The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-11-19

ing STIMULATION throughout the Fes Neines Val
leg, Northern Missouri, and Western Illinois.
rae Kansas BsEus Contribution.
The Constitution Of Kansas has not beer
pablished, but the schedule has been laid be.
fore the public, and bears evident marks Of
having been concoctcd by the same men who
enacted the infamous bogus laws which have
been universally denounced in the words Of
General Cass, as .sinfamous, and disgracefu
to the country and age 10 which we i've"
The eighth section OF the schedule pro-
vides that before the Constitution is submit
ted to Congress, the President Of the Con.
vention shah, by proclamation, appoint an
election, on the 2lst Of December next, and
appoint judges of the election for the va
rious precincts, who shall make their returns
Of the vote to the President Of the Conven-
ton, who is vested with full authority to
CANVASS and decide upon the entire returns
from the Territory. At said election it is
provided that "the ballots cast at said cleo
"tion shall be endorsed: Constitution with
"Slavery, or, Constitution without Slavery"
and in case there are majority in favor of
Constitution without Slavery, "then the ar
ssticle providing for Slavery shall be strck
Gen from this Constitution by the President
'sof this Convention
The President Of the Convention is also
authorized to issue writs to three household
ers OF each county, requiring them to hold
elections of State officers, members of Con.
gress, &C., on the first Monday and day fol-
lowing Of January, 1858, and to make re-
turns Of said election to the President Of
fhts Conve ntion, who shall canvass the same
and issue certifcstes to such persons as be
shall decide to be entitled to the same.
The last section Of the schedule provides,
that after the year 1864, upon the recon-
mendation Of two-thirds of the members Of
each House Of the General Assembly, the
psople may vote upon holding convention
TO amend the Constitution. But the closing
sentence Of Constitution and Schedule, the
seal Of their entire work,-providcs, "No
alteration shall be made to affect the right Of
property in Slaves"
1t will be seen that the result of the cleo
tiQn, the fate of Kansas, is still completely
in the hands of the same Border Rufisn
scoundrels who passed the Bogus laws and
perpetrated all the outrages which have
cursed the Territory for the past three years
There is not even pretence of giving the
manila ari0 chit 80 be-
ton imposed upon them. Both ballots pro.
vided for are in favor of the Constitution,
either with or without, Slavery.
The President OF the Convention, in his
closing speech, gives a most significant indi-
cation OF the tyrannical character Of thewhole
proceeding. lie said
"fou have indeed, gentlemen, met under
most embarrassing circumstances. Elected
IN the irst place, By small majority OF The
people OF the territory. YOU have since as
senbing, been menaced BY lawless mob
which threatened TO dispense the Convention,
and even to take your lives. But needing
neither their threats nor their menaces. YOU
have gone onward upon the path of duty"
That tells the whole story. The Conven-
ton was elected by about ono-tenth of the
people Of the Territory, and they were so
odious to the great body Of the people that
the army Of the United States was sent to
protect them in the mids, of the people for
whom they were framing Constitution.
None but those who are ct to be slaves
and ought to be slaves themselves. will an-
prove this measure of forcing n constitution
upon people who are most bitterly opposed
toit.
A correspondent of the Missouri Demo-
crat, writing from Lawrence, gives the fol-
lowing intimation OF the sentiments and
pspbable sourse Of the Free State men in the
premises
sit requires no illustration to show that
the schedule is a mere trick, in refer
euce to submission. Vote as you will, it is
pro-slavery Mt last; and voting for it only
gives II the popular sanction, and thus far
legalises it. Consequently no Free State
man will be found voting on the 2lst Of De-
cember. II is the greatest exhibition Of
brazen impudence on record. We are for
bearing people, or would indulge in little
speculation relative to the effects OF such at
scWPt0u usufPntiou upon Tree coiony OF
squstter soyereigns. But what we intend to
do 10 the case, 10 what they most want to
know. Our counsels are profound and dis
Greet, and well kept at present. They have
taken one fattering JUNCTION to their souls
that will be Of short duration, viz That ow-
ing to our past trials and discouragements,
Ne shall accept almost any terms, however
unpleasant, rather than fan another fame
and protract our su6erings. We are even
more sensitive to our just rights than at any
past hour, and we can but regard this late
Development a. the Inauguration OF fresh
troubles. The little handful who acted il
out at Lecompton are not 1.-THE OF our enc
mics power. The supreme authority il.
beyoud them, and Walker is accessory 10 il
ali"