Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-12-06


proper duty OF defending the country agains
foreign foes of the savages OF the trUaler, to oin
poy 1t for the suppression of domestic ilsurrec
ton, Is when the exigency olsurs,.a matter o
the most earnest selicitude,s On this occasion
OF imperative necessity 1: has been done witt
the best results, and ,,t.y satisfaction in the at
tanlnent OF such results Ivy such means is great
~ enhanced by the consideration, that through
The wisdom and energy of the present executive
OF Kansas, ana Independence, iirnness and vigi
lance OF the military officers on duty there, tran
guilty has been restored without one drop o
blood having been shed in its accomplishment
by the forces OF the L. IS.
The resignation OF comparative tranquility il
that Territory furnishes the means of obser
wing calmly and approaching at their Just value
the events which have occurred there and the
discasbions Of which the government OF Terrific
~ has been the snbjert
We perceive that controversy concerning its
future domestic Institutions was inevitable that
no human prudence, no form Of legislation, ne
wisdom on the part Of Congress could have
prevented this
It is idle to suppose that the particular pro
visions OF their organic law were the catse of
their agitation. Those provisions were but
the occasion. or the Fretext Of an agitation
which was inherent in the nature of things
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terms IS we're most colsonant with the principle
OF popular sovereignty which butterflies our gov
eminent. ltcould not have legslated otherwise
without doing violence 70 aaother great princi-
pie OF our institutions, tie tip:escrptibie right
Of equality of the seyera! States.
We perceive, also. shat sectioRsl interests snd
party passions have hesn the great inpet i.nent
to The sanitary operations of the organic princi-
pies adopted, and the chief cauee of the success
sise disturbances in Kansas. The assumption
that because in the organization of the terrific
ries OF Nebraska aud Kansas, Congress abstansd
from imposing restlsiuts upon them to which
certain other Territories had been SUBJECT there
fore disorders occurred 10 the latter Territory,
is einphasicaly contradisted by the fact thatnone
have occurred IL tie tcrilier. Those disorders
were not the consequence, in Kansas of the free
dom OF self government conceded to that Terrific
n by Congress, but of unjust interference on the
part Of persons not Inhabitants of the Territory
Such interference, wherever If has exhibited acts
OF nsuTreetionary character, or of Obstruction 70
process Of law has bsag rapemed Oh suppressed
by al she means " hieh the Constitution and the
laws place in the hands Of the Executive,
In those parts of the United States where, b,
reason OF the infamed state of the public mind. false
rumors and Misrepresentation have the greatest
currency, it has been assumed that it was the duty
of the Executive not only TO suppress Instruction
regularity Of local elections. 1t seeds Ete frea-
ment to show that the President has no such power.
al government in the United States rests snbstaa-
tally upon popular election, The freedom Of cleo
items is liable to be impaired BY the intrusion of I'M
lawful votes. or the eSelrsat Of lawful ones, by inn
proper influences, BY Yioenee, or By fraud. But
the people of the United States themselves TIE
Insufficient guardians of their OWL rights, and 70
! suppose that they will not remedy. in due season,
any such incidents of civil freedom, is to suppose
them to have ceased to be capable of self govern
4 q ii pi has no
power to interposc. in elections to to their free
acm,.td canfass their votes, pass upon their
Legality in the Territories any more than in the
States. II he had such power the government
might be republican in fori., but it would be
arehy in fact and if he had undertaken to exer-
else it in the of Kansas, he would have been
Justly subject to the charge of rpation and of
violation of the dearest lights Of the people Of the
United States.
Unwise laws, equally with irregularities at cleo
tons. are, in periods Of great excitement, the Gcca
siona incidents oi even the treest and hest political
institutions. But all experience demonstrates tt
III country like ours, where the right Of self con-
stitution exists in the completes form, the Gtempt
% remedy unwise legislation by resort to reyoution
Is totally out OF place inasmuch existing legal
Institutions afford prompt and cflcacions
means for the redress OF wrongs.
confidently trust that now, when tho peaceful
conditiop OF Kansas affords Opportunity Tor calm
reflection and wise legislation either the legislative
assembly OF TIT Territory, Congress, Mill see
that ~ act shall remain IN Is statpte book vioiative
OF the provisions Of .le Constitution, subversiYe
established, wrl take all other necessary steps
to assure its inhabitants the eBjpyment without OBJ
strueton abriagcngent Of ali the constitutions al
rights privileges, and immunites of citizens Of the
tnited states, as contemplated ~ tie organic law
Ct the Territory.
Full information in relation 70 recen. events IN
this Territory will be found ii the documents COM
manicated herewith from the Departments Of State
and War.
refer you to the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury ior particular information concerning the
al rim Of
OILS branches ii the public service connected with
the Treasury Department.
During the last fiscal year the receipts from
toms were, Ton the first time, than sxty-tour
million dollars, and from all sources seYeaty-th
million nine hundred and eighteen thoisand ote
hundred and forty one dollars; Which, with the bal
ance hapd up to the at OF july, 1870 made the
total resources of the wear amount to ninety tNo
million eight hundred and f!tt thousand one hun
bred and seventeen dollars. .Yhc expenditures in
Guiding three ondoilars in execution of the trea-
" with Mexico, and including sums paid on account
Of the public debt, amounted to sixty million one
hundred and seventy two thousand four hundred
and one dollars and, including the latter. to sew
enty two million nine hundred aud forty eight thou
sand seven hundred and ninety two dollars, the
payment on this account having amounted to twelve
million seven hundred and seventy six thousand
three hundred and ninety dollars. 4
On the 4th Of March, 1883, the ann-nf OF he pub
lie debt was sixty nine million hundred and
twenty a;ne Thousand nine hundred and thirty
dollars. There was subsequent increase Of two
million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars
for tie debt of Texas-naking u total oi seventy
one million eight hundred and seventy nine thous-
aud nine hundred and thirty seven dollars. Or this
the sum OF forty five million and five hundred and
twenty five thousand three hundred and nineteen
dollars, including premium, has been discharged,
reducing the debt to thirty million seven hundred
and thirty seven thousand one hundred and twenty
nine dollars all which might be paid within year
without embarrassing the public service, but being
not yet due, and onlY redeemable at the option Of
The holder, cannot be pressed to payment 10y TIE
government.
On examining the expenditures Of the last FIVE
years it will be aeen thai the average, deducting
payments On account of the pubic debt ana ton
millions paid by treaty 10 Mexico, has been but
about forty eight million dollars. 1t is believed,
that rnder an economical administration ct tlc
government the average expenditure for the ensu-
traordnary occasion for its increase should occur.
The acts gra nng, bounty lands viii have been
esec,tea, while the extension of orr frontier settle
ments will cause continued demand for lands and
augmented receipts, prohaSly, from that source,--
These conslera liens viii justify a reduction Of the
revenue, from Customs as not to exceed forty
eight or fifty million dollars. think the exigenoy
for such reduction is imperative, and again urge
It upon the consideration OF Congress.
The amount of reduction, as well as the manner
ofeilectng it, questions OF great and general in
terest it being essential to industrial eserprise
and the public prssery, as well a. he dictate e
obvious Justice, chat the burden of taxation be made
so rest as equally as possible upon all classes, and