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principles Of civil liberty scifgovernnst -, a,
While thessf fore, in general, the people Of the q.
tbern States have Bsvsr. at any TIM arrogatsd ,,s
The federal goyerumen, the power interre dirsei-
y with The domestic eobaiioa Of ps.soas In The
sosihero StAtrs but the contrary have dissvoved
all such ihien,ions and have shruak from ooLspicu-
Gus a4iI!AiiOa ~iih hoss few who purIus their IA
nAiieAi objects sVoHediy through la contemplated
means Of revolutionary change Of ros,rnm-nt and
with sceePtanee of the necessary ooaseqasaes-a
e'H and seryils WAr-ysi many eitiIsEs have suffer
ed themsrlvcs 10 be drawn into trAnescent po-
huoAl Issue Of agitation after another sPreriAinng
70 the same set Of foPinipns and whish sahA.dsl ~
rapidly a. ibey when II came 20 b sssu a. Il
Eniformly did that they incouPaiibie with tie
eompaeiE OF the Constitution and the eIisieuee Of
the Union Thus, whca the acts Of some Of the
States To naliify the existing exraditon law I'm
pOsei upon CougresS the duty OF passing a one
the country was invited by agitAiors enter into
party organizations for its repeal bat that Agita-
ton speedily ceased by reason Of the iaPrAesieAbity
Of Its object 60 when the stat1s restriction upoa
the Institution, Of new States, BY a geographical
line, bad been repealed, the country was urged 20
demand ia rss,orAiion, aud that project also died
almost with Its birth. Thea followed the cry Of
alarm from the North against imputed Southern en-
eroAchments which cry sprang in reality from the
spirit Of revolutionary attack the domestic insti-
tutious Of the South aud, after troubled eIis,suee
Of few nonihs has been rebuke3 by the Toiee Of 4
pa,riotio people
Of this last agitation, lanaentable featnrr was
that IL was carried on al the immediate expense er
the peace AMI happiness Of the people OF the Terrific
~ ofKansAA That made the bAtIle-hsid, not
% much Of opposing ACTIONS interests within IL
SELF az Of the eonhetlng passions Of the whole Peo-
pie Of the United States. Revolutionary disorder Ia
Kansas had Its origin in projects Of intervention de-
beratsly arranged By certain members Of that Con-
gress which enacted the Law for the organization Of
the Territory. And when propaganda colonization
OF Kansas has thus been undertaken IN one section
Of the Union, tor he ysieuAtie promotion Ofi pc
eHliAr views policy, there ensoed, matter Of
course, a oounlsraetion with opposite views, in
other sections Of the uEion.
In Consequence Of these and other incidents many
acts Of dsOrdsF II 10 gndeniabIe have been porpe-
| trUted Ia Kansas, 10 ths occasional intsrrupton
rather than the permanent EasPension, Of regular
government Aggressive and most reprshensibie in
eursions into the Territory were undertaken, both
in the North aud South, aud entered II It's north
ern border by the way OF Iowa, ssll as On the
eastern by way Of Missouri aud there has existed
within Il state Of ofinsurree;iOn Syausi the eoast-
tusd authorities, not without esantsRaaeo fzDn In
eOasidsrAts persons la each Of The great seelous Of
the Union.
Ba, the difficulties in that Territory have besn
sItraFagaatLs exaggerated tor Purposes Of political
/ agitation elsovherF The number and gravity Of
the acts Of violeace have been magniaed partly By
staismsns sutirsy untrue and partly by reiterated
accounts OF the ruutors or facts. Thus the
| Territory has been seemingly Ellsj with extreme
violsucs, when the Whos asI.sast sf such aetI bas
becn greater than what occasionally pAss.s Le-
fore Ia single cities TO the rvgrSt % all god eu-
zsba but without being regarded a. Of geaerAl OF
! permanent political consequence.
Impa,ed irregularities ia The elections had in kan-
mi. like occasional irregularities Of ths saa,0 dee
erption in he States bsy cad ths sphere Of as-
tion ofthe Executive. Bat incidents Of actual yo-
ivnes or Of gaared ObstraStioh ot la~ Prrinaci-
ously renewed from time 10 ips have tsea met a.
| they occurred 10y such measd were Available aud
| As the circumstances required and nOShng Of thil
character nos rsnAias 70 ascstth~ geueri peace q
Tie UuiOn The attempt ola part of tbs ahabitsats
ofths Territory ID erect atevoiuuoaaTy gorefumeRi
though se5HlouslJ encouraged and supplied with
peeunAry aid from active sEsas Of disorder in some
ofihs States has completely k,AIsd BODIES ofarmed
rasa foreign 20 hs Territory, have bsea prcventsd
from sa,r-irr % compelled % leave .; Predatory
bands, engaged 10 Seu Of raPlas, under Of The
sristiag political dIstgrbanc-s. have bern arrested
or disPvrs-i Aud every well diaPcsra psrsoa 4
q hs lau sIS,-, nofs devote hwsslf n Pssss t'
psI iSS .Ssss oo.s sSd wsas.ty ''' the Pro'sea
he sr'ui,' o. rro'r-rous PUBLIC. a.
tiSn Of Nhich be undsrioos % Psrtcipsad Vsfaoa
ilsu'sat ofths Territory.
It affords ne uamiazsd ssiisfsetion thus 20 a..
nouncs the psassfsl soudiiloa - ID ngs in Ksnsss
especially eoasidsfius ths means 20 which /, h ne-
ossssFy 10 have reVOsfss isr he aiiaihmsut o. hs
sad, hsssiy, 'hs smPioymsnt Of part % the ssll-
tary fsrce Of ihe United staVi. Tss uithdmsal o.
that foroe fFom is proper daiy or dsi,ndiag ne
e0untFy agains, for lsn kss % tie sarsgss oI lhs
ff0aisr 70 employ Il 81 ibs supprpssou % doses.
dc insafyeetion s when ihs stigeasy occars mat
,sr oft ths NOS, earussi HsiCtaas Os tais accasl.a
ogimpsfatiss nsossiy ii has tseu dsas siih she
bssi Fsssiii saA lay sstshelon ~ ibs attilu neat
ofsush fpaaIts BY sssh mssss y greatly sshaarsd
~ ths oousiisfasoa, tlsst ihFoogh ths sision aaa
enerzy of ne protsat Ersruuvs % Esussr, ani ihs
p4sasscs. armsszs aad viTiisnos 81 ths uHtsft n.
aesns % asly thsrs. usaqliiiiy has bssa rsstofsi
sisisat oas asoB - bis-a h@sisq h--a 49, N ~
soosmpl.sbmesi ~ DE- f5ross u ne raiisi STATES
Tbs rsstefstioa sfssnparssirs traazuiAy 10 tbss
Tsuiiafy iaFnissss 80 usans Of sifsfraE s.inlYt
sa8 sFprseisang A. llsf Jet taI1r ibsertan rbi,h
hass occurred fsslo, aai iaa I.s.sss.sas .of si5sh
ne goysfanssi sflss Terfiisfy has bssa satbst
Wsfrresiyr thsi ognE0vsfty sanssfaiog lti 10
tars aanauc insiiiu.ous eai .assaaHls snd 30
humab bfaiabcs. 30 kfa % lessistss % sisasua
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Hh Hs 70 faFp o. u,st ~ Paft.eaisf fsDsiaisas
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sset sfuus a. ssrs nof oeassa.st affa rs psissi.
pis ~ pspaIar sgrssrHfy shfsi snisriss 5sr rsr-
z srsaeai ksesA 90 hsss iefiaHi erersiss
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s,sileasl isisrssu ~ psftg 81 t.ss tsfs isqa .s
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