Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-12-17

in which we may acquire an interest by
treaty.
Respecting the Walker expedition to
Nicaragua, he says such enterprises can
do no possible good to the country, but
have already inflicted much injury both on
its interests and its character. I commend
the whole subject to the serious attention
of Congress, believing that our interests,
as well as our national character, require
that we should adopt such measures as
will be efectual in restricting our citizens
from committing such outrages.
Citizens of the the United States, who
are established in business in Paraguay,
have had their property seized and taken
from them, and have otherwise been treat
ed by the authorities in an insulting and ar
bitrary manner, which requires explaDa-
ton and reparation.] A demand for these
purposes will be made in firm but conci-
istory spirit. This will the more probably
be granted if the Executive shall have the
authority to use other means in the event
of refusal. This is accordingly recon-
mended.
The President considers the Kansas
question at length, saying that, under the
Kansas Nebraska act, the convention was
not bound to submit any other portion of
the Instrument to an election except that
which relates to the domestic institution of
Slavery This will be rendered clear by a
simple reference 10 its language. At this
election. every citizen viii have an oppor-
tunity of expressing his opinion by his
vote, whether Kansas shall be received in
to the Union with or without slavery, and
thus the exciting question may be peace
fully settled in the very mode required by
the organic law. The election will be he'd
under legitimate authority, and, if any por-
tion of the inhabitants shall refuse to vote,
a fair opportunity 20 do so having been pre-
sented, this will be their own voluntary
act. and they alone will be responsible for
the consequences. Whether Kansas shall
be free or slave State, must eventually,
under some authority, be decided by an
election; and the question can never De
more clearly or distinctly presented to the
people than it is at the present moment
Should this opportunity be rejected, she
may be involved for years in domestic dis
cord, and possibly in civil war, before she
can again make up an issue now so fcrtu-
naely rendered. and again reach the point
she has already attained. Kansas has, for
some years, occupied too much public at
tention. 1t is high time this should be d.
rected to far more important objects. When
once admitted into the Union, whether with
or without slavery, the excitement beyond
her own limits would speedily pass away.
and she will then, for the first time, be
left, as she ought to have been long since,
to manage her own affairs in her own way.
If her constitution on the subject of slave.
ry, or any other subject, be displeasing TO
a majority of the people, no human power
can prevent them from changing it within
brief period. Under these circumstance
es it may well be questioned whether the
peace and quiet of the whole country are
not Of greater Importance than a mere tenn
porary triumph of either of the political
parties in Kansas. Should the constitu-
ton, without slavery, be adopted by the
votes of majority, the rights of proper
ty in slaves now in the territory, are re-
served The number of these is very
small, but if it were greater, the provision
would be equally just. These slaves were
brought into the Territory under the con-
stitution of the United States, and are now
the property of their masters. This posi-
ton has at length been decided by the
highest judicial tribunal of the country,
and this on the plain principle that, when
a confederacy of sovereign States acquire
a new territory at their joint expense, both
equality and justice demand that the CHI
zeps of one and all shall have the right to
take into it whatever is recognized as prop
erty by the common constitution. To have
summarily coniscated the property in the
slaves already in the Territory would be
an act Of gross injustice. and contrary to
the practice of the elder States of the Un-
ion which have abolished slavery.
Utah next claims the attention of the
President This is the first rebellion that
has existed in our Territories. and human
ity itself requires that we should put it
down in such a manner that it shall be the
last. To trihe with it would be to encour-
age it, and render it formidable. We ought
to 90 there with such an imposing force as
to convince these deluded people that re
sistance would be vain, and thus spare the
ehfusion of blood. We can in this manner
best convince them that we are their
friends, not their enemies. In order to ac-
complish this object, it will be necessary,
according to the War Department, to raise
four more regiments. and this I earnestly
recommend to Congress. At the present
moment of depression in the revenue of
the country, am sorry to be obliged to
recommend such measure, but feel con-
fident of the support of Congress, cost
what it may, in suppressing instructions,
and in restoring and maintaining the sover- /
eighty of the constitution and laws over
Utah.
He next recommends the establishment
of Territorial government for Arizona,
and commends to the friendly considera-