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slured to Kansas by the assurance that they
cred 10 shape their own Institutions Here prsco1 81
aoment ,,h
or circulate bs brought into, printed wrltten
Published, circulated, shall knowingly AID % ass' ~
bringing into, printing publishing circulating WITHIN tne
Territory, any book paper pamphlet magazine hand pun
circular containing any statement Arguments, 9pon,
sentiment doctrine advice Dnuendo, calculated 70 pro
duce disorderly dangerous, rebelous disanechon
among the slaves 10 Territory 70 induce such slaves
scaps from the service Of their masters or 70 resst er
authority shall be guilty of felony and be punished by Inn
prsonment hard labor for term not less than nve
years.
The senator thinks that this is of the most mon
stI GUS propositions submitted to civilized country
would be uDgenerous TO the senator Dul would
like ask him If he does not hold 10 be true that every
people have right protect themselves In the enjoyment
of their property under the constitution and laws OF the
country This IL pronounced to be one OF the most un
christian that degraded dsgraced any
age the world That places the representatives OF every
State of this Union under the terrible denuneia
tons of the ask If there be southern State
in the Union which has not law similar in It's purpor in
its Objects and Its intention There is not southern
State which has not felt itself constrained to pass stringent
cruel and unchrisan laws the senator would call Them
because of the internal essaries who are sent to excite
instruction amongst slaves melting them to butcher
our wives and children. When they there with
all the peaceful robes of Puritansm and nsdiousy dis
semnate their poison and we pass laws for our protection
and for the protection OF wives and daughters, we
held up TO the gaze OF the world as monsters
Have You law to protect the rights OF persons and
property in Massachusetts, Have you no law to arragn
and try and punish when convicted the wretch who
plies the torch your dwelling murders an innocent
upon the highways? This is all rights but when, in
the exercise of our sovereign rights as members OF this con-
federacy pass law which believe TO be essential to
safety, held up to the world as monseis The
only difference between your law and ours s that yon
exhausted your energies taxed your intellect to de-
wise punishment with the rewards due to
the individual and petty assassin or ncendary but we
have been called upon laws that will bring to con-
dgn punishment the stupendous wholesale murderer who
under guse of charity and benevolence finds his
homes to inete insurrecton among negroes to
burn houses to dshonor families and to butcher
Sir would make the law which the senator quoted
little different Instead of making it penitentary offence
would hang the wretch until he dead, dead dead
Then let not the senator vent all his holy horror ut south
people for protecting themselves against your corupt
ing crawling, Shiny emssaries who stir up insurreeton
amidst the corruptions of the negro cabin.
am following the senator's speech as nearly as can
will not say that it is cratic disjoined. have no
doubt very satisfactory himself and his friends and
not disposed to interrupt their selfcomplaeency The
senator attacks the legality of tho organized Legislative
body of Kansas and assumes that the true legislature to
be found in that which is to assemble hereafter will read
his remarks in order that there may be no mistakes
convention of the people called That convention
that constitution submitted the action Of the Com
gres the United States The senator from Connecticut
denounces it as spurious convention"
What sort of convention it2 What sort of
stuon it ask the senator to tell me If he knows
how many there confirm and rafy this glo
consuon of which he spoke2 If the senator knows
he would oblige me by giving me the information
Mr.. WILSON. Mr.. President, 1t is not in my power to
give the senator from Tennessee the number who
voted for the ratification of that constitution The rathca
ton the 18th day of December lasta few days az
ter the treaty made by Governor Shannon with the
people of Lawrence. That treaty made the 9th OF
December. In the counties bordering upon Missouri in
many of the towns where vote of several hundred could
have been obtained meetings were held. At Leaven-
worth about two hundred votes taken and then the
meeting broken up by body of men from Mis-
souri, who had been enrolled in the militia and dis
persed.
Mr. JONES' Of Tennessee. / asked the senator, In good
faith If he knew how many persons present and
ted for this celebrated constitution which Is to be presented
here The senator says IL has been presented. was
not aware of that but it may have been presented
in the other house. ! desire to know precisely how
many votes cast II will be remembered tina,
the friends Of the ree-soil the free-Smte party
who present this constitution here and ask for admis
sion Of the States OF TIE Union that there
thousand voters in the Territory of Kansas There
is some difference OF opinion upon that point The
veyor general OF Kansas when called upon by the depart
ment few days since 10 express opinion as 10 the
number of voters in the Territory assumed the beat
data he could get that there only thousand Now
wish to tell the Senate how many votes given for
this celebrated constitution which to be called upon
very soon to endorse ratfy and accept Ny information
Ia derived from the Herald OF Freedom published In Kan
given to by honorable and reliable gentleman
of that Territory. At Lawrence there three hundred
and seventeen votes at Topeka one hundred and seventy
two and at Leavenworth, where the baot-box de-
stroyed there hundred and hfy-eght votes
nearly they could be counted and AT Tecumseh there
seventy-two votes This constitutes the whole
and substance OF the entire vote for this famous
stituton am informed by reliable genleman- give
his name, Col Cahoun--who says he took the statement
from the Herald Of Freedom, Of your papers.
Then have six hundred and sevenynne votes confirm
ing approving, and endorsing this immortal constitution
Of freedom which asked TO receive
very well that the constitution Of the United
States does prescribe any given numbers OF persons
necessary to form State constitution and seek admission
into the Union but there ten thousand voters or
II there six thousand and this constitution received
the ratification Of only six hundred and ne
voters is there in the Senate who would en-
terrain the proposition for moment Suppose 1t had re-
eeived six thousand votes thousand votes are we
prepared, American senator's 10 admit them into the
Union How many persons required 10 entte a
Of Congress believe the present ratio Is nney-three
thousand. Then what principle this coustitu-
ton be naugurated In Kansas by the Of sir
bred and seveny-nine men Are they sufficient bring
State into the Union ? The senator says
e This the fret time In the history OF this country when
the people have assembled in their primary capacity and
exercised their rghtthsr nborn natural ghto change
their government their pleasure and then been held up
as trai,orsby the government Of the country"
Nobody viii suppose not the from Massa-
chusetts that advocate Of this Administration
bad part lot in bringing II into ers,epce and there
fore the senator cannot apply to term which be APP
piled 10 the senator from Connecticut the other day.
win express my opinion the courtesy Of the
markathe Pres,deHfs SENATOR | nobody's senator
except In part and very imperecy senator OF the State
OF Tennessee The senator from Massachusetts, says this
is the FIRST time when who have dared assert
prerogave Of changing the form Of their government
been denounced traitors The senator's reading Of HE
tory does not coincide with mine Was there not at
tempt made in Rhode Island believe the senator slu-
dcd 10 that Dorr rebellion We're those denounced
as traitors ask the Senate whether when Dorr and
bis ee-surage party attempted establish government
10 thp n a off af nod.