Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-10-15

bribed and perjured judges! no law to be
taken Care OF by securing 10 the people of
the Territory that fundamental right of the
Constitution a right guarded BY an ex-
press law of Congress--the right TO make
their own laws and eject their own rulprs!'
no law t. be taken care % In giving to Con :
gress in ormation al least OF the state OF the
Union. and espec iy in recommenf, IN .,
ne, esSary und eApedient measures Tor tie
relief ot the people nl Kan>as from The in
ju-tce, tie oppression and The ba baririe< to
Wh ch they were uhJ cted' Had ;h u Grrut
Britain anV su laws o take care % IN
Frauce. when the present Emperor was en-
rhrnned there by usurpaiion. as III s. which
pur G ~ 'rnment--our Pre- id .nt--was branG
- Ike care o; our Sn Ter:it ~! In u tpr
neglect OF these laws have YOU not, wi u
full know ledge Oi the nature OF 'his usurpa-
ton. Is progress, its vinlaiian Uf Cons;i;u-
lion and nf fundamental rights, ITs violence,
It's rapIn@. lis IN ,ssacres, ITS ,untl gruI ions
an lis shame. sustained at e,eiy step its
authors and anetgors in this houri Have YOU
not sanctioned ,iSh conduct BY pIacing, ,,r
reta ir ng prominen' leaders therein in uffi-
ca Stat ONT
Again, re the troubles AMI calaMitIes o.
Kansas Ihe leg timate results ot ,he Wise
adm u istration--O The true aud right work.
ing in such an exigency-nf UuI National
Guvrrnm"nt! tne mus. perfect specimen "f
human government the world has. ever seen
Ito our own admiration, the perfection #
excellence. Surrey, such results be, e k
some derongement, some dis uratng force
iu the evoiutions Of mac .inery filt~d 20
do good, SO power ul to its high design.
But II your example in administration,
and that OF your predecessor in office, are To
I be toliUn ed in future, whenever similar
Gases shall occur--it every usurpatipn OF
! power, when il has gained tem2orary sue
cess, Is thenceiorth to be b .cked oy The
whole power o. the Federal Governmr ut.
and iorcrd upon The indignant people on
whom, BY Irau.. or violence, i. had iGpuseu
I Itself. where will the end be. How often
@iil such cr.>es actually occur, resulting
! from The very nature OF our G.vGrnntnt
with such P7incipl,. in its adminislraIi' II
30 origin ate and foster IhenIt What temp
ta,i"n TO party spirit, tnus unrestrn. .n,d,
/ emboldentd, upnr d by the Government ii
tine nation, would b. urnl he'd ~ carry out
It's schemes and its lrIumphs IN violence md
boodshed! What shall hindcrl Let the
admins ration OF the Government change
hands-dnd such Chang, may b" ireque"t
-Ho@ surely would he same contests he
re-enacied by way of reprisals ior past in-
iurles Ind oppfcssions. How would such
contests be repeated in Territories and ib
States tIli, TO your own mind, would be re-
veaIed, in the very principle which you
sumo, IA weakness in our Governmen mt lore
teiiing It's speeey dissolution.
OF thc part cular con iderations by viii b
you has euue-VUreL 10 support Inr .unda-
mental principle o. you' reply, the first
WINCH ds mdnds notice is that, ..when YOU
entered uFon y,ur officI,I duties, Congress
had recognized the LegisIa urr (ot Kansas
III different lurmS ami by different en- act
nents.' Had you informed Your NJ ii,Ur.i
lists VIVA, these "d .fierent endlt lt.hen s. "
they might have Ueeu niade the suvJeCt UI
distinct examination As II Is they caI
onIy Say tnat they know oi no "io!ns Or
" o. NOu u W
binding Oh yea au hurI'a.Ve, OF which
you mad reason even t. regard as ev dence
Vi Ike Validity ul tnat l. .ia auIs. Do
you eI To lie act by which he usual ap-
rroPriaLons fom the Treasury u,re nads
Every one knows i'll what manner and tor
what reason that act as passed, and that
many vino Voted ior it reaurd. d, aud still
nd Tr.rrs.,.r.-. I
right usurp.ilrn; nor hdI they an, suepl-
cIUn That iGey we're recogG .Z.n5 iis aiiGily.
How tins Dill can invest all act Of surpa-
ton with authority, your MenIorra.ats are
unable to discover. What II the L"gisia-
tuGe vi Connecticut had, under the excite
ment oi party str,ie, even by formal act,
recognized the usupation which you have
supposed, might not the GUvernu justly iaii
back upon his own utf ,lai prer1galisc, call
out the militia, and suppress the rebclhon!
Ii he would be bound to recognize such un
usurpatlon ds government Ing u'hUrity,
when cuuic lie ever suppress I without
himself becoming rebei against the very
authority which he recognizes! Apply this
illustrations to the President OF the United
States, and you uil see that the lundament-
ID. Pr'nc PIE ol ali your reasoning Is absO-
iutely suIclda, anu thus render Du-at ~
your tire vIndicaIiUn. DID nul prrsld, ht
Jackson un mis- own official respUns DiiIty IA
Nauonai Executne. set at defiance alike
the power and The att nprIty ul a"Suvere gu
StaIe!" And can Territorial Govern
mtnt rank WITH an independent State Sow
ereignty! Can Burder .Ruti4nisii, b. my
OF Congress, btroms entitled Il respect
aud support, as righliul law kng .Um-
er, irom the p esId,nl o The llnltel STA t.!
! TINS is too d.rant. The +. Is dre too
| notorious. NJ tfuy lGucpr ndeut, sen re-
| lyI"g Preside vino understands his Official
| pFerJ gItlve, ard his duty under the ConsiI-
| tuition, would hesitate To u.srrs. ird ven %
/ direct act uI COnsree, so .yraun al na oy-
! p.eSsive and appeal 10 his ceunt-y and "a
| " ur!u Iur Ms vLnd!catIOn.
! But no .uci uying emerg ncy was here
! presented. Win the solemn d. cls:oI OF
! the HOust. oI Re ,,re.en aiye., alter .un. IL-
vestigatioI., that ;he l. ,g!sidture oi Kansas
had no authority, am that is laws wrr' no
laws-wIth that direct, pusitIvr ai,d
pedchabie GfiGenCe tiOfe you, YOUR Mem
orIalists Cannot bul Express their surprise
Ihnt You have re.l'd upon your cons,iUclIon
% indirect, incuncIuslTe .ct> OF that same
bOdy DIS euiasRCe oi the authority oi that
Legislature. They know u1 rule of law
by which You can sci up constructive, in
! terentlai ~ dence against direct and positive
evid nee from the same source But inis
| proof YOU pass over IN utter silence.
! AEuu,ng 10 the cond;I ion OF the Terri
| lory, you speak Vi the course you adopted
Us absolutely necessary and sSk whether
you ~ouli not have been justly conuemued
Ii you leii,' what You assume 10 be the
government and its administration, lin
potent" and thus have ,uffered it to become
an object ol Contempt IN the eyes OF the
pruple Our frs; rep,y |, tals view of III