New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-09
REPORT on MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.


LECoMPTON, Oct. 30, 1S57-EyENING.
A areat deal sometimes comes under the head Of
miscellaneous business The Convention have
been working at miscellaneous business" all the
afternoon and evening, and have passed upon few
important items. In the first place, they have
located the capital Of the State of Kansas" hav.
ing considerably taken that job out of the hands Of
the first Legislature, no doubt to keep it out of
temptation. Not content with that, however, they
have fixed provision in their Constitution that the
seat Of Government shall not be changed excep.
with the concurrence Of two thirds Of both branches
of the Legislature.
The btxt miscellaneous" transaction has been
TO revive the test oath to all who snail ever hold
flee in the State As first reported the oath to be
administered, included the Fugitive Slave Law in
explicit terms. BY an adroit dodge of one or two
emitted, the law itself being retained among others
as one of the things to be sworn to especially; but
frtm appearances | think the name too will be in-
serted before it is altogether disposed of.
The next misco llaneous'' matter was provision
that county seats now established can only be
changed by the point to which they to be changed
heinz first fixed BY o-thirds of the Legislature,
and the being voted for by majority of all the voters
c, ncerned This is equivalent to rivetng the bogus
county seat swiLdes, should this be the Constitution.
There was some VAIN discussion. young gentle
man who purpOrts to hail from johnson County, AID
who seems, a. all events, to feel some interest in is
local Matters omplained that tom Johnson
(the Rev. Father Of the Shawnee Mission) had
fixed the county seat away up IN corner OF the
county 10 .uit himself and ~ the dsparagement OF
the other Law. and Order men OF that county. He
eudeayoIed to get provision TO suit HE particular
case but finding that the collective cOnservators of
the bogus fraud would give him no aid, he openly
denounced the comfy seats as located BY the bogus
Legislature as swindle on the people; private
spt culation Of the members Of that body peryer-
sion Of Il right. Of the people. He introduced an
amendment, that the people of the Counties alone
should have the right to locate their county seats,
and that the Constitution should not prevent this.
But be appealed to memorable ears. He had fallen
into the bands of party with whom the rights OF
tine people are as feather in the balanc- when In
the way Of their ambitious schemes. Such learned
saysns as Judge ElmOre and Mr.. jenkins and II. ID.
Moore decided that, where county seat had been
located, certain property interests had been created
and these could not be destroyed, as the parties H.
tere.ted had lease in equity against it." Ghos.
Of Equity what art thou made to stand fo:! The
youpg mans motion Overwhelmingly voted
down, and Law-an6 Order county seats propose TO
fix themselves in permanent niche among Kansas
institutions BY this Constitution and the merits Of
equity"
AN OLD HEART SMELLS" At THE REsTRIC-
TIONs OF CASTE.
OCT. 81, 1851.
The report On the Elective Ffa1chse not having
been quite disposed OF whs frat before The Convex
,it n .ome incidents worthy Of NOE occorred When
it came mp saain. In the FIRST section the word
"white" occurred before citizen Of the United
statts. This was stricken CIT the ground Of the
Died Scott de csion that there could be no cOcfsd
citzens. few felt some hesitation 1t such an IN
quslifed trust in that decision Of the question.
They believed in it, Of course, but they thought
the ipseI ton Of the word white woul hurt
notL,Ip." Not so the more threwj. The fail i1-
gritty and free CT that de csion pust be preserved
intact and unimpt sched. By sayiOe "whits cit-
zens, the Inference would be that there cDuld be
citiz, Us other than white. AS one or two directors
rofe they were met by the question, Do you rot
believe in tie bred Scott decision ?" This inter
rogatory finally quoted Directors, and the wJfa
white " was stricken cut.
In 6uother section Indians, hot ctzeGized and IN
sape persoUs were excluded. A motion was made
to strike cut The word " Indian" 1t was objected
To- AID one speaker urged that ell Indlan', negroes,
apd mu'at.oes shonid, Of course De excluded. Go'.
Wals er OF Wyandoi rose. He is cailtd Governor
by etur'esy, having been formerly p:osis'oaai Gov
tLor of this Indian country, and 10 chiei q the Wy