Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-10-08

nnrestrs;nea. enfboldsnA, tpheId by the
Government of'thesnatioa. wouidsbe far
1ishel to caTrSysoui its sche,nes andsits tri-
rmphs IN is'spss and ll99isRsli W hat
shall hlnaeFz Alet the administ ration OF
the GOxsrnfnent change hanlS--and such
changes may he frequent surely
we,ll the, 81 pie eshtestS be rec nasieiE by
ways.si IerFisal fsE aaast ialurlcs and op-
prcsslens' llpw wqulI sseh.roalssts be
repeated InfTerrits.flss AMI IN SsateS till to
Koar own puri. would lie revealed, in The
very pr;6eifssea wbiels Won assume. weak
ness in our Government foretolling It's
speedy dissolutiosL ssif
OF the particular Considerations by
Which Won have endeayored to support the
fundamental principle OF soar reply, the
first which demands notice, is that, .'when
you catered upon your official duties, Con-
cress hal rccoShized the. Legislature OF
Kansas) indifferent forms. and by different
cnactnncnts" Had You informed your
Memorialists what these different enact
mcnts'' wcre.s they might nave been made
the subject OF distinct examination. As
il is, they can only say that they know Of
10 forms or enactinents Of Congress
which could be binding on you as authori
tative. or which you had reason even to re-
gard az evidence Of the validity Of that
Legislature. Do you refer to the act by
which the usual appropriations from the
Treasury were male2 Every one knows
inrvhat manner and for what reason that
act was passed, and THAT many who eoted
for it regarded. and still regard. the Terri
torial Legislature as downright usupation;
nor had they any suspicion that they wero
recognizing its validity. How this bill
can invest an act Of usurpation with au-
thority, .vour Meihorialists are unable to
discover. What il the Legislature of
Connestient hal, under the excitement Of
party strife, even 10y a formal act, reeos-
nized the nsnrpation which you have sup
posed, might not the Governor Justly fall
back upon his own official prerogative, cell
ont the militia, and suppress the rebellion?
II he would he bound to recognize such an
usurpation as government having authority,
when could he ever suppress it without
himself becoming rebel against the very
aBtilarily which he recognizes? Apply
this, illustration to the President of the
United States, and yon viii see that the
fundamental principle Of all your reasons
ing IS absolutely suicidal, and tlSis renders
nrgatory your entire yindication. Did not
President Jackson, on his own official re-
sponsibility as National Executive, set at
defiance alike the power. and the authority
q a Sovereign statc?'' And ear Ter
itorial Government rank with an indie
PENDENT State Sovereignty. Can Border
ksf.ianism, by any act OF Congress, be-
come entitled to RESPECT and support, as
iightiul law making power, from the Pres
idelt of the United Statess This case Is
too fragrant. The facts are too notorious
No truly Independent. seif-relying Presi-
dent, who understood dis own official pre-
rogative. and his duty under the Constitu-
ton. would have hcsi;atc,i to regard even
direct act of Congress SO tyrannical aid
oppressive. and appeal to his country and
the world for his yindicatien. al
But no such trying emergency was here
pxesenteriA With the stolen decision Of
the House Of Representatives, after long
investigation that the Legislature of X an
rs had.no artherit v. and that its laws were
no lawsuit, that direct, positive and
unimpeachabls. eyisleaee before you, your
Memorialists cannot but express their sur
prise that you have relied upon your con
struction of indirect, inconclusive acts Of
that same body s. evidence Of the authori-
" of that Legislature. They know Of no
rule Of law bv which You eau set mp con-
structive, iufcrential evidence from the
same sourec But this you pass over in
utter siIenee -
Abiding to the condition of the Terri
tory, you speak of the course which you
adopted as absolutely necessary and
ask whether '.you would not have been
Justly. condemned had you left, what YOU
assume to-be the government and its adj
ministration '-impotent,'' and TINS have
suffered it to become an object of contempt
in the eyes Of the people Our first reply
TO this view of the ease is, as before, there
was no (Territorial) government in Kan
sas to be executed, as you suppose And
again, We say the usurped government
ought to have been rendered imPotent, and
to have become an object Of contempt in
The eyes of the people. as it has become
But frtther, Congress has passed a law
FOR the establishment Of government in
this Territory, with this formal anil posi-
tive explanation that the people lin the
Territory he left perfectly free to form
and regulate their domestic Institutions in
their own way,1 IA aMCC INC
Why, then, could not a Governor OF
Kansas have been appointed at any time,
acting under your authority, and with an
army pp,lrr his.oontrol who would have
Suppressed all internal violence and contcn-
ton, and '.left the people free to form and
regulate their domestic institutions DE-,
as wei as2m Foy&thsa4my to act the alb
suri and farcical part ofpossec comitatus,
to enforce, under your direction. territorial
laws Walsh had no-petense Of auth ority
Withost sains who we're or who we've not
the responsible o.iginators of the troubles
IN Kansas, can it be doubted chat the Pres
ident long before this time. by the course
now suggested, sor some other. might have
but d0erI 10 these troubles Has heAnol
power to take case that the laws'-and
of course that tho law Lof. c onsress, re.