The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11

"And phersas, The members Of said
Convention have refused TO submit
their action for the approval or dis
approval Of the voters Of the Terri
tory, and in thus acting have deiied
the known will Of nine-tcnths Of the
voters thereof,
"And phereas, The action Of frag-
mcnt Of said Convention, represent
ing ~ they did, a small minority of
the voters of the Territory, repudi-
ates and crushes ont the distinctive
principles Of the Nebraska X ansas
Act, and violates and tramples under
foot the rights and the sovereignty
Of the people,
"Am rhereas, From the foregoing
statement Of facts, it clearly appears
that the people have not been left
free to form and regulate their do
nestle institutions in their own way,
but, on the contrary, at every stage
in the anomalous proceedings recited,
they have been prevented from 50
doing:
"Be II therefore,, Resoired, By the
Governor and Legislative Assembly
Of Kansas Territory, that the people
Of Kansas being opposed to said
Constitution, Congress has no right
full power under it to admit said Ter
ritory into the Union a. a State, and
the Representatives Of said people
do hereby, in their name and on their
behalf, solemnly protest against such
admission.
" Resoired, That such action on the
part Of Congress would, in the judy
mcnt of the members of the Legisla-
tive Assembly be an entire abandon
mcnt Of the doctrine of non-interven-
ton in the affairs Of the Territory,
and substitution in its stead Of
Congressional Intervention in behalf
of minority engaged in IA disrepu-
table attempt to defeat the will and
violate the rights Of the majority.
"Resotrai, That the people of Kan
sas Territory claim the right, through
a legal and fair expression of the will
of majority Of her citizens, TO form
and adopt Constitution for them
selves.
-" Resoired, That the Governor of
this Territory be requested to for
ward copy Of the foregoing prsam-
BILE and resolutions to the President
of the United States, the President
Of the Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and to the
Delegates in Congress from the Ter
ritory.'
In the face of all these evidences
that the Lecompton Constitution is
not the act Of the people Of Kansas,
and does not embody their will
that it was formed by a Convention
under an Act of the Territorial Lee.
gislature without the consent Of Con-
gress-that the sixty delegates COM
posing the Convention were chosen
by nineteen Of the thirty eight coun-
ties in the Territory, while the other
nineteen counties were entirely dis
iranehised without any fanlt of their
own; by the failure or refusal Of the
officers whose duty it was under the
law to take census, aud register
the voters in order to entitle them to
vote for delegates--that the mode Of
submission TO the people for "ratifi-
cation or rejection as prescribed by
the Constitution, was such as to rem
der it impossible for the people to re-
jet it, for it allowed no person to
vote who would not vote for the Con.
stitution, and excluded from the polls
all persons who desired TO vote
against it-that the only reason as
signed or believed to exist for not
allowing the people to vote against
the Constitution, as well as for it, is,
that largo majority Of tho people
We're known TO be opposed to it, and
would have rejected il by an over.
whelming majority if they had been
allowed an opportunity-that the
mode of submitting the Slavery ar
ticle" was such that no man was per-
mittcd u vote for making Kansas q
Slave State, unless he would vote
for the Constitution AZ the same time,
nor was any man permitted to vote
against making Kansas a Slave State
unless he would vote fer the Consti.
tution--that by this system Of trick
cry in the mode Of submission large
majority. probably amounting to four
itths Of all the legal voters Of Kan
sas, were DISTINGUISHED and exclud-
ed from the polls on the 2lst of De
ccmber-,hat in order to prevent the
injustice and wrong intended to he
perpetrated by the ,rickery resorted
to in this mode of submission. and to
secure in place of il q fair and hon