The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-12

".Mnuon TO the one voter alone a nj M, e. ~, .,..
r. 80 s, soss.s, and the Convention was tso1in,ote -
bchlDd the resnrn. aeyacso. Congress couid not go
os sAeept 70 see that lay has autbor;zed ,h. 80
saa ast the form is republican We dcn,, s,sS
Naha. IT.. senator Douglas, that his own Kansas.
we dos's arr.. NOT an .enabliog statute aud
tnsi' .hat slavery was the only .domes lie irsti.
Ta ,a.ion 70 be submitted. as such N ,ha ,ssr,s
,,as nansas bill enabled the peop,o 10 rpvarr
exceilcana .nat was Its very essence and lis chief
ssascsuehee, aud every municipaI inst;tn,ion -
ssss n government 10 a tdomesic jnstitntinn - 1,s
= =os,uehs Is bachelor, and he must. therefors 10
.ntius ussc ior not comprehending .sdomessic n.ti
dran IT.. W.. S as we who have houses full Of chill
. re had better reasons for his racnr,r,an,,.
uon thsn he assigned. lie was bounS - ing, =.
.ue act that this was the work Of ieg;f;n,s o. ~
ceg.uon, and that the work itself ,ra.;n Tss., n
atona ~ anu that These were subjects for Kansas
a,"ne 10 Judge of. But whether Kansas h.a 80
aio"ed to Jndge-whether her peonle had -. -,
oMea 10 choose, TO elect, to adept or re;sct 81.
CONSTITUTION Of Government, pronosed g.. .L,,, s'0
mne'her they had been allowed TO oovern ,har,
toJe csnss anolner iact which had to be look ed
~ Jocto ,chsthrr the schedule ,ros RepvIl;-o -
De!aoto, whether there were not Other don,a.,,.
ist'u'iohs, besides slavery, which onobt 20 49,
oeen submitted to the sovereign legal yoters, =,
srnr"aasy .y sIaahess and glory of our State Gov.
e'n.nents' wnen organized, that they guard ana
govern the hesrth-stones and homes - e,I ea'u anu
OF the United States " WIG poopie
10 sos.a oate uovernments are the municipalities
OF sovereignty which embrace especially The inJi'
Nuuai persons, the families the households ~
affairs and the homes of onr naonia n. she
which makes State rights, State laws state
nation, state action, precious because an dn,na
uc, IN our confederacy. The Federal Goyernmen,
smnrscee rather national and foreign subjects of
larisdicten, and, therefore, IL ouuht 10 lca va ali
domestic questions 10 the States and to the No.
pie. what then Why, then, If the scbsdris ~
submission was anti Republican, if it did mot ne
hhoricuse ana allow the sovereign right of the
people to judge for themselves on the anestion ~
hi5hest dignity, the organic law Of their Govern.
ment, and Disseminated unequalIy bstween the
subjects of property-the Congress of the JTnitaS
states ought not to reject the legitimate and Re-.
publican Constitution, but ought to odop. subject
ing TO Ian 10 be prescribed by Hej, tfrritorI To-
g&dture; and b admit the .Ydte unsr its G,,,sfif,,
ton 'ceHerer the Tertiary shall proclaim lis oppror1,
and adoption by the peopls. they adopt Il, to admit
her into The Union pso Jdcto and if they rsjeet it, 10
lPare the people Of Kansas their otcn lcog 10 orGoo
iss another Consntion and 70 srbmt another Consfi
tuition IN Congress far approval
This would he plain and easy solution, and
would take all the asses over the .'bridge OF
shrieks." And for any difference of opinion as 10
the mere mode OF submitting or solving this ques.
ton, protest that no true, honest, earnest Demo
crst shall be prescribed. No Northerner ought to
denounce the President for recognizing the fact OF
the legitimacy of the Lecompton Convention; and
no EoutHeTneE ought TO ueuOunce senator Douglas
for contendng manfully for tie rioht of the soyer.
eign people to adopt or reject their own form OF
selfgovernmsnt. There is no conflict, ia truth,
between the two principles de jure and de fdcto-
they, combined, rule the and rule il rig tly.
1t may be very desirable to have Kansas admit
ted as State as early as practicable, but nothing
will be gained by admitting her into the Union in
a mode offensive and oppressive to large majority
of her voters. Wisdom should teach minority TO
insist upon nothing but what is sustained by per
feet fairness and justice. majority can take care
OF itself, and minority should be the last to
resort to either fraud force. Nothing less
than the highest tone of morality can protect
a minority in its rights, or will restrain ma.
jorty from wrong. The great State of New
York should realize the responsibility resting
upon her. IL she will stand by Mr.. Buchanan
as she did by Gen. Jackson; If her Democracy
will only firmly unite; il she will maintain no
other rule than the justice rule of the law and the
Constitution: If she will remember her greatest
stake in swelling the late Democratic triumphs
into permanency of power, and in maintaining
law, order, justice, peace and union il her Democ.
racy will cease their factious divisions and devoted
ly and unitedly come up to the patriotic work of
saving happy and prosperous confederacy from
the dangers of dissolution or the disasters of civil
war; then truly New York will resume her empire
and be an arbtress thrice blessed as the peace
maker. All the sister States already contribute to
her beauty and strength; she is in position and
power to be arbitress bnt to be 80 in truth and
with effect, she must be sanctfed 70 the high and
holy office.
am with the highest respect, yours truly,
HENRY A. WISE.