The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-14
THE HOUSE Bill. THE THIRD KANSAS 'CpNSrI
TUITION NEGRO AND ALIEN SUFFRAGE,


THE HOUSE BILL. THE THIRD KANSAS CONSTR.
TUITION -NEGRo AND ALIEN SUFFRAGE
The House bill is a proposition to admit Kansas
into the Union ON certain conditions. The demo-
cratic party proposed her admission under the Lee
compton constitution, regarding it legal instru-
ment as an emanaton from tho voting people Of
Kansas and expressing their will upon the terms
and conditions of their organic law Mr. Crittenden
himself declared in his speech in the Senate, that
4 the Lecompton constitution had been moulded in
due form and cans 10 Congress clothed with all
\ psedfu legal sanctions bat he thought there was
great doubt whether, after ALL it expressed the win
Of the people Of the Territory. Upon this point
there has been enough said already. We insist
that IT does inbody thc viii Of the rotiag popula
tion Of that Territory and It's ncontestably true
that such is the case. We then take the next
step, and say that those who refused 10 uolc arc emit
tied no consideration whateSsr and we now COM
plain Of the opposition that they are making martyrs
of the mere mar-plats, managers and ntriguers who
,Ss~a 10 cote claiming that they are DISTINGUISHED
Every species Of lying and Misrepresentation is a
greater lesser fraud according to its nature and
purpose Every. tilno tho republicans repeat that
tho non-vetng people Of Kansas are being deprived
of thsir rghtfal what they call forcing upon
them the Lecompton constitution, they are commit
ting a fraud. There was time to resist and when
that time passed there could longer be airy legalre
distance. In this country protests heard at the bal
lotbox where proposition is capable Of being submit
ted to that test This whole kansas affair has been
tsciee legally referred to the balotbox Those that
would be heard could speak there. The cleoion Of
delegates on Tie Ah e Jsne, 1851 was the time to be
heard. II there We're those who opposed the forma-
ton Of constitution they could be heard for they
We're iu the majority they could send delegates to
organize and adjourn. If they desired the sub
mission Of any constitution to be framed, they might
have elected delegates upon that issue. If they
opposed the recognition Of slavery that was another
test which they might have carried into the election
TO be decided by the ballot-boxes The law Of the
10Th February called convention; but the people
the 18th June, by their ballots, decided the po-
tical character and gave the political principles 10
tho convention. 1Aose ,rho then refused % po,e made
known to tho whole country their assent to the
decision Of The ballot boxes upon the votes Of those
who did thus execute the powers Of government in
trusted 10 them. tuAt' y ti'ags "a
Then we insist that legally and morally the I.c-
compton constitution is binding upon the people of
Kansas; and il they TO DO admitted at all at this
time it should DO under that constitution without
conditions. Mr.. Critienden Mr.. Humphrey Mar
shall Mr. Underwood, Mr., Gilmcr and others South,
aud twenty democrats North, under the lead of
Mr. Douglas and ono or two insignificant democratic
senators from the latter section, propose 10 admit
Kansas under tho Lecompton constitution, but re-
quiring condition precedent thereto that il
shall first be submitted to tho people of Kansas, and
be ratified by them and If shall be rejected that
tho people of Kansas may frame new constitution,
and demand to be proclaimed az admitted by such
act on their part
Now, gentlemen, you believe, and we think you
have believed all along, that yo republican associ-
ates would jump into the in Kansas and pro-
cure the rejection OF the Lecompton instrument
You believe thai they have the power to effect
this result--you know that you expect it. Wen,
let us then get through this part Of the form
and this part of the substitute, which means just
nothing at all. We next come TO the provisions Of
the substitute authorizing new election of dele
gates to constitutional convention, the framing of
another organic law, its submission to and ratiiica
ton by the people. We may infer that the power
that rejects the present instrument win be sufficient
TO ratify the You then have preferred, You
southern gentlemen you democrats or the North and
South, to give your endorsement to what Jim Lane
and his mad associates may do in Kansas six
months or year in advance, To- admitting the State
into the Union under the present organic law. You
are then the volunteer eHdossers Of the vest band
Of agitatnrs ard fanatics that have ever disturbed
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