The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-04
NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1851.

incipiecs rebellion which still exists in Kansas i.
Is my imperative duty to employ the troops Of the
United States, should this become pecessary, ia
defending the Convention against violence while
framing the constitution. and in projecting the
bona .fds inhabitants qualified to vote under the
provisions Of this instrument in the free exercise
Of tie right of suffrage when ii shall be sub
mitted to them for their appreciation or rejection"
Our Northern niger worshipping agita'o rs will
doubtless seize upon this branch of the letter aud
denoupce it as an absolute surrender of Kaueas
TO the border ru1ians and TO slavery. II will be
said that this forthcoming pro slavery Convention
will unquestiouably take good care to provide
who shall and who shall not vote upon the CUES
ton of ratiiying the constitution; and that With
the United States troops to back them they Will
6nd 70 difficulty in a ratification Bat what
Them This constitution will still require the ra.i-
cation Of Congress; and supposing it to be ratified
there, and that Kansas is thus admitted into the
Union as a slave State, what will it svail the pro-
slavery party if the free State party con really
command three -fourths Of the free White actual
residents of the State? Within single year, I'M
der the sovereignty of State, they eau upset
their slave State constitution and decree The
abolition oi slavery. Toes, one would suppose
that under almost ary Fort Of State Constitution
the free State party Of Kansas would prefer the
sovereignty of State to the yassaage oil Ter
titoiy.
But If the free State party of Kansas choose 20
vote upon the question of ratifying the forth
coming constitution hard indeed, must be The
restrictions against them if they cannot carry the
day with three fourths Of the actual residents Of
Kansas on their side the proportion which they
claim. And can any body suppose that Mr. Blu
cbanan's inaugural and the protestations of GOV.
Walker can be reduced to the Acknowledgement Of
more than half the people Of Kansas upon the
question OF their fundamental lew! We
canno. believe il. We believe that Mr.. Buchan-
ans letter, like Governor Walkers declarations,
means fair test before the people, and no Jug
Cling or smuggling Kansas into the Union as a
slave State The Convention (pro slavery elect
ed TO form State constitution will shortly meet,
and in few weeks we shall know the practical
sieuifcaton Of their work. Any Judgment upon
the matter, ia advance, would be mere conjecture.
Ore thing is certain. The position Of Mr. Bu-
chanan and bis purposes are no longer in doubt
His letter will completely silence the fire-eaiing
secession agiiators of the South, and reduce the
issue in tie North upon Kansas within a compass
which every man can comprehend, and to those
simple pin ciplcs Of fidelity to the constitution
and the Laws which every good conservative cit
zen, North or South, must approve. There may
he Northorn agitation raised upon this letter
second only to that of the last Presidential cleo
tion; ba. IS the solution Of this Kansas squabble
remains with the people of Kansas, and with Con-
gress, We the people of New York will have
abundant leisure TO attend to our own local
affairs, and the despotic doings OF our bogus
authorities at Albany.