Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-03-27


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From thc Missouri Democrat. March isthl
Kansas will come before Congress with
pro-slnverv Constitution in her hand. or rath-
cr the faction which is recognized az the logi-
innate citizens of that Territory. will naunt
an instrument of that nature before the eyes
of Compress and the world. next winter. OF
this there can be no doubt The recent ST.
lcnce and inactivity of the Border Rulians.
were the silence and inactivity of an ambus-
cade. When il was generally supposed they
urUfIOsrpO
laws of the land. and were willing to trust
their cause to the popular vote in the Terrific
nv tbev had resolved 10 prosecute their an
Gent pians with renewed viror. to play out
the diobolical game which they commenced in
fraud and force: and hence. for several months
thev have been sapping and mining. prepara-
tory TO the decisive struggle in the Constitu-
tionol Convention.
vention they have been taken in this case
Nothing has been omittod-nothing left to
chance. Tho plan of packing is as elaborate
and as perfect as the wit of man can make it.
The time. the mode. and the machinery. have
been selected with satanic skill. Every con-
tingencv is provided for in this compact and
complicated scheme. From the taking of
the census bv the county sherifs, to the or
ganization of the Convention through the
GRADED surveillance of election Judges. pro-
bate Judges. SC. the felon Legislature has
provided as efectually for securing the de-
sired result as Louis Napoleon did for getting
himself elected Emperor. The Irresponsible
ty of the Convention. and the integrity of its
production from the subsequent action of the
people, are also carefully provided for The
ratifying voice of the people. contrary to us
arc is ignored No freedom of election and
no official fidelity can be expected. Afraid
of the spring immigration. the folon Legisla-
ture DISTINGUISHED every one who should not
be resident on the fifteenth inst. and to
prevent the rejection of the Constitution
/ 'adopted long since in the caucuscs of the
Blue Lodge1 no provisions were made for
submittinr that radiant scroll 10 the people.
The Convention will be packed from the foun-
dation stone to the cave stone. and every hon
est man in Kansas will therefore see the pro-
pricty of sbuunin, it MS he would papdemon-
ium itself
Ills usoles to deny it the Kansas question
is vet TO besottled. That task devolvos upon
the now administration. Tbelull that follow
ed the ooporal election has na.sed away and
we an nerceive that the strife has dconeped.
The eutire organization of the Territory of
Kansas must he romodeled. if pcace is to be