Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-09-15

my official datites Congress lad recogni
zed aiis Legislature III different form.
and by different enactments The dele.
~gateseleetea N the House of Representa-.
ltives, under u Territorial law, had iusiI
completed bill termtDf service on the day
previous to MY Inauguration. In fact, j
found the government Of Kansas IL wall
established an that Of any other Territory,
Under these circumstances, what wis
my duty Was it not 10 sustain this
government !? TO protect it from the yio-
lence Of lawlass men, who were deter
mined either y rule Or ruin? To prevent
t from being overturned BIZ force?-in:
the language df the Constitution, To take
carethat the laws beffaithfully exeeu.ed??p
tt was for this purpose, and this alone,
ssstt / Ordered i military force to Kan,
Itbe cfe9ct as a posse comiatus in aiding
Ito upagistrate to carry the laws III.
|ritory It the The condition Of the Ter
tray, rendefdref which need not por-
necessary. III ~hiprecaut:on absolutely
/ hot have been justfe Of affairs. wopll
left the marshal and Condemned bad
like character impotent tostlcers ofsaI
process and Judgments Of eo1fute the
tice established BY Congress, or JUS
Territorial. Legislature under its exphe
authority, and thus have suffered tht
Government Itself TO become an object
#of contempt in the eyes Of the#peoplel
Aud yet this is what you designate as
forcing 'fhe people Of Kansas 70 obey
laws not their own, nor of the United
States;" and for doing which you have
denounced me as having violated my sol
en1n oath. ask, what else could / have
done, Or ought / to have done2 Would
.you have desired that ] should abandon
the Territorial government, sanctioned as
i had been by Congress, til Illegal VIC.
lence, and thus renew the scenes Of civil
war and bloqdshed which every patriot
il. the country had deplored? This
would, indeed, have been 10 yiolste my
oath Of Office and tp fxa damning Blot
On tlie character Of my Administrator
! ndostachebrfullE admit that the neA
Ka,s.s - - II
II law reflects no credit upon the charae-
ter Of onr country. But let the blame
did tb;a nee.sS;ts ! / ; gasnoe :
tifs nao,ta &c IK;, 1T 800 !.
il ,bs aallst. IL. a",itieS Hus1
,len,e5r ~ ma $50. ~ - M M 4lal,e.acan
IrnJe,,oat I,o 800 Y g; sJ.esalees
mani III fSan,so1naa 'd III .sa
atfsmnt nroy1d sncpassf.5 - u
course I,aye ssbyerted,,be !; stsn 80 80, !.
nror es;ha5 aad &.
Canaress INA sahstsa..aJ
,yovs ,nraa Al ;ss .sssI MI ssan
snrnation II ns vas
,yorld ba e.. $3.50 e ,ia1 - " u
raanaa.io,,t !. NJ PoDpig Y
sanarata 49,, aaa III o.su {
nasneso a..Ia.l st'n.t ~ Liihil.s ior
or naaiaary IL 1 ~, 49, ah,
ha,,a n.'s 4 'hey misie
State government. Sueb a; pe;nla' f.
carried into execution would dastTny In
lawful authority and produce universe
anarchy. ND
ought to speeify moro nartic ! la,lv !
condition Of a~ffairs, which / have smbla.
ced only III aeneral terms I'LL i ;r;pg IN
presence Of 8 military force II Kansas Ia
The Conaress. IF tbe United Sfates lad
most wisely. declared Il I'll III ..tha trnaf
intent and meaninu of this 81 lt1a ~
,rganizina the Terr;lory ndt u hi lsse
slavery into any Territa,v a. Sta,e nor
exclude il therefrom. But II leayeltbe
oeeple thereof nerfectly fraa n form ana
tbe;r domes;;c d rtnf;aa i
heir own wav snbieet only Il IN Con.
,titution If liz IIn;tad Ststes ! a
,at,Iral -consenuanca Gongrasa bas ala
Prescribed bv ltbe sao,e IN mi ! NJ, ~
~ Kansas sbalI IL s5no;t,ad =
|. STATE ii ..shaII b received into M
,InionIwifb 81 w;tbo,,t s5ayary J tba;,
constitution may prescribe Al the time Of
heir admission
Slavery ex;stad Il MAI ,e,;o5 al
hin [es;sis II Ksasas ind. tIa Gons4;
If tha ITn;ted s.atss Nj no;a
u laat haar EnaIir Jac;aaa III aho
,iobest tribunal knnwn 4 IN, !. -
law Il could ever NM ham sa.;a,slr
lanhtad S ) mystaru 1f Il
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