The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11

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the presiding officers of the two
Houses Of the Legislature, who were
present by invitation Of Mr., Calhoun
to witness the opening and counting
Of the votes. More than u month
has elapsed since the returns We're
opened and votes counted. and Mr..
Calhoun being in this city, we are
not permitted to know the result of
his deliberations whether the rumor
Of yesterday that the Anti.Lecompton
members were elected, or the rumor
of to-day that the Lecompton party
had triumphed, or whether the policy
il to withhold the decision until the
State shall have been admitted, and,
leaving each party to infer that the
decision is 70 be in their favor, com.
pei Congress TO act in the dark, and
wait patiently TO find out the result
Of its action.
But suppose there should be ma
iority in both branches Of the Legis-
laturc opposed to the Iecompton
Constitution, and in favor of u change,
what can they do toward relieving
the people Of Kansas from Consti.
tuition they abhor, since il in well un.
dcrstood that, in consequence of u
larger number Of votes cast for the
Anti-Iccompton ticket having been
returned 10 Gov. Denver instead Of
Calhoun, the Lecompton ticket for
Governor and State officers il to he
declared elected; thus rendering it
MORALLY certain that any bill which
the legislature might pass, having
for its object change in the Const.
tuition, would be defeated by the
Governors veto, Il not being antici-
patcd in any contingency that the
opponents OF the l.ecompton Consti-
tuition would have majority of two
thirds in each branch of the Legisla.
tnrc. Hence it must be apparent TO
all that, in the event that Kansas
il admitted under the Lccompton
Constitution, any argument or pro.
position founded on the idea that the
people Of Kansas will have the OPP
portunity Of changing the Constitu-
ton by peaceful means through the
instrumentality Of the Legislature
must in all probability prove deccp-
tive and delusivc. In the event that
the deed shall be consummatcd, their
only alternative will be submission
or revolution Revolutions are some
times peaceful and bloodlcss. Con.
stitutions and governments have
been changed by revolution without
violence ,r bloodshcd, but this is the
case only when the public sentimcn,
in favor a the change is unanimous
or approaches 80 closely to unanimi
ty AZ to silence all opposition. i
this should prove to be the case IN
| Kansas, the people will be ablo Il
rcasscrt their violated rights Of self
government, and form Constitution
which will cmbody their will, with.
out violence or force; but il, IN the
progress Of the revolution, they
should meet with determined resis
lance, civil war or unconditional sub
mAsion must he the inevitable con
sequence. DO the history Of thit
Lccompton Constitution, the charac
ter and purpose Of the men engaged
in the movement, and the means en-
ployed 10 force il upon an unwilling
people, furnish us assurance that af
ter they have realized all their hope,
I by making the Constitution the fun
damcntal law Of the State, unaltcra
BILE until after 1864, and then only
by a two-thirds vote, that they will
on the day they come into power un
der it, permit it TO be subvertcd aad
abrogatcd by a revolutionary move
ment, when they will have acquired
the right under the Constitution d
the United States 10 demand Of tin
President the use Of the Federal Ar
my. to put down the instruction
and protect the State against do
nestle violence
When this demand shall be mad
upon the President by the Iegisla
ture already elected at its very frs
session. or by the Governor whcr
the Legislature cannot be convened,
will he not consider himself bount
by his official oath, and in obedience
10 the Constitution Of the Cnitet
States, 10 use the Federal troop
% protect the State against domestic
violence, by putting down the revo
luton, and suppressing insurrcctio'
and maintaining the authority Of thu
Constitution, until lawfully changed
in the manner prescribed in the In
strumenty Or, If it could be con
vertcd into a Judicial instead Of
political question, and brought be-
fore the Supreme Court Of the Cnitct