The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-02-25

logically, with the lsue-is the Lecomtpon
Constitution the act and deed Of the people!
lis its schedule republican,
Ii instruction and rebellion were array
ing themselves against law and orler in a
Territory, all can say is that they ought TO
have been arrested and punished long ago
by the Federal Executive OF the United
States. When the wbiskey insurrection
broke out in Pennsylvania, would il have
authorized lawful Convention in that State
TO have submitted u Constitution TO the
people in such q schedule as allowed men TO
vote for II, but not against II AS allowed
one man to vote down 1000 men, all having
equal rights; Us pretended 10 submit one
question alone, and yet submitted IN such
way that in order to vote Tor or against that,
the people were Obliged to vote Jor anu moi
against something elise which might he Oh
uoxious or odious TO them as insulted and
oppressed them with lest cath, the most
odiOus instrument Of tyranny, " support u
Constitution, II adopted bttore Il ,sls adopf.
cd, aud then, after being forced to gup the
oath in order TO vote NJ all, TO have the vote
not counted because it was against aud not
for what he was sworn 10 support, il adopt
ed against his willy No. ten. Washing
ton put down the insurrectioD, and he would
have made il 10 excuse Tor fraud, injustice,
inequality, or oppression on the part OF 9th
ers who were acting under the color VI law
iu authority. SO the Topekaltes ought 10
have been made 10 submit 10 lawful author
ity but no one can contend that they tor.
ielted their elective franchise or their free
dom Of choice TO approve or dsapprovc, to
ra;fy or reject, III organic law when sub
mtted to them. But were Iopekates alone
opposed to the Lecompton Constitution -
No. Some pro slavery men were opposed 10
il, and thus schedule deprived them OF their
sovereign right. as well as the Iowkait,s.
law abiding citizens as well as rebels, were
compelled TO vote for and not against this
Constitution, or not 10 vote al all. The
wrong of the Iopekaites will not Justify the
wrong of the INcompton Convention, nor
cure the defects OF the Lecomp,on schedule
What il that shclulet
Its llth section reads:
Before tbs Constitution shall be sent 10
Congress for admission into the Union Us "A
State, II shall b. submitted to all tho white
male inhabitants Of this Territory, for ap.
propai or d'Mppropdi as follows:
The President Of this Convention shall,
by proclamation, declare that on the 2lst
day Of December, 1857, at the different
election precincts now established by law, or
which may he established ~ herein proyi.
led, in the Territory oil Kansas, an election
shall be held, over which shall preside three
Judges, or majority Of three, TO BIZ ap-
pointed as follows The President Of this
Convention shall appoint three commission
ers in each county IN the Territory, WHOSE
duty il shall be 10 appoint three Judges OF
election in the several precincts OF their re-
spectiyc counties, at which election The Con
sfdm,on framed By th,s Convention shall I've
submitted TO all the white male inhabitants
Of the Territory Of Kansas in the said Ter.
rtory on that day, and over the aye OIL
twenty one years. for ratification or rejedion
in the following manner and FORM &c.
Now, il must surely be admitted that il
"a plain submission of the nhoie Constitution
framed by the Convention. This submis-
sion Of the whole Constitution IL repeated
twice in this clause, in way not TO ie mls-
taken. And yet II u not strange that MIR.
buchanan should have mad. the mistake Of
saying IN his m.ssage tiia' 'he whole Of the
Lcompten Constitution was not and that
a part. the slavery clause alone, was submit
..n 70 We lIop.. .,,r,';,, - a. aa,' " rep'y
',la' Tux "ny" "ao 'aDn"sI vnty '"' m ,Da
a'~r q Spcc.'ui lin,"., A"l 'o'h ven
let IN 'ook az ,i'c h'''''"'' a"' 'o''i' 'he man
her ana 'or'n
The voting shall be by ballot. The
udg,s Of said election shall cause TO be KEEP,
two poll books by two clerks by them ap
pointed. The ballots cast at said election
shall h. endorsed Constitution nth dau,y,
and Contribution mhh no aarery,' &c
There il no o,ber form touching this point
but this; and is it not plain still that the
whole constitution ras submitted by tho
form as well as by the preceding clause EN-.
bodyibg the principle Of entire submission
The whole was submitted in firm a. well as
substance, but the foTm ~ SUBMISSION wa