Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-10-02


bicked by the whole power OF the Fed
eral Government, and forced upon tbs
Indignant pc 3ple on whom, by fraul OF
violence. it had imposed itself where
will the end be How often will such
tfiscs actually occur, resulting from
tie very nature Of our Government with
such principle in its administration to
originate and foster them What a
temptation to partysplrit, thus unre-
strained, em5oldened, upheld By the Gov
nment of the nation, would be furnished
TO carry out its schemes aud its triumphs
in violence AMI bloolshcd HAT shall
hinder Let the administration OF the
Government change hands-and SAGA
changes may be trequent-how surely
would the same contests be rcanacted
by way Of reprisas for past injuries and
expressions How would such conteste
be repeated in Territories and in States
Till to your own mind, would be revealed.
in the very principle which you assume,
weakness in our Gov rnment foretellns
its speedy dissolution.
OF the particular considerations by
which you have cndeavored TO support the
fundamental principle Of your reply. the
first which demands notice is that. when
YOU entered upon your official duties,
Congress had recognized the Legislature
of kansa, in diff 'rent forms and by differ
cnt enactments. Had Won informed
your Memnralists what these different
cnactments' were they might have been
made the subieet Of dis,ine: examination
As it is, they can ouly say that they
know of no forms or cnactmcn.s Of Con
gress which could be binding on you as
authoritative or which YOU had reason
even 70 regard as evidence ofthe vilidity
Of that Legislature. Do YOU r,fcr to
the act by which the us ial Apr 1p,ia,ions
from the Treasury were ma lc , Every
one knows in what manner AMI for
what reason that act was passel |, and
thai many who voted tor it regarded
and still reglrl, the Territorial l. ngis'a
tarc as downright nsurpation: nor had
they any suspicion that they were rscog
nizing its validity. How this bill can
inves. an act Of usurpatiol with authority
Your Memorialists are unable to liscov
err. What # the Leg Stature Of Conecti
cut had, under the excitement OF party
strife, even By formal act, recognize
the usurpation which YOU haze supposed.
might not the Governor justly fall blci,
upon his own official prero2ative, call out
the militil, and suppress the rebellion ;
If he would BE- bound to recognize such
an usu' patton as governme at having au-
,noritv, when could he ever suppress it
withou: himself becoming a rebel against
the very authority which he recognizes !:
Apply this Illustration to the President
Of the United States, and You Will e
that the fundamr ntal principle OF all your
reasoning Is absolutely suicidal, and thus
renders nusatoly ytu entire yin lie l,i IN
Did no. President jackson. on lis own
Official responsibility IS National Ex ,cu-
tive. st 1t d f nce ak the power, AMI
the authority Of a Sovereign State -
And can Territorial GoYernm, mt rank
with an indep,nl1nt State Sovereignty:
Gan Border Ruff tn'sn, by any ac. Of
Congress, become entitled to resocct and
support, as rishtfu llw-makin- power
from the President of the Unite States ?
This case Is too dagrant Tie facts are
too notorious. No truly independent.
sslf-relying President, who understood
his rr re ,a'ive. ard his duty under the
Constitution, would have hesitated to
disregard ev IN a rect act Of Congress
so tyra1nicll and oppressive, and appeal
to his c punt and the world for his vim
dication.
Bat no such trying emergency was here
presented With the solemn decision of
the House of representatives. after long
Investigation. that the Legislature OF
Kansas had NJ authority. AMI that it's
laws were no laws-wi.h that direct,
positive ana unimpcachable evidence
before you. your Mem orialists c1n1ot bu,
express their surprise that you have relied
on yo;r cprs r,c.o OF Of iLdirec.. in
conclusive acts of that same body a. evil
dence % the authority of that Legs a
turc. They know of no rule of law BY
which you can set up constructive. ir-
fe cniia' evidence against direct and pos
tive evidence from the same source.
But this pro # you pass over in utter 81
lencc.
Allu ling to the condition of the Terri
tory. y ~ speak of the course which you
adopc as absolutely necessary and
RS; VIII 'ther 'you wou not have been
justly Won Tenn ID htd you left what you
assum. to be tie gsrernment and its adj
mlnistration 'im2otcnt, and thus ha e
suffered it TO become IN object of con-
temp, in the eyes Of the people Our
first reply to this view ofthc case is, as
bcto-e, thcrs WIS no Terr torial) govern
ment in Kansas to be executed. as You
"a pose. Anl gain, we say the usGrp-
ed goverrmeat o1gat to hive been rem
deed inpo.ent, an to hav, become al
object of contempt in the ewes Of the
p oole, 81 it has bsco nc. Bat far;h,r
Congress hss passed law for the estab.
Ii 'hment of a government in this Terri.
tory, with this formal ami positive ex-
PLANTATION that the peoole in the Terrific.