The Washington union., 1858-03-07

anxious attention whether If he maintains his present
association 1t may not become indispensable to call upon
the stand all the republican leaders the Halcs the Will
sons the Fessendens the Summers to testify Who of all
men ia the United States Is responsible for the present
condition of Kansas. do not say that the public be
made 10 believe these mem they have Ind great dif
ficulty In making themselves believed heretofore NV
duty would be much more agreeable one. should
insist that they believe themselves and hold their peace
about slavery In Kansas for fear of inung of their
newest aud ablest recruits Laughter and applause
There is nothing in my humble Judgment in the line OF
this Kansas question: that excuses any democrat for his
hostility to the admission of it State 1t State
il it were not il could not be admitted When it is sd
tted II it is republican In its form Of government the
United States will interfere with it II it is not the
duty of the United States plain TO make 1t Now,
let pass for moment one or two views Of Governor
Wise in reference 30 the question Of slavery and TO the
duy of the New York democracy and in this connexion
let me advert to the objection that made to the form
of the submission of this constitution II is said that
this form Of submitting merely the slavery clause not
honest nor Just. Let see what Governor Stanton,
when he in the Territory of Kansas addressing the
people, said in reference to this thing He says
The government especially recognises the territorial
act which provides for the assembling in convention TO
frame a constitution with view Of making application
to Congress for the admission of State into the Union
That act is regarded presenting only its qualification
of voters for delegates to the convention and all pre-
cedng and repugnant restrictions thereby repealed
In this light the act must be allowed TO have provided for
full and fair expression Of the will Of the people through
the delegates that may be chosen to represent them In the
constitutional convention. donot doubt, however, that
in order to avoid all pretcxt for rcsisanc to the peu
operation of this law. the convention itself will In some
FORM provide for submitting what the great distracting
question regarding their social institutions, which have
long agtated the people Of Kansas "
The very thing the President says ought to be submit
ted Gov Stanton says ought to be submitted and moth
ng else to fair vote of the actual bona de residents of
the Territory;
IF the constitution il thus formed and the question
Of difference be thus submitted to the decision of the peo
pe believe that Kansas will be admitted by Congress
without delay Of the sovereign States Of the Amer
can Union and the territorial authorities will be imme
diatcly withdrawn. Ea
And now, when the convention has done exactly what
Mr. Stanton said and have submitted the precise question
that he said they ought to submit he has said that
that would all pretext for resistance why does he
tramp through New York and Pennsylvania and stir up
rebellion against the constituted authorities and PROSTATE
the democratic party who sustaining the very rule
laid down by him and by the President of the United
States in regard to the formation Of the constitution of
Kansas? Loud applause Aud one word more There
are exceedingly humble and tender footed members Of
Congress- understand, who desire clause to be put
In the law admitting Kansas and Minnesota that the
pie shall have the right to change their constitutions
desire such thing put in my account Laughter ]
admit that two and two make four, but do not want IL
put in that territorial act IAughter am in favor OF
popular sovereignty, AS understand 1t but aIn not in
favor of it Mr. Douglas expOunds It, II it is true that
this constitution which provides for its amendment by
thirds after 1864 is construed by him prohib
tng the whole of the people Of Kansas from changing It
before that then opposed to his theory Of popular
sovereignty IT, the other hand the rule laid down in
the ecompon constitution itself is true, if that is the
declaration Of popular rights, then am In favor of it,
let show You what that Constitution itself says: All
political power Inherent In the people and all free gov
enmcnts founded their authority and instituted
for their benefit and therefore they have at all times
acnable right to alter reform abolish their form of
government in such manner ms they may think proper y
Applause IL belongs in the declaration OF rights to the
\ I,y hat
uar sovereignty. Not 1 understand it; an able
bodied private claim to be Of the popular sovcregns
myself Laughter And whenever execute release of
ofmy political rights expect to beapprsed of it, and
know what they are know that he who tells that
the peopoof country have right to change their
form of government in consequence of writing into
which their predecessors may have entered though he is
the father OF the principles Of popular sovereignty should
say to him. 'Sir, / have been told heretofore that
il wise child that knew its father, but
say that 1t is wise father that knows his
| own child" [Great laughter and applause. don't
think it Is at all material which way the election
has gone in Kansas have been told that If what they
call the State men, who keep all the while making
Kansas slave State have carried the day, then it had
better In but if the fee-State defeated
then il had better not in STILL If the eeS State
defeated the democratic ticket il elected take
it, Laughter. There ought to be democratic party
in Kansas there amt there is State in the Union
that has democratic party and / don't think any
ought to into il until il has democratic party.
1aughter1 ! do not ray that it shall be majority,
but there shall be such party. was brought
up to cry democratic victory matter what you
call the opponents OF the democratic party. laughter
Ii the State defeated legally and honestly
the democrats have carried the State, and then we
are at home and know where 1t the
democratic party that made California free State
clear down south of 3G degrees 30 minutes it was
the democratic party that made Ohio and Indiana,
and Michigan and Wisconsin, free States 1t was the
democratic party that under the lead of Tompkins made
New York free State. Applause. IL was the dem
ocrac party that made Pennsylvania free State and
the first free State In the Union No matter what the
friends Of Massachusetts, may say the first act of the pao
pie in America abolshng slavery passed by the
State of Pennsylvania during the revolution of 1850,
and by the democratic party and if they have not
ried Kansas will the risk OF their making il free
State as they have made other States They know the
importance of it, and those other fellows know the i'm
portancc of preventing 1t. They will come into the
Union slave State you alive till the
next presidential election IL they have not carried the
election and cannot do it, They net under dictation
from here without any reference the of free
dom there; and what set of fellows they by
their own account [Iaughtcr Here is the editor of
the principal paper and the champion of freedom the
republicans say has been bought up for 1921 in advcr-
tiscments daughter and great God what to become
of the of freedom il its champions in Kansas
be bought up by the South er quarter the price of
healthy slave. We democrats aifc II trust General
Calhoun will give certificates to those who legally
elected, but TO me it is not matter of consc-
qucnce if it should turn out that the free State
defeated There is nothing, thcn any view Of this
matter who is elected matter what cheat
there may have becnthat could authorize the rejection
of the State But citizens those gentlemen from
the free States that opposing the admission of Kansas
will have account TO settle with their constituents
that have 1iscarped whole dutv