Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-07-15
euY. wA1KER Nrp erErE.RIeRrg

GOV. WALKER AND srETK,RIeRTs.
Dur friends Of the Helena SIGte-R Rights Demo
onIt think that we have wandered far frou
ths doctrine Of stste-Rights, and rsbuke u
IN the spirit OF long-stsn6ing friendship, oil
aecoun. Of our supposed errors They ask N
70 state how any honest State-Righis Demo
crat can endorse WALEER's course in Kansas
The foiiowing extract from Gov. WALKER'
Topeka speech is particularly commented o.
"a being vioistive Of the principles Of II.
State-Rights Dsmocrzcy:
IeoBse aov 10 ny opH iadipiiual Biers
1 repeat, then, as ms clear conviction, thai
unless the convention submit the constitguol
70 the vote Of all the actual resident settlers Of
Kansas, and the election be fairly an justly
conducted, the constitution will be, ard ought
10 BE-, rejected By Congress lCries OF
Good.sl
That constitution they viii, OF they viii
not, submit TO the vote OF the me]oriiy Of tbe
theu actual resident s~sttiez IL Kansas. II
theFrdo not thus submit I viii join you, fell
leN-inzsns "a lswfaI opposition to their
corsfesfCnes OF sGeE,' and cheers And
&Enet DOUBT, genttmea- that one much
bigger 2 J, the pief Magistrate o. the
LHioa, w1h 50in you p opposition.
spisa act E01r y regard 10 the past or
nzg r2Fistg Of U0L. But spesk as regards
the future. Ny tactrine Is this. that IN The
future, VIXEN he Constitution snail Be sub
nitted 20 the vote Of the citizens Of Kansas, 4
shall be slhnitted 20 the vote Of the whole
people. Ids RDf zsca those l0h0 are nOW regis
tered ua1g Re TsrTil1ai iau. 90 not mean
those who Wsrs Tesicng here on the 18Th Of
March last, Hc-Azan the whole people OF
Kansas, notoulr those who are here now, but
those who viii be here next fall as actual
Eesidehtsa
The Fsnoenai hen quotes the following
elaussdom 1e Kznsas-NsbEaska bill showing
ttt tie power 20 prescribe the qualification Of
-srs in ordinary elections Of the Territory is
vss3d "a the Legislature thereof:
Brf The qualifications u rioters and Of hold
." ing o5ios at al subsequent ~elecfi9Hs shall bs
saeh IS shall b. prescribed BY the Lsgislaiire
"-9sssmblg- Provided hat the right Of suffrage
and OF holding oHee shall be exercised only
"by citizens OF the U1ited States and those
-who shall have declared on oath their inten-
ton b become such.o
And then the Democrat remarks as follows
81 The act vesrs in the TerriiOrial Legislature
the righ- 10 determine the qualifications Of
voters. IN the exercise Of that right, and for
the prevention OF fraud and violence, the Legs
latuTe passed a law determining the quslih-
caticHs u VoteTs1 Dae Of those qualifications
lsas. thZt TIE name Of each voter must be ~egis-
tUabSy Re 15ah Fl March last. The pro-
Every men did regis sT ana thereby qualified
themselves according 10 law. The p~esulent
Fres-State fanatics refused to register and
thereby disqualified themselves from voting.
Consequently, d pro-siavey majority was elect
- . the coaFea-lOa called TO adopt 2 safe
cons sutton"
oar respected eotenporary surely does not
mean to assert that the Legislature in prescri-
ling a registry Of voters to be had on the 18Th
March last, thereby intended that hone but
these registered voters should vote in anyfuture
e~lec.Ian. As Ws understand the act, prescri-
hing the registry On the 18th Ct March, it was
Intended 10 apply only to the election for dele
gates TO the Constitutional Convention and
not Of he qualification Of the voters who
le0uld Be called on to ratify or reject
ihs estsitgtion. Ths Constitutional Con
ysry properly left to
nirs whether he people shall be called
- = rslfy the Constitution, and, if so called,
what shall be the Qualification Of the vO-
trs. Tae Convention, when assembled, is
tie erg-nizsd sovereignty Ct the people Of the
Territory, and certainly is equally as well
qnsafsi 70 prescribe the qualification Of vo-
tsz as the legislature. We entertain no
doast that It viii Ak 50 4 qualification, such a
terra of residence, as shall be sufficient to in
sure thar none bu. b0aG Gds residents are a.
lowed = vote.
TIE Democracy Of Kansas, q large majority
otWhsn are decided pro-slavsV men, seem to
bs1s sHe1 I6isfs G~tntqHesti0n W1ent as,
euseTss6 the policy Of Gov. WADKER at their
las Convention. They are better qualified 10
Of that policy, being On The scene Of ac-
Loa, than persons remote from the ground.
We conclude oar reference 70 The iuterroga-
tory Of The Democrat, which asserts that Gov.
WALKEA's d0ctnt is q in conflict with the Ma
Democratic PLATFORM By directing at
fsntioa to The following resolution OF the Dem
platform Of 1856, adopted at Cincin-
azt. It viii be sssR that the langusg, of the
Democratic platform is precisely that Of Gov.
EER. u wcs 1ctsai residents seems TO
az~saoptsd With the cisI view to the
prsHt crisis. We commend this resolution
especially 10 every fani.-fnder who 80 loudly
condemns G0v. WALEER's policy, and lsstyesr
st0od fairly and squareiy upon the platform:
EssoiE-5, That we recognize The right Of the
1sogle Of al the Territories, including Kansas
zli Nebraska, acting through the fairly ex-
lressedHil Of the majority Of actual residents,
aud whenever The number Of their inhabitants
ustiies Ii, to form a coasdtution, with or with
domestic slavery, and Be admitted into tue
upon terms Of Peaest equality with ths
lther States.
A srsx-ogfts an fntslIirent oId gentleman.