The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-21

presCOn OF opinion their regard but mperAlvely DC
many suggestion Of the OF policy which IL To
be pursued, in the happaniug of contingencies which
10 be foreshadowed Tna,,he domestic security
OF the Southern States, a. vel AS the integrity OF The
Union, may he compromised by their solutions appre
| bend there wit he found but few sitting 10 doubt
IN the year 1854 the act organizing the Territorial GO
vernment OF Kansas passed Congress of the United
States. OF the principles embodied in toe provisions
| or that act I deem II unnec ,sssry 10 offer
comment at this time, they are believed N be
made sufficiently clear by It's terms TO the compre-
henson every gifted with tho ordinary c,p,citv
Of understanding Even before the passage the act
and during Is tendency, threats OF civil rebellion
and treason, were echoed and reechoed from the
Chamber, and sent forth the wings of tho wind 10
arouse and exaperac 70 still greater fury and madness
the frenzed anaicisn OF the misguided OF New
Euglsnd whose creduy had already been imposed upon
by the cunning and art,hce 81 higher law demagogues
Although the unm;igatei alsehood and prevaraton OF
on thel floors Congress- found impossible N cor
the wide spreading dsaffccon which had
cited in tho minds OF large portion Of the Northern poo
pie rhe excitement thus begot,en continued without any
abatement 70 pervaie tho Union az late az the Presde
taal election.
But in Ksnsss, down 10 the present time, there has
been quiet IN agitation either peace security for
PORTION of her citizens who have yielded obe thence
to and sustained the laws, while engaged In the ordinary
atoms life The vlest eusons from the great hot
bed Northern fanacsm have been exhumed ana
broadcast over the Territory carrying with them confu
sion and anarchy and unreqoenty speeding wle
and deso'aOn the land The incendary spirits
VIII" sen. them rot these very nave since SDa
have aken for, Notwithstanding there has been regn
ary organized government for four years in the Terri
ory ut governors judges and other officers have been
out by the federal mead, clothed with legal
and the strong OF the military TO sustain them in the
Of all needfu rules and regulations for the
proper and r partial administration OF justicerebeon
has staked abroad throughout the land, and the guilty
gone their way whipped Of Justice II has been found
impossible to reconcile very considerable por
ton Of the population and induce their acquiescencc
and submission to the legally constituted authorities, be-
tho reasonable indictments of those
whose scheme has been TO break down and annhilate
the institution Of slavery at every hazard All law has
men OF the controversywhich may be dated from the
first settlement after the passage OF the bl-by the anti
slavery reyoutonsts who have swarmed into the Terri
tory. This has been done in every conceivable manner
They have refused to register their Preparatory to
emitting themselves 10 tho rights of citizenship, as pro-
vded by law They have refused the payment OF their
poporopabe part of the revenue assessed for the gene
raj of the Territory It's collectors have been
sisted to the shedding blood in tho discharge Of
their official duties They have attempted tho mockory
lshed by Congress, and endeavored " sustain by
force of arms, and thus openly assumed arevoiuonary
attitude.
has given such transactions better evidence need
be desired of the ncendsry aud rebellous spirit waich
has prevailed than is 10 be found in the adoption and
OF the Topeka constitution, which IL known
to have been the work Of the lawes and disconnected
Il is urged, however, as reason fr the non admission
of Kansas under constitution framed oy her Cooven
ton, that /, has not been submitted IN the people for
ratification II the objection evea we'll founded, then
might be asked what peoper Surely no. to those who
are found in open rebellion 70 the laws. For the
med by all to be in state Of open orawry, who have
refused To take the first steps to ene themselves 10 the
rights of citizenship, should be permitted to exercise It's
privileges in the political sense Certainly 1t uneason-
able to expect that under the circumstances, such men
would be invested with the power of making and unm TX
ing the law, subverng all government according to
| their revolutionary caprces
The facts, however, far TO prove the presumption
founded that the ecompon constitution the will OF
the actual file citizens For tina, the ques
ton of convention submitted 10 the people by cgs
laye epactmen- endorsed by them ut the bilo. box:
and that succeeding Legislature only carried out their
expressed WILL in directing the election OF delegates 70
frame that instrument The act conferred fu1 and def
hat VheUuV
special limited in their nature The whole subject
placed under the control aud at the discretion Of the
Convention, and consequently invested that body with all
of the attributes Of sovereignty fully thaa IL the
submission OF the entire any portion Of the insrumat
had been provided for by the act authorizing It. The
ter ms OF the clearly that action of the
intended u be nna In fits nature, and de-
terminate of the question without appeal From the well
know dstur Of public scnt nent the dictates Of
prudence alone should have suggested the adoption OF
that Preparatory IA the election the act provided
for takg the census the equal apportonment OF the
members Of the convention and defining every necessary
and protect the legal voter in the exercise
of his right Of suffrage.
Chosen unc or and by virtue Of the only poi
cal authority of the Territory the Convention framed and
apply any other test the admission OF the STATE than
that prescribed by the federal uutionthat Is con.
sti,uon be republican. The Kansas Nebraska bill
forred on the people Of the Territory In this particular
only right which already belonged TO them, Of framing
their Institution, in Their own way subject only % tue
they have made them In their own and there eau be
authority for questioning their right 80 to do Any In
down by the federal constitution direct attack upon
recognized principle Of intervention, which should
be viewed with apprehension and alarm and must be at
| tended with the most dangerous consequences
II the refused admission under the present ap
Tor that refusal the Institution of slavery
tolerated therein. The North and the south have plight,
ton. II the North breaks that faith, let II not
be supposed that the South will scquiesce In or
and the treaty with France acquiring LOUISIANA voased
by the odous restrctQp which the Missouri compromsc
imposed upo9 this saul slavery question The North and
uphold as nna settlement OF oil further officially.
While the South willing TO abide BY It, the North,
all occasions refused 10 respect the obligation Aser tue
comprise Of 1880 adopted as adjustment there
attempt TO cvade H. as cvidenocd by the action upon
the Kansas Nebraska bill In 1854 and now again on the
question Of admission OF Kansas into tho Union, because
Der constitution does notrampe on tho right OF property
In slaves
Confidence ceases TO exist when all moral obligations
are disre xarded The North will have no claim b. the
confidence OF the South II she again refuse compliance
has often heretofore failed IN respect her obi
CATION. The history OF the action of Northern b'e
thern presents bad faith In unbroken continuation The
tbs republic had Il never been. Tue past and present
prove that not even 10 expect the Observance Of
truce under them. Under every concession the South
has made, her enemies have gained new acses.
scns 10 their strength. Kansas the last out post and
there any one willing TO believe, nov tmely surren
dcred the attack will be upon the institutions OF
the States without uizaton and concerted movements
on their part Tor defence What 10 be expected OF the
representatives of States, such Vermont ami Massa.
chusetts question involving the domestic institutions
Of the south',aes which, while they receiving all
the advantages ard participating in all the blessings Of the
Unon stand out tight In open nullcaii0n OF the consti
tuition and laws These states have a voice In decifng
every question, equal TO the mos loyal of the un0u
Their representatives occupy positions In the senste
forum. Unlike the Roman conspira0r they meet not the
whitening condemnation cf their associates, but
oeved 10 full fell0wshp; and wsh nsolence and
tumacy equal To bs they conhsse 70 sit as law gyers and
judges by authority o the iusxsmcnt they have
In their hearts and violate Well u be be-
hcvcd that evil times have come upon the republic, and
thst her numbered when such possess sui
Gent strength 10 render doubtful The result Of questions
involving the peace and perhaps e existence OF the go
vernmcnt
Justice and fair eeasg not TO be expected Of those
whose compact bind with cords strong
enough not b. be broken II j. ~ their behests that
crouch hing sycophancv and unprinciped demsgoguism
be "a the suppant WILL and before the sirocco blasts u
whose cpn tie tmd fstering aud the weak Civ
ms wsy throughout The free states Congress under the