The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-02

" We cannot get at them There Is not the least dill
hculty about your getting at them. IA Voice Keep
out Missouri. and will do well enough u Well gen
tlemen pledge myself TO you that far my power
is conoened-and do not doubt that you not in
any event to have reenaced here the Of the past
but, 30 far my power is concerned pledge myself
that the people Of Kansas of Kansas alone and
not the people of Missouri or of Massachusetts, or
of any other interfere by single vote
to decide for the people of Kansas what shall be
their institutions. A Voice. THAT is my doctrine |
lCries of Good, goodl'] But gentlemen they shall
decide ID for themselves. When these views Of mine
are not carried into effect when you that you will
not have full and fair opportunity to decide for your
selves what shall be your form Of government and your
social institutions, il will then be time enough to
plain OF me, but not till then. Several Voices. THAT
is right [Another Voice ''What about the bogus
lawsr'l And / asked what about the bogus
laws Why your very governor, Mr. Robinson, has ac
knowedged those bogus laws by putting into effect
charter passed by that bogus legislature, and have
many Of you and nearly all the people of Kansas And
the bogus legislature has TO charters il has
power TO pass any other law not in conflict with the
stitution of the United States A Voice. "IIow are
those inspectors to be appointedy They must DO APP
pointed fairly and impartially, of course. la Voice
'Who is to appoint them ~ doubt not that the
convention will prescribe fair, just, and impartial
method, they do in other States A Voice .'Ihey
did, in giving $50 voters in this county, laugh
teri Well, gentlemen, let look at that question.
What have these $50 voters to do If you have all
fair vote next fall on the constitution "A Voice.
sThere has been census taken That has nothing
earth to do with the question. But whilst must
deeply regret and depore the circumstance that there has
been insufficient census what am to think when told
by those who profess to represent the republican party OF
this Territory that tell you that you should neither regis
ter vote You kept from registering You all
know by following the advice of these party cAders Of
yours and then complain they cannot vote You could
have registered here II you pleased and hundreds In this
Territory since hearing my plan have expressed to
their deep regret that they had not registered and many
OF your county since my arrival have changed their posi-
ton and resolved to vote Every who responds that
he will not acknowledge those laws has been deprived of
privilege in not being registered because he declares
that whether registered not he will not vote. If
you dislike the convention, do you best oppose it
by standing aoof and allowing a majority Of other
persons to adopt their constitution, or by voting
down that instrument If you do not vote next fall
for against that instrument when you have fair
chance, Congress will act though you had No you
cannot defeat the constitution by refusing to vote
Voice Ihe governor is right and we will vote then.
Now gentlemen really believe have detained you too
long. There is nothing earth that love than
free opinion, free press and popular discussion Cres
of Mght"l Instead Of objectng to it, love to hear
some few of you differ from ask questions Come,
let together, Descending passion and preu-
Dice Iegretting you and do all the difficulties that
have occurred in the past let ask ourselves this great
practical question What is best for the great future of
Kansas IA Voice 1.-The Topeka constitution I Well
gentlemen hope no will say so, unless the
who believes that 73l voters should deprive TWEEN
ty thousand thirty thousand voters in the Ter
own form of government for themselves. IA Voice
" How was it when the people of Missouri
hereY'l have nothing TO do with the people Of
either Missouri or Massachusetts, / only looking to
the future. And say II you dpsire war loud cries of
'.No no. l--f you desire confct-[No, no u If you
desire to enter into rebellion not against the territorial
laws only but against the government Of tho United
States ''No. no all you have to do Is to set up the
State government against the government approved by
the President and the acts Of Congress by the present
actnent of State laws. Voice ''Not now There
cannot be State government without State governor
without his superseding the governor appointed by the
President of the United States under the laws of Con-
grcss. There cannot be State government without
State judges, and there cannot be State judges without
their supesedng the judges appointed by the President
of the United States under the laws of Congress- State
legislature without supeseding the territorial Legislature
1t that it nothing Surely this is open
rebellion against the government of the United States
which you tell me you do not mean to resort.
Now, then, gentlemen, return yon my most sineose
you have listened to my remarks. Voice ''What as
to the taxes?l Long before called for any Of
fetal action tho reign Of law OF Justice and of the people
will be so fully established here that good citizens
you will all cheerully pay this small pttance support
your own government IA Voice ..We will have a
great deal confidence in the vote of the people
be given next fall If you will tell 10y what authority
the Judges are TO be appointed" will answer that
question for have doubt it is fairly asked and in
fair spirit IA Voice. " 1t certainly isl will say
then to you gentlemen, that if they do not appoint
fair and impartial mode by which the majority of the
tual bona de resident settlers Of Kansas shall vote
through the fundamentally OF impartial judges, will
join you all in lawful opposition to their dongs, and
the President and Congress will reject their consttu
ton "a Voice. "Will the convention appoint inn
partial judgesfl 1t is their duty to do "A Voice
'sWill they do SORT Gentlemen am not the conven-
ton, but do not doubt they will give You impartial
judges. Voice II viii ask the governor il there is
any who will be allowed to vote for this convention
except those regstered AS regards the past, have
got no power to recall It. The past is ievocable
by Almighty power, and profess TO have very little
power, much less such power that. Over the past
have control, but the future have and say
you that unless full and fair opportunity is given to
the whole people of Kansas TO decide for themselves what
shall be their form of government including the great
sectional question which hasso long divided you unless
repeat, they grant you such opportunity have
power of which man vet of men deprive me,
and which shall unhesitangly resort and that il
join you in lawful opposition to their acts.
ICiies of Good good, and loud applause during
which the governor Withdrew
Hon T. y. Stanton, the territorial secretary, in
troduced by the chairman and addressed the assembae
in eloquent, brilliant, and most effective speech
brief and most able address by Hon. Il. O. Perrin
terminated the proceedings.
From st. Louis Democrat June 81