The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-12-10
INDEPENDENCE OF VOTING.

at seerns to US clearly fht interest and the
necessity Of the maj ority OF Il People of Kan
sas to secure their independet &c of the Federal
Government. Hitherto and n, it is the power
and the fear of the nationa, authority which
prevents them from taking tb management of
their own affairs into their OF hands. Their
fret necessity is to get rid of his control and
this would be completely a effectually &C.
complished by their admissit as State into
the Union. They would tht have precisely
the same control over their IN affairs as the
people of Massachusetts or vi ginia have. They
could summon Convention, rame Constitu.
ton, submit it to the populS vote, and carry
it into effect within montl from the date of
their admission, if they sho ID see fit. This
might be revolution, but it 2uld be domes-
tic, a peaceful, and O succss sful revolution.
They would fight it out at ong themselves.
The Federal Government CO Id not interfere
So far as practical results D, the people of
Kansas might obtain the sovt eighty which has
thus far been denied them, n this loay more
speedily and efectually than any other. They
could protest against the G0n tuition, proclaim
their purpose to subvert snd jpersede it at the
earliest moment possible, vote Tor the exclusion
of Slavery, accede to the p IN of admission,
and then take the reins into, their own hands,
peaceably if they could, bd' forcibly if they
must."-N T. Times.
The Times begs the questi, j. Can the peo-
pie of Kansas have fair 6 ection under the
Calhoun regency With IN who recently
have been guilty of all mann. Z of injustice and
fraud set to watch the ballot ,oxes, and to de-
clare the vote, what chance is shere for the Free
State men to make thenIsel es heard? And
what need of votingP If the Tines is correct,
and the people of Kansas Fan abolish their
bogus Constitution one mont after it has been
adopted, they can do il 90 we, with the Slavery
clause in it, and without ha7ing voted for the
balance of the documena on compulsion, as it
were. We like much better t,ssn the above ex-
tract the following, which cit .es the article in
the Times, from which we qt tie:
ave think it not at al unh xely that Senator
Douglas, or some other proE inent member of
the Democratic party, will amediately upon
the meeting of Congress- gu, NIT an enabling
act, authorizing the Territof 81 Legislature to
summon Constitutional Coesention, and pro-
vide for the speedy adm.ssioS of Kansas as a
State. This would evaee thyc whole difficulty,
satisfy the rational and roode~ate portion of the
whole country and brinE this long and vexa-
| tious contest to a satisfactory conclusion. I'm.
| iCoo oOHiO ouSA SNNloc 10 IznSr1f we see nO way
of avoiding the renewal of disturbances and
collisions which have alreaay done so much
mischief, not only ia Kansas, but in the coun-
try at large"
FLATTERY.-The Southern. journals dislike
very much the attitude of Senator Douglas on
the Kansas question. 1t lie generally understood
that he endorses Walker, and. disapproves the
action of the Calhoun Convection. The Star
of this city alludes to :he i1terview between
Mr.. Douglas and the President in the following
manner:
| at is understood that Senator Douglas spent
some time yesterday in consultation with the
President upon the subject of the Kansas i'm.
broglio. OF course, the,city is full of rumors
with reference to their conversation and its re-
suit, few of which deserve confidence. Many
Of them, originating with the Opposition, are
designed for no other purpose than to embar.
rsss and SOW the seeds saf distrust in the Demo
cratic ranks, by creating the belief that Demo
cratic harmony this winter is matter of i'm
possibility.
Senator Douglas is am ong the most tried
statesmen of the party, though so young in age.
In the course of his long public service, he hes
never been found wanting whenever the inter.
ests OF Democratic principles we're in jeopardy.
bis enlarged experience aud proverbial devo.
ton to the coed cause, through good and evil
'report, must of course assure all that he will