Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-01-06

/ AZ yreviansea, IN the axeFelke Of thi
. risEss. ia ir.Aa bssaaAs of Arkansas ma
! psaoeAbly mses ssGashsF in pEimar
.lszsmhliss. ar ia EoAyentions ehossl
by such assemblies, Tor the pureos
! of uetittunina Gongresa to abEogate Ia
Territorial goveEmaaBna and TO adIHi
them ina0 sha Unaea as an indepsndan
. State. TIE paxsiealag form which shsl
NAV give to Lhaax petition cannot b
! nateriai, 20 long = they conhns them
selves 10 the EaoTs gi@hs OF peEitioains
, and sondues all shssR proceedings Ia !
Daaceabls mAaneg. And the power oi
tsuuvrsss oTex th4 sah8eck Is plenary ana
! liniIed, THEY LAY ACCEPT ANY
CONSTITUTION New EVER FRAA'E
| WHICH I'm THklk JUDGEMENT
MEETS THE SEask TIE PEOPLE
, TO BE AFFEUlEU BIZ IT. 1t there.
fore the citizens Of Arkansas think pro-
psr % accompany their petition with q
written Constisaiion, Az4med and az,
reed On by their primary assemblies, on
by a Conyeation Of delegates ch0sen BY
such assemblies, | pgeSiye no legal OBJ
iessEion 20 their powm a. do SO, nor to
ang measures mhteh aAy be taken "a
collect tha aenss Of the people IN Eepect
: ID il; provided always that such meas
ures bs comm bnesd and prosecuted in a
usaeeabIs manner, In striet Sgbardina-
i.0u to the existing Territorial Govern
Yaent. AND IN ENTIRE SUBSEREt-
ENCY TO THE POWER OF CONG
/ |KESS To ACCPT, REJECT, OR DIS
! ItEGARD THEA At THEIR PLEAS
! Ire"
While the Legislature OF Arkansas
had DO power to create Convention TO
frame a Consultation, as legal, consti-
tugional body, yet, If tina people chose
10 assemble uadeg such 81 act Of the
Legislature for tbs purpose Of petition
ing for redress Of grieyences, tha as
s.mbIags was not illegal: IL vas not
bn Unlawful assesablags; Is was nos
such an aaaamblsgs as the military
luver eoqld be used to disperser for they
Lad . right, q44er the Can4Ht4tiqH,
Iaus to assemble and petition. But If
they assumed TO themselves tbs right or
the poser to make u Government, that
assumption was Rn agt Of rebellion
vhich General Jackson said it was his
duty to put down With the military force
Of the country. Ii you Gpply thes prin-
4 eiples 10 The Kansas CQgFsntiony yoq
will and that it had no poWsr 10 do sny
act as 9 Convention forming Govern
mgnt; you fnd that the aoa calling 10 is
nall aud void from the begiRnlR { you
ind that the Legislature could confer
no power whatever on the Convention.
That Convention was SIMPLY an assem-
blage Of peaesbis citizens, under the
Constitution Of ths United States, petI-
uouinz for the redress Of grievances, and,
thus qssambl ed, had the right tQ rEE t4etr
petition in she form Of Constitution #
they chose Qua sgill it was only petl-
ttun-hrylng tho force Of pStinon-
which Congress could accept or re- eet, or
dispose Of As il saw proper. That Is
What | understand to be Just the extent
OF the power and authority Of THIS Con-
yenlion assembled at Lsc0mpton. Il vas
g.I IT unlawful assomblaga lake that held
u Topeka fQt the 4uPefa Lq4sIit4'4Gy
v...s made Ia opposition 10 the terrltQna+
law, ani thought intended to sabVert
the Government without the consent ot
Congress, bat, as centended by theiT
friends moi 80 intended. II their object
vas to subyert it without the consent Of
Congress, il was an act Of FebellioH which
-yRRb 81 kaza ksen put d0wn BY force
Ii Il gas : peageahle saseHhlaga slHkIy
to petition and abide the decision Of Con
grcss on the petition, It was not an un-
lawful assemblage. | hold, however,
that il vas an unlawful assemblage. |
hold that thia Lecompiih Convention was
rot an unIawfal assemblage; bat, On the
ltasr hang, ! kc!d thas they had no legal
lower and authqEitY 10 establish 10y
rrnment. They had rigAs 70 petition
for 8 redress Of grievances. They had
right in that petition TO ask for the
change Of Government from IsrTtto-
rial to q State Government. They had q
right to ash Congress to adopt the lnstrp-
ment which they sent to Us As their Uon-
sttsution; and Congres, il It tthohght that
paper embodied the Will Of the people Of
tAs Territory, fairly expressed, might
in its discretion, ssesRl t IS ; LaRssliar
Lon, and admit them into tAe Isslsa as 8
State; or II Congress thought it did not
embody the will Of the people Of Kansas,
It mi ght rsisCt it .; or # Congress thought
is was doubtful Whether IT did embody
tie will Of Ghe peoplsroE not, then it
should send it bsek Egd s4bMit IS 10 the
people TO have that ddabt removed, in
aatler that the popular veiea, whateTeri Il
taight be, should prevail ID the 1oasGitu
ton under waieh the people were 70 live.
50 far as the aet Of the Territorial Leg
islature Of Kansas calling this ConFsn-
ton was concerned, / have always been
under the impression thai il was fair and
iust in its provisions. | have always
i.,aug4t TLa people sEoq4q hatu gG4e te-
eethsr On fnaaaa and voted for delegates,
g. that the yoics expressed By the Conven-
ton should have 6een the unquestloncd
and united voice Of the people Of Kansas.
have always thought that those who
stayed away from that election stood ia
ihesr own hight, aaa aAo4ld Hage gone
and voted, sud should have furnished
tAig names to be pqs on TIE FeGlstaFed
liss sa ss 80 be Thta$s, have. BlWsys
hsid t6sE il was thaiir own fault that thsy
did not thus 20 aAd vote but yet, If thsy
chose, they had q right to stay sway
They had right 10 say that that Gem
vention, although not an unlawful aszsm-
blags, is not q legal CeEyestiSa tQ AgaRs
G aaxar1assak, Aasd hsxses We ara uadsE
do obligation 70 60 aRa express any upin-
ion about it. They hod right 20 ssys Il
they chose, awe will stay away until
we zee the Constitution thay shall frame,
the position they shall ssnd 10 Congress;
and whsn they sabnaia j. % " fer rssasiss.
eaticn, re Wiil Eats TAR Il IL We Ike il,
dr YdGe Il dawn i1 we do not liks la.7 u
soy they had ighi 20 do either theagh
thoughs, and khink yea, ~ good ciiaAsns
they saghs 10 hare gone and voted but
that was thRig business aad mot mine
Having thus shown thai the Convention
at Leeonpton had no power, no auttcri
ty, to form and sesakliaa = 6sosafnnaat,
bgt had pawst ID draft . pesisicns aad
that Rstiliaa, If il smhodlsd the Will af
the people of Kansas eaght 70 be taken
al aaoh an sxpoailiDn Of their viii, jet,
IL it did not ssnboay their will ought 20
be rsiecaed hMSing shown shsse faStss
lst ms pgoossd and inquire what Was the
understanding Of tbs people of Kansas
when ths dsfeRAsss were nestsa tan-
dergtguAs SrQa No hisg6ry Of the trans
aAsloa, that sAa peopla we so1ad foF del-
agasas 20 the Lep6nptsn Conyenlion and
those who FeERSea 70 vots both parties,
and arstao6 shs territorial acs 10 mean
sheE shsy aMsrs 10 be slscssd 0aly 70 frame
shs gcnStitaki4as aud GuhEais Ii a0 tho
neozsaS skszT assaass saAs sAaastnn o. xeiacElah.
saY that both pazslea LII that Territory,
ae aEle time 0s tbs election Of delegates,
81 understood gaa object Of the Cunven-
Eaon. Thoas wf6 vosssl foF dalsgases did
. wish the understanding thai shey bad