New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-22
KANSAS.
THE LEGISLATURE.
; Id C.orrsrondent.

have been under stronger headway during the past
few days. If may be allowed the expression, the
pressure has been at least 50 10 the square inch.
In 10 this date House bills number somewhere
about 500. and as Council bills" are not far be-
hind them, the result is that these paper mlssiles
are so abundant that if they were aggregated and
each one had Shsrp's rife, and was an Adolf
,iouist.r ,hey could rout the whole BOrder-Rahan
forces. There are two important facts worth con-
sideration however. First, nearly all OF them arc
of a special chsrscter-.hat Is, nine-ten'ns oi
them and secondly, quite NUMBER OF
those introduced Ianguish in packages OF RED
and green tape, having only undergone the
rrsHmnary stages Of legislative omnipotence
StII considerable amount of general business was
COT through with last night. The most important
awss tbe massage of the Convention bill. by its
provisions as passed the election TOR deiega'es Wh
t.L. nlace on the lst Monday in March ana the
Conyention VIII assemble on the 18th Monday. An
effort had been made, which IT was supposed "ou1
be successful 10 defer the election uhlll june anu
the meeting of the Convention until October. Mr'
WsaJ q, Manhattan. Of the Council and Others IN
the Uouse euceavored 10 get such an amendment,
hut the bill went through with but one other amend
ment: the Convention at Minneols. fhis small tune
ON the "Minneolan harp may be CONSIDERED as
sort of compromise. compromise between lhe
pockes and the political feelings of the parties ana
in all such compromises the pocket apt TO get the
best of it. What the august body Will DO AZ MIN.
neola " even supposng they should find it, s not
very clear. for those who profess to know where IL
ia admit that there is nothing thereabOuts yet, save
delightful prospect" One person conhdentaiiy
suggested that the Convention would, that IL must
adjourn 10 Lawrence or Topeka the moment II met'
for want of accommodations. That this tact was
contemplated by even the interested parties, .but
that the design was that Mnneola should III all re-
spects appear 10 be the capital at least.
bill creating whole string Of Territorial roads
passed Yesterday. Instead of getting up separate
road bills, this was got up as sort OF omnious.
The Legislature had, indeed passed quite nuihoer
Of bills creating Territorial roads, but as the de
mand appeared to be endless an omnibus was msn-
ufactured into which all subsequent proposals ior
roads were crammed Something Of this KIND was
unoucstioAsbly needed as the people have refused
10 work or open roads under the bogus laws.
From what have observed very much fear tnat
many of these routes are merely got up TO advertise
the paper towns created by this Legislature nave
been informed that the expense entslled by TINS pi
will not be short of $4,000, and If many OF tue
roads chiefly designed to further local interests
the probabilities that there VIII be popular
rebellion against il. The bogus Legislature created
nearly all the Territorial roads they made OF this
bogus Kind but there was no necessity why this
body should initiate them.
County lines have not yet been changed. The
bill sticks like a good many others. Alaw giving
women equal property rights went through the
Council. That is, not sraety equal property rights
but legal right to the property she may have held
in her own right or inherited leaving their mutual
accumuatiOns still under the patriarchal supervision
| OF the orthodox "head of the family"
Joint resolutions against the LecOmptOn Constitu.
ton were passed yesterday. They we're introduced
| in the Council yesterday, by Mr.. Learned. send
| a copy. They are somewhat wOrdy, and such slips
as formation and conformation >" of State Gov
| ernment would probably have been pruned out by
| some member but for the hurry. The design is
| simpiyto assure Congress that the admission OF
| Kansas under the LecOmptOn Constitution will be
| cause of war. But here are the resolutions:
| JOINT RESOLUTIONS oF THE TERRITORIAL LE6Is
LAIURI.
VEerea., 1t is q we'll established principle that
Governments derive their just authority from the con-
Of the governed and that under the confederate
syste Of States OF the American UnOn the consent
Of Territory is necessary well that OF the Cen
eral Government to hx and establish state Govern.
ment such Territory and that both the General
Government or the people OF such Territory, either
directly or through the authorities elected by them
hal be fully agreed upon the terms OF admission OF
such Territory State into the Union To make such
admission of legal and binding effect therefore be it
ResClred tby the Legislative Assembly OF the Ter
nory Of kansss That as the representatives, OF the
people Of the Territory of Kansas and rejecting their
expressed and known wish upon the State Govern
mept earnestly and soemnly protest against
the Justice and the right Of the Congress of the Uned
States to force upon the people Of this Territory
Constitution in the making OF which they had no fair
voice which does not embody their wishes, but u in
direct contraveno thereto which establishes in their
midst a Constitution which they can neither sanction
nor tolerate, while il is opposed to the welknOwn
wishes of large msjority Of ftheisnumber, and which,
in s inception and general character, is IN opposition
to the interests and abhorrent TO their principles.
RfSQIIeh That ask and demand in behalf Df the
people of this Territory the rejection of the socahed
"Loconpfon Constitution" now pending before Con-
gress and the recognition Of the rights and wishes Of
such people in any action by Congress looking toward
the formation or conformation Of State Government
for this Territory.
ResOlred, That a contravention of the rights and
wishes of tie people Of this Territory as herein ex-
pressed would be agood and sucen, cause for armed
resistdRee which they would Justly deprecate, but
which every consideration Of honor and patriotism
would prompt, as In maintenance and defence OF
their just and legal rights.
ResOred, That the Secretary Of the Council be- and
is hereby il structed to forward copy of this pre-
smbe and resolutions properly attes.ed to the Prss
dent Of the United States and to the presiding officers
OF both branches of Congress respectively.
The above resolutions were adopted by the Coun-
ell yesterday and approved BY the House Last night.
From Our Special Correspondent;
LAWRENCE, X. T., Feb. 9, 1853.
The Territorial Legislature has just passed u law
for furnishing usurpation under the Calhoun Le-
eomptoniad. 1t is rather 90 ID thing in its way,
and decidedly creditabIe. 1t may be regarded as
technically Useless, since the Territorial Legislature
will expire the moment that the State Government
begihs; but it is likely that such law az this
would be stretched over the interr.gnum 1t pun
ishes the crime Of pretending to bold Office under
the Lecompton Constitution with death. An effort
was made to incorporate the following provision in
the tail end of il: