New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-22

u. in q. matters that they shall e.ee nst merely .,
bT M people but also Judges These mproyemens have eeea
within the last quarter Of century ana are hIS
ony in the G. nstituors Of such of the odd states Law
Conventions within that time but also IN noee Of INC -
h,, hsv. since nto the Union Tier are 10 ,me Con-
,ut Tee people of Kansas assume the sn. 70 49, Ala
questions for and il is that which ss unon
That outy must be settled BY your drbetA'ion
bs, the honor to preside ought give to the world the a..ar
sDce that their elaboration, Will result not merely in the settle
. TO whether this Union shall continue and to whether ths
party which is employ its treasures 1t. men and
10 this open till the ext Presidential contest
win stand or fail II the Union stand tina. party By
Tive 'o r.. ss that .I R'y daI ResS 'nds
wolves upon take in hands the organic act Of
Con OF The United State. Constitution framed such
and hdrng steh an ndoremsn as inst we may mol
merely petition admission to the Union bat demand that We
.hal be sdmed trust that wise counsels Will prevail here
confident from my knowledge Of the members o. tho Con
feeling There may be particular point. which individual
members will plant Themselves bat still trust that every mem
Der Of this will bring TO besr In the judgment Of A
issues that may be presented calm sober debers,iOn be-
coming statesmen who have e together 70
people shall have to rect am fully confident that you viii DC
and are the occasion And Gentlemen can give you
tie that in all your viii be just and
Kan,u and tight to the principle, o. ,os 1Gv
Of Kans, and the preservation of the Unon-you shall have
ny n hearty and honest operation again tender TO you
@ ss sSnST ~lsG Ss Hss presiding
Ger of this Convention than fill other position that the
American people could confer upon me- iEntAuAc cnee'
ing -,
There you have "the Presidents speech ver-
batm, with the official Reporters italics and fur
bshing up thrown in-but where is the submission
to the whole People of Kansas which has been tele-
arapked all over the Union, and which The Herald
asserts thus unqualifedy7
Nothing could be more conservative or concilia-
tow bap adj III Mr Calhoun.
70 doubt it is the true index to the predominant sen
ment Of the Terrtory-to wit, peaceabe and satls-
factory settlement OF the Slavery question through
fair submission to the popular vote according to the
letter and the spirit of the kansas-Nebraska bill"
Tee same paper speaks Of the adjournment Of the
Convention as Indicating - prevailing disposition
81 to pacify rather than to nfame the agitation of
& the niger issue" in the approaching Territorial
Election.
But if Gen. Calhoun is in favor of submitting the
embryo Constitution to vote of the whole people
of Kansas why not say 80 expressly! If the Con-
yention is of like mind, why not vote before ad-
journingi Doubt, mystery, uncertainty ambiguity,
do not tend to asy excitement, but to increase it,
dive find nothing tangible in the Presidents talk OF
Constitution " fairly and honestly approved by the
"true citizens of Kansas" and of its "haviDg such
an Endorsement" as to justif? demand for admis-
sion. The question at once arises" Who are the
:" true citizens of Kansas" Are those included
who we're not registered for the election to this
Convention, and whom Gov. Walker stigmatzes
as "Topekaites," and whom President Bucha-
nan compares to Hartford COnveDtiOnists
in bis Silliman letter. If these are
indeed ".yue citizens Of Kansas" then this Con.
vention is as bogus as Mrs. Cunninghams baby,
for they were allowed no voice in its election. The
game is evidently to tide over the October Election,
in and out of Kansas and then judge if the indca-
tons of public sentiment are such as to render it
safe to proceed with the game of fastening Slavery
upon Kansas. If Kansas, in spite of her heavy
manacles, shall 90 strongly Free-State, and if the
Free States shall maintain their last years attitude,
then the National Democratic" politicians will
decisiyely tell the shareholders that Kansas must
be given up, as they told them last Winter that the
Test Oaths and penalties for discussing Slavery in
Kansas must be repealed; but if the prospect is
good for carrying through the admission of Kansas
as Slave. State with no more excitement and revul-
zion than was caused by the passage of the Ne
braska bill, then the party screws will be put on,
Slave Constitution concOcted, sham submission
made to result in Q ratification, and Congress
thereupon required to do the rest. We beg those
who believe in Free Labor not to take their eyes
off this drama till it is played out, for the end vis
bly approaches.