The Kansas herald of freedom. [volume] (Wakarusa, Kan. Territory) 1854-1860, 1857-11-28
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We publish this week entire the Con-
stitution recently adopted by the Lecomp-
ton Convention, as the fundamental law
of Kansas. That it has many wise pro-
visions no one viii deny. as it is in many
respects copy from the Constitutions of
other States. Its slavery feature, and its
refusal to give the people an opportunity
to express themselves in favor or against
ii, are its principle Objectionable features,
among which are the following:
Sec. 5, Art. 4, declares that the Gov
ernor to be elected under this Constitu-
ton, shall have been a resident of the
United States for twenty years, and of
Kansas .fue gears next proceeding the day
of election.
The committee on Territories, when
the Kansas Nebraska bill was first sub
mitted to them in the winter of 1854,
reported that outside of the Indian
Agents, traders, missionaries and en-
ployees of the United States, there are
not three white inhabitants within the
entire limits of the Territory of Kansas
and Nebraska" Less than four years
have elapsed since that report, and Con-
stitutional Convention provides, besides
its Know Nothing feature, that the Gov
ernor who shall be elected in January
next, shall have been a resident in this
State at least FIVE years next preceding
the day of his election This looks like
desire to make the Reu. Tom. johnson
Governor. The people will find in Doc
tor BARKER, the Baptist missionary among
the Shawnees, now located four miles West
of Lawrence, gentleman qualified &C
cording to this provision, and everyway
qualified for the post.
Sec. IL of the same article requires five
years residence in the Territory as a
qualification for Lieutenant Governor
The Rev. Mr.. PRATT, Baptist missionary
among the Delawares, will fill this re-.
quirement. The Pro-slavery party evil
IDENTIFY intend to nominate Whitfield for
that post.
Sec. % of Art. 4 makes every civil Off
Ger in the State slave hunter, and au-
thorizes the Legislature to make enact
ments for the rendition of fugitives from
labor
By article 9Th it will be seen that the
Oxford frauds are recognized, so far as to
base representation in the State Legisla-
ture upon those frauds.
Sec. sd of the Bill of Rights prohibits
free negroes from living in the State
This, we suppose, will give full satisfac-
ton to the friends of a black law.
1t is unnecessary to follow up and point
out its infamous provisions, as we did
this to some extent in our last issue. 1t
is worthy the men who framed it, and is
becoming of John Calhoun, the head, and
arch-conspirator, who was very indignant
just before the election in June last, for
representations we made in regard TO him,
and who published in the Union the fol-
lowing, as a yindication of himself and
colleagues:
TO the Democratic F0ters Of Douglas
County:-It having been stated by that
Abolition newspaper, the Herald of Free
dom, and by some disaffected bogus Dem
ocrats, who have got up an independent
ticket for the purpose of securing the vote
of the Black Republicans, that the regu-
lar nominees of the Democratic Conven-
ton were opposed to submitting the Con-
stitution to the people. We, the candi-
dates of the Democratic Party, submit the
following resolutions, which were adopted
by the Democratic Convention which
placed US IN nomination, and Ukich zoe
fully and heartily indorse, as a complete
refutation of the SANDER above alluded
to. JOHN CALHOUN.
A. w. JONES,
w. S. WELLS,
III. BUTCHER,
L. S. BOILING,
JOHN M WALLACE.
VIM. T. SPECIFY,
L. A. PRATHER.
LECoMPToN, K. T., June Ii, 1857.
Resolued, That we will support no man
as delegate to the Constitutional Con-
vention, whose duties it will be to frame
the Constitution of the future State of
Kansas, and mould the political institu-
tons under which we, as people, are to
live, unless he pledge himself fully, freely
and s0itlsout mental reservation, to use every
honorable means to submit the same to every
bona fcle actual citize1, of Kansas at the
proper time for the note being taken upon the
adoption by the people, IN order that the said
Constitution may be ADOPTED OR REJECTED
by the actual settlers IN this Territory, AS A
MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS MAY DECIDE.
If John Calhoun and his colleagues have
kept that pledge we should love to see
the proof Our present opinion is, that
they have proved false to their solemn
obligations, to their party, and this is
another reason why they are unworthy of
public confidence, or even of life itself,
which, by their basensss, they have for
feited.
Workers Of IniquiE.
The bastard Constitution provides that
in the case of the death or inability of
John Calhoun to count the votes given in
favor Of the Constitution, as we'll as for
the election of officers under ii, the duty
shall devolve on the President pro ten. of
the Convention, who is Hugh ii. Moore,