The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-11-17

Ali the members OF the rccout 0okus Ooh-
stitu,ional Convention IN Kansas were in ia
vor Of Slavery. The only matter OF differ
epce or discussion amongst them was as to
the most feasible manner Of imposing tho
Institution upon the people Of Kansas. All
admitted that il could not be done fairly,
and that i, mus. be effected by fraud or force.
And all the members would have been equal
~ agreed upon any schane OF fraud or force
to attain the object, go far as the people OF
Kansas we're concerned; but some OF the
members had scruplcs as to the effect OF
their schemes upon the Democratic party in
the North.
1t was admitted on al hands that OF the
people Of Ksnsas there are about Eve to one
opposed to Slavery, and that q Constitution
protecting that Institution would be rejected
BY at least four -ffshs Of the voters. Hence,
the regular ultras insisted that the people
should not be allowed to vote upon the Con-
stitution or the Slavery question, at ALL
Another, and more polite section OF the
Convention, however, under the lead uf Cal
houn, and representing Buchanan's Office
holders policy, advocated the submission Of
the Slavery Report to the vote Of the people,
while refusing to allow them to vote on the
Constitution. And in order to induce the
ultras to support this proposition, Calhoun
pointed out to the Convention that there were
other clauses in the Constitution which re-
cogniEed and secured the institution Of
Slavery to all practical interests, and that
the vote on the Slavery clause would satisfy
the Democracy Of the North, while the adop-
tion Of the Constitution, with its Pro-
Slavery features, would meet every demsnd
Of the South
The Slavery question came up incidentally
on the discussion Of other matters. Ran
doiph logged it in after the following fash.
ion, in speaking Of the report on the Mill
tia:
lie thought that man Of As was too old
to be run about over the prairies at the will
OF some boy Of Is, who might be captain
jist for the purpose Of learning military
rudiments in a cornstalk ineiisha company.
NAPNSsSN Nn0J WI kDiu W iHhhc u Sthyt
State, and if they was, the most Of the spec
tators would be children and niggers, an be
objected to m6kin' such a spectacle OF an old
man jist to make laughn' for niggers. And
he was opposed to SO young men goin' into
the melisha. They hadn't the nerve. They
weren't able TO tramp up an down, and eat
the hard bread baked in lI16,o (no wonder. J
Again, he lRandolph) "was opposed to mix !.
in in this thing Of religion. III man is to
DO allowed to dodge servin' on the meisha on
aseannt o. religious scruples, they would all
De affected with religious scruples. He IRAN
doph) would embrace some kind Of religion
himself, 80 Us to escape melisha duty" Ran
doiph "was opposed TO the whole till, but
especially that part ct 1t allowin' people to
De exempt from religious scruples, and then
maxim them pay TO support the others for
their exemption" Randolph 'sthought tina,
to exempt people from the duty Of shooting
people and then getsin' them to pay others
Tor dom II, was humbug." Randolph
was opposed to the whole melisha system.
Mvltsha always run away. II God ..lmighiy
made . iaan u coward, you could not make
brave man Of him. 1t was not tho mans
faass--it was the Makers fault" Here
somebody called Randolph to order, but the
Chair observed that Mr. Randolph was no.
out Of order, unless it was out of order to
speak IN that way Of the Almighty. "oh.
well," exclaimed Randolph, 81 don't want
to git down ON The old man.
Upon the question of excluding Indians,
negroes and muiattoes from the right Of suf.
frage, old Walker, a half-brcca Wyandott,
and niger slave owner, felt the force Of
the prejudice against color operating in his
own case, and rose TO protest against the in.
sertion of.the word ssInlian," but above all
did Pc object to any coupling Of the word In
dian with negro and mulatto.
1t "made his heart THRILL" he said. s.to
hear any one speak Of Indians, aegroes and
mnlattoes.' Negroes and mulassocs acre q
degraded race; thcy were only 6t for slaves,
They were slaves. But the Indians were
true native Americans OF the Continent. lie
implored them to exclude the word Indian.
He was member on this aoor. His mother
was . Wyandott woman,s and his father WA
n Virginsan who had been taken prisoner by
the lnd,ans. lie was proud OF his race. lie
WAS proud that he was an Indian. He was
there to vindIcate the blood in his veins. He
hoped that the true natives OF the soil would
not be excluded from the right OF voting
lie hoped that they would cot thus cut OF the
only native american residents from the
right Of citizenship. lie appealed to them
to do justice TO the Indian tribes. But il was
In coupling Indians with negroes end mula,-
toes that the speaker fclt himself most az :
grieved. lie said it 'smadc his blood boil ~
and the old mans voice quivered with emo
ton. he felt the sting hinself IIo wrished
under II. lie who had met the rude blows Of
ttie world Tor a lifetime was stung by this tx
nyminy OF caste. s'lndlans, negroes and ,nu .
iattoes" how he writhed as he repeated
the words!
We give below some extracts from the DE-
bate in the Convention, that our readers NAV
sexxha, spirit prevailed ia the frs, Coustitu-
tional Convention which has required q
guard Of United States soldiers to protec. its
sitsings frem M incensed people.
John Randolph said that he was in favor
OF the minority report, because be considered
the plan Of the majority fCalhouu's) swim
die The idea Of submitting one clause OF
the Constitution and not allowing tho people
10 vote Oh the whole, WAS mean, cowardly
ard infamous--is WIS worse than n swindlc.
il was seouspKKLisr. lie ridiculed the idea
that the LOVE- Of Democracy and the princi-
pies Of Free Suffrage netuated the Douglas.
ties in the Convention. Else why did they
deny 10 the people the right to vote upon ths
whole instrument? He was in favor OF sab
uniting the whole or none, be was down on
ell sneaking, halfway lodges. For hi,
part, he believed the Convention to be a soy
oreirn body, and therefore il possessed ths
right to send up 10 Congress its Constitution
without susnitiiug it 10 the people at large
lie was opposed, from principle, TO lest,n.
the Aboiitonists and Black Republicans yot,
d1wn their C0nktituti0a Ms tnay ,Ynntl Il;