New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-24

A. ovH To- >noEt<e and requisite shs gvVenmenso i
M. this right, or the duty which snsss fTon III
w" Goverpu,en. owes any duty whatever 70 the eoun
O sitnotncst ssc,edly bound TO protect both e'ase
AID TenitoTy sgains; the impout 'n OF govsrnmen.
and lave by ruan and voie nj invasion from another
State, Your Memoraiss, then, s'renuousiy inss'
that the only principle which recognition can ever
be ueti6. that there 10 some evidence be II more
or f.ss tina: the government PROCEEDS FROM ~ Az
TBoRlzED LAW. nAEIso POWER. And they fdrther
insis, that when such government IL within our own
bcides under the supervision and control OF the Fed
eJal Gov. eht AID claiming 10 derive al ie sane
ten from law Of Ct Dgess, THE EvIDEscE or IT. Az
THoRiTY aCST BE CLEAR AND DECISIVE. Bul now
il when there is 10 such evidence How Is II when
all the evd. il strong against lie autboItyi nov
is it when there ia the best evidence me case saui'n
Of, even deceive unquestionable proof ma. Ins so
called government has other authority than !ufh1h-
ism ard outrage IL such a government 70 90
practically recognized that too within the LIMITS
If our own Republic There surely may be cases IN
which it woulo be gross wrong 70 SUSTAIN
GoverI ment which bas no authority. Aud now, We
ak what government could Jou refuse 10 sustain II
not one that bad its origin SOLELY ID Vloen' hta-
sion Of ,ufals from another State MS fact 10 me
present be MED 30 can Oods Wheh MS san
shpeth in the heavens.
This usuped Government cannot be sactioned by
the law of Congress authorizing the formation OF
T, rrtorsl Government That law declares that The
time intent ana meaning Of this ACT is to leave the
people of the Territory perfectly free to regulate
".heI domestic institutions IN Their own way, suoJect
OF y to the Constitution Of the United States. 10
TIE PEoPLE, ara them alone it expressly gives the
abt 10 nah their own government and laws. Here
IL no sanction, no anthony, Tor government n0t
fran ed by the people, but un led solely on invasi)n
Car this law rome in rigbtfu sovereignty bandits
from neighboiiIg State AZ wen say tHat au'aor-
use and behoof IL as well deprive the people Of
one right of another, OF all rights as Of one 1t il
said THAT Cor gross authorized the establishment Of
government" Yes; but by the people, not by
uaIaud.1s 1t 10 further said, that we must adhere
T. 2. ner al principle" What Principle! Why. as
your whole argument implies that government
e,tablIsleo is a government TO be recognized. We
dery such government in Kansas Beware howyo
stretch e. nera principle, and make il uHtrcrs0L.
Though one may safely pass the Niagara River at ali
other points and places, none but mailman would
attempt the passage on the verge OF the cataract
Your Memoriasts urge therefore, that the so-caled
Government Of Kansas claim no sanction from the
act of Congress. The evidence was all against It
evidence known to the whole CIVILIZED word, ap'
must have challenged your attention long before you
had taken the oath of office. The very fact that the
90 called Government required support from the Fed
eral Executive the strongest evidence that did
not con from the people, and had no lawful author
ity. ibis shove, a once, that this Government was
rot il the lowest sense, what on call "a established
Government" for il shows that it was not and could
not be established without United States army; and,
therefore, the army was sent, not as you pretend to
sustain an Established Government but for the
purpose Of estabshrHg what was not established--a
G0VbIDmeDt OF rufiJan authority.
Nor could you have been ignorant that the House OF
Repre- seDatives had sent special Committee OF In
yestgaton TO the Territory, aud thus acknowledged
and confirmed the prcprey OF strict inquiry INTO thlS
r.ru case On the report OF tn at Committee the House
of Representatives auihoraively declared that the
Government OF Kansas was established BY the terror
Of bowie knives and revo vers, and that 1t had been
proved to have not shadow of authority. And here
Your Menoralists ask, whether palmer case or
stronger evidence can well be imagined When,
not in such case, ought the Presiden. to denounce
government spurious, and TO refuse to aid or sustain
il The laws of Congress trampcd In the dust-the
invaders from Missouri proved beyond cav, to be
the only authors OF this government IT not an
wrong to hold Kansas subject to such usur-
patton by United States army The fires OF raffian'
Ism tt burn there mOtheed in the drearness OF their
own desolation and ready be rekndled in their fury
by the slightest movement tor Liberty and Right ON
the part OF the people, while the echo OF their suffer
ipgs ever rings in the of National Executive.
Let il be rendered, that this Government cones
to the people Of Kansas not With the sanction OF gray
sniiquity yet has it come from any law of Con
gess q, ~, true ana proper nor ye, o1
ettablh he'd Al is OF recent origin and formation. 1t
dates only from the imposition Of by the rutanisn
fOn Missouri, upon the people who abh0r and dsown
it, Every who has from The FIRST known ITS ct!s-
ence has known s origin and its nature. Let then
be- taken as it ie If, in its origin and Its nature
And What isnl A code of laws oppressive, unjust,
cruel outrageous without parallel, Created imposed,
BY the usurpaton Of rufhans from Missouri. Add
.hese laws and this Government" without the least
evidence to establish their authority, bat Nth the most
ebur dant proofs to the contrary you are proposing 70
sustain and execute by the United States army! You
speak Of numbers Of lawless men" &c. aliudng
evidently to the Topeka Convention. BE it So for the
sake of the argument but how does one lawiess al
tempt 10 establish government, Justify or paliiate
another lswless attempt for the same purpose
Further: In your reply you seen TO your Memorial
lists 10 concede in all It's truth and force the principle
which they maintain. Thus you unequivocally aud
justly asseit that for portion OF the people OF Con-
a. Iar autah ,sh nf,l (Nny
errmert wi hin IFS chartered limits for the purpose
of reoressDg any grey real or imaginary would
be usurpation, and add that such pfincipe, car
ned into execution, would destroy al awu an'nor'
ity, and produce universal anarchy" Your Memo
Iiasts fully subscribe 10 this doctrine. But what Is
the act which you call usurpatioD in the case sup
posed 7 What is 1t but setting up Government
claiming authority, and laws demanding execution,
which, in the nature OF the case, can claim NO author-
~ ard are opposed to existing authority IL you
would call this usurpaton In Connecticut, 1t II
would destroy all legal authority and produce uni
verssl anarchy what Is this but the very act which
HpsouIi invaders have perpeuated LII Kansas There
was Government 10 kansss-government under the
Constitution OF the United States Law was there
also, law for the oIgapizstlon OF government By
The PEOPLE OF The TIkRiToRY. Right, too, was
ih,e the nvioable right Of the people to make their
ard elect their own rulers. In opposition to
the existing Government in violation OF tnat existing
law, trampllDg upon thote Inherent rights Missouri
inv aders have set up bloody tyranny, which has in
fact produced anarchy and bloOdshed. II you con-
denim the one condemn the other also Your Memo
Ialsis have IothiDg to ask you in this matter but
consistency OF principle Condemn the same conduct
in both cases put down the u,urpston in Kansas and
the friends of truth justice, ana Of the country, would
rejoice.
Your Memorialisss again ask, whether case can
well be imagined, TO which the name Of authoritative
government could be applied with moro palpabe i'm
propristy and Ustruth, than 10 the Territorial Gov
einm. Mt Of Kansas Night no. even political shame
los,Aess blush to call it by such a rSmo Was not
the ara only character Of this Government knowo