Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-30
For the Herald.
To His EXcelEency, James Bu-
chanan, President Of the United


States.
SIR believing as I do, that the Chief
executive of great nation should be will
ing to give any information in his power
mot incompatible with the public good)
TO any of the people he is called to rule
over, have taken the liberty to trouble
you with a few important queries. l do
not expect you to stoop from your high
position to answer them in person, but
hope that some one occupying less i'm
portant station will. And before proceed
ing further, we will call to mind few his
torcal facts. 1t is we'll known to every
intelligent man in the United States, that
the people of Kansas when peaceably as
sembled at the polls to vote for officers,
were driven away by armed bands of law
less rufiians from neighboring State
that these rufians took possession of the
ballot boxes and set up what they call a
government of their own. These things
are as we'll known as it is that the Misslss
ippi empties into the Gulf of Mexico; the
proof is the same in both cases-everybody
says so, and nobody denies it. 1t is fur
Their known that your predecessor took the
part of the mob-that he used the army
for the purpose of crushing out liberty in
Kansas, and aided and assisted the ruffians
10 uphold their mob law IS well as he
could with his limited capacity, until he
retired into obscurity. And now, sir,
see it stated in the Republican papers that
you are following in the foot steps of poor
Pierce!! God forbid, say Its hard to
belieye-I won't believe it until compelled
toi What! James Buchanan, man OF
note in the world, and President Of the
United States, going to make fool OF
himself in his old age No! noi-stand
back gentlemen; l won't believe it for
can conceive of no motive he can have for
doing so. But, sir, am afraid shall be
compelled to believe these charges against
you, unless you let the people know BY
your actions that they are false. Ano
I now for the queries; Do you intend te
crush out liberty in Kansas by the bayo
net; and if SO, do you expect the Free
States will consent to it, and content them,
selves with the hope of out voting the mig
ger party at the next elections Do you
expect to blind peoples eyes by continual.
talking about the Laws of Kansas, whei
you know that there is nothing there wor
thy the name of Law? Law is something
that is binding; every enactment OF
rghtfully constituted Legislature, whel
not against the Constitution, is binding
upon the people, there represented-bu
in Kansas, you know that everything Their
worthy the name of Lar was tramplse'
under the feet of the mobs at the first cleo
tion. And now, sir, as the Chief Execu
tive of this great nation, with the arm
and navy at Your command, why nc
straighten up this thing9 Are you goin
to strike the National colors, to the piratl
cal flag, of mobooracyl It's all nonsens
to talk about the necessity of enforcing tn
Territorial Laps, because everybody know
that there are no laws there except thos
made by the mobs of armed ruffians fror
abroad--tha. the laws that Congress de
signed the people to make, never wer
made, because the people were driver
from the polls by armed ruffians from a
broad. Now, sir, will you father thes
mobs, and hold yourself accountable to
their conduct? Suppose mob shout
some day break into the white house an
pitch you into the Potomac, and appoiu
Que Of their number President, would 70
crawl out and exhort the people to respec
the laws proceeding from the Executiv
Mansions Would you stultify yourse
'na insult the common sense of the peopl