Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-12-16


| pie of the Territory 10 elect delegnsessto
form Constitution and State Government
for themselves, whenever, and not before,
il is ascertained by cerisIis, duly and le-
galiy taken, that the population Of said Ter.
risory equals or exceeds the ratio OF repre-
sertation required Tor a member of the
House of Representatives of the Congress
ofihe Uniled States. ~ The delegates thus
assembled ''shalh first determine by ayoie
whether il is the wish Of the psopie' efnhs
proposed State 10 be adniittedinto the Union
al that time; and iflso, shall proceed toafurni
q Constitution, and take ali necessary stPps
for the establishment Of 3 State Govern.
Inent in conformity wiihsthss FederahCon-
stilution.5 Afiers this Constitution ssirasi
have been formed, Congress, carryinS ont
ihei principles Of. popular SOVEREIGNTY and
nOB-ihtervention, have left .'the mode and
manner OF its approval or ratification by fhe
people oil the proposed State to besr@pfs.
scribed by law, and they .shalI then be
admitted into The Union as State under
such Constitution thus fairiy and legally
made, with or without slavery, as SAID
Constitution may prescribe. - T-E r7o
Aa election was held Throughout Kansas,
in pursuance OF the provisions of this act,
on the second day of August last, and il re-
suited in the rejection, by a large majority,
Of the proposition submitted 10 the people
by Congress. This being TIE case, they
are now authorized 10 form another consii.
tuition, preparatory to admission iniorthe
Union, bat not until their number, as ascer-
tanned BY census, shall equal or the
ratio required TO elect member TO The
House of Representatives. f. -. ,,,.i',.-,
Ii is not probable, in the present state Of
tie case, that third constitution can he
lawfully framed and presented 70 Gcngeey
by Kansas, before is population shall have
reached the designated number. Nor is il
10 be presumed that, after their sad e1pe-
perience in. resisting the territorial laws,
they will attempt 10 adopt constitution in
express Violation Of Che provisions Of an act
Of Congress. During Tie session of 1856,
much OF the lime Of Congress was occupied
on the question Of admitting Kansas under
The Topeka constitution. -.i,.'-sgg LII
4 Again, nearly the whole Of the.last ses-
sion was. devoted 10. the question of its adj
mission under the Lecompton Constitutions,
Surely it is not unreasonable 10 reguifs The
people OF Kansas toswait, before makinga
third attempt, until tie number of. their in'
habitants shall amount 10 ninety three thou
sand four hundred and twenty. During
this brief period the harmony of the States,
as well as The great business interests Of the
country. demand that the people, of The Un-
; ion shall not for third time be conyulsed
BY another agitation on the Kansas cues
ton. BY waiting Tor short lime, and act-
ing in obedience to law, Kansas will glide
into The Union without The slightest inped''
ment. - :, - -
This excellent provision, which Congress
have applied 10 Kansas, Oush! to be exiend-
ed and rendered applicable 10 all Terrific
ries which may hereafter seek admission
INTO the Union .sbas-aJ slra 30 s2Ii-..l aii
Whilst Congress possess The 'umdoubsed
power ct admitting q new State into the
| Union, however S mail may be the number
Of lis inhabitants, yet this power ought not,
in my opinien, To- be exercised before the
population shall amount 10 the ratio required
| by dhe set for admission of kansas. Had
this been preyiouslythe rule, the country
weld have escaped all the evils and mis-
fortunes 10 which it has been exposed by.
5Of course. it would be unjust TO give
this ruls a retrospective application,f and
exclude State which, acting upon the past
practice ofs the government, has already
formed its constitution, elected its Leeisla-
ture and other officers, an.fis now prepared
TO enter the Cnian.ls sugi VA b,'s s7.i..e
The rule ought 10 be adopted, whethers
Wa consider its. bearing upon the peeple OF
the Territories or upon the eFeopleOf tire ex.S
isting States. Many OF ihs,serlous d.ssen-I
sioas Yhi CD have eyailed in Congress nna
throughout he country, would have been
avoided, had this rule been established ss
an earlier period of the government bina"
aitnTnediaieiy uponstae iarrnati on OF new
Territory, people from different States and
from ioreigH countries rush Into it ! for the
laudable purpose Of improving their condi-'
tiun. Their first duly TO themselves is 10
Open atd cultivate farms, Ito construct roads
toiesii.l laish scbUols.eto erect plaees,sof re-
llfyipas trershii,,' and to devote lheiH ener-
gieS generailg ia recla,a lhe wilderness and
10 hay tha tsInda, ions OF fio',ri.liinsi snd
cipeatlcunditiun,a with ia pcpulatisn Of few
Thousand, they shonh preinaturely enter the
Union z they asesop pressed by The burden
of Suite TAX alton, andths rnrans necessary
Tor ihe1iIn pfoveme;.t Of the Territory and
the aliyaneernsrlt of ihesr own interests, are
thus diverted toavery different purposes. ..sdE
sTheiederal government, has ever been u
lihernl parent 10 the Territories. and aioef,-s
-ereusz contributor toslle useful enterprises
ofihesear'y se;tiers.a 1t has paid the expcn-a
ses Of their'goveril,nerts md legislative as-H
sernbies. ont at the eofarDesih treasury, and
.;lurs relieredltlssn from a heavy charge.e-ap
Under these circumstances, nothing can be
better calculated 10 .retard their material
progress, ,ilun 10 diver, them FROM their
useful einpisynSn.s; by srematurely eScit-H
ing angry poh,icsi contests among them
selves ;for the bene f, Of aspiring leaaer..Ar,
iiIsss,rreiy n"hardshiIfor embryo Goverf-
ors5 Senators aIssa, members Of Congress 10