Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-12-12

means Of revolutionary change Z fIhe gov
ernment. and ith.acceptance Of The ne.
cessary con<equencss-ac civil and seryilr
war-yet many citizens have suffered
themselves TO he drawn into one -eyanes.
cent political issue of agitation after an,
other. appertaining TO the same set ol
opinions. anu which subsidized as rapidly
as they arose when il came to be seen. as
it uniformly did. that they were incompat.
ible with the cumpacts Of The constitution
4 and the existence of the Union. Thus.
when the acts Of sumo Of the States TO
nullify the existing ex tradition law impos-
ed upon Congress the duty Of passing q
new one. the country was invited by agi>
tators 10 enter into party organization Tor
its repeal; but that agitation speedily
ceased bv reason Of the impraclicabi!ily
Of lis object. So when tie statute re.
s'ric,ion upon the institutions of new
States by geographical line had been
repealed. the country was urged TO de-
mand its T, stOration. and that project al
SO died almost with it's birth. Then fol.
IoV ed the cry Of alarm from the North
against imputed Southern encroachments:
which cry, spraug in reality from the spi-
rit Of revolulionar: attack on the domes.
tic institutions Of the South. and. after a
troubled existence Of few months. has
been rebuked by the voice of patriotic
people.
OF this last agitation, one lamentable
feature was. that it was carried on at the
immediate expense of the peace and hap
piness Of the people OF the Territory oi
Kansas. That was made the battle field.
hot SO much Of opposing factions ar inte>
rests within itself, as Of The conflicting
passions Of the whole peoI le Of the UnI>
ted States. Revolutionary disorder in
Kansas had its origin in projects Of inter.
venlion, deliberately arranged by certain
members Of that Congress which enact, d
tory. And when pr"pagandist col"niza'
ton OF Kanzss had thus been undertaken
in one section Of the Union for the syste>
matte promotion Of it's peculiar views OF
policy. there ensurd. as a matter oI
course. cuunler"ction with opposite
views in other sections Of the Union.
In consequence OF these and other Incl
dents many acts Of disorder, it is undeni.
able. have been pei pelraled in Kansas, TO
the occasional interruption, rather than
the permanent suspension. Of regular go
vernmenL. Aggressive and most repre-
hensiLle incursions into The Territory
were undertaken. both in the North and
the South, and entered it on its northern
border by way OF Iowa. as we'll as on the
eastern by way of Missouri; and there has
existed within il stale Of insurreclion
against the constituted authorities. not
without countenance from incunSideraie
persons in each Of the great sections Of
the Union. But The difficulties in that
Territory have been extravganty cxag-
gela,ed Tor purposes Of f,rolitical agitation
else where. The number and the gravity
OF the acts af violence have been magni
fed. partly by statements entirely untrue.
and partly by reiterated accounts OF the
same rumors or facts. Thus the Territory
has been filed with extreme violence when
| the whole amount Of such acts has not
been greater than what occasinally passes
before us in single cities to the regret OF
all good citizens, but without being re
garded as Of general or permenent politi-
cal CO. sequence.
Imputed irregularities in the elections
had iu Kansas, like occasional irregulaIi-
ties OF the same description in The States,
were beyond the sphere Of action of the
Ex. cutive. But incidents Of actual Ti"'
lrnce or Of organized obstruction VI law,
perlinaciously De renewed from time TO time.
have been met as they occurred, by such
means as we're available and as the cir
cums.ances required; and nothing Of this
character now remains 10 affect the gene
raj peace OF the Union. The attempt Of
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10 erect a revolutionary government.
though sedulously encouraged and sup
piled with pecuniary mid from ac'ive
agents OF disorder in some Of the States.
has completely Iailed. Bodies Of armed
men. iortign to the Territory. have been
prevented from entering or compelled to
leave it. Predatory bands. engaged in
acts Of rap ne under cover Of The existing
political di>tuI Dances. have been arrested
nr Dispersed. And every weli-d sPt sed
person is now enabled once more TO de-
vote himself in peace 10 The pursuits Of
prosperou industry. fOI the pr"secu'i2h
oi which he undertook TO participate 10
the settlement of the Territory.
1t atlYrds me unmlnsled satisfaction
thus 10 announce the peacefu condition Of
lhiugs 10 Kansas. especially considering
tbs means TO which it was necessary to
have recourse Tor The attainment Of the
end-namely. the employment OI p"rI
ol the military force Of the United States.
The withdrawal Of that force from its pro
per duty Z, { defending The country "g inst
foreign foes or the savages Oi the frontier
TO employ it for the suppression Of do
mestic insurrection. is. when the exigrn
cy occurs matter Of the most earnest SO
lici.ude. 90 this occasion OF imperative
necessity it has been done with the best
results. and my satisfaction at the attain
m.nt of such results by such means il