LEWISBURG CHRONICLE BY O. N. WORDEN & J. E. CORNELIUS. ESTABLISHED IN 1843....WIIOLE NO., 714. At $1,50 Per Year, always is Advance. LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1857. Ajf IXDErENPEXT FAMILY NEWS JOURNAL. THE CIIROILE. MOVDAV, DEC. 14, (The following I trow of sews vera lOMltnl in partonly of out Isftt WffL's rJiliou. Appointment by the Governor. Samuel Sliflr, Notary Public far the county of Union, vice Geo.A.Friek, whose commission expires 28th Dee. 1S57. Washington, Doc. 9. Jas R.Stcdnian of O. is elected Printer tj the House, and Gco.W.15owuian of Bedford Pa. appoiutcd Superintendent of Printing. Tlie bth Governor for Kansas ! Pres. Buchanan has removed Sec. titanton, acting Governor of Kansas, and appointid Gcd. Denver in his place. Mr. Stuuton's crime was calling together, at the request of the People of Kausas,i7ieoty Legislative body ever elected by themselves! It was to meet 7th inst Kansas is not yet "suMued .'" TO OUR PATRONS. tlFTItrce yciirs hare elapsed since it was an nsunced that the Lewisbcrs Chbukiclk would (hereafter not he sent abroad to any except Pay in' Advance subscriber. To this general sys tem, ice have adliered, except in a few eases un der peculiar circumstances. When we attempt' ed it, we were entirely alone in the effort, and our friends, tciih scarcely an exception, prophe sied a failure. We were compclltd to eram Two Hundred Samcs from our Hut many of them, we knew, were honest, worthy, and reliable t but nopmtiulity could be shown. Three long years have since passed, and we are again spared to r km rt. We take pleasure in saying, that the Advance plan stands the test of Experience. We have not iost 3 per cent, on all our business. We hate now more subs cribers than we had under thetlow plan,"" em bracing most of those at first discontinued.) We receive one third more money yearly, than dur in am prctima yean. 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Court. 2-5 E 5' Id e ' c i l 03 x s. 5 oo - r tm 2 B Q a i Q, " S ?v o a n O OS, M a 2 . . : CO 5 M M 9 5 S Zl n a er 5 e S 5 . s 5 kT a . m : B -a Bo -s 1 r no T3 S. "! ? s-" s-- a.i si ft-- IS e 5 S-o" tra?? r-.'hm 5 a Z? H B! o S! tr. w i ' O o 3 o 5 SO w o a a a' a S t . - 3 wg - a 55- 3 2 2 2 - S. M I 0 Q o J S3 S O 5 p. S. . a to c o 11 HOI - c- o 5" c a. On P r o o eo 5 oo e o B g 101 TM UWIMUIQ CKftOSICLB. The follow) tig lines wen written bj lady not tltte a yean of age, who bu had no educational advantage more than a common evhool affordi. If von think them worthy, pleam iuarrt. (Aye welcome, Kna. A.F.S. ItK3 biKHflt ci) ftc:) of eqlr dcqlr ..fib In Hi' parlor lone and dreary l.ittlo W tl Ik- sleep Ut night. At hiii fidf I'll nit and watrh Mm Ity tha tjKr tlit kcriuft light, lie i- lair this In by slw;T Auburn riiiKlt-tN hnde bia face. And his (lini-lt-(l fart in radiant ith a Mnilo uf pieaaaut (race. Willie' fairy hand trr folded I' -nr. -fully ujH.n liis brrat. V illie'nilark tB ffh.ne no longer, Th y are clo-d in happy rrL Ftrai.tfi- that little W illi slumhera lit t In parlor, rotd ud dim! Why nt lay him iu his cradlf, Aluxm'riug iu aiue evcuiug hymn! Here it I an dark and lonely 1 Wln-ii he wnkni, he will cry, Ptjrttiit up in baby terror. Finding only pbadwi iifi: Wrap hiiu warmly tu bl blanket. Brtntc him tu lh nursery bright, D- nut W'are our pn-tty baby All atone, this weary night t Yet thM word arc rain and idle. And my tear fall down like rain, For I knvw. by many a token, Willie can n't wake aealn! For bia ilv is null and erfct In it d-p and r.h nt now, A whun uptn bin rouh he rested And hi lace la healthful glow. Tiny HdiIh have lot their motion, ltut-y lip like erral dhow. And bin rye are cloned for ever In the ltep wf all mufd know! Never more fhail Willi neslie la his downy cradle bd, From this room he iroeth only To the chambers of the dead ! Like a tender little pile rim, Flceinjr from nomr antry strife, fMtr-mffhtoor baby Willie Yieldfd up bis pm-iou if. It may b lie heard the ausrrla falling to bim fr'in the ky, T(.Uir up hitb-r, little Willie! To the lieafenly laiaUon high. TcEBtm lue, 14. KITTIE L. A German Cbrlstmaa Story. Till 1h1T 22 SIJ1 Id olden times there lived two brothers, one of whom was rich and the other poor. When Christmas was near at hand, the poor one bad not so much as a bit of meat or a crngt 0f breaJ ; the house ; so he went t0 big brother M(1 begged him to give him a trifle. This was not the first time that the rich brother had given the poor one something, and he was not par- ticularly delighted when he saw him com ing. "If you do as I tell you," said he to the nnwelcomc visitor, "yon shall have a whole ham that is hanging up to be smoked." The poor brother said he would do what he told him, and thank him too. "There it is," said the rich brother, fl;ng',ng him the ham, "and now go to the . -,,, " "Since I promised, it, I must," observ ed the other, taking up his ham, and go ing his way. After wandering about the wholo day, just as it grew dark ho per ceived a bright light at no great distance 1 from him. "It must be here," thought he. On going somewhat further in the forest, however, he found an old man, w,th a long white beard, cutting wood. "Good morning," said be with the bam. "Good morning," replied the old man, "whither may you be going J "Oh, I'm going to the lower regions ; only I don't know sa I've come the right way," replied the simple-hearted man. "Yes, you arc quite right," said the old man, "the entrance is just here;" and then he added, "when you have got down below, they will all want to buy your bam, for swine's flesh is a great rarity there ; but you must not sell it for money ; so, rather ask to exchange it for the old hand mill that stands behind the door. When yon come up again, then I will teach you what to do with the mill ; for it has its use, I can tell you." On entering the underground dwelling, everything happened just as the. old man had told him. All the imps, great and small,gathercd around, and began out-bid-ding each other for the ham. "I had intended feasting upon it, on fllirtvtma. fVA wirti tnv wlfi "mid ttiAfnAn , j , , "but, as you seem so bent on having it, I m willing to part with it ; but 1 will not take anything in exchange except the old bandmill behind the door." The chief imp did not at all relish part- it witti liia mill mnr hn hetrnn let hftfvirle 6 o CO - ao bargain witb tue man bnt tne 'atter . . . remained firm : so, at last, they let him take the mill away. When the man had emerged from the underground dwelling, be asked the old wood cutter how to use the mill ? When he told him, he thank ed him, and returned home, but, let him make what speed he would, he did not reach it till twelve o'clock at night "Where in the world can yon have been?" said his wife, as he came in; "I've been sitting here and waiting hour after hour, and I had not as much as a couple of splinters to lay across each oth- j er under the gruel pot to cook our Christ mas dinner." "Oh," replied the man, "I could not come sooner, for I had some business to mind, and was obliged to go a long way about it. But you shall seo what I have brought back with mo." lie thon placed the mill on the table, and made it grind, first of all, candles; then a table cloth ; then, food and beer; in short, all that was wanting for Christ mas feast; and whatever ha called for, the mill ground it, immediately. LI is wife stood by, aud crossed herself many times over, and was very anxious to know how her husband bad coma by the mi!! liut this he touk cars not to tell. m "It matters not how I got it, wife," said he ; "you seo it it is a good mill, whose waters do not cease to flow, and that's enough' And then they ground eatables and drinkables, and every possible dainty for Christmas week ; and on the third day, he invited his friends to a banquet. When the rich brother saw that a feast was in preparation, he turned hot and cold with vexation, for he grudged his brother the least windfall. ''On Christmas eve," said he to the other guests, "he was so miserably poor that ho came to ask me for a trifle in God's name ; and now, all of a sudden, he is as grand as if he had become an earl or a king." Then turning to bis brother, bo said : "Where on earth did you get all these riches?" "Behind the door," answered the other, who had no mind to let the cat out of the bag. But, towards evcuing, when he had taken a drop too much, he could not keep his counsel any longer, aud brought out hU mill. "Here is the golden goose that has brought me all my riches," said he, and made the mill grind first one thing and then another. On seeing this, the broth er wanted to buy the mill of him, but the other would not hear of it at first. At length, however, as his brother seemed to wish for it so very much, be said he would take three hundred pounds for it, only he bargained not to part with it till harvest time; "for," said be, "if I keep it till then, I shall be able to grind enough for many a year to come." During this length of time, we may im agine that the mill was not allowed to grow rusty, and when harvest time came, the brother had it given him, only the other had taken good care not to tell him how he was to manage it. It was evening when the rich brother brought the mill home, and on the follow ing morning he told his wife that she might go into the field with the reapers, and he would meanwhile prepare the din ner. Toward mid day, therefore, he plac ed the mill on the kitchen table. "Griud away," said be, "and let us have some herrings, and a mess of milk of the best sort." So the milk and herrings flowed out and rolled out, until all the dishes and pots and pans were filled, and at last the kitchen was completely flooded. The man kept twisting and turning the mill, but, do what he would, the mill did not cease grinding, and at length the milk had risen so high that he was in danger of being drowned. lie now tore open the chamber door, but it was not long before the chamber was likewise inundated; and it was with difficulty that he could make bis way through the milky tide, and man age to unfasten the latch of the house door. No sooner had be opened the door, than out he rushed, still pursued by a torrent of milk and herrings. And so he ran till he reached his brother's, and then he entreated bis poor relative to take his mill back ; "for if it goes on grinding for another hour," said he, "the whole village will be inundated with milk and herrings." But the brother refused to take back the mill unless tho other counted him out three hundred pounds more, and, as there was no help for it, the rich man was fain to pay him the money. So, now that the poor brother bad money as well as tho mill, he built a house that was far hand somer than the one his rich brother inhab ited. With the help of the mill, he col lected so much gold that he could cover tho walls with plates of gold, and, as the house stood near the shore, it could bo seen shining from a great distanoe at sea. All who sailed near the coast were sure to aoohor in the neighborhood, and to pay a visit to the rich man in the golden house, in order to see the wonderful mill. One day, a captain, who, like so many others, had come to see the mill, inquired, after looking at it, whether it would grind salt? "Yes it can grind salt as well as any thing," said the man. The captain then wanted to purchase it, at any price ; for, thought he, if I had this mill, I should not be obliged to sail so far over the rough seas to fetch salt, aud then I could make myself comfortable at home. The captain teased and teased so long, that he consented to part with it for ma ny thousand pounds. As soon as the captain had obtained the mill, he did not remain long in the neighborhood, for fear the man should repent of his bar gain ; so, without even stopping to inquire how he was to manage the mill, he went back to his ship and sailed away. On reaching the main sea, he took out his mill, and cried: "Grind salt, and let It be prime stuff." And the mill began to grind salt, till it split and cracked again. When tha captain fonnd his ship was full, he tried to stop it, but, in spite of all his endeavors, the mill went on grinding, and the heap of salt grew higher and higher, till it finished by sinking the ship 1 So now the mill stands on tha bottom of the sea, and keeps grinding on at this very day which is the reason that sea water is fait. Writt.n (or the IwUburg Chronlclt. BUCHANAN'S LAST ON THE KANSAS QUESTION. In 1820, James Buchanan's name is prominently connected witb opposition to the admission of the evil and the curse of Slavery into Missouri. lie acted with the Anti Slavery men of the North, until tho Presidency had come within the rango of his ambitions vision. He then full violent ly in love with the very Missouri Compro mise which he had combatted, and in bis celebrated Harvest Home Berks County Letter not only glorified that Compromise but recommended its extension to the Pa cific ocean. In his speech for the admis sion of Texas, he sought to stupify the moral sense and mislead the judgment of the North, by arguing that Western Tex as was "not adapted to Slave labor," and that the admission of Texas would really ! work for the destruction instead of the ad 1 vancement of Slavery. When the Mis ! souri Compromise was ruthlessly annulled, Mr. Buchanan, being absent, was not iden tified with or against that measure ; and the Democratic party therefore nominated him for President, not daring to take up either Pierce or Douglas, on account of their being obnoxious to the North. Bu chanan bound himself to the Platform, and the campaign was conducted, aud he was elected, on tho specious (but it now seems false) plea that the people of Kan sas should have full and fair power to form a government to suit themselves exactly. At tho North, it was claimed that Mr. B. . and the Democracy were most favorable to 1 "Freedom for Kansas !" In his Inaugu I ral Address, Mr. Buchanan reiterated the ! party cry and pledgo, adding that the real J question was whether the people had power to abolish Slavery in a Stale or Territorial i Legislative capacity. The overthrow of the Pro-Slavery party ; at the last Kansas election under Gov. Walker, has caused another somerset of Buchanan and his party. That election demonstrated that Slavery could not be re tained in Kansas under the promises here tofore held out Hence, the bogus Con vention formed a Constitution not to be submitted to the people. Mr. Buchanan now practically denies any power to abol ish Slavery, whether in State or Territory. His first Annual Message is hostile to all direct and implied pledges, and proves that they have from the first determined upon having Kanses enslaved. True, be does not in express- term urge the accep tance of the uoaubmitted and unapproved Constitution; Senator Donglas, Walker, Forney, and other leaders of his party have evidently caused him to modify his first extreme committal to forcing the galling yoke upon unwilling necks; still heargnes, fortifies, and prepares for a general sub mission and giving in to that policy. Thus, at first, Texas, the Tariff of '46, and the Missouri Compromise, were not pusJted by the Administration ; -but, relying upon Executive Patronage Money and Of fice they were forced upon the country against its well known and expressed wishes. We do not doubt that the South intend to carry this measure in precisely the same way. To give Mr. B. and the Slave Propa gandists fair opportunity to argue their cause, we. give that part of the Message in full. It is a carefully studied presentation of their side of tbs qncstion cool, tortu ous, truth-suppressing, falsehood-stating, evasive more like the quibbles of a pet tifogger earning his fee for defending a sheep-stcalcr, than the deliberate views of the chief magistrate of twenty millions of freemen writing for the keen eye of im partial history more like the speech of a paid attorney than the charge of an honest Judge. W. giTe ;tj E.NTiuE, with a few comments interspersed : "It is unnecessary to state in detail the alarming condition of the Territory of Kansas at the time of my inauguration. The opposing parties then stood iu hostile array against each other, and any accident might have relighted the flames of civil war. Besides, at this critical moment, Kansas was left without a Governor by the resignation of Gov. Geary.' Not so fast, Your Excellency. No doubt you would like to slide over and bury the black record of the past. But it it necessary, in order to a fair understanding of the question, to refer to its antecedents. In any controversy, the whole state of the j case is essential to be known to arrive at the truth. Yon would have your read ers utterly ignore the fact that Kansas bad been solemnly consecrated to freedom for ever. Yon know well that the question of slavery was re-opened by your party, and North and South invited to the com bat 1 You would bare us forget that Gov. Geary as well as Gov. Beeder resigned, to save themselves from assassination, and because the Presidents nnder whom they acted had refused to sustain them as prom ised, in their efforts to do bight. You would have the world not know that the contest is between a usurped government and the owners of the soil just such a contest at between the Hessians and Indi ans and our Whig fathers between the Russians and the Polanders the Mussul men and the Greeksthe Austrians and tha Hungarians! You attempt to conceal the fa;t that not a Territorial Legislature (until that elected last Oct.) nor Congressional Delcgato (until Mr. Parrot) nor the Convention which has assumed to form a Constitution, were elected by the bona fide residenU of Kansas, but by citizens of reigoty to deprive the people or elect Missouri and other Slave State, in a for-! ting any of their officers! And no sooner ciblo and unlawful manner. You would I does Sec. Stanton, convene the first hon havo us forget that "all JUST power m I estly chosen Legislature, than he is hurled DERIVED FROM THE CONSENT OF the GOV- I from office, and the meeting of such a Le f.rned t" consconentlv. that all those ' cislature to be prohibited I Great is Dem- j Legislatures and Delegates and this Con ' vention are totally fraudulent and Ccti ' tious and their acts not binding in law or equity. The truth respecting the former of the alleged "elections" is abundantly established by the 1200 pages of evidence published by Congress, and you nor yonr party can over blot ont tha dark record, nor obliterate its memorv from the minds the minds . -taT nj sen Know , and hearts of the lovers of fair i common honesty. Sir, you well ! nat the "hostile array" was simply the ; real people of Kansas on the one side, and the alien border rufluns and hired 1 mercenaries of Slaverv on the other, the i latter actuated by the one object of impo - I . , . -i , , sing slavery upon free soil, and thus far i , . ... , backed up and sustained by every depart - j ment of the general government These men, thus engaged in an unlawful and ! wicked object, and boasting of the rapine , and murder which have followed their track, are not onlv unpunished by you, but are sustained and nromoted to office... 1 All this you think it "unnecessary" to state ! You never appointed a Free State man to office in Kansas : you express not the least sympathy for her sufferings : your condemnations rest wholly npon the peo ple, and not upon the invaders : cold, cal culating, prejudiced, one-sided, you no where breathe a syllable of a wish that Kansas should be free! "Buchanan and Free Kansas" indeed ! 1 "On the 19tb of February previous, tJte territorial Legislature had passed a law providing for the election of delegates on the third Monday of June to a eonvention tomeetontnenrstwonaayotBeptemter,iuIttr ul mngt ot u intcrraplcd by preparatory to i admission into the Union, 'I h,a law waa in vhn main in . and it is to be regretted that all the quali- Bed electors had not registered themselves and voted under its provisions." There was no fair election provided, for the nnvcr was all on one side all Indued in the bands of the Ruffians, whereas, in : justice, each party should be represented j uu cinnuu uuuw. yicviuua cictuuus, i ....i T i .: as was clearly shown, the ballot boxes bad been invaded by lawless voters, and even a fair registering would have been no sec a- rity (under the same officers) against a j repetition of the violence enacted. And as to the "registering," in many counties, no registrars appeared or were known ; in , the promise no juggling to hide its full large portion of the citizens of Kansas others the registrars refused to enrol Free proportions will do. But let us proceed: ' did not think proper to register their State men ; the lists were sometimes not j In expressing this opinion, it was far j nanl('s anJ to Tote at the election for del put up at all ; sometimes not in season to ; from my intention to interfere witb the Fea but ,a?, opportunity to do this ' . . i - - .i i ., - havm? bpen fairlv ftffrdpd. their refnall be examined : in short, the whole machi nery was in the hands of the Ruf(ian?,who openly boasted that they vroulJ not enrol enough Free State men to defeat them at the ballot-box and they did not enrol one half of them. It is false and insulting, then, to assert that the Free State men eonld but would not vote ! It was like one of Napoleon's "Elections" in France a cheat and a fraud ! "At the time of the election for dele gates, an extensive organization existed in the Territory, whose avowed object was, if need be,to put down the lawful government by force, and to establish a government of their own under the so called Topeka con stitution. The persons attached to tbis revolutionary organization abstained from taking any part iu the election." The people who approve the Topeka Con stitution, it will be admitted by all candid men, are the largo majority of the Terri tory. They never "avowed the object of putting down a lawful government," but they would have driven from power the uniawiui usurpers, i .erce ana uu- j i - i I , . i: , cnanan interpose- .ue .euerai oayoncis o ( keep down true popular sovereignty and i keep np a foreign despotism. The T'T1'1 j Constitution never contemplated resistance j to U. S. authority, and the Free State j men, discriminating between the legal al- j though oppressive U. S. government, and : the Ruffian usurpation, have from the first : to me las Dee- ioja. . u .o.wer, .Uu , rnurncd and disowned the latter. Bucha nan himself, with all his studied, artful, lawyer-like pleas, does cot assert that the Lecompton Constitution represents the majority. The Slavery propagandists have the POWEB,and intend to use it, regardless of the majority's wishes. By the forms of law, they intend to cheat the people out of its substance. And here, at last, we are to find what "squatter sovreignty" in Kansas really means, as interpreted by Democratic prac tice. The first Legislature, Congressional Delegate, and the late Convention, were all foisted upon Kansas by Missouri votes. Her Governor, Secretary, Marshals and Judges were all appointed at Washington. Her election officers, sheriffs, to. were sppointed by the Legislature elected by Missouri. A constitution formed by an exparte convention, which, its President boasted, was not ehosen by one-seventh of its people, is to be forced npon them with' out a chance to vote except upon one blind .'.bti.iau'.u. and deceptive section. And John ('albonn has the appointment of Commissioners who appoint all the election officers : and Cal houn and two like him eount and deter mine all the votes I This is "popular sov- ocratic "popular sovreignty !" "The art of the territorial Legislature bad omitted to proviJe for submitting to ' State or Territory on an important and the people the constitution which might ' exciting question like that of slavery in be framed by the convention ; aud io the j Kansas, except by leaving it to a direct excited state of public feeling throughout j -'e- How wise, then, was it for Con Kansas an apprehension extensively pre- gress to pass over all subordinate and in vailed that a u!iFn existed to force udoo ! terrnediate agencies, and proceed directly ! theni a constitution in relation to slavery against their will. In tbis emergency it against their will. In tbis emergency it t became my duty, as it was my unquestion- ! able right, having in view the union of all j j citjzeu in suiiport of tlte territorial j u(Clj ( elpreas au opiui0n on the true I construction of the provisions concerning ' slavery contained in the organie act of 1 Conirress of the 30th May, 1854. Con l 6ress declared it to be 'the true intent i and meaning of this act not to legislite I . . . c, , b . . slavery into any Ternory or State, nor to 1 ejtc,u j'e u tlt.refroal Lnt to k.tVe the peo- ! pic thereof perfectly free to form and reg- j ulate their domestic institutions iu their ! own way.' Under it, Kansas, 'when ad- i mined as a State,' was to 'be received iu- : , . ' .. ., ..... j i time of their admission.' "Did Congress" mean by this language that the delegates elected to frame a con stitution should have authority finally to decide the question of Slavery, or did they intond, by leaving it to the people, that the people of Kansas themselves should decide this question by a direct vote ? On this subject I confess I had never entertained a serious doubt, and therefore, in instructions to Gov. Walker of the 23:h March last, I merely said that when 'a constitution thouUl be submitted to the perple of the Territory, they mu be protected in the exercise of their right I of voting FOR OR AGAINST THAT INSTRU MENT, and the fair expression of the pop- j M President-" The : ' CONSTITUTION" the fundamental law "t a part of the Constitution, not a portion here and there, but the whole ' Till NO, was promised to be submitted to ! the neoDle. Thev. it was everywhere Dra ' claimed, should have "the RIGHT to vote for or .g.io.t that - I r . .. :-..., !.. iui . cv(hmi vi mu lusiiuiucm ium ua.j j i be doled out to them as a special favor. : The world hold you and your party to a strict construction of your carefully cho- ! sen language, and an exact performance ! of the specific promise upon which you tri- umphed. No special pleading to mystify decision oi ine people or nansas, euutr ? -j , . ' : , , , - far or against slavery. From tbis I have i t0 aTai1 themselves of their right eonld in always carefully abstained. Intrusted ; 110 manner "ff(iCt S'J f ne con wilh the duty of taking 'care that tho j TeD''n- . . . . , laws be faithfully executed,' my only de- "Th9 mntioo proceeded to frame n sire was that the people of Kansas should f "smution for Kansas, and finally ad furnish to Congress the evidence required jwrned on the 7th day of November. But by the organic act, whether for or against t ilt,le difficulty "red in the convention, , , . ,i .,.i.,i,,,;. exrvpt ou the subject of slavery. The nassan into the Union. In emercini! ': passage f . I, . .. - 1 i . ; , . ( T.r!t ! J .1 . ,w. n 1 ence into that of a sovereign State, it was ! .k-:. .!... ; ;;., ... mv u ! their will by the votes of the majoritv, j Lndcr he carl!er Prac,tlcc f ta 80Ttrn on the direct question whether this impor-, mcn!. n0 constitution framed by the eon tant domestic institution should or should Dt.I0n of.a T"'?f . P.ory to lU not continue to exist. Indeed, this was f'on into the Union as a State, had tho only possible mode in which their been adm'ttcJ tJ ,tbe IP'- . ' tnWt will could be authentically ascertained." uowr the example set by the ast Con- . gran, requiring that the Constitution of "Important," quotha! H.re we begin Minnesota 'should be subject to the op to see the arts of the partizan Jesuit. . proral and ratification of the people of the You promised a vote unon "the Constitu- proposed State, may be followed on- tion that instrument." not upon what t SA9 are to judge for themselves what is or .,inipnr(3nt; ;f lbey choMe but wbo,e Co3slitutioIInothing 1M3 . . . of ... known that you and thousands like you d s)a,crytil0 .pread of the negro ,.instUu,;0UM 1uq most "important" ,hing your ajmiu;.,ra,i0I1 iiko ,our -redeceMor'. :s prostituted to the "one 1 I ' I (anJ abo.0 u law and con. itutions) pf enlarging the area of hum! bondage. But, sir, thero is more than the "uigger question" which concerns the ' inhabitants of Kansas ; there are many "domestic institutions" besides chattel si a-1 very ; there are hundreds of questions cm braced in or affected by a Constitution ; and your impudent assumption that only Slavery is "important," shows only what is uppermost in your own mind and in the minds of tho slaveholding Cabinet with which you have surrounded yourself. Witb tbis "important" idea, let our read ers narrowly watch the ingenuity with which be proceeds to prove himself false to his professions and his promises I "The election of Delegates to a conven tion must necessarily take place ia separ ate districts. From this cause it may readily happen, as has often been the ease, that a majority of the people of a State or Territory aro on oue side of question, whilst a majority of the representatives from the several dis- I tricts into which it is divided may be up- ' on the other side. luis arbes friin the srw T--t.rrini-ii. - u rv.Bai i t r- .: ,i,. - i the convention of Kansas woulo. act in oc- you, or they of Missouri, or other out si- , , jj ; ''..' . , . ' I cordance with this example, founded, as it ders.migbt consider the "important part , is on ,rr,r,f,y,.,n4 hence my in- of a Constitution : the people or Kan- 8tructions to Gov. Walker, in favor of sub- foot that iu some district delegate may be elected by small majorities, whilst in others those of different sentiments may receive majorities sufhcicotly great not only to overcome the votes giveo for tho former, but to leave a large majority of the whole people in direct opposition to a majority of the delegates. Be sides, our history proves that influence may be brought to bear on the represen tative sufficiently powerful to induce him to disregard the will of his constituents. The truth is, that no other suthentie and satisfactory mode exists of ascertaining tha will of a majority of the people of any I to the source of all legitimate power nnder our insuiuuons i uoy vain wouiu any our institutions i now vain wouiu any other principle prove in practice ! This I may be illustrated by the ease of Kansas, ' Should sbs be admitted into the Union, j constitution either maintaining or abolishing slavery, against the sentiment oi me peopie, iuia coum uave no outer - feet than to continue and to exasperate the existing agitation during the brief pe riod required to make the constitution con form to the irresistible will of the major ity. "The friends and supporters of the Ne braska and Kansas act, when struggling on a recent occasion to sustain its wise provisions before the great tribunal of the American people, never differed about its true meaning on this subject Every where throughout the Union they publicly pledged their faith and their honor, that they would cheerfully submit the ques tion of slavery to the decision of the loua fide people of Kansas, without any testrie- tion or qualihcation whatever. AU were cordially united upon the great doctrine of 'popular sovereignty,' which is the vi tal principle of our free institutions. Hsd it then been insinuated from any quarter that it would be a sufficient compliance with the requisitions of the organie law for the members of a convention, thereaf ter to be elected, to withhold the ques tion of slavery from the people, and to substitute their own will for that of a legally-ascertained majority of all their con stituents, this would have been instantly rejected. Everywhere they remained true to the resolution adopted on n celebrated occasion recognizing 'the riylt of the peo ple of all the Territories including Kan sas and Nebraska acting through the le gally and fairly expressed ic HI of a majori ty of actual residents, and whenever the number of their inhabitants justifies it, to fjrma eonstiMton, mhh or without slave- . ' states "The eonvention to frame n constitu tion for Kansas met on the first Monday of September last. They were called to gether by virtue of an act of the territorial legislature, whose lawful existence had been recognized by Congress in different forms and by different enactments. A trulh is.that tLc S1 provisions of our recent State constitutions are so similar- an 1 aT aH " exeeUcnt-that the difference between them is not essential. ' occasions. 1 took it for granted that mining the constitution to the people, were expressed in general and nnqualinea terms. Here let us take a little rest The men who " Lccompton Constitution "ere elected by less than 2,000 ont of 15,000 votes. We know of no Constitn- tion, formed by a body not called by tho Pple concerned, and known to be abhor- ....... ...... a rent to their wishes, which has beon forced upon any State of this Union! Yon, Mr. B., can not name such a case. Yon know that tho honest, real citizens of ivausus um uot trail mat t'juicuuuuuut did Congress call that Convention nor dj the pcoplo approve its Constitution. It is an infamous imposition, from tho bastard Legislature that appointed it, to the false Executive who is now seeking to slide it upon an unwilling people. We ia Pennsylvania tote for our Constitutions, and for every separate amendment, and so in other States as far as we know. Tho pcoplo of Oregon and of Minnesota vote for all their Constitution, not for what the Slave Oligarchy may deem "im portant." Yon "take it for granted," promised, and ordered that such should ba the case in Kansas ; the peoplo desire to have a fair vote upon a constitution; but tho Slave tower your patty forbid i, and you acquiesce as servilely as the dog crouches at bis master's feet Is tha face of all your own aud your party's pledg. es aa 1 s j psctstios, j ou turn about aud j3e.C UUUiA flr II Sao
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