The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-01-08

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NJ 7 ,xas a victim 10 that worst OF
and that in It's worst form. Ny
,eIv gone and when, IN order 10
| the slavery q,nld force myself TO swallow
I them for auoie stomach would Immediately
! nau, and mi forth with the splt,le. had
! i'm the ague; each attack Iasilhs
" ieSeeu q OF of the twelve, so that, with
! perfectly clear I, / was reduced as thought
/ prompted either 'sht ! must die, my physician
| else by hypocrisy lch was my condition. "hrh
sJI, vith bottle Of his I'M
Vi I"piPiI 's9h' ing me il would work
I make a Constitution what was its Tesioi4-
whole Of it to popular vote, 10 ret"Jn, my,
tuition ought 10 be treated as a ny eoa'1 snh
whosoever denies the general power from
pie 10 clothe their representatives with ,dYs
:horIty 10 MAKE Constitution binding on them
selves and their constituents, knows Dot wh.,s-
OF Fr abrms. All reason as well as precrdrnt
is against him
The power Of The Lecompton Convention
was certainly not restricted, except on the sub
jet Of slavery. Bnt its members abused their
authority by fraudulpn,ly inserting any other
provision " hicb they kneW to be wrong oT be-
lirvrd 10 be djsapproyed by their constituents.
and dishonesty refused to submit il them. #
should br regarded with the contempt due TO a
cheat Bot where is the evidence of anv sncb
fraud The Convention had 20 motive 10 com
nit 1t. They and their constituents did not diff
fer on The necessity of having Constitution.
nor on any but one subject embraced within its
provisions. On every other subject the una
nimlty OF opinion was as perfect as it ever W
IN any OF those States where Constitution =
not submitted at all. il is easy enough 10
these men, but fair minded person will n6.
accuse them without proof, nor suspect them
10 the absence Of a motive. For myself, think
It was not unfair, Certainly not fraudulent, for
them to adjust all the nDdispnled points of their
Government by the exercise oftheir delegated
authority and to leave the subject on which there
was division 10 a fair vote ofthe people.
The President seeing Constitution about to
be established for Kansas by legal authority.
what could he do He might regret somr things
that were done-he might disapproye Of Others
he might wish that il had been different in
many respects but still il was the lawful work
oi a lawful body. Could he set il aside
Could hr order the election not 10 be held un-
der it F.? Could he drive the people away from
the polls He had no more power to do anv
Of these things than be had to veto an act Of
the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Since then there was to BE- an election Oh the
direct question of slavery, aud an opportunity
given for full show ofhands, he expressed his
wish fervently and freely that al! the people,
laying aside their animosies and Erejudlces,
should come to the polls and there PEACEFULLY
decide question which, as long as it remained
opea, would produce nothing but excuses for
crifne and rebellion. He believed that decis-
ion ofthe question by clean majority of votes
would give peace and order to Kansas, and with
all his heart he wished her TO enjoy those bIeS-
sings, even though she should purchase them
at the expense of postponing the adjustment of
other points to future aad more propitious
time. ftbese sentiments have caused the op-
position 10 abuse him it cannot be helped if
they have afflicted the conscience any honest
man, am sorry-if any intelligent Democrat
misunderstands them, an appeal TO bis reason
and indcr--.-' w III ~ann oct hin, right o. oas
thing am sure that James Buchanan is the last
public man in the country who need fear the
place which will be assigned to him in the his
tory OF these proceedings; aud this will be pro-
we'd to the hearts content Of all who live long
enough to see the accounts made up.
am, with great respect, yours, &C.,
]. S. BLACK.