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of this constitution except the seventh article Is COM
pcllcd by the House amendment To vote against the whole
OF H. lie docs not have an opportunity To vote for
against the seventh article. He IL compelled ~ vote
agaust the whole constitution This is the work OF the
gentlemen who complain Of the vote on the 2ist oi De
o.nlr Thcy said no man could then vote for against
the seventh article ,less he voted for the constitution
say that under this Horse amendment, no man can
vote or against the seventh article uness he votes
against the whole constitution the thing Is impossible
and therefore say the amendment is framed IN such u
manner whatever the purposes OF its authors that II
must inevitably secure the rejection OF tins consttu
ton,
Then why not reject it ut once Why travel around
all this path Why pursue this sinuous track Come
the question If you say it is not the will OF the peo
pie if you claim the right 10 80 behind alI the forms
through which the people eau speak and reject the con-
stitusion reject it let have am end Of ~ aud let us
see whether there is no other method by which we
bring Kansas into the Union; but do not let play fast
and loose. Do not let profess a. submit thus eonstitu-
tion the ordeal of fair vote when the vote Itself h
arranged that must Inevitably be rejected would
be rejected anyhow under the circumstances because of
the last alternative Of this bill If you had put the ten
commandments to vote under this bill they would be
rejected ; and wlyg Tho alternative IL given In the
House bill that if this constitution IL rejected then there
shall be another convention and every man in ths Ter
tory of Kansas in all the counties, who is an asirant
for membcrship In the convention and wo know
that there always about twenty caates for every
Office to which man possibly DC cccted-all this
body of candidates all the outs, who always more
the ms interested to defeat the consultation, IN
order take the chances of being elected to new con-
vcntlon and in order to take the chances Of ng elected
to the egsatttre and to the State Offices which may be
elective under the new constitution. ses
do not understand TO iw pretended in this amend
nlent the senator from Illinois sad that the Lecomp
constitution is not tho act aud deei Of the people
That Is not pretended; but il is said that gss
nasmuc as IL greatly disputed
fhr lJy
fore Congress- was fairly c OF expressed the will Of the people OF
Kansas"
1t might be the act and decd of the people. and not
express their will If grant man power Of attorney
to draw check note for hc may draw i, but ID
nias f,ue le my will; yet have to pay it. Ic has
proper wusnt Of attorney to do the act, because
thOrizcd him to act for 1t may not be my will bait
ii is my act and my deed IGJ nss
Now sir as to the last provision of this amendment
Having submitted this constitution In such form as in
evitably its rejection having submitted IT, net
to the people, but packed jury selected IN defiance Of
the law Of the convention and in defiance Of the law of
the legislature that caled the conventions having select
ed out the body Of electors to which we remand hav
ing in addition, required every man who Is against the
institution Of slavery in the State to vote down the
whole constitution and having offered al the tempt
tons to ambition which DO offered In tho shape OF
flew offices nduccmcnt to vote down the constu
tion: whit Is ncxt take it positively
tain that under this bin any constitution would be reject
cd. None could pass such ordeal for even II these
candidates approved It, they swond say 1--WE will make
it again after get the offices What ~ to come
next Then it is said there to be new constitutional
convention, think we have had constitutional conscn
tons enough in Kallsas Territory of about fifty thou
sand people She has had three constitutional conventions
in three years We have had Topeka and Lccompton,
aud this new one, Mnncola in full blast They are
the hardest people to suit that ever knew. No sir; ana
willing to take Of these three constitutions that which Is
the most formal and tile most regular am willing, IT
Congress requires it. that convention ct delegates
shall he assembled in Kansas to lsss upon this coDsu-
ton for that il the form which they have provided and
that would be granting them trial but If they fail,
am against any constitutions from Kansas Let her
stay until She gets the proper population voted for
the Ioonbs bill, with proviso on that ground only
assened to it for the sake of peace did not believe it
good precedent to bring State into The Union with
small population and say now II this iAconiptoh
constitution which il the only regular and legal one,
is to- be rejected in every shape and for lot us dismiss
the whole subject out Of Congress- and let Kansas wait
until She gets population sufficient, according TO the
ratio prescribed, for one Representatives
But sir this amendment authorizes four gentlemen to
exercise discretion unlimited in time we'll ~ in msn
ncr tile governor the secretary, the speaker Of the
council and the speaker Of the house Of representatives
although two OF them out OF Office AT an indefinite
period in the future at any time extending throughout
the whole TERRITORIAL lfc of Kansas these four persons
two Of whom. rs have ssid have ceased, or will soon
cease TO be officers arc 10 have the power Of calling
upon the people to elect delegates providing who shall
be the officers to supertend tllcclecon and when the
delegates shall be elected and when they shall be assem-
blcd in convention and that convention is to make the
constitution, and il il TO he perfect constitutions from
the start. If they should pass this railroad ordinance
which has given senors much trouble, we have
power It, provided they make part Of their con
stitutions ut is never to come back To the President
Is TO look ut it, and to proclaim the State admitted
know there very good prcccdeiits TOO, In
which constitution has been submitted o Congress- and
Congress has been sufficiently satisfied Of its republican.
character but has rcandel il toa convention TO alter
some other Of its provisions perhaps its bounda
ries perhaps some clause which supposed to infringe
the constitution of the United States but wherever Con
gress has emanded constitution in that way, to be al
tered amended in particular, and afterwards,
compliance with tat condition. to admit tho State into
the Union proclamation, Congress has had some sight
at the constitution. never knew Of their authorizing
constitution to be formed ndly this bill does IL is
for Congress to admita State, not the President We
have the right to require that certain provisions shall DO
complied with, and upon that to trust the people but
not willing to trust the people OF Kansas in their
present condition and therefore that provision would be
evidently Objectionable What will be the result OF
We shall have discharged ourselves from all conncxon
with the subject, and If the constitution to be framed
should be like this constitution against which one party
protests which party charges with frauds, with OUT
ages with perurics Of every description, what shall we
be told them We shall hear from tho senator from ll
nois Mr. TRUMBuLL again, That Congress has dsclaimed
It's rightuI Jurisdiction the Territories and that
therefore, all these calanties have occurred No. sir let
meet the direct question II you choose TO admit Kan
sas under the Senate bil admit her II you choose to
admit her remandng her constitution TO new conven-
ton of delegates that last resort would be Infinitely
better than the House bill you viii do neither of these
then reject her or If you must have her I'm the Union