Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-04-20
Kansas Affairs.

The Atchison correspondent of the st. Louis
ReDuJl;con, in letter dated the 7th inst, thus
refers to the state of feeling there on the sub
ject of admission:
The struggle at Washington over the Lee
compton Constitution has ceased to cause any
sensation or alarm in Kansas. Whether it
passes or not, there will be no war in the Ter
ritorv. If /. passes the St.tn will he organ
lied peaceably under it: ie rejected in course
of time new Convention will assemble and
make another one and send il mp But all
will be done quietly. The day has passed for
political tricksters To deceive the people Of
Kansas and engage them in civil war. True,
there are some left who have no interest in
the welfare of the country, and never expect
to have. who would like to see strife inan-
gurated. so to enable them to plumber. but
their race is run-they will have to go else
where.
The constitution framed by the recent Free
State convention at Leavenworth, is published
in full. We have read it carefully as given
in the Cincinnati Gazette, and we venture to
gay that no people could or would live under
it for FIVE years. Under it suffrage is allowed
to negroes and aliens-poll-tax prohibited,
and provision made for general free banking
law-and other denominations. 1t was adopt
ed on the 3rd inst and is to be submitted to
a vote of the people on the 18th of May. of
course the thing is a nullty from beginning
to end and is not entitled to serious notice
either from Congress or the people of the
Territory. Like the Topeka abortion, it was
got up to promote the personal aims of those
oficious men who entered the territory for
purposes of notOriety and official plumber.
They do not wait even for the submission of
the bogus instrument or its presentation to
Congress, before they set about asserting their
claims to Office, and dividing the fruits of
their marauding-as the following extract
from the Leavenworth correspondence of the
st. Louis Republican would Indicate:
The candidates are fishing round. These
most prominently spoken of for office are, for
United States Senate, LANE, ROBINSON, Nc
LANE and VAUGHAN. Each of these will find
great opposition in the nominating cOnven-
ton. For Governor, DR.. DAVIS of this city is
anxious. He is opposed, as have told you,
to the niger equality portion OF the COnsti-
tuition 1t is probable, as the radical element
will doubtless prevail. that new man will
be chosen For Lieutenant Governor, we
have HOLIDAY of Topeka, and THATCHER OF
Lawrence THATCHER, IN Convention, took
very strong grounds in favor of the negro
suffrage clause, Directing for considerable
time 10 an amendment to allow the people OF
the Territory to vote upon the question one
year hence. instead of at the second general
election as was originally adopted.
For Secretary of State the Rev. ii. p. JOHN
son, of this city, the owner of perhaps dozen
slaves, who was one of the most strenuous 10
obtain an early settlement Of the negro quts-
ton by the voters, is the prominent man. For
Representative a concentrated attempt will
be made to throw MARCUS PARROT, it being
desired TO give the seat to NJ F. CONWAY, late
President of the Leavenworth Convention.
The attempt will in all probability be success
full, although it will cause considerable trouble
in the camp.