Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-07-14

I In seeking To procure the services of citizen u,a
| lIti, to undertake. these rrspnusible duties with IL
prospect of success, the President grHliiied i0
! learn when application was made TO you, tina; you
were wiling 10 accept the Uice o Governor O. Kun
and In devote Yourself tn the execution at s i'm
por:aa; duties. In this feeling he is confident the
country will participate aud will tud in Your distin.
guIshed public services and III tho high positions you
have 80 ably filled, assurance that the measures
you adopt will bs we'll calculated to assert the au.
| ihorty of the law.
| The President was d.sirous that you should pro-
ceed Immediately to kaasa, and enter upon tie ex
cculve duties. But you had informed him i'll your
letter OF acceptance TINT circumstances beyond your
control would Render it impossible Tor you 10 leave
here before the second Monday OF May next, lie MS
sens Ia this delay and trusts that Immediately there
alter you will Proceed to your government and enter
upon your duties. And the President the more readi
" essenIs to this arrangement BECAUSE, III the mean
time, Il. i. Stanton Esq, will accept the office OF
Secretary of the Territory aud, III your absence
will be vested with all the powers OF the Executive
lie VIII immediately set out for Kansas In accept
ng tie olce e has been animated by the came mo-
| tlyrs which have prompted you To make sacrifice
To the public interests, aud he will command the CON
idence OF the country by his well known services
and experience. and by his qualifications for the po
| sition.
Commissions for yourself and for him accompany
| these instructions.
There are two great objects connected with the
present excitement growing out Of the affairs Of Kan
sus and the attainment of which will bring it to Il
speedy termination. These clearly and succinct
~ stated IN The President recent inaugural address,
and embuiy the paragraphs in this communication
asking your especial attention 10 them. Ii is declared
IN that Instrument to be- "the imperative and indis
pensable duty of tie Government OF the United States
To secure 10 every resident inhsbtant the free and
independent expression of his opinion by his voie.-
This sacred right Of each Individual must be preserV
ed" aud shat being accomplished nothing con he
farer than to leave the people Of territory flee FROM
all foreign interference 10 decide their own destiny
for thenar!vts subject only 10 the Constitution oil tIe
United States"
Upln these great rights Of individual action and o
public decision rests the foundation OF American lns
tu,ions, aud if they faithfully secured TO the people
oi karsas, the political condition OF the country VIII
coon become quiet and satisfactory. The institutions
Of Kansas should be established by the votes Of the
people of Kansas, unawed and uninterrupted by force
or fraud And foreign voters must be excluded. come
whence they may, and every attempt to overawe OF
Interrupt the free exercise ol the right of voting mus
| be promptly repelied and punished. Freedom and
safety for the legal voter and exclusion and punish
ment for the illegal onethcs, should be great princi
pies Of your administration.
The regular legislature of the Territory having au
| tiorized the :ssrmbNg of Convention, TO frame a
CONSTITUTIONS be scccp, ID rejected by Congress
under the provisions Of the federal Constitution, the
people of Kansas have the right 10 be protected in the
pesceful election Of delegates for such purpose, un
der such authority and the Convention itselt has
rlEnt 10 Slfndr protection ln te opportunity ior iran
| quill and undisurbed deberation. When such Con
s,i,uton shall he submitted to the people Of the terri
tory they must be protected in the exercise Of hei
right of voting for or against that instrument and tn
fair expression Of the popular vii! must not be inter
rupted by fraud Or violence.
The President concurs in the hope, expressed b,
you, that the intervention Of the military force vii
not be necessary but should this just expectation b
disappointed he refers you for the MEASURES you mus
adopt and for the necessary authority in that emer
gency, to the instructions heretofore given by tn
President of the United States and by this depart
mentfo your predecessors. Copies Of thsse nstruc
iions, accompany this communication, and also cople
Of the instructions heretofore issued by the War De
partment, and OF those s.ued by the present Secrets
ry of War respecting tho employment o: the troop
Of the United States upon your rtquisition
You will communicate freely with this Departlner
from time 10 time, so that the President may be kep
informed as to the true state Of things in Kansas.