New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-11


ton i. choice OF alternatives 10 adopt or 10 REJECT 70
reject as well a. adopt to adopt az well a. reject.
There Was no choice in this case, and Nd equality
Of voters in the case. inise men went 10 lhe polls
IN. cleuse:r but Is and e said, I'VE vote against H.
with or without the clause As vote was counted
b. and ca were not 10 be counted, and thus
made not only to Offset two, bnt to be sole substitute
in fec for three against the majority OF two 10 out
Of tblee Now tins was but the yelled trckery and
shamele,s fraud Of so-caed schedule. There was
neither right justice in il. The Democracy of Viz
rria at least ScOrns title of any sort founded on
Gand occult or palpable, like this. We say that a.
between the Convention of L"cOmpton and the people
Of Kansas the question was one de JRre and de are
the Who'll. Constitution III all lts parts ought 10 have
been submitted 70 all the legal voters, pro and
ran and the two voters ought 10 have been al
lowed their voices against II we'll a. the yO-
ter his voice for it. And, go far a. Slavery is
crrned il made the worse against that species
of property to submit the Slavery clause alone to the
election of the people. Why discriminate in respect
To- that "pecuiar institution - L. it because il was
peculiar If We contend for anything especially il
II that our property shall not be distinguished or dig
eliminated from other property in legislation. IL
stands on the same footing Of right to protection and
preservation which il claimed for any other description
Of thing owned or possessed by others as property
Why was this singled out for the chances of prohibit
tion'l Was it not enough that the Badger amend
ment of the KansasNebraska bill had already enact
ed that all laws protecting and establishing prior to
1880 should be repealed Why repeat a discrim.
nation against slavery IN inns schedule OF submit.
sion This was ground enough to make Pro-Savery
p8r,isaDs r. ject It, In fact and OF right ii the Con-
-ttuton had not been submitted al all, in whole or
in part to the people, It would have been more im-
partial and more Just to the STAKEHOLDER than as il
was submitted. II there be any mistaken and mis-
guided, and miscuding parties in the South, who
would be guilty of arrnyng against the equal rights
OF Saye-property, the irresistible and indsputable
nights "i p"pu,ar sovereignty, we would have our
property from the guardianship of such folly, and
ly, property and protection must always most safely
rely rather upon law and order, and the rule OF justice
and fair dealing-to ask nothing but what IS right,
and to submit to nothing which Is wrong On the
ground of policy then well de- Jurc, the whole Con-
Sttu0n ought To have been submitted to all the legal
voters without fear favor, fraud or force. 30 much
for the case de jHTC.
I'D. The Convention saw fit to submit the Consti-
tuition to he voter alone and not To all three of
the voters and the Convention was legitimate. II was
Legitimate, de jacO. Congress could not 60 behind
the return il cannot intervene, We told, except 10
that law has authorized the act and that the form
is republican.
"1he law authorized the act and We grant the
form of the Constitution itself to be republican,. We
don't agree with Mr.. Senator Douglas that his own
kansas- Nebraska act was not an enabling statute,
and We don't agree, either, with the President, Mr..
Buchanan, that Slavery the only domestic insti-
tuition to be submitted a. such, TO the people The
KaI hill enabled the people to govern themselves:
that was It's first essence and ITS chlef excellence, aud
every municipal institution OF State Government is
domestic institution The President is a bachelor,
ard must therefore be excused for not comprehend
ing domestic institution as well H. We who have
houses full If children He had better reasons or his
recommendation than he assigned. He bound to
look to the fact that this was the work ct legitimate
Convention, and that the work itself in form re-
publican: and that these were subjects for Kansas
alone to Judge of. But whether Kansas had been al
lowed to judg'-whether her people had been allowed
TO choose, 10 adopt or reject the Constitution of gov
eminent proposed for them-whether they had been
allowed to govern themselves was another tnct which
hau also 10 De- looked tO--de Iucfo. xh,tl,y tho
schedule was republican DE- .tocto, whether there
not other domestic institutions besides Slavery
which ought to have been submitted to the sovereign
legal voters
1T is the very gladnc-s and glory Of our State
Governments, when organized that they guard and
Govern the hcartlstones and homes Of the people OF
the United States. The State Governments are the
municipalities If sovereignty which embrace especially
the individual persons, the famihcs the households,
the altars and the homes of our people. IL IL that
which makes state rights State laws, State organize
ton State action so precious, because domestic
in our confcderacy. The Federal Government en-
braces rather national and foreign subjects OF lurislc
ton and therefore, it ought To leave all domestic
questions 10 the States and the people. What
tbenl WHY them if the schedule OF submission
was anti-republican, if it was lpartial, il 1t did
not acknowledge and allow the sovereign right
of the people to Judge for Themselves on the qucs-
tions of highest dignity, the organic law of
tb, r government Mt anddscrimnaed unequally between
the subjects of property, the Congress OF the United
States ought not TO reject the legitimate and republic
II
and legal Vote Of the people of Kansas according to
law 10 be prescribed by their Territorial Legislature,
and to admit the State under the Constitution when,
ever the Territory shall proclaim its approval and
adoption 10y the people. If they adopt ii, to admit
her into the Union pso tdc0; aud if they reject IT. to
leave the people of Kansas in their own way to organ
ize another Convention, and submit another Const-
tuition to Congress for approval.
This would DE plain and easy solution ana
would take all the asses over the bridge Of shreks
And for any difference of opinion as to the mere mode
Of submitting or solving this question, protest that
no true honest earnestDemOcrat shall be prescribed
No Northerner ought 10 denounce the President Tor
recognizing the fact of the legitimacy Of the l-ecomp-
ton Convention and no Souherner ought to denonnce
senator Douglas for concnding manfuy for the right
of the sovereign people to adopt or reject their own
form Of self.govcrnnent. There is no conflict, in
truth between the two principles de ure and de Jdcfo
they combined, rule III" case, and rule II rightly.
II may be- very desirable to have Kansas admitted a,
n State rs early rs practicable, but nothing will be
gained by admittin. her into the Union IN mode o.
frnsiyc to a large majority of her voters Wisdom
should teach minority to insist upon nothing but
what is sustained by perfect fairness and Justice
majority can take of itself and minority should
b the a-t to resort to either fraud OF force Nothing
less than the highest tone of morality can protect
minority in it, rights will restrain majority from
wrong"
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