Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-11-20
RCEs TER DAILY
Knnzn. AGairs.

The Quindaro correspondent of the Cincin'
matt Gazette gives the following account of
the alarm of the free State men, at the extra
ordinary turn which matters have taken in
the Territory, and the measures proposed to
meet the present conjuncture:
QuINDARo, KANzAs, Nov. 9.
The Constitutional Convention having
framed pro slavery constitution, and closed
its labors, the free State men, who have here
tofore looked upon the whole thing as a
farce, seem suddenly to have awakened TO a
sense of their danger. A meeting was held
in Lawrence on Saturday night, to determine
what course the free State men should take.
Two propositions were before the meeting.
One to call on Governor Walker to convene
the Legislature at once, and one to provide
for an immediate organization of the militia
of the Territory.
AS there seems but little hope of excluding
slavery, except by force, the latter proposition
was strongly urged.
The Legislature, if convened, will provide
for a popular vote on the constitution, de-
pending entirely upon its moral effect
Though it can have no legal force. yet some
free State men here seem 10 think that if
tremendous popular vote is poled against the
constitution, and it is fully and legally shown
that nine tenths of the Inhabitants of the Ter
ritory are opposed to it, that may deters some
Northern Democrats in Congress from voting
for it.
AS the large emigration of last Spring was
thrown out at the last election, by the six
months residence clause the free State ma
jority is much larger than that would show,
and it is confidently believed, that if the Leg
slature will permit all who have resided
thirty days in the Territory to vote, that the
majority against the constitution will be fully
ten to one.
But many of the free State men have little
confidence in the moral eff ct of even such a
vote. They feel tLat this constitution is only
part OF the programme arranged at Washing
ton, when Walker came out, and that his Is.
othermal Excelleucy would not have thrown
out the fraudulent return, had he not known
that he had "dead sure thing on them in
the Constitutional Convention.
The conviction among free State men here
is, that as every part of the programme IN the
action to make Kanzas slave State has been
so faithfully performed, over all opposition,
that there can be no doubt the last act will
be carried through, and that a Democratic
Congsess will admit Kanzas with this slave
constitution, even If ninety nine hundredths
OF the people OF the Territory were known 10
be opposed to it.
No definite action was taken, but com.
mittee was appointed, and it is expected that
another meeting viii be called in few days.
OF the probable treatment of Kanzas affairs
in Congress, the Washington correspondent
of the New York Commercial says:
"The Kanzas question is regarded as so
81, - - 49, a.,
leading subiecto of dispute in Congress. No
time will be lost by the two Houses in The
admission of Kanzas as State, with the
constitution that she will present. 1t will, OF
course, be a constitution without any article
in relation to slavery. The article adopted by
the convention, and which Is to be submitted
to the people, will necessarily be rejected by
rejected by the popular vote 1t is even sup
posed that KanzaS will be admitted before the
regular time for the meeting of the Territo-
rial legislature