Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-28

our rights by Federal bayoncts? {? WHO
would not look with painful solicitudc upon
such collision between the United States
and one of its members? This view, in
my Judgment, makes the Conference bill,
which finally passed, prcfcTbleto the orig
inal Senate bill, especially as the former
recognized every vital principle contained
in the latter, and in addition guarded
against this grave difficulty which has great
ly magni6cd the longer have contemplate
cd it. The Senate bill led to a mastcrly
debate i'll that body. The Republicans op-
posed the admission on the ground mainly
because the Constitution recognized slavery
and Mr. Douglas and Ills friends on the
ground that no State should be admitted
until the Constitution was ratified by a pop
ular vote Of the people. 1t was replied by
the Democrats that the Congress could only
inquire whether State asking admission
had republican form of government, and
that every territory seeking admission had
the right to enter the confedcracy whether
1T established or rcpudiatcd slavery, and
that it was not for Congress to admit or re-
ject on any such ground. They replied to
MIR. Douglas that the Lccompton Consti-
tuition had the legal, Fundamental right to
submit or withhold all or part of the Con
stitution from popular ratifcation--that it
had refused, whether wisely or unwisely
1t Is not necessary to discuss, to submit any
othcr thah the slavery clause, aud that their
decision must be final, if the legal existence
of the body was not wholly rcpudiatcd. 1t
was answered to those who objected that
inc CONSTITUTION ana not emb0dy the VIII
OF majority OF the people OF Kansas, that
even III popular Governments like ours, to
aVo'd anarchy and complete demolition OF
inc social fabric, that the popuIor will must
oo9Scerta'ncd pursuantto the requirements
ana provisions OF law-that the people OF
NahSas were authorized to express by bal
lot whether they desired Convention or
not-a majority OF those voting SAID they
ald they were authorized by law to elect
delegateS--they d'd elect delegates, and
those delegates framed constitution; that
the uelegates submitted the slavery clause
TO" No'e, ana majority OF those voting
were IN IaVor OF retaining 1t; and that at
ter all these opportunities to express their
opinloh legally through the ballot box, 1t
cou'u not oe canned by them that the Con
stitutlc1 n, ana not reflect their sentiments
II u H ola NOT VINO was at fault VINO was
10 pi'n.o! None put themselves when
'hey reused 10 80 10 the ballot box, but
P'c'crrco iacVion ana dlscord to the legal
ana peaceaDie settlement OF the disputed
'SSugs. u'I ,,,
INC p'll passca the senate, but tailed IN
'no rouse, ana was amended by the SUB
S''u'ioh oi new proposition by Mr' Mont
soI"c'y' .! IelhSSlVah'a; ll's amendment
Pll';t Piloa,oeu ~ substance that ,hc LcGompton
, NonsIl'u,toh .I Should DC suDmitt'd TO the
pcoPie-'he slavery clause incI9ded' and
.n'. II nl''Jor'ey OF INC 0o"o Foe lnhabl-
u'l's OIL Nans's shouid vote Tor Its ratiilca-
1,on' upon tnat iact Deing certlhed to the
: fresiuent resident OF the United states he should
" P'ooian,;''on g occ'"rc Kansas admitted
10 one oi 'nc STATES Oh the onion' III
ai.3o,l'y soteu against II; theh Tue hecomp-
ton Io''SIl'u,iPh - u was aeiuhct' me oD)ec-
Wv" 60 ..J ,"N o'5o'i'c'y ",'cpu'''eh' was
%0l Gs,aD"aa ,''s,' :: "Sset1cu .s power IN ~
o"s .,''.S ~ o,e'it"o ~, I'io ConNchtlon wi'cn
iSp'eSe'tou ',o inoi'o".e sovereignty OF
.o''I aNI"S, W sup,ilt''n 'he instrument ior
p0p"i io''iiT'''o'' wilei. 'ie Convention
oP'e:en''"S r '"1 PeoPie III Inc o'ily ieSa,
s , ~ M',ao;l sney cop'o SPEAK, reP"Glatea
SoJn ,,oJ ~ r'.,ucus'o .h p ana seconoly II aevo,,
WA wa Gp we ja les.aen' 'he power ny ms wlil
NV :" h'1 usc,etio'l 10 su''l'I new nl'te
",t slS ., tne uniteu sta.es
% o~,n ~ .ru po|er Oh "u,'Ilng ne" oVaecs
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