St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

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ing been presented, this will he thci
own voluntary act, and they will alon,
he responsible for the consequences
Whether Kansas shall be free or
slave State must eventually undo
some authority, be decided by an clcc
ton, and the question can never b,
more clearly or distinctly presented t.
the people than it is at the present
moment. Should this opportunity b,
rejected, she may be involved tol
years in domestic discord, and posi-
bly, in civil war, before she can again
make an issue now so fortunately ten
dercd, and maintain the point she has
already attained. X ansas has for some
years occupied too much public attcn.
ton. 1t is high time this should be
directed TO more important objects.
If once admitted into the Union,
whether with or without slavery, the
excitement beyond her own limits will
speedily pass away, and she will then
be left, fer the first time, as she ought
to have been long since, to manage
her affairs in her own way. If her
constitution on the subject of slavery
or any other subject, be displeasing to
to a majority of the people, no human
power can prevent them from chang
ing it.
Within brief period, under these
circumstances, it may be well qucs-
toned whether the peace and quiet of
the whole country are not of greater
Importance than mere temporary tri-
umphs of either of the political powers
in Kansas. Should the Constitution,
without slavery, be adopted by the
votes of a majority, the right of prop
erty in slaves now in the territory is
reserved. The number of these is
very small, but if it were greater, the
provision would be equally just and
reasonable. These slaves were
brought into the Territory under the
Constitution of the United States, and
are now the property of their masters.
This point has at length been decided
by the highest judicial tribunal of the
country, and the plain principcl that,
when confcderacy Of foreign States
acquire a new territory at their joint
expense, both equity and justice de-
mand that the citizens of one add all
of them shall have the right to take
into it whatever is recognized as prop
erty by the common Constitution. To
have summarily coniiscatcd the prop
erty in slaves already in a territory
would have been an act of gross injns-
ticc and contrary to the practice of the
older States of the Union, which have
abolished slavery.
Utah next claims the attention of
the President. This is the first rebel
lion that has existed in our territories
and humanity itself requires that we
should put it down in such a manner
that it shall be the last. 10 triae with
it, would be to encourage it and rem
der it formidable. We ought to 60
there with such an imposing force as
to convince those dcludcd people that
resistance would be vain, and thus
spare the cfl'usion of blood. We can
in this manner convince them that we
arc their friends, not their enemies.
In order to accomplish this object, it
will be necessary according to the
estimate Of the War Department to
| raise four more regiments, and this
earnestly recommend ia Congress- Al
the present moment of depression il
the revenues of this country, ! an
sorry to be obliged to recommend
such Il measure, but | feel confident OF
the support of Congress, cost what it
may, in supprcssing Instruction, and
in restoring and maintaining the sove-
reignty of the Constitution and Laws
over Utah.
He next recommends the establish
ment of Territorial Government for
Arizona, and commcnds to the friend
Y consideration of Congress the sub
.cct of the Pacific Railroad, without
fully committing himself to either
route.
BY the report of the Treasury it APP
pears the amount of revenue received
from all sources into the Treasury
during the fiscal year ending the 3Oth
of June, 1857, was sos, 632, 513 81,
which amount, with balance in Treas
ury at the commencement of the year
makes an aggregate of the service of
the year Of SIS, 532,s3 IL, cxpcndi-
lures amounting to S7O,s22,72O So.
leaving in the Treasury at the com
of the present fiscal year,
July |, 1851, l7,7l0,llS 27. The re-
ceipts of the first quarter of the pres.
ent fiscal year, commencing July |.
were $40, 929,Sl9 81, and the cstimat-
I'd receipts of the remaining three
quarters, are $36,750,O 900, making
with balance before stated, an aggrc-
gate of $75, 1898 0S, for the service
IF the present fiscal year. The proba-
Die expenditures of the remaining three
quarters to June 30, 1858, are S5l PAS
$50 o., making an aggregate of S74,
963, O5S Al, leaving an estimated bal
ance in the Treasury at the clos of
the present fiscal year of $426, s75 CT.
The entire amount of the present pub
lie debt unredecmcd at this time is
s2l ,565, l54 81. The amount of csti-
mated expenditures for the remaining
three quarters of the present fiscal,
year, will, in all probability, be in
creased, from causes set forth in the
report of the Secretary. His sugges-
ton, therefore, that authority should
be given TO supply any temporary
by the issue of a limited
amont Of Treasury notes, is approved;
and | accordingly recommend the pas
sage of such law as stated in the re-
port of the Treasury.
The tariff of March 80, 1851, has
been in operation for only a short
period of time, and under circumstan-
stances so unfavorable to a Just devcl-
opcmcnt of its result as revenue
measure, that | should regard it as
!nexpedicnt, at least for the present, to
its revision. / would call
the special attention of Congress to
the recommendation of the Secretary
Of the Navy, i'm favor of the construc-