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

tbosi:es OF any State Territory in executing il il
opposition TO all insunectonary movements.
Our . ten affords no justification Of revolutionary
acts; foi the constitutional means Of relieving the
people Of upst administration and laws BY change
| Ofpublic agents and BY repeal are ample and more
prmpt ard effective than Illegal violence. These
| constitutional mean must be scrupuously guarded
Tbs great preIogaive OF popular sovereignty sacrely
| respected.
1t is the undcubted right Of .he peaoeabe and o.
derry people the Territory fksvsa 10 elect their
legislative Body, make ther own laws, and regulate
their social institutions without fOrCgn dOnes-
tic moestatOn Interference. the hand TO pro-
cure the abolition or prohibition of slave labor in the
Territory. has produced mischievous interference On
the other for IT, maintenance or introduction. One
wrong beCets another Statements entirely untOunded
or grossly exaggerated, concerning events within the
Teritory are s. duously diused through remote States
TO feed the fame Of sectional luminosity there; and
The aetaors there exert Themselves indefatigaby in
return to encourage and stimulate strife within the
Territory.
The iuhammatory agitation Of which the present is
but part, has for twenty years produced nothing
ave unmitigated evil, North and South. But for /,
the character of the domestic Institutions OF the future
new State would have been matter Of too little in
forest TO the inhabitants OF the contiguous States per-
sOnal or collectively to produce among them any poll
teal emotion. Climate, SOIL production. hopes OF
rapid adyGnCem ut, and the pursuit Of happiness on
the part Of settlers themselves, with good wishes but
with no interference fom without, would hsve quietly
determined the question which is at this time of such
disturbing character.
Bff we are constrained 10 turn our attention TO the
circumstances of embarrassment a. they now exist.
II is the duty of TIE people OF Kansas to dscounte-
nance every act or purpose OF resistance TO its laws
Above all the emergency appeals to the citizens of
the Staes, and especially OF those contiguous to the
Territory, neither by intervention Of non-residents in
elections nor by Unauthorized military force, TO at
tempt to encroach upon or usurp the authority of the
inhabitants Of the Territory.
No citizen OF our country should permit himself to for
get that he i, part of its government and entitled to
BE- heard in the dett unnation of its policy and lis
measures; and that therefore, the highest cOnsderi
tons of personal honor and pa iOtsm require him to
maintain, by whatever OF power or influence he may
possess. the integrity of the laws of the Republic.
Entertaining these views, ii will be MY imperative
duty 10 exert the whole power of the Federal EXecu
five TO support public order in the Territory to vindi-
cate is laws, whether Federal or local, against al
attempts Of organized resistance; and 70 to protect
il. people in the establishment Of their own institu-
tiOns undsturbed by eEcroachment from without, and
in the full enjoyment OF the rights of selfgOyerment
assured to them by the Constitution and the organic
act of Congress.
Although serious and threatening disturbances in the
Territory Of Kansas announced to me ythe Governor
in December last, were speedily quoted without the
eilusion Of blood and IN satisfactory manner there
is regret to say TO apprehend that disorders
will continue TO occur there, with increasing tendency
TO violence until decisive measures be taken to
dispose of the question Itself which constitutes the in
ducement or occasion Of internal agitation and of ex
teTnal interference.
lhs, II seems 10 INC, Gun p'ot w a'oViIPii'H'H ~
providing that when the inhabitants CT Kansas may
desire IT, and shall be of sufficient numbers to cOnsi
tute State a convention of delegates duly elected
by the qualified voters. shall assemble to frame
Constitution and thus to prepare through regular
and lawful means, fo. its admission into the Union as
State.
respectfully recommend the enactment of law
to that effect
recommend, also that a special appropriation be
made TO defrav any expense which may become requi-
site in the execution of the laws the maintenance of
public order in the Territory of Kansas.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.