The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-10-24
The oons,,,utionaI Convention.

The Constitutional Convention.
The only danger which the friends of
freedom in Kansas have to apprehend, in
future, lies in the Lecompton Constitution,
now about being framed. The PEOPLE, the
late election proves, are with us. Purg-
;no the returns of fraudulent votes, and
adding the heavy immigration of the
snring and summer, and we nave clear
majority over the opposition of t,oenty to
me- There cannot be doubt in regard
10 the truthfulness of this assertion. The
Territorial Legislature will be welded
far freedom, and for the benefit of the
honest bona fde residents of Kansas. Those
who look for anything wild in that body
Will be mistaken. They will commit no
rashness, nor excesses of any kind. 1t has
been supposed that they would repeal
all laws heretofore imposed upon us by
bogus authority. 1t is the general opinion
aee. that they teiH not do so. The act in
regard to the impanneling of juries, and
the one defining rebellion and imposing
ce4ain penalties against that crime, will
mobabIy remain for time in force, until
the authors of those statutes shall receive
the penalty for the crimes they have
committed and so with some other laws.
But the Constitutional Convention
have we anything to apprehend from that?
In our opinion we have nothing-not in
the least. Its action will fall, stillborn,
before the people.
It has been said that the Constitution
thus formed will pass through Congress
without opposition, and will receive the
sanction of the President, whether it is
submitted to a vote of the people or not.
We do not believe it! The President and
lis Cabinet positively stand pledged to veto a
hUadmitting Kansas into the Union as a
State, unless that Constitution is first sub
miBed too tair and impartial cote Of all The
psoplei We have in addition TO this the
assurance of Gov. WALKER that he will
WELD all the influence of his position, off,
ciaIly and privately, against that Consti-
tuition unless it is submitted to full vote
Ofthe people. He stands publicly pledg-
ed to join hands with the citizens in oppo-
sition to that instrument, and we will
guarantee that he will redeem thai
pledge.
If the Constitution is submitted to g
vote of the tchole people, or even to the
three or six months residents, and it is
approved by majority OF them, then il
will be satisfactory to us all. II, on the
contrary, it is rejected, we have heard the
last of it.
But suppose it is not submitted to /;
vote of the people, or only to the register.
ed portion of them? Then we will ash
Gov. WALKER to convene an extra session
of the Legislature, and when that body
is assembled we will petition them t.
adopt aseries of preambles and resolution
relating to that Constitutional Convention
giving history of their existence, ant
their attempt to defraud the honest citi
zens of their rights; and in bill we vii
have that Constitution and the Topek
Constitution submitted to direct vote
The people-then the people can decid
between them in a legal way, and thu
without the aid of the Convention; and i
way, too, that Congress will heed.
Demagogues may try to trick the pee
pie out of their rights, but it is labc
thrown away. The Free State party i
Kansas have the aseendency, and pow
erful one. They have yindicated the
assertions before the country in this respec
and with their Delegate in Congress the
will make themselves heard.
Let no man from this forth look upo
the Constitutional Convention as in til
way of freedom. 1t is the most lnsigni
leant of the Insignificant acts of an insis
nihcant party, and should be treated {
such by all men.