Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-12-08
Gbr Anti 9Inurrn Buolr.
The KANSAS CONSTITUTION.

year and half Will, the Congressman who
go for no more s'ace States, ad init her with thi.
Constitution
Col. Lane offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the proper Committee be instruc.
ted to Fix the fourth day of July. 1860, as the
time when the blacks who may be in the Territory
Mt the time when this Constitution is adopted shall
he removed from the same.
The intention of this was so apply to slaves. the
mover stating that he had left out the word "Sa-
very" to avoid difficulty.
Colonel Delahay, offered an amendment rcquir.
ing
That the Legislature shall provide by law at
its first session. for the removal of all blacks held
10 service from the States in as short time as pos
sible, having due regard to the rights of persons
claiming service from that class Of people in Kan
sas."
Mr.. Hunt asked if this would not establish by
law u Slavery hitherto illegal? Some further dis
cusson ensued when the Convention adjourned for
dinn,r.
The convention being called to order in the af-
ternoon, Col Delahay obtained the floor, on the
question of allowing slaveowncrs now in tie Ter
rtory timo to take their chattes away; strictly
speaking on his own amendment, leaving the time
and manner Of eXtnguishing slavery to the LegS-
lature. The speaker wished to take moderate
ground on the questi m. The slavcowners in tho
Territory had rights us we'll We They must
have time to sell their slaves to advantage There
sas in tho whole pjntto ,o,,t,, TGo ,I,raI,r,,.s
were honorable LiL.,,,;,,,InIt t,o, 1 ,i. .L,iI
not be compelled to sell their slaves within time
NO limited that they would lose by them. lie CON
bidered they had as much right to that kind Of
property as he had to his mules. lie hOpel that
that thew wnuId o3 ionst not ,;tb ;"stico IN tha
,ose
Mr.. luton of RIoor,;n,to,, ,ros o,r,Sod n ,,;y-
-, ,ho 80 " i''Ool'''''6'oi "tT T, oIP,D' W ~
thsr oho hr .'.1 one year inty hn HLSaent
them awa1 in rho sn'"o srno" of t;,1o iJa. bnJ
come from M;sso,,r; =, r,'ni", rroa St. a,,j Ia
dill M, ,v,n. IT,, =. -, - M ; >o H., n,,o
lie had a,tej AZ clerL ~ sas oe no,roos in Ms.
souri not va,r nn..,,Soro o ,,ro,t, ndI s1Il >
and thew brou~bt iron SION, to 306 a nieae which
were pond nr;css. ord ho kno,, th,t , rn,r rnnII
piyo them tina nnnnrh - so,I ali tho siayos in
1E.nsoa Ic a. w -, ~ " - it
take them to Mis-; onJ %iro them nn}ytho;r
hire would fetch GOOD nerrontage on tha m m,nev.-
lie didn't want tn ho hntbarnJ with slavery dov
longer than we cnnIJ hojn Rns.des those sInve
owners mad no r;It 70 ,,,c Lnrc yith tbrir slaves
as thew did IIn h,I ,ttnnloI - mrp.in, in Ais
sour; ,viaro m 49, - cr,,1 ,7 ,,,,,o ; ,
Kansas and keon Tho rroe s,nto mon ont
Col. Lame v;yHoI =, All v.;,L TI,,rsI;tv Lv tbasn
slave ownnr. IT, w ,,,,,o,oi - L;n,, tthn no.
rr,es hore ,s s,o, w. ".' ~ ~ pfoo,,,n IIn 1onU nc
soon have them here as s,,ros 49, ba wonlJ hovc
them here free Lnt he al not wish to hc unreo-
sonable with tboso mon rLcv b,d used ms crre,.
" and uninstl, onI L,1 +n;nd >. tron,nIo on onr
rights but rho sno,Ior tbo,cd C;I Ia was 50 con-
structed that bo onuId frrnt tho ,rronrs tho free
State men b,ye Sng.rod IF ,,c ,,;ys them five
years, there will he hnt one voice in Missouri and
among the Pro-slavery men, and it would be that
siderate a, a prude,t men, Ie knew one widow
lady who had "sIoves cnouoh 10 he worth four
tboysond bead of nattIo fn1r th,nsonJ bnoI or
-
A motion was here made 70 sccure what was
aimed Mt bv nmnnJinr tLn lin of rights (which de-
clnred tbot iavcr, n in,n,n,tory seryitndc shonl1
never exist in Ills TcrritorvC So that nrovi.inn
would be mode fnr boIIing t6c slnvcs now in the
Territory mill thn lth of JnIy IS57 Cnl Lane.
offered 70 omerJ this Inv moki1r II 1850 lie liked
The dav mentioned-"its ossocintions made it fit
tinr tn witness thp Anal cxtinrnisbmcnt of Sln-
veryn
It tbis mint thoro was osusuoI sborn.sbootirc
in short sneerhos and nmcr;cs nnI retnrts indicn
ting that The contest was drawinr to n close On
the vnte Lcinu ,okinr Ionn's amendment was
lost. The motion heinz submitted so as to act os
instructions to the first LEGISLATURE was carried
twcnty-one IA clcvcn
Bv this vote slavery wos roco,niypd no tLo r.eo
State Convention or Kansas on1 incornoroiod in
their Constitntion. We will not enter into orou'
ment ON the dortrinos or ..comnroTisc eynad;eGcy
or ncccssitv hnt wonJi onIv saw thI+ ;f roarS
operation of the Kansas Nebraska bill was sufii-
cent to create an evil so positive and necessity
80 great that the Free State men of Kansas were
compelled to disfgure their Constitution and Bill
of Rights with it, the ''pcculiar institution" must
be an hileous and encroaching leprosy. calling
for its limitation within metes and bounds.
NIGHT SESSION
Tonight the vexed question of Indorsing the
Kansas Nebraska bill received its final auietus-
In our last We reported the adoption of the Della
hay resolution. Then there was not full house:
it close vote, and great excrtions had been
made for it. DIR, Robinson moved reconsidera-
ui0n. 1t was discussed this forenoon and came up
10 night. We do not wish to give any of the
speeches or to note the arguments-they were the