New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-10

That mart Of tie Presidents Message which re-
late, 10 Kns.-by far the most laboied par. Of the
entire docupent-completely fails, in spite Of all
the pains taken with it, 10 accomplish ever the very
humble object at wti.h il aims-a show Of consist
epcy between the course Of the President in &C..
ceptiDg the LecoDpton schedule aud the promises
which be himself had made and had suffered Walker
to make in bis name, to the people of Kansas.
He lever promi.ed- so be now says-or a. least
never intended to promise that the people Of Kansas
should be allowed to ssy yea or nsy to the entire
Constitution which the Leoompton Convention
might frame. "Dou estic Institutions" he says,
was Whist be had in his head, and domssti: insti
tut;oIs" don't mean any thing bat Slavery; they are
entirely di.tirc. from institutions OF political
character. To be sure he did say, "a Constitution
"sha be submitted TO the people Of the Territory;
"they must be protected in their right Of voting
"for or aEsin,t that instrument" and "the fair
"up,ts,ion Of the popular will must not be inter
"rutted by fraud or violence" But in saying this
he did not mean that the whole Constitution, the
whole instrument must be submitted-ony a single
clause Of that Constitution. He meant only Slavery
or no Slavery, and be is therefore By no means
bound to regard the Lecompton schedule in the
lebt of freud, desjg ed to interrupt the fair ex-
preston Of the popular will.
Now allowing the President the priv
Ieee Ct thus substituting for what he
actually did cay what he now says he
meant to ssy, and still the Leconpton schedule is
directly in the face and eyes even of this amended
promi,e. The President admits tina! The people Of
Kansas are entitled TO say whether their dome,tc
institutions shall include Slavery or cot But the
Lecompton schedule gives them no such privilege.
The LecomptOn schedule requires Of every voter
positive vote in favor Of Slavery as one Of the do
mestc institutions Of the State. The citzsn Of
Kansas, go far from beiog allowed vote on the
question whether the State shall BE- admitted oto
the Union with or without Slavery, which the
President rays is their right, cannot avoid voting to
make Ksr sas Slave State.
The Pre,dtnt attempts TO apologies for the force
thus put upon the choice of the people, by suggest
ing that "to have summariIy conf'cated the prop
"trty in slaves already in the Territory would
=" have been an act Of gross injustice" Suppose
tie Constitution had actuslly prohibited Slavery
altogether the slaves in the Territory were brought
there with a full knowledge Of the precarious
tenure by which they were held; and as they had
been brought in under the Territorial regime, so
while that regime lasted they might have been car.
ried out osain, If merely the protection q private
rights had been the object, the Convention would
have been content with provision like that in the
C INST tuition Of California, giving the owners GER
tain time within which to remove their slaves Bat
that was not the object The object was TO insult the
Free State men. This provision practically carries
out the assumption thatt is the right Of every slave
holder by bis individual will, to introduce Slavery
into all the new States, and to keep it there for
ever in spite Of the wshe, Of the great body of the
inhabitants. 1t is designed to carry out the doc
trine that one STAKEHOLDER weighs more, aud ought
to weigh more than the whole body Of the people
Of Ksn,ss. II is studied and deliberate insult, not
merely to the people Of Kan,as, but to the people
panerally Of the Free States and all the special
pie adipg Of Mr. Buchanan will not prevent it from
being regarded in that light The Pres dent seems
70 be little sick Of Kan.ss. He thinks it has oc-
cupied too much Of the public attention. Hs will
End that the only way to withdraw public attention
from it is to tive over tie attempt to rule it By
means Of minority.
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