The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1856-05-20
From the Detroit Evening Tribune.
Territories Of Michigan and Kansas.-The
Boston Posts article and the Free Press.

Territories of Michigan and Kansas--'rhe
Boston Posts article and the Free Press.
Mr.. Edtor,-I showed in my last commu-
nication that tho story told by the "Boston
Post" the Pierce, Gushing, slave making
organ of Boston, about General Jackson's
"striking down" our "illegal State govern
ment" is all and in all its essential parts false.
A more foolish fable was never contrived. 1t
is worthy only penny-a-lne writer for some
low periodical which undertakes, for pay, to
spread false rumors. There are those who
act upon the idea that it is no matter how
gross the deception, provided its effect is to
ambitions Of the inventors. Certainly there
are none who understand this kind of chcan-
cry better than. the Post, G. Cushing, Mr..
Pierce and the slave-making gentry general
ly. They understand the art. But it re-
mains to be seen whether the attempt now
made, will yield any considerable dividend of
political gains. am inclined to unmask
the writer AMI to exhibit in him nm interes-
ting combination of the knave and the fool
As to the Massachusetts, Courtier the Foas-
che Of the present administration, the traitor
to the northern Whig party, the non-combat-
tant General in the Mexican war; the descr-
ter from the cause OF liberty, (l doubt not
he sincerely loathcs the sight and sound Of
the worldly the author Of Pierce's nomina-
tion, and the promoter with the tool he has
manufactured, of the measures of violence by
which the free people Of Kansas are to be en-
shaved, think have shown enough to sat-
isfy the reader of his utter disregard of truth,
and shall leave him to his new task of get
ting up constitutional monarchy" for this
country about which will add word Mt
tho close.
/ have shown that General Jackson, 80 far
from striking down an illegal government IN
Michigan" rs the Post AYERS, never express
sed the least censure of or dissatisfaction with
the conduct of Gov. Mason for signing the
act for calling the convention of June 1885,
although that act was passed nearly five
months before that body met; none with the
proceedings of the convention, none with the
meeting of the State Legislature Under it in
Nov. 1885; none with their subsequent pro-
cccdings during the three sessions before we
were admitted although during those sessions,
which were held in Nov, '35, JAM, Feb, and
March, '36, and JAM, '37, that body passed
1876 statutes, (as the session laws show,) Or
ganizing the State govefnmcnt in all its bran
ches, executive, judicial, and administrative,
with courts, taxation, and elections. They
even elected Messrs. Norvel and Lyon mcm-
bers of the u. s. Senate in Nov, 1885, Mr..
Crary having been elected member Of the
House of Representatives at the general elec-
ton in the preceding October.
Al IL,
'tual and full operation from the first Monday
of Nov, 1885; and General Jackson, MS well
as Congress and the country, well knew it,
They knew, also, that after the 25th of Aug
Of the he ferrfitGcTyS ftGS Of lcgaRh" aas GGo"qs
attempt was made to hold one, either by Mr.
Horncr, the Virginia born and Virginia raised
imbecile Governor, nor by Gov. Porter his
successor, VINO died in July, 1886. Indeed,
General Jackson was perfectly aware of the
fact, (fo, the constitution was placed in his
hands in Oct, '35, as shown by the Post
writer in publishing the letter from the acting
Secretary of State to Horncr, dated Oct. 9Th,
'35,)-perfcctly aware of the fact, we say,
that the State government was the only To-
cal gorernment, de facto, in Michigan from
November forward. He knew, further, that
during this anomalous state Of things the au-
thors of the State government claimed to have
the legal right to establish it, and, in so doing,
TO Dust the Territorial government of all its
political functions, and had actually done so.
He knew the State Legislature had quietly
taken possession of the Territorial halls Of
legislation; that the office of the State exec
utive was in the same edifice, built by the U.
@ Al II H..
that the jails in the several counties were in
the hands of the State Sheriffs; that the
courts in each were held by the State Judges
and Justices of the Peace; that all process
ran in the name Of the people Of the State
and not in that Of the u. States; that corpo-
rations were erected, taxes imposed, persous
and property seized, and all the public affairs
of the people conducted under tie laws cpac-
ted by the State Legislature; in shoit that
the Territorial government was nothing and
the State government everything.
7 On the 9Th of Oct, '35, one month before
the State Legislature was TO assemble, rs re-
quired by the Constitution, the acting Secre-
tary Of State, Mr.. Dickens, wrote to MIR
Horner, who had then just been appointed
Territorial Governor, the letter Of instructions
above referred to. The language Is mid and
guarded. Although General Jackson was
perfectly apprised Of what the State govern
ment partly contemplated doing, and after
wards did, he by no means talks about "in
surrcction," "rebellion" or "treason" as tho
present executive and his advocates do. .Ht
speaks as follows
1t is only now. for the FIRST time, that he the
Presijen has seen the constitution to by The
convention and submitted TO the people of Michigan
for their ratification lie pcrceives. as is represen
ted in your letter. that new government created
by that const ution is intended to go into operation
| on the first Monday in November next and TO exer
else after that time legislative, executive and jude
n powers within that part OF tho Territory which
was formed by the act Of january, 1905; and conse
quently, that the Tcrn:oria oyernment established
by Congress is then to be superseded and abrogae'
within that portion of the Territory.
| The President views IA natural and proper the de
sire Of the people of Michigan to he admitted to al
the rights Of State 1t will afford him great pleas
ure to aid rs far sdepends him. IN tho early nc
complishment Of that important object. and, mean
while, he will not sanction any interruption Of th'
proceedings which they may adopt with that view