Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-02-18


Of the Lecompton constitution. Governor
Walker rejects it, Secretary Stanton de-
nounces it, Governor Wise desplses it and
Mr.. Douglas disowns il; but it is none the
less the legitimate offspring ofthat Kansas
Nebraska bill. The President adheres to
the law, the South demands its fulflmeht;
but Northern men, Tins far steadfast and
consistent, now finch and fall back. The
law demands the acceptance Of this Lecomp-
ton constitution, and that great principle OF
compromise of 1889, 1920 and lS50-the
principle of mutual concessions, North and
South-imperatively calls for the admission
Of Kansas as a slave State, Thus admitted;
she will, as we all know, possess only tho
abstraction of slavery; but the rejection Of
this abstraction involves the direct issue Of
Southern submission 10 the snti-slavety
pressure of the North, or distinct political
organization of the South, for its future
safety within or without the Union.
The acceptance of this Lecompton consti-
tuition may spoil the calculations Of numers
Gus scheming politicians, and temporarily
modify the present national organization Of
the democracy; but these things are trifles
compared with the hazards of that purely
sectional organization of parties which will
follow the rejection Of the Presidents pcli-
cy. With the reputation Of this policy
the Southern democracy will inevitably
proceed to the organization of an ultra
Southern party; The next result will be a
purely sectional organization of parties in
the North, and the next step we may con-
lecture from the intense disunion excite.
ment Of the South in the campaign of 1856.
In this view it will hardly avail TO call it an
idle and foolish remark should any South
ern man venture the prediction that the re.
lection Of the Lecompton constitution will
be followed by deliberate and formidable
Southern movement for 4 separate Southern
confedeIscy.
The Kansas issue to the North is OF nc
practical consequence; for, under whatever
constitution admitted, Kansas must be
flee State. But even could she be made
bona fds slave State, the two new free
States of Oregon and Minnesota would
render her utterly useless as a Southern
balance of power. But to the South, al
though this Kansas question is that Of
mere abstraction, it is an abstraction Of vi
tal importance. Its solution amounts to
nothing less than a verdict from the North
in favor Of peace with the South, or judg-
ment demanding her absolute submission
Regarding the subject in this light, we care
little for the alleged election frauds of this
precinct or that precinct in Kansas for all
such things may be readily rectifed by the
people o. Kansas thelnselys. But, consider
ing the case in its broader sectional aspects
and in view Of possible decision by Con-
gress which may result in leaving TO history
James Buchanan as the last of the Presi-
dents of the United States North and
South-we urge upon the conservatives Of
the North in Congress the adoption OF the
Lecompton constitution. The social roliii-
cal and commercial ties which bind this
Union together are worth more 10 the N,rth
than all our Territories, from the Missis--
sippi valley to the Pacific ocean.