The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-03-26

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J. Ievidencc, Nd tlIe only exception a.
|, ken to t1ceport is BY the hAtoi
eItrom Verr}nt, who objectod to tlSe
n |bassh appyation Of fs6elS =
y Mr.. Gr made eome desnltosy
e prelimina3 3remrks IA reply to ~
b Senators fSp Michigan, ,Illfiois "a
: Vermout.itSing that thcsgoSsrf-
v mentof Kbsas was de facto qnite
Q as much aan the case Of California,
r even IL youadmit tIIat frauds were
: comuittedt lie drewa parallel be.
y tween the d.ses Of Kansas and Cali
9 fornia, citing Mr.. Douglas opinion
b on tho latte, in support Of his own
. (Gresn's) views on the former. liz
said the statement that 10 countie,
G were disiranchised was meant to de-
$ ceive. Those counties wore a will
derness, without inhabitants. He
J d.senucd the legality VI tho early
steps towards the formation Of tht
Lecomptou Constitution and denied
the ASSERTIONS of the Senator from
= Vernonfapd Mr.. Foster, that there
3 bad becn broken pledges on the part
Of Governor Walker and the Presi.
D dent. Everybody knows that Gov
Walker was in favor of submitting
: the Constitution to the people. IIe
3 had advocated it, but he had nc
power to pledge it. The Senator
; from Illinois says that the only rcs.
/, son they did not submit tho whole
! Constitution was because it was said
it would be voted down. Who said
! soi No onc except the Senators
from Illinois and Michigan. The
great question is, does the Constitu
tion embody the will of the people
,y,1es Th,sa ..,.s K tsga!ly expressed? The
in equity as in lava We canuot take
the flying rumors and the opinions
Of the Governor Of Kansas as evil
dence. That is fraught with danger
which il carried to its ultimatum
would bring bristling bayonets and
cannon pointed at the walls of the
capitol to gu stituto the opinions Of
the mob for the forms OF law. All
the legal forms having been complied
with in completing the Lecompton
Constitution it was completed fac.
that the people had no right to vote
as to whether or not it was a Consti
tuition. What would Senators say
if the Constitution OF itheir own State
after being in actual operation, was
to be submitted to tho people to sec
whether it ia Constitution or not
The Senator from Kentucky says il
would do no harm and would only
show abundant care to submit il
again and again to the people, -
Yes, try again, try again. Colone
Fremont liked that principle to try
again. AS to the cry Of fraud, it re
minded him, but he would not apply
the maxim to the Senators, that g
lie well stuck to is as good as th,
truth. Mr.. Green continued to an.
alyze the reputed frauds. admitting
that frauds did exist but none to vi.
tate the Constitution, and stating
that no legal evidence exists to show
that the Lecompton Constitution
does not cmbody the will ofthe peo.
pie of Kansas. and if we 90 beyond
the legal evidence We strike at the
very principle Of liberty. lie ad
United that the Senators from Iii.
nois, Michigan, California and Ken
tucky, were not influenced in thcil
actions by the existence or non.ex.
istence OF slavery in Kansas, but
they were assisting to build up a par
ty dangerous tn the Union and whose
fundamen.sl principle just cnunois'
ted is no more slave States. Had il
not been tor them, Kansas many
weeks since would have been a young
sister in the confederation of States
Mr.. q. would not 60 over to, or aid
the enemy however much he nigh,
he dissatisfied with his friends. -
Among other things he said that
Black Republicahism is crushing out
the Democracy AMI its cansc would
never meet its barrier til met by tn.
cannon of the South. He concluded
by expressing an ardent aspiration
fox the consolidation and permanen
cy of the Democratic party. Kansas
ia but the John Doe and Richard
Roe. 1t is ot no Importance tina
Calhoun has given the certificates tt
the Free State men. The principle
/. involved is one vital to the Soutl
and North in so far as it depends OF
the South. for the interests OF botl
are so interviewer that they canno
be severed without injury to both.
Mr.. Seward-Does the Senator
attach no importance to the circum
stance that the Constitution requires
the returns to be made within eigh
days.
Mr.. Gseen-That election Of off
GERS Congress has no right to touch
He did not know, neither did th'
Senator from New York. A not,
here laid on his desk said that tn,
returns were all made in eight days
80 the Senator from New York i,
answered. Mr.. &. then referred Il
to the statement of Mr.. Douglas tina
the Constitution can only be chang
. ed before 1864 by the exercise OF rev
olutionrry right, and said it was no
so.. New York and other State,
, had done'it and it was inserted will
a similar Interpretation on the Kan
sas bill Of rights. The people mus
have that right to change the Con
, stitution in a legal way, otherwis,