The Washington union., 1858-03-13
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
sustaining the President in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE March l2Tbe meeting held here to-
might frr iagr one nd the following resolutions
offered by Hon Joshua yanzant adopted with great
enthusiasm
Whereas the legally constituted and duly recognised
territorial legislature OF Kansas at session Of 1855
passed law fm taking the % the people Of that
Territory upon the exlfcDcr ut calling onventiun TO
form state constitution, with view 10 iA admission
into the hiefnl Ton and the cu.sequent adapttion OF
its institutions 30 the wants of the people and whereas
this law submitted 10 he people at general elec
fion held in October 1856 ty whom it declared
bc expent that such convention should be Called and
In pursuance Of this decision tine arrtorgl Legislature
did, by act Of February 1857 pas law for the elec
tion Of delegates, he chosen the third Muniuy in
June thereafter, to frame State constitution and
whereas the b,ta 6d residents OF Kansas citizens the
United States who had acquired residence Of three
months in TINT TerIitory responded the act Of Feb
ruary, 1851 in the only known 10 our laws and
selected delegates who assembled in convention at Ie
compton, which duly adopted constitution, under
which they asking be admitted State into
the Cnions and whereas that constitution is republican
in ITS for and consistent with the constitution o The
United States therefore
Rarai That recognise in the action of our fellow
citizens ot Kansas the and legitimate exercise OF the
principle which asserts the right Of the people OF State
OF the Territories Of the United States 10 frame their
own organic law and Incorporate therein such pro-
visions their judgment may suggest as likely to
advance The prosperity and promote the happiness those
who to be subject to it's rule
Rrsolaea That have no faith in the soundnes of the
theory which, with such ill., timed ze is invoked in on
position 10 the admission Of katsas under the Lecanpt
constitution, non The ground that portion of the pco
pie OF TERRITORY has led refused participate in
the election hereBl~Ore referred TO- because If such doc
Tines these 10 prevail either in the formation or
adoption on the organic law il VIII be impfaccaIle to
decide when the public voice has recorded its ects But
prefer u adopt the sornder theory Of the profound
and patriotic statesman now happily at the helm OF the
federal government .-that popular soverentv can only
be exertIHed through the ballot box and the people
will refuse to exercise il IN this manner as they have
done In kTss nj the election of delegates il is not fr
them To complain that their rights hnve been violated
Rtaesd That the fres-snte party of kansas in the a
prebeson OF ths meeting would not have voted for
constitution other than TINT which emanaed from the
Tchstiious convention which had assembled at Topeka
no matter what might been its provisions or its
form but that cooperating with their patrons and sup
porten at the NORTH would have preferred that the eu-
try should he kept IN condition d agitation upon the
question OF slavery and that sectional STRIFE and o-
graphical encouragement between citizens already gen
Grated to an alarming extent should be strengthened and
encouraged
RasRnad That whilst do charge al who are at
tis time arTayed against the admission OF KANSAS ader
the LeCDmptan constitution with designs reasonable IA
the principles g the national constitution we believe
that the tendency Of their unaconiEn ts that result
since grves renewed vitality and vg0r to party which
4 should ever triumph in the establishment Of It's pp
cplcs viii plDt the standard its victory amidst the
ruins of our institutions
Resl1sd That by the prompt admission OF Kansas into
the Union THE questions IN reference 10 it's domestic
Eanmtion VIII st to he national IN their char
acfer the ament which they furnish 10 the spirit
Of dscurd viii 10 that extent ut least he withdrawn and
Kansas as sovereign State may in the exercise If an In
herent and indubitshie right il it, people viii IT, remodel
her irm Of government ia such manner as their patriot
ism and wisdom theif wants may suurest and that
too IN much shorter period than it viii require 10 rem
cdy any real supposed existing evils n any other
mode Il her application for admission should now e s
iectrd.
hessraI inst ~ American citizens, possessing an VI
acament t country and institutions we earnest
~ ctniend ~ the consideration CT couuTymcn and
10 ttoe particularly VITO contributed b. elevate the pre
eH patriotic Lliet Magistrate 70 the position nc ayuI
the ntie sentiments spoken Wy the renowned statesman
Daniel Webster. on the ocuasion vi the aisVtion of the
conpruuol~e measures ~ 1850 Ny ,I,esf Il peace my
'fect u reconciliation Ny purpose not 70 make lip
case nr the North or 10 make ups fr the south
Ny oiGcct " not te Cgrtiuur uclrs and Irritating tFo
VERSES am against aEitaturB North and south I am
against lNa ideas, North and south and arasnt All m.
and local contests. an. American and knss,
nn lrrnuy IN Aunerisa. Tint y my country Nv hesrt
my sntlm,rts, my Judgment demand me that s,,uld
pursue such course shall promote the good and tlu