Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-05-23

SATURDAY, MAY %, 1857.


respect 10 Lne IOrmatiOD OF d Sbal0 OVo9''N~0-
( for that territory. Ia that manifesto, he
took the ground, that after the Convention,
elected according to law of the territorial
! Legislature. had met and framed coDstitu-
1 ton Il should be submitted 70 the people for
their ratification and adoption. We then pre-
sen,ed the plan to our readers, renarking,
that by this process squatter sovereignty 10 its
most odious and unrestricted form would be
put into practical operation, that while it was
disclaiDed by the democracy Of the South and
denounced as odious and injurious, to the in
stitutions of the South, the administration was
ting it and acting upon it in all its infa-
nous length and breadth. We were satisfied
then that the position taken by STANTON, was
the same as that which would be maintained
by Gov. WALKER. Since that time, however,
WALKER has adopted and promulgated the
same principles, as those which should govern
bis actions. When he left Washington for the
scene of his labors, lis friends in New York
rendered him dinner at the Astor House.
Upon that occasion be delivered himself of
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'The people of that Territory had a clear and IN
questionable right to decide for themselves upon
tn e adoption of State Constitution, any at
tempt on the part of any Convention, Of any other
body Of men, however respectable and Influential
they might be, to impose upon the Territory Con-
stitution not sanctioned by the popular vote would
be a usurpation and awrong which could not be tol
| Grated for moment So far as the utmost exer-
else Of bis official powers and bis personal influence
would 90 10 secure that result Governor Walker
said he was determined the people Of Kansas should
hare an opportunity for a fell, free and solemn
preston OF ear soillnpon the adoption of any Con-
Stitlltion that might be raned-dtter fair aud sat
istdctOry census of all the bona aI inhabitants ULo
might haze been IN tie Territory at the time. He
considered this due to them. 1t part OF their
| interest and inaenable sovereignty. And be
should consider it, not only point OF law and OF Of
fetal duty, as an officer OF the Territory but point
| of honor as a man and gentieBldn, to do every
| thing in his power to secure to them the full fair
and ndisputed exercise of this fundamental right"
It will be remembered by our readers that
the act providing for the election of delegates
to the Convention requires the voters for dele
gates, to be residents of the territory for three
months before the dag Of election (2nd Monday
in June,) and citizens Of the United States.
This was evidently intended to secure the
voice Of those permanently residing in the ter
ritory, being citizens of the United States, and
to exclude all transient persons and aliens who
might flock into the territory as mercenaries
or otherwise, to mould the institutions of the
embryo State. This act was so offensive to
the free State men, that they held a second or
third Topeka convention, resolved not to par
ticipste in the June election, and published an
address, recounting the disastrous effects of
the Legislative act upon the free State pros
poets, and invoking them to stand aloof This
will probably be done. They thus take the
reins of government in their own hands, in eff
feet multiplying the laws of the territory, and die
tating terms and measures to the citizens of the
territory. In this they are to be upheld and
sustained by Gov. WALKER, backed by all the
power of the Government. The law will be
carried out in the election of delegates; and
any constitution they may form, will probably
recognize slavery. This will then be submit
ted to the people at large, without reference
to their citizenship or their permanency, and
every inha6itant of every name and grade,
will be allowed to participate in the work of
crushing out the institutions and interests Of
the South. Here we have the practical opera
ton of the SCATTER sovereignty and alien sove
reignty doctrines of the democracy. We sub
nit it to the people of the South, and of Ten
nessee, whether they are prepared to stand IN
moved at this betrayal of her interests and
rights, and still to follow the fortunes of the
party that asserts this ruinous policy.
We conclude these remarks, by quotation
from the South, an independent democratic
newspaper at Richmond, Virginia, which it
will be observed takes the same view as we
do, of this iniquity:
"We have information which warrants the con.
cIusion that Kansas will come into the Union az an
anti slavery State. We say an auti-savery State,
because we mean to imply that Its political status
will not correspond with its geographical position,
but will be as extreme in its antsgonsm 70 the in
stitutous OF the South if the Territory lay in
the latitude OF Maine or Massachusetts,.
"Secretary Stanton's speech, at which the Abo-
ltiouists affect such indignation, divulges the Sc
cret The plan is to submit the Constitution which
will De framed by the June Convention, to all the
inhabitants of the Territory and not exclusively to
the people who are recognized voters under the
act Of the Legislature. Meanwhile, the Abolition
lists OF the North are stimulating emigration to
Kansas by every conceivable expedient
"The several Aid Societies have resumed opera
lions with unprecedented spirit and activity If
they have been little laggard heretofore it was an
arti6ce--a piece OF fnesse-and they are now EN-
ploying whip and spur, with the design of dsshing
by the South in running down the quarter-stretch.
Aud they will succeed. The South is taken by sur
prise. Confident OF victory, we have relaxed in
our exertions and will struggle In vain TO rally on
so sudden an occasion. The North is pouring peo-
pie into Kansas in the proportion of twenty to one
immigrant from the South. At this rate, the Abo-
htionists win achieve a decisive preponderance of
numbers by the time the Consultation comes to be
submitted for final sanction and acceptance. OF
course the Constitution will then be rejected-f it
involves tolerance of slavery-snd another con-
vention viii be called, which, representing excu-
svely the dominant Abolition sentiment Of the Ter
ritorY will fAbrcate free State without the least
difficulty, aud in the hottest haste This is the
modtis operaRdi by which the South Is TO be cheat
ed in the admission of Kansas"
kg- Col W. b. Stokes arrived in this
city yesterday on his way home from the
Northwest. lie is in fue health and spirits,
and speaks in encouraging terms Of the Sec
ton of country in which he has been tempo
rsrily sojourning, Minnesota and Iowa. lie
left for home during the day.
Eg- The New York Express says that Gen.
Walker "gets more kicks than coppers in his
misfortunes, and gives him kick itself Meth
er the fate Of the General nor the conduct of
his maliguers is at all singular. Both are as