Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-02-06

Laws, b. = change Of pshlic agents and By repeal
are ssDplrs and paose promps sssa effective than
Illegal violence. These constitutional means
mist btPserupalously gaaraed-this great, frfro-
gstise Of Topsalaf Sovereignty sacredIy respected
IL The unidentified right Of the peaccabIe and
orderly people Of the Territory Of Kansas 10 elect
their o.a Legislative Eody, make fesr ozTl Laws
and regulate their own social isissita,oas without
foreign or domestic .aolestation Interference,
on the one hsai 10 procure the abolition or pro-
hIeisioa of slave labor IN the Territory, has pro-
daced tnisehisrous interference on the ether
for is maintenance or Introduction One wrong
tegets another. Statements entirely uufoHnded
or grossly exaggerated, concerning events With
IN the Territory, are sedaoasly tliEase,i through
remote states 20 feed the la.ne Of sectional an
im1siig there; and the aeitators ihere exert
themselves MECHANICALLY II return to encourage
and stimulate strife within ,he Tarritogy
The iuaamuatory agitation OF which The present
IL but part, has for twenty years PRODUCED
nothing bat unnitigatea evil Serth and Sonih
But ior il the character Of The domestic iastsu-
tions of the future new State would have been
matter OF too little interest to the inhabitants
OF the contiguous States, personally or collect
ively, TO prodaee among them any political emo
ton Climate. soil, production, hopes of rapid
advancement, and the pursuit of happiness on
the part Of settlers themselves, with good wishes
have quietly determined the question which is
at this time of such disturbing character
But we are constrained to turn our attention
10 the circumstances OF embarrassment as they
now exist. II is the duty of the people Of Kan
sas TO discoaltenance every act or purpose OF re-
sistanee to its laws. Above all the emergency
appeals TO the citizens of the Safes and especially
ofthose contiguous to the Territory, neither by
intervention of non-residents in elections, nor by
unauthorized military force TO attempt to en-
croach upon or usurp the authority Of The inhab-
tants OF the Territory.
No citizen Of our country should permit him
self to forget that he is part ofits government
and entitled to be heard in the determination of
its policy and its measures; and that, therefore,
the highest considerations of personal honor and
patriotism require him to maintain BIZ whatever
OF power or Influence he may possess, the integ-
rity of the laws of the Republic
Entertaining these views it will by my iInpcra.
tive duty to exert the whole power of the Fcde-
rai executive to support public order in the Ter
ritory to yindicate its laws whether Federal or
local, against all attempts of organized resistance;
and so to protect its people in the establishment
OF their own institutions, undisturbcd by en-
croachmcnt from without, and in the full enjoy
ncnt of the rights Of self government assured to
hem by the Constitution and the organic act OF
Congress.
Although serious and threatening disturbances
in the Territory of Kansas announced O nae hv
the Governor in December last, were speedily
quoted without the etfllson OF blood. and in
satisfactory manner, there is, | regret to say,
reason to apprehend that disorders will continue
70 occur there, with increasing tendency to VIC
lencc, until some decisive measures be taken to
dispose of the question itself which constitutes
lie indncement or occasion of internal agitation
ard of external interference
This, it seems to me, can best be accomplish
ed by providing that, when the inhabitants OF
Kansas may desire it, and shall be of sufficient
numbers to constitute State, a convention of
delegates, duly elected by the qualified voters
shall assemble to frame Constitution, and thus
prepare through regular and lawful means for
its admission into the Union us Il State
l respectfully recommend the enactment of a
| law to that effect
I recommend, also, that special appropria-
| ton be made TO dctray any expense which may
| become requisite in the execution of the laws or
| the maintenance of public order in the Territory
| of Kansas. FRANKLIN PIERCE.