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.
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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
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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
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fc.tl tfcliool IllMtlCl
W.F.JIc.Mlllcn,
Peter limp.
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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!
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n' Htote
t