The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-04-08
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There have been allegations made a. to
the manner in which the convention at L.
compton was constituted; that the people In
many counties, were disfrsnehised, and. tsus
that the convention was not regular. nor its
proceedings valid. These questions are l..
gitimatei these / desired time and oppOiu.
nity to examine, and, as the truth might be.
one way or another, to have voted. Butths
Ohio Legislature prevented me from reach
ing those questions; Il commanded ms 70
refuse admission to the State Of Kansas, IN.
quali6edIy without the least regard for them.
j must soy, nevertheless, thst from sII I
can learn. the allegations Of disfranchiss-
nent. in fifteen or nineteen counties. are
without any solid foundation. They are
only some Of the falsehoods which have been
circulated, in References to Kan,ss, for The
last three years. ,l3 '%a if51
"And mover yet did Insurfeetlou' ~ent ~
Such water eolors 70 impaint his causo.~
That many of the qualified electors In
Kansas refused to permit registration Of
their names, and 30 refused to vote Ia the
election for delegates, 10 certainly trus.--
They did this with their eyes open to the
consequences; they were warned again and
aguini they derided alike the warning aud
all feat of conseq fences. Having thus snE-
fered judgment to pass by mere default,
they must seek relief or amelioration, no,
from the hands Of Congress-, but throushau
amendm ut Of the constitution after Kansas
shall have been admitted into the Union.
Others exclaim that the President and
Congress intend TO "force" q constitution
upon the people Of Kansas; but this. certain
ly, is either pervertion Of language or confu.
ion Of ideas. Tie President and Congress
have no concern with the constitution OF
Kansas, its various provisions, or the method
Of its ratification, if the constitution be re-
| publican in form-be, in other words, sub
lect to revision, control or management, by
the people. The petition Of Kansas, thro'
her, convention Of delegates. ID not that
Congress will accept, approve or pass judg-
ment upon the constitution, but only that
Congress will admit her. ss State into the
Union. Whatsoever is Objectionable In her
constitution--whether in respect to African
slavery, to banks, to railroads, to the appor-
tionment for members OF the Legislature, to
the qualification Of Governor or any Other
officer--can be remedied by the people, at
their own will, "in their own way" at their
own time, but never ought TO be the subject
! OF Congressional interference. ,...ss
The shortest way, therefore, the best way,
the only complete way, in which Kansas
can find peace and ample redress, balm for
all her wounds, together with permanent
prosperity. is that which the President now
recommends. Let her be admitted into the
Union, at once, as State. The Blaek.Ro.
publican leaders, Of course, do not wish Il:
they do not wish an end of the troubles in
Kansas; they wish her TO bleed and toshriek,
without intermission, until after the next
Presidential contest. They pretend to be
anxious that Kansas should have the entire
control Of her own affairs, and on opportu.
nifty to exclude or abolish African servitude:
but, as in "The Circumlocution Ofics," Of
Dickens, while ever busy and noisy, II is
their constant question, the theme Of all
their endeavors, "how NOT 10 DO i!"
! l hope the honest, we'll disposed, patriotic
freeman of the United States, without die.
tinction OF sections, parties, or names, will
take this apparently interminable quarell
out of the hands OF the politicians, and com.
| pei its settlement, on some fair basis, as
soon as possible. II could participate,
: ever so humbly, in such result-in restor.
; ing the North and the South to that relation
J Of peace and mutual confidence which once
. prevailed, but seems now forever lost-it
would fill the measure Of my ambition, and
t satisfy ME that had not altogether lived IN
vain. .-si r'% E-@
! With sincere gratitude for the kindness Of
your invitation, am, gentlemen,
: Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
> .'. a.. s''@ G. E. PUGH.
Messrs. JOHN HAMN, GEO. w. RIrzE, JoRH
c. ENGLISH. JOHN B. RosERTs, and others
Committee. ....s..