White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-08-04
WYAyDorrE, July a, 1903:

vrAsDOrrE, July "a, 1859.
Committee on PhraseOlegy and Al
lneU .O, submitted the article on Pre-
rang 1a and Bill of Rights. 1t was adOp
ted by sections. -, o.r. ,;,h. .
sen; ;urv shall be inviolate, and extcnl
tIlal . " Of every condition" &c.
'O H. Mcdowell moved to reconsider tn
M with view of striking out al
. .scr the word inviOlate. His reason
S's ,h;s were that the words "Of ever!
i. y, might be constructed to be il
c9 :I,.;on To the Fugitive Slave Act.
The motion was voted down by de
aIed majority.
: fIIibustering, proceeding with a view
" conferring upon Congress power t.
vt,bIisb the boundaries of the State.
Thew were promptly met, however, BY
,bs Rspublicans, and put to rout.
The African brigade, which had beer
hold in reserve by the Democracy, wa
n , brought forward with great eclat.
Tipple and Wrigley AMI Stinson, and
,bsoctogenarian Mcdowell. struck hands,
nd went into the fight against the myth
;,,l cohorts of buck negroes, who, it was
rredicted, were to swarm over our lovely
TTI,ius eat up the substance of the State
ssndannihilate the hopes ofthe Democracy
Sections innumerable were proposed
IN reference to the sable sons and daugh.
trs. Although the article had been
,lOptcd by the Convention and referred
TO COmmitte on Phraseology and Ar
r,egemeat for purposes ofrevision and en-
rollment, the Democracy seemed bent on
recalling it.
Stinson brought forth section provi-
ding that nothing in the Constitution
should be considered in contravention Of
The laws of the United States.
Nipple hal another section prohibiting
free aggsrs from coming into the State.
Wigley delivered himself of a section
in reference to niger babies and African
children.
These various sections were read for
The amusement of the Convention, and
then consigned to a proper and merited
oblivion by handsome majority.
The Republicans have taken a noble
stand, and they will maintain it. The
Apostles of Free Labor, they work for
the interests of the FREE WHITE MAN.
The negro is an article in which they have
no concern, and with which they do not
propose to cumber the instrument they
ar. drafting, for the glorious future Of
Kansas.
The Constitution Prescribes that the
elective franchise shall extend to free
rhie male citizens alone. With thus
declaring the negro socially and political
ly the interior of the white, the Republi-
cans stop, leaving it with the Democracy
to lug in the extraneouS African, when
ever a convenient orifice appears.
The idea of incorporating a section in
the Constitution affirming that nothing
in the instrument should contravene the
avs Of the United States, would be as
absurd as irrelevant The Convention is
aeSal body, its acts are all in accordance
with the law, aud for it to announce that
different Interpretation might be put
upon the instrument it has created, with
fuch honor to itself, would be an act of
dolly and qualification, of which the Con-
ventiOn cannot be guilty.
The Democracy are welcome to az the
capital they can make out of this or 'the
niger"
1t is becoming daily more apparent
that the Democrats, as a party, intend
opposing the Constitution. They would
not have done this, had the Nebraska
plot been successful. But now that they
have lost all hope of carrying the Terri
tory-that the great truth of Kansas be-
ing Republican to the core has been fully
developed, they are determined on array
ing themselves in opposition to the Con-
siiintiOn itself, and on endeavoring to
Keep our Territory in a state of vassal-
age and dependency.
Let the people awake to this fact. Let
them know that they must meet this issue.
Over-estimating their power in this
Tree land of ours. they acceded to the
proposition Of Constitutional Conven-
ton. Thus committed, they went into
tae hight for delegates. Overwhelmed in
the contest, they now endeavor, on flimsy
pFetexts and unworthy bubbles, to excite
a,popular sentiment against the result of
mat movement to which they lent their
sanction and endorsement.
1t tue Democracy dare make this is
Ne-dare oppose the rickety timbers Of
Territorial condition against the lofty
sovereignty and independent freedom Of
a Treat State. they may look for Wa
@noO rOut and overthrow.
The people of Kansas have declared
,oF State Government, and they will
nave one under the Constitution now be-
ing framed. CIV