The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-01-29

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In the u. 3. Senate % ksssas a9aiss.
AYyArss IN KANSAS. AT I o'cIock
he special ovdssi was saIled up, ,beiRgl
he subject of Affairs in Kansss, onI
which Mr.. Hale had the floor. Mr.
q. remarked that he did NOT think
.his debate either premature or ill., |
lined; but he had refrained from
participating 10 It hitherto, because
he presumed the public were more
anxious to hear from some other Sen.
ators than to know what 30 humble
an individual as himself might have
to say on this sll.sbsorbiDg topic
And among these, the one whom
there was the most curiosity to hear
from, was the distinguished Senator
from Illinois, (Mr. Douglas That
gentleman had spoken, and his
speech had fully met the public ex-
.pectations. Ma. Fl. said he agreed
with Mr.. o. In opposing the Le-
compton Constitution, but not be-
cause it was in contraventior with
the principle and policy Of the Me-
biaska bill. He opposed it for just
the opposite reason-because he con.
sidered it in exact conformity with
the Nebraska bill. He looked upon
it as q part of the original pro.
grsmme, and as carrying it cut in
its letter and in it's spirit. He was
inclined to think that in the con tro.
versy between that Senator and the
President of the United States, the
palm Of victory ought to be awarded
to tho President. When he under.
takes to bring in the Federal army
to force this obnoxious Constitution
down the throats Of the people oi
Kansas. it is because he understands
the Nobraesa bill just 30 we'll 90 if he
was in this country at the time that
measure became Q law. But Mr.
II. declared himself opposed to the
whole thing, from beginning to end
He was opposed to planting the seed
he was opposed to the tree and the
foliage; and now he was opposed tc
plucking the ripe fruit. He ;ro.
ceeded to allude to the object Of pas
sing that bill; and he could onl,
judge Of that object by the natura
and inevitable consequences whicl
must result from such Q measure -
That object could be nothing els
than to break down the barrie
which separated free territory from
slave territory, and to bring Ksnsa
in as a slave State-legally aut
peacefully if they could, but to brin.
It in as q slave State any how.
Some Of the advocates OF that bill
the senior Senator from South Car
olina (Mr. Evans] among the mum
Der, had avowed that it was tn 81
purpose to extend Slavery into Kan
sas at tho time.
proceeding in Kansas under the NJ
braska bill. The elections thcr
were carried, not by a mob frou
Missouri, but by an invading army
who went over the line with drum
and fife, and banners flying, and cal
ried everything their own way, an
returned across the river, openl
avowiug that they had conquere
the Territory. So matters went or
in this sort Of "perfect freedom" an
popular sovereignty" and at lengt
the Convention assembled to for,
a Constitution for the future Stat
of Kansas. And what did they dc
They adopted the very best plan tbs
could possibly be devised to max
Kansas a slave State. The peopl
was very graciously permitted to vol
for the Constitution with Slavery, {
for the Constitution without Slavery
but it was q somewhat singular fat
and might, perhaps, go far to explsi
! the vote on the Constitution, tn,
the Con nstitution without Slavery wa
a more stringent Pro-Slavery instr,
,nent than the Constitution wit
! Slavery. II the Constitution Wa
! anopted with Slavery, there wei
means provided by whi,h, at som
future period, the slaves might b
; emancipated; but the adoption oftt
Constitution without Slavery mad
! Slavery perpetual. II had bee
said that this matter was in the han
, Of the people, who could at any tin
change their Constitution aud abo
> ish Slavery, if they saw fit; but b
contended that they had no sue
r power.
Mr.. III. went on to remark that
Z, had heard u great deal said abo,
, popular sovereignty, but he thougl
there were two kinds--the one gel
uinc an I the other spurious. TIL
, kind Of popular sovereignty, whic
liz was now proposed to establis
and maintain in Kansas, was not Il
genuine article; but he would mel
ton two or three cases Of what
! regarded as.real popular sovereig,
ty. In January, ITS, eightee
months previous to the Declarstie
, of Independence, the people Of Il
7 State OF New Hampshire came :
s ether, and, ignoring the King an
! Parliament Of Great britain alt
gethsr. they adopted Q written Co,
Z |stitution, ernbodying the great prir
eiples Of civil liberty. That W;
, genuine popular sovereignty. The
the Declaration Of Independence, b