Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-01-14
GA7ETvTE AND VIRGINIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IA, 1853.

j., gambling phrase tho foul "Ileads l win
anI tails Won lose;" the Constitution was
obliged to be adopted, with the clause OIL
witbout the clause: the vote was bound to be
"ror the Constitution" it WAS all pro not con
and We NAV saw that was no submission tc
an election at all. Election is choice OF alter
nativcs-tO adopt as well rs reject. lhere
va. no choice in this case, and no eqnality
of voters this case. Three men went 70 thC
polls: A said, Il vote for the Constitution
with or without the clause" but Is. ana =
-aii, I'VE vote against 1t, with or "tnOu'
the clause" As vote was COnted, Bs ana y =
were not 10 be counted, and thus one waH
made not ouly to offset two, but u be sole
substitute 10 fact for three against the mayor
" Of two to one out OF three.
| Now this was but the unveiled trIckeTy
and shameless fraud of n sC-called schedule.
Tuera was neither right nor justice IN It,
The Democracy Of Virginia ut least scorns a
titlo of any sort founded on a fraud, occult
ar valuable. like this. We say that as be
rwten the Convention of LscomptOn and the
people Of kansas, the question was one De
;,ye. and de jye the whole Constitution IN
'aiI ITS parts ought to have been submitted to
ali the legal votes, pro and con, and the two
yar.rs ought t. have been allowed their voices
against it as well as the one voter his voice
| lr it. And, so far as slavery is concerned,
/ it made the case worse against that species 0.
property 10 submit the slavery clause alone 10
the election OF the people. Why discriminate in
respect 20 that peculiar institution" Is II be-
cause it was peculiar Il We contend for any
thing especially. it IS that our property shall not
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property IN legislation. II stands or the same
footing of rlghr TO protection anl preservation
which is claimed TOR any other description OF
I tang Owned OF possessed by Others as property.
/ Why Vas THIS s.u- led out loT tue chances OF pro-
/ hl5.rpOu, Was Il not enough that the Badger
amendment OF the KANSAS y eOrasSa bill had al.
ready enacted that al. laws protecting and e.
taDiIsuiEg II prior TO .si"-2y should be repeal
rd' Way repeat discrimination against sid-
very ~ this schedule Of submissions
This ',as ground enough to make pTo.SaVeFy
partiZaDs reject 1t. In fact aud O! right II the
Constitution aad not been submitted ar all 10
whole or in part 10 the people, it would have
bee0 more impartial and more lust 10 the slave
holder than as il was submitted. If there he
any mistaken and misguided and mlsgudlng
parties in the South, Who would be guilty OF ar
raY.ug a. an.t the equal rights OF slave property
tue irresistible and lndisputabIe rights OF popu.
lar sovereignty, We would save our property
from the guardianship OF such ciiy. and really,
a. property and protection must always safely
relv rather upon law and order and the rule OF
Justice and TAR dealing-to ask nothing but
what was rigar. and to submit to nothing which
S wrong. Un the ground OF policy Then, as
well as Ne Jru, the whole Constitution ought 10
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fear. favor fraud. or force So much for the
case de yl0c The Convention saw fit TO
submit the Constitution to one voter alone, and
no. to all three OF the voters, and Inc ConYen
non was legitimate Il was legitimate dc tacto
Congress could not 20 behind the return; II can
not intervene. ne are told, except TO see that
La" mas authorized the act and that the form is
republican.
The Law authorized the act, ard we grant the
form of tie Constitution itself 10 be republican.
We don't agree with Senator Douglas, that MS
OWE Kansas Nebraska act was not an enabling
statute" aid we don't agree. either, VITA the
President, Mr.. Buchanan. that slavery was the
only domestic institution 10 be submitted, as
sen, 10 the people The Kansas bill enabled
the people to govern themselves; that was It's
first essence and lis chief excellence, and every
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