New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-23

w.h,i safe to he peop, Of K,n'u be o6ei. .adre.
s. ss. N. . s 1.. ~ w ~ s. s : s zoo
and th, abeni,e, IS much bound he a~ ana
G. rs,n'ion rhen there faai or vence BY the psffy
0,tSrvise . voting uc., Be yulrn,.r~ rnnes; you'd
BE- nyrsesbe and monarchy and ps would rcsnain
Asm.,ins the truth Of the proposition Of Gov w.h-r that
,h:.e whS .s'n from vs;in sa,AoI ,aS.e Tso DO vote %
k,n,s' Il they are the E,ony Of u. psp . thy claim
g. ~ Tso;2 a.6 sss shs hs oon.ns % :, , S OF
nori,y ;ss dee.on nsds !. eIusIy binding nPon al
that nothing but submission Of the Whole can.r ;in
SIs sG c the Ks. Ssrss w. ws a. S pp me Of
ihst Territory .h be perfectly free 20 form 'her domestic ia.
iu6ns in hsr ray Wiz this yiew Of The snbct the
Con n ii,.e csnnot
surely viii conterded that provision Of the Kan
aw d~Hihed ,he previous rhfs oi the PeoP Ia
creating State Cove rumen Ia 81 time Vas' since th- Dca
rs6 Il It hs, b. uniformly sini,t withos
that the oPe bad the shi OF choice either to
their Constitutions by Their ectd for ths, PrPoe
h t 81 ,b n-op. std tI .serce of popular sovereign.
'eI II - he Ksnsas act had tieR aaS the rsht Of
ib- reope 10 ac, through their would be ian Of
fi,p Of ttst measure have heretofore bed The people
that be cophred Gay only "a which to make
Ccnsttuu and wou Iot be- Liberty 10 choose heiT orn
rGU such construction OF the organic &C, is mantesy er
Hayrs thu. given historical scount OF the referred
for their con ration your Committee will briefly ee the
whole uhect uuembsased by details They will look a. te
SUBJECT originated it ha. been for three years and as
The population of orr country four year. principally
lying the Of the Mississippi lows Missouri Arksn-
,a and part OF Loussns found on the es.s o
nohtm California aud the settlement: OF Oregon ~eIs upon
the in the center New Mexico and Utah The I'M
country yg between orr scSniy settlements uP1n the
Pacific the boundaries Of Iowa. Missouri and Arks
said general terms. ard with the above Exceptions
10 have uucccpd Guarded by the Indian onntero9rse
and by Indian treaties and without territorial ossnHiion
n. red BY statutory prohibitions inscess
BE iol'uas; %ITm P, ,,Insn, ~ the westward were
fvla
was the Of the United States until reached the
g setemepts upon the shores Of the Pacific The border
States had dissatisfied and cored for western expan
sion over the beautiful and er. wilderness which though
tending for continuous thousand miles approached
within hundred mile. Of the Mississippi was abandoned oy
the the exclusive Of Wild semicVized and
vagan Ipdan Tribes Unable longer resist the demands the
West for the opening up 10 settlement OF couury 50
npo6nt and ysusbe and whc sd been NE ~ ong as
10 become of epoach 20 the Government Congress
1854 took M serious consideration the justice and pohcy
Of organizing II into Territories. -
But two difficulties the way of organization: One
the question OF Indian oceuPncy the other taa Of Acn
Slavery The first easily sdustedthe second "ss the SUD
ect long heated and angry discussion Nor an Gne mum
dred speeches were delivered n oonSres .. a % ~
Missouri Iowa and MINES a. east 9i 1tan 0trs. ame & a
rston Territories and noh o. 'he o't suH sne I'm
M Of latitude organized into tT0 Territories and named
KsDsss and Nebraska
ovrsy providing that the people Of them might form their
domestic Institutions their l'oy subject only to the Con
without hndrance kind there inserted In the act
clause tp,sg all laws estsbhiug regulating, or prohibiting
sayeholdng.
This seemeut greatly pleased party and greatly
the other The defeated Slavery party proessed to believe
that mad power ought exercise it, TO exclude
slave property territory which had ben acquired By the
Joint and the expense OF Shareholders and non
The yictoo. Democratic party believed that Consre'. had
such g9~tr %sG. Ge ba aSd % h. in h. p.ca
lar such Serci.e OF power would be ainnt violation
the third article Of the treaty with France BY which the coun
Try acquired , r; Il; Ni.
after the & sS.s s Is 5s M Hps sq.ned with
country poured into that Territory in large numbers and
opt m'sg Of s sa,rps bss With she On
the other hand prior the final Iasase OF the Kansas
bill but passage evident certain members OF Con-
e,s formed association which ultimately became public:
aid the emison into Kansas OF opposed
to S fs f. posop as so exclusion the slave
OF Southern States from the Territory This secret combine
followed by public and moneys collected In
% % as faPf from OF ss Thin saS and
purpose practice generally coupled with some one or more
hi. effort very stursy provoked counter Efforts and Violent
controversies between the ssaiants and the sssled followed
the voters on that occasion this may said many bad
The possible dgracefql as those which
Atlantic and Pacific States in violent contested elections
In me6atry after the very first election, of the voter
beo esch Of the ndug parties and among them the
defeated cdndddtes delegate 10 Congre left the Territory
NEVER Few # the eugsnts from the various
States. than those from the adjacent State of Missouri
comfortable passed the Winter IN Ksna and many of e
es in Nan & ism M o ns pfS sss sna se
returned to Kansa During whole second year s5
believed the majority OF the actual settlers in Kansas
tnigrants from the adjoining But the Of the
sent out to Kansas under the ipivdton 81 the hoo
largely upon the aid Of absent and faaca friends for
support and both the supported and the supporters were
filed with .tr And a, contention and violence increased
did the heat and the contributions OF the remote supporters
until the turmoil in Kansas side natIied into open
defiance Of all the Of the Territory The handful Of
s.a p,ayey. and hym1' with ds.tTce weapons. aud en-
course to Set up sn independent Ih. was only
The Government officers backed BY the troops Of the United
States For near three years these turbulent spirits thu. en-
Territory in state of snshy and disorder They have uni
% ,m 90 s the election: ss Ss held.
participating in them they disturbed and annoyed the voters in
s,s cGne.vsS nc way a ~ "a sas 70 uon epn
when at lat to possible these disorders and sts the
ion whether State Government should be by the
combined fri and mir rOte So like when the
cglvenion had been ordered BY regular vote Of people to Be
full gstrsion Of th settlers legally entitled to vote for
9 and Sooay .i o had besn @ partially Successful they filed
the with their complaint. That the estration Which they
wa. not St,oni full and complete sey wished the
people of the United States TO that the election Of the
having by direct vote ordered the calling Convention 70
C. nu,on the abolition ssitato aud ds,ubers refused
the OF members OF said Convention and tnen
si obstinate refusal raised ou,cry that the Convention
Justly constituted na,mueh they not
tn. rein. After the formation OF Constitution they cned out
the Constitution upon the ground that they had not been
s wed ~ for its rsc alton though they knew before the
e con Of the Convention that the Convention hsa been clothed
with ful authority MAKE COnsttuon they wei knew that
The bill providing the election Of members Of the Convention
had by the Governor the ground that
Dsbed the Convention TO make Contution aud tnat a1
been ade law sitter full consideration Of such veto They
that the Governor and officers OF the Territory in various
ways bad made exerons TO induce them 10 TO The polls
e honest sbidpg citizens and vote for who would
.pect th whe and that they bad refused to heed these so
icitations.
knew that the Convention had not only afforded an
oppor unity the good cI, who had registered themselves
sccordng decide whether slavery houd or
should b. established Ia Kansas legal institution but had
allowed those bad who had csobeyed the laws
bad bued prevent full rgstrsion TO vote with
REGISTERED upon this vital question: and they also Knew
that they rfated .voe under such eircusae upon
this proposition x,,.,, a,