White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-08-11

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Democrats, as party, viii oppose the
ratification of the Constitution. The in
strument is an excellent one, the only OBJ
iectiouabie feature Of any consequence be-
ing the spporiOnment. But that will
not last long, as the first Legislature is
required to make a new one; and they
will not have the power to Gerrymander,
for the Constitution prescribes single Dis
tricts, and requires that each County now
organized shall have at least ono Repre-
sentative.
The Democrats in the Legislature, last
Winter, were anxious for a Constitution
al Convention the Governor was keen
for il and the party made hard fight
for Delegates. The first dGmper upon
their srdor was their failure to obtain O.
majority of the Delegates, as they had
expected to do. They then tried to bribe
the Republican Delegates, but again fail
cd. Their last resort was to attempt to
bully the Republicans into measures; but
being beaten at that likewise, they were
"done for" At this crisis, Gov. Sam
medary made his appearance. He had
received his orders from Washington
he told the Democratic Delegates they
must not sign the Constitution, and they
obeyed the order, to man. 1t was an
constitutional, he said, and they believed
It'll Why was 1t unconstitutional Be-
cause the Republicans had majority,
and refused to be bribed or bullied into
annexing Southern Nebraska, or allow
ing Indians to vote, so that, through ras-
cality, the Democrats could gain control
of the new State. Can any one deny
that this was unconstitutional No!
Now the honest fellows are yel2ing
against the Constitution. They think
Kansas is too poor to sustain a State
Government, and that her people do not
desire one-and this in the face of the
fact that the people voted, in March, in
fsvor of State Government, by large
majority. The "yelpers" themselves
were hot for a Constitution, until they
found they could not rule the roast. Their
argument against its ratification will COM
mence with Niger, and end with Niger
the intervening space to be filled up
with great variety ofsound logic, con-
sisting of Niger!
John w. Forman, one of the Delegates
from this County, has a communication
in the Iowa Point Dispatch, setting forth
what he considers the Objectionable fea-
lures Of the Constitution, and which he
thinks ought to condemn it. He com
plains because Shareholders are not allow
ed whole year in which to remove their
niggers from the Territory. His fears
are aroused, that Kansas is to become
free negro colony-notwithstanding the
fact that negroes are not allowed to vote
here and that New York and Massa-
chusetts, where they are permitted to
vote. are far from being free negro colo
MES. He fears that the schools will be
filed with niger children; and that the
children of virtGous Shareholders, that
play with young niggers, are raised with
young niggers, and suck niger wenches,
will have to Sit in a school room contain
ing young niggers He admits that the
right Of suffrage is confined to white male
persons, and complains because Indians
are not allowed to vote, and because, af-
ter saying that only white male persons
should vote, the Constitution does not
go on and say that negroes and mulattoes
shall not vote. 1t is the opinion of some
members, he says, that this provision
will allow negroes. and mulattoes to votei
That is, they acknowledge that only white
persons are allowed to vote, but they fear
that niggers and mulsttoes may be called
white persons Wise members AL
though the right of suffrage is confined to
white males, the Constitution does not
expressly say that women and cattle shall
not vote. Are not the Democratic saUans
fearful that this omission will permit wo-
men and cattle to vote? Or, is it only
the niger that haunts them? Forman
is dissatisfied, Of course, because South
ern Nebraska was not annexed, and
thinks that the section in reference to
the right of way for Railroads, will pre-
vent the building of Roads. Why, bless
his unsophisticated heart, the Ohio Con-
stitution has exactly such provision, and
there every farmer has q Railroad, to
carry his butter and eggs to market! He
complains Of the appOrtionment, which
is the only reasonable objection he names.
he thinks the reason why Brown County
was attached to Atchison, was to draw
the trade Of Brown to Atchisonl If they
had attached Nemaha and Marshall to
Brown, we presume, according to his
logic, that it would have been for the
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