The Washington union., 1858-02-13

there to wear out like policemen stationed
wharf.
The main argument opposition to nm increase Of the
army as understand IT, has been that there has been
no showing of the necessity. have, therefore, referred
To what is to be drawn from the report Of the eccfcary
of War; and also indicated the report OF the seere
tary the Interior but without wc1ryng .hc senate 70
read from it extensively, will merely ailudc 70 Single
passage at page 81 of the report Of the Secretary o the
Interior where he the number OF Indians {"
three hundred and twenty five thousand, ot whpm tnI'o
ourths belong to the hostile and rowing tMhM' A"o
hundred and forty three thousand five hundred OF our
Indians belong TO that rowing and hostile character
which requires the interposton Of military supervision
Where Indians of friendly temper have been drawn into
reservations have in looking hastily through this vol
ume found in great majority OF cases. that the report
of the subasent experimenting the reservation says
there is necessity for the establishment OF military
post perfect the purpose OF the government 10 bring
these Indians agricultural condition, and to give
them that protection which Is essential for their future
progress This Is all IN addition to what IN contained IN
the report Of the Secretary Of War These reports TO-
IRE further sustained by tho roost dd the culQNllnS
general and Of the adjunnt cnerNl ard IN e cf thcm
il is shown think very conclsvcy, that the cccs
sty exists for force greater than we now have and
that economy considered best TO be obtained ny IN
creasipg the regular army Of the United States.
have said before and repeat, that Ia urging TINS
measure do make it rest the necessities OF the
expedition against Utah. the necessity Of keeping
troops in Kansas rdid not say ms have been some
times represented that troops necessary for Utah.
or for Kansas assumed such position. say, am
not asking for troops for that purpose because believe
if those difficulties ended to-day the troops would
be necessary believe that If the troops used IN one
or both places for tmc ut the end Of that time they
will be necessary for other purposes and they can
be used in both Of these places only by witdraw
ing them from other purposes for which troops arc re-
qured have not said and hope again that shall
not be misunderstood that deny the necessity for the
use of troops in either Of those Territories That belongs
to the administration have disposition 70 enter into
the question to whether the campaign should have
been commenced against the Mornioiis OF not
hope the anticipatons Of the President as, III con
tngency which he expects to occur troops Will no
longer bc required in Kansas smay be realized may
say from my knowledge of the personnel Of the army,
that there is no duty which could DC more
may say odiousto them than interference with
citizens the United States in the Territories or else
where The maintenance of civil order il the last duty
that any soldier would like to perform but at the same
time deem it due to candor to say that do not enter
tain the hopes which the President expresses have
seen no evidence that the reign Of terror in Kansas t
terminate in any contingency which now foresee be
cve those awcss who have been brought into con
fict there continue their collisions that men are
to be intimdacd for political ends, their houses to he
burned and assssins to all over the Territory
the moment the strong Of the federal government IL
taken away cannot go to the extent OF the SENATOR
from Georgia. and say that will not give man to pre-
serve peace go to the extent which would de-
clare that prefer civil should in the land rather
than to increase the army and maintain order by the
of troops in the Territories OF the United States
bc willing troops anywhere to put down civil war
and nsurrecton against the United States when CON
tingency such is contemplated by the law, arises
In the next place, do not hold that the Territories
occupy the same position as States do not admit,
hmye subscribed to the doctrine Of squatcr sov
cregnty that the government OF the United states mas
power in Territory than in q State. hold
that the Territories dependencies OF the federal gov
crnment they in condition of pupagc, to be gov
crned by the States the property of the States and
that if men, either foreign native should aggregate
themselves upon Territory of the United States and
raise the standard of rebellion against its government
and in defiance of its laws is not only within the pow
er but is the plain papabc duty of the government
put down such insurrcction, and to compel obed-
.
am at loss to understand how any one entertaining,
as do the doctrine that this government has power to
acquire territory at the same time deny that it
has power to control it, We acquire Territory with
population not comprchendng institutions having
no attachment them and admit at the same time
that we have no right to cocrcivc measures
within the limits of that Territory than In one of the
equal States of the Union 1t would be the Dead sea
fruit turned to ashes. Tho population might ut once
government not only anti-republican, but de-
strucve of all the great principles that lie at the found
alton of constitution. They might build up mon
arcly If you to acquire island, Territory,
State the whole population of which had been reared
in suborinaton to monarcical education, and then at
to say, after had expended thousands of lives
and millions OF treasure, these men arc allowed to do
what they please within their limits and the gov
cnment that has acquired the Territory by conquest
by purchase has authority to exercise any authority
them think it is absurty its face, and only
has to to these remote consequences to become appa
rent to every
Then, sir say the of troops in Territory of the
United States does not stand in the relation to
stutional questions the f troops in State of the
Union. deny, emphaticlly any ono, the power OF
this government to State That is question
which discussed in the convention TINT formed the
constitution and which powerfully stated by Mr.
Madison to be proposition not to form Union and pre-
the States, but to provide the means for the de-
strlcton of the States State may, through its lcgis-
aurc its governor invoke the aid of the federal gov
crnment and of the other States but the federal gov
ernment has power to invade the limits of State,
there to attempt the coercion of its people.
With this broad distinction, think the whole argu-
ent falls except in the minds of those who still insist
that the inhabitants of Territory have all the political
rights of the people of State. belong not to that
school.
Then the argument is made, as natural consequence
Of denying the right to the troops that i'm period
of profound peace and of financial embarrassment the
startling proposition il made to increase the military
tabshment of the United States Peace, it III true,
lists between country and all foreign countries and
hope long may continue but, in the time, we are
engaged in constant succession of border hoses.
All around that vast territory which lies between tho Pa
cic settlements and those of the Mississippi valley is
constant succession of hoses with rowing bands Of In
dams. If this is peace, when but eight hundred and
sixty men, officers and enlisted soldiers, bc left
to garrison all the great Notifications ON our seabOard,
what pray would be war That proportion left
during the war with Mexico and that proportion would
be required in q war with any country. ii
the invading power and that proportion of troops is al
together inadequate for the purposes for which those for
cations were built in the case of any sudden surprise