New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-16
IMPORTANT NEWS FROX KANSAS.
THE PRO. SLAVERY CONSTITUTION FINISHED
10 SUBMISSION TO THE PEOPLE.
SHAM SUBMISSION or SLAVERY CLAUSE ALONE.
GOV. WALKER VIRTUALLY OEPosED
A REGENCY ESTABLISHED. ,
THE PEOPLE INCLINED TO RESISTANCE
D.spAtobes from Our Special Correspondent
SUCIR-COArfNG THE PILL.

SUCAR-COAIlNG IHE PILL.
LECOMPToN, K T Nov. 4, 1857.
Having been engaged 30 far in preparing
this slave Constitution, in all its needfd proper
TONS the question recurs on throwing into it some
ipducement that may be supposed to reconcile the
people to it. We have heard much Of corruption
funds in Kansas to affect the individual. Many
suppose that whole community can no more be
bribed than indicted In order to show the fallacy
of such 40 opinion, this Convention has this fore
noon been engaged in trying TO bride the people Of
Kapsss to accept their work.
Hints Of this were freely given by Gov. Walker
last Summer when be endeivored to decoy the
Free State men Of some note into the policy Of
voting at this Constitutional election. Congress
would give rich donations Of lands There must be
in the Constitution some express provision, by the
acct ptanCe OF which Congress would OOigate the
General Government TO convey much OF the lands
in Kansas to the State, for the purposes Of schools
colleges and railroads. In this respect, tho Pro-
Slavery, bogus COnstt Ition would be far superior
TO the Topeka Const tuition, which instrument Vas
defective IN not possessing such compulsory iauses,
and which was reduced ~ the necessity OF trusting
10 mere donations from the Federal Government.
To-day this ma gni6cent scheme came up, by
which Kansas was " be enriched and this COnstltu-
ton put in situston which would render it invinci-
bic with all lovers Of filthy lucre Of whom this Con-
yentiOn, and the still shrewder heads from whom
they borrowed this policy supposed there must be
working majority. The Constitution might thus be
rendered acceptable to the selfish nterest-alwaysa
large one, by the by, whether it was submitted or
not.
The Committee on Internal Improvement reported
a special ordinance to which il is designed to make
the Government of the United States party. Its
substance as follows, when adopted by this Con-
yentiOn:
Pint here presn Die which sets forth that the United
States preto Of the public lands to BE- embraced hy he
State Of Rsn,ss aforesaid when e3msd and
orfsn,zed az State right said lands by the
Of tins Idn.oee the people Of k.n;s' propose 70 TIE
eminent lands confederation Of the fclowne grars:
F6 Congress shall donate sections g. It, "a and % In
''s See.sd Tsst hs se al. spring..
god SILVER lead and copper mines together with Necessary
Tai,S That per cen. of tn. proceed, Of all uds cold BE-
Kansas that the per be used for school purposes
that out Of the cent be used for rel rOsd plpe to be
fO, That two Consressons townships be donated tor the
Fh: That congress oh uld donate each alternate section
In distance Of twelve miles each aide the rosd Tor tae par
bouI diary Of the ste the Gulf Of Mexico the
other beginning the M'our river and running west 10 the
the General Government embraced in this ordinance
Now, it will be seeD by those conversint with the
geography Of Kansas that ths mode OF determining
Tie pOtNS VI OhJlOD vi NH opcAovc W
the prejudice of the southern part OF Kansas. An
effort has been made to have continuation OF the
Pacific Railroad from Bates County, Mo-, through
Southern Kansas, by Hyatt and EmPora--at all
events, that the road i'll question be brought direct
from Jefferson City toward the central part Of Kan
sas, instead Of bending round by Kansas City.
Without expressing any opinion as to the relative
merits Of these routes, or the probabilities oil their
construction it would at least have beea better had
this Convention not 80 fixed the points as TO afford
Just ground for complaint that they had yielded to
special rather than general interests and again made
this Constitution machine for partial legislation.
On the debate which ensued, the President OF the
Convention, Oh q motion to strike out Santa Fc,"
which occurred in the report instead Of the western
boundary Of the Territory said tina. it WAS only in
making general provisions for general interests that
they could hope to succeed That thing exc would
defeat the objects of this ordinance. "Santa Fe'
was stricken out but the motion to make the termi
nj Of the main road the eastern boundary OF Ksn-
sas' instead Of the missouri River, suoject
which involved precisely the same issue, the lsttsr
anne ndment was voted Gown
On this subject kr. McKown, the ger tlemsn from
Westport, SAID, in behalf Of his constituency that
q proposal was made by Boston Company 10 carry
the Pacle Railroad south of Kansas City ~ miles,
as TO eiu6ice the interests Of pirt of Missouri
near KAIsas City and Westport.
A motion was made in the afternoon TO reconsider
the vote, TO change the sectional character Of
the report, but it Was voted down.