The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-11-21
m. Eud Is no, Yet.

our line of policy to vote on the Constitu-
ton which the bogus Convention should
| offer us, and without regard to its character
| to vote it down. The Convention, con-
| seious that the people would reject their
bastard Constitution, if submitted to them,
have made provisions for voting only for
Constitution with Slavery" or "Consti-
| tuition without Slavery Thus every
person who votes upon that instru-
ment is required to endorse 1t, and in
stead of being an instrument excluding
slavery from Kansas, it provides for max
ing it perpetual, though the without
slavery" vote shall be hundred or
thousand to one. 1t provides that all the
slaves now here, and their issue, shall re-
main undisturbed, and also that all emf
grants coming into the Territory may be
allowed to bring their slaves with them;
so it makes no sort of difference how the
people vote, that instrument fastens slay-
cry upon US permanently, if allowed
| to become the fundamental law of Kansas.
Besides this, every voter challenged is
compelled to "swear to support the Con-
stitution of the United States, and this
Constitution ifadopted." We have shown
that it can't be otherwise than adopted,
| and as it is probable the vote of every
Free State man would be challenged, so
as to COMPEL all of them to swear to sup
port that infamous swindle, we cannot do
else than keep away from the ballot-box
which those villains have devised in which
to entrap honest men.
This was probably part of their pro-
gramne, and, to make all appear fair to
Congress, the ballot boxes will be stuffed.
and names enough will be registered TO
correspond, to make it appear that all have
voted. To give still stronger air of
evidence to the movement, large ma
! jority of the pretended votes will be re-
corded in favor of the Constitution with
out Slavery" In that way it viii have
the semblance of fairness, and look, out
side of the Territory, as if the Free State
voters participated in the election.
Such consummate villainy deserves to
be rewarded with a hempen collar, and
John Calhoun, the arch -scoundrel, should
! he the first tn fry it on
We suggested "THE REMEDY last
week, aud have implicit confidence in its
success, and yet we think there is another
plan which should not be passed without
being employed-in fact there are two
others
First, We must elect all the officers
under that Constitution, and those officers
should be nominated at our Delegate Con-
vention on the I'd day of December. 1t
is important, because Congress will be ten
times as liable to reject that Constitution
with Free State officers, Free State Rep
resentative to Congress, and Free State
Legislature, electing two Free State q.
S. Senators under it, as they would
| were the case reversed. Indeed could
the Pro-slavery Democracy strengthen
their hands by admitting Kansas as
State under its bastard Constitution, so far
as to secure Representative in Congress
for two years, and two United States Sen
ators, one for three years, and one for six
years, they would certainly force us into
the Union. We must not allow ourselves
to be placed in this position. In case we
should be forced into the Union, without
our consent, or in manner not agreeable
to us, we should fall back upon our other
plan, to wit:
Second, Hang with strong rope, or
shoot, every officer elected under that
Constitution, so soon as the election takes
place. unless it is the peoples candidate,
and honestly elected by the peoples
votes.
The last proposition viii as surely be
carried out as the State government, which
the ruffians have set up, is attempted to
be set in motion. Indeed We sometimes
have doubts whether such a villain as
John Calhoun, should be permitted to re-
main in the Territory, and at liberty, to
consummate his villainy. He is trying to
make slaves of US all. He deserves death
wherever found; and that man who gives
him felon's reward, is but acting in self
defense, and obeying the first law of ma
ture. We do not advise to it, but John
Calhoun and bis co-conspirators, must be
taught that it will not do to trife with the
liberties of a great people. We hang for
treason those who attempt to break up an
established government. That man de-
serves death, as much, who attempts to
force government upon an unwilling
people.
When all peaceful remedies fail we
will fall back upon the right to revolution.
To hang few faetionists of the Calhoun
stripe, would be "peacible" remedy,
and, if done, it should be done in quiet
legal way. There should be no mob, no
assembling of the masses, no disturbance
whatever, but let the laa0 take its course
OF Why win base men continue their
efforts to enslaye Kansas? Should they
succeed in fastening pro-slavery Consti-
tuition upon US, that day an underground
railroad would remove nearly every slave
from the State, and back train would
take in charge those concerned in fasten-
ing that institution upon Us. aad would
run them to the Rocky Mountains, or
across the river Styx. The late election
shows Free State majority all over the