The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-09

Gov. Walker and the Southern Ultras-
The Mississippi Resolutions.
POllT CAL PARTIES AND THE NEXT PRESIDENCY
The New York Herald and the Northern and
Southern UlrsA
Prom the Richmond Enquirer, July IL
rHx vBxKD CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS or KANsA


the vBxKD CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS OF KANSAS
CONSIDERED.
moi very omcuk mat or, We are sure, 70 sscer.
n the correct principles Of conduct ~nch should
me democratic party 90 the Questions OF Kansas amy
rate sh ala make ATTEMPT TO point them out; and
shall do 70 Win vey cool Indifference TO tae clamor now
In the nrs place. 1t oiea that all citizens bound
by the laws o the country The Legislature Of Kansas is
under the control OF Congress. but ., present all erss
Congress, hands Of the Territorial government
Kansas Congress has, by the most formal ana positive
ensctrepts transferred the conduct Of Affairs In
KaDess the local government The principles OF tue
how have taken the pains TO examine
the act itself Take ri gle provision or that act With
pds Of The Upi,eo states aud of non resdent the fol-
lowing section hands all powers Of legislation to the
Sec "a And be further enacted that the legisat ve
power the Territory shall extend TO all rghu subs
Of legislation consistent With the constitution Of the UAited
Such the tenor and spirit Of the whole act It being
The attention ana policy Of Coz gress TO leave the people OF
domes ic Institutions in Their o wn way
Lest they should be embar the free and unre
strained management Of ner own affairs By the Missouri
compromiss ConEress In the Sebrasks Ia act took
especial pains that i'm pediment by declaring
noperauve and void, adding the and expaaa
60n of doing so the declaraaop:-
81" being the true intent and meaxing of this not to
Iegsaie slavery into any Territory ae 70 exclude
berefom but TO leave the people thereof perfectly free
to form and regulate their domestic ms it, ions IN their
Having thus transferred an powers Of eg,,u the
Territory 10 the Terrbny In It's entirety and not 70 ts
Legh any part ulsr department or Its govern
ent-Oorg has from that day to tn abstanet from
oil legislation interference in it affairs IL could at any
noncn have exp eesIy repe lied modified general
grant Of Legislative powers tscty resumed portion Of
those powers, by cspg hem Itself; bal has never
done from the psssge Of the organic set or 1854
until his day. "he Territory Of Kansas has possessed all
powers of legislation In the Territory not inconsistent with
the ,tltuuon OF the United States
Among these powers Of legislation those for autho-
rizIDe Convention OF the Territory and for framing
Se Unoo sst siner the sro. o .u
taiure enacted law providing for enumeration OF the
Inhabitants, and the eectoI OF constitutional conven
ton. 1hh law WAS passed with the knowledge Of Con
grese and by It's tac Indeed, the whole c,unry
except the Topeka faction within the Territory and
black republican party at the North, acquiesced in this
law and iacuy sanctioned aud approved It,
Thus, DO only has the entire power over this subject
been surrendsr by Congress 70 the rerTorytha !. to
erce Of ths has been acquesced In by Congress
The whole subec matter has been left to the managemen!
Of the Territory and there Is but Congress
interfere control the n VIII ch their work
shall be conducteo Congress itself being eopped from
reference b. the principles OF the kansa Nebraska act
by silence last winter the ipcipency Of this
movement in the Territory for Convention.
nuf, ,,, , IN OF na sas mas oeen cio.nei 9y
ject OF the framing Of con atu,iou and its adoption
by the people, as il would have over the sub ift
were an Independent, sovereign Stste. We, in Vir-
gipia, they IN South CAroins, or Aas'achusets, or
Bsm,kaika, have no more right 10 interfere In
the matter, as they shau choose manage IL, by
canor o,h,rwne, than the people OF Kansas would
have 10 interfere with Us II We were engaged fra
Ing Q new constitution for sovereign State.
The questions whether the constitution bsframed
Tor KADsAs should be submitted " the people for raacA
uoo not and, n 90. 70 whom shall be submitted, are
local questions belonging exclusively to the Territory to
decide In the usual forms ''in its way"
For ourselves, perfectly willing 10 abide tho dc
csiou Of the Territory itself questions, merely
from choice but because could control the decision
would
Il be denied thai there two sides to both Of
che questions which the subject OF much idle and
fress controversy outside Of ansas As 10 the question
whether constitution about be framed ought to be
accepted the people directly from the hands Of the
venon, should be submitted 10 popular ratification the
prtoedents VARIOUS and the arguments plausible
either eide The 1rrl conittutoo Of Virginia. which
framed In the troubles OF the Revolution sub init
ted the people for ratification The t~o succeeding
siiuons OF 1890 and 1850, which framed In the
shty Of peace, bcSh submitted 70 the people for
ratification The tuition OF the United States sub
fitted the constituent States. The ea'ly prccedents
10 favor Of receiving constitutions directly from the
Conventions framing them; but ~ithn the last twenty
years. Of all the states AMI Territories that have adopted
sttutious but four have accepted them directly from
their Convenons and these Ne~ York, Pennsy
MIA, Io~a and K.ntgckythree Northern Ssaie- and but
southern We ind the folio sing classification o
ssies with reference 10 this subject in the Charleston
Accsy;-
nArr vBosr oosnTruuoSs HAyr Hzxs SUBMITTED roR