The Pee Dee herald. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1856-1859, December 09, 1856, Image 1

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<! uIDEA IS A SlIADO VOL. 1. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE>< Uote<itaeru ?f the Senate ami of the Home of lieprexentaticee The Constitution requires that the Fresh shall, from time to tiuie, not only recoumum the ccuBwU r.ition ot Congress such measure }>o may judge necessary aud expedient, but that he shall give information to thein of state of the Union. To Jo this fuilv invo vxposition of all matters in the actual eoudi of .he country, domestic or foreign, which enutially concern the general welfare. W performing his constitutional duty in this jHjet, tin- President docs not apeaU merely U pre*m personal convictions, but as the exccu minister ol the govtruiueut, enabled by bis siti<tp, aud called upon by his obligation! scan with an impartial eye thu interests of whole. anil of,every part of(ki) l> nitod Stat Of the cotMitlon of the domestic intere.?t thu Onion, iti< agriculture,mines, mnnufuctu navigation and commerce, i. i* iifCe?ni\ry < to say that the internal prosperity of the ci try, it* continuous and stead v aJvaucemcnl wealth and population, and in private us ' as public well-being- attest the wisdom of institutions, and the predominant spirit of it licence and patriotism which, not* ithstand ' occasional irregularities of opinion or actiot suiting froui popular freedom, Hasdistiugui* and characterised the ]>?ople of Amcricu. In the brief interval between the teriuioa of the last and the commencement of the prvi session of Oongrest, the public mind has b occupied silk the care ot selecting, for anoi constitutional term, the President and \ President of tho United Stales. . The dcterinination of the persons, who ur tight, or contingently, to preside over the ministration of the government, is, under system, committed to the State* aud tho poo We appeal to them, by their voice pronoun in the tortus of law, to call whotusoe\cr they to the high jwst of Chief Magistrate. Aim! thus it is thai as the Senator* roprc! the respective Stata* of the Union,and the m l?ers of the House of Representatives the *< ral constituencies of each State, so the Pi dent represent* the aggregute population thu United States. Their election of h.'iu is explicit and solemn act of the sole aoverf authority of the Union. It is impossible to misappruheud the gi principles, which, by their recent political tion, the people of the United Statu* have *s tioned and announced. They have assorted the cuutliluliottal oqu if 01 eucu una n i 01 Mie tea ot the Unioi State* ; they have affirmed the constitutioi iy of each and nil of the citizens of the I >i .Ntulcsa.-i Citizen*, whatever their religion, a hi ever their birth, or their residence ; they h maintained the inviolability of thcconslituti al right* of the different Mtclioiin ol the Ui*' uiid they bfive proclaimed their devoted and alterable attachment to the I'd ion and to Constitution, na objects of interest sujienor nli subject* of local or sectional controversy, the safeguard of the rights of ail, us the ap nud the essence of the liberty, peace, and gn liess ot the Republic. in lining this, they have at the si me time < phtlicully condemned tin idea of organisiiij, tln-sc I*uited State* mere irewgrupiiuai uarli of iiiur-luniiiig in hostile array towards e other tlic dilfercnt parts oi'ihc country. Nortl South, hiast or West. Schemes of this nature, fraught with incal luble mischief, and which the considerate ?e d die people has rejected, conic hare huU cu tcniinee in no part of the country hud they been disguised by suggestions plausible in peuntnee. acting upon a excited state of puhlie mind, induced by causes tcni|>or.,ry their character, and it i-? to bu hojicd tiausi in their in due iiie, V'crlect liberty of association for political jecU, and the w idest scope of discussion, the recoivitd and ordinary condition of govt meat in our country. Our institutions, frar ia the spirit of contidencu in the intcllige and integrity of the peoplu, do not forbid < zen* cither individually or associated togeJ to attack by writing, speech, or any other tin ods short of physical force, the Constitution i the v^ry existence of the Union. Under shelter of this grvnt liberty, ami protected the laws and usages j/f the government they sail, association* have been formed, in son;i the States, of individual*, who, pretending reek only to prevent the spread of the institul of slavury into the present or future incohci State* of the Union, are really inflamed with air* to change ths domestic institutions of e ting States To accomplish their object*, t d.-dicate themseSe* to tint odiot * task of predating the government organization wl staad* in their way, and of calumniating, v indiscriminate invective, not only the citiz of particular States, with whose taw* they I fault, butall ofthe.r other lellowcitizenstbroi out the country, who do not participate 1 them in their assaults upon the (Ynfitat framed wad adopted by our tatherm, and els mgShctbe nmilegetit haa secured, aad Meanings it baa conferred, the steady sum and grateful reverence of their children. T suck sit object Wrick they well know to 1 revolutionary one. They am porfrcllv a? that the-change it) the relative condition o! white and black races in the slavckokling 8ta which tlwr would promote, is lwyond their' l*u! authority, that to the to it is a foreign obi that it eanuut be effected by any peaceful strunicntality nf thcim^hat for tfcetu, aad States of which they are citiaeus, the only | to its accomplishment is through burning 01 and ravaged fields, nod shea* bterwd popoleii and all tins re is most terrible in foreign, o plicated with serrile war) aud that the brat i ju the attempt is the forcible disruption c country embracing in its broad Veoa a d?-j of liberty, asxl an r. mount of individual and i iic prosperity, to which therp ie ao pasallel history, nod aabeLituliag ia its plane hot governments, driven at once and joeviteblj ?0 inutnal dsviaUttoo aad fratricidal cartu transforming the now peaceful and felksii brotherhood into a east permanent easnf onfcad men Kka the sival monarchic* of Ktn stud Asia. WeU knowing that sncb, aad s only, aiw the mwsm aad the eonseqaeaoei tbofr plans aad pnrpoeea, they endeavor to psfl the people of the United fitatee for ? w?f W dotaa everrthina in their rawer te loce to h? *4 '<nii?U?, mtket JLm ?ho?l4? nbo jUierw frio?ia. K )| b? tk? i|M?y of ?uck uwtutabh urfcrtm.*, fore if *md dome* tie, Ait tbo mi to _ it > ' n-i. -At Bit |l --i . * M W HIA.T DEPAftTKTH, SPEECH IS CHER of many, otherwise good citixens, have been to 0,1 iullamn 1 into the passionate condemnation of *r' the domestic institutions of tho Southern Stales, jf" hi ut length to peas insensibly to almost equal' fnl !r,t ly )autaiounte hottility towards their fellow-citi- *r **lo tent of those Slate*, and thus finally to fall in- 1" ,<ai to temporary fellowship with th> avowed and a 4U active enemies of the ()<>nstitulicu. Ardently K' attached to liberty in the abstract, they do not 'V stop to consider practically how the objects {** tlon they would attain can be accomplished, nor to jn ?4* reflect that, even if the evil were as great as 110 thev deem it, they have* no remedy to pplj. lio rtM' uml that it can be ouly aggravated by their vio- *i? 'lencc and nnconstitational action. A question, *n u vc | which is one of the most difficult of all tnc prob- th? l*1' ; terns of social institution, political economy tw ''Z0 and statesmanship, they treat with unreason wi 1 i ,nK intemperance of thought and Ha .guuge*? ,,r J Extremes beget extremes. Violent attack from th? " ? i the* North finds its inevitable oonsoqnoncc in f ,e*? tho growth ol n spirit of angry defiance at the "'r -v South. Thus in the progress of events we had r ,U.M" reached that consummation, which the voice of f.*' ' th?> IM><>nl* liufi nn*, ay* nAlntoSI* -.I...U-?I ? C V. I'll I ' ' ""Z V> j (>1 | the attempt of a portion of the 8latex, By a see- j ?".r J tional organization and movement, to murp ;U|( " I the coutrol of the Government of the UuiU.d rrt, l,nK'State*. ' ro~ ' I confidently believe that the great body of ?J, 10 tho.xo who inconsiderately took this fatal step, in nre sincerely attached to the ?/ODStitulh>u and wh t,on i the l'nitxi. They would, upon deliberation, j un u"'* 1 shrink with unallotted horror from any con-1 V"1 j scums act of disunion ot civil war. But they | M| \.LT j have entered into o path, which leads nowhere, j wu 1>c< j uuhtxalt he to civil war and disunion, and which ,v* Hi us no other possible outlet. They have pro- H* 0 j ceded thus far in that direction in consequence ( J j of the successive Stage* of their progress hav- | ( "ur ing consiutod of a scries of secondary issues, I' '"j leach or which professed to bo confined within ^rf lCVj! i constitutional and peaceful limits, but which j. ^ lN | attempted iudirecilv what few men were willing |,y 'to do directly, ihat is, to act aggressively lot <eUt i against l',c coustituth ual rights of nearly ouc- l>s< tm" I half of the thirty due States. wh L'v':" j In the long series of acts of indirect aggTes 'ha kion, the first was the strenuous agitation, by it I i citnen* of the northern States, in Congress and ? ie I out of it, ot tho question of negro emancipation "t?" i in the southern Slates. 1'?' The second step iu this path of evil consisted J?11 r, Rt of acts of the people of the northern States, ac' and in several instances of their governments. J1 | k,,?* aimed to facilitate the escape of persons helu Rjy .. to service iu the southern States, and to pre- law ' t vcul their extradition when reclaimed accord- ^ ' f* 'MK to 'MW nn<^ virtue "f express provisions ' Ui? " of the Constituutm. To promote this object,' me, u^<! legislative enactments and other means were iuv i;ro' adopted to take away or defeat right*, which wtl av,; the Constitution solemnly guarantied. Iu orlJ"' der to uullily the iheu existing act of Gotigress ?*| ' concerning thu extradition of fugitives from n<J "n" service, laws were enacted in many States, for- r*a ,e Lidding their oificcrs, uudcr the severest penal- l" ' l" tie-, to participate iu the execution of any act of . " j Congress whatever. In this way that system ''J ir,t j of hornmnious c?.-operation between the author- vaf " | oies of the United States and of the several ,jle I States, tor the maintenance of their couutaou ,|M" j institutions, which existed iu the early years of rig, ' ?' ! the ltcpuhlic, was destroyed; conflicts of juris- p w i * diction carnu t?i be frequent; aud Congress leg *ch touud itself compelled, for the xupporl ot the ? ! tor Constitution, and the vindication ol its powers, aio to authorize the appointincut of new officer* m< leu- ? barged with thu execution of its acts, as it the use they ai?d the officers of the States were the mmmil inters. respectively, of foreign government* iu not a .state of mutual hostility, rather tiiau fellow* M"c op- magistrates of a common country, peacefully "v,1 the subsisting under the protection o? one well con* in stituted I'sion. Thu* here, also, aggression *,l< ent was followed by reaciion; and the attmlts upon the Constitution at this point did but serve to fflu yj,., raise up uow barriers for its defence aud socur- j u, arc 1 ,,ru. The third stage of this unhappy sectional lied controversy was in connexion with the organinee *?" of territorial governments, aud thu ad- <ie? iti- ?ni?'<>n of u?w States into tho Wuioti. When w? k?. it Was pnniosud to adurit the State of Maine, eor l.v * .x-. i. no* '? v? v\ i i i?vi J iiviti mfti ut hiabM' J uu.j cliu*etu, and the State of Mitmuri, formed of ?Ur the tt portion ??l" iImt territory ceded by France to *" the United States, representative* iu Congress utM u. objected to the adinuuiion of the latter, unlea* 0,1 b of conditiou* suited to particular view* of ^ public policy. The imposition of uch a coo- r*"' .ion dition wue successfully resisted. But, at the vnt name period, the question was pieaentcd of tin- I1"' do- restriction* uptpi the residue of tho tcr- ^ ait- ritonr ceded by France. Thai quection vwi, hey f?r l^c time, disposed of by the adoption of a [hv do- ??o*rupbieal lino of limitation. wm lich lu this eaooecUoo it ehoulJ not U forgotlon Uc rith that Prance, of her own aaeord.'i-esoleed. (or eon |?ol enn '(deration* of th? nunt far sighted ??Mity, to <14* lind ***** bxihun* to the United .Mates, and that aa> ?ti: , cewioti wa* a?e? pled by the United 8Wa, the s?< rith '*M*r aiprcaaly nigtfsl that "tki inhabitant* Un ion ?*d*d territory dial! be laeorporated in the wfa ' Union of Um failed Ktfttea, aod admitted a* snoo ?r? a* yuaeiiile, aoeoiniug to the principle* of the Fed- to >e erai Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the dot *jrt rhfh'a, advantage*, and tmmuoitiee ot eitisen* of rej b*7 the United Slate#; and iu IIM meantime they foe * * abnll be maintained aud protected in the free ea- in are joymaot af thee ftierfy preoerfy. aod the reti^lou bet the which they profew"?that u to eay, while it re-1 me tte*, matue in a terntotrial aouditioa, it- inhabitant# (ter ??- isit ap4>nmi*n ?m [inmnw *a ius im enjoy- | eel: Rmkt ?(Ikeir liberty atvA properijr, with i right iu- | 'heii to |?m into (k? ron-btioo of AUIm on Knot- f? y the '*( (e?rle?t equality with the wigMl Mats*. oll )flth Uia ooMtwrci, aimil NtnUMnd ika mUm- #V4 itiea ('v* g'ographiaal line, wea n-qoi??oed in. rather uni( than approved by the Metes ttt the Union. It Vrl stood en the statate book, howiter, far e nest ^ . ' bar of yean; aol the ywyhd the lespaative ,|? . ? Melea ?tqmwe4 in the re cassia.sal of the prfw , * rijj?- as a|i|ili?(llo the Htale ot Trass; sod it was P'** proposed to acquiesce iu its farther oppHaslioo to ?fr, the territory uraoied by the United Mates iiwu M ' ' Maaiou. 11 ut ibis prwpuehioe wsa aaeesseMV m tjlo rtested by tlieerprrsrnUUrcefaoss ths -Northern r in- thhW, who. regard has ti the miate line, i in 1st u,, MM, ad npea applying rentiietion to the new torn totoo* rv geuen.li/, whether tying north or aoath of it, . i ofi thereby repealing it as a legislative eotaprcmiaa, end. on tlie pert of ths Korth persistsetly violat **** ich (k* eowpeel. if eoespnOl (hers was. J l of Thscoopon this ??si us' cOMad la have binding M| poo virte*. in siy ewnss. whnher w nepeetethe >ortli ^ noil *r l"* tfaeth; sod so in rfleet It jess treated an 'he da- of tho dndsetoo'ofthoMate of Catifor* ?r 2B hia, and the srwaalwffs" of tfaTnrtfainrflM aw tb? Mtdit OUh add Wnwagta* ^ wa] Snrfc westhe etata qtf thia qq*M whs a the ?d hJ I Hw ?# K?>m mU NilMfet. in Um imnp ?f if - 5 ? Mt i win wieUfcrtieeel p*?*r ? >*? ?> >? ?*T?Urny?o?^prn<>rto- Ot *i KkUflilMlW ! miWMvfMia^ pt 6 % 4 k' I ft 1 FLEETING A3 TUX WIND R AW, g. ,C.t DE tie oom deration, the Supreme Court of tho U are h?d finally determined ibia point, in eeory tu uud?r *htch the question eon Id arum. wbetha* alfectiog public or private right*?in eetiona of the puidie <ioma?t>. of religioo, of m?i-I ion. and of nrritudr. Th< auroral Mala* of the Uniou are, by fore* of ? ConatimtioO, coequal ia <tonie?tic logialative ?or. Congreaa cannot change a law </dotuoarelation in tha State of Maine; no tnor* can it the State of Miaaouri. Any alatnle which protea to do thi* t? a mere nullity ; it take* away right, it cvufer* none. If it remain* on tha tule?book unrepealed, it remain* thrra only a* uoniiment of error; and a l>en?^<i of warning to > legislator and the *Ute*inan. To repeal it will only to remove imperfection from tha alnlutee, tliout affecting, either in theaenao of p#rwi#*ion of prohibition, the aation of the State#, or of hr citisena. Mill when tha aomiiial restriction of thi# nature eady a ' ?d latter in I iw, waa in terms re pealhy the ta#l Cottgie**, in a rlaiine of tha act orlUilig liit I erritoriee of KaDNW and Nebraska, it rc|>eal waetnad* the ooca?iou of a widenptoad I ilanfteroue agitation. It waa alleged ttiat thi original enactment, l>?> k e>ui|Mil id |>?r|>e'uai tumul iii>li**tiau, it* eal conatituled an odioua breach of faith. \o act of Congre>a. while it romain? more especially if it he ooostituticnelly valid the judgment of thoes public functionaries use doty il ia In pronounce on that point, ia iluutxr.iljf iiin<iiti< on ilia lon^cieace of eeeli >1 chiton of the Kepublie. But In what sense l it be asserted that the enactment io quntici) a invested with perpetuity aud entitled to the I In'ct of a wleniti coup iirt I Between v boui | a tli? compact I I Sn distinct contending powers ol ih: O iter-.nf, uo aeperatc eeetio'a ol the Union. trv^ing veil, rbU'teii into treaty stipulation* on ih? iject. It was a m<-re clause of an act of Con sc. and like any other controverted matter of islatioo, received lU linal chape CiJwm paused compromise of ilie v-outlivting opinions or sentenia of the uieiutseia of (iongrea. But if it I initial sullioritjr over inen'e < onscienct n. to i itii did this authority attach I Sol to thoae of t Noith, who lud r?|?;*i?iily r?'u?ol to eoulirtn >y extension, and alio l.sl r.alously strives to vhlisli other and incompatible regulations npoe subject. And if, as it time appears, the com:t had uo obligatory fome as to the North, of irse il could sot have had any aa to the bosth, all such compacts must he mutual aud o? rsrocal obligation. t has not unfrequently hspp-ned that Iswers, with undue estimation ot the value of the t thej give, or iu the vie w of imparting to it tiliar strength, make it perpetual in Irnus; bill y cannot thua l>iud the < ouscieuoe, the judgnt, aud the will ol those who ia*y suooecd thetu, estcvi w it Is similar responsibilities, aud clothed h equal authority. More careful investigation y prove the law to ha uosoiini in priuoiple ? iwrirnce may show it to l*e impel feet in detail 1 mipracticalde in exceutmn. And then both ><>n and rtglii combine not merely to justify but require its rvpes!. I'he Cousutciion, supicine a* it ia over all the arlnvrnU of (be govcrunicut, legislative, rtnm e. aud judicial, is o|>eu In amendment hy rt? y teruas ; aud Congress or the Stales may, in r discretion, propose amende-*ni toil, soUmn tutrl thoooh it 111 truth is. oetwscn the aitw u orates of I he L'uioa. Jutlw |ir?Mtt IimUbcs, ol lice I enactment, winch had enMil lo have si power 01 authority uf any kind, wa*rc|>ea}> The position assume.i, that Congress had uo tal light to enact such repeal. was sti-snge ugb. and singularly ? in view of the fact the11 argument came fr? those who open y uc>i ouftneuce 10 xivtinc 1*W? of Un luxl nog lk? hik popular (UM^niliM on J qcilujr, K,uiprooii*e*?U? nay, luor*, wrbo unoqoiT?uaily r?H*rdro im) akkU .r*d tb* uiual pc?ty?..?uil i|?(ory injunction* ol Ik* iUon ilMlf, I kou^lit, by ?t iv mv*u? Wilkin Umir r***li, ik|>nf? m purtivv ?f lk?ir Ml?ir4ilii>n?<>( qutl of lh?M right* tihi priviUgM nantevd * ik* lo *11 bjr llw lunJ-iiaeatal eoni* * of our Union. tin* argument *g*iiMt ik? r?p*?l of th* MataU ? iu qtrUitfO, w*a *roomp*nit-d by another of igrUlal ch?rtiUr, *uil equally Will* Ik* fjruWT liiouof foundation i* rraaon and troth 1? imptiUd U\*t tke mouurt originated io lb* Mtint'o o! fiicuiiiHj Ik* limit* ol at*** labor i <>iid thoft* previously aamgoad to it, and that h *m it* natural a* well aa intended rtfetrl; i th?M baa*l*a? a*au?ptio?ta were owl*, iu Ui rlbcrn -tat. *, tba ground of uno?*?jg aaaault u.v constitutional riJit. Hi* ivp*al iu Irrist of a statute, which wu at dy oln dotr, and al*o null for uncoaatitatinoal , o>ulil bar* do inriuen** to obatru?< or to pro f? tka propagation of owiktitf vlowa of no ml or aovtal institution* WImo Ui* arto< veo tg lh? Territorie* of Kanae* and K*bn<k? ?u iao>i, the inhrroitt *fi?< I u|Krti tbet portion ol | I public ion lain tbuao^ued to legal eelticinenl, a to tJuH **ttlera from all lU ittatea of tb* 1 mo alike, cmIi wiih bin Movioti&o* of politic I icy and p-irale iularrat, Uwrt to found iu their o< vtiou, to audi limitation* aa tha Con* .utiou and acta *f Cusmn might preaoriba, w SlaUa, hereafter to lo ad mil tod into th? ion. It ?aa a (re* Md. opan aliba to all, atber tba atatuta lino of aeaumad mtriutio* m repealed or not. Tfc*t repeal did nor. open free competition ot tb- divcraa o pi alone and untif inatitalion* a field, which, without aoah a*L VmM bar* bam aloaad a^piuu (bans ; it ;nd lbat field of eompelitioa already opened, fact and in law All tb* repeal did vw in rare :Ka atiit*:t*>l>ouk of aa abjaotlonabi# enoot tit, oooMMtitntional in dM, and iujariotia in mi to a large portion of tba Bitla , fa it tba W, that, iu all (Im uioatt lad rogioeaof i i Hailed Mala, if omigraiico be left tree to act I hi*. rr?peo* far ilaeif, without legal prohibition* j ail bar rtda, aUeo labor dill aponUatae* ly go irjrwbaro, in prefaconaeto free labor f fait tba i, Ib?* tba paoeMar fiO'Ol* iMtit?tl?a* of tba libera sto'aa yiai * raialieelr aomnabof eignr. It, ?WntarvwM?TMiw i* freely open to alt i world, tbay will paaatrulo to tbo ictwon of wo of the northern thbil la it tbo hfi that > inrmi aa^oy. aaaoperad with tbo lottoa, aarb aaiatibly aanerior vitality, lodepeadoaa ol efc ie. ao<i. and all at bar n?n daedal aii uapblaiiiia. to ba able in pr* tea* tba uappoead raaalt, in ta of fbo awmaad ?ltil and natural nhatpelaa I it# aoaoAiplwhfumt, owl of tb* wan nnmeroo* pnlatioo of tb* north*** rttateof Tha srgWnobf df thata who adrncat* Um rttfl Ml of now line! Metro*tan. and atalana tbo - .-I jJ M&l in ii0 i< * ?. tka/ a fin ? >9 ? . ? >W? pvwu ' tmv> -(/*??ro:&rnt ItoVr A9?U?st*?dMf*r p*?*r ?f (k?ir ?* . *d willf? rw? Mr* nkw (um4 by tot ?f UfgMi*. A*4 if ?gNH >?? ptoX hr hhimI id Um p*Ury turn **?t*U* ; JIt mxw u> uj tW ?p?t, At uf UaviM BMi br tWw**l?to ?ta iHrtm will fcwt * *?** ? tfub*?*l str*<? P < unrpiitol I^Mrtln *s?r?Wm m %k'* lap; H OayJl|Xtt>b tto?to Mta ?k* **ry mH <*f ItUHy. It t*M mm limyi Ak imimq 4ix Mm tau *ll Ik* Mrn T?rrjtxtoi (i?? I ^ tokM. St^ Hfwww. Uto kipiWl?i ? th* hmilmJ ?|M?U Urfdjif ilLjiiMOiltMkif ??nW aJUtoi to* MM >)? ** ? 9**y 0 Iff 1 EADING IS AN UN REMEMBERED 1CEMBER 9, 18 L ..-I. I'. .U.LL1U of uj juitifi?iliuii in tbtuiunofiliiagi. mt Mil contrary to all the fundamental doatrioee wad to priadpl? of ?Ti] liberty and ?-lf pT?rnm?nt. ed While, therefore, ia gene'al, (ha people of tli* ti> northern State* bar* never, at any tine, arrogated for Ilia f-tderel government the power to interfere re directly with tbe domestic condition of pcrvoae tn f? the eowlhvrn tStatee, bat on the mntrary have die ^.r avowed all aitch intention*, and h*T? ahrunli front th eonepicuoae affiliation with tliuee few who puranc iu ;hair fanatical object# avowedly through tba eon a. lampleted tneene of revolatiunary change of the lit government end with *?oeptauce of the neoeeeary nc couerquenoer?a civil end aervile war?-y H many St ettiteea l?av< *uffered thetnealvee te be drawn lnU> T1 one evaoeeccot political iaeoe of agitation after hi another, appertaining to Ut mum ut of opinion*, ei< end which rubeided ee rapi.ll/ Mtb- y *row when vi it came to be eeen. m it uniformly did, that they U were ieormpeiibie with the oom|?ot* of the Con- gi elituiion end the existence of the Union Thoe. th when Vlie eel* of eonie of the State* to nullify the ea exiting extradition lew imposed upon Col grew* the to duty or p?*eing e new ooe, the enunlry weeineited T1 hy agitator* to enter into perty organ bat ion for it* to repeal; but thet agitation epeedily ceased by reason to >f the impracticability of it* object So, when liie it' -totals reetrictiou upon the institution* of in* \( State* by e geographic*! line, bed been repealed, re the oonotry waa urged to demand its restoration, fa end thet project aleo died dlmoet with lU birth th Then follow- J the cry of -larm from the North eu egeinet imputed eontbern encroachment*; which la ery *prxng into reetity from th* spirit of levolu- Ul | liooery elUok on the dot/ieatio inilitutioii* 01 the Sooth, end. efier e trouble J exi*teooe of s few el< month* he* L*?o rebuked by the voice of e peiri- oo | utio ]>*<>ple. p< | Of thi* ie*t agitatieu, one Uioerteblc fentor* ?u I 'i*?t ibet it wee oerried on et the immediate ex- ri| I pence of the p< * -* end happiness of liie people of f?i the Territory of Ken***. 1 ' *t ?iu made the bet- by tlctieM, not no much of oppt. dig faction* or it)- im I terest* within itself, e* of the eoaAieting passion- an lot the whole people of the United Stale*. Hero of lutionery disorder in Ken*** had it* origin in project* of intervention, deliberately erratigw] by co I certain tueuibera of that Congreit which euncted ' rel th- lew for the organisation of the Territory.? tie And wheu propagandist coloniieiion of Karun* *e< lied tbu* been undertaken in one section of the vii Union, tor the ey 'eioetm promotion of il* pecu eu1 her view* of potic,, there rn?ued a* * metter of on ?o:ir*e, e counteraction with oppwile views, in ne other sections uf the Union. en lu eooaetj euce of thc?e end o' her incidents, ot many eels of disorder, it i* nndeniehle, her* been, im perpetrated in K*ou\ to the occasional intert up- co lion, rather thee th* permanent *u*pco*ion. of rwuwr government. Aj^rwin and most r?p thi rvb*u*it>)? incursion* iuU> the Territory were co undertaken, Irulh iu tb* North mio ib? South. Sti end eoturvu it on it* northern border by the way I of low*, a* well m on the eeeleru by way of T? Mir ouri; eud tb?t* ha* < xi*t<i withiu a atot* of thi inaurrrotion egaiwat Die cordituud authorities, tj? I not without, countenance from iucooimWrafe per- le< | M>u in each of the great section* of the Union.? 1 | But the diiBeultie* in that Territory buv? been ou 1 extravagantly exaggerated for pc.r]>oa** of poliU- til cat agitation elsewhere. The number and gravity ae "f tbe acts of vieiaree bare bars magnified partly th by laletuvnt* entirely notour, anil pertly by wl reiterated accounts of the eame rumor* of fact#.? Ju fbw* the Territory haa been seemingly fill* I with an atrem# violence, when the whole amount of such flf act* ha* not l*?n greater than what oca* tonally Tl p*?**? before u? in aing'.a oitir* to the regret of ail in good eititru*. but wnlutut bring regarded a* of jh general or political eonst-cu-nee. e?t impelled irregularities io the rl?cli"iia bad iu ty Kan**?, like occasional irrugulatitie* of the ami an description In the alow*. were beyond the sphere ni of action of tbe Kxrcutive But incidents M art hv ual violence or of organised uhtirueuno of law, vh pertinaciously rcoewrd from time to time, bava aa' been met u* they occurred. by each mean* a* bv were available and aa the ciroumiUiiea* required; and nothing of tin* eliat*elei now remain* to af- pa lee* the general peace of the Union The attempt aa of a pan of the iuhabitante uf the Territory to ty erect a iav'4?aliena<y i_ov*runwt>t, though eadu cn loualy encouraged and e pplied with pecuniary * aid from active agent* id dt*or<)cr in mm af the la State*, ha* completely failed. bodice of aimed en men, foreign to the Ten tory, bate barn pre van- m tnl fruru entering oe eomp?ll?v) to leave lb? fit Predatory be? via, ei. gaged in acta of disturbs Bora, dr have l>e?n arraatnd or di*pera*4. And a very wall ha di*po*ed IWC4D is now enabled onao mora to mi devot* htm**)f in pnnv* to th* pwreait* of pew* on pmoue industry, fur tbe proeeautioa of whtoh ha m undertook to participate in Ike aatllement of the in I Territory. 0g It afford* me aowrngied tatiefaetion the* to a* I announce tho paaarfa) onodlUoa of thing* u Knar, eapacially conaiJcuug th* moon** to jr? which it was p?c ?**ry to have reaoovn* for the pa J attainment of the and, namely, lb# employment in I of a part of the military for** uf the United States, *b .i>U~>.i ' ' ' * torn*, rare* iroiu lie |irop?r 111 dmy ol tUftodlng Um ?aMtrf ?yl?it Mfi m Com or tho uv??n of Um ftwoliw, to wn^loy it M for iho upprtaHon of docao*t>? iMiirfMdM, io, ci ?Un ik* *xi|(?M7 otcuo, o M*Utr ?f Um b?m Tl Mrmrt lolwitwk (Hi lUnMiiw of iBptiallv* be Vimolty. it hao booo JoM -with (Jm Nm rnalu, Ik and my afiofeiU.-iA ia tho ilumBMnt of ?ooh la rooolU. b? ?uoh luoono, ? fmUly wkinwl by Ik lh? eosKldrrolioii that, tlirougii tho witfon II)<1 a I onorgy of tho proooat Eaooalior of Kmw*, tad n< Iho |irv*<-t>M, KroMwif, otd t%ilMM of tb? tail I t tary oftan wo duty Ihoro, tmcqiiHilj hoc Ion at ralorU aiUiout our drop of blood bawl ok boaa CV lied in it* M?aapliikat? by tho foVaoa of tM* United Mtaloa m Tho rootoraMa*i of quwifioiaUvo tranquility la gn that Territory furuithoa tho moasM of oboorrmg or oatn?ly, ard oprir laioliag at thair jaot valuo, tholth ovoou which hawo aoearrcd than*, and tho dta ta oocoioa# of whieh tfc* go vara moat of tho Territory uj hoi boo* Uw* ouhjoot. th Wo h?rootro that ooolfO'rroy o-moor*log It* (oUwc dooMotio ioetitutioa* woo roar liable; that r* aA Laa*oo aurttilaMAJ na foMa ai MM ?h? to bvwm prwoww, no vwiu or bo pv wirdoca aa tho part of Ooagra^ oould haaw pro- ai voatod thia th It h tdla to eepeeoo that the nortfoolor work m koatof tfcrir orgooto low were tho aaaae ofogita- th than. TImm praoiokoao wore hut tho eoooUaa, ut th tho pretest of a?j?gtmina? whcoh woo inherent be m im nature m ikMffc Uwfre* liftelateil *pw U th* subject > eueh terms ** were most neei?iH ? wXb Mm |???eii>le tJ p?nvi!?r eo vera (gulf wtiipfe d? ln-ifcl MT |OMnMM?t, It mM Mt He*e ei l?|Mi?*i Ukrr+Um tritUet bjm ttibm I* t* WKlxrirwt principle J , .ir .tMAwtiemt 0M 4| ???peweKetiMb right rf eqeelrtr tf the serene) Hi au*e? ' * We gflMke, ?) % that mtomi Irieieb m4 | partf fwiiit here heea (he ggitt'lfidlliiil n l? IhwwUeiery eeeeetiewe# the *|Mw peine) J eipim *W?4?-<t (M?4 the chief MM efllli HM1 trsdhMrMMMh^pMi Ttha Msewpttun the*, eft heeneueln the ergenhebes at ihrTerriteriesui d Hebemke end Ken?. Ceegrew *Wteh?eS frnui j Maiphf the retfthji ayei Unt to ?hMi eec- U tail a(lwr T*nilen? W hm mMW. ifcenrihre # dUned? eeenrrsd in tWIi^W W, h ef yheUeeMf enntwfimd if the UaX tut ui?? * oeeurrwJ in the h'?ri, ?e? at lmuM lUg egM^A|y|^e Vhgitag aI fW A|||MIm| rif Ih ? ' * *. # " emib > PASTLME; BUT A WRITING ] 5 6* fmjj !..! "..1.- J-"l U of inaurrectiomtry cberater, or of oUiri.ctiou roi [woct?m of lot, baa been repelled or mp-reee in !, by nil the idmu which Ihe Constitution and pa e law* pi no* I in the Imq<U of the KiwutiTf. op In fboro part* of the l/oiled Stalse wbtrt, by re moo of tb? inflamed Hilt of th? public niitul lee riutoors end misrepresentations hava Ilia pr eateal mrroiiO), it he* been >Nun ed Ibatit a an or duty of the Kjweotive not only to tupprees an urietionary movements in Kno-aa, but also to oo r to the regularity of local elections. It needs rn tie argument to show that Mm President h*i or i such power. All government in the Unite) ten rcat* substantially rpou popular election. Cc la freedom of elaclivne Is liable to be impairrJ of r tha intrusion of uulawfui voire, or thr etclu- ra lib of lawful ones, by improper influence*. by de oleiirr, or by fraud. But the people of the ?ri nit/d State* aie themselves the a.l sufficient W tardiaiis of their own rights; and to suppoe at they vrili not remedy, in due canon, any fit* ch incidents of civil freedom, is toeoppoee tliem of base erased to be capable of trlf goveri niunt it ie President of the Uuited States nan nut power ne intrrpo*e in election*, to see to their fi -adorn, air > can rase their vou-e, 01 to p*SHU)n>n their legal in f in the Territories ??? more thau in the StuteX | bil be bed such power the government might be ! vb public.Ill in forui. but it Wl.uld lw limnur.<h? It, i nu . - - - ? ? I " ct; and if bo liad urdcrtakrn to cxcrcire it i* iTb e ea*e of Kansas. he would bare beeu justly J J8 bj?s.t to th? chargo of usurpation and <>l vio ba lion cf Ilia dearest rights of tb? people of the . aul tilted Male*. ! th Un ?m? law a, equally with irrcgulariiiee at *ji action*, are, in periods of great exitittnt, the ' fat Miionul inrideoU of even the freest wil best ynii ditical institution*. Hut all efpeiieoe* demon of ra'.?* that in a country like ours, whrrfc th<i' pa ;iit of aelf-oiisfitutiou exists in tlie completes! ! pi* rro, the attempt tn remedy unwito legislation tin resort to revolution, ia totally out of place ; | of aamueli as existing leual itialituliona afford Se ure prompt and efficacious roeau* for the redress tin wrong r?i ( confidently trust that now, when thet^accful pa ndition of Kansas afford* opportunity tor extra cat flection and wise legislation, either the leKtda* 'en 'e aaasrohly of the Territoiy, or t'engsew, wlil |Nj i tint no act ahall remain on it* stitute hook hn dative of Iho provision* of the Constitution, ,>r J bl< bverslvo of tbe great ohjecta for which ihat waa dained and established, end will take rll other all eaeanry atepa to aaanre to ite iiiiiabiUnle the ar< juement, without obetruetion or abridgement, wi all the constitutional rights, privileges, and lie inanities of citisctwof the United Hlatee, a* nten plated by the orguaie law ofTtteTerritory. *?' Fall information in rotation to recent events in in< is Territory will he found in tlio documents mmuniceted heiewith from the Departmeutf of *?i ?? m hihi n nr. ot refer you to the report of Ui# SwiMtirjr of Ihi l?!i " miry for particular information oonxrnin^ d financial condition of iho yomnniont, atid tlx " rarioti* brnoehe* of tb* public ?erv ice ronnec- ho I with the Treasury Department dr l>urin^ the but fi?c*l yrar the receipt* from re< torn* were, for the ftr*t time, more then ? ny-foor million dollar*, and from all Aonrcea, tat veuty three million nine bnndred end eighleeu be oasaud oe? hundred and forty-one dollar*; rwi bieh, with the balance oa hr.nd up to the let of th ly, 186ft, mode the total reaotneueof vlie year to kii wunl to ninety-twft toHlion ei^lit hundred and he ty thouaand one hundred and eevanteen dollara Ac ic expenditure#, including three million dollara iol execution of the treaty with Mexico, and iu- an iding *ume paid on account of tbc public d?M, pf tousted to sixty million one ftooJred and aereV two thoinand four hundred end one dollar*; oo d. inclvdiuff the latter, to aarenty two inlllWo M a* hundred and forty-eight tbo< *aud aaran to mdred and ninety two dollar*, the f?yn?egt oo la la cocoa ot having amounted to twelva luilhou tat ran hundred and acveniy aix thou<anJ three i C< indred and ninety dollara I ra On the 4th of b'artfc. 13ftft, the atnoont of the I lUia debt wu aixty-nina million ona hundred ? d twenty nino thouaand niba hundred ?? tklr* ;; even d/dlar*. There wae a eobeeuiimt iu y? mm of two inilHon aaven hundred aud flh) thou- tb ih) dollar* for tba d/bt o(T*u*?making a to at 1 of aoveuty ona million eight hundred andace- ai tv nine thomand nine hundred and. lblr?y-?ev la i dollar*. Of thi* the turn of forty-tie* million e* ra ban I red and t want v ftva thousand there huu th ad and nineteen doTlaru, including premium, tl m been discharged reducing rSc debt tethlrtr to iitlou aaran hundred and tjtytjr acVeo thouauid n ia hundred end twaaty-eiue dollar*; all which H ight h# paid within a your without anbarrMa I* K the public service, bit lifting wot yet dim, ami J* 3y rMwmabW at tba option of tba holder, can- It 4 be praaaud bo payment bv the gorrmmeuw ? On Mamiahtet toe expenditure# of ?.? ? -< l? ?' Ml it mil bf mm tint ili? ?*?nu* dutuotnHt <a 7 Moot* on Mtutl at tfc? r>abl ? <Wbt, and loo m i it ram (mid l?r trooty to Nniia fcoa H<ai> t<Oft Jf ??t Ibciy oigbl inii I Um dollor* 1% it boliovrrf ot, bndor mi Monwonttti od???nitUntioii of iho ?l Cnmont, tbo ilirtft oapoadNfct* inr Utn *? 'l fivo yrantwilt not wmmI that nw, utitoM ?H ilwifcfdia 'lyOMmton for>t?lrMr??n?HonidfcOoor ?1 MMbtrMttofboaulf load* ?TiVt aooti booo M ?XM?i?d, wbiio iHo oatonMoft of oar In* '? t? ?uhrwooM oilt waw o raaUnwpJ domopd fcr ?i mi* oad lafMttl roooipW, probably, from " at conroo. TW# ejii*i4?tVdora alii jntiify a I rtdamioa of Um r*?onao froao oplan, *6 ?a * A to ovoood forty dauor fifty mil.iou dolioro. " think tbo oitfoooy W Mali rodaeiio* lo impor* M loo, wfaglia ?f.i H tfft tHo ouooidoroUoa of u oaoMt of rodootw, no nrolV ?o tfto won- ? Hinting II, tMynttOi ?i great aoJ ? naval lataMM) H bate* nwHWl to ia4v.tyti.lf tarptwr tat tkt (wUm |>n??riu, m wall aa M rffetato *tirfwlaoa Jna?u??, tint oi! *>?t ion b? m*U to raat ? ?<|aa% aa Matty u *> alt aUtoas and tuMMbM ltd ioUmt. of >" ? tatrtry. fe I hart tfctnlun rnhuitiaJi# toytor a .naf? ** tarn tha ravhetaw af lha wftambat Bitwwt h" tjar tb* diraoltaaa a* lha Hnarriarv af tfcaTtoaa ^ J.anJaba tMHatianagavaaaw aaavWIgnaa- * ^t.yMiafly dto . aaiuawt of a law to gnntto J a ali UtoHtan at aHUtal Wain ar wan (mat ? a ft)** <*f gvvara??at, ?aJ raaotriag all Malt * okt and mpaaaaajali tyr aabfcapf^?nj ta to .Ityt wiy Un aatyt^^WtoVaJ y* uaEyNiirT>jiti^Bffjf a eeefwitotly totoi.il*j and a law ta axta^* * ' feting-pawl pwnHaaataall M?*a *&#?**/ %> y?laWirf.ar ^ tywWk any via iJSrnaggtotan fa ? tfW?? MW-M* tbaptoaaa. of ^ j \0th* fmr attW?na *na? la aato * ^tgaSl^ bt ? Wffr?fcq U * * Ttoitt at |* zr?2sawgrtsmKaz ? P** 5* 3*35 < t?f IWA*kwe%dCki|Ni*twi?Hwi?aif?e4*. ?4 ' 'M 1 ' % /V , O. .* ' ft * y # > y , J y - "J i H * M -IL .'-'gJ [S ETERNAL/'TPPPKR. NO. 25. ndncted t^me will prevent *<ich corn* loetiona future, and e*cure to tbeee Tcrritom e an op rtunity to rai?v|?w steady profrreee io the develmint of M^pir agricultural ?ud uiioeral r?ecur* Legieietiuu bne boeo recommend** J by wo ou viou* ocoaeione to our* d?f<cte hi the exi?tiug irantze'ioit, end to iiM riuto the effici* tiny of t be my, and further obeervattftu hav but nerved to ntitn me iu the vie we then rxp: . *?<. i, fetid to force on my mind the convict iou that euoh niea*ea am not only prx per but n?re?aery. I liave, in addition, to invite tha 'attention ol mgreee to a cbntige ot policy in the dietributioo trnope, ifbd to tb? nccaeeity >f providing a tn^ra pid ioereaaa of tlta military ennaiueiit. Fur tail! of the** am) other subject* relating to tha my, 1 refer to the report of the Soeretarjr vf ar. TUe condition of the nary ie u?>t merely eatiaMory, but exhibit* the toMt gratifying evidence increased vigor. A* it i? comparatively small is more important that it should t e as complete # possible in nil the element* of strength* that it onld ivc efficient '? ll>? cflerosteis utile otlKers, the *?'nl and discipline of its >u lilt rrlis lily of its ordnance, and io tbs cjpucily of lU ipe In al) lire** various qualities tba navy bts ide great progr-ee within tba last law year*?le execution of Ilia Inw of Ooogiaaa, of February , 1856, "to. promote tbs efficiency of tbs MtJ," s Ixeii attended by the nm* idnoligvosi raits, Tbs liw tor promoting disc:pltie among s m?B I* found convenient ann saluti.ry. Tba item of granting as bo lorable discharge to tbful eeatii et? on tbs expiration ol' tbair enlistipt, and. permitting thsm to re enlist after* a Issve alarmv of f?# motitha without cessation of y, is id lily Iwnefirial in its influence. Thcapkiii ire system recently adopted is evidently deeierl to incorporate in the sot vies a large number our louDtrjmm hitherto so difficult to procure, vsral hundred American bays twv now on a rc? years' cruise in our national meweU. and will urn well Irninsd scatovu. In abe ordoance da rttnent- there is s decided andr gratifying iudilion of progress creditable th it and is the un'ty Tlis aoirgvaiions of thy Secretary of the ivy, in regard to further improvement In thai itnoh of the service, [ coimueud la your (avom i Ac'-i-ui. "'> The new frigates ordered by Congrees are now out, and u>o of thstn in active service. ' They t superior models of naval arch it set use, arte, ih their formidable battery, add largely to pub* strength and reourity. I concur in the views expressed by the Hears y of tbo department m favor of a still further r-aea of our nev il force. The report of the Secrwtnrv of Uie Interior pre. tie facta and views in relation to intern*) anairs r which the *npervi-ti?rti of Me dep-uuueut exids, of much iutersatar.d importance The aggregate seTee of the puhlie land*, during* j last iiseai wear, aiaaorit to nine million two ndre.i and twenty aeveo thousand eight turned and seventy eight a^tes; for which beg beon wived the sum of sight*!!!"** eight Hundred d twenty oar tkoorand fonr huorvhtd and fourta poller*. Daring the seme period there ha re en located, ?Ui military sa*?p end land war at a, and fur -.they nwrponea, ibirty one huodied oueaud two bnad.ed and thirty acres,.thus maug a total aggregate of thirty nine million three ndred and twenty etghi acres. 'On the tknh of ptemlwr last, eorveye M been made ot sixteen illion eight hundred end esventv ihrea lln-i^. ... t. r 'v U m itumiraa itM ninety Bias ?eiew > tai fg oportioe of whi?b 1* rmdy tor market. TU n^Mlitik* i? Ikn rfponti* r>K*rd to iht m plication and ymff mlw axpanaion JifihaJMiai* a* of the different bateaux !' Ik* d<?pAriina*t; tha ptttmainUni; to tk? c>lo?j.?iV?oti of tLa 1 diau Iribew nttJ to the rBounitn-'uialioti iu WUaa to varioae improvcr-iton in tha Diflriei of itmnbia, an eepeciaUy tomiMidtd to j our ?ot? ' it u. .* . ?y, Tha report of tk* PtitaMll?f O?Nri) preeente u .% - . - -#*v.4 J . - ft ij in*' wnpiMvii vi mmm tirpsnuirui vi iuv f^v*sracn'C Th? ?sp;:idiiOT?? for lbs ~-~i r were ton millioo four Imtfttwl tnd wt?i oonatiii #if(hi ht odrad and utility tigfet dotl.fa; f lit lt? <groaa rn*ipl? ?f eeo million nx hundred id twenty ihowacnd ?<j|b> hundred Wid en* dot* n ; nntking an t-twu of rr^ndftwre ?*v ?e- -? ipte of twenty eaten hundred and. eighty *ev?n inuaaodwtd forty ait dollar*. The deficiency of >>t department ?a thus men kuklnJ and forty .:ir thoawand duilura greater than for iba year idi&f fnu?M, IM1. Of thla d?fieieo?y,'tnroa audi ?d at*') thirty theueaod dollar* ia to ha aV itiwtad to iha additional compenaatioo allowed Mtaaawtara hy th? aet uf Coagraae of June til. IM. Tho aaid facilities (it avary part of tba wintry ha ? been mnah IstrtiMd io the varied. mi im nry? addition of nulroa't rfca. amount* Ummh thouaand nUm buadrae *4hd eight M, Imm addad laigaly to tiw eoat of Iraao porta InAotxidorabW aagmoatatlon t-f iba lmri>ro# r Ik/lW DfiwtenHit ander I bo rod m od |taa-ot poeUgAmd Ma iaarmMng **p*t>d?ltiraa, luit, for lilt praaaut, make il <U|?*dcnt to torn* Oral nuoatho trwwui y ftr . auitfftrt. Tho f arorc'dation* of ?ka I*t>M?aat*r Oooaraf, U Nttoo to tho abolition of tlir frar.kir * mm* * 111hk ?M*i ON lh# oUabluUr.Y* >l ofina?I Awntip Dana diaorro U>? MnU<l?ti?a at Okpw* alao 0*11 the atto&ma M Coogmaa to I bo a torn ant of tba PaMouMor (Veers) mpiOfla * 10 MOM now poki for tba lr* importation of .nalla uha Fumm Railroad lofapony, and oetnioaod . their frrtr ami U*o/ab)? ||W| Jinmioo tharog a I Mioita ?4 that oAaar in rdatinrt v. ooaUaatt for toil trtiUforteiiM upon tba root*, and alio vyS ** * the TtkMbpN MM) Hi?nMRa routaa. i Tho TJoiiari h-M-t eonUM* in (UwJnfMlMrtloaWo rotaUoao with aiKhitaign power a Mi Kty kM onuoal taiNMtf* OM traonaltud 1 * y* fyf*y*ryr'*** .** t for?lga rrrnie and tha H bar to OmtkUaM an, U.raaWaed to dntarh mkI uo^Migfplhaa ito-aafc Uu L'oitad tftcu* o?d tirn* iirltalo.Of * pro < war lu iAomiMkon ?c oh# farwwr wwMM kHa iafcoAadattba tlwrsr^J ?J5ja ciir-; a Moaatte tba way ofiotUiacter/ mdjnot..-.rM. Hm abtootof tbr aouvOntuM tiat?nai tbartbotad ataa and Or#M it. italn ul flia p/tl, of AwH. IMO, ????ai5 5 {!? Jfe ^ 1 iSiriik* tKS oo?r fi*9fcM?V at Mat&roiwf Ik* , |jgg