Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1858-02-18
The Presidents Last Message.

EE We publish this week, notwith-
standing its length, the last, and we can
almost say, the most infamous concom-
tant of this memorable Kansas question,
in order that our readers may see for
themselves what specious pretexts are
made by the imbecile tool of the slavery
propagandists, who new presides over our
nation, for his direct and unqualified
abandonment Of principle and prom ses
1t is hardly necessary for us to point ou'
the utter qualification of the President,
as exhibited by this message, for every
@ in 4Af esgalEE kpax j e the plain
to convict him of as foolish an attempt at
gross and palpable misrepresentation as
was ever attempted by one in his position.
This is tie almost unanimous expression
of the press of his own party in the
north, none but the most venal speaking
Of the message in terms other than those
of tie most hearty reprobalion.
Out of the large mass of the people of
the country, who are tired Of hearing of
this Kansas question, it is apparent there
is no one more heartily sick of it than
James Buchanan. Ii is the obstruction
over which one President and neal. hale
a dozen governors have stumbled into
political oblivion, and he pi!eously begs
his friends to remove it from his path, as
their experience seems destined to be his.
1t is for this reason, that he is deter
mined, in spite of every consideration of
justice and of right, and in violation of
protested principles and direct pledges,
to force a State government upon the peo-
pie of Kansas now.
The whole gist of the Presidcn IS mes
sage is to prove that the people of Kan as
are in a state of rebellion, and TO the elu-
cdation of this point il is almost wholly
confined. lie forgets to say. loSever,
uhy they are thus in rcv,l. If they are
in rebellion that revolt is justifable. The
laws against which hey rebel are laws
forced upon them by foreign RATTAN
mob, assisted by the bayonets of United
States troops, and the collision and ac-
tive support of the federal government,
thereby violating their most sacred rights
They had TO hand in the framin of those
laws, and were bound by no law or call
of duty to obey them.
The President condemns the vast ma
jori,y of the people of Kansas for refus-
ing to ACT under these laws, and because
of such refusal throws upon them the OPP
probrium of faclionists and traitors. And
herein lies the meanncss and the falsity
Of his message. He ignores entirely the
well-known fact that in every election in
Kansas, there was no alternative, through
fraudulent apportionment. bogus regis
tries, and other nefarious means, but over
whclmning defeat of the majority. He
is entirely oblvious of all the unfair
means so clearly proven to have been used
by the pro-slavery rutfians to insure their
success, and argues the case as if all had
been honesty and fair-dealng. He par
ticularly arraigns the majority fer not
voting for delegates to the constitutional
convention, and yet he has The solemn as
surance of Gov. Walker, (whom, by fire.
quent quoting, we should Judge he deems
good authority that they had no power
Of voting-that nineteen counties out of
thirty-four were wholly disfranchised.
It is by such qualification as this, that
Mr.. Buchanan aRdeavors to throw upon