The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-16

had been submitted, the provision cited from the ian
would In manner have been violated
But wheels thsfrsud that isso loudly eorpaned or
Does consist IN taking the Of the people the
only question which had agtats sDd divided them IL
is said 10 s found n the ciroamstsnoo that voting lor
against slavery the voter Ia bound ina amy
vote for the constitution In other words the only por
ton Of the constitution which the people are called on TO
adopt reject the provisions in respect slavery
We have already shown that il not necessary
validity of the constitution that any portion il should
have been submitted The objection taken the forced
vote its adoption exists in every where party
called upon 10 vote for constitution law containing
many provisions There Is precedent contendng
that the vote Of the people should be taken every a
Gle and every section Of such instrument. When
constitution Is submitted IL voted sds Those
ting for 1t thus forced to adopt many obnoxious pro
visions and those voting against IL thus made 70
jet much that they would have desired to adopt The
Judge voted believe in the Thirty Congress for
the formation of legal code for the Of this
District which, when formed be submitted to the
vote of the people This code contains provisions in ref
eenee TO slavery How are the people who against
savery but for the balance Of the CODE for slavery
but against the body Of tho code express their will by
their votess When the code before the Senate
will the Judge s-spurn it, TO his words Us
violation of the great principle Of sefgoyernmsntf
Nous penoas. The convention should have been freed
from any mputation of fraud seeing that not content
with their power the subject they have deter
mined to submit the people the matter Of inter
est the only one in fact. which engaged their
discussion and caused their division,
What 1t in the Organization of this Territory that
caused the introduction Of the policy contained in
the Kansas act IL the agitation arising of the
question of slavery What the wrong to be redress
ed Congressional intervention found In the 9th sec
ton of the Missouri act THAT section related exclusive
ly to the inhibition Of slavery 1t repealed and
substitute therefor the hill declared that Congress
had right to prohibit slavery in the Territories but
that the people should thereafter be left free TO form
their sdonessc isaauiious In their own way. gsigl
Now, this term domestic institutions If Judged
technically does not include the Organization of legsa
tive executive, and judicial departments Neither does
it include the adjustment Of tariffs tue regulation Of
banks the establishment of system Of internal i'm
provements we judge it by the popular standard
find that though not strictly accurate it has been adopt
ed into the political vocabulary with expressive
emphasis referring to domestic slavery Everywhere
for the last twenty years, in and newspapers
the stumand in the halls Of Congress, has it been used
as the synonyme of domestic slavery That this the
idea prominent with those who passed the bill will hardly
be denied by any conveant with the action Con
gress on that occasion at' z'-a esaaea >aasa
BY the submission made in Kansas the people of
that Territory have the right to form their domestic
institutions in their way in the in which
those terms were usually understood IT. from any fac
tious purpose any portion of the authorized voters alb
stain from exercising their right OF suffrage, the
auence of their action must be their heads
No amount of argument augmentation, however
forcibe or subtle will convince the unprecedented
mind whatever view may be taken to the construction
of the Kansas act that the resoted the pres
ent occasion sno TO all practical purposes proper
pance with Its provisions. t, a & lt. 60 @
The complication and danger which beset these terri
torial difficulties not localized in Kansas but
tend their baleful influence the whole Union
This complication and danger arise out of the relation
which the general government at present holds to the
Territory and it is therefore, the act of prudent
manship the peace and harmony of the country
by putting end speedily possible to that relation
IL is be regretted that In this effort should lose
the services of such Senator Douglas The dem
ocratic party in possession Of the administration of
the is responsible for the peace of the
try believe the continued ascendency of that party
the best guarantee that this will be preserved The de-
lection of able and gallant leader in the present
crisis should 1t occur will be everywhere depored but
STILL in the discharge of the high duties intrusted to it,
its progress be onward in the path of right regard
of the opposition of its ancient enemies the deser
ton of its former allies. ha g. tassHh ALABAMA -
DECEMBER II, 1857. -