Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-07-31


[ law eoud not make men vote The resolutions
passed By mass meeting held The week after an
] election could not iuvalidale an election, even
though majority Of the electors took part. These
were tho very qlainea the underlying principles oi
social and political order WAY, II he we're q can,
diiate for Congress in a district where there were
htteen thousand voters, and at legal and regular
election only received one hundred votes if no Que
else received many legal votes, he The legal
representative Of the district during she regular
term; and ali the meetings that could be called
could not invaiidate his eleodon. The people must
give legal and regular expression 10 their views,
and that expression must be abided by, until legally
/ removed ANY other doctrine was wholly subyer,
sive Of regulated freedom. The otherdootFine, that
Of taking loose irregular demonstrations for the dx.
ed expression Of the popular will, the doctrine
I Of demagogues and despots.
/ Ia the matter Of the submission OF the C0nstitu,
ton Of Kansas ta the people, the most exiraordlna-
/ ~ doctrine had been promulgated Il was that Il
was absolutely necessary that Constitution sh0uld
! be submitted 70 a vote OF the people before that
/ Constitution could be taken by Congress 20 BE- the
act aud deed Of che people Now, the Constitution
| Of the Union only required that Congress shoull
/ Pass upon the republican form Of State Consitu
ton. C0hgres had 40 more COustituuonal aulhor~
ity 10 order the submission Of a Constitution for a
new State te the people, than It had TO order the
submessiOn Of a new Constitution for an Old State
TO tho people. II more the right or the duty
Of Congress 10 insist upon the submission Of the
LeoOmpt0n Constitution 10 the people o. Kansas
than it would have been for Congress % have in
sisted upon claiming the same pTerogattve when
! new Constitution was formed In Kentucky few
/ years ago. lie thought il extremely probable that
| II he had been member Of the Leoompton Conau
/ tutiona Convention, he would have voted for The
submission Of he whole Constitution 10 The whole
! people Of Kansas The circumstances surrounding
the case would probably have influenced him TO
come 10 that conclusion But Congress had no
right to interfere in the matter To ssseri here
Congress had the right Of inlerferenee-and thai %
was an absolute condition OF The establishment u a
Constitutions that the Convention that formed u
should submit IL 20 the people 10 assert that the
people could not delegete the p0Fer 20 form Goa
stitution 70 q Conveniion And n people could NOT
delegate power 10 Convention, they could not 10
Legislatures and the whole system Of representa-
tive government was subyeFied al once, and govern
ment, except ia communities 80 small that they
could all come together and make regulations Ia
popular IA eunga impossible. What had been the
practice Of The Government A majority Of the
State Constitutions had not been voted upon BY The
people, and Congress had clearly no poser to cast
Constitution from It's doors because Il bad not The
endorsement Of a popular vote. II might be adyis
able and we'll for Constitutional Conventions 10 take
the popular sense doubtful points, or 10 submit
the whole instrument but authority 10 form Goa
slitudon was necessarily delegated 70 them, and
they were under no legal obligations 10 call for
popular vote 10 condemn or approve the instrument
they produced But this clam0r about nOn-submis-
sion was mere preieIt. The saFerj clause Of the
LeoOmpton Constitution submitted 70 the peo
pie, and fairly submitted Those who did not vote
had themselves 10 blame, If they we're free state
n,e1 and we're grieyed that the clause establishing
slavery was adopted. The only trouble was about
slavery. The free State men, Ia C0BveniiOn assem-
bIed at Topeka, resolved that sll they waited Was
fair vote on she slave question Was there any
difficulty about anything in the LeoOmpiOn Consti
ffffs haaf he al ella
heard Of any other point ia controversy The peo
pie Of Kansas il they opposed the slavery clause,
had let TIE time pass for voting Il d0Hn-they had
had the opportunity 10 give legal expression 70 thef
views against the slavery clause, and had spurued
that opportunity, aud row made faeiious aud Tregu-
lar opposition 10 that which had been legally done
Bat it urged that slavery would still have exist
ed in Kansas II the slavery clause voted upon
had been stricken cut Il WAS true that there would
sfill have been slaves thFTethat The slave properly
10 ths Territory would have been recogaized a.
prOpeFiy-it was legally there ia accordance with
the decision Of he Supreme Court Of the L1ited
States in the bred Scott caseaud Who but an ullra
American Ah9ti0uist would have thought u con-
fsCaling this property! Why, even 10 the brush
West India colonies the slaves emauCipatei were
paid for; though the government dd cheat the save
owners in The settlement, out Of the most that was
due them-the principle applicable TO the kansas
case, Was recognized The whole amount Of the
statemeat that slavery would still have existed 10
Kansas even If the people had voted 10 strike oui
the slavery clause vac that the slaves already there,
about three hundred ia number would be Teeog
nizsd a. property. That which was property. &C.
cJrding TO he decision Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States, would not have been c0Hhscaied
The slave properly n Kansas wts net worth more
than one hundred and fuy thousand dollars, ana %
had been provided, that II the slave clause of the
Constitution had been stricken OUT The slaves
should be emsHeipa'ed, upon the payment 70 their
owners Of their value What terrible outrage b
would have been 10 have brought these people of
Kansas into the Union and have allowed them 10
do just exasdy they pleased sttsr5ard hhat
/ 0uTagel The fact VAS that tbe slavery clause
In The Constitution was the occasion Of the 0utcy
about this Outrage.
Now genti, men, said the speaker taking this view
of the case don't y9n think the Southern men DO
Congress might have voted unanimously for the sd,
mission Of Kansas into The Union ia December ~
under the Lscomptign Constitution, without any q
them charging their eonseiences with very heavy
load d g1Il3 lie hoped nov that he b0istsTJus
Seasons of Kansas history we're ever and that she
would be recompensed fgs her stormy aud urfor-
tuuats past, By a serene sHd prosperous fature.
1HE sLAvERY QrEs los - GEBEEAL-THE POLICY hED
Pgw4E % TIE EEPCBLICAa PAETT
Tae Kansas question vas bat an episode. The
course pursued By The Kspubliean parry, regarding
KaBsee, Bss but an Incident in the policy q thai
party which Wss ucB the ovsrshs hsdoWiBg political
power in ths North The purposes Of that parry
we're broader aBd deeper than q Feslssues o. the
Admiufsfrauon IN Kansas bsl3kened. e policy
vas certainly 20 prevent the admissi0n 0f any
slave States into tbs Union, and ultim4isiy ab5l-
tiouize all the sistes That the the policy u
the party vas inevitable fr0m its sBleesdsgts
Logically IL could not be Otherwise Here the speaker
gave geaera review Of the slavery question Up ~
lsZ0-up 10 which line slave and free States had
been sdniged lndIseFiminalely, zHd shsn infeFVeu
ticH zgaiast slave S. gtes cCmmeHeed The VII not
Pr,yiso ugTeueht, and the reseiIon thst fCilgEed,
we're reuszrssJ. and IL vas related hos fLe anti
slavery eentienf Of the &oFth bad been grosdebHg,
deepening and rushing 10 3 more RAPID cgrTelt
The people of Kentucky. be thought, hsd Hst ap-
precisfed the scope and force Of the anti slavery
movement The Republican party Ess E0H the meet
powerful party iH tbe Union, unless tle hstigHal
Dsuocraey sers tie s-T0hgsr. 10 PzFty Bat the
Dem0cTade could withstand il anywhere l va,
as a orgs1iEaticD, stTozg, comDaet, earnest Tssg-
lg.s and hOyelUl And oaFkly deceived we're those
vh9 thoUg6l taal & conceived iis work % be cg1-
fued 70 AMI Lgcoap pt0sism its aims we're 70 keep
cat aT 1eN s,aYe 6sstes il al lsiitUdes-t0 obtain
t5e prepo1derenes ia the General Government and
&C use poaer % ob1ish slavery eTeFyWleTe lie
would 70 show i,s purposes, read from TIE speeches
cf he TeprsseltaiiyG EeB d the parry, men be0Dg-
inZ 20 tae body over Whicb be bad the hgsoT t9
preside and with Wh9a II Bss bic quy, a. t we
he pleasure 70 cultivate kindly persos4l fslaf-sns
He read fFCs fery ultra speeed u bensfor HLsoDi
sud then from one WON be styled gre1tef tEGn
Eilsen-a ran Whose gLieraDess Bereise pTlueip.es
Of ais party-&T SsEasd. o. AeW oTk, W8o. 10 .
grand speech 1ade 70 he Senate tie a q dETch,
1873 said 1Bere Mr BTseksurtgs read tEst ~
1ss-ks5 aao famous paragraph sdcresssd especially
q ...aE q. IA. ~.