The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-02-26
congress

Has been engaged for the last week in
considering the suggestion of the Presi.
dent to increase tie army. No definite
result hss been reached yet, lat the symp-
toms are now, that .he wishea of the ex.
eoutive will not be carried out. We have
airsady more in the regular service than
the people wish to maintain, and more
than We need unless they can be employed
in better business than chasing and hunt
ing down free state men whose only crime
is, that they wish to regulate their own
domestic institutions in their own way
An other words, establishing their own or
ganio state institutions in accordance with
the broadcast latitude Of popular sovereign
ty and which this same Jim Buchanan
was so much in love with, fifteen months
since American Citizens require no
mercenary bayonets to assist or force them
into Selfgoycrnment; and no executive
but would-bc petty tyraat. afraid of the
shadow Of his own weakness, would ever
demand Of the national legislature an ar
my to back up his assumptions of unauth-
orized pserogatives. Why not let the peo-
pie Of Kansas, untramellcd by the fear Of
U. $. bayonets, govern themselves; Why
not 5ay ont Brigham Young's claim to
Utas-immcnscly cheaper than to fight
him out-just pay lin for his improve
ments there, and let him seek, beyond
the jurisdiction of our government, other
places, in which to plant ais potatoes and
his hdrems
Lieut.. Gen. Scott, we understand, ia
vors the plan, if moro troops are needed,
Of raising volunteer companies, to be en-
listed only for definite time and then
disbanded when there shall be no further
' uer1nand .0ff their Services We consider |
this an Improvement upon the Presidents
plan, BIZ @-c say again emphatically, we
need no MORE TRooPs-corelui, honord-
Rle, aud Judicious diplomacy will effect,
under almost any circumstances, vastly
more glorious and permanent results, than
resort TO arms
The Lecompeonites, upon one side, in
GLIDING almost the entire south, and the
smaN remnant that is left Of the " modern
democracy, since the Douglas stampede,
and the great Republican party with Doug
lie and his friends, are marshalling and
drilling their forces, engaging in continu-
al spar.ing and skirmishing to test the
strength and mettle Of each other pre-
n''s.ory to the great struggle upon the
Locompton Constitution.
Last week the prospect was that the
supports Of that consummate swindle
would s-;.c the debate to a sudden close,
and drive the House to an immediate vote
upon the question, but since their dcfeat
upon the Harris amendment and the meri-
ted chastisem't of Che insolcnce, and ruff
anly attack of Kcitt, their brag and conf
lcncehas manifcstly ooscd out, and indica.
ions now seem to be that we shall have
ong season Of debate, log-rolling, bribery
md corruption, before we shall know ,
whether kar $ can make its own Consti. {
luton or not
There is some ;alk there, Of impoacli
he Prcsiieu. Several eminent lawyers
4,c boon consulted ana they have given a
nor opia..a 'aa. If certain things can be v
-o2ed which arc currently believed to p
rs: as toe'', there I'll be no difficult IN 5
he premises If ever Sc bad a chief mac y
st.4,e @no desssl to be broke Of his 4
flee for his traitorous aud corrupt NAL |,
administration, We think the prcsnt in q
umbent affords q notorious illustration, IL