The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-01-23

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w,shingtou Correspondence.
WAsHINGToG CITY,l
January 9th 1858.
". BRows Herewith ] send you
IL speech Of Mr.. Washburn, delivered in
4ouse on the Kansas question and
51so h. speech of Eli Thayer, on the
.,-., America neutrality controversy.
Fbess two speeches are "all the talk" of
Ebs week worthy Of much attention.
4 Whatever may be the solution of the.
Kansas inbrOglio Lecompton Constitution
nsw Constitutional election and Con-
zartiop Kansas must be Free State.-
! any event the difficulty will pretty
ursly split up the democratic party
{nouelas has evidence this week of as
;,,.nes from Virginia. Gov. Wise and
4, wing of the Democracy are with him,
nd he is increasing in strength from the
democracy, but without the aid of the
Republican party he can do nothing, and
an confident that not one vote will be
[5jven by that side of the Senate for his
{iIl as lis only another attempt to put
/ be people of Kansas in the power of the
Administration, and encourage extensive
utsference. If we have an enabling act
/, should be one which gives all power to
] be people of Kansas to make their own
foustitution in their os0s ioay.n Doug
,s, bill does not do this but what do we
rant with an enabling act ? If our Ter
.;o,iaI Legislature will enact a law to
j axe the census and apportion the repre-
sentation SO that every person can have a
koice, AID call new Constitutional Con-
ssntion who viii adopt a Constitution
lhst shall be submitted to the people af-
erxards, We can have the whole matter
h our own hands and power. We have
|he Organic act and the Leeompton Con-
Ititution has been made and sent to Con-
Iress in violation of it and former prece-
t,ents.
In 1S47, Wisconsin, in a Convention
regularly organized by Congress and le-
kaIly elected by the whole people of the
Territory voting and acquiescing in the
Election, made a State Constitution and
I'ut it to Congress demanding admission
Ess State under it. The Convention had
bmitted to submit their Constitution to
rOte of the people, and Congress therefore
Fe1t it back to the people of Wisconsin
And required it to be submitted before she
could be admitted into the Union.
In 1850, California applied for sdmis-
E;:On, and Senators Mason, Hunter. Davis
Ind Yulee, who are democrats of the pres
ert Senate, protested against her reception
Ebr several reasons, one of which was that
khs Constitution ".did not have sufficient
evidence of the assent of majority Of
+he people for whom it was signed"
A Constitution is to be presented for
Kansas, made by Convention not author
sed by Congress, and elected by only a
mall portion Of the people of Kansas,
without any legal census having been
aaken-w without any legal safeguards
Thrown around the ballot-box. And not
Pnly without evidence of its having the
fssent of majority of the people for
whom it was designed, but with evidence
that the majority of the people are op-
posed to it. Can Congress receive it? ]
think not. But should they do SO, it will
Pccupy time, and it may be returned to
Kansas fora vote of the people. Or
should the vote on the 4th Of January
give majority against it, then it must be
{rgectsd; and the effort viii be continued
% give an enabling act, which, as / have
before said, is as bad, if not worse than
Fhe Constitution itself. There is then,
;only one probable peaceful solution Of
FMS question, and that is in the power OF
5he Territorial Legislature, by immediate
> creating new Constitution to revise
hls Constitution, or make new one and
f1Omit it to the people. Assoon as it is
Known here that this is the determination
4 Kansas, the arrangements for an ena.
ping act will be sileneed, and the adyo-
Faies Of the Lecompton Constitution viii
compelled to return it to Kansas, ant
zhs Convention and people can amake thei
n Constitution in their own way
Instructions have been issued to tn
proper land officer in Kansas, to allow en-
Ties of lands to be made in that part o
4he Shawnee Reserve, under the treaty o
ne 10Th of May, 1854, which lies west Q
ne 80 mile line parallel to the western
O0undry of Missouri, and west 80 mile
As'eirom, with the exception of fes
aacts Of land which have been selected b,
indian Agents and allotted to the Shaw
Ices underline second article of the treaty
fours, FRIEDRICH
Garrisonian Aboiiionisis.
mere is little squad of fanatics most
located in Massachusetts,, known a
ea:lnsonian Abolitionists. Therapeutics
asta Is. that the nopsftft,tiof. ra-n0ri q