The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-12-19

cordingly recommended. He considers
she Kansas question at length, saying that
under the Kansas Nebraska act the Con.
vsntion were not bound to submit anyohter
portion Of the instrument to an election,
except that which relates to the domestic |
Institution of slavery. This will be rem
.dered clear by simple reference to its
language at this election.
Every citizen will have an opportunity
Of expressing his opinion BY his vote,
whether Kansas shall be received into the
Union with Or without slavery, and thus
the exciting question may be peacefully
settled in the very mode required by the
organic law.
The election will be held under the L.
climate authority, and if any portion of
the inhabitants shall refuse to vote, fair
opportunity to do 50 having been present
%, this will be their only voluntary act
II they will alone be responsible for the
consequences. Whether Kansas shall be
nee or slave State, must eventually, un-
DER some authority be decided by an cleo
sl0n and the question can never be more
clearly or distinctly presented to the peo-
PIE than II i at the present moment
should this opportunity be neglected she
! may be involved for years in domestic dis
cord, and possibly in civil war before she
can again make an issue now so fortunate
y rendered, and to gain the point she has
already attained. Kansas has for some
years occupied too much public attention
1t Is high time this should be directed to
far more important objects.
If once admitted into the Union whether
with or without slavery, the excitement
beyond our iiEaits win speedily pass away.
and she will then for the first time be left
IS she ought to have been long since to
manage her own affairs in her way, if the
Constitution on the subject Of slavery or
any other subject ne displeasing to ma
jority Of the people, no human power can
prevent them from changing it within a
brief period. Under these circumstances
it may be questioned whether the peace
and quiet Of the whole country are not Of
greater importance than mere temporary
triumph of either of the political powers
in Kansas, should the Constitution without
slavery be adopted by the votes of a ma.
jority.
The rights Of property in slaves now in
the Territory are reserved. The number
Of these is very small, but if it were great
er, the provision would be equally Just and
reasonable. These slaves were brought
into the Territory under the Constitution
OF the United States, and are now the prop
erty of their masters. This point has at
length been finally decided by the highest
judicial tribunal Of the country, and this
when contederacv Of sovereign states ac-
quire new territory at their joint expense
but equality and justice demand that the
citizens of one and all of them shall have
the right to take into it whatever is rec0g
nized as property by the common Consti-
tuition to have summarily confscated the
property in slaves already in the Terrific
~, would have been an act Of gross injus-
hce and contrary to the practice of the old.
tr States Of the Union which have abolish.
Ell slavery. stah next claims the att,n-
ton Of the President. This is the first re-
beliion that has existed in our territories.
and humanity itself requires that we n uld
Put 1t down in such II manner that il shall
be the last. To trit,e with it would be -
encourage i; and Gender il furIpidabIe.--
We ought to 60 there With such an imnos-
ing force as 10 convince these deluded PEG.
pie that resistaale sFould be vain. and thus
spare the etfiision al blood. We can IN
this manner convince them that We are
their friends--rot their enemies order
to accomplish their object 1t will be nee
essary, according to the estimate Of the
War Department, to raise four more reg
iments, and this earnestly recommend to
Congress. At the present moment Of de-
pressloH IN the revenues Of this country,
am sorry 10 be obliged to recommend
such measure, but feel confident of the
support of Congress, cost what it NAV, in
suppressing insurreetion, and IN restoring
and maintaining the sovereignty of the
Constitution and laws over Utah. He
next recommends the establishment Of a
territorial government for Arizona. and
commends to the friendly consideration OF
Congress the Pacific Railroad, without fin.
ally committing 1sa4seli to either route
81 tee report nt the Treasurer it appears
that the amount Of revenue received from
all sources into the Treasury during the
fiscal year ending the 3nth of June. 1851
was Scs, 632, 5i3.67, which amount, with
the balance in the Treasury at the com
meneement 1t the year, makes an agcrc
gate for the service Of the year of SIS, $50.
s3el2, expenditures amounting to $40,
So, 12os5, leaving in the Treasury at the
commencement OF the present fiscal wear
July ish 1857, sl7.7i0,lls.23 The re
cepts into the Treasury for the first quar-
ter Of the present fiscal year, commencin,
July LIST. were s.o,9s9, sl9.sl and tn,
estimated receipts OF the remaining tire,
quarters, 10 tue lst of July, 1853. ar
$50, 80 900, making with balance befor
statcd an aggregate Of s7d.3s 1874 for Tn
service OF the present fiscal year. The ac
4aa 6iaea9ltRres ending the first quartz
nsear wore s23.tl4.52s. 81
0eSpenditure of the remain
lnanteeGiarters to June so, 1853. ar
S5l us ,520.4, making an aggregate q
S4,963, o5s.4l, leaving an estimated bal
ance IN the treasury at the close Of tn
present fiscal year, Of s426,s75.G7. Tn
amount of the public debt unredeomed =
this time 1865, l5457. The amount q
estimated expenditures for the remainin,
tnree-quarters OF the present fiscal yea
will in all probability be Increased from
causes stated by the Secretary. His sue
gestiohs, therefore, that authority should i