Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-08-12

zee; but they do not regard it as any part
o. the Constitution, nor will its approvalor
disapproval Sy Congress affect the validity
of that Constitution, if the State be admitted
into the Union, as recommended" Ard
again: s.In conclusion, this committee is OF
opinion that when the Constitution OF O.
newly formed State, created out of our own
territory, is presented to Congress for ad-
mission into the Union, it is no part Of the
duty or privilege Of Congress, either to ap-
prove or disapprove the Constitution itself,
and its various provisions, or any Of them,
but simply TO see rhether it be the legal Con-
stitution Of the new State; whether it be,
Republican in form; whether the boundaries,
proposed be admissible; and whether the.
number of inhabitants be sufficient TO justify
independent State organization. ~ ~,tsi
believing that the paper presented is
the legal Constitution Of Kansas, that it IS
Republican in its form, that the boundaries
proposed are admissible, and ccnceding the
sufiiciency Of the population, the Committee
recommend the admission Of Kansas into
the Union, under the Constitution presented,
and report bill accordingly"
Iti clear, then, that, in the opinion OF
Mr.. Green and the Committee Of which he
was the organ, Kansas was State, with q
Constitution lawfully and regularly made
And of that opinion was the Senate, for 1t
passed the Green bill, with very Sigh:
changes, and thereby gave its consent TO the
admission Of the State of Kansas into the
Union, on an equal footing with the original
States.
There are some political propositions so
direct and simple that they ought to be adj.
rnitted as self.eyident truths-sEch as:
|. Kansas cannot be, at one and the same
time, both Territory and State. 81. o.
2. Every change from Territorial depen-
dence to State sovereignty. whether made
with or without the consent OF the former
governing power, or whether peaceably or
by violence, is revolution.
8. An American State can be made only
by the people. its component members.
4. Congress cannot make State. a
: State is not made by the act Of Congress
which admits it into the Union. Il must
exist at and before the time Of its admis-
, sion. -s s.. -.a..
6. Congress has power TO admit an ex-
is,ing State into the Union; but has no
power 10 admit Territory which, BY its
name and its very nature is dependent and
subordinate, and cannot be tho equal Of
: sovereign State.
/, And here remark that it is an abuse Of
4 language and smacks strongly Of fraud, TO
r talk about admitting into the Union Terri"
$ tory as State. 1t is just as absurd as it
: would be. under the Missouri Constitution,
= TO talk about admitting into Office negro
] as white man. i.5 ..f'4
In the rgh, of these truths, il is easyto
S see the embarrassment of some OF our
: rblest men, whose party zeal has betrayed
I them into measures indetensible, because
f inconsistent with established principles, and
r contrary to their own pledges. President
: Buchanan rested his urgent call upon Com
gress for the immediate admissiog Of Kan
sas, mainly upon the ground that Kansas
!. was already State, with constitution
: strictly legal and regular. And the Sen
$ ate fully sustains the President in that prop
t csition. SIr. Green's report is emphatic
D on that point "Henec, (says the report
: after arguing the point Of legality the
. work of the convention was final and COM
: plete, and must remain so, in al its points.
t until changed by the people that called and
5 elected the convention that made IT," 1tis
D not to be altered or annulled BY Congress,
J mr. any other power but the people who
J made it. And that is the principle on
. which, and the spirit in which the Green
D bill was passed in the Senate and almost IN
the House. Senator Criitenden proposed
-
: an amendment, to the effect that the Consti-
tuition should again be submitted 10 tho
; people of Kansas, fu fair vote upon it,
, But no-the LecomptOn Senators fully CON-
) mlted to the proposition that Kansas was
!, already State, with lawful and binding
consultation, and fully believing in The in
fluence Of the Presiden: and the party to
force the measure through. The House, re-
ljected the amendment. Said they, it is nene !
of our business; it belongs TO ihs people .
Of Kansas; let them vote when and htw' /
they please on their own constitution; on
our part, it would be meddIesoue inter
Irenlion in the affairs Of the new State, ags'
1 Well, to their smazemenf, the House re-