Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-04

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J"r'ty 81 the persons "n' voted e-an.,
L"comPtoh CONSTITUTION "eT" at Tue
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manner ny 'o''hS uhuer lis pToS!.oa,
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tue Tram w "s''ou''u'nt "nd W'CAaHial &,
nhS'ry' Inc peopIc wan '"'h De soYeFr-
anu ga" teEvc"' '''o'' wv" "u'rs 10 Il:
own way. II maturity u 'hem desire
auoi'sn uouics''0 e'a'e'y "'Inln the SAp
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tn'S can DC eT ~, 10 speedily as by Proum
au"'ss'on, i"o VIZ VI luz "'aJ'rlty i =.
prc"'e s"' !, 'e's't'"'e ""cu calFe''rc 10 ..
orderly ana ia"iui th"huer' lhey can M,l.
anu uuu'"H' o'n''''u"o"' r. pressure. j.
"ou'u oe ao'u'H " soy '""''"eI can Iu9s
'e''eFe upon ''e'' wv" po"rI "hlch tbcycil.
not afterwards remove IL they could .
tnl' they misnt I'H tucir OWL hahl' IT
nunured DIS wen a. ioF zen years Inesess
fundamental prlncinies OF American tree! 4
md are recognised believe, Ia some TIA
or other' oy every o'a'e con't'tution' anl l
Congress, IN the act ot admission, sh.ga
think proper 70 recognize them' l can PEI,
ceive no objection 10 snch course. 10.
mas been done emphat'chIIy IN The cOn'ug.
tloh VI hahshs' II uec'"reS III lhe Lii 8
rights tnat All po''''c''' P'"or - 'hA9'gU
IN the peot'e' Ill H'e governments are 'gr.
deu on their authority aho lhstlIutei i1ride'
penn, anu therefore they nave 81 All unn
an inailensDle ana inucieasi oie rlGht q alter
reform, or aooiish thelr TORN al gpNerumer.
III sucn manner a. they may thinE prupe-
lhe great state Ot New lorE l. At thIs IN.
ment governed under a constitution irau4
and established IN direct opposition 10 he
mode prescribed oy the previous c1n';I'g
tlon: H. therefore the provision cAangH.
the Kansas constitution, after The y'a' zoe
thousand eight hundred ana sixty Tour, cvg.!
ny p"s7io'ii'y oe 'hSFue' Iht' l'ohlh'N.l
u MAKE such q chahSe previous - mat le'.
o'' this prnhlel,ioh ""u'u De "h"I'y una'h,-
ing Inc legislature "ireAuy ciec'el mAy'a
n. D. n
vote o' '"e peoP'e ""e'"c' '"ey "il W vi"
not have a convention TO amend she'r eDn'a
futon, ana ADOPT all necessary means i'
giving effect - the popular VIII.
IL mas been solemh'y alludSei 10y Lf
highest judicial tribunal gnoWn 10 our iaE'
that slavery exists 10 hanSa- by virtue y
the constitution Of the |. states. hah,A- b.
therefore, at this moment nS much -.ar
state rs Georgia or South Carolina. N}tbuG
this the equality Of the sovereign States CON
posing the Union would be violated, and ID.
use and enjoyment Ot territory accqlred By
the common treasure OF all the States, wUut
he closed against the people and the proP"r
ty OF nearly bali the members OF the con'eI
eracy. Slavery can therefore never be prJhl.r
tied IN Kansas except by means OF cyn'i
tutl0nal provision, and ID no other mIuneI
can this be obtained 80 promptly, IT major
ity Of the people desire it, as 10y admitting
into the Union under It's present constitution
% the other hand, should Congress reject
the constitution, under the idea OF Altering
the disatfected 10 Kansas third oTportuu-
~ Of prohibiting slavery in the State, which
they might have done twice before If in the
81
auences.
If Congress. for the sake Of those men
who refused to vote for delegates 70 the Con
venton when they might have excluded ia.
very from the constitution and who after
wards refused to vote on the 2l,t December
last, when they might, as they claim, have
stricken slavery from the constitution, should
now reject the State because slavery remains
in the constitution, it is manifest that tbe
agitation upon this dangerous subject will
he renewed IN more alarming form than
It has ever yet assumed,
Every patriot IN the country had INDUCED
the hope that the Kansas Nebraska act would
put hnai end t" the slavery agitation, al
ieaSt IN Congress Which had lpr more than
twenty years cohVuISeu tue country ahl
endangered the Union IDS act lhVoi'ei
great anu tuhuainehtai proclp'eS' anu "
larry carried 1910 enect VIII setue Tue
question: ohCulu inc "S'tation DC "s""
revived, should the people OF the sister
States be again estranged from each otnF
WIN more tuan the'r former bitterness 'D'
VIII a''7e ''uni c"u7e' 80 lar as tue I""'','
VI NAUSEA ure C'nceIhe"' moEe i'llhg ahu Ut"