White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-05-06
HypOcrisy Unmasked.

1 EIOHl bile tttue lie AScafSuWOttu OOu-
stitution was first adopted by the Con-
vention, hue and cry has been raised
against it, of Niger! niger 1t was
first started by some Of the parrots in
this Territory, and then the cry was taken
up BY the disintsrestsd presses Of Missouri,
who have been uncessing in their adTo-
cacy Of Lecompton, and who make more
ado about the matter, than those who are
to be governed by the Constitution. The
cry Of "Impudence Parulyzed-Negro
Equality p has been echoed from Kansas
to- Missouri; and re-echOed again from
Missouri to Kansas. We took occasion,
last week, to give some of our views upon
the Leavenworth Constitution, and to
express OR belief that it does not confer
the right of suffrage upon negroes, unless
a majority Of the people, in the manner
provided, should vote to give them that
right. We also stated that the bred
Scott decision declares that negroes are
not citizens, and that consequently the
Leavenworth Constitution does not per-
NIT them to vote. unless that decision is
disregarded. We are informed that some
of the Pro- Slavery guardians Of Kansas,
residing in Missouri, have been soundly
abusing orr Abolition sheet for these
views, and for even intimating that the
bred Scott decision might 5e disregarded
by some people. We also learn that they
even went so far as to censure some Of
our Pro- Slavery friends for our remarks.
After stating explicitly that we alone
are responsible for the editorial matter in
our paper, We will endeayor to enlighten
the ignorance of our censors-for it is
evident that they are utterly ignorant of
what they arc denouncing or upho'ding.
We viii show, according to their own
argument, that they have been favoring
negro equality, in supporting the Lecomp-
ton Constitution. We first refer them to
Section 1st of the Elective Franchise
Article in the Leavenworth Constitution,
which reads thus
SECTION l. In all elections not otherwise pro-
Vided for by this Constitution, every male citi-
zen of the United States, of the age Of twenty
one years, or upwards, who shall have resided
in the State six months next preceding such
election, and ten days in the precinct in which
he may offer to vote, and every male person of
foreign birth of the age of twenty-one years or
upwards, and who shall have resided in the Uni
ted States one year, in this State six months, and
in the precinct in which he may offer to vote.
ten days next preceding such election, and who
shall have declared his intention 10 become a cit
izen ofthe United States, conformably 10 the laws
of the United States, ten days preceding such
election, shall be deemed qualified elector.
Nov we refer them to Section LIST of.
the Elective Franchise Article in the Le-
compton Constitution, which reads thus
Section l. Every male citizen Of the United
States, above the age of twenty-one years, ha-
wing resided in this State one year, and in the
County, city or town, in which he may offer TO
vote. three months next preceding any election,
shall have the qualifications Of an elector, and
be entitled TO vote at all elections; and every
male citizen of the United States above the age
aforesaid, who NAV be a resident Of the State at
the time that this Constitution shall be adopted,
shall have the right OF voting as aforesaid, but
no such citizen or inhabitant shall be entitled to
vote except in the County in which he shall &C.
tually reside at the time Of the election.
There you have it, in black and white.
the whole sum and substance of the right
of suffrage. as granted by the two rival
Constitutions. Cut these Sections out,
place them in hat. shake them up. and
then draw one ont at random, and you
will be puzzled to tell whether it is which
or t'other. They are as near alike as can
be, not to be expressed in the same iden-
teal words. The difference between the
two. and the only one, is, that the Leav-
enworth Constitution. in that article,
confers rights upon foreigners which are
not granted by the Lecompton Constitu-
ton. Yet the party that got up the latter,
are the persons who profess to be the only
true friends of the foreigners, and are
constantly bowling about the "Aboli-
tionists" seeking to elevate the negro,
and to put down the foreigner Now,
let US look again. Section first of the
Article on Education. in the Leavenworth
Constitution, reads thus: SIS 20
SECTION /. The stability and perpetuity of
Free Republican Institutions depend upon the
Intelligence and Virtue of the people; therefore
il is declared TO be the duty of the State to es
tablish, by law, at the earliest possible period,
a uniform system Of Free Schools, in which ev.
cry child in the State shall be entitled 70 receive
good common school education, at the public
expense.
And the. 6th Section Of the same Arti-
Gle reads thus: - 3, ,,,,-s - s,-.-,,r
Section 6. The General Assembly shall make
such provision, by taxation otherwise, a. with
the income arising from the school fund, viii Sc
cure throughout the State, the maintenance Of
thorough and uniform system ofeommon schools,
which shall be kept up and supported in each
district at least four months in each year, and
shall be open and free TO every child in the State,
between the ages Of Eve and twenty one years.
Now read section Sd Of the Education
Article in the Lecompton Constitution
SEcTIoH q The Legislature shall az soon as
practicable, establish enc Common School Tor
morel in each township in the State where the |