Squatter sovereign., 1857-10-24

The only principle on which recognition
can over be justified, is that there is some
evidence. be il more or Tess, that The gov
ernment proceed from an authorized iaac-
making poaDsr. And they further insist
that when such government is wlihin os.r
own borders, under the supervision and con-
troll of the Federal Government, and claim
ing to derive all It's sanction from law Of
Congress, tie eridence of its author la Dassst |
Be clear and dectsire But how is il when /
there is no such evidence How is il when
all the evidence is strong against its au- |
thority How is it when there is the best
evidence the case admits Of, even decisive. |
unquestionable proof, that these called
government has no other authority than
ruffianism and outrage |? Is such 7"gov-
ernmeni' TO be practically recognized. and
that too within the limits Of our own Re-
public2 There surely may be cases in
which il would be gross wrong to sustain
a Territorial Government which has no
authority. And now, we ask. what gov
eminent GOULD you refuse TO sustain, if not
one that had lis origin SOLELY in vio-
lent invasion Of ruffians from another State.
This fact in the present case can be denied;
SO can God, when his sun shinetfl in the
heavens.
: This nsurped Government cannot be
sanctioned by the law OF Congress author
.izing the formation of a Territorial Gov
eminent. That law declares that .s the
true Intent and meaning OF this act is to
leave the peopic (of the Territory per-
fectiy Tree TO regulate their domestic in-
siitutions In their own way, subject only 10
the Constitution OF the United States.'-
To THE sPEoPLE, and them alone, il ex-
pressly gives the right TO make their own
government and laws. Here is no sane
,ion, no authority, for government not
framed by the people, but founded solely
on invasion. Can this law enthrone in
,Tightfal sovereignty bandits from a neigh
boring State9 As swell say that IL author
ICED them TO seize every acre of Kansas,
itor their own use and behoof. 1t can as
well deprive the people of one right as of
=ano,her-of all rights as of one. 1t is
said that Congress authorized the estab-
.hshinent OF government Yes; but by
the people, not by naruuders.n II is furth-
ser said, that we mus adhere to a general
principle. What principle Why, as
your whole argument implies, that gov.
ernment established" is government to
De recognized. We deny such a govern.
ment IN Kansas. Beware how you stretch
"A general principle. and make il universal
Though one may safely pass the Niagara
rlvsr at alt other points and places, none
but madIpan would attempt the passage
on the verge OF the cataract! fajR
Your Memorialists urge, therefore, thai
the so-calied Government of Kansas car
claim no sanction from the act of Congress
The evidence was all against it-evidence
Known to the whole civilized world, appa.
rent on the rery face of the transaction
and which must have challenged YOUR at.
tention long before you had taken the oath
OF office. The very fact that the so-calIet
GoyAsnment required support from the
Federal Executive was the strongest evi
dsace that il did moi come from the people
and had ne lawful authority. This shows
al once, that this Government was not, ir
5the lowest sense, what you call an "esta
bhshed Gotegnment;" for it shoSs f6nt |;
-ss-ss< aeE - srIla- aes be established with,
out a Uaaed States army; and thereto
fhe army was sent, not as you pretend, I,
sustasss an : established Government" :" bu
for the purpose of establishing what wa
not established a Government of ruffia
authority.
Nor could you have been ignorant tina
tee House of Representatives had sent
special Committee Of Investigation to III
Territory. and thus acknowledged and cor
firned the propriety of strict inquiry IN
to This pery case. On the report of tlla
Committee, the House of Representativ,
authoritatively declared that the Cover
ment OF Kansas was established by th
terror of bowie knives and revoivers, an
that it had been proved TO have not shs
dow of authority. Aud here your MI,
fsnorialists ask, whether palmer case ,
stronger evidence San well be imagined
When, if not in such case. ought IL
President to denounce q government ;
lsspurious. and to refuse to aid or sustain il
The laws of Congress trampled in Il
'.dust--the invaders from Missouri prove
beyond cavil to be the only authors
this Government it not an outrag,
Gus wrong to hold Kansas subject to sue
usurpation by United State arinyf Tt
fires of ruffianism still burn there smothe
en- In the dreariness of their own desol
ton, and ready TO be rekindIed in the
fury by the slightest movemen, for Liber
and Right on the part of the people. viii
the echo of their suaerings ever rings
= the ears Of our National Executive.
81 Let il be remembered, that this Cover
ment comes TO the people of Kansas n
q with the sanction OF gray antiquity, n
yet has it come from any law Of Congre
as its true and proper source, nor YET fro
the people of the Territory, nor yet fro
"a being even fully established. It is of r
cent origin and formation. Il dates on
from the imposition OF it by the rufiianis
from Missouri, upon the people who abb
and disown it. Every man who has. fro
the first, known its erisfence. has know
origin and its nature. Let it then
2 nken as j, is-as II is, in its origin al
ats nature And what is il? A code
laws oppressive. unjust, cruel. outrageo
withou. a parallel, created, imposed,
the usura patton of rnffians from Nilsson