Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-02-15
Pr -clamation OF the President touching Kan
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WAsHIyaToN Feb. 1.-THE President to-
dsy issued proclamation. which will appear in
the Mon To- morrow, setting forth that lndica-
tions exist that the public tranquility aud su.
premncy If the law IN Kansas il endangered by
the rcprehensihlc acts or purposes of persons
both within and without the territory who pro-
pn.e 10 direct and control its political organiza-
lion by force; that combinations have been form
"a therein To resist the execution of the terrific.
rial laws, and thus in effect, subvert. by vio-
ence all present constitutional and legel author
ity; TINT persons residing without the territory.
but near IT, borders, contemplate armed inter
ven,ion in the affairs thereof; that other persons,
inhabitants Of remote States,are collecting mon
ey. engaging men, and providing arms for the
same purpose; that combinations within the ter
ritory are endeavoring, by the agency of ennis
snries and other means, 10 induce individual
States of the Union to intervene in the affairs
thereof. in violation of the Constitution of the
United States. All such plans for the determi-
milton of the future institutions of the territory
il carried into execution If from within The same,
will constitute a fact Of insurrecion, aua If
from without that Of invasion or aggression. aud
will in either case justify and require the forcbe
interpostion Of the whole power of the general
government, as well to maintain the laws Of the
territory rs those Of the Union
He commands all persons engaged in unlawful
combinations against the constituted authority of
the territory in Kansas Ia dispense and retire
peaoeably To their respective abodes, and warns
all such persons that any attempted instruction
in the territory or aggressive intrusion into the
same will be resisted not only by the employment
of the local militia but also by that of any avail
able force of the United States to the end of as
surng immunity from violence, and full protec-
ton to persons, property and civil rights Of all
peacenble and lawabidng inhabitants of the ter
ritory. II in any part OF tho Union the fury Of
faction or fannticism inflamed into disregard of
the general principles of popular soyegnly; which
under the constitution ARE fundamental in the
whole structure Of institutions, is to bring on
the dire calamity Of the arbi'ramrnt of arms in
that ,erritoryit shall be between lawless violence
the one side, and conservative force on the
other welded by the legal authority of the gen
cral government.
The President calls on the citizens of both ad-
joining and distant States 10 abstain from unuu
thorzed intermeddling in the local concerns OF
the territory, admonishing them that its organic
law Is to he executed with impartial Justice that
all individual acts Of illegal interference will ,ncur
condign punishment, aud any endeavor 10 inter
fero by an organized force will be firmly with
stood
He also invokes all good citizens to pr mote
order by rendering obedience 10 the law, to dis
councnance and repulse the coansels and iasii
cations of disorganizers and to testify their Mt
inchmcnt 10 their country-thcir pride in its
greainess-thrir appreciation Of the blessings
they enjoy and their determination TINT Repub
lican institutions shall not fail in their hands
hy cooperating to uphold the majesty of the law
mad to sndicato the sHnciity of the constitu
tion.