Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-04-15
From Il nsDs.

LKAvESwoRH CrrY, April l. 1858
The Leavenworth free State) Constitution.
al Convention adjourned late last evening
having been IN session at this place by ad,
Journment nom Minnesota, Tor eleven DAYS
As / have only the reason for snch adiourn.
ment from interested parties, do not feel at
liberty to state any of them.
The Constitution is Topeka revamped The
principal points are a. follows: The right io
bear arms Is guaranteed to individuals. slave
rry Is prohibited of course; hail may be rcfus. d
IN capital cases on strong presumption: election
frauds are bar to the future exercise Of the
elective franchise; in cases of libel the d. .t,.n
dant may testify. AT all elections. free mai,
citizens having residence in the State six
months. aud ten days in the precinct, and an
free males of foreign birth having resid, d in
the United States one year, in the State six
months. and ten days in the precinct. and who
has declared his intentions, may vote The
th'ng goes into details most contoundrdly
and If ever ii should be the organic law of the
State, il would need be rcchanqed nrettv
much through. The ayes and noes are TO be
r'corded on the journal of the Legislature on
cry bill pass, by either branch
1he convention was attended by delegates
from nearly every county, but was neither n
iuli nor fair expression of the will even of
the Free State party. Claiming $4,000 votes
In the Territory, and basing their apporiion-
pointed 10y about 5000 voters. all told The
Niger question caused considerable of trouble
during the session, and many harsh things
were said by those radical members whose
ann IL Is to elevate the blackery IL little
above the superior race. Several counties in
rIcteI their representatives to go against
the niger suffrage. Hence Linn and SOM
other counties signed the Constitution uudar
protest DoDiphan county was extremely
anxious to get the word white" in the Con-
stltutioh, to preface " male citizens but il
was no go.
Nggers are 10 pOte for or against the constitution
on equal footing nth die rl,ifs folks. and then
a. the hrst general election thereafter. "A vote "a
I" DO had on the question of universal sui
irage. On moton-after the instrument
had been fully adopted of Lane to make the
change of time for that vote from the second
10 the general election, there was a D .cuiiar
sort OF discussion. general Scene OF crimi-
nation and retaliation and much confusion re-
suited. Barr, of Doniphan, aimed 10 get his
word white" In. Parson Fish, of shawnee |
declared that those who talked about protest |
ing were enemies TO the cause, and he threat ]
en- d To get up protest on the Other side. ii /
not r,fnsal To sign il. sam. Woods, of |
douglas, q ciared that this was AN attempt To /
max political capital, which he denounced tt |
toto; he designated il IA u misyra bic a,,d.,.n
anu "buncombe" johnson. OF Leavenworth |
VINO, as inueTstand IL large STAKEHOLDER
let into Woods, proclaiming him as an enemy. |
the devil in disguise, &c. aud upoa being
called to order by Winchell, who was. aud /
perhaps is a correspondent for a prominent
x publican paper, he declined to be- intcrrupt-
ed by the :" yellow jackets" HE criticism on
his co-laborers would not have stopped there
but for the fact that an agreement was come
at. to preserve the harmony Of ,he party.
This is not the only question upon which
the party wanted to split. The address 60 the
people being before tIe CouyeuIiou. the polio, |
Of the party came up in some sort. when Al
became evident that Il considerable portioa oI
the people here desire to pat an end 20 IA.
Internal disturbances which have exhausted
the m aals vi the settlers here. by qualifying
Inder the Lecomptoa Constitution During
he discussion upon this Question the lief
was given between Judge Conway and Mr..
Emery, aud Sam. Woods made direct assault
upon Lane, denouncing the men who took tbs.
back track from the :" bloody issue platform
If Big Springs.
The above account OF the doings Of the iag
in Kansas to make State COAST
ution, We copy from the correspondence Of
be st. Louis Repablicn.