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KKOWEE CO I'll IKK.! IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKllMS. per nnuttm. in ti'lvnnet*. IT payment bo ik'lttvo 1 until Aft or the expiration of ; t!i? ycvir, $2.00 For .six niontlis, 73 cents, in u<lvnnce. Adrertiacmcntn in?erleil :H the usual rnto.s. PICKENS <\ If., S. C.: Saturday Morning, September 12, 1857. To Correspondents. Correspondent:) must have patiencr? they will recolve attention in their turn. All j hIi uM'recollocfc that " brevity is tlio soul of wit," and attempt to improve on the tost. Preserve us from two or threw columns of . intlnted mutter these combustible timos. Poets, too, are getting lengthy and troubloHomo ; next to politicians, they are the most numoious and profitless elans in existence. " Clodhopper," iu this issue, is wide awake ( on the subject of roads, and deserves special j attention. The communication of " Yindex." publish- j ed last week, was devoted entirely to us.? ( How its author could occupy the space he did i in replying to the low remarks submitted by j us is a mystery; however, the potency of j words is thoucrhfc bv some to lie I We do not intend to <lo discuss thin profitless i 1 t i question?" the constitutionality of the Maine liquor law"?with " Vindex" or anybody else. We are opposed to its enactment in this State whether it bo'constitutionnl or not, and our ;j:ms will he given when the issue is made, v. when tho opposition is so universal, we ilii'ik it a waste of time and material. We j 11 ; efor something more reasonable and prae- [ tieal than this obnoxious law. It sprung j from the hot-bed of abolitionism and agrarinnism, ami lifts proved a decided failure on its own perverted soil. Saleday. ThcrO was a very respectable attendance liere on saleday. A largo quantity ?f land was sold at good prices. One fifty a<;ro tract, unimproved, brought $1,000. The bidding generally was spirited. The day passsd oil' quietly and pleasantly, as usual. For next saleday much vnlunl.de land is advertiscu to be sold. See advertisements. Kansas. The proceedings of a democratic meeting in Kansas will be found on our first pace.? The meeting endorsed Gov. Walker's course. ! AVc are Kiitisfied that there arc many pro- | slavery nion in the territory opposed to his miBenible policy. In the South, there is a j death lull in the Kansas wind. Acquiescence j will be the final result. It has always been ; disgrnco of the South ! The Chinese Sugar Cane. In almost every paper wo take up there is something said on this subject, and wo find that several of our citizens have it growing on their farms. On Monday last, Col. ). W. Nohkis, Jr., of Anderson, placed in our hands a small quantity of the syrup, which was pronounced, by several who t ied it, ' equal, if not superior, to the Now Orleans syrup. Largo quantities is growing throughout this and some of the other Southern States. Ex-Go'v. Hammond, of Edgoficld, 1ms one hundred acres planted, and will make 5,000 bushels of seed. The average yield of syrup, to the acre, is about 100 gallons ! The seed arc Kouoriuiy uriiiuu, ami ino nuuk resoinmos i somewhat the common broom corn of tlio j country. Should it-* culture bo successful, and thus far we have no cause for doubting, v it will certainly work a desirable revolution in tho molasso.i and sugar trade? articles which arc now scarce and commanding oxtravagautly high prices. Everybody's swept tooth should acho, and their pockets sound a jubilee, for the complete success of the new molnasoH movement! Managers of Election. We publish on the first page of this number, at the request of the Committee, an address to the Managers,of Election throughout tlie State. It sots forth fully the griovancos Buffered, ami proposes a remedy. AVhether that remedy be the proper 0110, we are not prepared to say, but we are satisfied it is nothing but reasonable that Managers of Election should be paid for their services. Wo would suggest that the Commissioners of Roads, Free Schools and Public Buildings unite throughout the State and memorialize the Legislature for a reasonable compensation. It requires no argument to nhow its justness, and wo aro certain the in tercstsof the public would bo enhanced thereIt)!. in like m(inner, witnesses tor the State Hhould be paid for their service?. Tlie State has no right to requiro the nttendancc of her citizens upon public duty, at their own expense, without a fair compensation. And. vi shall, at all times, be ready and willing to aid in bringing about ho dosirablo a change i t tho law. Let equality in taxation he tho argument in this reform. The Blue Ridge Rail RoadThe. Andoioon Gazette, and Advocntc, of "Wednesday, gives the following gratifying intelligence of tho progress making with this rood, it says: " Through the kindness of the gontlonianly Engineorn, a Irfrgo party of lodie* and gentlemen from our villngo mado a trip on Saturday afternoon lout, to t)io Load of this I toad, homo tiro and a half miles, and within half a inilo of Six-and-Twcnty Creek. We learn that the trestle over thin stream will Soon ho oroHxcd, and the iron will then ho laid down iih fiiSi fix ?ui??il,lr> onil it in Iv fir- ! jicrtort the Unj\<l xviH bfi eoiriplatod to our neighboring village, Pendleton, before the voar ?- Tkxa8/?The Indiana are very troublesomo in Toxo*, and tho Anntia Mule. Giucs.ltc fifty ti that without mounted troopH, hut little or no pecuirlty can bo pj'.ve^ to lift/or property on \hc> froutior- ? . , The Latest News. There has boon several arrivals from Europe slnco our bint, with Liverpool dates to the 28th ult. Cotton continues to advance in price, with unprecedentodly largo sales. A terrible massacro of Europeans ha3 taken place at Cararporo, in India.?Tho rohels have been defeated in threo battles, though it will cost the English much blood arid treasure to regain their HUpremacy in India.?Tho French government has ordered its naval vessels to irive " uid 11ml enmfurf." c? ^ I lish cftiujo in tlmt region.?-'J'he mutiny is spreading in Hindustan. The Circassians, under Sciiamvi., have defeated tlie Russians, taking several important posts. Tho directors of the Ocean telegraph have not yet decided as to futuro operations ; however, it is said that anothor trial will bo mado soon. The cholera is abating at St. Petersburg, and the harvest in Turkey is favorable. Some heavy commercial failures are reported in I.ivtiriiitnl A iliU'itrrtimn i.C ??.!?.?* I - J -?- vuvv, V/1 nilUb V'lliuauiur is not stated, oxists between Turin and Naples. The 1'luglinh Parliament has been prorogued " without day." Tk. .1 111!.. -! 1 ? ?? i uu oiuimivr Illinois huh arrived ai iNOW York from Aspinwall. The yellow fovcr in raging in different portions of South America.?-At Bogota it was vory severe, and, at LopttK, it is said IS,000 Indians had died of it. Tlio revolution in Peru continues, with no prospect of abatement. By the way of Nov Orleans, we learn that a revolution has broken out in Yucatan, and nearly the whole State is in arms. The revolutionists, composed of the radical party, have been everywhere successful. The Gov vni'M \vum iiiuri-iiiug agamsi V/UmpoilCliy Willi 1,500 mon. Two fires in New Orleans have destroyed property amounting to $00,000. The property was insured to some extent. Tho Elections. The official returns from Missouri assure us that II011. R. M. Stewart, tho democratic candidate, has been elected Governor. The vote for Stewaut is 47,975 ; for Hoi.i.ins, 47,041. Stewaht's majority, 334 ! TI10 result is gratifying, inasmuch as it makes the South a unit in support of Stato l ights democracy, and consigns to infamy the party in Missou ri which coaloseoil with the free-soilers ami emancipationists in their struggle to securo the (.lection of Uolmxs, tlie know nothing candidate. In Vermont, tho black republicans have elected their State officers and Legislature by a large majority. Correspondence. We commend to the attentive perusal of our readers the correspondence between tho Connecticut clergymen and President Breuan an in our columns. Tho reply of the President is well tempered and able. Gov. Allston. The Greenville Patriot, speaking of the rc , .v,.. Ci.jro i " An amusing incident occurred on the road. One of 'the bono and sinew of the country,' with his wife and son, started to walk to the muster field, which was a good many miles oft". Finding that the walk would iic to much for his 'better half,' with a commendable regard for her comfort, he thought of a means of getting u ride for her, and accordingly awaited the approach of a carriage he saw in tho distance. When near enough, he saluted the occupants and sought for infor mation us to whether they had a vacant scut. "Yes, sir, I have,' was tho roplv, and the carriage was immediately haltod. 'Well, v.ill you give 1113' wife a seat, and take hor down to muster?' 'Certainly, sir, with pleasure I ami tlio ltidy was )>olitoly handed in. Judge of tho surprise of tlio accommodated party, however, when informed that tlio accommodating gentleman was His Excellency Governor Allston! This incident is characteristic of the unostentatious bearing of our Chief Magistrate." Exchanges. Daily Southkh.v Licut.?This is tho title of a now daily just issued in Columbia, hy Messrs. Bhovoiitov & W.w.sn, at $4 per an num ; tri-weokly, $2. It is neatly gotten up, nivl edited with taste and ability. Columbia is abundantly able to support an evening paper, and we wish the Liyhl the fullest meas ure of success. Peterson's Mag azink.?The October number has been received, and is decidedly interesting. Tho opening ongraving?" sweet sixteen" is a charming picture. The fashion plates arc numerous and quito artistic. \Ve commend " Peterson" to the ladies. Prico, $2 a year, with deduction to clubs. 0. J. Pktekson, Philadelphia. A Rascal in Cikou/,ation.?The Troy jkiiubiiu f^ivun si iiuj.m k) a aonust j named Edwards, who hna recently been liguring extensively in Troy, Tusk ogee, nnd in Tallapoosa county?running off from the former place without "paying the printer;" marrying a young lady in Tallapoosa, it lining strongly believed that he had a wife in North Carolina?and managing "to go it extensively on a credit" in Tuskegee, "in addition to committing several forgeries on the citizuns of tiiat nlace." Tho Bulletin draws the following; portrait of thin hopeful : " lie is tivo foot seven or eight inches in height?sandy or red headed-?-bluo eyes, and a good deal of white about them?teeth good?is quick Hunkrin nrwl nope in^nll 1 ?1 v. ,VJ ?U?VIII^UIIV illlfl, WIIVII Inst seen in this community, hud on red whiskers and mou?tncho," " Si.ickino."?Tho eitf zonh of the Fork, Ricbfrtnd district, huvo Lnlodn "Regulating Club," nnd liuvo votod. thnv dotoct n uegro trader, to punisW^WW^th fiftjr latthes applied to the baro briGk, dooming this pur-. irthmout not inadequate to ?o heinous an offoneo ns that of instigating negrooa to pilfer ; i. 1.~? -''I-: tuu PMI;OUUII;O ui LllUir OWnCI*8. " Gooi>old Times."?Fifty-four yours ago the first cjifiifvmceting won held in the United States. It was hold in Kentucky, and tho Mothodists, Presbyterians and Baptists tor rfistty uaitod no oocaaioo. . 4 Penning* and Clippings. "Sals or Land and Nkorors."?Atteutk is directed to the advertisement for tho 8ft of tho Real and Personal Estato of Joli BoweWjj Souior, deceased, in our eolumna. Invitki! to Hivitrn.?Many dlgnltarldo tho Church, aud aeveral of tlio highest of cors in the army of Nicaragua, bavo invito General Walker to como buck and place hii sell" attlio head of affairs. Oriswom) a Printer.?The Rev. Hufi W. Griawold, who died recently in Now Yor! was in early life a compositor in u printir office. Hut, liko a goodly number of tl craft, he left the case, and embarked in otln business?literature?which, though not moi honorable, proved more profitable. Hanged.?Ohesly Hoatwright was lmng( at Camden oil the 4th mutant, for mnrder.llo wurnoil tho crowd ill uttondanco again bad company and drinking to cxocss. Chain.?Wheat in quoted in Nashvill Teiin., at 05 to 80 cents per bushel, and coi at 50 cts. per bushol. " Turned Oct."?The Woatom ffwrtfe a Baptist paper, contains an account of tl ornnluinn of n mnmhni* nf *lmf P)?niv>l% ?-I - ?? ? "** ~ ?" charge of ln/.ini'.sh. Heavy Damages.?A case was tried at tl August term of the Court in Huntington cc brought by Patrick Koily against the Pom Railroad company, for injury to his child, i which the jury returned a verdict of $5,00 for the plaintiff. Whiskey in Court.?Vta recent trial i Wisconsin thr? nubincfc of nintrnvAMv wna domijolui of whiskey, which was ordered I ho brought into court. The defendant wi tried, and so was the whiskey -in other won the whiskey was drunk and tso was the jur Shot.?On Sunday night week, anumb< of young men entered a melon patch belon; ing to Thomas McOuirc, Goshoeton count; Ohio. MeGuire, on discovering the intruder discharged the contents of a shot gun at tl party, which took effect in tho body of young man by the name of Robert Oassada a son of n very respoctablo farmer, who die from the effects of the wound. At New Oki.kans.?Gen. ffm. Walker, < Nicaragua fame, is in Now Orleans. II destination is unknown. Sharp.?An old lady in Connecticut collecting all the political papers she can In her hands on to make soup. She says " th( a desput sight hotter than ashos?they ai most as good as clem* lie !" Auuusta, Qa., Sept. 4.?Upwards of f?0( 000 bushels of wheat havo been rccoivod ho: (luring the month of August. Fatai. Duel.?Profs. Moore and France of Iowa, who have hcen on an exploring c pedition to South America, quarreled ar fought a <luol recently, in which Prof. Fra ccs lost his life. Double-barreled shot gut wore thy weapons used. The cause of t) quarrel was their scientific attainments ! Distressing !?Mr. IJimsley says, th among all the failures, there is none, ' as fi as heard from," that distresses him so mu< as the grape failuro in Madcria. Papers in Kansas.?There aro twont niwvMnnnni-u nnvv mililialuul in lv onun r?r'* Arrested.?.Just as the steamer Arab was about to sail, on Wednesday, Mr. P. ' Harnum, who had taken passage for Liir*1 pool, was arrested on a "Jerome clock note held, as he says, by a broker, who shaved at about half its face. Mormon Settlement.?Tho Mormons, td week, had a three days' woods meeting Ilomerstown, Monmouth county, N. J. T1 sect is quite numerous in tbc lower part New Jersey. An Heiress.?Tho will of the late 0. Cu ler, Esq., of Aurora, bequeathes the bulk his largo estate to his only child, a dnught about fourteen vnnrs of npr-- Sh<> is in <?nii in poHMOSBion of $130,000 011 arriving at tl age of twenty-one years, orb'jforo, if murrio Wonder if Mif>s Ouylcr is good looking? Laugh Snake.?A rattlesnake with twe ty-cight rattles?the first lour inches in dim etcr, the rest decreasing in nizc to tho lastand more than twenty feet in length, h been killed in Harlan county, Ky. Kili.kd.?The mail train from Dayton Sandusky, O., ran oft' tho track on the 2d.Mr. Kunkcl, an editor of one of the SahdbSl papers, tno baggage master, ami train In wore killed. Ijarop. Majority,?The domocrn?jo n<ojc ity in North Carolina, at the late *Jootio wn? 27,240! Chink.sk Hemp.?The JUdtijfvillo Joum says: "Wo havo roceivcT"*ffom Mr, Jol llorr, of thin county, a specimen of Chine hemp grown on hie farm. It is of very s porior quality, and measures sixteen feot hoight. This now specics is being rapid introduced into Kentucky,.and with mui hucccss." Increase of Mukuehs.?-The Ponnsylvan JoUriw-l of Prison Discipline says that h hundred and odd doliborato, malicious, col blooded murders tiro registered in the pabl prints of the United States in a single yt\tu Who Woui.o'nt he Fat.?Orttho occnsii of tho Into magazine explosion, at ilnf|ia N. S., an old gentloman who weighed. 49^ 1* was thrown out of a gahlo window into t] ^mior doiow, without ltftvli:g received a p<i ticlo of injury. y A Camri. Load.?TitoGovernment camol now at work in Texas, enrry GOO poundi: corn at a l?ul, anrt travel 13J mile* per hoi without difficuly. Thoy will travel sever (k,y? wRbout food op wator! % Lakob Build trio.?Tito now Houses oi Parliament In London have boon in progress j nearly twonty years. Thoy covor nioro than eight acres of ground, and contain 1,1?0 rooms, 10 halln, 12C stuircaues, and more than two miles of corridors, passages, &c. of Cohinu Foatu.?Col. Benton has written a review or me ureu ocoit ueciyion. no u takos ground with Judges Curtis and McLean, and against tho nfttyority of tho Court.? The book is now in press, is _ |<| IIorkihle Appaik.?Accounts from Texas state that a family of six persons, residing in l0 Bell county, Texas, wore burned to death a ur few days since. Their liouso wa8 surrounded rc by a cedar brake, which took fire from aomo cause, and before thoy could escape were ^ burned fatally. _ Gun. Scott.?Lieutenant General Scott is 3t at present one of the chief lions in Washington. Tho old warrior, it is said, looks admirably, and attracts the most rcsncctful atten tion. IIo walks as erectly as ho did a quar11 tor of a century ago. Nkw Yokk, Sept. 1, 18-r>7.?The Xew Lon?' don (Conn.) Post Oflioo lias been robbed of ?o tho hag containing the Southern mailt . There a in no clue to the perpetrators of this offence. RoBPKn.?A Mr. (ioorgo Capp, ofChnrleston, was knocked down an robbed near Pratt streot bridge, in Baltimore, on Wednesday night by three men who volunteered to show 11 him tho wny. One knocked him down, and the others hold him and robbed his pockets of eighty dollars. 11 Dkatiis.?Tho Charleston papers announce 11 tho death of Messrs. O. 1$. Loeke and Charles Jugnot, upright business and honorable men ls of that citv. * -?' -- - Stonincton, Ct., Aug. 2i>.?This afternoon Charles Babcock, of Bexerly, H. I., killed his "r wife with an axe, and then cut his own Lhroji*,. S* No reason is assigned for these acts. "' An oi.n PntAcnr.it.?The English papers 8' ?!.? vft.iniMll\ln I... o last of tlio race of Methodist preachers nont into tho work by Mr. John Wesley, and who | j is now in tho tHHh yeor of his ministry and the 92d of his ago, preaohod in Liverpool nt tho rooont session of tho Wosleyan Oonfero' once in that city. iy "7 " Liquors.? Tho city of Now Yorkalone se!lK throo times as many "pure, imported bran18 dies," and four times us many " pure, hnporiy ted wines," annually, as all tho wine and v j brandy-producing countries export, ttome10 b 1 y, it is clour, drinks a ppurious article. nru i ohk, Sept. 1.?Tho Mechanic's ' I'u/king Association closed tlieir doors this : !U'>r!>iti,i;. in consequence of the defalcation of i>u'> of iho officers to the amount of $70,000. Then ' > nhuost a panic in tho street. Tho v ' t-.'.nk, at .(Jhtario, N. Y., has lost $200,000 by id 1 tho defalcation of its officers. ? itfB mm ir j j itaiskwohtiiy.?It will be gratifying 18 j to the family and friends of Lieutenant F. 10 j W. Sellcck, to lourn that Col. J. F. Marshall, from his private purse, has evected a monument over the gravo of the hero ot ir Garitu de Helen. It was doubtful for a time after the termination of the Mexican war,to whom the honor of hoiatiug the iirst flag upon y- the walls of the city of Mexico should be m. awarded. Others, whether honorably or not, have claimed the glory; but the point is ,a not now in dispute. The claims of the F- contestants have vanished before the valor r- of him to whom it was due, and the future , nisiory 01 mat war, 11 irutntul, will nsoribi! it to Lieutenant F. W. Sol leek, of Oapt. JMarr .shrill's company, of Abbeville, the honor ot beiug the first to plant the American colors * upon tho city wall, at the memorable battle nt of Garita do Helen. While standing upon >18 the wall, waving the stars and stripes, he of received a wound, and was borne off the field by Israel, a negro servant of Captain y? Marshall. It is a commendable spirit thai prompts a companion-in-arms thus to oher i.-ju niu iiiuiuuij ui ii imuwiKua Dromcr. inc monument boars the following inscription : 'l0 " Ercctcd ft To tho Memory of The llero of Uaritn do Helen, PKESDKRICK W. SELLliCK, n. Who was horn July 8, 1.824 ; And died September 21st, 1853. Uy his Captain." [Abbeville Banner. tl? rTfiH Liverpool Times contains a notiuc of the trial >f Mr. Eustman's nix breech to loading cannon, recently imported into that ? country from America. The trial took Sy place at Arsenal wharf, Woolwich, undo oy the supervisions of Lieutenant Col. Wil mot, superintendent of government gun (r_ factories at Woolwich, and having been twice fired with a double charge of blank ' cartridge?namely, 29 lbs. of powder? they wore examined and found to have <tl stood the test HH'isfactorily. The gum iu were simply pointed, and placed in position bo on a temporary plut.form, composed of rongli u- and unsecured planks, and from thoir enor in mouft weight?17 tons?they did not cvincc jy tho slightest movement oV recoil. The ,|j material of which they are oast is Americar olmrooal iron, of tho finoat quality. From experiment* mndo in tho United Stater ,n this npecles of cannori i? found to projeel '* a 32 pound elongated rifle hIicII over a flight d- of four English milua. onk of thx "iiorrojw of hl.\vkry." ?-The Norfolk Herald Ktato-H that a fo\i >n day* ago sovcral free uegroea were put uj x, ?t auction in Norfolk County, and Hold ^ Wi labor for a term HufKcicnt to liquidate thcii h0 taxoa. Singular to relate, four of their ir_ wero purchased by a alave in Portoiooutlf who felt quite proud of the vfametiou am made known bin detcrminatidftfo got tin '*? full value of hi? money out of thorn oit know of the reuHon why. Tiiih in a developmcui ur under onr " Institution" vrhif.h tho n?mst.lr>< ftl | of'tVct! fOciatywOTftJct Well to w?k<? a not/ |o(.? Charleston (Ww. V- 4 ' ' ' r Con THK KKOWKK C0UR1KR, The System of Keeping up the Public Roads calls loudly for Improvement1st. It has au unequal bearing on thoee who keep them up, for some ecctiuns of our J country require more work than other sec- , jtions; and, where most labor is required, i , it may bo there aro the fewest hands, and | theu again just the reverse is the ease. Jn j the former instance, where men have to j , work their "twelve days," generally speak- [ ; j iug, their timo is idled away to little pur- [ i pose. Again, sonic overseers slight then1 1 work to get done quick, whilst others do it well, which requires more tinio and labor. This is unfair and unjust. 2d. It is often the case that the hands i are "warned out" when tho ground is dry and hard, when they work to great disad- i vantage and oftentimes the labor is lost. .Sd. 1 n most companies you lind sonic ; hands who u ill not work more than halj I their time, when others have it to do. This i j ought not to be. , 4th. Moreover, it is a well known f;?jt ] that; overseers, and especially With their neighbors, dislike to bo l'igid in the exorcise of authority, hence a tew willing hands ' bear the brunt of the fatigue and work.? i j Overseers, however, who work negroes, can take more authority, and generally perform good service. , I could give many more reasons, but ] think it useless, for 1 have not named it to j a man yet but ho thinks pretty much as 1 do. And now for tho hotter plan. Mine is j to tax the people, or the road haiul.s-?have a common rond treasury, and let the roads out by contract, and have them well work- ] ed. Let the contractors be. responsible to the Commissioners for any length of time ] agreed upon. This plan will Have trouble, time and money, nnd bear equally on all classes. 1 know that objections will be urged that some can work who are unable to pay, and who could not be made to pay a road tax. Deprive them of the privilege of voting, and imprison ns a penalty, and but few can be found who will not pay ! ff a few should fail, the people generally would be benefitted by the change, and wrilllri <r:tiii !, linlf llm tiimt nnw most wasted, and would also li ivo better , rendu. j But 1 hope some one more competent will speak out on this important Subject, mid ! that our legislators will take immediate ne- \ tion on the premises. Fellow-oitizens! think on this matter. OlooiiojtkiI. j i Important Correspondence. , We find in the Washington Duty/ l'n- . ion the following correspondence which I speaks tor itself. Tl.o arrogancO anil tin- , pcrtincnce of tho intermeddling Abolition- j ists arc properly rebuked by the President, | and in a manner highly dignified and wor- j thy of his high office. It should satisfy j , all that Mr. Buchanan is fully impressed , with his sense of obligation to the confed- ( acy, and intends to act up to his duty : To his JJ.crrllc.nri/ James Buchanan, President of (he United l$tutrx : The undersigned, citizens of the United 1 Status, and electors of tho State of Cou- 1 ucoticut, respectfully offer your Excellency this their memorial : The fundamental principle'of the const!-1 1 tution of the United StateH and of our political institutions is, that the people Khali , make their own law's and elect their own rulers. We see with grief, if not with nafonitihment, that Gov. Walker, of Kannag, openly . reprewents and proclaim*) that the President of the United States w employing through him un urmy, one purpose of which is to force the people of Kansas to obey Jaws not their own, nor of the United States, but | laws which it is notorious, i\nd established | upon evidenco, they never made and rulers j uu;y never mecieu. Wo represent, therefore, that hy the j foregoing your excellency is openly lield up | und proclaimed, to the derogation of our j national character, ns violating in its most ] essential particular the .solemn oath which ; the President has taken to support tho constitution of this Union. Wo call attention further to the tact that | your excellency is, in liko manner,.held up to this nation, to all mankind, and to nil posterity, in?the attitude of "levying war against [a portion of] the United States" by employing arihs in Kansas to uphold a body of men, and a code ot' euactinents purporting to be legislative, but which never had the election, nor oonaont, of the people of the Territory. We earnestly represent to your excellency that we also have taken the oath to oboy the constitution ; and your exocllency may be assured that wo shall not refrain from the prayer that Almighty God will jnako your administration an example of justice and benelleonce, and with His terrible majesty protect our people and our constU i tution. [Thin pt-eeious dooument is signed by s forty-thrco Connecticut proachers. j WAHIITMnTrtM f1il?v A..#> 1 Tt 1C.11 .. v/* * * ) * & Oknti.kmkn: On mv rceont return to ( this city, aftov h fortnigWu abaouee; your memorial, without dute, was placed in my ' hand*, through the agency of Mf. Horatio King, of the Poat Offico Department, to whom it had been intrusted. From the ' distinguished uourcrt whence ifc nroooeds, as f woll ao its poculiar ohuraoter, I h?7o decm> ed it proper to dopajrt from ?ny general rule ) in snob etwes, and to give it an answer. ( You flr.st vsort that the fundamental i prinoiple# of tbo constitution of tho Uuited , State* and of^ur political Institution* is i tnat mo people Hiiall tnako their own laws ) a&d elect their own rulors." You then exr pfess your grief and astonishment that I b should hsvo violated this prinoipio, and, I through Gov. Walker, have employed (U) v away, "ooo purpose of whifch hi to foroo tde ptoph of {Lunaao ig tlio lawa, dot of c-.-r.r -1 v ?^?? '.-rrrt-rr-jtheir owur nor of the United States, but l:i\v? which it if notorious and esthblished r upon evidence, they never made, and rule ra thoy nA cr elected." And, as a corollary i'rom the foregoing, you represent that I an "openly held up and proclaimed, to the fifeat derogation of our national character," is violating in its most essential oar ticular, the solemn oath tho President hna taken o support the constitution of this 1 ' Ulloi. These arc heavy charges proceeding from Hontlctuon of your high character, and, if W well founded, ought to consign my name to infamy. Hut- in proportion to their gravity, common justice, to say nothing of Christian charity, required that before making them you should have clearly ascertained that tiicy were well founded. If not, they will rebound with withering condemnation upon their authors. Have you performed ' thisprelimiliary duty towards the man, who, however uuworthv. is the Chief Mntristratn 9f ynur country '( If ho, either you or 1 iiro laboring under a strange delusion.? Should this prove to by your ease, it will present a memorable example"of the truth that political prejudice is blind'evcn to the pxistonce r?t" the plniand most palpable historical facts. To these facta lot us refer. iv.hen T entered tip?m the duties of tlio uviwidimfiil (UTinn nn .If K nf l?*o# vvlint was the condition ef Kansas't This territory had bceii orgftfiiiscd under the net of Concrete of the SOth of Mjiy, ? 1,854, aiul the government in all it?branch* I'swashi full operation. A governor, B?ercturv of the territory, chief justice, two associate justices, a marshal, and district attorney iind been appointed by my predecessor by and with the ndvica and consent [)f the Hun rite, and wore all engaged in discharging their respective duties. A code r >f laws had been enacted by the territorial legislature; and the judiciary were cmployed in expounding and carrying these utWH into ejreet. it is mute true that a controversy hnd previously arisen respecting the validity of tho election of niemhorA r?f the territorial legislature and of tho laws jtiiHHod Uy thorn; but at tho time. I entered upon my oftieial duties Congress had reeop:ni/.ud this legislature in different forms and bv differont enactments. Tho deh>guto cieeted to. tho House of Representatives, tinder a territorial law, had just completed his torm of service on the day previous to mv inaiiimratimi- T?i fnf>i T fnimil !>? Bjovornniont of Kansas its well established us that of any other territory. Under thene eiroumstnncefl, whtit was my duty? Was it not to sustain this government ? to protert it from the violence of lawless men, who were determined either to rule or ruin? h> nrnvimt if ttarni liniiwr 1?? i * n ~ ' "V"' 'J fo>w'! in the laM<fttngU(r of the constitution, to ''tal<o carct that the laws ho faithfully executed V* I t was for this purpose, "V iml this alone, that I -ordered a military Force to Kansas, to act as a possr com it a tils in aiding the civil magistrate to carry tho law* into execution. The condition of the Territory "nt tho time, which I need not portray, rendered this precaution absolutely necessary. in this state of affairs, would 1 not have been justly condemned had 1 left the marshal and other oihccrsofa like clui'-acten impotent to execute the process ami judgments of courts of justice established Ly OrtngrcHtf, or by the territorial legislature under its express authority, nud thus have suffered the government itself to become an object of contempt in the eyes of the people'( And yet this is what you designate us forcing ''the people of Kansas to obey laws not their own, nor of the United State# und for doing which you have denounced me as having violated my solemn oath. I ask, what else could I have done, or ought 1 to have done '! Would you have desired that I should abandon the territorial government, sanctioned as it had been by Con- ^ greKs, to illegal violouoe, and thus renew ^ the scones of civil war and bloodshed which ' ever, pat not in the country had deplored '! This would, indeed, have been to violate x.ir .if ??.i a- ~ .1 t-i-i ... , V.I I/O v* VIUUV| UIIU ii-v (I lUIIIIIIUI^ UlUl/ on the chai'nctor of my ndmiuistration. I most cheerfully admit that-the necessity for Heading a military force to Kansas to aid in tlm execution of the civil law reflect# no crodit upon tho character of our country. Hut let the blame fall upon the heads of the guilty. ' Whenoo did this necessity arise ? A portion of the people of Kansas, ' unwilling to trust to tho ballot-box?-tho curtain American remedy for the redress of all grievances?undertook to create un independent government for themselves.? Had this attempt proved Huocosaful, it would, of courso, have subverted tho oxisfinp {government, prescribed and recognised by Oongrewa, and substituted a revolution?ry government in its stand. TIiih was ? 6' usurpation of tho same eharaeteras it would be for a portion of the poople of Connecticut to undertake to establish a separate covernmont within its ch:irt.erpr1 liimto k\ the purpose of rcdrewin^ nny grievance, T? real or imaginary, of wludh they might h?tvo com plumed HgnltiHt the legitimate State government. Such a principle, if onrried Into execution, would destroy nil lawful authority ujul produce universal anarchy. I ought to specify more particularly a condition of affhirs, which I havti wnhmced only iu general teruiB, requiring tha pro?cuco of a military force in Knr>t&? - Tho Congress of the United .Mtetv^1(?tl 'Vmmt wisely declared 1* t<> be " the truelnWnt ?nd meaning of this aot (the net organizing the Torrikory) not to logislato slavery into^ # any Territory of State, not to txeludo it therefrom, bnt to leave the people thereof y perfectly freo to form and regulnto their domestfo institutions in their own vrny, subject only to tho constitution of tho United States." As a natrtViil consoqneMfc, CoiiRn-sH hnn also' proscribed by tho same ?nl v*h,.n >.? t?r*. 1 " ' J ....... Tf?*vM ?n? twry ui unaii l ho admitted n? ft 8tnto, it "Hhall bo, received into the Union, with of without wlnvery, ?h |l their oonutitution tnay prescribe ?t tho timo of their admission." Slavery o*latfld ht th*i period, and bUM la *M couttiiutfan of . S