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torial law, had Just completed his term of
service on the day previous to my Inaugural
tiOn. In fact found the government Of
Kansas as well established as that Of
any other Territory. Under these circum-
stances, what was my duty Was it not
to sustain the government to protect it
from the violence of lawless men who were
determined to rule or ruin to prevent it
from b9ing overturned by force i'm the
language Of the constitution, to take care
that the laws be faithfully executed .
1t was for this purpose, and this alone,
that ! ordered military force to Kansas.
to act as posse coBiitdtus in aiding the civ
| il magistrate to carry the laws into execu-
! ton. The condition of the territory at the
| time, which need not portray, rendered
| this precautiOn absolutely necessary. In
| this state OF affairs, would ! not have been
| Justly condemned had left the Marshal
and other officers of o like character impo-
tent to execute the process and judgements
! of courts Of Justice established bv Congress
or by the Territorial Legislature, under its
| express authority, and thus have suffered
the government itself to become an object Of
contempt in the eyes of the people And
yet this is what you designate rs forcing
the people Of Kansas to obey laws not their
] bNl Ilbl VI llt \ lllltl DldltN. anu lOT 10
| ing which you have denounced me as hay
| ing violated my oath. | ask. what else
| could have done, or ought to have done :
| Would you have desired that should
abandon the Territorial government. sane
toned as it had been by Congress, to illegal
violence, and thus renew the scenes OF civil
war and bloodshed, which every patriot in
the country had deplored : This would
indeed have been to violate my oath of Of
| fee, and to fix a damniug spot on the char
actcr Of my administration.
| most cheeriuly admit that the necessity
for sending a military force to Kansas to
aid in the execution Of the civil law reflects
no credit upon the character of our coun
try. But let the blame fall upon the heads
of the guilty. Whence did this necessity
arise portion OF the people Of Kansas,
unwilling to trust to the ballot bcx-the
certain American remedy for the redress of
| all grievances-undertook to create an in
| dependent government for themselves
Had this attempt proved successful it
would of course have subverted the exist
ing government prescribed and recognised
! by Congress, and substituted revolution
AIRY government in its stead This was a
usurpatiOn Of the same character $ it would
be for portion Of the people Of Connect
ou' ~ u'''Vi IN " H't'liSn SCI tFtte
eiilll'"V MUM us c"irCercu limits Tor
W. Pu'poS' VI lculcSslhS any grievance
,o'i VI una G'""' VI ""lch thry might
nav Gun "S 'itS' t"o Sluhate
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lawful authority, and produce universal
anarchy.
ouS"' ~ sp.ciy more Parucularly a
We "', "'io" nave emprlc'd
ohIy III general terms requiring the pres
Pnce o' hiliitAry iorce IN Kansas. The
congress 81 the Chlteu states had most
wisely declared IL 10 De 1.-THE true intent
ana meaning oil the act, 1.-THE act organizing
the terrlt"ry') net to leglslate slavery into
any territory or state, nor exclude it there
from, but to leave the people thereof per-
i"ctly Tree to form and regulate their do
nestle institutions IN their own way, sub
lect only to the Constitution Of the United
states AS natural consequence, Con
gress mas also prescribed by the same act
'nat Wh.n the territory OF kansas shall be
admitted as state 1t snail be received in
o. the / mon "lth or without slavery, as
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