New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-07

,y. Mt tie act aGihOTizes the peVpr % tie ieIivy
Goverpuen, Tor tAeinselyes ", enevsr. aud not -
f. re- il j. asceitsncd by census. duly n sya!fy
" taker that the p"pulan of said I' ,crv eoss. r
" aep;r oi tho IIoa.s oiP ne Cor-
gr,ss OF the Ueited = rbr l'Lrs,s. thu a.
sen bed ShaH = =, d,.e-~-Tae by vote whether =
" tnt ~leh tns pol-' Of the proPo'ef state - D. ,
=, "din' "a into -. Union ~ that time, sn1, II 80,
p. a,l proceed 20 form Constitution nnd iass an
rece,rary steps icr tie e'iaons hmen o H:
'Goy,r1Inet, in conf, unity with the Federal Con-o-
s,utiou h0sr THE Cor stitatiCB -bah h4yc Il cn
Formed C,rgress carrying out tn pr'"cpie. Il Pop
uler Soy, r.ilit AID ror intervention have - IN
mode and manner OF ~ appfoFai .r .". y
1.-The people ol the proposed STATE - DC pres1rDel
Lv laT and they shall then oe I5,si,ted into the
~ ni,, es A Satc urdsr sucn COrs.t.' N .hus fair
card !, gsily made, with or T''oat SaV'ry' as '4A
"Cnns,itutIOn may prescribe.
An election vas held thrUugbo-e K,oe-', in rursu
snce Of the provsicos Of this al, The 2oon' ID
August last and it res Cd in ,he rejection - 1re
uei6rty o, The proposition svh nitef - The peo.s
y, Congress. This reing the cese, they arc Dov 81
tlc.zed 10 fGfm auvtber ccnsitu n, preparatory 10
admission ato tire Onion, tat rot until their number
ss asceItsined by censuf, shah equal ~ exceed the
ratio required 10 elect member to the House OF hep
roseItatiyes. -,
n;sno, probable in the present -ete Of The case that
q tiird Coei yition be lawfully fraincd ard pre-
seated to Congress- - Kansas before It. population
elnn have TeGcbed the designated number. Nor i It
=. BE- ny, suned t1s after Iber sad experience IN r.
stipe the Territorial laws, ey will attempt 20 aiop
Constitution in express violation Of the pfOVsiOLs ~
IN act of Congress- During the sesOn Of 1886 much oi
etne of Congress occupied the question Of l.
mittire Karsas under TIE Topeka Constitution. Agsn,
nearly the whole Of the last session was devoted to tie
question of ts admission under tie Iecompton Const-
fulton Surely il not asonabe toreQmrete people
ot KarSas to wait De fore mskug third attempt Lntl
the number of their nhab,ant- shall anout 70 ninety
three thousnud four bup0red and twenty. DuTog TINS
brief period the harmony ot the States, ~ well as the
pr e business interests Of the country, dem Dds tnAt
the people Of tie Union shall Lot for thiri time be
cOyulscd by another citation on the Kansas qdes-
top By waiting for a etort time, and sctiug in
obedience to law Kansas will glide into the Ulion
without the slightest ppediment
This excellent prJvsiOp, which Congress- nave ap.
piled TO Kansas ought TO be extended and rendered
applicable to all Territories which may hereafter seek
admission into the Union.
While Coz eress possesses the undoubted power of
adm tting Stete into tbe tnion however small
may be tie number of its nh btaut@, yet 1s power
ought not in my OpI ion, tO be exercised before the
population shall amouIt to the ratio required by he
act for the admission Of Kansas Had this been pre-.
viously the rule the country would have escaped AL
the evils and nsferunes TO which il has been exposed
! by the Kan sas queet IN.
OF course il would be unjust TO give this rule
Prospective application, ard exclude STATE winch,
ac,rg upon tie past practice OF te Government, mas
area0y formed Its ConsttnOn, elected lta Legifa'
tre and otheG officers and s now prepared to enter
the Union
s fearin on the people of the Territories upon the
people Of the ex,sting States. Many OF the serious
ciseensiors which have prevailed III Congress ana
throughout tie country would have been avoided
had this rule been established ct an earlier period o!
TIE Government.
Immediately upon tie formation Of new Territory,
people from different States and from foreign cou nirlca
iusi into H. for the l-udabe purpose of improving
their condition. II cir fret duty 10 themselves Is to
omen and cultivate farms to construct roads T. esteb
hsb schools, TO erect places OF religious wI'hp, ana
70 devote their enerees generally to reclaim the VIII
dem. 50 and TO lay the Foundations of )shng anu
prosperous commonwealth Al, IN this incipient con-
diton, with population ol few thons ana, uity
sL uld premeturely enter the Union, they arc OPP
pressed by the burden OF State taxation, aud the
means necessary for the improvement of the Territory
f., the advancement Of their own interests are thuS
diverted to a different purpose. go
The Federal Government has ever been h0erai
pareLt 20 the Territories, and generous contributor
10 the ust f enterprises of the early settlef. IL has
paid the expenses o their Governments ana Lee sla-
tive assemblies out Of the common treasury, ana tuus
relieved them from heavy charge. Under these cir
cumstances nothing be- better calculated I, retara
their material progress than to divert tnem from ther
useful omployments by premaurely exciting angry pc-
ltcal contests among themselves, for the beneht OF
aspiring leaders. II s surely 10 hardship for embryo
Govcrnors Senators and Members ofCongress towait
until the number oi inhabitants ebaI equ" Those ol
single CONGRESSIONAL District They surely ought not
10 be permitted TO Iush into the Union with popula
on less ttaD onc-ha of several Of the large counties
in the interior of some of the States. Tins was the
condition Of Kansas when II made appicaton 10 De au
jtted under the Topeka Constitution. Besides, 1t re-
ouiics some time to render the msss Ct population
collected in new Territory at all homogeneous, ana
TO unite them on anything like a hAed pohcy EstaO-
sh the rule and all Will IOoh iOr"ard 10 IL anu govern
themselves accordingly.
But Justice to the people OF the several States re-
oujrce that this rule should be established by Con-
cress Each State Is entitled to two Senators ana a
least one Representative In Congress. Should the
peoIe Of the States fail to elect lce-fresldeil Ie
power dcvclves upon the Senate to select this officer
r.n the two highest candidates or the list In case
of the death OF The Pres lent the Nice.PresieD nus
elected BY the Senate becomes Precedent OF the Intcd
non, the smnleei States of the Union have an equal
vic with those from the largest. The same may be
said in regard to the ratification pf treaties, ana o te
Executive appointments. All this has worked sdnh-
raby IL practice, while 1t conforms n ptlLcPle Wun
the character Of instituted by Sovereign
States ,snme L0 American citizen would desire
the slightest char ge in the arrangement SUI, Is IL
not ufiust ard uneCualtO the eXistn States IN invest
some ~, eco or 5000 people collected IN IerntJry
with th. attributes Of Sovereignty, and place them on
an ooual footing with Virginia aid New-lOfk in the
Senate Of tie | nitei states
For tiese reasons ] earnestly recommend the pas
sage of a general act which sha provide that, upon
the application Cf Territorial Legislature, declaring
their belief that the Territory contains number Oi
inhabitants which, II In S.ate would entltlc them ID
elect member O; Congress- Il snail be the dnty oi the
President to ccrsus Of tie Inhabitants 70 be
takcD, ard if found sufficient, ten by the terms o.
this act to authCiZe them ~ proceed I'm their own
way" to frame State Constitution preparatory to
admission into tie Union. | also recommend tnat an
appropiatiCn may be made "a enable the President 70
take y census of tne people OF Kansas.
The pTesoDt condition OF the Territory OF Utah,
when c0niasted with what il was one year ago, Is a
subject for conerutuatioD. Ii then IN state Of
open rebellion and, cost what II might the character
OF the Government required thai tbls reb. lion ehOdf
be suppressed ana the Mormons compelled 10 yield
obedience to the Constitution and the laws. IL order
10 hc,ouJlhsh this object, a. | informed You my