American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-03-11

We tAte since received The i0il rrports u
is too long for our columns.
WeilOok qpon il Hs most ably written
nna coueIuss~s argument against Mr..
llnohanan'a policy AMI the LeeOmpton
ewinIle H. has im5oliel the testimony,
both ancient and moi.rn, and msds il So
clssr and palpabls ''that child might
understand" he says: (speaSing of the
Committee on Tsrti;orics
"TEis COMMITTEES. ia their reports, have
always held that Territory is not SOW
ereisn power. that the sovereignty Of a
Tsrssory IS ia abeyance. suspended in he
United States in-tiust- fJr the people whep
they become State; that Tue eUniledSt4,es
AS the trastee, cannot be divestsd of tha
scsereigntv nor the Territory bs invested
with the right to assume and exercise il
witieut the consent ef Congress- '..'
And again, in confirmation OF tho same
doctrine, he quotes the decision Of G+ner,
al Jackson's Cibinet. delivered byihs Al.
iorney General. Mr.. BurrLEh. IL tie Case
OtsArkansas, which reals as f1llpws; /.
But ! am not prepared psay2Illat ,,.ll
proceedings on this subj ct, on the part o |
abe citizens Of Arkansas. viii he illegal
They undoubtedly poyssss the orlia
ary privileges and immunilies Of ,citiz .ns
Of the United States. Among these, is the
right Of the people .peacesLly to,asse mle,-
-and 10 peti'ion the Government Tor the
redress OF grievances In Tie exercise
ef.this right the inhabitants Of Alkansa
may pe' csab!y meet together in primary
asseh5iies, or in conventions chosen by
such assemblies. for the purpose o! peti
Iioning Congress TO abrcgatc the Terri,ori
81 Government and TO admit them into the
UaiOn a. an independent State. Tie partic
ular form which they may give 10 their pc
tiiion elnnot he mlteriaI 20 long as they
conhrs themselves to the mere hight Of pc
tiIioniug, and coaldct all their proceeding rs
ina peareable manner: aud as The power Of
Congress over the whole subject is penary
ani unli niIed. they may accept ary Con
s'itntion. however framed. which, in their
Judgement, meets the sense OF the people
TO be affected by il. II. therefore, the rii.
gems OF Arkansas think proper to accom-
pany their petition by written Constili.
lion, framed and agreed on by their pri.l
mary assemblies, or by Convention Of
Dslegats chosen by such assemblies. | per.
ceiye no legal objection TO their power TO
do 80, nor'to any measures which may be
taken TO collect the sense Of the people III
respect to it. provided always that such
measures be commenced and prosecuted
In peacsabls manne r. in sirict subordinI.
ton to the existing Territorial Government
and in entire sibsersiency to the power Of
Congress toadaR, reject or disregard them
ct their pleasure g
The above views. touching the power
OF Congress over our Territories are in ex,
act accordance with our own as var;ously
expressed through our paper. and 10 orr
mind, they ain death blow at Squater
Sovereignty. We will conclale this ar.
iicle by appending the conclusion Of Mr..
DoUoLAs'rep,rt an ! ANY m IN can pint
out grease spo, left Of Mr.. Buchanan's
argument in favor Of the admission of
Ks:sas under the Lecompton Constitution
We will thank him for the information
"In order to reconcile this Anti Slavery
feeling to the adinission Of Kansas under
tbs Lscompton Constitution. the President
pr sents and enforoes by argument the
following propositions:
!. That II has been solemnly adiuIicslel
BY the highest ia Iica tribunal known to
our laws, that slavery exists in Kansas by
virtue Of the Constitution OF the United
Etates, anl that Kansas is therefor at this
moment AS much Slave State. as ieor.
gis or South Carolina
III. That Slavery csb, therefore, never
bs prohibited in Kansas. except by means
oI = constitutional provision, and in no
other maausr can this be done so prompt
ly, IL majority Of the people desire It, as
by admitting il into the Union under the
present Constitution
ILL., That the people will then be SOW.
ereisn. and can requisite their own ar,irs
in their own way. II a IN ljOrity Of thrm
desire to abolish domestic Slavery within
the State. there is no other possible mode
by which this can be ELECTED so speedily
as by prompt admission. and that tho Lsy-
islAture already elected may at its very lrst
session submit tie question 10 the vote Of
the people. whether they will o, will not
have Convention 10 amcDl their Consti.
tuition. aud adopt all necessary meaus for
giving Effect 10 tie popular will.
Nv. Inasmuch as the Lecomplun Con.
s.iiu,ion provides n mole of amendment
after the year 1864. and thereby excludes
the possibility OF any lawful chsnse until
that period; the President Suggests tnat
Congress may remove this obstlcl by in.
serting clause in the scl OF u mission
annulliugs 50 much of the Ca stilu.ion rs
prohibits any change until after the year
1864. and requires two thirds Of each
House OF the Legislature to authorizs the
people 10 vote for Convention, and de-,
clAring the right Of the Lsgisaure already
elected to call Convention, By a maiorily
vote. in violation OF the Constitution under
which iis members were elected, and
which they were sworn to support.
Let US read the Presi lenl's Ian .u,ge on
this point:
1T. therefore. the provisions changing
the Kansas Constitution after the year one
thousand eight bundled snI vixt four,
could possibly be construed in0a q prohi.
biiion wonId DO wholly uOayaiIing"
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