Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-04-18

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thc evils nvi.tip,, in thc T.rritorv or Kansas
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.i,oIl ld con,.9,joJ L,, tho
to contain 93.7oo Inhabitants, and until
those authorities shall direct and authorize
the people to organize u new State, under "A
new Constitutions In other words. pro-
pose to allow the people Of Kansas to apply
the constitutional remedy at once The
President proposes to defer it indefinitely.
and to commit the entire application Of it to
the hands OF the Missouri bordcrers. lie
couitsses the lhddcquacy OF that course by
asking appropriations OF money to enable
him to maintain and preserve order within
the Territory until the indefinite period when
the constitutional remedy shall be applied.
There is no sufficient reason for the DELAY
which the President advises. lie admits the
rightluncss and necessity Of the remedy. 1t
is right!ul and necessary now as it ever will
be. 1t is demanded by the condition and
circumstances Of the people of Kansas now
/ You cannot Justly postpone any more than
| you can justly deny that right. TO postpone
/ would be Il denial. The President will need
no grant Of money, or armed men, to enforce
obedience to law, when you shall have re-
dressed the wrongs of which the people com.
/ PLAIN Even under Governments less free
imam our own there Is no need OF power
Wlci' justice hVius the hclm. hen justice
/ ~ III 'i''liIy auhI'''lStGrGd' tne obedience OF
"a, VI ~ VIII W. noluhtdrE' cheer
Iul' ana Practically unlimited. Freedom
Justly "ue cannot nc conceded too soon. True
freedom eAiS'S, inc utmost bounds OF civil
h'erty ar" ohI'lncd' only where complaints
are freely heard, deeply considered, and
spet"liy redress d. 30 only can you restore
10 NAh''S ths perfect freedom winch You
lodged and she has lost. The Constitution
.'lS l.oi prescribe 'o"' or any other mum
Der OIL people, as necessary to constitute a
state h,s!dtS under the present ratio 0
increase, NphslS, whose population now i,
io.ooo, VIII number IOo,OO0 ina few months
lhe point made concerning numbers is there
tore ptactic;liy unimpJrtant and frivolous.
The President objects that the proceedings
by which the new state of Kansas was or
aanincd, were irregular in three rcspccts
Fret, That they were instituted, c1uducte,
and completed, without a previous permits
sion by Congress, or by the local authorize
within the Territory. Secondly. That the,
were instituted, conducted and completed
hy II party, and not by the whole people o
Kansas and, Thirdly, That the new Stat
holds an attitude OF defiance and insuhordl
nation towards the Territorial authorize
and the Federal Union. reply, First, Tina
II the lroceedings IN question were irregular
parilldn-Ilke and iactous, the cxiGenccs o
the case would at least excuse the faults an
Congress has unlimited discretion to waiv
tccausc no act Of Congress- fortlJ.. ,bc,,-
NO act of the Tcrritorioi IorisIotrra c,.,,
them. directly or Inv im,Iira,;,, ~. law to
the Tcrrityrnl Lori.Iatnrn ,o,rnr oi.iau IL.
authorize or to prohibit tbom ria ,r''io.,I
iugs were, indeed. instituted hv n r,rt, ,,l
favored them. But they were rrnscScnt o
and consumnated in the custo,nor,, c,r,,'s "
popular elections. which were omen ~ al ~
inhabitants of the Territory qualified r. vo NJ
10y the organic law, and iv no others. an,
tiov have in no case cana 49,, a.!
either the Territorial putbo,itin, nn ~, W..
crnmcnt Of the Union. TbirJ TLora am, ~
no ilrcgularjty where thrra il y, I,,,. ' ', y
crlin. what Shall be rornI,r C3, -" li ia
passed no law cstnhlisIinc roo,nIa,i '. "a