, 1858-04-02
The President,s lGessage.

We publish day, as will be observed
the able message Of President BUcHANA,
to Congress concerning the Kansas consti
tuition, containing, as it does, a concis,
history Of past troubles and present diff
culties which seem to have so persistently
surrounded, and are still sought to bt
thrust in the way Of all attempts at q sat
isfaciory adjudication Of the Kansas ques
tion, and remove It from the field Of con
gressional strife.
1t is claimed by members Of the Cabinet
by leading spirits, in and out Of Congress
that the document is an unanswerable argu-
ment in favor Of the admission Of Kansas
as State under the Lecompton constitu.
tion. 1t appears to have produced q sen
satiOn which for some time past is unknown
to have accompanied a Presidential mes.
sage Of a special character, and is regarded
as the ablest state paper since the days Of
Gen. JACKSON.
The opposition to the measure in Con.
gress appears to be sOfteuing down, and
misapprehensions as to the exact position
assumed by leading members on the ques-
siOn are being cleared up and explained
away. 1--WE are glad to ses," says the St
Louis Republican, "that Senator DOUGLAS
has, in late debate with Mr. BRowN, de.
fined bis position in way to vindicate him
self from the charge Of inconsistency oI
opinion as respects the doctrine of popular
sovereignty Mr.. Douglas, in that debateI
distinctly declared that he did not think
an Enabling Act q necessary prerequisite
to the admission Of Territory into the
Union. He also as distinctly declared that
be did not think it necessary that Con.
stitution, under which it is proposed to ad
NIT Territory, should be submitted to the
popular vote. Nothing less than declara.
tions like these could have been expected
from Mr.. Douglas. Still, some expressions
which he had dropped in previous debates,
this session, had occasioned some doubts
about his exact position. His explanations
now, which are very precise and definite,
have removed these doubts"
Our readers will find in the following
article, which we copy from the Boston
Statesman, additional and pointed evidence
sustaining the President in tho assumption
that q state Of rebellion actually has and
does exist in Kanas. against the legal and
established government thereof That the
leaders of the black-republican party III
that territory are as guilty Of treason
against the government as BRIGHAM YoUNG
and his satellites, the evidence is fast being
brought to light. The Statesman says:
"The clear, Straightforward and very
able message Of President Buchanan will
command the attention of the whole coun
try. 1t traces, with fairness and justice,
the progress Of that illegal movement, the
Topeka organization, down to the present
time. 1t characterizes this properly as o
rebellious movement, and it points to it as
the key Of the whole Of the troubles that
now exist in Kansas. As "a remedy, it pro.
poses an immediate admission of the terri
tory of Kansas to the full rights of SOW
ereign state Of this Union; and it urges
that such action will be final settlement
of this question, SO far as congress and the
country are concerned; aud it presents the
reasons for this measure in a manly and
satisfactory manner.
ut may be profitable to recur TO the or
igin Of this Topeka party movement. Its