established
the right way a au .a.@. ...-
The effort is also apparent in the quarter to which W.
aude 10 array the Congress of the United States agans
the President in this matter 1t is urged that Congress
should recognise the reeState legislature $50 called and
admit Kansas State into the Union upon the action
this Illegally reconstructed body To urge this is to encour
age disorder and strife here between the respective branches
of our national government, and TO naugurate conaic
Of power the end OF which may be dmy oreseen through
scenes Of turbulence and degradation which every good
citizen should earnestly deprecate be would
ly deplore. $500 asea ..Fsr..... .r... s...a. saa..#
tits but the part Of anaticsm and the suggestion
impoten rage to make false issues before the people
against the supreme power of constitutional government
The enieney of system oerates wrong of bsap
pareny dangerous character but only with the conscious
effect Of developing the right Ii follows therefore, always
and inevitably that those who indulge their passions
preudces thus unwisey become the certain victims in Tn
end and alone suffer the consequences of their folly.