(SOlLIUIMIB A AND BLOOMSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER tEVI L. TATE. Editor, I'ubllshcr & Proprietor. "To liold and trim the torch of Truth and "Nruvc it o'er the darkened Earth" j TERMS ! One Dollar & Sevcui)-fiio cts.ln Advance. VOL. XL-NO 5: Cnhtiitlmt iewtutj Published ci-cry Saturday Morning, li' LEVI L. TATE. I In Bloomslnirpr, Columbia Co. Omct-In the. new Brick Building, op positclht Exchange, by tide of the Court House i" Democratic Head Quarter?," terms or numcuiPTiOM. (1,00 tn advanco, Tor ono copy, for tlx aonlM. 1,75 In bJthuco, for ono copy, onn jear. 1 00 If not paid within tho first three month. 2, Ji If not pld within tho tint ilx montha. 3,40 If not paid nilliin tho year. . 117" No lubMrlption taken for Iojj than six month!. and no paper uucouuuuu uuui it uuouiuutsiuni luvo been paid. H7 Ordinary nclvcrtliomentu Inirrtod and Job work executed atthsctaUlthed price?. SELECT POETRY. Oh for one hour ol joutliful Joy I Give hnfk inv twenlfflh pprinc I I'd rutlier laugh n brijht hnirnl boy Than reign a gray-haired king. OlT with the wrinkled tpoMa of ngo I Away with l(irni!)g'n crowtil Tear mil life' ulnlom written pagi, And ditih Its trophies down I One moment let my life blood Pi renin Kroni boliooil'i fminl or flnnit I Give me one giddy, tcr-Mng dream Of life all ovo nnd Tame I My llatMiiiift angd hnrd the prayrr, And cahmy sinillm; nit!, II' 1 hut touch thy ullirrpil hair. Tliy harty rtiilt had yptd. Dul ii thpre nothinjt In thy truck To hiil thee fndly tuy, While ihe ifi aciifot a hurry bark To flint th t wished-for t ay I Ah, triifii until nf womankind I Wiihnnl Hipp, Mli.lt wtte hlu 1 Ollf bll'H I td'liot liilVt' lirliiiul I'll laku iiiy-prrcrcn wile ' The anrel look a witppliire pen A'il wrnln in ruinbow hue; Thciu.in u nul l Lp n hoy ngiln, And be it hatband loo ! And i there nothing ct unsaid lltftirv thn thaiiRf np' T Iluiiir mtirr all their tlm hnve th-d Willi Ihotie dibiolving ycirnt Why ys , fi.r tnemory would renill My liind pHtfrnal Jny4 : I inuld nut hi'iir In lenve llinu nil ; Ml lake my grl nnd-bo) I The mnlllni ""eel drnpppd hif pen, , Wl y this v, ill nvi r do ; The man would In a bfy iijaiu, Am! he n lather too t And so I lattghM my lnuhinr wnke Tim houxelKdd with n nnise And wrote my dr'unt. w Ihmi nturnins tri ke, To pleas the gray-haired bnya. 'Wobster 'on tho Lovo of Homo. 'Vho fd1l6ing noblo sentiments were littered by Daniel Webs'ter : It is only slnl!ow-'mInded pretenders who make oithcr distinguished origin a matter of personal merit or obscure oiigin a matter of personal reproach. A man who is not ashamed of himself need not bo ashamed o( his early conditicn. It did happen to me to bo born a leg cib'.n, raised atnona the snow diil'ts of Now Ilnmpshirc, nt a peiiod so early that when the fin ike rose Iron, it-" rude chimney, and curled ovirtho frozen hills, Ihero was no timilar cvideni e cf a white man's habitation Letw.cn it and tho settlements on ihe rhers of Canada. Its remains st 11 cxUt ; I make it an annual j visit, t carry my children to it and tea.h I them tho 1,4,4, endured by the ec..c ! i.tiiuio ui'iiuu urjir, i iuvu la utvcii on 1 majority was in lavor at one timo 01 a tho tender recollections, the kind titc, the' convention, and at another against it; but early nfi'eotions, end tho narrations and a'. n, timo, C0U,1J nfl'""""" two .., , . ,. , . . , ... T , thirds vote bo obtained. Finally, under incidents "Inch nmigle with all I know of lIie pr0ss..ro of necessity in favor of change, this pinnltive family abmlo ; I ween to tlletUbicct was taken up by tho Legislature, think that none of lhoso who inhabited it and 011 the 'Jlth of .March, 1781) ,in (cne- t f .1 11 .lit aro now among the living, and if ever I fail iU affectionate veneration for him who vinl,,ee uilllll. raised it and defended it against and , . , , , ,, 1 .. destructiou, cherished all domestic comforts beneath its roof, and through tho' fire and blood of seven years rev. lutionary war shrunk from no toil, no sacrifice to , . . . . , serve his country and to raise hi? children servo bis poimlrv mil In riUn hia ehihlren sere his couotrj nn.l to raise his children to a condition better iban his own, limy my name and tho name of mv nosteritv bo blotted from the memory uf posterity. A M tp Tlm Wnn,1o nf 1 ,nnl,lr Lngland, aro a distinguished family for character, wealth and talent; tho eldest son, John Wood, has been returned mem ber of Parlimcnt for Preston several times jiml nrnrnd l.Woif o inn,l .,,w f nnu proved hiuselt a steady supporter ol uiva uuu rcugious iiucrty. a laugiuDio circumstauce oa-o icok piaoa upon a trial in l,ancashiro, whero the head of tho!'"" u..m umiuiu Ku- family, Mr. Wood, senior, was examined as a witness, Uupon giving his name, Oltiwcll Wood, tho judge, addressing tho revcroad person, said, " Pray, Mr. Wood, how do yoa spoil your ntmo I" Tho old geutlcwan replied 0 doublo T 1 doublo U E doublo L Doublo U Double 0 D. Upou which tho astonished lawgiver laid down his pou, saying it was tho most ex traordinary name ho had over met with in his life, and after two or three attempts, declared ho wa3 unable to record it. The court was convulsed with laughter. "Do make yourselves at home ladies," gjid a hostess to her vititors one day. 'I am at home n.VReir, and wish vou all "RTTP.Tf A T.Tf.WS 13.TTVPOTJT ... , Tho Kansas Question. In Senate Feb. 24, 1858. Mr. liucKAl.F.w, from tho Select Com. riiittco to which was referred certain reso I..,! !.! .1 - -.1. --! t i. iiuiouu relating to uiu uuuiissiuu ul ivaiisas , , , , ,, ,, int.rt tlin Union as a Mate, mndn rlift Follow. , , - ing report: That tho Committee, in addition to re porting back to the Scnato the resolution referred to them-tho one with a recom- mendation that it be indefinitely postponed; and tho other in an amended torm deem W n.nnt. In IM iha ..rnunrlu imnn tirhir.li 1 ... ' ... .w.u. uu.. thoir action is founded. So pertinacious and Vehement llatb beon nOnria rr.n,ln U,ia ni.ti of ,1. thocnortsto render this rueasuro of ad- mission obnoxious and unpooular, and so much is tho poaco and harmony of tho ...,i, inii.i i n tn(.n,i:n of it, thai yotit committee belicvo that some exam turo judgment uis imp upo king and amending cons itut.oils may bo I examined, to aid us in solving tho diHieul- ties of this Kansas tjucs'ion. For that purpose some rofcrenco will bo made to our own constitutional history. In 1770, in consequence of a circular from tlib committee of safety of Philadelphia to tho committees of tho several counties, enclos ing tho resolution nf tho ContihoLtal Con gress of tlio 15th May, members wero ap pointed from tho several counties to a Provincial Conference, which met in Phil met in 1 nil- , 1 adjourned j onth. 1 his nlpctinn nf adelphia on the 18th June, and finally the inh ol the same 111 conicrcnco recommended tho election 0: delegate, to assemble in convc. tion, and form a con!itution for Pennsylvania, as an independent State, and provided the uiannc'r in which tho elections for that purpose should bo held. In couscquencc of this recommendation, delegates wero chosen by the peopio, who assembled in convention on the 10th day of July, 1770, and proceeded to form tho constitution of that year, without submitting it to a voto of the peopio or other process of ratiGca tion. That constitution, it will bo scon, hud a revolutionary origin, and it continued in forco fourteen years, until 1700. It contained somo faults which dis'urbed its practicd operations. Tho logislativo de partment consisted of a single body, as in colonial times, and the executive consisted of a c mncil and president, tho latter being selected by tiic joiut voto of tho council and assembly. A council of censors was also established, who wero to review, from limo to time, 1I10 conduct of tho different departments of tho government, and report to tho peopio any violations of tho consti tution liy either; and ihoy wore empowered by a two-third voto of their number, 10 call a convention to amend tho constitution. A singlo legislative body, a plural execu tive, and a censorial council to criticise official action, but without power to enforce lls judgment, wcio the three capital errors f tl,at i:oIna,itul'0'1 5 and tbo arrangement S7t . iXllo A I ... . 1 ral Assembly, resolutions wtrc adopted s?tl,nS iotli that alterations and amend- Rltinls 10 tho col.lsti(ll'io" woro immediately nflr.r.Qciirt rnr-ilin.r fmm ,1... 1t ...linn inatlOh Ol IhO SllbjCCt in thO I.CiSla ui uiu cuuju ui uiu luwp.u t uiu.t pin.,iuu u.-, .uuiiii .um lawmi, will uu luaunui; jiui. iui iirt.w j uiu iu..v.. --- - A t 1 11 to be followed by tho expression of its "Pon 1,10 1uosllon 01 a convention to maKo j not uouut mat, upon admission, tho peopio tho groutiu upon wiuqii mo voto iu ..aituary icth n-. ... !n tho fnrm nf i rocnlniinn will nuionamen.s i iiai proposition was now oi tuo new oiato oi jvansas win have ' upon the constitution couiu ue jusiiucu. (.m u.hiiS m. , in toe lorm oi a resolution, win ,,.., 1 ,i..i, i .i in.i li.tj .,i! ..flm!ln laws, nossnssod tlin nowcr of form tL' and auuso tuo minus oi many irom iaiso rpJ,I1 i ,,: , on-. 1- . , i n?.i,. i,i, r i- ..,, 4t. T.;.lnirn l,n. enact a a oonsi tin on. sub cct on v to ho ressions nnu have ii salutary eitrfi. j"" m . m itii vn.g wuwiuvi mv.n lumuuuuiitiu it. v '!. uuivu u.b j.-ikiuiv, (- V 1 irti nrntAnon f.ii flm rattKcation nf UoUi?rcs. ad Insrctoforc ii yuuiio uiuiuu. i li:nr m.n,MnlLn x,Il. l!mt,1 ,a 'IM.to o ,1 a B1M r .,-1 . ! .11. Tni,o,.,t n n .1 t.r,r f rr. t.n sllOWn. Tllf. at;t nf LllbrUflrV. I S37. UnOU Uur CXpcriehCO in ronnsylvauia in nia- ' ti !,i,i fL , i, rl i. .'., r.i.A.. -1 l i ........ J i. i ..111 on. osjminnlioii. mnrars tn bi cnlirnlv far -v ' .......vMimrm a constitution mr ivunsas. aubso- of Independence tho assertion of tho richt 1 f,nilv. nn the i ml, nf i,vi.. lav? ,t.. df tho peopio to alter or fo abolish their 1 government, nnd to institute a now one, i ?.l,an Iso ? of tho bill of rights in mo then existing constitution " That coy i ernlllent or " i,t , !n,.it,,.,.,ibfn- i . """ t"v crntncnt or ou !lt to b institlltcd for tliecom-nonbcnefiLprotcetion ami seouritV ' of tbo people, nation or comojunilv. and , . i uot lor tuo l'.'ular emolument or ad- ; vantago ol any single man, family, or set i"" ""v . nl llinil. IV ia n i-n n ,-IY.f .111.. .I ll.nl n.tv inunity anu that tho community hath an imlubi able, unalienable and mdofcasiblo right to reform, alter, or abolish govern- ! mont 111 ,s . ma"ncr as Shall bo to that ! community judgc d most eonducivo to tho 1 Fi" .W r 1' rom all which, as well as tho nature of society and tho principles of , government, it mamicMiy appeared that au hubs, .u iiiuDrrai eminent in sue u manner as may bhall tbinlc proper ; and that thoy aro not aud cannot bo UnutcU to any cortain rule or modo of accomplishing tho same, but may mako choice of such method as may bo best adapted to tho end proposed, and that for further roosons assigned, tho delay of the aceomplishing tho hame, but may mako mode prescribed in tho constitution lor atnondmont ought not to bo admitted. It was therefore proposed and earnestly ro - commended to tho oitizeus of tho Common- woalth to tiko this subject into their serious considerations, nud, if thoy coucurrcd in oplu.tm with .ho Assembly that a convention .!. , p. ,UV,M"B onu alwrnS suro being figulfied at the next sitting it w'ould provide by a law tho timo and placo of tho meeting of tho conveutiou, and for tho payment of expenses incurred thereby. These important resolutions wero adopted by tho dceishe vote of forty ono to seven- .., v, ... i,... i ,t , ',. , , ' ( ..UM ,U ,, .uu v..i.vt,i.v.. u, UM.u i.iu.-iiwu ui luuiiun.iuiu ooverciguiy, .ii- iur iiuuut u cousnuiiioii reguiariy igriECu; it wos submitted lo them whether it would dissolved uudcr tho breath or revolution, veprcsontaiion in tho Senate, any aud all ready refuted. It is, that a large part of in short, that majorities equally with r.ii not bo convenient aud proper to elect I or bo struck down by tho strong arm of parts of tho constitution may bo changed, 1 the peopio of tho Territory had uo oppor- narli.es aro bound by cxistin' constitu members 01 such convention at tho noxt force. Nor is this condition cf things m- against tho opposition and proitst of Unity to voto for dolegatf-s to tho const!-' tions and laws. Tho other renly is fur general election, and that, upon their plea- ' compatible with truo libertv ami freed ...w H....U..UU u. VUUQ.U.U VJU1I lib IU UU UllL'U . IlilllT.. !L Wlllllll lift WnTT ncrr. n. ST.nr.Ml ir Ami ,11 irl,l. tlin nvr.n,.,,n,1 n, Vl.ln 1 ...... rm ,.. n . nnl.nt... I. In . : 1 BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., 'ocn. At Us next session tho General As-1 scnibly called a convention "for tho pur-1 poso ol rovicw.nc, and if they seo 6ccasion, , altering and amending, tho constitution of! I tho Slate. 1 do resolutions for that pur- ' poso wero adopted by n voto of thirty-nino 1 to seventeen on tho loth of September, 1780. Theso lccislativo proceedings ro- 1 IOV, ... , .- .,. " ... .. - - .r,,r , suited in tho constitution of 1790, and 1.1 -...i-.i ...-iin.., ,, VUU1U seem to qiand justified by tho reasons i ds3igHcd1 and by tho further one, Hint al- jcctious heretofore made, and to givo them might now ho established through a con-1 carefully examined it, arc preparpa to ami. , " u"u "IprnAwhavo oncnlv tra 1 thoush tho constitution of 177G provided a a fair reply. voutl m in tl.o tamo manner and 1-avirig , ctantja 1? deny its forco. 'Ihe f cin upon ; Uo i modo of amendment, it did not forbid other modes; and that therefore the ordinary law-making power could initiate the iieces- sary procconuig 01 onanpo. -ii.it consu- ttlltOn Ot 171)11 Wflrt TlfOP.I II I IT! 0(1 hV HlO COtl- - i- o r I volition, and put in forco by it, without a"J kuuuiikhoh 01 iuc maiuiuicnt. ur uuy Prt of it, to a popular vote. It remains : !: c !. . 1 P8" 01 , to a-popular vo.e. it remains U"J P'u stsiyoigm. years, modified only by certain amendments to whicli it has been subiceted. , ,In 1?an ,n,1?t'' w?3 l,assea y H10 LeS1?- ascertaicincr tho sense of the citizens of this I Coinmonwealtb. on the cxnodinnnv of call- , .. ..r.l-l . t iir L-uuvuiiuuu 01 uuiuiruics. 10 ue uicciuu 1 by tho peopio, with authority to submit amendments ct tho State Constitution to a vote of tho people, for their ratification or rejection, and with no other or renter pou-rs whatsoever." Tho vote taken in pursuance of this act was in favor of a conveutiou, and by tiio subsequent act of the UOth of March, 18!30, provision was wr.,0 fr electing tho delegates, and for tli c submission of the amendment? proposed jy tlom Without pausing to explain tho . .., ? 1. 1.1 t uuruuuiiir reasons wuicn actuatcu 1110 lie gUlaturo nnd people, it is cloar that the ennventien of 1S:!7-H, the members of which wero elected with reference to these laws, possessed only limited powers. They could not form a now constitution, nor abrogate tho old, Unr, put their amendments in force. They could only frame proposi tions of amondmciit, requiring a voto to givo them validity. .Lhoso amend ments of 1835 wero adapted, and the constitution of 170S was so far (hanged as they expunged old matter or introduced now. Among thoso amendments was ono in relation to futuro amendments, which now constitutes tho 10th articlo of tho constitution, and provides that atr.crid ments may bo proposed by a majority of all members elected to cacli House of tho Ucr.cral Assembly at two successive sessions, which, tipm beini; approved by a public voto, will take effect. Under ibis provision ono amendment was adopted iu ltJ50, and four in 1837. If this provision regarding changes in tho constitution, shou'd receive tho same construction as did tho provision 111 tho constitution of 1770, it does not fur nish an exclusive modo of amendment; and the logislaliva power of tho State is com po'ent at any timo to provide for calling a constitutional convention, tho powers of 1 which, whether general, or special and limited, will depend upon the law under ,ri,ich (he delegates aro chosen. And as Z'Jl ! hiv'im u, 4111UUU.UUU, man that provided by it, it is clear that this construciion must bo accepted as tho true ote. Let ihe facts of this sketch he applied to the convention and constitution nf Kansas, and difficulties and misconceptions leaard- 1 ins them Mill disappear. I ho Legislature 1 0f that Territory passed an act for lakin" , tbo sonso of tho pocplo at an election in , isr)Gi u tl0 q0?tion of fl convcminn t0 . . .?. . ..... . . , Lot-Mature pis-ed tho law for the election i ol delegates to tho convention. 1 Tho delegates wore elected in view of meso acts, ami moir powers were, ol course, , ' ( 6illli!,rH(d ,,, ,' ,mr . , vontinns of l77fi .mil i7n nni i vftritinnnl Imdini pw? ntsnAmi.inri "wi"'iin ti mi' Stnto from whoso hands camo forth an cutiro constitu ion. Tho necessary conso- 1 ? .... n - . . queuco is, iuai uic constitution lraniou oy Hm Knnsns innwnil,ri ,,l,l l, ...im and subject only to tho acceptance of don- ( gross under that provision of tho constitu- tion of tho United b'tates which gives it . jurisdidicu over tho admission cf new States. It is not necessary hero to inquiro whether the slavery clause of that instm- mont stood upon different grounds from ciucr parts oi it. ii mat no atlirracd, tho answer is, ki.h it was sumnutcu to popular decision. It no such legal obligation ox- istcd. it was not nece.ssarv tn sinl.mit it ml tho doinrr convention, with refcrenco to political rea- , sons and public expectation, rather than legal course. Tho constitution, therefore, comes before Congress a lawful instrument, convention, with refcrenco to political rea- and sanctioned by ordinary legal and cca - stitutional principles. ; Now, upon questions of public or political right, tho wholo country nnd all its iuhab. itants aro under law, and judgment must bo given iu favor of that party or individual whoso position stands sanctioned by it. If our system wero not so, through all its Our system has abundant facilities for amendment, change nnd reform, in con ucction with power to enforco cx.st.ug laws nnil riff htis. mill In nnrl ,ivi,mtn. A .wl ll.n, .. .u. nu.i .uui, poople who cannot control their passions, tut will L-trike nl law or coustiiulion. othir wiso ihan by local ahd amendment, arc unfit for and oannot lone mi intau Tho lawful and regular proceedings lor tho iormi aas constitution, and tho instrument, os presented lug boon shown, and th . . , ... .. " tratod by our own constitution . . tory, it remains to notice some of tho lcadinu ob-, 1st. Tho objection that tho constitution , is unchangeable until. 1804, is fully an-1 swered by tho citations already made from rcnnsy.vama constitutional history, wo ti Tllfttf nntlPMHln t. lilt t in Rfitnn rinnnr ' an Power will exist in tho peopio of Kanas to chaniro .1 i . . uietr i oosuiuuouiiirouSu a regular i as that exorcised by our own nei as mat cxorciscu oy our own peopio in cuangmg uiu vouhiiuuod oc 1 oases aro al.ko upon the question and tho ono is solved bv tho dcoii otlll:r- A"y 0110 wLo accoPt3 our Pennsyl cencral rounds of reason who. a nonsti. fution nrovides for its own nmnmlnmnt. J..l . I. 1 uioue or iwuu hu proviucu ciunot oc exem- 1 sivo, unless others aro expressly prohibi- ted. hi his Every presumption should bo made in ' detnDcd by tic high authority of tho cou- "ive resided three months in tho rotinty favor of popular right in legal instruments ' stitution of tiio United States and of Pcnn- where ho offers to voto ; and provides ade of government, and tho power of changing sylvania tho whole foundation for tho Jan- ' quato penalties against jllcjal voti.ig,' frau -them must remain entire, unless expressly 1 uary voto is distroyed, and it stands with- uulcnily hindering a fair expression of tho limited or forbidden. Tho Kansas oonsti-. out validity, or forco and effect upon the popular vote, and unlawful attempts to tution does not forbid amendment before constitution against which it was directed. : influence tho electors. And as a further 1854, and it docs contain a declaration of I And at tho samo timo tho policy of tho ' guard against fraud, and to socure the elec popular power over constitutions similar to 1 administration as againBttho Governor and tivo francht'b from prostitution, a rcgis thoso quoted by our Legislature of 1789, Secretary is vindicated, and thoso officer.) tratiou of tho voters is required to bo cous in a case precisely similar to tho present condemned, upon tho ground selected by piled from a census previously taken by ono. , themselves. It is undistmtablo that tho th'o sheriff) and Iheir dcplltica., Tho ccu- ad. Unon tho final adjournment of tho I Kansas convon ion without its submission , of tho whole constitution formed by it to a vote, objection was made to it upon that ground ; and a constitutional philosophy altogcthcr novel was produced upon the occasion to sustain that objection, by Hob- ert J. Walk or. tho Governor of tbo Tnrri. torv. It mav bo found expounded ntlirtro in bis subsequent letter of resignation, and at the samo time demonstrated the futili- ' properly inserted. ProvMoo is iilso made it constitutes the material point in tho ty ol the January voto by the failure ol for vacancies in the office of Sheriff, by message cf Mr. Secretary Stanton to the ' the tcason assigned for it by tho man authorizing the probato judge to act in hip Territorial Legislature, on the 8ih Decern-1 wlio recommended it, and whoso official , place ; aud incase of vacancy, in both ber, 1P57 It was this, shortly stated ' act caused it to be taken, -wc might on- offices, tho Governor U to appoint somo that tho people cannot make or aiiici,d a ' chute this part of tho subject. Ilut the competent resident citizen to perform their constitution through ajents, sovereignty ! warmth with which tho 111. of January duties. The other dotaili of tho act are being "inalienable, indivisible, a unit, and I vote is pressed as an independent objee- equally unexceptionable, and toud to the incapable of delegation," In whole or in I tion to the constitution will excuse some- production of a fair and honest election, part. The praciis.il result arrived at by thing further on that point : And it may It is to bo lurthcr observed upon this Governor and Secretary, from this doctrine, j bo confidently asserted, upon general act, that voters omitted from tho census was the invalidity of tho l.ccompton Con-1 grounds, that not only was it without legal would have lull notice of tho omission, stitution ; without a popular vote upon the I effect upon tho constitution, but was iu it- 1 and auiplo opportunity to have their names whole of it. Strango as it may seem, all. self wholly irrelevant and void. No Leg- 1 added, by the probate judge, to the,rcg'.s this is spread out in official documents, and I islaturo in the country over assumed juris- tcr of tunics. Pull time is also afforded constitutes the loading ground of objection ' diction over tho formation or ratification I for tho proceeding. Uut it is notorious by Governor Walker to tho constitution, as I of a constituli m, except upon an express and undenicd that tho groat body of those stated by hiniEolt. riothtugmoreuntonable delegation ol power for that purpose ; and 1 who did note vote at tuo subsequent clec and more opposed to constitutional princi- tho assumption of such ppwer by a reprc- 1 tier! iu June, withheld themselves from pies, as understood and practiced in this - sontativo body, in tho absenco cf oxprc33 1 enumeration and registry, and instead pf country, could bo produced. j grant, must be, of necessity, an usurpation, assisting the ofiiccrs.as good citizens should Doubtless under our republican system,1 and its acts relating thereto, wholly void, have done, interposed all possible obstacles tho people aro sovereign, and constitutions The taking of tho Eenso of tho peopio on in their way, extending in some eases to must proceed from them ; but thoy would tho question of calling n convention, and actual intimidation aud force; because no longer bo sovereign if stripped of the providing the legal facilities for electing they denied tho authority of tho Territori powcr of appointing agontt nr reprcsenta- tho delegates, rests upon prescdent nnd al Oovcrnment aud liws, and iutended by lives ta act for thoiu. Governor Walker, necessity; but neither reason extends tho their conduct to refuse a recognition of 11 lotes uo authority for his dectrine. except ordinary legislative power to the subiects 1 them. Yet ever nine thousand names 1 himself. Ho'says he stttod it in an address in 18:1!), aud again iu a pamphlet given to the country i 1 1350. It is not perceived how its reception can strencthen it. in the faeo of authority asainst it. tho most absence ol reason to sustain it, and iu the weighty and conclusive. Such authority i3 furnished by tho Constitution ol'ilio United Statc3, and by that of Pennsylvania. The former was prepared by a conven tion, tho members uf which wero selected by tho State I.cg'eluturcs, and it was latlficd by conventions in each State, eleo ted for that purpose, No part of it was ever submitted to a popular vote. Tho amcuduionts proposed to it by Oongrossiu mu,iJMiiiun uui Bvii iv kjj 'Huiu.a iu 1780, 1703 and 1S03, wero ratified by tho I Lofiislatures of thrco lourths of tho States. " ., it 1 ... - .. .. ' 1 pursuaut to me Ultn articio ol tho constitu- ...l.,: , ,,. a .i and hereafter, any amendment whatsoever j may bo ratified by Legislatures or oouveu - tions in three-fourths of (he States, upon being proposed by two thirds of both Houses to Congress, or by a convention called by Conaress. upon application of tho Legislatures of two-thirds of the Biate. , it will Ihus bo seen that the otciei!n , penplo of Pennsylvania acted through their , T.nicini of tho United States ; that on three occa- of tho United States ; , sions they have ratifici through their Lcgislat fifth article, to tho exc ratilica amcnu.nc.ts to it iiaturc, and mat by tho eyecutlnn nf wlnnli ttinv 1 have bound themselves, any futuro amoud- ' incut may be proposed by Congress, or a1 convention, (under certain restrictions,) and ratified by Legisloturc-, or cemven-1 tions, in thrco-fourths of tho States. The' only exceptions, Irom this po.vcr of amend- incut is, that no Stato can bo deprived of ! its equal representation in tho Senato give to it atlenuato support She has - , bound horself to all this by becoming a party to tho Union, and cannot bo relieved l... Ml.i:..n.,..u 1,.. -rt. 1 M nun, uvl uimj-auuin uy uuy (uiiueu pun- osophy, whether piuccudiuj; from juch of diliui ti ( or nut SATURDAY, MARCH G, 1858. ,,i,, rl io n,n ni,.rnrnr nf the. constitution- conducting of the election, was g lmper- w.uuiiy iiiuul. ui .uuu.. . ....... ., ,. ... wnllrni. h, msnl l . Bfutnn unnli inn 1 ii..?- " "ftd " V L IT, ;,1 , 1 or m ...,lv frustrated, and .hat without ' party, both designs and overt acts to r - .- . 1.! -.1 .1 .... na illnatrn- lecllv OXOOUteU mat lis OU CC13 weiu miui- r.-i " mum. icu uv lUu uuiiomuuu.. u. ... , -j , .1 1I ft. (l.A ' 'nflnr,!,! n enactor of the Slates. And when wo turn to our own ; ition ot tl.olv.n- State, the oa.o is cquauy or. o.u " -,r,T" i Un0xee.,tio..ab!e. to be made by a vahd.ty of tint , our State const.tut.ons wero lormoa ,u- , . . - ' " 1 t5on co lvcncd uiulcr ti.or... In fact, to Congress, hav- couvont.ons ; neither wero suommca to "uu f" nrB11i-nii ; onpn linstillv .1,; . .-.i . i:.,t nf il, ton t ntioti thorn bv conurcssionn iiccen. ed bauds, orgamzcu in open iiostniy u uruuicut lima- . pu iuiul vuiu , uuu u " . . r. . a . i " . r .t... nn.0 rtu;f tj.ni. moment under a constitution so lormcu ; and it U in .nifcsl that a now constitution crjual validity with former ones. The notice of tin objection become? im- portant when wo consider it as an assigned reason 01 uio umurcucu uunvuuu Walker and tho Rational AUmiu.strai.on, leadins to his resionition, and also as tbo j. . ..u.i l... C i . Ct.....nl- couvenin? tuo icrniona. wun .u eordimr to liim. denond altofretber unon tho wiiinilnnss of tlm ohicction : but as wo have .I .1 : I I...1I.. groundless that cotcnly is it notsUstiiiucd by authority or reason, but :s utterly con- uuuionsiraicu mat mu du uuuuii ia nuuiiv nonplc. in seleelinij a convention to form a constitution, may, and do, delegate to them tho whole power necessary to establish it, unless there bo soma expressed limitation, Having thus shown the untenable: na- lure of the posi ion assumed by Messrs. Walker' and Stanton, upon which they threw iheir ollicial influence airainst the constitutional nartv m the Territory, and of formation and ratification. If this wore not so, the Legislature might rcmovo constitutional restraints upon itself at its own pleasure, or assail other departments ot tho government in their jurisdiction; aud. in tho case of a Tcrritori.il Lcsisla ' turo, might extend its own cxistoucc, or retain power in the hands of its own party ' apainst a constitution obnoxious to them, And tbo same reason will apply against u. 1 no io.j(, anu icconiumuuiiiu iu n uiu ims" j, , , , - , , . . , - i,,i f...'i ', r n i. i,i. n .l,n lira of dc oiratcs to the convention. Hot . legal cluim to bo consulted ?l ' . .. i Ul- w". " x. , "-,7" .... i,:,.,..! iV i,.,l !. M1. cal proceed! ujis which arocn U 11IU lim-uillll.yil uuj.uuiiu.i. J. u - . w . . r i .1 - tUUUV. UU HLlJluiUl.ruuuw. ui hiuju uuibio.i 1 n 1 . .... accomplishing too samo ends directly iuturo settlement, jiciiuo these, most ot through a popular voto. Certainly tho tho enmities composing the nineteen had Legislature cannot do through others what , on iuconsidcrablo population ; fcttle it is prohibited f.om doing itself. If the ' ments in them having jusl btgiiii. It is Leeumpton Constitution wao a valid in- said that four cnly of tho wholo number struuicnt prior to tho Ith of January, had any considerable population, aud tcrHilh lms lippn nrni'l'll. t. irnnlil orinlinnn f 1, 1 1 Minsrt uurn flu vnrv nun, l.r.n lir I so until the power of tho people, action . . . . . .. .." regularly through well cstaliliscd and well- I i i i ....., .,.i ..1....1.1 I dmend it, or substitute another in its , placo, Certainly, this cm only bo dono , (in the absence of constitutional provision,) through a popular convention, where de- liberation aud delay will Eecuro wise and iust chances. The dectruction of a eon- stitution after it is onco made, wiihout tho I substitution of another, was never heard ot iu the Uh.tcd States, and Etioh an at tempt has no foundation, cither in reason constitution of this Stato to a pubiio vote, and upon a majority being given against it, mat it should stand annulled and des- tvnvnd. tcnuM lift msllv rpr,rtr,lftfl nn fnnlUl, or insano. No such revolution .ry princi- plo3 exist in our political system, and wo may hopo tho time will bo long before thoy aro admitted or practiced, 3d. 'I ho objection made to admission which has probably had most effect upon pubiio opinion, is thai stated in Governor ' Walker's letter of resignation, after his point of fact and to that extent suggested , if ninotcon or filtceu counties cf tho i thirty-eight composing tho torritorv wero l.-l,.. r , - , . ... . - - wuouy uisirancuiscu, without latllt 01' CCg licet of iheir own it' tho territorial act pro I'idiug f-r the census, registry of vote,aml hv uU1ii;iws tMllwuut UVlllVIIUV.ll 11 11113 IV til Li LI LI tl 111 , II 11 11 U 11 11 V 11IU lillU ill Il Tl V UI1L1 t:il!"Jll'MV(! uincc. iu s uujisuwu "'ulva V3" u . matters of fact ami tuo eomnu-tcc, having ; which it rests jmvo toeon most umnsonu- OU8bafary5tu (piali y it ha.o been EUpprcs3C or w. ( , , , - - ul .!T law for taking the eonm of 1 1110 icopio ujiaii " 1 and just. It c.Meuds the richt of sutn-arfe to every bona fide inlnbitant of, tho tcrri- Inrrr nn ll.n ll.lrrl ATnArt,- l' .Hirin 1P'.7 wim, being a citizen of the Lmtcd States and over twenty-one years of ago, shall v j " ....... w. sua returns arc to bo filed in tho office of the pro"baib jildgfc, showing the number of qualified voters resident ifi tho county or 1 districtj on tho first of April, anil 0 be posted in public places. And tho probato 1 judge from the timo of receiving tliom, is ! to hold his court open until the first cf ; May, for tho purpose of corrcc'.ing them, adding names or stnuing out those im 1 were registered, although many who wero j registered, aud in favor of a convention, '. did not voto lor delegates, as in many, If 1 not im'st of the districts there was no sen- - i Rut tho case is even vet stronaer than these ous opposition to tho candidates named. facta niako it. A part of tho nineteen' I counties, so often spoken of, wore wholly ! without iuhahitauts : they were codritil-s upon jmjier established iu expectation of i Topoka party wero stron?. in'crnosed rc- sistanco to tho law, aua neither desired nor . ." . . . . . . a.,u..i 1. ...!! ii..,i..a t at tho cl.ction. It is not necessary to go int minute deiaila.nor to explore tho causes remote or immediate, which induced oppo- sitinn tn that as well as oilier territorial laws.although such inquiry would strength- en tlio cencral conclusions already stated. As far as the objertion to tho powers and proceedings of tho convention, on tho majority, if it cxist.cantiot nullify aud hold i i i . .....it r i .i bv the lalo masterlv ! message of tho President, transmitting the . constitution to Cougress. It is there shown by the most satisfactory cvideuco, thai the groat portion of this alleged ma jority is mado up of Insurgent aud revolu tionary clement . rw flin i-inpRnftn nv n pnnvonh tti Ininrm a enii nflniHffiluci.srlB!h!i5UchP VOL. XXL 'i'bb official dispatches, oven of Gov. sub Jaws, a wcvcr colivcn- . arm- to tho execu . 7"i " ."i ij ,.r ."""Jjf u" " " , ;;r.;u, ,s I 'Id vCt cxUl undc1 he 0f faction turbulence and disorder. No nrotniaition can bo clearer tliati that rovo- f.s'... ,! .1.n 0,,olv afd and ; , , . uuiiauii. tvini mum, waiu iui iuu tiuiu ui.iu the covcrutneut against which tiler rebel, and can have lo in .those noliti- uductcd under ty of tiio laws. And for tlicui to demand thrit their voicos shall be coun'cd to destroy the powers and work of a convention which they rcpudi aJcil from the outset, and in the election of tho members of which thoy neither desired uor attempted to participate, U both impudent and monstrous. If there bo fault upon the part of tho government with reforenco to thisinsurgent and misguided population, it is that thov have been treated with extreme leniency and forbearance, illy requited by contin ued tuibuler.ee and resistance to auihonty upon their part. And that tho appeal should now bo gravely niails, Ju thsir bo- 1 1 r r .1 . ' . f 1 1 .. uuu, mr mo lujbuuau ui u juui uuuiiiuliuu and the continuance of excitem'orit rind dis order iu the Territory until ihoy shall bo plccced to subside into order and regulari ty, may be classed amoug the curiosities ot (action With equal proptiety might tho appeal bo made iu behalf of the insurgents of Utah against the attempt to enforco upon them the jurisdiction and authority of tho United States. Sound and conclusive reasons ozisting for the positions assumed, every consider ation demands that speedy and final action bo taUcn for the s&ttlemetit pf this question that has so long harrasscd the public mind aud worked an alienation ol ihd feeling of confidence, respeci and friendship that should reign cupremc among tbo citizens of all parts of tho Union. A postpone ment of the recognition of the legal position now mainuiued by this territory for ad mission may fearfu ly incrcis3 m'a which already exists revolution, faction and dis cord. No good ililzcu can longer desifo a continuance of an agitation that only cngeuders a spirit of hostility aud bitter animosity between different sections of tho confederacy, and If prolonged, must ulti mately lead Id consequences of the most disastrous nature. Tho admission of Kan sas into tho Union under an organic in strument, complying in every respect with tho Federal 0 institution, would signally vindicate tho supremacy of 1-w, bring or der out of confusion, establish the reign of peace whero lawless faction ubw holds its sway, calm tho 'tirbuieof elements of party focljrig no longer Sustaiued by the hope of pocr, and leave the now State free to pur sue her progress iu an unintcrrup 6d career of prosperity. (J. 11. BUOKALEW, JOHN 0. EVANS, SAMUEL J. RANDALL, GEOltGE W. .MILLER. The M Ahmed Man.-- IIo4 is it that girls can always tell a married man from "i single one ? The fact is indisputable, llic philosophy of i is beyond our ken. ! IJlai:lwoocl says that "the fact of inatri I mony or bachelorship is written so legi- li 111 a man s appearance, that no inge nuity can conceal it. E cry where thcro is some inexplicable instinct that tills us whether an individual (whose name, for tune and circumstances are totally un known) be he, of be he nut, a married man. Whether it is a certain subdued look, uch as that which characterizes the lions, in a niPiiagerie, and distill gukhes them from tho lords' of th'c des sert, wo cannot icl!; but, that the truth is so, wc positively affirm." Poor Livi.no. A good Methodist minister at the West, who lived uu a very small salary, was greatly troubled at ono time to get Ins qttarterlv instalment. Ho , had called on his steward a number of mes, 'jut had each time been put off ith some excuse. His wants at length icoiiimg urgent, he went to liis steward ul told liim that ho must have his money, , his family wero suffering for the pe ssaries of life. " Money !" replied tho eward. " You prcaeli for money ! 1 louglit you preached for the irood of mis " "Souls " replied the minister : 1 can't eat souls, and if I eould, it would ke a thousand such as vours to make a ecent meal." IlitEAca or Pkomise. -V young Ame riean lady in Paris tlueatcns to sue Pro sident Ihiehanan for breach nf piomise, She says that (lining nt her father's lahiu yearn ago, he said to her My dear Miss, if ever I should he President, you shall bo niisiioss. of tl.f tfi.ur Jouse." Say W by are 'luwls like hiisbaiuls ' He. au--e every v ont.ui should !t " iij t
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