, 1859-08-23

Speceh s(sAe 1Is&. NJ, r. conway, 1t
Ls1veaWof&A, Aug Is.
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What are tha objecaoni to tho consti utioa'
It IL said that The CONSTITUTION does not make
the State big epou{h- j, 1t cuts of the :" Crest
American DESERT md the Gold Aiue3; and
Platte. With the boundaries which tho Conssi. !
tuition proposes, Kansas would contain about
10000 square miles. think this ought to bo
sufficient to satisfy the most greedy land mon.
opoiizing Aug(o.Saxon in the country II land
.,unde The greatness of States,- thiA ought to
make knnsas one Of the greatest States IN The
world. The State Of New Yozk-the Empire
State-tras 1900 square miies. The St4te Of
penusylsauiat-the Keystone Btate-has 49, 300
square mile2- ohio has 50 ,bG4 square miles.
Under this Constitution, Kansas Foufd contain
almost as many square miles ss the three great
est s statss Of Of ths American uuioo Pit to&sshs;s
and Ireland, which contain only 118.o00; }asger
than Prussia, which contains only lo7 goo; and
as large aa Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland. and
several other Important European States, all
PIT together. l. is iii folly, shesefore, 70 speak
Of the proposed State being too small. There Is
no need foT States Of the American Upiou to be-
As large as the whole contineet Of Earope. Our
system Of government looks TO- small States,
and power we'll distributed. In addition 70 this,
however, the gold region is over 300 miles from
Eastern kaosas. great desert interFenes be-
tween them. The Inhabitants Of the one are
miners. those Of the other almost entirely ngrl-
They hare nothing in common to require q
common government. Besides, the iuhab!t-
UNITS of the gold region are unanimously 0p-
posed to being taken into our State. Surely,
se will not &: force Constitution upon ~ un-
willing people Its urged, however. that b.
have to build the Pacific Railroad to the top Of
the Rocky Mountains, instead Of one. But why
| object 10 this! Would it not be most excel
| leut arrangement? Cannot Congress grant
lands to two States as well as to one, and cannot
/ the people Of two States build 4. railroad a.
yell Is those ef ones Why not' BT the time
Kansas woa1d get her railroad to the Western
boundary. the State Of Jefferson you'd have it
completed IN Ae- Western boundary, and then
the State Of California would take it up and cur.
| ~ It TO the Pacific shore. And this ID tho true
way to build the Pacific railroad. Let 1t be done
| on The principle Of the division of labor, and
done by the. people who bare their homes along
gress, in the appropriation Of public lands, fol
| thc purpose. The people Of Jefferson aud oi
California will be Just as ready 10 put The Pa,
cific rnifroad through, as are the people ut kan'
*ns We have not got aii tho patriots in the
| country.
Tie other great objection urged against tue
/! Constitution; is because Of its plans Of appor'
tioning the State for the election Of the iirs,
Legislature. But the trouble here, is exclusive,
" among the politicians. The Democrats ar
afraid the Republicans will carry the Legisla
lure. But this Is u small objection. It will mol
concern the people much. The object Of requir
ing members Of Legislature 10 be elected
from different districts, is to secure d represeu
tation as just as may be Of the different inter.
esta in the community, which may be effected
| b. the notion Of the government If an appoT'
tionment answers this end, sll is well, no mattel
how many counties may be put together 10 con
stitate a Legislative district. The counties o.
Douglas, Jof1nson; and Wyandot, may make rs
good a district as the county Of Douglas alone
As to the Interests Of the Democratic party il
The premises, that is y matter which it nil hard
~ do to legssiste for in making State ConsN
tuition: At any rate, the people will hardly bt
justified ia voting it d"wn for The sake OF thei1
Democratic friends. 1t would cost more than j
would come to.
These are not NIL The objections to the Constt
luton, but they arc the most prominent They
are the ones upon which the opposition gener
ally rest their case. 1t is clear that they ar
not sufficient. They are shallow md unsatis
factory. I'm satisfied, my fellow citizens, tha
sou viii not consent to remain in state oil fer
ritoriaf dependence any longer upon sucs
grounds a. these The Constitution is bouu'
to be ratifed By m Overwhelming majority Q
the people Of Kansas, and the young State, afte
trials and triuhphs such IS {nce The lot ef fev
infant communities, will take her place In th
American Union, as one Of the nohlest Of th
| grcu& xisteahpod,