Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-03
sPY-W EDNEsDAY. FERRUARY B. Is5s

country and endangered the Union. This act
involved great and fundamental principles,
and if fairly carried into effect would settle the
question. Should agitation again be revived,
should the people of sister States be again es-
tranged from each other with more than for
mer bitterness, this will arise from a cause, so
far as the interests of Kanzas ere concerned,
more trifling than has ever troubled the PEG.
pie of hanzas. The only practical difference
between admission or rejection depends sim
ply upon the fact whether they can themselves
more speedily change their present constitu.
ton, If it does not agree with the will Of
the majority, or frame second constitution
to be submitted to Congress hereafter. Even
1t this were question OF mere expedency,
and not OF right, small difference OF time one
way when eontrasted with the ends which
must necessarily result to the whole country
from the revival of the slavery agitation.
In considering the question, it should never
be forgotten that, in proportion to its insiq-
nifcance, let the decision be what it NAV, so
far as it may affect a few thousand inhabit-
ants of Kanzas who have from the beginning
resisted the Constitution and the law, for
this very reason the rejection would be so
much the more keenly felt by the people of
fourteen States of the Union, where slavery
is recognized under the Constitution of the
United States.
Again, the speedy admission of Kanzas in.
to the Union will restore peace and quiet to
the whole county. Already the affairs of the
Territory have engrossed an undue proportion
Of the public attention, and have sadly effect.
ed the friendly relations of the people of the
States with each other and alarmed the fears
of the patriots for the sefety of The Union.
kanzas once admitted, the excitement be-
somes localized, and would soon die away for
want of outside aliment and then every diff
fculty could be settled by the balIot-box.
shall then be enabled to withdraw the troops
from Kanzas, and employ them in a service
where they are much needed They have
been kept there on the earnest importantly of
Gov. Walker, to maintain the existence Of the
Territorial Government, and secure the exc
cution of the laws. He considered at least
1000 regular troops, under the command of
Gen. Harvey, necessary.
Acting upon such reliable information, l
have been obliged to interfere with the expe-
dition to Utah in order to keep down the
rebellion in Kanzas which has involved
very heavy expenses. Admitted it is
believed there will no longer be occasion for
the troops.
have thus performed my duty on this i'm
portant question, under deep sense of my
duty to God and my country. My public life
will terminate in brief period, and 1 have
no other object of earthly ambition than
to leave my country in peaceable and
prosperous condition, and to live in the
affection and respect of my countrymen.
The dark clouds impending over the Union,
| conscensciously believe will be dispersed
with honor to every portion of it, at the pres
ent session of Congress. But if Kansas is
rejected, greatly fear these clouds will be-
come darker and more ominous than ever yet
threatened the Constitution and the Union.
JAMES BUCHANAN.