New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-26

frming to letter our conjectures as to the real
me; ming Of the Annual Message.
This Special Message begins with abusing Gov.
Reeder for his delays in organizing the Territorial
Goyernment-as much as to say that had it been
Organized while there was nobody in the Territory
except a few Government officers aud few emil
grant Missourians, everything might have been ar
rar ged, as the authors of the Kansas-Nebr1ska
bin intended it should be, without the least
difficulty. From abusing Gov Reeder the Pres-
dent proceeds in order to abuse the Emgrant Aid
Societies and the Free State immigrants as ian
"uniustifabe interference Of the inhabitants OF
"some Of the States foreign by residence inter
.stsis and rights to the Territory
The President does feel himself obliged TO say
since even the most determined villainy must be
cloaked over by some verbal homage to Justice
that the presumption of Prostate men in moving
into the Territory with the design to make
Free State of it, provoking as it was, was yet
far from justiiyipg the illegal and reprehensible
tcOunter-rroy emcnts which ensued." Yet, after
thus formally declaring them "illegal and
reprehensibe," the President proceeds to give
them the sanction and support of his Of
fetal approval by declaring that the Legislature
forced by this illegal and reprehensible ="
"counter mOvcment' upon the people Of Kansas
is legal Legislature, whose enactments heintends
to support ond enforce by the regular troops at
his command and if necessary the militia OF the
ncighbOring States. "Any Irregularities which
"may have occurred in the election" such as
A. b.h tIa he
election by on invading Missouri mob of some OF
their own number as legislators for the Territory
he thinks it is too late now TO inquire about.
For all present purposes the legislative body thus
constituted and elected was the legitimate as
"sembly of the Territory"
But though he thinks it too late and quite unm-
pOrtant to discuss this little question of fact, with
the instinct of a County Court pettiogger, he does
bestow vast deal of pains in discussing the legal
question, whether the removal of the Legislature
from Pawnee City to Shawnee Mission vitiated its
legislative character. The President concludes
that it did not, and with the best of reasons too
much better than any reason that he gives-it had
no legislative character to ytiate.
Having thus established, to his own satisfaction,
the legal character Of the Border Ruffian Legis-
laturc the President next proceeds to the election
of Reeder as Delegate, and the late Free-State
Convention. This latter proceeding be denounces
as insipient rebellion, and threatens, if the new
State Government is organized to put it down by
force. AS an offset to these threats, he subjOins
humble appeal to "the citizens of the States,
land especially Of those contiguous to the Terri
" tory, neither by intervention of non-rcsidcnts
"in elections, nor by unauthorized military force,
'to attempt to encroacl upon or usurp the author
"jty of the inhabitants of the Territory" And
considering that the President had just before
promised to do for the Border Ruffians, by the
force and at the expense of the United States, all
that they had undertaken to do for and by them
selves, it would be but reasonable for the Border
Ruffians to listen to this pathetic appeal.
The President adds that the threatened dis
turbances announced by the Governor in December
last were speedily quoted without the efiusiOn OF
"blood, and in a satisfactory manner The MUIR
der of two peaceable and quiet citizens, Dow and
Barker, our military President seems to count for
nothing while the alarm raised in Lawrence, the
interruption to its business, and the plumber aud
matreatment Of the neighboring inhabitants,
including, we suppose, the robbery of our United
States Arsenal TO tit out the invaders the burning
down of the jail at Leavenwortb, aud the throwing
press into the river, he sets down as quite "sats-
factory
The President next proposes that Congress should
sanction Border Ruiian' Convention to frame
a State COnstitution-for that is what to judge
from this Message, he must mean "by COnyen-
"yenton of delegates duly elected by the qualified
"roters" Finally, he winds up by calling for
money to pay the expense OF shooting down the
Frce-State men We shall see how much he gets.