Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-02-06
KANSAS AFFAIRS.
Address OF Ex-Scrctnry stanton TO the pco'
pie OF the United States.

flee OF Secretaryof Kansas Territory, under cir
cumstances whicl imply severe censure on inc
part ct the President, any having had no Official
information OF my removal, nor any opportunity
Tor explanation q defence, | have deemeu u nee.
essary 10 present to the people OF Tue ohi!en
States a bret statement OF facts IN vindicatlon
OF my motives and in explanation OF The results
OF the act for which ] have been condemned.
The Office IN question was not given at my
solicitation. My acceptance of it. under all the
circumstances was n proof Of strong friendship
Tor The President, and Of unbounded cOuhde zee
IN the frmneH and iIithiulncss with which he
would adhere to the line Of policy deliberately
agreed upon between hin, his whole Cabinet,
and Gov. WALKER.
Ou my arrival in the Territory IN April last,
in advance OF Gov. WALKER, | confess that !
had An imperfect knowledge Of the real condi
ton Of affairs. supposed the question Of slave
ry TO be the only case Of discussion and diff
Guilty among the people and, in my brief in
aueural address Of he 9TH April, | treated this
as the chief subject # difference upon which u
submission 10 the people would be likely to be
demanded. | soon bund, however, that this
view was altogether too limited, and did not
reach the true groInd of controversy. The
great mass of the Inhabitants of the Territory
were dissatisfied withthc local government, aud
earnestly denied The Validity Of the existing laws.
Asserting that the precious Legislatures had been
forced upon them b, the fraud and violence Of
a neiphborlnc peopl. thew proclaimed their de-
termination never 20 submit 10 the cnaclments
of lie isIaiive bodies thus believed to be illegitl-
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