The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-23

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the fact that the whole Constitution has not been submit
ted 10 the popular hold at there was no neoe
atty for any such Submission II after fe convention eA,
tsekod their Judgment IL propcr, as mere matter o.
policy OF prudence 30 submit any question 70 seperaae
vote Of poope they Ought To submit the real bone OF
contention hold, further that the Submission of the
slavery question in e manner IN which ID has been sub
mttad il airer better eacua.ed 20 collect the real will
and Judgment Of the people than u me whole eonstu
ton had been submitted suppose the contention hs
adopted constitution prohibiting slavery and bad sub
mttSd 10 te pcoplc the senator from Illinois tlnks
the law requlred II this had been done and my FRIEND
from Mississippi MI, Bsows lived there he would have
ce oo5npeed 10 vote against slavery slst The con
stitution Whenever many questions are mixed up %
gether and they all presented an entirety neither
Of them has fsir expression OF the people VINO us
pass Judgment ON them So far is this principle knowi
10 be correct that constitution Of Louisiana require
that every law sha embrace but one sahjeo which shall
be stated in its title
Mr. BiGLER, That feature is IN the new oohs''eosiVu
OF Kansas tf
Mr., GREEN IL s IN slse constitution Of Kansas
Mr. GwIN And of Califorpis. s1
Mr. GREEN " the matter were investigator tffnk
would be found that the same provision exists IN rany
other States The object is prevent 'log rolling, and
10 insure fair honest expression Of the people or Their
representatives when they pas Judgment on any subject
You may put together in an Improvement aPpropration
bin many fses neither one of which has sufficient IN
trinsic merit 10 receive the assent Of Congress but ts
them together and perhaps you can pass an - the
slave question had tied 70 the suffrage question the
governor qualification question the taxation Question
the hank question and II had been citizen Of Kansas
should have been compelled in order 70 vote TOR hch
ing negroes in Kansas, to swallow all the oigeconape
in every other branch Of the constitution 70
submit single question is the only fair way, the only
ht way the only simple certain method OF coilcctng
the public Will There is uncertainty in AL bnT PRO
ceedngs. The people may not como y ihc ti3i the
representatives may do their duty but proceed on
the idea that there il just principle involved and
the principle be just and the people have an opportunity
TO carry II out and do not carry It out but forfeit their
rights il is aar misfortune not ours s1ia oi ynpa
tbes are hlunted when consider that their passions
were the sole Of the grievances Of which they com
plain + t-..,. e5.s
The constitution Is not submitted to the people Of KAN
ss I know the senator undertook 20 prove that the
people were placed under coercion that they were com
pelied TO go the polls and vote, and that before they
could the slave question they were compelled 70
vote for the constitution If the whole constitution had
been submitted before they could vote for or against sa
very they would have been compelled to vote in the
manner which the senator represented @ Objectionable
which he animadyerted upon, which he eensured and
condemned If the whole constitution had been snolN
ted the voter in order 10 vote for slavery woua nave
been compelled to endorse every feature Of the cons,
ton and in order to vote against ~ would haye been
compelled to vote against the other features 81 me eo
sttution and Thus leave him without aSa'e government
The anxiety TO get State government might be slfong
enough TO induce him to orcgo his objections TO ofief
branches Of the constitution, and hence as before re-
marked the mode q Submission adopted by TIC eon,en
fafr nd iugt
ing the popular viii upon the slavery question In the
convention Of California proposition was Inade 20 SUB
nit the slavery question separate vote q the people
The convention was anxious not 70 endanger ile admis
SION Of the State into the Union They did not beleyea
majority Of their people desired slavery and therefore
they did submit as separate question, sut thes
submitted the whole constitution 70 vote q INC poppe
Of California 1t up here and We All know there
great deal Of complaint on The part OF noIef1 ~
well al southern senators and members in consequence ot
the non submission Of the slavery question. f 5fst
By an examination Of the schedule framed by the Kan
as convention it will be that the constitution itset
not submitted The senator s mistaken when he says
chat the constitution submitted and that the people
required TO vote for it, He says the re-
eeiyes its vitality and takes effect from its Iaeation
The senator is entirely mistaken IL never does take e.
feet until Kansas shall be admitted into the Inaoh bs
Congress. But, says the SENATOR the schedule says
the constitution s TO be submitted to the people aes
For what purpose For ratification. What " the mean
ing Of to ratfy II is 10 settle, 30 fix There y =
part Of the constitution not settled not liked and qt
lust be ratified Thai question s 10 be passed upon py
the people when they say tine polls whether they Rli
retain provision sanctioning Afiican slavery or VIII
strike Il out They to settle fix, ray that unset
ted unixed unmted part That is all the article pr-
yides for We not TO take c1esssoa but Hst
take the pspot OF the whole article II logicia, on a
Judge OF statesman undertakes 70 consTue the Ineai
ing Of that article he takes the whole OF il together, and
taking it, what does he find That nothing ~ to he
ratified fixed settled but the rnratied unfKed unset
tied part, which il whether slavery shall be retained m
the constitution or not There is to be decision on ANY
st of the constitution except that which relates 70 sla
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The senator from Illinois, however, seems TO think that
each must first vote for the constitution before ne
vote for against slavery That another mistake
The voter does not vote for against the constitution
He simply votes a ballot which s 10 be counted for of
against slavery IL he votes the ballot containing the
words constitution with slavery, il is TO be counted
in favor of slavery but if he votes constitution with
slavery it is TO be counted in favor OF striking out
the article in the constitution providing for slavery The
only question submitted is, win YOU, or win you rot
have ia the constitution of Kansas clause sanctioBing
slavery is the writing Of the word constitution ON
the ballot to he construed making the voter vote for
the constitution Then can show that il a man in
Louisiana voted ON the adoption Of their cotitu
ton he was involved in this seeming contradiction The
under schedule which required z each ballot shall bc
endorsed the constitution accepted on the consultation
rejected There would be just about much plausi
hity in saving that voter In Louisiana compelled
o vote si for the constitution and then for its rection
or first the constitution and then for its acceptance
IN saying here that in Kansas is 20 vote first for