Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-07

oCOh0hNA AAete A1C SAe sN3 bA3~<4A N<At.
, in the State of Kansas, except ths
the right Of property in slaves mo-
in the Territory shall in no manner b
{. interfered with;'' and in that event
!, is made his duty to have the consti
tuition thus ratified transmitted to sh
Congress cf the United States for tn
admission of the State into the Union
At this election every citizen vii
have an opportunity Of expressing hi
opinion by bis vote whether Kansa
shall be received in the Union with q
1 without slavery" and thus this excl
! ting question may be peacefully set
tied in the very mode required By
THE organic law. The election will bs
held under legitimate authority, ant
If any portion of the inhabitants shal
refuse to vote, fair opportunity te
do so having been presented, this will
be their own voluntary act, and they
alone viii be responsible for the con-
sequences. -
Whether Kansas shall be free OIL
a slave State must eventually, under
some authority, be decided by an cleo
ton; and the question can never be
more clearly or distinctly presented
to the people than it is at the present
moment. Should this opportunity be
r,.jeeied, she may be involved for
years il domestic discord: and possibly
in civil war. before she can again make
up The issue now so fortunately ten
dered, and again reach the point she
has already attained.
Kansas has ior some years occupied
too much OF the public attention. 1t
is high time this should be directed
to far more important objects. When
once admitted into the Union, wheth-
er with or without slavery. the ex-
citement beyond her own limits viii
speedily pass away, anil she will then,
for the first time, be left, as she ought
to have been long since, to manage
her own affairs in her own way. If
the Constitution on the subject Of
slavery, or any other subject, be dis
pleasing to a majority of the people,
no human power can prevent them
from changing it within brief period.
Under these circumstances, it may
we'll be questioned whether the peace
and quiet Of the whole country are
not Of greater Importance than the
mere temporary triumph of either of
the political parties in Kansas.
Should the constitution without
slavery be adopted by the votes Of
the majority, thu. rights of property
10 slaves now in the Territory are
reserved. TIE number Of these are
very small; but il it were greater the
provision would be equally just and
reasonable. Tness slaves were
brought into the Territory under the
Constitution of the United States,
and ase now the property Of their
masters.
This point has at length been
finally decided by the highest judi
cial tribunal of the country-and
this upon the plain principle that
when a confederacy of sovereign
States acquire a new Territory at their
own expense, both equally and Justly
demand that the citizens of one and
all of them shall have the right to
take into it whatsoever is recognized
as property by the common constitu-
ton. TO have summarily con6scated
the property in slaves already il the
Territory, would have been an act
Of gross injustice, and contrary to
the practice Of older States of the
Union which have abolished slavery.
A territorial government was estab-
lished for Utah by an act of Congress
approved the 9th of September, 1850,
and the Constitution. and laws Of the
United States were thereby extended
over itss'so FAR as the same, or any
provision thereof, may be applicable u
This act provided for the appoint
ment by the President, by and with
the advice and consent Of The Senate,
of Governor who was to be ex-
officio superintendent Of Indian Af-I
fairs, Secretary, three Judges Of the
Supreme Court, a Marshal, and
a district attorney. Subsequent acts
provided for the appointment Of the Of
fcefs necessary to extend our land and
our Indian system over the territory.
Brigham Young was appointed the
first Governor the 10th Of September,
1850, and has held the Office ever
since. Whilst Governor Young was
both governor and superintendent