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You should therfore frown down every effort
to foment dscord, and especially to array settlers
from different sections Of the Union in hostility a.
gainst each other. All trae patriots, whether
from the North or South, the East or West, should
unite together for that which Is and must Le re.
garded as a common cause, the preservation Of the
Union; and he would whisper desire for its dis
solution, no matter what may be his pretensions,
or to what faction or party be claims to belong
is unworthy Of your confidence, deserves your
Strongest reprobation, aud shoull be branded as
traitor 70 bis county. There is a voice crying
from the grave Of one whose memory IS dearly
cberishedn every patriotic heart, and let it not cry
in vain. Il tells you that this attempt at dssolu.
ton is no new thing: but that, even as early as the
days Of our first President, It was agitated by am.
bilious aspirants for place and power And if the
appeal Of a still more recent hero and patriot was
needed in his time, how much more applicable is
it now, and in this territory!
"The possible dissolution ofthe Union" he says
has at length become an ordinary and familiar
subject of discussion. Has the warning voice Of
Washington been forgotten9 or have designs
already been formed to sever the United States
Let it not be supposed that impute to all those
VINO have taken an active partin these unwise and
Improbable discussions, a want Of patriotism
or of public virtue. The honorable feelings or
State pila anil local pride and local attachments,
and place in the bosoms Of the most enlightened
and pure. But while such men are conscious
of his own integrity and honesty of purpose, they
ought never TO forget that the citizens of other
States are their political brethren; and that, how
ever mistaken they may be in their views, the
great body ofthem are equally honest and upright
with themselves. Mutual suspicion aud reproacn-
es may. in time create mutual hostility, and arful
and designing men will always be found who are
ready to foment these fatal divisions, and to in.
fame the natural jeaouses of different sections of
the country. The history of the world is full of
such examples, and especially in the history of
republics" When look upon the present condi-
ton of the Territory, and contrast it with what it
was when first entered it, feel satisfied that my
administration has not been pref udcal to its inter
ests. On every hand, now perceive unmistake.
able indications of welfare and prosperity. The
honest settler occupies aquet dwelling, with his
wife and children clustering around him, unmoles-
ted, and learleS of danger The solitary traveller
pursues his way unharmel over every public
thoroughfare.
The torch of the incendiary has been extinguished
and the cabins which by yitwere destroyed have been
replaced with more substantial buildings. Hordes
Of banditti no longer lie in wait in every ravine
for plunder and assassination. Invasons of
hostile armies have ceased, and iufurated partisans
living in our midst, have emphaicalIy turned
their swords into plough-shares, and their spears
into pruning hooks. Laborers are every where
at work-farms undergoing rapid improvements
merchants are driving thriving trade-and
mechanics pursuing with profit their various occu-
pations. Real esat in towu and country, has
increased in value almost without precedent, until
in some places it is commanding prices that new
er could have been anticipated.
Whether this healthy and happy change is the
result solely of my Executive laboIs or not, it GER
tainly has occurred during my administration
Upon yourselves must mainly depend the preser
yation and perpetuity of the present prosperous
condition of affairs. Guard It with uuceasng
vigilance, and protect it as you would your lives
Keep down that party Spirit which, if permitted
to obtain the mastery, must lead TO desoation =
Watch closely and condemn in its infancy, every
nsidious movement that can possibly tend 10 dis
cord and disuuion. Suffer no local preudiees to
listurb the prevailing harmony. To every ap.
peal to these, turn deaf ear, as did the Saviour Of
men TO the promptngs of the deceiver Act as
united band of brothers, bound together hv one
common tie. Your interests are the same, and by
this course alone, can they be maintained. Fol.
low this, and your hearts and homes will be made
light and happy by the richest blessings Of kind
and munifcent Providence.
To you, the peaceful citizens of Kansas, I owe
my grateful Acknowledgements for the aid and
comfort your kind assurances and hearty co opera
ton have afforded in many dark and trying hours
You have my sincerest thanks, and my earnest
prayers that you may be abundantly rewarded of
| Heaven.
To the ladies ofthe Territory-the wives, moth,
ers, sisters and daughters of the honest settlers
am also under weight of obligation. Their
pious prayers have not been raised in vain. nor
their numerous assurances of confidence in the
policy of my administration failed to exert a salu-
tary influence.
And last, though not the least, l must not be
unmindful of the noble men who form the Militia
ry Department of the West To General Persi
fer F. Smith and the officers acting under his COM
mand, return my thanks for many valuable SER
vices, Although from different parts of the Uni
on, and naturally imbued with sectional preju.
dices, know of no instance in which such preju.
dices have been permitted to stand in the way of
faithful ready, cheerful and energetic discharge
of duty. Their conduct in this respect is worthy
of universal commentator. and presents bright
example for those exercising the civil power. The
good behavior of all the soldiers who were called
upon to assist me- is in fact, deserving of especial
notice. Many of these troops, officers and men,.
haJ ear,od with me on the fields of Mexico AGAINST