The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-11-21
From the Chicago Tribune,
A Pro.Slavcry Constitution Adopted ana
Not to be Submitted to the pOopse.

dry, Friday and Saturday were consul
a.od in fierce debate as to the best
method Of forcing Slavery upon the poo
PIE of Kansas. There were two propo-
sitions before the Convention. lst. TO
submit to the people only the slave
clause in this shape: "Constitution with
slavery" "Constitution without sla-
very. p. To send up the Constitu
ton to Congress without submitting it
all. The former is called the Majority |
Report, the latter, the Minority Report,
Calhoun of Springfield, Illinois, stands
chef sponsor for the former, and Jen- |
kins of Wostport, Mo, native of South
Carolina, is put forward rs the leader Of
the Extremists
The Douglas wing of the Convention
wanted to submit the slave clause to the
people, but not the body of the Consti-
tuition. The plan is, to force the people
to vote for the instrument itself, whether
| they are for it, or against it. This Con
stitution iegalizcs all the laws passed by
the bogus legislature, including the black
code which Furnishes with death those
who oppcsa slavery.
We have space for only condensed
report of the proceedings furnished by
our correspondent.
John Randolph. blunt, out spoken
Pro-S-avcry delegata, representing Atoh-
ison Co., in the course OF the d bite on
Friday said that "he was in favor of the
minority report, because he considered
the plan of the majority (Calhoun's)
swindie. The idea OF submitting one
clause Of the Constitution and not allow
ing the people to vote on the whole was
mean cowardly and iDfamous-it was
worse than swiudlc, ii was scoundrcI.
ism He ridiculed the idea that the loue
of Democracy aud the principles of Free
Suffrage actuated the Douglasitcs in the
Convention. Else why did they deny to
the people the right to vote upon the
whole instrument lie was in favor of
submitting the whole or none, he was
down Oh all sncaking, halfway lodges -
For himself he believed the Convention
t. be a sovereign body, and therefore it
possesses the right to seno up to Congress
its Constitution without submitting it to
the people at large. He was opposed,
from principle to letting the Abolition.
lists aud Black Republicans vote down
their Constitution, as they would do, if
they had a chance, What he did he
wanted to do openly; lie was opposed to
stabbing in the dark. lie hated Judases
who kissed only to betray. The majori-
ty report was a cheat and fraud p
He WIS followed by Motley, of Riley
County who pitched into both reports
lie denounced the proposition of the ma
jority as base attempt to swindle the
people, and the minority report az high
handed outrage. He said the Dough-
sites wanted to slip poison into the Free
Sellers cup; while the Atchisonitos
were for blowing out their brains openly,
and that was ali the difference between
taem on the Slavery question. lie then
offered substitute proposing to submit
the whole Constitution to all the legal
voters, with proyiso requiring every
voter to swear to support this Consttu-
ton, if 1t should b. ratified, tina Nebras-
ka bill and the Fugitive Slave law -
Ills substitute was tabled BY large me-
jority.
| Col. jenkins, fugleman of the Ultra
rists, next spoke. H. took the broad
Southern Democratic ground, and claim
ed that the Convention held the soyer.
eighty, and should decide not to submit
the Constitution, or any part of it, t. the
people. lie said the public good and
| the proper equilibrium between the Free
and Slave States, required that Kansas
come lato the Union as a .Siacc State
lie knee il would BE- received il slave
| Constitution was sent up to Washington.
He said that he had read letter from
President Buchanan, to prominent
member Of the Pro-Slayery party in Kan
sas, to the effect that "hte Constitution
teoaid be reoeired in III form as it ,ce,t
Mp from his Convention.
Next followed Wells, of Douglas coun-
ty, who was opposed to both reports. He
denounced In bitter terms, those who
were designated rs Abolstionists In the
! Convention. They were all National neln-
ocrats; there was not Il Black Republican
among them. Although he considered
Republicans as enemies to the Constitu-
ton aud country, yet they were citizens
and entitled to a voice III the institutions
under which they must live. We cannot
get over this, aud We should not said
he, make Il Constitution in VIII ch the
people were prevented from expressing
themselves On the institutions under which
they wish to live. This Convention only
represent 1000 voters, and there are II.
0oO III Kansas. 1t vas repuguant to all
his ideas Of right for 1000 men To at
tempt to dictate to ten times their num-
| ber aud force upon them institutions
which they hated and abhorred. lie
did not believe that Congress would ac-
eept Constitution SO framed; he thought
the Northern Democrats would not dare
t. vote for admitting State under such
circumstances, and if they did, the Black
| Republicans would destroy the party in
every Free State. The destruction of
! the Democratic party in the North, would
b. a calamity which the admission Of
dozen Slave States would not counter-bal-
ance.
Gen. Calhoun, of Springfield ILL.,,
made long speech in favor of the ma
jority report, and Of only submitting the
slavery elause to the people He was
opposed to giving the "Topekates' a
chance to "yote down our Democratic
Constitution . The majority report would
Compel the Abglitionists to vote for the
Consultation while they were voting
the slave clause, no matter how repug-
nant il might be to them. ain this