The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-06
REMARKS OF HON. GEO. E. pUGH.


MI PRESIDENT The question before tie senate Is not
any longer on the passage OF the Senate on the
passage ot tne House Dill liberal construction OF te
resolutions Oh lhstuoh wh,ch nave received rom tne
sehei' asse"piy oi ohio ana ny wch my voc was gov
erned on c former OCCASION would as mocn require me
70 vote against te HOUSE pll as thc senate m but .e
emergency Is eVioehtiy one whcn tne Beheai aschpy
dd not contemplate and IN which, therefore must con-
SUIT my own Judgment ana their views, as 1ar as can
Gather then According 10 my apprehension oi wnat IN
due 20 TINS case the House amendmcnt Is utterly nad
mssiOic IL VIOLATION, Us understand IT, oi every
principle ON which Congress can admit q new State oi
every safe precedent ana violation OF every prnGpe
heretofore proiesscd by the democatc party o the uhl-
ted States IL ~ an unfair Dill IL cahnot make peace.
IL can make nothing but disturbance IN Kansas ana ev-
erywhcrc cc salt esdenyer 10 stBtan these pfopo-
sitons as tic reason Why certainly 10 my own enuo ana
perfect satsicon shall vote against that Dill az every
hazard
The main idea OF tins proposition or rather 's prc'en
sioh Is at Inc congress OF the Uhtcu SUITES ieaus
the constitution OF Kansas to vote OF the people and
what forf VINO authonzcd us 70 remand ta' cohs'1uo
70 vote Of the people ls itio u.s. the Congress o. the
United Statc 70 dictate 70 The states now they sh 10TH
ana fatiy Ihcr cohstitutons! Where nave we opIhe'
any suci power as that five can require 1t III the case
OF new state, we can require 1T in the case OF an nd
state our authority Is the same over all Of them 1e
new STATES arc 10 DC hmtted on an cq'm iooes WIN
che oiSM oatcs IL Is or 'he people Oh ha'isas' "oV-
ing through the forms oil law, to say IN what manner
their constitution shall be formed and ratified lhey
have sad 1t in every manfer In which the people can
spch i wy ~. o' Ausus' .ooo, uey ''is'luccu 'io
That was the first act OF the people That Legislature,
in obedience to direct vote of the people and its menu
bers beng also elected py The people, ptoceeded 70 io
yention and the election Of delegates They expressly
omitted any provision recurring the constitution TO be
supi,ea 10 popular vote ana when the governor ic-
annd slsa he @ h y ni" w.Gat ms sa,nfe On 'hI ts sx
senatiycs of the neopo in the territorial Legislature
| I s ~ ~, i'oI !. -. ~ -. a,S5 a,
FPenS io 'ii people, passe" ~ oVcr ms se'o, " "e
.s ~ M, 80 '.en ~ ~
the convention ;isolf might choos. 1f
w ui pii'ii i'aNi n' al d, ;
l. Under that chartcr, III ul view OF all these cifcun-
stances with full knowledge of the fact that the dele
sales oou' 70 DC elected ana apou. 20 90 IL
would or would not submit the constitution the people
cbos ,hos Isrates grav e,n;dsd 70 those aelcgos
49, ~, ,.'. ~ -, -, y ,..., " =, III ~ M,
the discretion whether the constitution should or shoud
and deed of the peope nt every stare instrotinn
| tI ,a. d. @ ~ ,s Sry ! ryy,,,r;,,r '.,.,,,h i
Legislature in The form Of law speaking through the
legislature again when Gov Gearys veto was overruled;
sn,, ng Iy ie air., y,;c, az tir noopc 10 hon mo dnl
gates were elected n june his cnycntion met ID Il
the mpcrsopation Of the people II is the will Of the
people it is the act and deed vf the people and it
speaks the voice Of the people There no other voice
OF the people there CAP be no other under our form OF
| representative government, II seems to Inc plain
proposision but that it may not stand my authority
shall quote again what was mid by Mr. Webster in lii
famous argument in the case of Luther ps Borden I.
r, 80 81, ,d, ,, Tho r,ne arc so,c,rn ,v so,a ,,o, q,
this country many subject portion
Of this sovereign power has been defge to which
roch,i @ % sr' % ] s c m ~ h' h % % I a M ,h m sa; y
have not n Tho contnon o the United states docs not
Of the governmen the United States Nor does IL speak
.he state T, ays ane State ou. rec"snes govern
inn e system ornaI not ps or right hs
called by the King Tho people complained
that they had TO send up euscsses A. last there grew up cos
, n a % ~ NV nv , & m g' moi s, ~, IN & ss" p nr ,h u
right representative every mans portion Of soverog