The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-04-23
Another Attempt a, Patching Ijo.

Another Attempt st Patching Up.
/ The Territories OF Oregon, Minnesots
ana Kansas have already adopted a Consti
tuition, and are fully prepared TO join ,h
great sisterhood Of sStaies. II il settled be
ond a reasonable dou bt, that lftbrse viii
be Tree States; andtbis has been ac accornplisb
ed since the passage OF the 'Odious Nabrask,
bill and under its>provisions. Isnot thi
astonishing" L Courier. .e+f
/ The editor oftlIc Courier, after 70
Publishing the above in his loot issue
makes tho Nilowing remarks in re
gard to it:
"The above extract appeared in an ar,icl
published In the Courier by us on the 27t
day Of November, 1857, when reports sal,
the Lecompt0n Constitution would lie sub
mitted to the people for their adoption
knowing, as We did then. that the people o
KsnsaS were IN favor OF a free State, ant
every vote on the slavery question havinJ
shown that Al least nine tenths OF the voter,
lof Kansas were in favor Of free State, WI
asserted that Kansas would come into the
Union q free State, during the present ses.
sion OF Congress, and so she would befor,
this time, had the Lecompton Convention
submitted the constitution 10 q vote Of u,
people.-tcouriet, Of April i6.
Now, in the name OF common
sense, how could the editor be under
the impression that "the Lecompton
Constitution would bc submitted Ia
the people for their adoption" when
he positively stated in his paper o.
tho 9th Of November last, that Kan
sas had 'already adopted a Consti.
tution," and was "fully prepared ia
join the great sisterhood Of Statcs"i
Could he entertain in his mind, al
one and the same time. and in regard
to the same fact, two ideas so entire.
ly at war with each other, as, that
Kansas had "alrcady adopted Con-
and had not already
adopteda Constitutions And again:
II the editor intended to speak Of the
adoption ofthe I.ccompton Constitu-
tion when submitted to the people,
as "a fixed fact" how could he say
that Kansas would como in as a free
State, under it, when that same
Constitution was 70 notoriously pro-
slaveryi And how could he deter
mine, attbat time, from the fact that
every vote on the slavery question
showed that "at least nine-tenths Of
the voters of Kansas we're in favor Of
a free State" that Kansas would be
a free State. when 1.-The vote on the
slavery question" was not taken
until after he wrote that articlei-
Neighbor! neighbor! the more you
try to explain away your inconsist-
encies, the worse you make the mat
ter!
The editor very evidently occupi.
ed the position taken by oil Lecomp-
tonites, that the delegates to the Lo.
Convention were clothed
with power not only to frame, but to
adopt a Constitution, without any
further reference to the people, and
that such a Constitution would be
The Constitution Of Kansas, if accept.
ed by Congress. The fact is, broth.
or uollabaugh need not try to dis.
guise the fact that his sympatlies
have been with Buchanan and the
Lecomptonites all along, and that
ne did all he could to crush the
Uprising OF the Douglas men. Here
Is what he said ofthe proposed Doug
as Convention at Columbus, having
n view an expression Of remon,
'!rance against the admission of
Kansas with the Lccompton Consti-
.ution:
"a mass convention OF Democrats is call.
ID by individual members of the party, TO
meet at Columbus, in this State, on the 10th
u March, to express an opposition opinion
o Congress receiving the Lecompton Con-
We do not think any good can
row ou' OF q meeting OF Democrats ON the
9th OF March, for the purpose expressed in
he call. Democrats Of the State would
consume their time more prohtably by stay.
ng at home, and attending to their private
lnairs."-tHsncock Courier
Now, every one really opposed to
he Lecompton Constitution will a /.
nit that the formidable demonstra
ions made by such meetings were
vhat was especially needed, to bring
'ur public rulers to their senses, and
prevent the perpetration of fraud;
'et the editor Of tie Courier oppos.
ID it with all his energies.
Committee Of Conference.
A Committee of Conference, on
he Kansas question, was appointed
N, tho Hama n{ Eo..o.os...:..: Z.