The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-02-08

tho plainest manifestation Of an anxious do
sire 10 avoid evcn the scmblsnce of encroach.
mont or aggression, l should be false to ey.
cry manly impulse and every sense Of duty,
III allowed the asperions Of the message to
pass unnoticcd.
Unless the Message shall incite and stimu.
late new invasions Of our Territory and frcsl
outrage upon our citizens, 1t will produce ~
us no regret, rs IL has caused no SURPRISE
After having seen our people tmmpled on.
Oppressed and robbed, ON the one hand b.,
the invaders of their soil, and ON the othei
by the influence, the authority, and the Off.
GERS of the present administration aftei
having witnessed tho cold.blooded murder Of
an unarincd and unoifending citizen by nj
officer of the administration, who 10 not on.
| ly unmolested by tho laws, and unrebukec
by the President who appointed him, bui
who has, perhaps, strengthened his othcia1
tenant and enhanced his chances OF promo
ton by the act; IL not at all surprising that
we should, by the head Of that administn.
ton, be misreprcsentcd and perverted. AT
ter having seen the Chief Magistrate, during
five organized invasions Of our Territory,
unmoyed by n single sympathy in favor o.
IN unonending people, innocent OF oil wrong
and laboring only Ia carry out faithful,
for themselves the doctrine Of self.goyern.
mcnt, and to build up and extend the great,
ness OF our country--after having seen oui
invaders coming upn us armed without
reproof, il not with official permission) from
the contents Of the arscnals of the Unitee
States, establishing system Of martial Law
over life and property regulated only by thu
uncontrolled will of vindictivo and irrespcn
siblc men. A system under which life WA
taken and property destroyed; the high.
ways Distracted; travellers seized, searchec
and detained all the pursuits Of life PAM
lived and the destruction and determination
of whole settlements threatened and evident.
ly intcnded--backod up by the sanction ant
authority OF the Federal officers, who pledg
publicly the cooperation of the President,
and all based upon the fact that man en-.
couraged, perhaps aided, by his friends, had
made his escape from an arrest on consta.
ble's peace wirant-aftcr having thus seer
our natural and legal protectors joining il
the most atrocious measures of oppression
and wrong, it is no matter Of surprise to se
MISREPRESENTATION Of our position and oui
objects emanating from the same source.
This is not the mode nor the time in which
to discuss the themes of this message. TX.
pecting, as have right to expect from til,
clearncss of the exclusive title am prepare,
to'show, that shall enjoy scat and n voice
on tho floor of tho House, am willing
patiently :. To hide my time" At the prop
err time and place, however, ! pledge myself
TO meet and expose the mis-statcments OF
facts and the errors of law and logic whicl
it contains. will show th,t there Is moth.
ing but cold cruelty and insult in the TO
quest of an appropriation to pay an arm,
or posse to prevent the people of Kansas
from the commission of outrage and treason
| will show that the movement for Stat,
Government is misstated as Ia the facts o
its origin and progress, and that all We ha,'
done in this direction has been under thu
sanction of the precepts and examples of nj
the great men Of the country tor the las
.i.ty ycar--o. tho legislation Of Congrss
and the action of the Executive in rcpcatct
and well-considcrcd cases, and of u dclibcr
ate opinion of high and distinguished At
tOrncy General of the United States, ant
which, as il is u part of the archives of tn,
Executive Department, it is to bc regretted
the President did not consult before the de-
livery of the message. II IL is illcgality ant
incipient treason fora new State to BE- forine,
without an enabling act Of Congress, ! vii
show that fourteen Senators of the Unite,
States hold their seats, and seven states stant
in this Union by virtue Of illegal and trea
sonable procecdings-tliatC Congress has sane
toned revolution, illegality and treason
again and again; and that the rank an,
noxious weed has even hourished in IN,
White House and the Executive Department
and, having vindicatcd my people, will
also. with the utmost confidence of success.
proceed to the minor and secondary task OF
indicating uyself in such n manner, trust,
rs 10 show the attack 10 have been ill-adyi-
sed and unfortunate.
AS to the discussion in the Message of th,
points involved in the contested seat, shall
meet them when the case is heard, and ~
the House is the sole constitutional Judge OF
the qualifications Of It's own members, trus,
that the minds of members may he KEEP,
open and unprecedented until they shall heal
the law and the facts of the case, and that
whether the discussion by the Executive Of
some Of the points involved, has been made
because they were incidental to another sub.
cct, or aimed and intended TO PREJUDICE my
claim, hope in either case that both sides
may b. heard before decision.
This hasty note has swclled to an UMPIRE.
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