St. Mary's beacon., 1858-03-18
SELFCTD MISCELLANY.


The history Of Kansas is in singular cnntras,
with that Of every other territory of the United
States, and Of every commonwealth ever bunI
ded by men Of Anglo-Saxon blood. II esther
resembles chapter in the annals of some ItaI-
ian republic Of the middle ages, or of one Vi
those unhappy States Of South america, where
constant succession of wars, tamults and dis
orders reflects perpetual discredit upon the
,a'lse Of republicanisln. and proves to the world
the utter tl.tit'ess OF the people for the privi-
!egcs and responsibilities Gf freemen. Repub-
lican institutions in Kansas a not borae the
expected fruit Of peace, prosperity and good
government. Anarchy, bloodshed and misrule
have marked the history Of that unfortunate
territory, almost from the day of its first. set-
Element. The causes which have led to this
disastrous and nIortifying result are neither 81
obscure nor so remote as to defy detection nor
i as 'ssSs i A. al M ESSR SSRR r. hSss Sfst Shs
of affairs. The principle which has generally
prevailed in the settlement of the territories OF
the Republic, and which has ever charIcterized
its growth and expansion, has been that of en-
igration IS distinguished from Colonization
Nor is this distinction without q difference
Colonization properly refers tO settlements un-
dertaken, begun, aud conducted by organized
bodies sf men, acting in furtherance of some
common scheme, or under government auspices
and protection. In no sense Of the term have
the territorial dependencies of tile United States
ever been colonial in their character. No hot
house system Of government patronage has ever
promoted their settlement; but their growth
has always been natural and spontaneous. and
their progress the result of free and vuluntayv
emigration The men who have peopled the
great West and the Pacific shores were not sent
thithGr in pursuance of any general scheme of
elimination, but went freely and of their own
accord, in quest Of home aud fJst,ne. elch in
hls Own time, and by his own road, and. .ftr his
own private and individual ends. - In tliis way
Kansas, too, might have been lpeop,el, and
with her great natural advantages of sUil and
climate. could not have failed to attract an in
lux Of emigration which would have long since
procured for her peaceful and undisputed ad-
mission into the Union Of the States Unhap-
plly, however, different principle has been
suffered TO prevail n the settlement Of this ter
ritory. Her evil destiny made Kansas the bat
tle held whereOn was to be fought and decided
the question Of political suprenia between
the North and the South-the slave States and
the free. The point at issue was whether or
not slavery should exist in Kansas, and the
whole Union took sides in the contest. Nei-
ther party would consent 70 leave the result
for time and circumstances 10 determi,.e. but
both resorted To active measures with the, view
Of influencing and precipitatinga favorable de-
ctsiOn. Emigration Aid Societies were crgan-
ized IN both sections Of the Union, and armed
propagandists and emissaries Of Slavery and Of
Abelltlonism were sent in troops TO Kansas
Ones brought face to face, and arrayed in open
hostility upon the same soil, o collision between
the. two factions became inevitable. The ae-
tive interference Of the MiSsomian borderers.
who were too deeply interested in therestllt of
the contest which was icing waged at their
very doors to rest contentel with manifesting
q merely pdsSire sympathy in behalf of the in
terests and institutions of the South, served to
render that collision the more alarming, and
that hostility the more intense, by the bitter
ness Of feeling which it evoked at the North.
Civil war was the result not indeed on the
frghtful scale represented by the newspapers
and the politicians; but % sufficient extent tO
justify aud require the interference Of the Gen
eral Government, and the empluymentlof mil
itary force 10 qnell the disorders which fOllow-
ed. We know that The President has been
blamed fog the nse which he MAJ Of the Uni
ted States troops in Kansas, and the late de-
feat Of the Army Bill in the Senate is in great
part attributable 70 the opposition Of the Re-
publican members, who hoped that the coise-
quent exigencies Of the Mormon war might be
such as tb compel the eatire withdrayal If the
army from that territory. The facts in the
case, howeves, fully Justify the President in the
course which he parsned, and the defeat Of DE
Army Bill j only the more 70 be regretted. Be.
cause Of it tendency 10 weaken the pcw@ Ni
the Government 10 repFess rebellion and sA-
ish trsason, whether In Utah OF in Kansas.
Such has been tha course Of atiaiEsin Kansaa
~ 20 the present hour, which I'm her @ ..
PEieane Jos admission ipt0 ths uninn. T6e
sssais in CongTsss npon thA q4estion of heR
aamisslun . . sselS gnd& 's kOmptOIl
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