COMMA IffilOCMT, LKVI t,. TATB, EDITOR-. Bloomsbiiig, Fob". G, 1S5S OTATK CONVENTION. At a meet- U Inje of Ihe Detnncrattc smi-Commlm-p, hi til tit nn il T'nllotf I llarri.tiiirir. January 10. ISA-.. It w Uttohei. Tint lllrt nnxl Drtniocrnllc Stall- Convention be Mild nl It rrl Aliilrtf , on the 4tll day of March next Tu reliant to tald resolution, ilclcgataa from ilie rev ril Krnatorlal mid Ilfpre.enlallvo iilttrirji nl the iiaie win cnnri-ne in in nan ni inn umiw in ucpi,- "mrci'i ,il.1,..j'"l5?i ren .lllvn, attlii- Cannot, on THUI.KlMY 4 ISVJ.ntM.A M .to nominate fandldate of the Supreme lloiirl and tlnnal Ooinmh.loniT. and for the lran.net l"n of audi nlhi-- hull lie, ai pi-rlaini to the authority of rich Convention. C. It. IIUUKAI.KW, Caalrmaa. J ri IIl-ti m-i.oif, H J Maidimaw. f &ercrlff. President Buchanan's Mcssago. Wo publish to-day, entire, in the Co lumbict Democrat, tn the exclusion of our usual variety, the very admirable and al together unanswerable Mcsssgo of the President of the United Stales on the admission of the State of Kansas inn the confederated Union. Want of space, which wc much regret, prevents us here from speaking at length of the beautiful harmony and strict consistency of this great State Paper, in all its parts and bearings, which wo should be most happy to synopsizo for the assistance of our readers satisfied that no man living can successfully controvert cither its legality or constitutionality. Its every position is sound and tenable, the arguments emi nently conservative, and entirely irrcfrag iblc, and its requirements iu beautiful consonance with the provisions of the Constitution. The Message, 'upon the whole, has been pronounced by the first jurists in Northern Pennsylvania, as the ablest document that ever emanated from a l American Executive, in which opin ion we most cordially concur, and in c inclusion assure our democratic friends, that its recommendations, if speedily adopted, will put a final quietus to the Kansas embroglio, secure peace to tho Union and permanency to the sacred com pacts of the Constitution. Tho Truth coming Out. Wo havo always been of tho opinion that there was more of knavery than hon esty in tho agitation of tho slavery question, and particularly that branch of it which relates to Kansas. That question has been seized upon by designing politicians as a means by which they can get into anj keep themselves in power, and not through any lovo or respect for principle. All the recent development!, on this, subject aro calculated to strongihcn our convictions in this respect; and wcgive below an extract from tho Kansas Daily Ledger, a free State paper, which, it seems to us, ought to convince all who havo ever doubted as to tho real cause of the controversy. The Ledger says : " Ni?gers is not the great bnne of con tention in Kansas, and tho;c who cry out most lustily tor 'niggors' or 'no niggers,' hav'tt money enough, as a general thing, to buy a 'plug of tobacco with.' Tho real bono of ennteutiou is power and the spoils ; and tho poor niggers is made to bend and bow to suit the purposes of thoso political demagogues, that they may ride into power and obtain some of tho spoils and that's' nil. The free-State party nur tho pro. tlavery party of Kansas care nothing about the moral condition of the niggers, but they must have a text to preach from, and the 'poor nigger' has been preached in n his aspects throughout our land." And upon the admission of Kansas into the Union under tho Lccompton constitu tion, the same paper says : " Let Congress attend to their own business, and let us attend to ours. We !ivc something more to accomplish besides the admission of ICnsas into the Union. Wo want railroads, telegraphs, churches, common school J, and a host of other things of minor importance ; but, paramount to all those, we want peace." And again : "They ftbo people of Kanta3l aro leurtily sick and tired of this internal niffner agitation: they have had a surfeit cf it ; it injures their business, blasts their prespcots, and keeps up a continual stritc. Let Kansas bo admitted into the Union somehow or other, and with some kind ol a constitution, that we may have peace." l'hcfe extracts show, what we have al ways believed and insisted was tho case that it is for power and the spoils that the republicans of tho North, who havo got up and kept alive this controversy, aro contending ; and that the pooplo of Kan sag themselves, no matter what others may say or do, are sick and tired of agitation, and anxious tljit It should be settled in the only way it can be settled by the prompt and unconditional admission of tlio Ter ritory as a State uudcr the Lecompton constitution. Hon. Paul I.tjpy, our Democratic Member of Congress, (we speak unadvi sedly but confidently,) will promptly vote for the admission of Kansas into tho Union of States. This course only will justify his position in tho eyes of his constituents, and sustain the honor , what the State and Nation. We repeat vc have heretofore said, that the National I Democracy sustained Andrew Jackson, , troops with two tiatteries is nccosjary. x no j through tho instrumentality or a Uonven aud thev will sustain James Buchanan, i kawrenco insurgents await tho development j tiou of Delegates chosen by tho people . . . '" of this new revolutionary military urgani-1 themselves i that tho Convention is now a- tffl- JouK UOBISON, Esq., has fayorcd US Willi au luii'itMing Luttuiiwuivauuii un the subject ol Hock l'.iint, which will pppuar in thf n eM Columbia Democrat I MUSS Aft E OV mam mm, oa submitting Uic "Lecompton Constitution." Washington, Feb. 2,-Tho following. '. ... -, , ... ,, i Message was submitted to both Houses this aftotnoon : I havo received from Gen. Calhoun, tho ' President of the lato Constitutional Con- vention of Kansas, a copy, duly certified by himself, of the Constitution trained by ii t...l.. .1.. . i ... . that body, with tho expression of a hope that I would submit tho same io tho con- isideralion of Congress, with thu v ! securing the admission of Kansas ii liew of icw of ln.ll.inrf llm .i.lniiD.init nF I... 1 e ...I.. IT.n . b - UlllUU .13 Oil llIUL'JlllllUUIIb Ubil'.U. Ill tUUl" pliancc with this request, 1 herewith trans mit to Congress, for its action, the Consti tution of Kansas, with tho oidinance respecting tho Public Lands, na well as'ltobison, dated tho 7th of December, to the letter of Ucn. Calhoun, dated Lecom Hon, Mth ult., by which they were ac companied Uaviuj received but a sinolo conv of; tho Constitution and Ordinance, 1 send Convention which framed the Constitution this to tho Sen i to. latTopcka originaied with the people of Agrctt delusion Bccms to pervade the Kansas Territory. Thcy have a1i ptcd public mind in relation to the condition cf ' and ratified the same twico by a direct panics in Kansas. This arises from the ) vote, and also indirectly through ttvoclcc difficulty of inducing tho American people I tions of Stato officers and members of the to realize tho fact that any portion of them flu to Legislature, yet it has pleased tho should bo in a state of rtbcllion against tholAdmini tration to regard tho whole pro- Government under which they ltvo hen cccdinj-s as rcvolulfnary." I his I opoka wo speak of affairs in Kansas, we aro apt ' government, adhered to with such treason to refer merely to tho exigence of two ( ablo pcttinacity, is a government in direct violent political parties in that Territory, opposition to tho existing government as UitiUcd on the question ot slavery, just aj we fpeaU of such parties in tho Mates.- This presents no adequate idea of tlietruo state of the case. '1 ho dividing lino there is not between two political parties, both acknowledging thcliwful cxUtcnco of tho Government, but between thoso who nro loyal to this (iovcrumcnt and thoso who havo endeavored to destroy its existence by force and usurpation between thoso Who sustain allU lUOSO WHO liavo lione nil , :n ti.ntr nnni fr. nvnr itn'ii iu 1 1 1 r 'I'nrrt tnrinl n.,.M;l..l l.v Tl.ia U. 1.1 lllllU . tSlWHIWHUt "IU finvf.rmni.iit iIikv u-ouli'l Ion.' sini'i- hnvn i subverted, had it uot been protected from their assaulis by tho troops of tho United States. Such has been tho. condition of affairs since my inauguration. liver sinco that period a large portion of the people of Kansas have bceu in a state of rebellion against tho Government, with a military leader at their head of tbo most turbulent and dancerous character. Thev have never acknowledged, but havo constmtly re- 1 b . . . . J. nounccd and defied tbo Ciovornmcnt to ! which they owe allegiance, and havo been j all tho time in a stato of resistance aaainst its authority. Thoy have all the tituo been j endeavoring to subvert it, and establish a rovnlnilnnarv finvernmciit under tho so-1 called Topeka Constitution iu its stead ' Kven at this very moment, tho Topeka Legislature is in session. Whoever has which it eminatod. read tbo correspondence of Governorl Such being tho unfortunate condition of j Walkcrwith iho State Department, recently the affairs of iho Territory, what was the emnmnniofitPil to tho Senate, will bo cou-ifigl't, as well as duty, of law-abidins vinced that this picturo is not overdrawn. ' Ho always protested against the withdrawal of any poition ol the military force of the adopt somo necessary measure to establish comparatively few voters who wero inhabi United States from Iho Territory, deeming a Constitution under llio orgapio law of i tanls ol certain count-'ca- in ICansap, in tho its presence absolutely necessary for tho Congress! That this law recognised tho early spiing of 1857, but becauso they nroservation of the rcuular Government and the execution of the laws, In his very I , (t (-1 . tirst despatch to tno occrciary oi oiitic, dated iuuc 2d. 1837. he says : I am lrtt.M,i vnmrmt i.mr. t proceeds from Iho assembling ot the so . . a i . called Topeka Legislature, with the view to the enactment of an cntiro code of laws. Of course, it will be my endeavor to pre vent sucli a result as would load to an inevitable disastrous collision, and, in fact, renew civil war in Kansas." This was wi'h difficulty prevented by reason that he had received authentic in tellincuce, verified by his own actual observition occurred, laws, and the Kovcrnmeu nor s despatch Secretary of Stale " that tho movemont at Lawronco was the beginning ol a plan, originating in that city, to organize nn insurrection throughout tho Territory, and especially in all towns, cities nnd countios, Where lueiupuoiiean party nave n majori ty, Lawrence is tlio liot-ucd ot all tno abolition movemonts in mis 1 crmory. 11 is the town established by tho Abolition Societies of tho East ; and whilst thero are rcspectablo people there, it is filled by a considerable number of mercenaries who aro paid by tho Abolition Societies to perpetuate and diffuse agitation throughout Kansas,andprevcntiho poacoful settlement of this nucstion. Having failed in indu cing their own, tho so-called Topeka Stato I Legislature, to organize mis insurrection i7.e nits insurrection. l.awrenoe has commenced it herself, nnd the ctt.iru ot governor naiKcr, dui "ou ; pe0plo of a Territory niight bo kept out of eignty has been iiivobotl in favor of the General Harney was required to furnish ltho Uu;on fop an imicCnit0 periodi aml enc ,. ies of law and order in Kansas. Hut bun a regiment of dragoons to proceed to nntU it nii llt ploaso ;ougreM t0 pcrmU ju what manner is popular sovereignty to the City of Lawrence; and this for tho i ,i,, ,!i t, :..i,i c .u ' -1. :.i :.. .i.: ,....., tfwii.J.j. , that a dangerous rebellion had , ...!., r,.R(,r;un. , i, nsinmi,i ;n .:,, ,neiin. 1 involving Open defiance tO the I, ;, i,nnn;Mn !,:,, n- r,l 1,1 , W.. -n.l .lirnl-rmt nnl.lin nfTiir, .1. establishment of an insurgent bavo proceeded with moro regularity in In our countrythis is mauifeetly impossi- t ID tlint City. Ill tllC UOVCr- .l. r.r,n ,;.. .( nnutlitnltni, fl.or. tl, ctl.ln Vnnnlnr uiror,.innl ran tin ovnr. of July lflth, h0 informs tho L-ennlA nf Knn. W Tl 'i..ll,nrn l,rn,ml,Bl,nl,-,ll.,t.W .n,l if not arrested, the rebellion will extend j Iu nursuance 0f thi3 decision of the pco Ihroughout the lerntory. i lo ; favor of a Convention, tho Tcrrito- And again i " In order to send this communication immediately by mail, I must close, assuring you that a spirit nf rebellion pervades thu great mass of the Republicans of this Territory, instigated, as I entertain no douVt they are, by K ast ern t-ocicties, having in view results most di'astrous to tho Government and the Union. Aud that the continued presenco of General Harcoy is iudisponsable, as oriioally stipulated by me, with a large I 1 nf ,...nnnD n.iA k,. L-1 .1 1 lllltHrina " uuuy Ml iiiiiiuu. . . - ... . . . uuuiu mu ui iiiuuij uiiu, aim u.iu usi- On tho yOtli of July, 1S57, General, J0d therein for thrco mouths previous to Lano, uudcr tho authority of tho Topeka that date, was entitled to vote. In order Convention, undertook, as Governor Wl-1 to avoid all interference from neighboring kcr says, " to organize tho whole so called 1 States or Tcrritorios'with tho freedom aud l-'rce Siate party into volunteer and tako 1 fairness of the election, n provision was tho names of all who refuse enrollment. i mado for tho registry of qualified voters, I ho professed object was to protect the and pursuant thereof, nino thousand and polls at tbo election in August, of the now; fifty-two voters were registered. Govern insurgent Topok a Stato Legislature. Tho or Walker did his wholo duty iu urging object ot takiqg tuo names ot an who i "fuse t" enrollment is to terrify tho Frco -rl Stato conservatives into submission. j isproved by then cent atrocities oommitted , 0M gi, mcn j,y 10 Tc-pekaitcs. T'ho speedy location of hra bodies of regular j " Qencral Waker.a dc8r J(cu of July jq says 6taffeverywiie General Lane and his cvervwiiero uony tno autnonty oi tno . . . ., r . 1 Territorial laws, aud couusel a total diare gard of theso enactments." Without making further quotations of similar char- I auicr, iium omer uospatciies 01 uurcroor I AVulkcr, it appears by rcfc-rcnco to Acting Governor Stiintou's eotnmunicuimi to , . Secretary Cats, under ilato of tlio Oth of actor, irom other tlospstclios ol liovcrnor AVulkcr, it appears by referenco to Acinic ueccmocr last, mat " iuo important step of calling tho Legislature together was '"Ji0" a,flor Governor Walker had become satisfied that tho election ordorcd by tho Convention on the 'Jlst inst., could not bo conducted without collision or bloodshed." So intenso was tho disloyal feeling among tho enemies of tho Government cftahlishcil by Congress, that an election which afforded tlictu au opportunity, if iu tho majority, of t.- .. r II.... making Kansas a free .State, according to their own professed desire, protesscu tlesirc, could not no conducted without collision and bloodshed. Tho truth is, that until tdc present moment, tho enemies of tho existing Government still adhere to tho Topeka ltcvolulionary Constitution and Government. Tho very first paragraph of tho message of Governor tho Toncka Lfgislnturo, now assembled in Liwrcuce, contains an open defiance of tliu Constitution and laws of tho United States, Tho Governor says: The iprcscnucu miu rucoguizuu ny i.ongicss.' It is an usurpation of tho same character ns it would bo for a portion of tho people of any Stato to undertake to establish a separate government within its limits for tho purpose of redressing any grievances, real or imaginary, of which they might complain, against the legitimate Mate government. Such a principle, if carried 'into execution, would destroy all lawful nuuiuuiy, u iiuc uiuvuraai uuuruuy. trom this statelucntof fact", the. roaon 1 becomes naln.iblo whv tho niipinins of tlin I I --f" - J novcinmcnt authorized by Congress have I refused to vote for Delegates to the Kansas I to ho of the most deplorable character. j 11,0 all-important question of hlavcry to tho 1 Constitutional Convention, and also after- j Would the respect (or the laws of the land, i peopky and have elected a Governor, niom ward',011 the question ol slavery submitted ! which so eminently distinguished tho men j ber of Cougross, members of tho Stito Le by it to the people. It is becauso they 1 of the past generation, could bo revived ! i gislaturo, and their Mato offu ers. They havo ever refused to sanction or recogttio I It is a disregard and violation of iho laws! as,s for admission into tho Union, j any otlier Constitution than that framed at 1 which havo lor years kept tho Territory of , unJer this Constitution, which is rcpubli- Topeka. Had tho whol.: I.ccomption i Kansas in a stato of almost epen rebellion . ca" 'n 1,s lorni. It is for Congress to do- Constitution been submitted to tho people, I ;tbe adherents ot tins orgamza ion would 1 doubtless havo voted against it, because if j e .1 .1 l.l . I l I I successful they would thus havo removed an obstacle out of tho way of their own revolutionary Constitution. . Thoy would have dono this not upon consideration of tho merits of tho wholo or part of the Lecompton Constitution.butiimply because they have ever resisted tho authority of tho.. government authorized by Congress, from people ? Were they filently and patiently ' suotait to tuo xopeua usurpation, or right of Iho people of tbo Territory, without , In the enabling act ol Congress, to form a Ctiitn Mfitialirlltinf, In nl Tn . t ut"llc vuHaiuuiiuu.iaiuutiudLiui uijjuiiiuih, For Congress ,( to leave tho people of tho j Territory perfectly Irec." in Iramin their Constitution, " to form and reculate their dmnostio institutions in tlicir own way, j this result the qualified electors, who rcfu subject only to tho Constitution of tho scd to vote, can never justly complain. United States," and thcu to say thoy shall ! From this review, it is manifest tint tho not be permitted to proceed and framo a Lecompton Convention, according to every Constitution in their own way, without tho principle of f "onMitutional law, was legally express authority from Congress, appears constituted, and invested with tho power woui,j ue to no almost a contradiction ot terms. It mcnt. This would be to adopt, not " their neccssary nrst, to ascertain wiictnor it was the desire of tho people to be relieved from I a Territorial dependence, and establish ai State Government. In this purpose, the t Territorial Legislature in 1855 passed 11 ilaw ' for taking the sense of tho people of I '. this Territory, upon iho expediency of j calling a Convention to form a Stato Constitution, at the gcucral election to be held in October, 1850. Tho "seusooftho pooplo" was accordingly taken, and thev decide in favor of a Couvcntion. It is true i that at this election, the enemies of the Territorial Government did not vol 0, be- ause they wero then engaged at I opoka, without tho slightest pretext of lawful authority, in framing a Constitution of I ti.ir OTCnror (i.n nrr,n!ift nr .,,1, ..,..:., ' ,i, r,.. .,,, f. -,, rial Legislature, on tho 27th of February, 1807, pascu an act lor tho election ct del egatcs on the third Monday of Juno, 1657, to framo a Suto Constitution. This law is as fair in its provisions as any that ever paased a Legislature lor a similar purpose. Tho right cf suffrage at this election is clearly and justly defined "Evi-ry bona ' fido inhabitant of Kansas." on tho third ! Monday of June, the day of the eleclion, who was a citizen of tho Uuited States, 1 -lnh It. a n A? ....nr.... n.-in n...l 1..1 all tho qualihcd citizens ol Kansas to vote at this election In his inaugural address on tho 27th of , May, practi ho informed them that 'under our ticc tho preliminary act of passing a Stato Constitution is uniformly pcrlonned bout to be elected by you under a call of tho Territorial Legislature, croatttl, ami still recognized, by tho au(hori'y of Con- .1 i . . 1 1 ..... . 1 1. grcB-, aim ciomtu oy u, m iuo vuiujnuutu- - five language of the oigauio law, with full rmir-h tnnrn nl-iusif.ln ihnt. tlw. 1 Tlio snerf.il nnneinle nf nrinnlnr snvor iw AWfiCV hilt itllllb Ut fVU-UVVI 11 i Ut U&Vll-lObu til I llio bUUUllli 11 UVb 11UUUI1 I nwn wnv nut ttn wnw ivlilnti Dnn eneo In i.nrro!n ctiijll rnniililiic nf n r iilnn t Ii m no poncr to inako such an cuaotmcnt. Tho ', Tnrntorial Legislature, thoD,in assembling iiiis convention wero tuny sustained uy llio Act of Congress tiflrt tliu authority of tho (lonvcntiou is distinctly recognized in my instructions fiom llio President of tlio U- this (Jouvcntioii wero fully sustained uy Iho Act of Congress and tliu nuthoriiv of tho mtci atati-s." 'j Jio liovcrnor also clearly ' mid distinctly warns tliein ivh;it would bo . tho consequences if they did not participate in tho election. "Tho people of Kansas, i then," ho says, nro invited by the highest ) authority kuowu to the Uonstitutimi to par. case, is that which exists in all other fcimi ticipito Ireely and fairly in tho election of liar oases. If tho delegttcs who framed tho delegates tn frame a Constitution and Stato , Kansas Constitution, have in any manner Government. Tho lnw has performed its violated tho will of their cotistiuoiits, thu etiliro and nnnronriato function when it ' extends to tho peopio tho right of suffrage, I their Constitution or hws, according to) but it cannot compel their performance of, their own pleasure. that duty. Throughout tho Viholo Union, ' Tho question of slavery was submitted Inwevcr, and wherever frco government to tho election of the pooplo ol Kansas on prevail', thoso who abstain from tho exor-'tho 21st of December, last in obedicneo toj ciso of llio right of suffrage, authorize those tho mandato of the Constitution, Hero who do vnte, to act for them in that con-1 again a fair opportunity was presented to iingoncy, ana ausentecs aro as mucii uounu by tho law and tho Constitution, whero iolonce, by the act of ( who do not vote, ns if there is no fraud or v the majority ol those all had participated in the election. Other wise, as voting must bo voluntary, telf government would be impracticable, and mouaichy and despotism would remain ns the only alternative." It may also bo ob served that at tLis period, any li"po if such had existed, that tho Topeka Constitution would ever bo recognized by Congress must havo been abandoned. Congress had adjourned on llio third of March previous lavmg recognized tlio legal existence of ho Territorial Lcchlatura in a varictv of (onus, which I need not cnumc lumoratc. ln ' deed, tho delegate elected to tlio House of Ueprcsenttvoi under n I erritonal law, had been admitted to his scat and had just completed his term of service llio day pre- vi us to my inaucur turn. I lm was a propitious moment for settling all the cul ies iu Kan-ns. This w.is tho time for abandoning the Revolutionary Topeka or ganization, and for tho enemies of the ex isting government to conform to tho laws and unite with its friends in framiug n State Constitution, liul this they refused to do. nnd t ho coiisciiucnces of tlioir ri'fll- sal In submit to lawful nuthoiilv. ami vntn " J J ' at tlio election of de'esrates, miv ct nrovo against iho Government; it is the same'0"'0 whether thoy will nduiit or reject tho spirit which li is produced actual rcbell on 1 in Utah. Our only safety consits in obn- i- .... i e i ..i i. uicncc aim coiiiorumy to iuo law. onouiu a general spirit against its enforcement prevail, this will prove .fatal to us as a na tion, Wo acknowledge no master but tho law. And should wo cut loose from its restraints, mid every ouo do whit secmoth good in tlicir own eyes, our caso is indeed hopeless. Tho enemies of Iho Territorial fiovcrn mcnt aro determined still to resist thu au thority of Gongrcss. They refused to vote for delegates to the Convention, not bo cause, from circumstances which I need not uetaii, tuero was an omission io register had predetermined, nt nil Inzards, to ad- hero to their revolutionary organization, - .1 .1 f I. .1..1 1!. l....l f ...... I 1 mm uun-ui luu riLiiuuiinuuub ul u umur Uonstiuitiou than that which they had framed at Topcku. 'I he clcclinn.thcrcforo was suffered to pass in default. But of to frame a Constitution. tho instrumentality of cstab iahed laws.- if peopio will refuse to cxerciso it, in this manner, as they havo dono in Kansas at tho election ot delegates, it is not for them ti complain that their rights have been violated Tho Kansas Convention, thus lawfully constituted, proceeded to tratno a Consti tution, and having completed tho work, finally adjourned oa tho Seventeenth of November last, thoy did not thiols prep cr to submit the whole of this Constituti-m to tho popular vote, but did submit the question, whether Katisis should bo a Free or a Slavo State, to tho neonle. Thi3 was the question which h 'd lighted tlio flames j of civil wr in Kansas, and produced dan- gcrous sectional parties throughout tho Confederacy. It was of a character so par amount in respect to tho coudition of Kan sas, as to rivet tno anxious attention ot tho peopio of the wholo couutry upon it alo-io. No person thought of any other question. For my own part, when I in structed Ci ivernor Walker in goseral terms, in favor of submitting tho Constitu tion to Iho people, 1 had no objcot in view except tho all-absorbing question otslavery In what manner iho nnon'o mi.-ht rerrnUto tlicir own concerns, was not tho subject which atlraccd my attention. In f.ict, tho general provisions of tho recent Htato Con- stttuttous, after an cxpeuotico ot cthiy years, aro so similar aud excellent that it would bo difficult to go far wrong at the present day, iu framing a new Constitu tion. . I then believed, and still belivo, that under tho organic act, tho Kansas Cou vcntion wero bound to Bubniit this nil im portant question of shvtry to tho people It was never, however, my opiuion, that, independently of tho act, they would havo been bound to submit any portion of tho Constitution to ihe popular voto, in order to give it validity. Had I entertained h an opinion, this would havo been in t0 mako suo" oa-iiuo previous to the peri lositioo to many precedents in our his. od of prohibition, it would bo wholly una y. commencing in tho very best ago of vailing, l'ho Legislature already clcoted, su opposition tory, commencing in tho very best ago tho ltepublio. It would havo been oppo. sition to tho principlo which pervades our institutions, aud is overy day carriod into practice, that tho peopio havo the right to delegate to representatives choson by them selves, their sovereign power to frame Con stitutions, enact laws, and perform any other important acts, without requiring that these should be subjocted tn their sub-' sequent approbation. It would bo n most mc ini) cxc in inconvenient limitation of their own power iumosed bv tho ncunlo unon thomsclvos. to exclude them exercising their sovereignty in any lawful manner they may think , proper, ins true,. the peopio ot Jvansai might, if they had pleased, required tho Convention to submit tho Constitution to tho popular vote. But this thoy havo uot done. Tho only remedy, therefore, in this people always possesses tho power to chaniro iuo nuiieronis oi mo xofcKn L'oDstitution, if thoy were in tho majority, to decide this f oxcitiug qutstiou "in their own way," and , thus restore peace to tho distracted Terri tory. JJut thoy again refused the rijjht of jviuui sutk.ii:igiii.j , mm iig.un suuci uu ; tho election to pass in default. I heartily rcjoico that n wiser and better fp'nit prevailed among a largo majority of incso peopie on tno iirsr, iionuny niiiauu ary, and that they did that day vote under tho l.ccoinptcn Constitution for Governor and otlier Stato ofiicors, mombcr of Con giess, and members ol tlia jjci'islaturc.- ' "is ciccuon was warmiy conicsteu uy uoin Parties, and a larger vo'o was polled thin at any previous election in tno xorrn llory, Wo may now reasonably Inpo that tho rev olutionary Topeka organization will bo speedily and Gnally abandoned, and this will go Ur towards iho fiual settlement of the unhappy differences in Kansas. If diffi-frauds have bcOD oininittcd at th's election by oijo or both parties, tho Legislature and tho people of Kinsas, under the Constitu tion, know how to n dress themselves, and punish these detestable, but too com nou crimes, without outside interference. The people of Kansas havo then, "in tlicir own way," and in strict accordance with tho organic act, framed a Constitu , 1 1 . .1 . . f 'turn and Mate government, nave submitted olillu iuuu mu ueuii oruniuu. mr uiy own pari, i am ticcincuiy in lavor oi its admission, nnd thus terminating tho Kansas question. This will carry out the great principle of non-intervention, recog nized and sanctioned by the organic act, which do. lares iu express language in favor of tho non-intcrvcution of Congress with slavery in the States and Territories," leaving ''tho peopio perfectly frco to form and rogulato their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only tn the Consti tution of tho United States." In this manner, by localizing the questioo of sla very and confining it to the people who are immediately concerned, every patriot ex pected this question to bo banished from tho halls of Congress, whero it has always excited a bdoful inliucuco throughout tho country. It is proper that 1 should refer to tho election held under the act of iho Territorial Lo.tishturc, on tho first Mon day in January, on the Lecoiupton Con stitution. This election was held after tho Territory had been piepircd for admission into the Union as a sovereign Sia-o. and when no authority existed in tho Territo rial Legislature, which could possibly dos troy its oxistenco or change its diameter. Tho election,which was peacefully conducted under my instructions, involved a strange inconsis'cney. j largo majority ot tho pDr.-ous who voted against tho Lecompton 1 Constitution, were, at the same timo and 1 place, recognizing its valid existence iu tho most s domn and authentio manner, by vo-, ting under its provisions. 1 havo as yet . received no ouieial inicrmation 01 the result of this election, , rts a question 01 expediency, alter tho right has been maintained, it may bo wio to reflect upon tho benefits to Kansas and to tho wholo Union, which would result t believed thero will no kngor uo any occa from its immo'liato admission itito the Uni 1 sion thero for tho troops of tho United on, ns well as tho disasters which may fol-1 States. low its rejection. Domestic poaco will bo 1 liavu thus performed my duty on this tho happy consequence of its admission, important question, under a deep sense nnu that huo lerntory, Inthcrto torn by dissensions, will rapidly inoreaso in popu-, lation, and wealth, speedily realize tho blessings and cmnforts which fullow a.-ri-cultural and mechauiclo industry. Tho peopio then will bo sovereign and can regulate their own nffairs in tlicir own way. 1.1 1110 majority ni tnem nesiro 10 anolisu domestio slavery wi'hin tho .State, there is uo otlier possible modo by which it can bo effected to speedily as by its prompt ad mission. Tho will of the majority is su preme aud irresistible, when expressed or derly and in a lawful manner. It canun mako Constitutions at pleasures, It would bo absurcd to say thoy ran impnso fetters upon their own power, which thoy cannot afterwards rcinovo If thoy eould do this, they might tie their own hands for an hun dred as for ten years., Theo are the fun damental principles of American freedom, and rcenguized in some form by every state Constitution, and if Congress in tho act of admission should think proper to ro C ignizo them, 1 can perceive no objection. , 'J'1''3 ,lias. 1)00,1 ,1"no emphatically in tho C mstituiion of Kansas. It declares in tha J5'11 uf Higl'ts, that "all polittcil power is lu-uutuiib in iuu ijuuiiiu, aim an ireo cov - erntnents are founded on their authoritv and instituted for their benefit, and thero foro, they havo at all times tho inalionablo and indefcasitilo ri;ht to alter, retorm or abolish their form of government, in such nianucr as thoy may think proper." Tho great stato of New York is ot this moment governed under a Constitution framed in direct opposition to iho modo prescribed by tho previous Constitution. If, therefore, tho provision changing tho Kansas Consti. tution alter the year lHul, could by any possibility ba construed into the prohibition may nt its first session, submit the ques tion to Iho voto of tho peopio, whether tbey will oruot,havoa 'onvention to amend their Constitutign,Hnd adopt all necessary moans for giving effeot to tho popular will. It has been solemnly adjudged by the highest Judicial Tribunal, that slavery ex ists in Kansas, byvirtuo of tho Constitution of tho United States. Kansss is therefore, at this liiomcni, lis much a slavo stato ns Georgia or South Cariilum. .Without tuts, tho coualitv of the sovoreinn States conino. sing tho Union would be violated, and the uso and eniovniont of torritorv.ocnuircd bv the common trcasuro of all tho States, would bo closod against tho peopio and proporty of i. early Iit-lf the nicuibors of tho Confederacy. Slavery can thcrcforo never bo prohibited iu lv.ns.i?, except by moans of a Coristitutiooal provision, and in no other manner can this bo obtained so promp'ly, if the majority of llio people do- sire it, as by admitting il into the Union under tho nresent Constitution. On tho other hand, should Congress reject tho Constitution, undor the idea of i)liordini tho disaffected in Kansas a third opportunity to prohibit slavery in a Stato which they might havo dono twico beforo if in the majority, no man can furctcll tho consequences. If Congress, for tho sako of ihoso men who refused to vote for ilclo- nates to tho Convention, when thoy ini havo excluded slavery from tho Coustitut nnd who afterward refused to vote on ght tioti, thn 21st of December, when thoy might as thoy ciui 111, iiavo siricKcn slavery iroiu too Constitution, should now rejoct a Stato, becauso slavery remains in its Constitution, it is manifest that tho agitation upon this imporiaut subject win ho renewed 111 a moro alarming form than it has ever as sumed. Kvery pitriot in tho country had in dulged tho hope that tho Kansas Nebraska act would put a final end to tho slavery agitation, nt least in Congrojs, which had for more than twenty years convulsed the country, antl endangered the Union. This net involved great and fundamental princi ples, nnd if fairly carried iuti effect, will settle the question. Should tho agitation bo again revived ; should the people of the sister States bo gain estranged from each otlier with more than former bitterness, this will arise from a cause, so far as the interests of Kansas i.ro concerned, moro trifiicg and insignificant thin has ever stirred the elements of a great people in-o commotion. To die people of Kansas the only pracical difference between their admission or rejection, depends timply up'111 the fact wheiher they ean themselves moro speedily change the present Oinstitu tii'ii. if it does not ucjord with the will of the majority, or frame a sccind Cons-itu-tinu to bo submitted to Congress hereafter. Kven if this were a question of moro cxpe dieney, and not of rii(ht,tlie small difference of time, 0110 way or tho otlier, is no of tho least importance when contrasted with tho evils ivlncli must noeoss inly remit to the whole country from tho rcuowal of the slavery agitati m In considering this question, it should never be forgotten that in proportion to its insiguifiiince, let the deciiiou bo what it nny, so far liny affect the few thousands i.thibitauts of Kansas, who have, from the beginning, resisted the Constitution and the laws, lor this very reason of tho rejection of the Constitution wi 1 bo so much more keenly felt by the people of fourjeen States of tho Union where slavery is roo.ignizcd uider the Constitution of the United Stiles, Again, tlio speedy admission of Kansas inio tho Union, would rest ire peace and quiet to tho Territory have e igrossed au undue propirti hi of tho publia attention, havo sully affected tho friendly relations to the people of the St.tes with each o'her, and alarmed the fears of patriots for tho safety of tho Union. Kansas ouco admitted, the excitement beco ties loealizcd and will soon die away for want of outsido aliment ; then everv difficulty would bo settled nt the ballot box. Besidesand this is 110 1 trifling considcratiot. wo dull then be enabled to withdraw the troops from Kan ' eas aud employ them in servieo whoro they aro much needed. Thoy have been kept thero on tho earnest importunity of Cov- eruor Walkor to maintain tho existence of the Territorial Government and sccuro tho execution of tho Uws. Ho considered at least two thousaud troops under the com mind of Gen. Harney necessary. Actinu upon his reliable information, 1 Ihvo bocn ohlmed, 111 somo degree, to interfcro witli tho expedition to Utah in order to keep down the rebellion in Kansas, which has involved a very heavy oxpenso to the Government. Kansas onee admi ted, it is ot my responsibility to Hod and to my country. My public life will terminate w ithin a brief period, and I havo no otlier object of earthly ambition than to leave my country iu a peaceful, prosperous condition, and live in the affections and respect of my countrymen. The dark and ominous clouds now impending over the Union, I conscienti ously believe will be dissipated with honor to every portion of it, by the admission of Kansas during the present session of Congress, whereas if it should ho rejected, 1 greatly fear that theso clouds will become darker and more ominous than any that havo never yet threatened the Constitution ami .the Union, JAMKS BUCHANAN. Briarcreok lost Office The Post Muster (icncralhas established a new- Post Office, at Uriarcrcck, Colum , U,J """-"y o iuo iiacna. wanna antl Uloomsburg 11. 1!., entitled the llriarcrcek Post Office, and appointed 1 j0fin Jacoly, Post Master. 1 u t i i Mr 3acohy 13 a WOT,,,y ,ou,'g raa" and, we believe, will make a competent government officer, The office was needed there and will greatly accommo date that community. Mr, Tost Master Jacohy, oilers lor rent, through our columns to-day, his Grocery, Store house, Dwelling, Wharf, fic on the Canal a well established and desirable business-stand, to which we invite attention. Judgment Hendeiied Judgment was rendered on the Oth instant against Gen. Wm. Walkor and his surety, S. K. Blatter, in tho Circuit Court of tho United States, at New Orlo ans, fot 52,01(0 on tho rccog nizanco of the former to appoar to answer for a breach of tho neutrality laws, aud whioh reoogniianco was forfeited by bis departuro in tho Fashion in November. tristar's ilals.nn of wild Cherry. Tho Hditor of tlio Boston 1'ost ayst "Wo havo not, until recently, been ac quainted experimentally, with, the Iruo valuo of lfutar's Jlalsam. Prom this truly valuable preparation wo havo received a present benefit, having recently used it in a caso of sovcro cold and cough, with ontiro success, nnd most cheerfully recom. mend it to thoso nliko afflicted. It is a (scientific preparation and worthy of coufidenro.'' Du.HiUDrcmi) K.vam, ol Crotvn Point, iV. V., in a letter dated August D, Bays, " In tl o courso of my practice in this Vicinity, I have tested tho. good qmli iet of ll'ittar's Ilaham of Wild Cherry iu Pulmonory complaints, and I now wish to procuro n supply of tho medicine. ' None genuino unless signed I. 11UTTS on tho rapper. Sold by J. It. Mnycr, 131oomsburg. 6f In laying a submarino cablo for a telegraph between Franco nnd Algiers, it lias been discovered that in souio places the Mediterranean is 'JOOO fathoms deep, or noarly two and a half miles. PIT We havo had the gratification of recording a very respectable number ol new names to our subscription list, tho past week, for which we arc profoundly grateful. iXciuQliiuci'tisemcni Till; Te;icl"r of LMumbm cotnitj-nre rciuf-Mfd la niret In HlooruBbnrB. on Satm itny llic I Jit: of tVb mary. Mini . i.l lOn'riock. A. M.,t catuitlT ami du fuBn sulij. ctf nf gciierJl intereii lo the welfare nf the clu-oli, Uif Improvement or trothcri", and llio Ijeit liitereiH of the cuusc of jUilucMion uiiii.nM nminc&j, Ib 6, 8SH County Ivptri ittndtnt. I'OU UK NT. TtIK iinlriiigncil offer for rnt hfa OHOCKIIY, known nn the l!fiarcrrk lirorcry, iMnie on Cannl hank, uicntilift'e mile Cm in Itirwkk, Inpeilitr uilli a thvHIiiiif !ioitif mil lut. ai.ihlei. 1 Wll.ltf, .c, uliit-h M a rare etmicH lur nnv tin ton .vmUlnp tn rent on rMon title tcrmi 'r particiiliir apply iu , . JOHN 11 jacoiiv, 1VI1 0. 1839 on tltc pr miNCf . m Ct-t r.M .a 1. ri . r.i t ;i III: l'rifii(li i.r tlic Mrtlluitiit t;ii, pupil (.'liiircli uf Hrlllll'Vllll- nllll tlttllltV ill PIVK .1 tli.lintlun r... till-liL-mrn 01 It.-v 1 V Kiniir.i.iK nt 1 1 ii iiilriicn hi Uranci-villi.,un tVfilai-s.l.iy, III- 1 7t ) ol I flirunry, IS5S, lommi'ter nf .Immgcmails, HMtunt. nn.Mtiu. WILLIAM n-llLII, JOHN' KLLLLIt, ii.i.i.vii nwotiv. .M,i:v V iioi.Mr... cifKiri-.v iMVi:.i-oi:r, HAK All 11. ALE. .SUSANNA IllCIIARV. t ru ii, ier,a COLUMBIA DEMOCHAT. The following are the receipts to the officii of tho CoiiUMWA DlJMumtAT, during the month of January, 1858 : J. II Ikulcr It.-., $3 15 L'r.uh r. Mcllf nry, Jniiici KKiirr. '. tut Win (VI,.. r..u . Io oa 4 (HI I .Ml L'MrlMtlonni-r, , B 1)0 1 I)jiiIi-I .Mcllriiri-. Ciiurail Ititti-iilicililur. 1 lit! f J.ici.l. P. Ili'i,., Jnliu -tuillli 1 oU tali Ii I' . t'l-riiif-, u 12 1 10 l-tirr lli.l i:. i m 5 .'i Tr Jnlni V Hmitli, 5 IH) 5 .10 ? "I hmiin V Matlitin, 3 .'HI tie" l liom.-iN Alagi-c, unit Ml r,.liiuil.iii O. I Cri., yntl SO". Ji.uiili II llo,i.r. lioo III W Nalioii.il lli'trl. .1 in JtlO Jarr.li Ujorl) , ri 75U I iu Jnfiii 1. Fry, 4 oil in tin. t h'iIi l-imti., r,i 'J till t Imnrlu r M. tllukrr. 1 7J l.-akl. U r.n. HIicrin'Millir, Juliii 11. vuhr, 1:ki.. Jnlin Wliu.l, Jurpli Ki.Urr, H.iiii.ii I Kliiini', Jllilll .M. Julinflon, It II. Wn.ti rtlci.i, Drninutic liiililiitc, Ni Iieiiuali lliclurl, Jnlni 11. Fan.t. .Mm rt.uuli J . Miller, 1 50 tVm. II. Wi ilin-r. 3(h Jnr.ili I.l '!--. 1 .'ill L.ir..iiti,W,uilV tc I'ti. a oil B.Jl l'tMl-l.tlllfc(-o..9r,ll llr.l..iM.ltai,-riil.iicli. loon Saimii-I Lvrrclt eoiij iln I'ratt li liutrh'r. 3 mi I .VK Itliui lliiw.ll. -'Mi fc.tl tfcliool IllMtlCl W.F.JIc.Mlllcn, Peter limp. 1 U'l, lit ry UiiiMil.piiilrr, si on 1 in, ctam ri, A. Hum man, I SJ Special Notice ! Wo are now sending nut bills to all in arrears, with n view of having every account settled up to tho first of March, with tho close of tho liltvcnth Volume. This must be done, after which time, no subscriber, out of the County, will get tho CoLUMurA Deuochat, without paying for it iu advance, and those then in arrears, will be atiickcn from tho roll, Slid their accounts plai-cd in logal hands for fpecdy collection. Wo find this course imperative to our own security, and will religiously carry ibis measure into cfTeol, as we intend to open tho Twelfth Volume under now arrangements and with additional improve ments. VALENTINES ! VALENTINES ! ! WIIOLUSJILE .1.KD RETAIL, IN preparation of tho coming annual VALn.VrlNi; HOLIDAY1. (l'etMiary H, IfW) vn Ikvo Jim recuvi-il and einoie lor sale a lartc and tieaulilul asaorliut'iil ol C0.M1U, SENTIMENTAL AND CIIILDIIEN'S VALENTINES, kilewixe cjtnus jwd Exrr.LurEsn All of new ami handioma itylei.aml varylnj tn prlcei. Jan 30, IMS L' TATi:' REM O V A L . JOHN STONE & SONS, Imforltrt and Jebbirt Slllts, Itibboiis aud Itlllliucry Goods, Have temovtd from No, 43 Sol 111 Second Btretl. lo tlitlr new and elegant iture, KO. HBi CHESTNUT BTIIEKI'. ONE DOOR ABOVE EIGHTH. u IVhere they will be, pleated lo tea ilieir frlenit and Hie trade irnerat.y. Jan 30, l8Jd 2ni NEW BAltBEIl SHOP. Oppmitl IA Grurt Jlnii and nnl ioir it Dimwit OjLu 'I -II II underiigned, ra etui for patt naironaie, re J rpectlully infor&lbts Inenda uad cuslo.nera, Ilia he liaa onenea I'ew Barber Shop, In Court Home Alley, next door below the officii or ttie Columbia Democrat, where lie will be hanpr to wait wion idd and new customers, and Irntn lone ex. penoiice and Uriel utfntliin to -uineia, he licpei to nicril and receivn a liberal alure ofnulili' natron.re IU-AU Ihinji here -done In deenry and In oner" GEORGE BJ11T1I. BloomsburcJa ti 30, lEaS II Ii A PARTI! RS ! INFORMATION lo Storekeeper it a dinance. 1 MAUEIVfl LlSi Ol' llK)CU3. 1000 jroii Comic Valenti ui nt 37i ctnt pn croti, 1000 grots Comic Valentines ut .10 ct-ott per gron. tOOJ groi Co mln VnluntijiRs at $l '.'3 per grow. 200 dotet) Bcntiinfnul Va'cntmei at 33 ct. pr dot. Son dozen Sent internal Valfiillnet ot 37 1 ctf per dui. 500 ilouri bentlmenul Vuirntineiut AO ct. pr rim, 500 dozen Sentimental Vuleittluci at 75 els per doz, 3 10 dozen SeMiiinenta) Vaktitluifs at S3 per dot. 30O dozen 8entliiifnfc.il Valfimnes ai 91 25 pur dos 30&dbzim ai $1 50, $1 75, (2. ! . And at price rarnjing to $10 00 pc itczen, Valttiulno Cards over fiit diderent kinds. Alio, envelopes to auil all size Valentines. Fiorckeeprrs at a distance ran cut off ilit abevo qnd; mark opposite, tlie iiurultrr ofrafh kind rrulrod. Splendid Bhow Dills put up with eacb. lot. THOMAS MA (3 UK, SUlUmr, N. W corner Second andCaeitnut sirreis. Jan 30. pliiudelpbiar B! UOCIIB SliawUJittreeltd nnd lor itle ai IUn n' Htote t
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