The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-14

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Psov'eed. ~ the aeeet lay 4, 1853, 70 whicl
| Rese j0sss f0e ne e0misel0n 81 tn
osnse on en eQnal I00dng with the origina
otases out upon the fundamental conditio
Precedene that majority of the people ther
o., etAD election O;be held for that purpose
should, m place Of the very large grants q
puOllc landb which they had demnnded unde
the ordnance, accept such grants 20 had BEEF
| made 10 Minnesota and other new States. Tn
der this act, should q majority reject the pre-
position offered them, ut shall be deeme,
and held that the people Of Kansas do no
desire admission into the Union with sai,,
constitution under the conditions .et forth j,
said proposition. !" Ia that event the act autho
rixes the people Of the territory to elect dele
gates to form constitution and State govern
ment for themselves, whenever, and not be
fore, it is ascertained by d census. duly ant
legally taken, that the population ofsaid Ter
ritory equals Of exceeds the ratio Of represent
tation required for ! member Of the Hous,
of Representatives Of the Congress Of the q.
nited Statesn The delegates thus assembled
ssshall first determine by vote whether it i.
the wish OF the people OF the proposed STATE
to be admitted into the Union ct that time
and If 30, shall proceed to form constitution
and take all necessary steps for the establish
ment Of State government in conformity
with the federal constitution. After this
constitution shall have been formed, Congress
carrying out the principles Of popular sover
reignty and non intervention, have left 'the
mode and manner Of its approval or ratifcar
tion by the people of the proposed State" to
be prescribed by law, and they "shall then
be admitted into the Union a. State under
such constitution thus fairly and legally made
with or without slavery, as such constitution
may prescribe
An election was held throughout Kansas,
in pursuance OF the prov lsions of this act, on
the second day OF August last, and it result
ca 10 the rejection, by q large majority, of
the proposition submitted to the people by
Congress This being the case, they are
now authorized to form another constitution
PREF aratory to admission into the Union, but
not until their number as ascertained by
census, shall equal or exceed the ratio re-
quired to electa member to the House of
Repres natives.
Sltis not probable in the present state of
the case, that third constitution can be
lawfully framed and presented to Congress
by Kansas, before its population shall have
reached the designated number Nor is it
to be presumed that after their sad expert
ence IN resisting the territorial laws, they
will attempt to adopta constitution in ex-
press violence of the provisions Of an act of
Congress. During the session of 1856, much
81 the time OF Congress was occupied on the
question Of admitting Kansas under the To-
peka constitution. Again, nearly the whole
ii the last session was devoted to the oues-
ion of its admission under the Lecomnton
Surely, it is not unreasonable
% require the people of Kansas to wait be.
ore making IL third attempt, until the num- |
Der of their Inhabitants shall amount to 90
[20. During tins brief period, theharno. |
~ OF the States, as well as the great bust
less interests of the country, demand that
he people of the Union shall not for a
bird time be convulsed by another agitation |
m the Kansas question. By waiting for a |
hort time and acting in obedience to law. /
Kansas will glide into the Union without the
lightest impeachment
This excellent provision which CONGRESS
as applied to Kansas. ought to be extend.
d and rendered applicable to all Terr,tories
'hich may hereafter seek admission into the
'nion
Whilst Congress possesses the nndonhted
over of admitting a new State into the lin
N, however small may be the number of its
lhabitants, yes this mower ouyht NOT in INV
pinion, to be exercised befnrs tho nnn,,la
on shall amount to the rdf;, reoniraI Inv
,e act for the admission of Kansas Had
lis been previously the rule tho conntrr
ould have escaped all the evils .and mis-.
rtunes to which it has been exnosed Inv RIO
ansas question.
OF course it would be unjust to Give this
ile retrospective application. and exciude
State which. acting unon the mast nract;ca
the government has alraadv formoa IT,
institution, elected its lecslature and otbaro
GERS and is now pref.sred tn enter tho T,;on
The rule ought to be adonted whether we
,nsider its bearing upon the neonIa If the
erritorics or upon the neonle Of tho ex;st;nr
totes. Many of the serions d;ssn,sions
hich have D eyailed in CONGRESS- and
lroughout the country wonJd have hon
7oided. had this rule been established A. IN
.rlier period of the government
immediately upon the formation Of - now
erritory people from different States and
ON foreign countries rush into if for the
udable purpose of improving their cnndi-
on. The first duty to themselves is to omen
I'D cultivate farms. to construed roads re-
tablish schools to erect places of religions
orship, and to devote their energies gener.
" to reclaim the wilderness and to law tho
undations of a fiourishinr and nrosnerons
IT, in this incinient rondi~
IN, with population of few thousand
ey should prematurely enter the Union
ey are oppressed by the burden of ,State
kation, and the means necessary for tho {
provement olthe Territory and the advan-
ment of their own interests, are thus d;-
rted to very different purposes
The feudal government. has ever been a |
,st liberal parent to the territories and a l
nereus contributor to the useful .nsernr;~
of the early settles. 1t has paid the ey-
nscs Of their governments and lcoislat;ve I
selnblies out OF the common treasury and
US relieved them of a heavy cbaroa IL