The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-04-21

tne uea mat the constitutlon would be submit
ted 70 them for their adqlioasor rsjeetionl
Did they not have as faa and klr an oppor-
t1nity as was ever presented to any people upon
the ACE ofthc earth TO elcct just such delegates
~ they chose, who would have adopted Just
such constitution Is they wantedf 80 man
can deny bat that au auopportunity was then of
fsrsd 70 the people Of Kansas to form and regu
late their own Institutions in their own way.
The whole power Of the government was pied
sd toSecurs thena fair rejection. They chose
not TO exercise that power, and suffered the two
thousand men Who did vote to exercise it for
them. Why did they not voter The returns were
60 be made TO Walker and Stanton, and they
had no reason ~ suppose that they would cheat
and desrlud them. Why, ask again, did they
not vote? l can tell YOU why: Kansas had al
ready been siezed upon BY the republican party
~ the proper field for political warfare. Her
struggles, her suiferings, and her blood were ne
cesstry to furnish sustenance to that starving
political organization. Republican senators and
wire pulers were prowling about that territory
BY day and by night, advising the people not to
uhdertake TO manage their institutions in their
Town way. The Republican press all over the
north gave them further advice, and urged them
not to vote. Don't vote, don't vote, was the
universal exclamation Of those men who are
now complaining ard lamenting that the dear
people are deprived OF their sovereignty. Why
did they tell them not to vote? All, they be-
lieved that, If they voted, Kansas would be a
free and prosperous State. They knew that
when peace was restored to Kansas, the DAYS Of
their party would be numbered, they knew that,
when the wound, of bleeding KonSns were he :
ei, the life ofrepublcanism would be ex.insu sh-
ed. Twice, previous te the adoption of the Le-
compton constitution, had the free. State men
Of Kansas, il they were in the majority, an op-
portnnity to assume the control OF her govern
flent The army Of the United States, sent
into the Territory upon their own request, was
pledged to protect them against Invasion from
abroad and intimidation al home. Guided by
the advice Of outside politicians, twice did they
refuse the pIoiftred boon. The legislature by
which the convention was called was offered to
them and refused; the delegates to that conven
tion, clothed with full power to adopt such a
constitution as they pleased, were offered 20
them and refused After these two distinct as
'sertons on the part Of the people that they wo'd
have nothing t, do withthe formation and regu-
lation OF their own domestic institutions, still
the legally constituted CONVENTION Of Kansas,
though not required by the territorial law to
submit any portion of the Constitution to the
people, said, though you have refused to parti-
cipato in Il c elections; thaueh you have defed
our authority and trampled the laws under your
feet, yet your voice may be heard upon the
great question which has convulsed the country
and so long disturbed the peace Of this Terrific
'ry; though we have the power in onr own hands;
though we are anxious to make Kansas slave
State, yet we will leave that question for you,
and you alone, to decide" What was the re-
sponse? Away with your constitution. Who
cares about slavery? Let US kill the whole con-
.stitution Let US undo all that you, the legal
representatives and exponents Of the people,
have done. Let us open afresh the wounds OF
bleeding Kansas. Let Us keep up this agitation
until 1860 until upon this sea of excitement
we have waited our candidate to the preSiden-
tial chair; or you may make Kansas slave
State as soon as you please Then, when that
deed is accomplished, we will raise the cry at
the north. Behold how our prophecies are full
filled! We told you that the result Of the Kan
sas and Nebraska bill would be to make Kan
sasa slave State. Under these circumstances
Kansas presents herself for admission into the
Union under the Lccompton constitution, and
so Ear as the facts now appear deem it due to
Kansas and due TO the country that she should
be admitted She will be slave State in name,
and in name only, and that for brief period
care not how deeply slavery may be engraf
ted in her constitution, for there is an unwrtten
law far above all human constitutions and laws
which must ever control and regulate that in
stitution Il is the irrepealable law OF ma ture,
OF climate, production and soil. That law |,
as q northern man, am willing to trust. We
have seon It's operation in California, Utah, Or
egon New Mexico, Washington, Nebraska, and
Minnesota We now see its operation in Kan
sas, and even in Missouri Under that law we
behold slavery limited as it it there growing
I,,J o1 Lao iE,1' Iha
south gets the legal principle, and we the naked
substance. If she is satisfied with the shell,
we certainly should be with the oys!er
If disgrace is to attach to any party because
Kansas may be slave State in name, let that
disgrace fall where it properly belongs-upon
the So called free State men Of Kansas and the
republican party of the north. The dust which
is now being cast before the eyes Of the people
wiz soon be swept away; and when they see, as
they WILL that the negligence, the obstinacy, and
the rebellion OF these men has made Kaasas
what she is; when they see, as they will see,
that the democratic party was in honor bound
TO admit Kansas whenever she should apply
with constitution legally adopted and republi-
can in form, and that every movement OF the
opposition has been to force that constitution
with slavery upon W. in the hope Of cast
ing the responsibility upon our heads, then will
the current of popular sentiment be changed;
then will the finger Of public scorn and indig-
nation be pointed at the leaders Of the republi-
, can party, and the charge be brought home to
each one Of them,. I Thou art the man"
am at a loss to ac, o mt for the change which
has taken place within few weeks in the minds
Of those opposed to the admission Of Kansas
When the constitutional convention had finish
cd its labors, and had decided to submit to the
people the question whether Kansas should be
admitted as free or as a slave State; it was
then claimed by certain democrats opposed to
that constitution that the question Of slavery or
no slavery was matter OF no consequence what
ever that they had no doubt but that the pro-
slavery men themselves would vote for the con-
stituton with no slavery. They based their
opposition solely upon the point that the whole
constitution was not submitted by the conven-
ton to the people, that they might determine
whether they would have one bank with doz-
en- branches, or no bank at all; whether they
would devote half Of the public lands in the
Territory to their own purposes, or the whole
of Il; and other minor considerations. But
now, after the result has failed to verify their
predictions, and the constitution with slavery
has been legally adopted By the people at fair
election, in which every man was allowed tc
participate without fegr or intimidation, the
watchword Is changed, ald wearc now accused
Of seekag to force slavery constitution upor
an unwilling free people. We are told thai
twclYe thousand men in Kansas are opposed
20 slavery and only twenty. five hundred in "a
yor OF slavery. 1t is acknowledged on all hand
that the free State men will have the control o
the new State legislature. They already hayt
the control of the territorial legislature. Undo