Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-18

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acloasly renewed from time to- time.
have been mt as they occurred. by
sdca means IS were available and as
the circumstances repaired; and moth
ing Of this Character nov remaius 10
affect the g neral paac3 of tn Union.
The attempt ei' a pTt OF ths inhab-
iSants Of tie Territory to erect a,
q revolutionary government, though
sedaloasiy encolras ID aud supplied
with pscqgiary aid from active agents
OF disorierin some the States, has
completely l2ilei, Bodies Of armed
men foreign to the Territory lave
been pr vented from entering or
compelled to leave ii. Predatory
bands, engaged in acts of rapine,
under cover of the existing political
disturbances, have been arrested or
dispersed. Ald every Well disposed
person is now enabled once more
to deyots himself in pence to the
pursuits OF prosperous industry, for
the prosecution of which lie under
took to participate in the settlement
Of the Territory
It affords me uaniingled satisiac-
tion thus to announce the peaceful
condition OF things in Kansas, espe-
cially considering the means to which
it was necessary to have recourse
for the attainment Of tbs end, name.
~, the employment Of a part Of the
military force Of the United States
The Withdrawal Of that force from
It's proper duty of defending tht
country against foreign foes OR tn
savages of the frontier, to employ
it for the suppression of domesti'
resurrection, is, when the exigency
occurs, a matter Of the most earnes
sOlicitude. On this occasion Of i'm
perative necessity it has been don
with the best results, and my satisfac
ton in the attainment Of such results
By such means, is greatly enhance
by the Consideration that through th
wisdom and energy of the presen
Executive of Kansas, and the pru
dence, firmness and vigilence Of tn
military officers on duty there. tran
guilty b S been restored without on
drop of blood having been shed i
its accomplishment by the forces of tn
United States.
The restoration of comparative tran
guilty in that Territory furnishes th
means Of Observing calmly, and az
preciating, at t. cir just value, th
events which have occurred there, All
the discussions Of which the govern
ment of the Territory has been th
subject
We perceive that controversy con
eerniGg its future domestic institu
tions WAS inevitable; that no humal
prudence. no form Of legislation, n
wisdom on the part ofCopgress S, coul,
have prevented this.
It is Idle to suppose that the par
ticalar provisions OF their organic Law
were the cause Of agitation. Thos
provisions were but the occasion, o
the pretext Of an agitation, which Wa
Inherent in the nature of things
Congress legislated upon the subjec
in such terms as were most consonan
With the principle Of popular sove
reignty which underiies our govern
ment. It could not have legislatet
otherwise without doing violence t
another great principle of our iustitu
tons. the impseseriptible right O
equality OF the several States. w
perceive, also, that sectional interes
and party passions, have been tn
great impediment to the salutary OF
Grafton of the organic principles a
dopted, and the chief cause of tn
successive Disturbances in Kansas
The assumption that, because in th
organization Of the Territories Of Ne
braska and Kansas, Congress abstain
ed from imposing restraints upol
them to which certain other Territorie
had been subject, therefore disorder
occurred in the latter Territory,
emphatically contrldicted by the fac
that none have occurred in the form
or. Those disorders were not tn
consequence, in Kansas, of the free
dom Of selfgovernment conceded t
that Territory by Congress, but G
unjust interference on the part OF pei
sons not inhabitants of the Territory
Such interference, whenever 1t has eH
hibited itself, by acts of instruction
airy character, or of obstruction to PIE
cesses of law, has been repelled Q
srn,raesed hv al the means whlc