The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-12-02


hibited i,s own amendment till the year 1866.
a year longer than this Ths'seeliOa is as fol-
loNG
"No convention ior the formation Of new
constitution shall be called, ond no amendment
to the constitution shall be by the general as
sembly made before the year 1865. nor more than
once IN fosysars thereafter"
This convention, then did not do quite 50 bad
as its illustrious predecessor. But 'the King
can do no wrong neither can the abolition
Topskaites. But let Democrats do the same
thing, and universal howl is raised The
clause could not bind the people in either case,
and the assertion of the Tribune that if Con-
gress accepts this constitution slavery is FAST
eued on the psople Of Kansas beyond the pow
er of the people to shake it off," is'smply false,
ridiculous and neither good law nor good sense.
Wehave thought it proper thus to refer to the
false reports about the convention, in order that
it may stand or fall by ,obat il has done: not by
what every lying uewsmonger may choose to
charge it with. And we here distinctly say,
that we should have preferred that the whole
constitution had been submitted to the people
Of Kansas for their approval or disapproval.-
We think that would have been more in aecor
dance with tho true principle Of popular soyer-
eighty. But when we consider that the abol
tionists were determined to vote dO,0a any con-
stitution they should make, whether it permit
ted or prohibited slavery, however unobiection-
able it might be, we think they were not with
out some reason in their action. The abolition
lists pretended to scout their authority" The
Efb'e.e says
"The men who got up this bogus constitu
ton knew perfectly well that the people of
Kansas secuted their pretence of authority to
frame n constitution for them and would vote
down that which they have made, if allo we'd to
do so; so they will not let them vote ut ALL
Does any man believe that they would have
sharkled the people in this way if they had not
absolutely k'so,on that The people would reject
their constitution if they wore allowed a chance
to do sop
If, as the Tribune says, the Convention h7,e,C
that it would be: voted down" however good it
might be, we can see but little sense in submit
ting it to them, simply for thcspurpose ofhaving
it 'voted down" They, no doubt desired that
their constituents should have the opportunity
OF receiving some benefit from their labors.-
Those who refused TO vote for delegates to the
convention denied their authority, and were de-
termined to destroy the workot their hands,
The conyentit n determined not to crafty their
malice by permitting them to do that. But
they do submit the great question in contro-
vcrsy, which has created so much excitement
in the Territory and in the States-the question
ofslavery. Under ordinary circumstances, we
have no doubt, the whole constitution would
have been submitted to the whole people; but
asit is, the only question about which the abo-
litionists seemed to take any interests submit
ted, and they have the opportunity of making
Kansas free State, if they wish so to do. But
that wont suit these shriekers "Oh, why don't
you submit the s0aole constitution to us, and
i've ssthe chance to scout il, and vote it down,
which we would doifit were an exact transcript
OF the Dlll OF nights anu tue liilnoI tat DoGlai"
ton of Independence" 1t is not in their
mouths to complain. They did not care what
the constitution was Tiroy took no interest
in anything but the question Of slavery, and that
is submitted to them. Let them hold their
peace.
The convention is not without precedent in
not submitting the whole constitution to the
people, In our own State the first constitution
was not submitted to the people; and the con-
stitutions Of several other States were made and
put inforce in the same manner. But we think
as a general rule the constitution should in all
cases be submitted for approval or rejection
But we do not think in this case tho
black republicans have any right to complain,
and we do not think the convention was entire
[ly without reason in its action. Let them vote
for the Constitution with no slavery" and that
question will be settled, and if the rest of the
constitution don't please them, they can change
it whenever they desiye to do SO. What Con-
gress will do in the matter, we cannot say; but
we have no doubt they will accept or reject as
they shall think just under all the circumstances
Of the case. That is their province and not ours.