Mariposa Democrat., 1857-10-15

SEVERAL citizens of Connecticut, consisting
of Professor Silliman and forty-two others
have written a communication to President
Buchanan, in which they take him seriously
to task for having furnished Governor Walker
Of Kansas, with troops to enable him to sup
and the Constitution of the United States
and to prevent n recurrence of the violence
and bloodshed which has till lately been far
too frequent for the future welfare of that Ter.
ritory, and reflects but little credit upon the
dignity of the nation
Among the signers of the memorial to the
President il is but reasonable to suppose, are
a number of those restless spirits, whose H.
directed sympathy for, and gratuitous efforts
in behalf of portion of the inhabitants of this
Union, and of course, for bleeding Kansas,
have for several years past been the real cause
of those troubles which the President has now
been compelled to quiet by supplying the Gov
ernor with military force for the purpose.
OF course, these men are opposed to this step,
and hence the letter to the President, the tone
of which, although commencing as usual, re-
spectfully offer, etc, is, we think, deficient in
the essential principles of respect, and sa-
vors strongly of that harshness which is so
rcpugnant to our feelings when we see it used
toward the great and good. We give the gist of
the memorial;"
We see with grief, If not with astonishment that
Governor Walker, of Kansas, openly represents and
proclaims that the President Of the United States is
employing through him (waker) an army, one pur-
pose of which is to force the people Of Kansas to
obey laws not their own, Of the United States but
laws which it is notorious and established upon evi-
dence they made, and rulers they elected"
The above, although but an extract, is the
entire substance of the letter, and the matter
Of complaint The rest Of the letter is but an
expression of the opinions of the writer's as 10
the rights of the people of the United States,
under the Constitution; their opinion as to the
bad odor attached to the President in perform.
ing his duty; saying that he has violated his
oath Of Office, "levying war against portion
of the people of the United States" etc, and
ending by devout appeal to power to whom
their prayers, properly, should be first made
for themselves.
This letter was copied by every newspaper
in the country inimical to the present admin
istration, and was hailed by its friends as the
means by which the Kansas question would
be again agitated, ultimately to the disgrace
of the administration. They had hoped that
it was unanswerable and had it been passed
over without reply, would have feathered the
shafts of the magncrs in times to come. Such,
however, was not TO be its fate it has been
answered in manner creditable alike to Pres
ident Buchanan and those who elected him,
every individual of whom should now feel ad-
ditional pride in being his supporter Thus
has document, in which many hopes were
centered, instead of being the instrument by
which the administration was to he censured,
failed of its purpose and has but served to ex-
alt him whom it was intended to injure.
The answer by the President, which we
give entire in another column of to days pa
per, it is unnecessary, on our part, to praise
IL will remain on record in the hearts of the
people among whom the writer is so well and
so deservedly admired and respected, as me-
mortal of his firmness, ability, and patriotism ;
and as a document, is clear, brief and com
prehensive statement of the entire subject, at
the same time couched in terms the exact op-
posite of the letter to which it is the reply,
being, throughout, mild, pure and withal, con-
elusive.