The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09

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eaned. -. 80 ps ~
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s ssSa 49, - AssssSS
70 AZ Asssvssae tie &.s,.
~ Representatives. " ~ Us;t.d 80
Sysss assembled .-ss sA
The and. nsEnsd. the STATE N.
under tlsg pr0 y!sions W ne es.Gs.s
OG5sJ K1AISSy ISsiGed syTS%@s.v
- esspgs61la nVssseaS 4 n mn M
That The eonstitstoa undef .k;.S
been elected - Lbs vsrioos O.. -
appended, i NOT the csestuve "
viii. bot that, on the other Asnd
asd y rssasdsS " - ssssvAsl,s
u ~ kess ~ eisis~as Of ~ ~
Kansas q frAud. This conssi,,siSs
med BY Conysntion, elected b. ~
~ u the people Of Ksnsas, ana, =
~, eassua, asA IN spp.stj,s.
tesiy sdissssnchissd she wiole peo,,s
o. the counties IN this Terfitory 49,.
psived Che great bulk Of he ci,i.~
osnss eOanttes 81 the night Of -.
de1eGateo tAUs elected bet b..
g accoNplish the vork foe vA;eI
elected The few that assembIed -
frame essstisoticn for the peopIs r.
Which, 10 many efi1 asss i.per,sm
> np0gnaat - Tie wishes asd o..
people, and in their opinion i -.
oess Interests and prosperity Of ths ~.
The constitutes, thus framed. -
mstted by Tie OeovsDsioa 70 iaip -
people Tor tbsis sasi1easios @ ps;s.S-
on the other hand, their iudeneps D. y
ana their rights ssiAsd With By she sG
ssoraialea u what y called the ~
eseese. - go 1n1oss - - prsss.ss-
ssoe ezeepe thas e ~ inpesessio. y :
into the State in future, and Sorc;e-
Who voted TO give his sanction a 49,
provisions Of the ee0seitutioa. -; :. ~
required, ssss ssfA 70 sspposs "a -
II Adopted. Under he psovii-.
schedule providing fos said s,eesjea -
voted ballot marked Constit.s;o. NJ n
necessarily gave their sAnctien 70 4. n
instrument, and those who voted Co.
with no slavery necessarily gave " -
Of their vote 70 al the psovisieas Z 4.
stitution, except :he slavery article. - y
thereof substituted an article psoiA;s..'
Introduction Of slaves into the ytass Z z
and confirming those nov in the 9,,,;,.-.
their posserity In slavery Tor an in = !
This WAS the simple effect Of the -
scarcely necessary for Us 70 say tina. 8, !
iege Of voting upon one proposition, IN.
With conditions % utterly inadsqssss Y.
just, " the power Of deciding spes / !.
and, q submitted, " no means an inn
question. produced at the expense 4 ~
sanction Of our votes 70 many psevii
our judgmsns ceDdsnned, was end i ~,
ed BY The peopss Of Kaasas 10 bsoa =
the other hand, the oder q Justly heR |,
an insult V . people Who know and a.,
the rights Of freensn and hence sifkr
Of The people rejected che oGer wisA -
and refused to participate n - elrsin
terms Of which thus cs0peo1ised = =
Of IN American cisisen.
In view Of these facts the Tesriss5Al I,
ture, in its late extra session, provided y
for the submission Of the whole consd,sd.
the 4th day Of January, 1858, in three 4
propositions, viz :-''Constitusi0u with -
Constitution With no slavesy," and "A,
the constitution" The returns Of this I.
are not yet all recorded, but enough u 4
to warrant NJ in saying that the Won
against the constitution 10 about II ,0Oa /
constitution with slavery l5O. the consi
with NO slavery ~. This large vote asais
contitntion w6s cast at an election hold
the 4th day Of January, 1858, BY autksI
. law passed On the 18th day Of Decu
1887, whilst the necessarily short and inn
notice thereof no doubt prevented ths,
In the distant interior counties Of the Ten
where the whole people arc opposed to d,
stituticn, from casting their votes AM,
lnasmuch - the pro.slsvery party reiuu
participate in this election. We present IN
polled on the 2lst Of December, % p,s
for by the schedule Of the constitution, ,
10 - follows:-
Constitution with slavery s,la
Constitution with no alAvesy 81
| Majority s,sT
OF this majority more than one-bslf =
tanned in those very sparsely settled pr
on the Missouri border, two Of which,
and Shawnee, are In the Shawnee rsse.
lands not yet open for settlement, viz
| Oxford To
Shawnee I,
Kickspoo isI
In all 2O]
From . personal knowledge Of the
ments in and about the above places, Z
that we hazard nothing In saving that b.
bulk Of this vote 10 fraudulent and h.i
and, taking into view other palpshle b
glazing frauds in other precincts, We f.,
lied in asserting that not over two ihos
the bona fds citizens Of Kansas cast the
for the Lecompton constitution on lie
cember last The frands in tAk sks
we'll that on the 9Th Of January lev !,
GERS, &C., vill be laid before " Ar h,
bodies in few days in abe rep ,rt of
commissioners authorised b, Law 10 INV
the same.
We preseat the aboye facts in supro.
declarations, previoU,..y made, that III !
Kansas have rejscted the Lecomp.ou {
ton BY an overwhelming majority. II
Of yoar ms'morialiets, and those she
them "a participating in she election
Omceys, &s. under the Lecomp,ou eous
wAa not designed to give the slightest
" that instrument, but, on the OF sr
destroy is, IN case Congress should N
into the Union, and thereby force .,
people an organic Law against their )
that - repugnant to their feelings. u
ton zill be readily understood upon hi
BY reference TO the following resoluiics.
ed unanimously by the Conven,ion w
We wers elected, Wis.,
| Resolved, That the candidates noni,a
this Convention. on accepting such psa
will be considered ~ pledged, should IL
tutioD-be approved By Congress, 70 A.
HxEcUr1 IMMEDIATE MEAsuRxs voR ExAsI
PEOPLE, TnROCGH 4 xsw CoxsTITUilsSA
yENrIOx, TO OBTAIN srcR CONSTITUTES
MAJoaIrY MAY APPROVE.
Thus publicly pledged, We vent bsf
people and contested the election, N
provisions OF the schedule Of the csss
which opened I wide door 70 fraud. N
which frauds to the extent Of $500 :
sotes we're committed, and under j.
election Who 10 many precincts demand
eetA TO support the constitution, IN "
Iatioa Of the constitution itself, BY vhit
who would otherwise have voted the &
ticket we're prevented from voting, -
the additional aud great disAdvanta(
strong antipathy on the part Of many
friends against any participation In IN
under the authority Of constitusicn
and submitted as was the Lecompton q
tion, By which thousands we're induced
hold their sufifages from uS and yei, ~
Of all these disadvantages, We have =.
majority Of oil the votes cast eiv',ae ~
ponents the advantage q, aMp.. i,Isesl |
titious votes returned. r. y,ev u IL,
that the lAcompt0A con- .,,s,ion vss isA
. bare ~eor.ty Il b Convention, sless
s.saIt ss,ssvsty Of the people Of Kaa.