Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-01-07

received the same answer from every one OF
Them rever received any other answer
aud | presume we never shall get any Other
answer. What is that. They say if they
allowed negative vote the constitution
wouldh have been voted down by an over.
whe lining ms ioriry, and hence the fellows
shall not be allowed to vote at all Laugh
teri
Mr.. President, that may he true. 1t is
no part fmy purpose TOT deny the proposition
that thaa constitution would have been voted
down it Submitted to the people. believe
it wouid have been voted down by major-
ity of f5lr to one. | am informed by men
we'll FSsted there-Democrats- it
would b voted down by ten to one, some
say tweaty 10 one.
But Yst good reason why you should de-
clare isfsbsee, without being submitted to
the pednle, merely because it would have
been,rd,Sl b5 Eve = one II you had
submiissslk Avhal does that fact prove!
Does i,1sof Sssw< <dndeniabiy that an over
whelmin msjerity of the people of Kansas
are unaiterably opposed to that constitution
Will yos force itson them against their viii
simply because they would have voted it
down il ypu had consulted thea, If you
viii, are you.g6ing to force it upon the plea
of leaving them perfectly free 10 form ard
regulate their domestic institutions in their
own wayk Is that the mode in wh!chI am
called upon to carry out the principle of
self. government and popular sovereiSsB in
the Terriiories-to force constituQo3 on
the peopIeagainst their will, 10 opposition
to their protest with a knowledge Of the
fact, and then to assign, as reason for my
tryanny, that they would be so obstinate
and so perverse as to vote down the consti-
tuition if Lad given them an opportunity to
be consulted about it!
Sir, 1 denytyour right or mine to inquire of
these people what their objections to that cnnsti-
tuition are. They have right 10 Judge for
themselves rh ther they ike or dislike it. 1t is
no aa.Eer fo leil me that the Constitution is a
good eae anizpebjectionable. 1t is not salts
factory to me To- have TIE President siy in hi
message that fiiateonstitutioA an adg1kabl
-. liIe,all tiie constitutions oil - neN htes9
81 havebe9z nee atiy for7ns,k WSetaTr ge.dl
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IN, ss,;an 1v,r1ssr he 5snEsnc
ne in HAT eonst;tnt;op Is wise
~. n 3f;se Il, so,.v t;,are sbau bo ,,, ,,op,ool;a,
bu there sl,aIi Ne. one bank of discount m the
Nj ,y;itb5trr, ,Iranehes An 7 have 70 saw on
{Iat Iaint 4 Il tbey want n bankioe system let
thani ba 70 e. sts,ey do not vet II 10, ther,
nrohib;, Il z 9iTfasfEev~ want bSnk witb two
to,,Sa. bnsitss II ,tav ,ra,t ,,v.,.y - = noro
of m hns;recs ,si n matters moi m me vbatb-
or on ,l,,,3 i,al,sbe on tho north side and tba
other on the sontbs side Of the Eaw river. or
,vhara tbev -,,Il ~ -
Whi,e bay 10 ,;,r;ght IN cxneet 70 he eonsnlted
ON d., .,l 8 al, ;ssia ,,a h., ,ario f -
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fae IJntss IL that no her
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~. ss,<se &C. r,s,bt 10 ,5nE ~
"a ;f 4 ~, $50, ~ tia ,,oo,Ia Fl E,rsos tbi,t
hat No ms, = ,ssor.;on rtb sI,,nlJ vnte ar hold
Office uuIess lre has lived there twenty years it
is their rishe to saw so, an. have no right to
interfere With them; it is their business, not
miaei oas dtea tns,e , snou" npr os ~, ;,h
S.shesng seard unon the subject. and allowed
4 gecord ny protest against it,
~ have ny.h,ns to say about Their system oil
sar.eJ to The old exnIoIeI svs9em thai we tried
in Illinois, but abandoned because We did not like
it, lfthey wish to Try II ana get tired OF 1t and
ToS KansasI so.,d ~ nrof, bv the exSeriepee Of mi.
nois on thst subject and defeat tiff could. Yet
have NO objeeton to their haylns 1T ii they
"sn' II ~ - rr'r5 , 10 the fros % nnrroes They
provide that Go free negroes shall he permitted
to live in Kansas. suppose they have right
10 S say 50 ~ ~ :.e au ,h,, anes,ian W. in II.
Iiuois provide that no more shal come there. We
say to the-other States Take care of your own
Tree negroes ana we VIII take care Oh ours. bII
NOT he ne,mitted to live in illinois: and think
thepcopIe of Kausas ought to have the right to
say whether they viii allow them TO 1--we there.
90 nd d;Hnase s, Of them,
So You may go on with all the different clauses
of the constitution. They may be all wrong
Inat aa y que''i0N On "n'A ny op'"''A . WIN
The ,,;n;ou nj the uise and na.rio,ic
Chief yiauistra,e OF the United STATES is
No, worth anything as. arainsl that or the
nsootol6t X ,,sas.s TOR thew haze = rigbt m
:, deo t..r,bemselves and no;,bsr s;don,
nor Sena,ors nor House of Representatives
nor ann ,,her nower outsiae of Kansas bs :
, ,i1ht IN ;ud,,e for them. Hence II i M
justification in mr. mind f,r the v;o,a,ion
of . o-e,t .n,;oc;nle Of saIe.rover,non, %
saw that ,he rous,im,ioo Won ara fnrcina ON
,bem i p.tf n,,,icu,,rIv ebnoxi,,s ~ ;s ov
ceIlsn, II is n5ovisions
Perhaps, sir. the ,s,me tbipo migbt he
said Of ne celebrated Ton.ka const,Iu,ion
I do not recollect its pec,,l;ar provisiops
koow one thiny. we Democrats wa Ns
brasks men would not even look into it IN
see what i,s DIVISIONS were Wbv, Re-
c,usa ,v.s sid i, was made bv roI;,;caI