New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-09

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The prrciyal objection taken in Cos. GesJs
7t.o message is tia: tie act contains 70 provision
for referring the wOIk Of the Convention 10 the
ptople. to be approved or dnPproved By them.
Tie Governor also objects to the nsuficiency Of
the existing population. Upon this point however
Ike other s37oca.es of s4us.ter Sovereignty, he
falls into scne sppaveut contradictions. We qu0'e
the following passage:
4" The leading idea and fur dsmenta prndple o: our
organic act eIpIeed in the Law it.e vas ID esve
TIE actual bona fde inhabitants Of the Territory per
fec y rec 70 orm and regulate their dotnerlc ms
tut.Cns in HI II eva way. The act conie.a arcs'
unlimited poEtr upon The people, and he only re'''c
tin rpose5 upon iis exerCAe is the Constitution o.
the Unlec States
Upon this "leating idea and fundam 'ntal
principle" Of the Nebraska BIZ, he Governor sub
stquenilJ pIesents tie following comment:
Tie ioes Of sureadering the sovereignty Of ths
Te1toTies-tts ccu property Of the people OF TIE
teyo.sl stat s-into the hands of tbs fe~ ~ho first
chsLce 10 wander INTO them, is to me- political nov
ely. H. ui that The Territories should e1ercse u
rigbts CT sovereign S,ats unIl their condition sni
numbers ttccue svch as to entiile them TO bs sd-
uited ito tie Cnitn oL 81 equIity With the oTisnal
S.a.es"
Blu. il is lot the Governor alone who falls into
inctnsistfnc es and self contradictions-the act
Itself contains oDe Of fatal character, putting 1t
entirely in the power Of the Governor 10 defeat II
te choices, tie proposed Convention As already
ststed, aid az viii be seen in the act printed
e'sewhere at length, the lists of voters to be
prepared by .he bogus Sherhs and perfected by the
b. gus judges Of Probate to consist of the quail
fed votes resi- dent 10 the respective counties on the
lst Of April sud BY The eighth section Of the act no
IersOn SHALL be- permitted to vote 81 the election Of
delegates unless hs lame shall Nc borne on that
ist Such is the qualification Of voters act forth
in the first eight sections Of the act. Bu. the
eleventh section establishes new, independent aud
contradictory qualification. That section i, in toe
following words:
"Src II Every bora fde inhabitan of the Territory
OF Ksnsas n he third Monday Of June 1857 being a
citizen the United Staes over the age of twenty
one years ard who shall have resided three months
u before said election In the county in which he Of
ers TO vote and other person whatever shall be en-.
titled to VOC st sed election; and any person Qualified
az o voter may be delegate to sale Convention, and
Others"
This section expressly provides that every citizen
of the United States resident for three months pre-
yious to the I'D Of June in the county IN which
ne tiitit 10 NDtt, huu NJ OluCl ptlcOu
shall be entitled to vote II not only is not requTed
that ,he pame Of the voter shall be borne on any
lust but to be voter two things not required Of the
listed voters are necessary, namely: residence in
the county where the vote is offered commencing
as torly as tho 22nd Of March and continuing down
to The 22nd of June.
Though TIE act has been evidently drawn with
the view Of excluding the Governor from all coz
troll over tie election yet one matter his co0pera
ton il essential. Tbs seventh section imposes upon
him, IN cor Junction with the Territorial Secretary,
the duty of aPportoniDg the members Of the Con-
venton among the counties and districts upon a |
ratio based upon the number Of illegal voters"
Unless such spportior ment is first made no con-
vepton can be chosen. Now it is perfectly COM
petent for Governor Geary to decline 10 make any
such superintendent on the ground of the ambiguity |
end selfcontradiction of the act "a TO who the |
"legs voters are upon which that spporionmsnt |
is TO be based. Let him do that aad the Bogus |
Legislature will fLd itself caugh: in one Of iva 0wu
sprlDges.