The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-01-28
No. 6

nor that our laws on this su iect have
beou careful. eoUistrnt and just. alEza
Bat notwithstanding all the topics of
regret or criticism In our public career,
(aud which should bear their proper fruit
10 ameHdmen ut ami rcform,) We nay well
be proud OF this Peuns ylvapia of ours
OF her people, her Institutions and her
laws. She has become great. prosperous
aud powerful; ranking among the first of
the States; and her condition al bone and
character abroad bear tcstimony to her
merits, anJ promises Tor h T a distinguish
ed future. Besides her agricultural re-
source, NbiSb are great aud fir,t in i'm
portancc, she is capable Of pro iucing in
untold quantities those two articles of
prime necessity and universal use Iron
and coal. Even in times of wide spread
financial caaa,ity, when speculation and
extravagauce have done their worst to
cripple the operations OF capital and stay
the hand OF labor 10 its useful toll, the
leading interests Of our State may be
counted among the first 10 revive aud to
furnish strong aud reliable basis for the
resuu ptou of activity in all the channels
OF employment, aud IN all the operations
of trade. That government would be un-
wise and L!ibd which would administer
the public affairs OF this State, otherwise
than in a spirit of Kindness aud pTotec-
tion to these capital interests.
From the earliest period OF our history,
it has Cecn the pohey OF PeLusy ylvania to
! I. Il
Institutions of learning aud educational
facilities are qua to those OF any coun-
try. Our Common School system is just
ly distju- uipg- he'd as one of the most
practical and efficient ia the Union. Let
u then cherish thi, traditional policy,
coming down to u from the fathers of the
CommonEealsb, and BY every means in
our power foster aud strengthen the meas
ures now successfully producing the re-
suits 80 ardeuty de,ired by the patriotic
men who have gone before Us.
While our domestic affairs and policy
naturally viii occupy most OF the atten-
ton of our Government and our people,
1t is not to be forgotten that Penn-ylya-
MIA bears very interesting relations to 9TH
er States Of the cou:ederacy, and looks
with an anxious eye to the proceedings
and policy OF the genera Goyyrnn Mt
1t Is seth our duty aud our interest to
cultivate ;hc most friendly relations with
our sister States, aud to frowE upon all
attonpts to SON among them feelings of
alienation We should exert our whole
influence to keep the goyerBasnt of the
Union IN its true position, as the common
agent OF the States and the people, exer-
cISln1 high powers In trust for their ad-
vantage and welfare, and deriving all It's
powers from the written constitution
which called in into it being. At this tine
ne have strong reason to eoBfi Ie in that
a. we know that its admin
istration is in safe, able aud patriotic
hands; and thatit mag be trusted to deal
justly with all sections OF the country.
InsutordiGatou-- an utter disregard
and contemFt o. just and Lawful authority
has heretofore pyo1Geed difficulties in
the Territories Of Kansas and Utah, an
in the ease of the latter, has now precipi-
tated a state OF armed hostility between
the iuhab.t aud the Geu. raj Govern
meut. ln thc forucr, To, peaceful Auer-
ican remedy !or the political grievances,
real or ina .iaayy ballot boK-bas
been Tor long time aljured By a consid-
erable portion Of the population, and
struggle between legal authority and un-
lawful and unlawful and irre1 ular combi-
nations continued down to the present Pc
riod. Meantime, contributions Of money
aud aid FROM the States. have kept up ex-
turbulence in the Territory,
and enabled designing men there TO in
flame passion. s. hIch otherwise would long
since have subsldtd. The Jud gment aud
opinion Of ths country caO not be strong
Is consolidated ia favor Of the laws, and
q ainst all who rise up to oppose them by
Unauthorized means Nor can the excuse
for resistance to the Territorial laws, AID
for failing to perform the duties Of citizen
ship under them. that wrongs and frauds
were perpctrated at elections, he admitted
as a justification. Where elections are so
frequent. and the rights of suffrage so
liberal as in this country, it is peculiarly
The duty of good citiz.n to obey existing
and even OH estionable laws,
knowing that the former can be changed
aud the latter modified or repealed, with
in a very brief period. Aud as to dis
puted elections, they wust be decided by
the proper authority, AID uot ty indiTid-
ual citizen, or irregular self constituted
assem- blages
Iusubordination to necessary aud right
ful authority, iostigated and encouraged
by unworthy men in the organized States
who desired that diseor3 should continue,
and we're willing to contribute to that OBJ
iect, in the prolific fountain from which
the troubles in Kansas have heretofore
proceeded 1t Was natural, perhaps in
evisable, that this conduct by party in
the territory should provoke an opposite
party to many uiju,t6atle acts, aud to
much imprudtnt and uureas sonabte con-
duet. Thu extrcues act and react upon
each other, and when the laws are de6ed
nj -lDdivi1ual ucfion let lnoSc Wron.s