Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-12-10

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leaving men to judge for themselves
what Institutions will best suit them; if
1t be not strained up to perpetual legisla-
tive eIertion on this point; if G, ngress
proceed thus to act in the very spirit of
llberlv, 1t is at once charged with aiming
to extend slave labor in all the free ter.
ntorIes of The United States.
Or course, these imputations on the
Intentions Of Congress in this respect,
conceived as they are in pref udice. and
disseminated in passion, are utterly des-
uIu'e of any justification in the nature
OF things, and contrary TO all ihe funda-
mental doctrines aud principles of civil
liberty and self government.
While therefore. in general. the peo
pie of the northern States have never, at
any time, arrogated for the federal gov
eminent the power to interfere directly
with the domestic condition of persons
In the Southern States, but on the con
trary have disavowed all such intentions,
and have shrunk from conspicuous afil
la'Ion with those few who pursue their
tanallcal objects avo Eedly through the
contemplated means OF revolutionary
change Of the government, and with &C
ceptance OF the necessary consequences
"A civil and servile war many cit
izens have suffered themselves 10 be
drawn into one ~evanescent political i sue
of agitation after another, appertaining
tn the same set Of opinions, and which
subsidized as rapidly as they arose. when
1t came 10 be seen. as it uniformly dill,
that thy were incompatible with the
cnmpqc's Of the ConStitu ion and the ex-
%i<trnce Of the Union Thus, wh-n the
acts Of some of the States 20 nullify the
existing ex'radi ion law imposed upon
Congress the duty of passing a new onr,
the country was invited by asitatOrs To
enter into party organization for It's re-
peal, but that agitation speedily ceased
bv reason of the impracjicahili'y of its
object So, when the statute restriction
upon the institutions of New S.ftes, BY
a geographical line had been repealed,
the country was urged TO demand its res
toralion. AMI that project also died al
most with its birth. Then followed the
cry of alarm rom the North against
imputed S ulhern rn"roarhments; whic
cry oprung into reality from the spirit Of
revolutionary attack on the domestic in
stituiions of the South, and after q
troubled existence of a few months has
been rehuked by the voice of a patriotic
people.
OF this last agitation, one lamentable
feature was. that it was carried on at the
immediate expense of the peace an hap
pinesS of the people of the Territory Of
Kansas. That WAS made the battle field,
n t so much of opposing factions or in
~terrstS within itself. as of The conflicting
passions of the whole people of the
United States Revolutionary disorder
in Kansas had its origin in projects OF
Intervention. deliberately arranged by
certain members of that Congress which
enacted a law for the organization Of the
Territory And when propagandist col
0nization of Kansas had thus been un
dertaken in one section Of the Union.
for the systematic promotion of its pecu
liar views of policy. there ensusd. as a
matter of course, a counter action with
opposite views, in other sections of the
UnIun.
In consequence Of these and other in
I cidentS, many acts Of disorder. it is IN
deniable. have been perpe,rated in Kan
sas. to the occasional interruption. rather
than the permanent suspension, o. regU-
lar government. Aggressive and most
repiehen>ible incur>iOns into the Terrific
ry were undertaken, both in the North
and in the South, and entered it on It's
nortI ern border by the way of Iowa, As
well as ON the eastern by way of Mis-
souri,; and there has ex sled within it "A
state of inSurrecticn against the conSii
tu;ed authorities. not without uun'e
nance from incon>idertte persons in elck
of The great section of the Union. But
the difficulties in that Territory have
been exIravagan,ly exaggerated for pull
poses OF political agitation elsewhere
The number and gravity Of acts of Fio-
hence have been magniied partly by
statements entirely untrue. anl partly
by reiterated accounts of the same m
mOrS or facts. Thus the Territory has
been seemingly filed with ex'rems viO
%lence, when the whole amount OF such
acts has no. been greater than what
occa iorally passes before Us in single
cities 10 the regret of all good citizens,
but without being regarded as OF gen.
eral or permanent political consequence.
Imputed irregularities in the elections
had in Kansas, like occasional irregular
tiles of the same description in the
States, We're beyo one the sphere of action
OF the Executive. But incidents of &C
tual violence or of organized obstruction
of law. pertinaciously renewed from
time 10 time. have been met as they oe
cured, By such means az We're available
and as the circumstances required: and
nothing of this character now remains
10 affect the general peace OF the Union
The attempt of a part IF the / hsnltantS
of the Territory to erect a revolutionary
government, though sedulnusly encour
eyed and supplied with pecunisry aid
from active agents of disorder in some
of the States, has completely failed
Bodies Of armed men foreign to the
I, rril DRY. have been prevented from en-
iering OF compelled to leave it. Preda
tory bands. eLsasedin acts Of rapIne un-
der cover Of the existing political diStur
Dances. have been arrested or dispersed.
Aud every well disposed person is now
enabled once more to devote himself in
pea-e to the pursuits of Prosperous in
dustry. for the prosecution of which he
undertook to participate in the settlement
of the Territory.
coNcLUDED NExr WEEK.
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