Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-12-03
The Constitution Of Kansas.

We give below the opinions of some
of the leading papers north and south
on the subject Of the K ahsas Constitu-
ton. Tho Democratic press and the
DemScratie party is a unit on The point
-thatC Congress- should reject any Con
stitution thaS has moi" first been submit
ted to the people of Kansas for their
adoption or rejection. 1t will be some
days yet before we can ascertain exact
ly the position in which this ]aattetoo Of
the Constitution really stands. we
hope matters may turn out better than
generally represented
Philadelphia Press, (Forney's Paper.)
-Fhezdrift=ef all the news fremsKans
sas, byImail and telegraph, shows con-
~clusiveiy that the so called pro slavery
Constitutional Convention, like other
bodies of whom we have read, is anoth-
erI formidable instance of the adage that
"whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad some of the PROPOSE
tious presented to hat Convention
which, be it remembered, represents a
mere fragment of the voters of the ter
ritery-would disgrace a despotism;
others are merely ridiculous, while the
whole affair looks to US, at this distance,
as if the parties engaged in it had en-
tered into a contract to mortgage the
new State to their own individual inter
ests for "a century, to come. gsuayis 1ldu
There is a consistent disregard of the
people manifested, a cool resortfto trick,
land an utter (which, al
together, make up a Satire upon repre-
sentative bodies such as we have never
before had the luxury to enjoy. The
leading spirit in thissGonstitutional Con-
v%ention seems to be a person called
General Calhoun" who we regret to
say, was appointed from the free State
of Illinois, by General PIERCE as Sur
Eeyor General of Kansas and Nebras-
ka, and who, in all his actions, indicates
a desire to initiate rather the character
of a member of the French Senate, en-
ployed to earry-out the designs of Louis
Napoleon, than the representative of an
honest American constituency. I We
give in another column, some of the.
doings of this Convention and have
only to say, that,if the. Constitution fab
ricated by this body. is sentt to. Congress,
we trust that short work will be made
of it.. 1t deserves nothing but con-
tempt. If it has a single merit, it is its
consistency with the fraud and wrong
which it is intended to rp~erpetuatc, and
from which in a great part it has grown.
The idea of a set of men choseu as del
egates to this Convention ; attempting
to bind posterity to their work, and
daring to nullify in advance, the will
of the majority, is SO industrious, that
We wonder the outrage did not excite
the whole people to civil war. The
usurpation becomes the more amazing.
when we reflect that these kerry men who
were trying to fix uponthe Territory
the rule of a minority, were yociferous
in denouncins the Topeka Constitution,
which set out with asserting a similar
principal, and was repudiatcd by Con
gress and the country. -
In speaking of doings like these, We
feel that it is idle to mince phrases, and
we sincerely hope that-if the Constitu
ton of Kansas is anything like the in
strumcnt it promises to be, from the in
telligcncc VIC lay before our readers this
morning, it will when presented to the
Congress of the L. ST.. be thrown oui
of both branches by Il unanimous vote.
At any rate, We trust that the Senators
and Representatives from Pa, will bold
ly and at once put their feet upon it,
and spurn it as it deserves to be spurn.
ed.