The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-12-11
UPPER SANDUsKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER H. 1885,

fputed Southern encroachme hts; which !,
cry sPrang in reality from the spirit of
revolutionary attack on the domestic in |
stitutions of the South, and, after troub- !
led existence of a few months, has been
rebuked by the voice of patriotic peo-
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Of this last agitation, one lamentabie
feature was, that it was carried on at the
immediate expense of the peace and
happiness of the people of the Territory
of Kansas. That was made the battle
field, not so much of opposing factions or
interests within itself, as of the conflicting
passions of the whole people of the United
States. Revolutionary disorder in Kan
sas had its origin in projects of interven-
ton, deliberately arranged by certain
members of that Congress, which enact
ed the law for the organization of that
f Territory. And when propagandist col
onization of Kansas, had thus been under
t taken in one section of the Union, for
the systematic promotion of its peculiar
f views of policy, there en- ued, as mat
ter of course, a counter action with op-
posite views, in other sections Of the I'm
ion
In consequence Of these and other in
, cidents, many acts of disorder, it is un-
f deniable, have been perpetrated in Kan
sas, to the occasional interruption. rather
than the permanent suspension, of regu-
: lar government, Aggressive and most
: reprehensible incursions into the Terrific
: ry were undertaken, both in the North
and the South, and entered it on is Nor,
b thern border by the way of Iowa, as well
r as on the eastern by way OF Missouri;
: and there has existed within it a state of
insurrectlon against the constituted au-
r thorities, with countenance from nconsid-
: crate persons in each of the great sections
: of the Union. But the difficulties in that
J. Territory have been extravaga gantly exag-
S Grated for purposes of political agitation
it elsewhere. The number and gravity OF
n the acts Of violence have been magni6ed
c partly by statements entirely untrue, and
d partly by reiterated accounts of the same
l. rumors or facts. Thus the Territory has
J.. been seemingly filed with extreme VIC
e. lence, when the whole amount of such
It acts has not been greater than what occa
l. sionally passes before US in single cities
m to the regret of all good citizens, but with
id out being regarded as of general or po
Sc litical consequence.
ID Imputed irregularities in the elections
7e had IN Kansas, like occasional Irregular
at ties Of the same description in the States
in were beyond the sphere of action of The
to Executive. But incidents of actual vic
n lence or of organized obstruction Of law
It, pertinaciously renewed from time to tina'
IN have been met as they occurred, by sucl
means as were available and as the cir
I'd cumstances required; and nothing Of thi
a. character now remains to affect the gen
or eral peace of the Union, The attempt o
ar a part Of the inhabitants Of the tTerritor,
70 to erect revolutionary government
r? though sedulously encouraged and sup
ic piled with pecuniary aid from activ
SIS agents of disorder in some of the States
e. has completely failed. Bodies Of arme,
he men, foreign to the Territory, have bee
of prevented from entering or compelled t
at leaveit. Predatory bands, engaged il
IT. acts of rapine, under cover of the ex
n isting political disturbances, have bee
er arrested or dispersed And every we
to disposed person is now enabled one
of more to devote himself in peace to tn
es pursuits of prosperous industry, for tn
ire prosecution of which be undertook to pal
IN ticipate in the settlement of the Terrific
ry. =---a - L.s..-
ate 1t affords me unmingled satisfactio
IN, thus to announce the peaceable conditio
in of things in Kansas, especially conside
Of ing the means to which it was necessal
or to have recourse for the attainment
nd the end, namely, the employment of
of part of the military force of the Unite
-or States, The withdrawal of tha: fort
IN; from its proper duty of defending Il
,v- country against foreign foes o. sayayes
in the frontier, to employ it for the suppre
not sion of domestic insurrecton, is. wht
err the exigency occurs, matter of the mo
to earnest solicitude. On this occasion
t is imperative necessity it has been done wi
md the best results, and my satisfaction
-ies the attainment of such results by su
sna means is greatly enhanced by the consi
in Grafton, that, through the wisdom and e
IN erey of the present executive in Kans
md and the prudence, frmness and yigilan
es- of the military officers on duty thel
of tranquility has been restored there wit
en- out one drop of blood having been sh
rty in its accomplishment by the forces of t
United States. o .sa e7g s-.s
pie The restoration of comparative ira
my guilty in that Territory furnishes t
rn- means of observing calmly, and appr
nth ciating at their just value. the ever
the which have occurred there. and the d
ave cussions of which the government of t
ave Territory has been the subject.
nth We perceive that controversy concer
OBJ ing its future domestic Institutions W
tied inevitable, that no human prudence,
the form of legislation, no wisdom on t
the part of Congress, could have prevent
SER this. Ill rs
fer Itis idle to suppose that the particul
va provisions of their organic law were
fter cause of agitation. Those provisio
t of were but the occasion, ,or pretext Of an q
idly itation, which was inherent in the matt
j. as of things. Congress legislated upon
om- subject in such terms as were most &C
lsti- sonant with the principles of popu
IL sovereignty which underlies our govel
ates ment. Itcould not have legislated 9th
i'm wise without doing violence to anotl
ting great principle of our institutions, the j
by Prescriptble right of equality Of the ST
ton eral States. 1e.z 81. av
dily We perceive, also, that sectional
ility terests and party passions, have been
re- trrraat imnediment to the Salutarv one