The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26

l""u euo OuCcTs VI tIlC IeSlueDL ap.
Ipointment, ,quieted the discontents Of
the people Of Kansas by advocating
such submission before the Constitn.
tion could claim any validity. And
yet the Convention refused to submit
its doings to the people; thus con.
tessingits consciousness that its work
would be rejected.
The second witness 10 the newspa.
per press OF Kansas; that press is
against the Constitution by . major.
|ity Of seven or eight to one.
Next, Kansas, by act Of Congress,
has a right to a delegate In Congress,
charged with the duty TO speak for
it's people, and is the first Kansas
delegate every chosen by the people.
He is my third witness.
Next; ask the line Of Governors,
appointed by the Presidents them.
selves; Geary, Walker, formerly
Senator from Mississippi and ecent.
ly proposed for a place in the present
Prevident's Cabinet, and highly
commended by the Presiden him.
self; Stanton, so lately Member OF
Congress from Tennessee, all agree.
And I would not fear to ask Denver,
the present incumbent; he will certi.
fy that even fraction OF tho party
against the Lecomp.on Constitution
is more numerous than the whole of
its friends.
Ejth: The people of Kansas now
happily, thanks to Walker and
Stanton, have Legislature indispu.
tably representing that people; and
81 soon rs they could life up their
voice, they protested against the LIE.
compton Constitution.
Sirth: Those State Officers who
received the largest number OF votes
at the election on the 4th OF January
last, have likewise sent their protest
to Congress.
Seventh: The voice of the people
of Kansas itself should be heard
On the 4th ofJanuary they repaired
to the polls under no ordinary cir.
cumstnnccg of fsolcmnity. The Pres
ident had sanctioned the proceeh.
lings by his special protection; the
Legislature and Denver took care
that the vote should be an honest
one, and by that vote it appears that
an overwhelming majority Of the
people OF kansas reject the Constitu.
tion Of Leconpton.
So then we have seven sets Of
witnesses against Lecompton Con.
vertion; tho Kansas Press; the Kan.
sas Delegate in Congress-; the series
Of Kansas Governors-iour in one
year; the Kansas Legislature; the
People. All, all declare that the
People of Kansas reject the Lecomp.
ton Constit,tioa.
II Could hope that the words OF
one 80 humble as myself could reach
the presence Of one so high as the
President Of the United States, |
would entreat him to lend his Car
reverently, and hear and respect the
voice Of the people of Kansas, how
ever lowly they may seem in the log
cabins and homes that they have
made for then. selves in the wilder.
ness. What they have accomplish.
ed there under unexampled trials
and difficulties is the miracle of the
age, A commonwealth in all its
fair proportions has grown up, as it
were, in the night time. Ii the Pres.
ident of the United States will have
peaceful Administration, il he will
by and by, have dignity IN retire.
rnent; if he will stand well with the
world ofmankind; il, like Washing.
ton and all our great Presidents, he
wishes to stand well with posterity
lot him respect the will .. tho people
of Kansas.
1t is said that the whole affair is
oflittle consequence; that the wrong,
II it be wrong, is a small one
But there is in political justice no
such thing as q small wrong. A small
wrong contains within itself the seeds
OF all evil.
1t is further said that the people
were factious, and as they meant at
any rate to reject the Lecompton
Constitution, it was right not to give
them chance to do 80. But ii tho
Constitution for any reason did not
please them. they had a right TO re-
ject it, nothing is 80 facetious as a
minority attempting to rule a ma.
6ority.
1t is said they should be punished
for not going to the polls at the bid.
ding of men who were believed to
no disposed to de.rsud them. They
went to the polls the fret moment
they were satisfied Of any chance oi
a fair return, even though suffering
under great disadvantage in the ap'
pointment OF representatives.
1t is said that the people Of Kan
sas, once admitted into the Union,
may change their Constitution. Il
this is dishonesty said, | will not use
the language which would properly
describe the proposition. II, as it il
to be presumed, it is honestly said
} and am sure it is honestly said by
the President, then why give to the
> men OF Kansas q reversionary righ,
Were they have the right OF posses
: siona Why do wrong, simply tina,
; wrong may be undonef Iftliis is all
: that 10 intended, il there lies moth
ling behind this, il there are no indi'
: cations OF Q wish 70 psrplex the ma
'ltional councils, and so TO pave the
way for . change Of the nationa
, noIicv or for dicnnion than un;ach;o