The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-03-26

nn TAI 11nciliatory course in the ques
/. III. Let the Kansas act, he said
urs betly executed. Let the peopl
d. me'the Constitution In their'ow
ces WI aud there will be peace in Kan
ers sa and in the country. Let th
or pole exercise the privilege whic
iteliipmmon with all within our Dor
II belongs to them, and in a fe,
SO Id we can herald throughout til
mel Utn that Kansas has had he
IN ri Is secured TO her in the Legisla
ed Iii II alls OF the nation; Lccomptol
sc lis pad, and the people free. Ii
es coauded by replying at muel
utI lersl, to the several legal. point
III IL down IN Mr.. Pugh's recen
W fsSech, and announcing that h,
r. wsnid vote against the gentlemen
asen1meDt.
1t The galleries were crammeu, au,
,ijinaI.e heat AMI confusion lad,
&'nted.
G Ar. Douglas just entered and il
: holding coniab with Mr.. Green
!, The former looks i'll; everybody i,
=. trying to get look at him.
/ Tie Turkish visitors have alst
JUS! entered.
! NJ. Bayard, Of Delaware. pro
cced'd to demonstrate 10y reierenc,
to numerous legal authorities tha
the Lecompton Constitution wa.
framed with all due Iormality. The
majority in Kansas were bound by
the vote OF the minority inasmucI
as they are held to assent to what
they should have avoided if they
choose. lie had heard that there
were no frauds in the vote as to
H651Nr or MI Kanses .vas 10 be ad.
united. The alleged frauds weieg
the subsequent election. OF Legis-
lature. Congress, he contended, had
nothing to do with that. Arguing
to the question ofsubmission he tho't
it would have been better to have
submitted the question to the people,
but that a submission was not ncces
sary to its validity lie lived in a
State whose Constitution was never
submitted--yot he never doubted its
validity. The only question divid-
ing the people in Kansas is that Of
slavery. 1t was submitted fairly to
their votes. Proceeding. then, TO
the question Of slavery, Mr.. Bayard
argued at length the abstract right
of property existing in slaves and
slave issue, and maintained that the
Lecompton Constitution does not es-
tablish but merely tolerates slavery
and that the Legislature may, at any
time, emancipate the slaves in Kan
sas with the owners permission; or
by paying about $4,000 can get the
whole slave population Tree without
the owners consent. He then refer
red briefly to the Topeka Constitu
ton, coutenIing that lis authors
were reblcs. differing from the Nor
mons in only that they shrink from
maintaining their rebellious attitude
by force of arms. lie also discuss
ed at length the question OF the III.
timlte power Of the revolution and
showed that the p ople can exercise
the right to change til ir government
Peacefully and legitimatcly without
necessarily sorting TO their rcvolu-
tionary right. Mr.. b. concluded
with an elaborate defence Of slavery
Mr.. Brolerick, OF California, re-
viewed al length the circumstances
attending the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise and the consequences
following that repeal. The South,
h. said, by that fatal measure des-
troyed its own interest and was now
seeking Il remedy by repeal of the
Union. But would a dissolution,
he asked, prevent the immigration
Of free labor into the south? No.
Wherever there is land for homes
there free labor will find its way. -
Had the Missouri line been permit
ted to stand, free labor woull not
have attempted to cross it. A SEN
ator had said cotton is king, but he
had omitted to tell us about the nuct.
uations of the staple. Gold is king,
said Mr.. b., not cotton. lie repre-
sented q State where labor is hon
orable, where the highest persons
are not ashamed TO own they have
'lelved in the earth. IIe was glad
the Senator fiom South Carolina had
spoken about white slaves, and he
hoped that his language would sti
up the 100000 white men in tina,
State who are now kept in snhjec-
tion by 80 900 wealthy shareholders
The Senator from South Carolina
had called the Northern laborers
.laves. He did not think him per.
sonal otherwise he should have motto,
ell the remark Mt the time oiits utter.
ance. lie (Brodericls) was the
youngest Senator, excepting one, or
the floor. He had served an ap.
premiership of live years at a labor
ious occupation. lie was the sor
of a laborer, and had only to look
around that building to see evidence
of his fathers handiwork. He
(Broderick) was tired Of the strug,
ylcs and iealousics OF his class, and
went to California. His election in
that State to this Senate was not the
result of accident, for he had a fight,
not only against the opposition o.
his own party, but against presses
subsidized with government money
Leaving this personal explanation
he tnrned to his course in the Sen,
ate. lie arrayed himself against the