The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-27

mate adjustment Entertaining these impressions and
views was rejoice to perceive that the people of Kan
sas had determined 10 cali convention TO form cons-
tuition and State admission into
the Union as State The propriety and validity of this
movement for convention, under direction OF the terri
es - S;s ,sh =, & Wiz and then aya;n
in his coneaticut letter Gov Walker did the same
thing IN his first address and urged the people 70 .he
" uc'' o's "'''s' '"0i"" " '"o
oipPna'io 'ein'
participate freely aud fry in the eec
law has performed m eare appropriate function when il
people right suffrage but compel the performance
free those exercise Of the
h nagc authorize those who act for them in that
cono where there Il no fraud Violence by the
aary Of these who 10 vote as although a naa parea ,s
Would be mpraiabe and onarchy or dosoi wond remain
the ecy alternative.
You should not console Yourselves my @ with the
% @ @ may hh @ 10 secure S,s 10 Won Inc eser
great right believing that the
ton the servant and not the master of The people, YET nave no
power @ 20 ua @ , osag % % m @ a' os I hv inc,r ho
bszard Of The preliminary formation Of constitution by minoy
alleged by yon when majority by their votes could control
the forming Of that Instrument ~ 49,.
Tho election w not bs freely apd fay condsetea Tho territorial
is tho power ordained for this purpose by Congress
the United states and opposing you resist the authority Of the
federal % @ eg'e e wa was @ cred ns oe,ng s n1
gisaon h recognised by the present Chief Magae Of the
Union just by people its acts
hars No other anaye nusr NV oath bnt to see that ali copst
onal pmly laws Vei are fully and fairly d esecsed%
A. s.crnt,,,, stanton ,,nder The ;nstuc,;ons or tb.
p,;dent ana ,orernor Addressed the neoplc as follows
~ o. ' =. - :,
The especially recognises the territorial act which
provides assembling form constitution, with
view of making application TO Congress TOR admission as STATE into
@ voters for deleaae 10 the convention and all preceding
rcpugnant thereby repealed In this light The act must
be allowed % have provided Tor fI anu TAR o. VIII Of
nc pois 'nrous ,ne aaaa'es M nay nay ~ ~ t, ~ ~,
this law The convention itself will form provide for submit
ng the great assracng question @ resarng e o @ %
bona Gd residents Of the TERRITORY With every possible security
against the constitution be thus framed and
the question Of difference thus submitted TO the decision o ne people
@ pes,e ne n Mah M ps n s oy % n the crror @
authorities will be immediately Withdrawn .rgE'
uy ,o...;ona o,o full of str;k;no do.s which A,
ta snoo;a at,ent;on a. tb;s t;me be frst Ia the f
@ 49, ~ @pt; ~ hnth AZ rnrn,,,or and secrot,rv nf
~ aI;,;, &c III Law caIl;n9 tbo convonton onotber
!; ,it ~. ,,ont;o, whom froed would have Volt
~ -, [ ss 's = ,;t,ti aa s,hn,i, t En- ! vote or net
and t s one of the reasons of the for uring
tha an,i 20 attend the pos and vote IsTY,ose who
ahtn from tb r;abt of mAage saws the goye,nor
.tboe those Who do vote ID act for them He saws
,.., 4 Ira,,,, .o,,oi ttlacou.o tbo to,,ito
r;a, ls;s,tnr is tbe poyer orained for this nrnos
NE St 4; nt ,a,narl al,le and ,noet to the mint ia
No. NJ stontn nd;catod NJ tbot ear,v dav that The
snb;ss;on of tbo rcat ;straotino oucson lslavervl
- u thot would bc neceeuarv IN gve Kansas neace and
tho dignity Of State He even then indicated most
poinesy the policy afterwards adopted by the conven
ton. a
The senator from illinois, in a speech delivered at
snringied In hi. state ON the 18th of June last said
,.r- !, ,, =, .,. g. ,, ar ,r,, ,or a.r.,o, .sa.,,
,d ronycnon n form preperaory 10 her dmis
sion which delegates
70 be elected believed to be just and fair in all Its objects and pro
r's'o~ n.
With all this mass OF authority to sustain them, the
people of the Territory or those OF them who were will
ing to sustain the laws which the PRESIDENT Governor
Walker and the senator from Illinois held to be proper
and bndng proceeded to make constitution and State
government But those who said the laws should not be
obeycd refused to participate in this work. and from this
spirit OF nsubordinaton in my Judgment, an the subse
quent mischief has arisen They would not attend at the
polls and vote for delegates to carry out their will in the
convention not because they did not wish to have a
State governmcntfor the same men had attempted to
erect Kansas into State in the most irregular and unau
thorizcd mode for the reason that they had com
mcnced rebellion against the laws and were determined
to persist in it! And IT IS In the MAN, these very men
who at TINS moment are ciaolnS most about oppression
aud usurpaton ana about sacred rights which they in
dgnantly refuse to exercise dov Walker abored zeal
ousy to bring these men TO the performance OF their duty
as il shown IN the extract have given from his address
But they were Joned to their idolthe Topeka farce
The consequence was that there was virtually no contest
for delegates and only about twenty-five hundred votes
were polled But still the convention ON the theory OF
Gov Walker, had been invested with the authority of
nearly the whole population to make constitution and
State government.
This large class of the people who neglected to vote for
delegates became clamorous against the convention, and
even assembled at Topeka for the avowed purpose Of put
ting their own bogus government into operation.
IN the Territory for time prior to and after the cleo
ton, and speak from personal observation as to the spirit
OF characterization manifested by some expendng itself