Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-10-15
49, CLAIRsvILLE THURSDAY, Cr0BER15 1857

you stretch a general principle, and max,
it universal Though one may safely pas
the Niagara River al all other points snt
places, none but a mailman would attemp
the passage on the verge of the Cataract!
/ Your Mem@a lists urge therefore, tina
the so.cailtd Government of Kansas cat
! claim no sanction from the act of Congress
( The evidence was al against it-eviGenct
k0own to the whole civilized world app ,r
ent on the very ace of the transaction. "a nj
which mu have challenged your attent or
| long befire you had taken he oath of Of.
! fee. The very fact that the so-rJlled Gov
ernment required support from the Fedora
! Ex cu1ive, vas the strongest evidence Thai
| it did,not come trcm the strongest evidence
that y DID not Come from the people, and
fhad no E1S nj authority This shows, al
once, that this Government was not. in The
lowest sense, what you cell an 'establIsheC
Government for it shows thai it was nOl
nd cou d not be- establ shed without i nj
ted States army; and therefore. the army
W ,s sent. not, "a ynu pretend. 10 sustain an
established G.vernment,' bu; tor the pu'.
/ pose of ESTABLISHING what wa not ST ,blisheL
! "a Government OF ruffian authority
Nor could ,pu have been ignorant I'll
the House of Representatives had sent a
spa. isi Committee of Investsgar"n L. the
/ Territory, and thus acknowledged and Con-
! tirmed the propre;y OF str ict inquiry tntO
h,s rery case On the r port of the Com
m.I.ee the House ot REPRESENTATIVES author
itatively declared that the Government OF
Kansas Was established by the terror of
b p. ie knives and revnlverS, and that 1t had
been proved to nave not Il shadow of author
iiv AMI here Your MemuriaiSts ask,
Nhe' her pia'ner case or stronger ev'deI ce
Can weiI b. mag ginep. When, # moi in such
a case, ought The President to denounce a
governm nj as spurious, and T. refuse TO aid
or sustain it! The laws of Congress tram
Piled in the dusI--rhe invaders from Missouri
proved, beyond IL cavil. to be The only
authors OF this 'gUvernment'-is II not an
outrageous wrong to hold Kansas ~Hbjec; to
such usurpation by United States army!
The fires OF ruffianlsm still burn here
smothered in the creariness OF their own
desolation, and ready to be rekindIed IN
rhair Jury by the slightest movement for
l. berry and Righ on the part Of the pc pie,
while the echu ot their sutierngs ever rtngs
in the ear of our National Exe,utiv
Let It be remembered that this Govern
N Mt com to the people of Kassas not
with the sanc,iJn # cry antiquity, nor yet
ha- it come from any law OF Congress as its
tue and proPe snurc', nor yet from the
peo.1le of the Territory, not ct from being
even fully estab shed. Ii is of recent origin
and lor~aion. L; dates only rom the imi,U-
sition OF it by the ruffianism of Missouri
upon the people who abhor and d.sown it.
Every 1,n wsohas, from th- first. known
its eriSgence, has known Its origin aud its
nature. Let It then be taken as it is; as it
in its origin and its nature. Aud VIVA is
it! A code OF Laws oppressive, unjust, cruel,
outrageous with Jut a parable, created, i'm
posed BY the usurpation oi rulfians from Ms
souri,. And these laws, and this Govern
ment,' without the east evidence 10 estab-
Iish their authority. but with the most abun
dant prCo:s to the contrary, YOU are propo-
sing TO sustain and eX' cute by the United
States army. You speak OF numbers oi law
lass men, SC, aIluding evidently 10 the
Topeka CONVENTION. Be it 50, for the sake
Of the argument; but how does one 'iawesS
attempt to establish government, justify
or pallia another law less attempt, for the
same purpose!
Further: La your reply you seem to Your
Memorlaiis;s to Conc de, in all It's truth and
force, the principles which they maintain.
Thus you unequIvocally and justly assert
that 'ior a portion OF the people OF CUunec-
tirut to undertake to establish separate
Government wit in its chartered limits, for
the purpose oil redressing any grley .uce,
real or imaginary would be usurpdtIun, aud
add that 'sucb d principle, carried into exc
cution, would destroy all lawful authority
and produce universal ANARCHY Your NJ
uloriali>ts fu ly subscribe TO this docirine.
But what is the act which You GILL usurpa-
tion IN the case supposed! 'tkat Is 1t but
setting up government claiming auth"rIty,
and avs demanding rXactlon, which in the
nature o. line ease, ,an claim no authority +,
you would Cal this 'usufpatiun' in onnec-
ticuJ, Il t would destroy all e!al authority
am produce universa anarchy, what is tn IS
but th- very act whicn Missouri invi ders
have perp.' tied IN Kansas, There was
gover nmen' Kansas government under
the Constitution o the Uitel States Law
was 'hare ai>o-a la" for the organ u iii IN
oi government BY THE PEOPLE OF THE TER
RIToRY. Right, too, was tnere-the iuvta-
liable right OF the people to make their own
laws a-G elect tneiBlOAn rulers. In Uppo-
sition to the existing Government. in viola
ton of thai existing law, tramPiing upon
those inherent rights, Missouri invaders
have sci up blp"dy tyranny, which has in
laci, produced an irchy and Uudshed. IL
lyru condemn the one. Condemn the otner
also. Your MemsriaIIsts have nothing 10
ask Of you IN this III alter but cons t'ncy Oi
principle. Condeinn the san, conduct IN
both cases; put down the usurpatlon i'll * IN
sas, and The irienIs of truth, Justice, and >!
the country, would rejoice.
| Your MemorialisIs ugaIn ask, whether II
case can well be ina med. 10 which the
name OF authoritative government could be
applied With more pdlpabIe impr prety an /
unlruth, than 10 the TerriI ora Government
of Kansas! Might not even political shame
| lessnesS blush To call il by such namr!
| Was MT the true and Jnly character OF
this government known to You and the
country before your Inauguration, and during
the Presidential canvas! Did you not, with
the full know edge OF 1t, accept your nnmI-
nation, which you were free to decline and
thus AVOID the responsibility of cxecnting
these netariuus laws, or, did you suppose
that the oath-Of office would exempt you
from this res ponsIOi!i y! You admit the
Consitutionarduiy OF the President lv take
care That the la,rs be iai'hiuly executed.
AnuSnOw, wI,huu holding you Responsible
sny acts OF your predecessor, Tor which
YOU are not willing 10 be responsible, and
have not 'ully sanctioned. your Memorial
lists would ask, was there no law l, be