The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-14


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y - g eensf y q alDast nnanimoas vote
pota noaeee g CoAgrnos, that territory
u - tlges g do1e into ~ Union either as
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80 me 81 rs,!eeaace % the Territorial gov
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noasiy abandoned. AZ natural consequence
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qsu ao0 psoepefoue, ana y attracting IN.
sin& tnoeeanos q immigran@ % Aansas
@ske y tnsar napPy nome.
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- has entOsced the lesson 20 often already
Nngot mat resistance % Awful authority,
sndeS oar torm OF government cannot fail in
= oe &c e prove ulsastrous 70 its auehors
.sd We people o. the Territory yielded ODE
y,ence 20 tne laws enacted Dy their ~ Leg
D'a.o!e. y Woaso ~ me present moment have
conMineo large additional population OF m |
aostFlous and enterprising citizens, who |
nave Oeen deferred from entering its borders
~ me existence VI civil strife and Organized
Aeoeasioa. s9S'
~ va she resistance 20 rlghtful authority I
ana the perssvering attempts to establish a
ssvoaationaFy government under the Topeka
OnsaNtion, which caused the people Of Kan
90 g commit the grave error OF refusing to
vote Tor delegates to the convention to frame
sconstltut'on under Law not denied to be
iair ana just IN its provisions This retnsal
to vote has been the prolific source of all the
evlls which have followed. In their hostility
% sne territorial government they disregard
ca tne principle absolutely essential to the
WORKING Of our form of government, that
majority ofthose who vote-not the majority
Who may remain at home, from W atever
cause must decide the result ofthe election
For TINS reason, seeking to take advantage OF
tne,r own error, they denied the authority
Of the convention thus elected to frame con-
situation.
Inc convention. notwithstanding, proceed {
cd to adopt constitution unexceptionable in .
ate general features, and providing for sub
mission OF the slavery question to vote of .
the people. which, in my opinion, they were
bound 10 do, under the Kansas and Nebras- |
"a act THIS was the all-important question, G
which alone had convulsed the Territory; '
ana yet the opponents OF the lawful govern. [
ment psrsisting in their first error, retrained
from expressing their right to vote, and pre-
ferred that slavery should continue rather il
thsn surrender their revolutionary Topeka il
organisation o
wiser ana better spirit seemed to pre- ii
saii before the hrst Monday of January last, ii
when On election was held under the consti d
tuition: majority Of the people then voted v
Tor Governor and other State officers, for /,
member OF Congress and members of the Il
50ee Legislature This election was warm
Y contested BY the two political parties in r
Kansas, and greater vote was polled than A
y any previous election. A large majority q
of the members Of the Legislature elect be- q
longed to that party who had previously re &
used % vote. The aEti-slavery party were
'hus placed in the ascendant, and the politi- G.
~ power OF the State was in their own /
hands.
Had Congress admitted Kansas into the
mon under the Aecompton Constitution, ii
ne Legislatuse might at its very first SEES a
non, have submitted the question to Is vote OF q
49, e~~P'Sf "'sssAASA SACy "ou'N VI Wouiu uoI |
AVE convention to amend their constitu- I
ION, either on the slavery or on any other Fl
question, and have adopted all necessary |,
means tor giving speedy effect to the will OF ii
ne majority, Thus, the Kansas question a
.oald have been Immediately and finally set g.
LED. W
~ s "..:e, suom'eo 20 a
IL the ofhcsrs already elected necessary to c,
mt the State government into operation, ac- III
by strong Recommendation in til
avor OF the admission of Kansas as State th
Q the course OF my long public life have ia
ever performed any official act which, in the in
strospect has Afforded me more heartfelt ce
atistActiou lts admission could have in &c
icssd no possible injury on any human be-
ng, whilst Il would, within brief period, m
ave ressofed peace 70 Kansas and harmony re
the Union. In that event, the slavery se
ueetion would ere this, have been finally pe
n "a H.