Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-06


double tho quantity of public lands for the support OF
Schools which had been previously granted
to any State upon entering thu Union and also the al
tornate sections of land for twelve miles each side Of
two railroads. proposed to DO constructed from the north
to the southern boundary AMI from The eastern to
the western boundary Of the State. Congress Gcemin.
thos, claim, unreasonable provided by the Of May
T. 1883, to which ! have Just referred, for the adj
mission oi the State equal footing with the
original States, but ''upon the fundamental condition
precedent that majority of the people thereof at an
election 10 be held for that purpose. should in place of
the very large grants Of public lands which they had de-
mandcd under the ordinance, accept such grants had
been made to Minnesota and other States Under
this act should aorty reject the proposition offered
them, lit shall lie deemed and held that the people OF
Kansas DO not desire admission into tic Union with said
constitution under the conditions set forth in said propo
sition In that event tho act authorizes the people Of
the Territory elect delegates to form constitution and
State government fOr themselves, whenever and not be-
fore it is asCertanelh census duly and legally TAKEN
that the population of said Territory equals exceeds the
ratio of representation required for member of the House
of Representatives Of tho Congress of the United States
Tn, delegates thus assoMbcd shall first determine by
vote whether it is the wish of the people of the proposed
State to he admitted into the Union at that tno and If
shall proceed to form constitution, and take all
necessary steps for the establishment OF State govern
ment in conformity with the federal constitution After
this constitution snail have been formed Congress
rying out tho principles Of popular sovereignty and
intervention have left '.the mode and manner Of its sp
prevail ratification by the people OF the proposed state
to be ''prescriled by law and they shall then be adj
mtted into the Union State under such constitution
thus fairly and legally made, with without slavery
said constitution may prescribe
An election held throughout Kansas, in pur,u-
snCe of the provisions of this act the second day of
August last and it resulted III tho rejection by large
majority of the proposition submitted TO the people by
Congress. This being the case they authorized
to form another constitution preparatory to admission
into the Union but not until their number Ascertan
cd by census shall equal or exceed the ratio reldircd
to elect member to the House vi representatives.
1t not probable in the present OF the that
third constitution be lawfully framed and present
ell to Congress b Kansas before its population shall have
reached the designated number Nor Is it to he presumed
that after their sat experience in resisting the territorial
| laws. they will attcMpt to adept constitution in OK
press violation Of the provisions of act OF Congress
During the session OF 1856 much OF the time OF Congress
occupied the question OF admitting Kansas under
tho Topeka constitution Again. nearly the whole OF tho
las; session devoted to the question of it's admission
under the Lecomptpn constitution Surely it Ia not un
reasonable to require the people of Kansas to wait h.
fore making third attempt until the number ol their
inhabitants shall to ninety three Thousand four
hundred and twenty During this brief period the har
nony OF the States well the great business interests
ot the country demand that the people Of the Union
shall not for third time be convused b. smother agita
ton on the kansss question liy waiting :ol short
time and acting in obedience to law Kansas will glide
! into the Union without the slight impeachment
This excellent provision, which Congress haze applied
10 Kans. ought to h- extended and rendered applicable
t. all elrores which may hereafter seek Gdni'.9n into
the Union.
Whilst Cousrc,. posse.. the ulonbtal power of al
mtng now Stats into the Union. however small may
10 the nualbor of it's inaant. yet this power ought
not in al opniun, to lie exercised before the population
sl. amount the ratio required by the act or the ii l.
mission Of Kansas. Had hi. been previously The rule.
the country would have escaped all the evils and misior
tune. to which it las been exposed by The Kansas qucs
] ton.
OF course it would be unjust give this rule retro
sDccvc application, a.l exclude State which, aGtnS
upon the past practice OF tbs government has already
formed It's constitution elected il. legislature and other
officers and is prepared to enter the Union.
The rule ought to he adopted whether We consider its
beating - people Of the Territories or upon the PEG.
pie Of the existing States Many OF Tie serious dsSen
xions which hare prevailed i'll Congress AMI throughout
tho country would h,v. been avoided lr,l this rule hce
established at earlier period of the government
Immediately upon the formation IF new Territory.
people from different States and from tJrrisn countries
rush into it for the a:h~ purpose of improving their
condition Their frs: duty to themselves is 10 open and
cultivate farms to construct roads t. cstah. schools
20 erect places Of rcl Sou worship, and To devote tc
enegigs generally to reclaim the wilderness am! to hay
the foundations of oursrg aud prosperous common
wealth r. i'll this incipcnt condition, with population
uf few thousand they should plrniaurcly enter the
Union they arc oppressed by the bcn % State taxa
ton and the means Necessary c improvement of the
Territory AMI the Advancement OF t-ro own interests, arc
thus diverted to very different purposes.
The federal government has ever been liberal parent
To the Territories, and generous contributor TO the use
f enterprises OF the early settlers 1t has paid the c1-
pcnscs OF their governments and legislative assemblies
out OF the common treasury and thus relieved them from
a heavy charge. Under these circumstances, nothing can
be better calculated to reasd their material progress than
to divert them from their useful cmploymchtS by Tci'-
turey exciting angry poitica! contests among themselves,
for the benefit of aspiring Leaders, 1t is surely no hard.
ship for embryo governors, senators. and cmbeI' OF
Congress to wait until the number OF inhabitants shall
eunsI those CT single congressional district They sure
M obt not to he permitted to rush into the Union, with
populton less than ouc-haf OF s'vcra OF the large
counties in the interior of of the Statcs TIL. was
the condition of kulsss when it made application to bc
admitted under the topeka constitution ErsideS II lc-
quircs some time render the of population col
lacted in new Territory at all homogeneous and to
unite them on anything like iix" policy Establish
the rule aud all will look forward to it and govern them
selves accordingly.
ut i,lsticc the people of the several states requires
that t. rule should lie established by Congress. E'ch
State il entitled two senators and 1T least one repre-
tentative in Congress Shoul the people Of the States
fail to elect Vice President the power Gcv"iycS upon
the Senate to select this officer from the two highest c'i-
Ilatcs on the list Ia of the death oil the tcs"eh
the Vice President thus elected by the Senate becomes
President of the United States On a!l questions oil e@s
ation the from the smallest States oil t hoh
have an cgua vote with those from the largest Inc
same may he said in regard to the ram ALTON OF He
and of Executive appointments. All tins ms "oihc"
/ admirably in practice. willis: it conforms IN pun
CHILE with the character Of government in'Iit''-
tod by sovereign States presume no American c@eu
would desire the slightest change i'll tie arrangement