Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24

for IL you do, you viii catch Il, you will. ("
am find mode Of redress, will "
m xAKErH IT A POLITICAL QUESTION.
In letter TO the Richmond Je6rsoniau
| he thus attempts to make the Republicans
accountable for II:
1.-THE slaughter house question still enga-
ges attention here-I have not noticed IL
much, but "a understand the position OF
parties, the Republicans propose that il shall
be left TO the vote OF the central and eastern
portions Of the city, whether the western
portion shall submit to be over run with
nuisancesi That is about Republican JUS
tice The Democrats say that il should
be left TO the western portion that TO be ef-
fected; and that the other portions should
then act according to their decision"
A Judge must be hard pushed who will
anticipate a probable appeal to his court,
and threaten to find mode Of redress, -and
then, least he might not succeed in that,
appeal to party, and try to make political
capital out of slaughter house question /"
FREE STATE MEN IN KANSAS OUGHT THEY
VOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION QUESTION.
We opine they will do as they please about
il, regardless Of our opinion, yet we are in
clined to give an opinion inasmuch as many
Of our contemporaries differ in regard to IT,
II is known that we have differed from most,
IL not all Of our friends in regard TO the va
lidity Of the acts Of the Kansas Legislature
We never called II a Jcgss legislature 1t
was elected according to law, and its acts are
as binding as tho acts of any similar body
The Kansas Nebraska act provided FOR just
such an election, and for just such a legisla-
turc
But, assuming that the legislature is le-
climate. has 1t n right 10 call a convention
to draft a Constitution? That depends, OF
course, upon the act organizing the Terrific
ny. We have not copy at hand, but our
recollection is that no such powers are dele
gated, hence the effort last summer, of Cass
and Toombs to pass an Enabling Act" as
they called the supplementary act which
passed the Senate. That Enabling Act
was all humbng or the law does not au-
thorize the legislation 10 take measures to
adopt Constitution. II Il does not, those
who constituted that legislature had no
more right 10 take steps towards conven-
ton than any other body OF men of equal
number, that might happen to be together
not half as much as the convention had
that provided for electing the Topeka con-
vention, for they wee called together for
that express purpose. But there is no use
of discussing this question. The conven.
ton will be elected-it will meet-it will
adopt Constitution, and the Territory will
become State on that Constitutions slave
State we sincerely believe But, should the
Free State men voter Certainly not, unless
they arc ready 10 abandon their own Con.
siitution and acknowledge that they were
acting In revolutionary manner when they
adopted II, and that the few men who con
stituted the territorial legislature, many Of
whom are citizens Of Missouri, have more
right than convention Of the people called
for that express purpose. This they never
will do IL Congress had passed an "Ena
bling Act then they should vote; but, Il
their Constitution is Constitution Of q
party, 80 will the next be. If they could
not be justified by Congress in acting in ad
vance Of Congressional authority; why shod
they seem 10 justify the pro-slavery party Ia
doing what Congress condemned in thema--
They will not vote--they should not