The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-01-21

10 usk nOtiiiuk Uut Whh' IN V'kUt, unu "
submit TO nothing which Ia wrong"
Tn the ground Of policy. then, as well n.
de Jure, the whole constitution ought "a
have been submitted to all the legal voters
without fear, favor, fraud or force. y,
much for the case de jurf. I'd. The cou
ven,ion snw lit to submit the constitution "a
the ono voter. alone. and not TO all three o
the voters. aud the convention was legiti
mate. !, was legitimate de fado. Con
gress could not go behind the return Il
cannot intervene, VIZ ARE told, except to ses
that the law has authorized the act. and
that the form is republican. The law au.
thoriacd the act, and We grant the form OF
the constitution itself TO bc republican. We
don't ngrc with Mr., Senator Douglas, that
his own Kansas. Nebraska net was no, an
enabling statute" md WE don't agree,
either, with the President Mr. buchanan,
that slavery WAS the only domestic institu.
ton Ia bc submitted, as such, 10 tho pco.
pie. The Kansas bill enabled the people to
govern themselves; that was it, very essence
and it, chief excellence, and every municipal
institution OF u State government Is do
bachelor. and he must, therefore, be excused
for moi comprehcndlDg u dom s,ic insti,u.
ton ~ well N VIZ who have houses full Of
children. lie had better reasons for his
recommendation than he assigned. he was
bound 10 look to the fact that this was tho
work OF legitimate convention, aud that
the work itself was In form. republican, aud
tha, these were subjects for Kansas alone to
Judge Of.
Bu, whether Kansas hal been allowed to
judge whether her people had been allowed
TO ciioo~e, 10 elect. 10 adopt or reject the
constitution OF government proposed for
them whether they had been allowed 10
govern themselves. was another fact which
had to bc looked to---fs fdcio. whether the
schedule wa Republican - DE tado, whctb
or there werc not other domestic institutions
besides slavery which ought 10 have been
Submitted to the sovereign legal voters! IL
Is the very gladncss and glory Of our State
governments, when organized, that they
guard and govern the hcarths,onos Of the
people Of tho United States. The State
governments are the municipalities Of soye.
reignty which embrace especially the ind,-
vidual persons, the families, the households,
The .Itnrs and ~" homes of our people, II
is that which makes State rights. State
laws. State organization, State action. 30
precious, because no domestic. ia our conl,sl.
cracy. The federal government embraces
rather national and foreign sub ccts Of juris-
dctlon. and, therefore, II ought 10 leave all
domestic questions 10 the States and tho
people, What them Why. then. il the
schedule Of submission was anti republican,
il il wins partial, ifh did not acknowledge
and allow the sovereign right oi the people
to Judge for themselves on the question Of
highest dignity, the organic law Of their
government and discrininatod uncgually he
tween the subjects Of property, the Con.
grsss u the United States ought not 10 r..
ject tl,s legitimate and republican conutitu-
tion, but ought to adopt i subject to q iair
and legal vote Of the people of Kansas, ac.
cordiDg 10 law 10 be prescribed by their
Territorial Legislature, and 30 admit the
State under the constitution whenever the
Territory shall proclaim ih approval and
adoption by the people. II they adopt il.
TO admit her into the Union ,pso (ato and
il they reject il. TO leave the people Of Kan.
sas In their own way 10 organize another
convention, and 10 submit another constitu.
ton to Congress for approval.
This would be plain and easy solution
and would take all the asss over the "brdge
of sbrieks" And for any difference of oIn-
ION ~ to the mere mode of submitting or
solving this question. protest that no true,
honest earnest Democrat shall ie pro~crbed
No NortherDer ought 10 denGupce the Pres
,dent for recognizing the fact oi the legi,im.
acy of the Iscomptn Convention, and no
Souiherber ought 10 denouncc Senator
Douglas Tor cootending msnfully is the
right of the sovereign people IN adopt or re-
pect their own form of self government
There is no conflict, in truth between the
two principles, de Juys and de |ado--,hcy.
combined. rule the casr, and rule IL rightly.
II may be very desirable to have Kansas
admi''ed az State s early m practicable
bu, nothing will he gained by admitting her
into the UniUn in u mode Offensive and OPP
pre-si,e to d large majority Of her voters
Wl@lom should teach u minority to insist
upon nothing but Whist IL sustaiDrd by per-
iect falrDss and Justice. A majority can
take care oi itseli, and minority should be
the last 10 resort 10 esther fraud "r foYcc.
Nothing less than the highest tone u moral
i,y csD protect minority IN its rights. or
will restrain Q majority rum wrong.
I've great State of New York should
realiD the responsibility resting upon her.
n ,he will stand by Mr.. Buchanan M she
did by Gen. JaekSon; IL her Democraey
will only firmly unite il she will maintain
no o,h.r rule than the just rule Of the law
and the constitution. IL she will remember
her greatest stake 10 swelling the late Dem
ocrauc 'ramphs into permanepcy and
po~er, and in maintaining Law, order. jy-
tier, pssce, ard union IL her Democracy
wili o'sss their factions divisions AMI devo-