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


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GEsILESEs or TIE CovEsrics, Rox tie -.
gaisheo honor you have cooferred upoa u,s, nv ~
thanks are due. Am not accassousd 10 ospsid, ~
the deliberations OF sSeh s ooey % this, sad -
rely upon your assistance 10 alscharsio, tb,, 49,
imposed upon NE. In the Cor fdeoce TIA, "a ~
II, l throw myself upon your indalfesce Yos IN
probably bear with me while | make ~. .~
marks relating 10 our position o. a mar, 49,
we last assembled here, pew cnssss, -
been openedn our history, asserting $3.50
pies ard Con .stitutiansl Constructions Of -
importance 10 the perpetuity cf our lost, u,icoa -
ary Others which have been developed m our -
vious history. The question upon which the fouo5.
Of the R.publie frum the Declaration of Ioaen~s%
snce TO the Missouri Compounds, entertained -
d, ubt-ihat Congress bad power 10 make al nsedi.i
rules and rex usons for the Government Of the To-,
rtories e the United States-hss been opened sosv
aud the occasion been avaied OF to establish Doe.
times ard the cries which viii reyolutonfze r.
Government ard overthrow the C)nst: utioa IA
recent opinions attending the decision OF the Sapreos
Court the bred Scott case presents this issue and
the FIRE bell of the Constitution which rartied Mr.
JeffeTsor fill u with terror In l7N. vnle TIE
trainers Of our Government were fresh from the al.
cui sons nobody called in question the pos er Of Coz
gress to prohibit the troducton e Slavery ino he
Territories, and the oroiDsnces Of that year Ia.
nish the strongest evidences Of their views upss
that point. Ii seems 10 have been resesve1
for the President now In Office, with tme-ssrvise
Judiciary TO seund that fire. bell which Oils the wAos
land with terror while it rtroo uces into our Nstoai
politi,s elements of oiscod and agitation which wn
rI dune longer than tho remembrance OF It's suhon
The recent reply of the Preside Ut u the Ns~Hsvsa
Memorisl adopted into the platform OF the so-csls1
Democracy OF our Safe, manifest sense Of n.
spopsibiity more cieoitsble to bis heart thu
bis argument is to his understanding We oaxot
however BE- grateful for his attempt at ,iifcstoa
ard defence of his scoa in delicate exigeacy o.
great question If Constitutional power and public
policy The occasion required dstonce, and history
ILL. f,,rn 4. tha
ton Of the principles on which 1t was founded The
effort to sguso the question BY 81 arfal staiemeak
of .xirinsic facts will not be successfasurey not
While be admits the. principle upon which the prayer
Of the memorial is founded. +" That the people
should make their own laws aud elect their owo ru-
lers and while he cannot With truth deny that the
people Of Kansas are at this momrn governed oys
violation vi this principle, and by laws dec arcd al
most Infamous in both houses OF the ear Congress-
which he rays rec, guzed their laws made uader tho
Lead of r,ffians AID outaw from another Sta,s.
with the acquiescence and tacit approoaaou q
Of his predt cessors, and which be Is nov employing
the army 10 enforce; thre aieLng to use ths wnole
power OF the Government for that purpose: Tas NE.
moria prays "a stay his hanc aud save the naaot q
character His reply s that when hs came into othoe
be found this code II laws I" Infamous a. they are,
had been .r acted by the Ter'0ial Legislature, and
hat the Judiciary were employed in expounding them
and carry ing tie III into efoct, he asks Whist wss hs
duty He should have leu embered that the people
the Colonies were once In precisely 81 niisr eoodi
laws ads without their conseLt by tho uss
of an army and that the result raised the
Bunker Hill monument to glory, ana a. Q
r,u ote consequence wodby or uoworthily raised him
to the seat o. power In the nope toat he woala 90
euded by beacon light in the study Of tho principles
Of Liberty, and act accordingly. This hope vas hls-
toIicsl and vas disappointed. Again, we are ia-
formed tha cOntro seTsy had ariseo AZ TO the vady
Legislature which enacts them but be jast'ted
their execution by the sword, because tney wore
recognized by subservient Congress nsving
admitted a Delegate under them, and that, N
faci, he found the Govefpmsss OF hnosss ~
well established as this, Of any other Territory.
Upon this assumption be makes his argument 70 rest.
If lot ue bstery will determine where the whoer'
ing copdenp att u" which he all Kes to tue memonl
it, will fnsl attach itseif Government cannot b
said to be well established ns those OF the several
States and TerItOret, whom COMMISSIONS ent ss4
have continued IN it; when standing army iss,ssA
for its e,istsDce when the several Territorial uovs
eIntrs authorized exercise powers there have rs'
tired succe s.isey dsgurted vi tho babsrous dutics
in pOssd upon hem; when they have ed 10 execuee
infamous laws IN snch manner as to crush oas no
principles Of equal rights which had taken root ~nefe
resistance and tIoodsh.d have prevailed n,u
the beginning, aud where the unscrupulow
Governor now commissioned TO do the dirty work X
,be Slave Democracy Is 20 ashamed OF his msspa
ii at be tries TO up bis Purposes by sdppressisg
prI ciples he does not entertain using asguayst =
conceal bis thoughts rather than to express them end
substituting the Loise If arms and rumpets for resson
End patriotism. This state Of hiogs exists 10 other
Government, State or Territory, in this Union, end
6rdr parallel in our history aud the Assumptions OF
the Presidents is, therefore, not true. IL e obvoa
il is uotoIi u.s. that the Government OF ksssss IN
stead Of being 10 any sense established. could sos
stand single hour without tho bayonets on the b.
ecurive to uphold it, because its laws are
against the Christian civilization Of the ago.
ard eaist without the consent OF those up0s
whom they are imposed by the force OF arbitrary
power. The President asks what Is bis datyI
h.. pafia nxvtfh ia ha n
il wouls be In respect TO any fraud or wIsag Psfpe
rated in private hfs Condemn, ana fer a. posse
be redress the injury, rather than uphold ana coz.
in it, by the force of the army the bubbles of the
judiciary, thus avOidi toe being held up aud pro-
clelmd Us violating thu Constitution of the oouaIry 10
moot essential particular, by deprivlne our
tellow-citizeIs Of their rights and hosr.
ties. What our character suffers by as
necessity which requires military force in ksnsas
70 excite peasurab1 emotions In the Pres dont
mind Although this surprises our counryinen gen.
orally, yet cannot surpfize those "ho nave Porson'
ally uessured its comp ehension IN c.ses where DO
could derive personal advantage. or x blame upon his
oppOpeI t. b. attempt, 10 do by charging tneu
VIII beng unwilling to truet the ballot box o. tho
American Iemeoy for the redress Of sll grevsocse.
The complaint # the people Of Kansas IL that this
remedy Of the ballot boz is desecratod by the frauds
al violt Dee Of armed men from al other State
&C urged by the Federal Government, which sane
ti,ns tier proceedings aoo carries into ef-ct thex
LAVE by toe power Of The army Instead Of protecting
them 10 their rights 10 made laws for themselves, ssS
o choose their rues according to the Constita'
ion. II this complaint Is well founded, IL shows No
Iiostce Of the charge Of the President 10 strong
light. II TIE PresiGen. that the people OF kta-
UNIV ltg 10 trust the people Of Missouri TO make
their laws by violence, ADD through the frauds OF the
baIi,t boz, the charge IL true; but If he means tnas
The people unwilling 70 trust the oslot-o,x o.
remedy wbeL speaks honesty and truly, the chnse
IL pri'ul sud idle the source from which it emA-
pafed ogpi-d. To threaten 10 use the whole power
If The Government 20 execute these hauddlent ih~s
nav alarm those of our fellow citizens Who have Nd
personal kLo~edge Of the character ot tae
President; but to tho-e who have seen