The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-03-27
Hams in the South.

The New Orleans Bulletin, one of tho
most reliable State Rights journals in the
South, in referring to the Lccompton const
tuition, says:
"Was such a phenomenon ever before
witnessed in this country OF forcing i Terri
tory into the Union, against the solemn pro
test of its public representatives, of Its press
of three fourths, at least, of its voters? And
was such 4 threat ever before heard, that
unless Kansas he now thus forced in against
her will, the Union shall be dissolved, Bu
why not the legal voters Of Kansas exercise
their elective franchise when they could
have done il? The President, it seems tc
US, is in mighty fog mpon this point. The
real reason, it seems beyond dispute, was
that they thought they could rot do st
without stuitilying themselves They were
I actually compelled to vote J0r the constitu,
/ tion, or not at all, However obnoxious
: portions of the instrument might be 10
them, they were obliged 10 vote for It, o. not
vote at all!
"Some Of the provisions Of TIE constitu-
. Ii about other matters than slavery were
obnoxious to the people; yet they had 10
alternative. and had to swallow them or alb
stain altogether from exercising their rights.
istl SNll.4 ~ iItStI4tLL ~ tiIS
people Of any State Of this Union to-inor-
row. and what shout of execration IRON
them it would receive. How many of our
readers would consent, even for an adyan-
tagc o the country afterwards, to Stuitiiy
themselves? Right here this question
about the reception or rejection Of the lie
compton constitution Is mys;:iiCd. 1t IS al
legged that /! this Constitution be rejected, It
vii he in consequence Of is toleratiuS
slavery, and y III show settled determine
ton on the part OF the Representative Of the
North not 10 admit another slave State into
the Uni0r.
" None know better than those in Con
gross who oppose the LecOmpton instru-
u.cnt tia: the question Of slavery or no
slavery ~ Kansas is not, in fact, involved in
the question Of it, reception at all. That
question was settled long ago. Wise,
SiT!uafciiow. and every other Southern
man. know this a. well as the Black Rcpub-
: licaus do. The rejection Of the Lccomp;on
Instrument, If rejected at all, will he due TO
the failure Of t. friends to submit IL TO the
legal voters of the Territory; and they fool
i,lrv refused TO submit it. because they un-
duYlteGly felt sure that it would be indig.
rart'y rejected Ly them. And yet We arc
told that II Kansas bc not admitted into the
Union under this extraordinary and unpre-
. ccdentcd state Of things. il viii show Il set
tied purpose on the part Of the North to adj
NIT no more slave States. and will be good
ground upon which to dissolve the Union
IT the politicians attempt this latter game
we imagine the people viii have word e
say in the matter"
The Texas CiriIian, decided Admins
tration paper, whose chief editor and propri
ot0r IS Collector Of Galveston. puts Senator
Douglas On par with Davis, Yulee, Mason
Hunter and other Senators in the foremost
ranks Of the Democracy. In defining Doug
las present position on the Kansas question
it r.irIy admits tIat 1T would, perhaps, hi
more difficult than many suppose, to point
out direct discrepancy between his recent
course and his past declarations. If he has
not beer in favor ofsquattor sovereignty, al
along, We are yet at loss FOR a definition o
the phrase. lie still processes only to be III
favor OF allowing IL. people OF Kansas to re-
cula.c their own domestic institutions, in
their own way, as contemplated by the bill
establishing the Territory. lie objected &c
the recent Constitution, (whicl, ON appear.
to have been voted DOWN. that it did no
appear to he the work, or have the sanction
of a majority Of the people, and was there
fore void His present object processes only
to be to enable the people 10 determine o!
their own Constitution"
The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer has :
long article on the admission of Kansas un
der the Lecompton Constitution:
The South, says the Enquirer, does not
want Kansa= at the expense Of any correc
principle. She s-oud lie ti,r Js''cr AZ ,-itt
art her as Il yolt.cal ally. Man 10 hase hel
.-t1E;a tie circle Of siarehoi1i q Suites, l,Bdel
~ yriac'Jc i-LicA isouN jnsflg .fUt're an
.fI.lrczs an E.e paTt If HoH-siarchoidiH5
.Srgtee. The present question must he de
c:ded upon the eternal principles of right
or It viii not say decided. This every ma
of common sense, save the leading politi
clans. (wLo always lose their senses when
Cicy become heated pariiSans,) IS fully
aware Of The South would gain much by
the sincere adoption of the principle of the
Karsa>-N,ITa-la act, which secures TO the
inhabitants Of Territories the exclusive RICH;
Of forming their : ate Constitutions. Were
that principle thoroughly recognized and
permanently established, the institution OF
slavery would 20 where the climate and sol
woEld make II rcmTncra i've, and would nc
ccSSaTiiy avoid all other regions. Judged in
the light of political economy, no sensible
man would wish that institution further cx-
tended. Bat If attempts are made by the
South to extend the institution where it can
not support Itself, it needs 10 prophetic vi
7 SiOa 70 perceive that a counter effort viii bC
made TO exclude slavery from regions where
il might he profitable, and thus the whole
country will be kept in state Of perpetual
agitation for no purpose save the aggran
dizencnt Of few uuprincipled political nj
tras upon both sides OF thc slavery question