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LEWISBURG
CHRONICLE
BY 0. N. WORDEN & J. R. CORNELIUS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1843....WIIOLE NO., 714.
At $1,50 Pkr Year, always is Advance.
LEWISBURG, UNIOX CO., PA.V FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1857.
AS I.VDKrEKDEN-T FAMILY NEWS JOURNAL.
THE CIIROMCjLE
MOYUAlf, DEC 14,
ITbelullowln. Item of aewe were iaacrted in fiartooljr
of our laat week' ediUoa.
Appoint mrnt by the Governor.
Samcel Super, Notary Public for tbe
county of Union, vice Geo.A.Frick, whose
commission expires 2StU Dec. 1S57.
Washington, Dec. 0. Jas B.Stcdman
of O. is elected I'rinter tj tlic House, and
Gco.W.Bowruao of lie J ford Pa. appointed
Superintendent of Printing.
Tlie bill Governor for Kansas Pres.
Buchanan has removed Scc.Stauton,acting
Governor of Kansas, and appointed Gen.
Denver in bis place. Mr. Suuton's crime
was calling together, at the request of tbe
People of Kansas,(7te ona- Legislative body
ever elected by themselves ! It wis to meet
7th inst Kansas it not yet "subdued .'"
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The following linei were written hj a ladj not sixteen
year, of age, who baa had bo educational ajTaiitan-t-l
more than a common eehool afforta. If you th ink them
worthy, ileaeiuaert. (Aye welcome. Kna-J A.F.S.
JLiiKS H-liki) OS) U)i iktfh of eqr ?cqr llttli
SiviiKr auaiii.
In tli parlor lone and drrary
Little W lliif itlef to night.
At hi cidt J II tut and watr-h hint
Ity the tijwr'i tlickfHliK light,
lit tn.tr this bnby lwfT
Auburn ritiKlr-tH nhnde nil fur'.
And hi iliui l-U ttti-fifi radiant
iib a riuilw of pleaaaut grace.
Willie' fairy hand" are folded
I' ., . -fully upon hi brt-a-t,
tV i 1 1 drK .en nhinc no longer,
Th.-y are clo-td in bitppy rt-nL
f traimr that little Willi- IumlTi
In tin pnrlnr, cold oJ ditnl
Why nt lay him iu his cradl,
Murin'riug low aoiueeTcmughymal1
Here It In so dark and lonely I
WltvM lie -nkn, b will cry,
FUrting up in baby terror,
Finlinc only -diadowa ii;h.
Wrap him warmly in bin blanket.
Bring him to lU nurary bright,
Dt) not lrT our nn-Uy baby
All aloue, thin m-ary night!
Vet thane word are Tain and idle.
And nty tarn tall down like rain,
For I know, by many & token,
Willie ran not wake attain!
For hi tlei i null and erfect
In it iwp and nib-nt Row,
A when upon bin rouh he res tod.
And hU tace in bVaJthful glow.
Tiny limhii have lot their motion.
Itut-y lip like eoral nbow.
And bb cym are chuwd ftr err
In the alrrp we all tnut knowl
Never more nhall Willie BeaUe
In his downy cradle lird.
From thin room b Roeth only
Tu the chambvn of tha dead !
like a Ond-r little pllf-rlm.
Fleeing from cme anrry ntrife.
eoter-ntcht our bahy Willie
Yiddr-d up hin pm-loun lif-
It may be he tu-ard the anftWa
Calling to him fr'in the sky,
MVuie up httWr, liltlr Wiliif!
To the leaenly faiutsoB high.
Tleblttillx, Ia. EITTIC L.
A German Christmas Story.
"JiH
E0311 039 IfUI eiA.
In olden times there lived two brothers,
one of whom was rich and tbe other poor.
When Christmas was near at hand, the
poor one bad not so much as a bit ot
meat or , crugt 0f breIJ ; tQe house ; SO
he went . b;9 brotuer( and bcggcd him to
give him a trifle. This was not the first
time tUlt tho rich br0tbCr t41 6' the
poor one something, ana ue was not par-
ticularly delighted when he saw him com
ing, "it you uo as l ten you, eaia ne
to the unwelcome visitor, "you 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,
flinging him the ham, "and now go to the
lower rcyioni."
"Since I promised, it, I must' observ
cd the other, taking up his ham, and go-1
ing his way. After wandering about the
wholo day, just as it grew dark he per- j
ccived a bright light at no great distance
from him. "It must be here," thought ,
be. On goifK somewhat further in the
forest, however, he found an old man,
with a long white beard, cutting wood.
"Good morning," said he with the bam.
"Good morning," replied tbe old man,
"whither may you be going J
"Oh, I'm going to the lower regions ;
only I don't know pa I've come the right
way," replied tho simple-hearted man.
"Yes, you are 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 ham,
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
you come up again, then I will teach you
what to do with tbe mill ; for it has its
use, I can tell you."
Ou entering the underground dwelling,
everything happened just as the old man
had told him. All the imps, great and
email, gathered around, and began out-bidding
each other for the ham.
"I had intended feasting upon it, on
Christmas eve, with my wife'sald tbe man;
"but, as you seem so bent on having it,
I'm willing to part with it ; but I will
not take anything in exchange except the
old handmill behind the door."
The chief imp did not at all relish part
ing with his mill, and he began to haggle
. . - '.I. I III- 1...
ana uargain wuu iue man, vui tun latter
remained firm ; so, at last, they let him
take tbe mill away. When the man had
emerged from tbe underground dwelling,
he asked the old wood cutter how to uso
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 you 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
er under tbe grucl-pot to cook our Christ
mas dinner."
"Ob," replied tbe 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."
Ue then plaeed the mill on the table,
and made it grind, first of all, candles;
then a table eloth ; then, food and beer;
ia short, all that was wanting for a Christ
mas feast; and whatever he called for,
tbe mill ground it, immediately.
11 is wife stood by, aud crossed herself
many times over, and was very anxious to
know how her husband had come by the
mi!!. But this he took care but to tell. ,
w "It matters not how I got it, wife,"
said he ; "you seo it it is a good mill,
whose waters do not ccasa 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 banqnet 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.
' Ou Christmas cvo," said he to the other
gucsto, "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 his brother, ho
said : "Where on earth did you get all
these riches ?"
"Behind tbe door," answered the other,
who had no miud to let tbe cat out of tbe
bag. But, towards evcuing, when ho had
taken a drop too much, he could not keep
his counsel any longer, and brought out
his 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. Ou seeing this, the broth
er wanted to buy tbe 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, he said be would
take three hundred pounds for it, only he
bargained not to part with it till harvest
time ; "for," said he, "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 tbe mill was not allowed to
j grow rusty, and when harvest time came,
the brother had it given him, only tbe
other had taken good care not to tell him
bow 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 tbe field with the reapers,
and he would meanwhile prepare the din
ner. Toward mid-day, therefore, he plac
ed tbe mill on tbe kitchen table.
"Griud away," said he, "and let us have
some herrings, and a mess of milk of tbe
best sort." So the milk and herrings
flowed out and rolled out, until all the
dishes and pots and pans were tilled, and
at last tbe kitchen was completely flooded.
The man kept twisting and turning the
miiif but, do what he would, the mill did
not ccase grinding, and at length the milk
uad risen so high that he was in danger of
being drowned. He now tore open the
chamber door, but it was not long before
, he chamber was likewise inundated ; and
it was with difficulty that he could make
his way through the milky tide, and man
age to unfasten the latch of the house
door. No sooner had he opened the
door, than out he rushed, still pursued by
a torrent of milk and herrings. And so
he ran till be reached his brother's, and
then he entreated his poor relative to take
bis mill back ; "for if it goes on grinding
for another hour," said be, "tbe 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 bouse 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 be could cover
the walls with plates of gold, and, as the
house stood near the shore, it could be
seen shining from a great distance at sea.
All who sailed near the coast were sure to
anchor 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 tbe 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 bis
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 the 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 tbe ship 1 So
now the mill stands on the bottom of the
sea, and keeps grinding on at this very
day which is the reason that sea water is
i alt.
.... ... a air-g-it VIj
Written for thw Lawlabnrg Chronicle.
BUCHANAN'S LAST ON THE
KANSAS QUESTION.
In 1820, James Buchanan'a name is
prominently connected with opposition to
the admission of the evil and the curse of
Slavery into Missouri. He acted with the
Anti Slavery men of tba North, nntil the
Presidency bad come within the range of
his ambitious vision. He then fell violent
ly in love with tbe very Missouri Com pro-
mise which he had combatted, and in his
...L.t.H.in.i ir.Mt.ni tTai.. t 1... n
Letter not only glorified that Compromise
i . , , ....ii,
, but recommended its extension to the Pa-
vuicuiaicu iiai icat uuuia uciaa vuuui j
cific ocean. In his speech for the adm.s-1 TOl'H"s " excilcJ ulB- of riubiic feeiin ' throughout e. How wise, then, was it for ten
sion of Texas, he sought to stupify the ! established by the 1200 pages of evidence KlU3il9 an appr,.aension extensively pre- B'eas to pass over all subordinate and in
moral sense and mislead the judgment of published by Congress, and you nor your vailed that a design exited to force upon ; tcroiediate agencies, and proceed directly
the North by areuine that Western Tex ' PartT can ever blot ont ,be dark Tecorj ' them a constitution in relation to slavery j to the source of all legitimate power under
as was "not adapled to Slave labor," and ! "r obliterate iu memory from the mind, against their will. In this emergency it j our iiatitulio-. 1 Ilow vain dd -J
, - em 1 and hearta nf thi lover nf fair tiltv nd 1 became my duty, as it was my unquestion-1 otber principle prove in practice l luia
that the admission of Texas would really , d hearts ot the lovers of fair p ay and , J Ji J q I be mmnttd hj ,he caie o Kansas.
-etr fr il.o t.t-.,etmn iit.iMJnf the
vancement of Slavery. When the Mis-
souri Compromise was ruthlessly annulled, , real PeoP18 of Kansas on trie one side, CODstruction of the provisions concerning
Mr. Buchanan, being absent,was not iden- ! anJ ,he alicn borJl!' ruffians and hired ! slavery contained in the organic act of
tified with or against that measure ; and I mercenaries of Slavery on the other, the j Congres, of the 30th May, 1-S54. (Jon-
the Democratic party therefore nominated aer actuated b, the one object of imPo- j Vltnoo
him for President, not daring to take up Jing ilavery upon free soil, and thus far . .b Terriory or
either Pierce or Douglas, on account of i batkcd UP and "ta"":l "3 erj depart-! excluJc it therefrom, but to leave the peo-
their being obnoxious to tbe North. Bu- j ment of tne Ecncral government These pc thereof perfectly free to form and rcg-
chanan bound himself to the Platform, I meo tbus engage " unlawful and j ulate their domestic institutiont ia their
and the campaign was conducted, and he icked ohlwt and of tLe raPine , owa, ode,r lt' ,w.ben, aJ-
was elected on the snecious rbut it now ' and murJer wuich have fMoi thcir I m,t ed " . State' "M V 'be reeeifed iu
was eiccieu, on mo specious (.out u now . to the Lnion, with or without slavery, as
seems false) plea that tbe people of Kan- . 'JP-' their constitution may prescribe at the
sas should have full and fair power to form but are w promoted to office... j time of ,hcir ,jmission
a government to suit themselves exactly. AU tLls vou ,L,nk " "uDbecessary" to uDti Congresf mean by this language
1 At the North, it was claimed that Mr. B. Btate ! You ncvcr aPPointei Fe State that the delegates elected to frame a con
ao,l the Democracy were most favorable to 1 man t0 office in Kansa : J00 PreM not ' ?) "M b"a ""'tority finally to
! nL'-nnJ.m r. tt j.. l t..
ral Address, Mr. Buchanan reiterated the ! condemnations rest wholly upon the peo
l party cry and pledge, adding that tbe real : Ple and not nPn the ""aJcre : cold, cal
j question was whether the people had power I cttlatlD. prejudiced, one-sided, you no-
to abolish Slavery in a State ot Territorial
Legislative capacity.
Tbe overthrow of the Pro-Slavery party
at the last Kansas election nnder Gov.
Walker, has caused another somerset of
Buchanan and his party. That election
a
uined in Kansas nnder the promises here -
tofore held out Hence, the bogus Con
vention formed a Constitution not to be
submitted to tbe 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, he
does not in cypress terms nrge the acccp-
tance of the unaubmitted and unapproved
Constitution ; Senator Douglas, Walker,
, '
Forney, and other leaders of bis party have
. , . ... 1
evio.eui.iy causea mm to moaity bis lirst
extreme committal to forcing the galling
yoke upon unwilling necks; still hi argue,
fortifies, and prepares for a general sub
mission and giving in to that policy.
Thus, at first, Texas, tho Tariff of '46, and
the Missouri Compromise, were not puslied
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 fAf part of the Message in
full. It is a carefully studied presentation
of thcir side of tha question cool, tortu
ous, truth-suppressing, falsehood-stating,
evasive more like the quibbles of a pet
tifogger earning his fee for defending a
sheep-stcaler, than tbe 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 au honest
Judge. W give it, entibe, with a few
comments interspersed :
"It is unnecessary to state in detail the
alarming condition of tbe Territory of
Kansas at the time of my inauguration.
The opposing parties then stood in hostile
array against each other, and any accident
might have relighted tho 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 is
necessary, in order to a fair understanding
of the question, to refer to its antecedents.
In any controversy, tbe whole state of the
case is essential to be known to arrive at
the truth. You would have your read
ers utterly ignore the fact that Kansas
had been solemnly consecrated to freedom
for ever. You 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 have us forget that Gov.
Geary as well as Gov. Beeder resigned, to
save themselves from assassination, and
beeause the Presidents nnder whom they
acted had refused to sustain them as prom
ised, in their efforts to do eight. You
would have tba world not know that the
contest is between a usurped government
and the owner of the soil just such a
contest as between the Hessians and Indi
ans and onr Whig fathers between the
Russians and the Polanders the Mussul-
men and the Greeks the Anstrians and
tbe Hungarians !
You attempt to conceal the fact that
- j , i j .rt rfp.-rf rltr.l"
not a Territorial Legislature (until that
elected last Oct.) nor a Congressional
Delegate (until Mr. Parrot) nor the
Convention which has assumed to form a
Constitution, were elected by the bona fide
residents of Kansas, but by citizens of reignty to deprive the people or elect
Missouri and other Slave State, in a for-! tine anv of their officers! And no sooner
! ciblc aud unlawful manner. You would
J lvo us forget that "all just l-owf.a is
HE HIV ED i'EO.M THS CONSENT OF TUB OO V-
ERNED:" consequently, that all those
j Legislatures and Delegates and this Con
i vention are totallv fraudulent and lieti-
j
ous anJ theifet, not binding iu law or
onnitff The trnlh rMnetin lha former
qu ity. 1 he truth respect.n0 the former
common boncsty. Mr, you well Know
: ,uat lUB "nne rJ ""W ,no
I .1 . -t ! .-1. . t . I
me lcftsc Dyiiip&iuT lor uer suncriucs . your
, wncre Drelne " BJ"'aQle 01 w,su lnal
ivaosas suouia De ireei "oucuanan ana
Free Kansas" indeed ! t
"On the 19th of February previous, fe
j territorial Legislature had passed a law
j Vlt m ' f" reCT,0n ? delc8,e'.on
thA t hiril Tvl nnlav f .1 una l. ea n,r nanliAn
1 for tbe purpose of framing a constitution
preparatory to i admission into the Union.
This law was in the main fair and just;
and it is to be regretted that .11 the quali-
bed electors had not registered themselves
and voted under its provisions."
There was no fair election provided, for
the nower was all on one side all lodged
in the bands of the Ruffians, whereas, in
'
justice, each party should be represented
on election boards. In previous elections,
as was clearly shown, the ballot boxes had
i l i i i i
, -.- nt. .
I uir registering would have been no seca-
i , , .t? .
nty (under the same officers) against a
even a
; repetition u. me noieuco euacieu. nua
! e .L. -l 1 i.jl.f.L. .- ..: t
as to mo "registering, in many counties,
. .
no registrars appeared or were known; in
others the registrars refused to enrol Free
State men ; the lists were sometimes not
put up at all ; sometimes not in season to
be examined : in short, the whole machi
ncry was in the hands of the Ruffians, who i
openly boasted that they would not enrol
enough Free Stale 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
could but would not vote ! It was like
one of Napoleon's "Elections" in France
a cheat and a fraud !
"At the time of tbe election for dele
gates, an extensive organization existed in
the Territory, whose avowed oliject was, if
need be,to put down the lawful government
by force, and to establish a government of
their own under the bo called Topeka con
stitution. The persons attached to this
revolutionary organization abstained from
taking any part in 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
pultioir down a lawful coverDment," but
they would have driven from power the
unlawtut usurpers, naa i erce ana du- (
cuauau tutcrpuaeu .uo ..u..4 aju.o ( tLe whole Ci,nst ;tut;on Qatbing less terms."
keep down true popular sovereignty and , them. of f oup it is wc Here let ns take a little rest The men
keep up a foreign despotism. The Topeka ( kQown ,hlt yon and thousands like you who made the Lccompton Constitution
Constitution never contemplated resistance j Savcrj,,0 spread of the negro 1 "ere elected by less than 2,000 owt of
to U. S. authority, and the Free State j ,.insti,uf;onM the most "important" J 15,000 votes. We know of no Constita
men, discriminating between the legal al- j ,biDg your ,jul;ui.,ratl0D iiUo your tion, formed by a body not called by tho
though oppressive U. 8. government, and ( prcdeces.or'9i is proatituted to the "one ' people concerned, and known to be abhor
the Ruffian usurpation, have from the first : . j . d h g u ,aw anJ ctm j tcnt , thcir wishes, which has beon forced
io iue im uecu iuju -u .uc lurmr, iuu ,
i l j: 1 iL. T. 1 '
nurned 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. Tbe Slavery propagandists have
the rowEtt.and intend to use it, regardless !
of tho majority's wishes. By the form
of law, they intend to cheat the people out
of its substance.
And hero, at last, we are to find what
"squatter tovreignty" in Kansas really
means, as interpreted by Democratic prac
tice. The first Legislature, Congressional
Delegate, and the lato Convention, were
all foisted upon Kansas by Missouri votes.
Her Governor, Secretary, Marshals and
Judges were all appointed at Washington.
Her election officers, sheriffs, &e. were
appointed by the Legislature elected by
Missouri. A constitution formed by an
exparte convention, which, its President
boa,ted, was not chosen by'one-seventh of J. 'TZ1 '"'a f
. ,. . . ,Bd representatives from the several dis
its people, is to bo forced upon them with- j tricts into which it is divided may be up
out a chance to vote except upon one blind t on the other side. This arises friin the
r. " U " a.S '. l.lU'.l'.II. '
and deceptive section. And John Calhonn
has tbe appointment of Commissioners who
appoint all the election officers : and Cal
houn and two like him count and deter
mine all the votes I Tbis is "popular sov-
does See. Stanton, convene the f rst hon
estly chosen Legislature, thin he is hurled
from office, and the meeting of tucti a Le-
' gislature to be prohibited ! Great is Dem
ocratie "popular sovrtignty !"
"Tbe act of the territorial LcjrUature
p
! bad om. ted to provide or submitting to
iue People the constitution which might
. V J cuuventiun ia
good citizens in support of tU territorial
fair, to express au opinion on the true
i . . 1 ; . " . y " .
they intend, by leaving it to the people,
that the people of Kansas themselves
should decide this question by a direct
vote T On this subject I confess I had
never entertained a serious doubt, and
therefore, in instructions to Gov. Walker
of the 2S:h March last, I merely said that
whnn 'a rnvaTiTrrmw thnuLl w tiibmieil
, ,i , ,j, r:inr ihew mn.t
, u protected in tbe exercise of their right
. of voting fob or agaisst that instru-
. m .
fr,uj or .inpn.
. M President-" Tne
....... ... ,,
j CO.NSTITUTlON"-the fundamental law
noi ajxiri oi me ionsuiuiion, no. a
portion here and there, but the whole
tiiinq, was promised to be submitted to'
i the neoDle. Thev. it was evcrvwhere nro-
! claimed, should have "the bight to vote
' 1
I for or against tiiat isstruuext" not
for a tectum of that instrument that may
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
, o. tuo wr. a v wu.u jou u-
I 1 a . 1 I V - a a ' t
umpuea. ao special pieauing io mvsiiiy
: the promise no juggling to hide its full
I proportions will do. But let us proceed: '
"In expressing this opinion, it was far
from my intention to interfere with the
decision of the people of Kansas, either Dil!mS tu ,'r'J "oraea, tneir reiusai
far or against slavery. From this I have ! 10 aTal1 themselves of their right eonld in
always carefully abstained. Intrusted ; 00 manner affect the legality of the con
with the duty of taking 'care that the i Tcn,!pn- . . . . ,
laws be faithfully executed,' my only de- "rhls convention proceeded to frame
sire was that tbe people of Kansas should ! constitution for Kansas, and finally ad
furnish to Congress the evidence required Jrned on he7tn day of November. But
by the organic act, whether for or against . llt,le difficulty occurred in the convention,
slavery; and in this manner smootl.e their , T. on th, "Jct of slavery. The
passage into the Union. In emerging , ,r'llh ,hat tIiC Seneral provisions of our
from the condition of Territorial depend- State constitutions are so similar
ence into that of a sovereign State, it was ! and' 1 mJ add exeellcnt that tho
their duty, in my opinion, to make known ' d'frerence between them is not essential,
their will by the votes of the majoritv, ; 1 nder ,hc earl.lcr Prac,tlcc f ta 80Tern
ou the direct question whether this impor-1 n"00!' no constitution framed by the con
tant domestic institution should or should j 'c,nt!on of.a Tl'"ltorT. preparatory to lU
not continue to exit. Indeed, this was ! 1" to .the Union as a State, had
the only possible mode in which their been dn"ed to the people. I trust
-I, i , i . . ti ..:.i ! however, the example set bv the last Con-
"Important," quotha! Here we begin
to see the arts of tho partizan Jesuit.
You promised a vote upon "the Constitu
tion that instrument," not upon what
you, or they of Missouri, or other out si
de rs.might consider the "important" part
nf a ?nnfitnftrin ? TIIR Pl'OPl.K ItF KaV-
gA are (o . . fof tbeni!cU.C9 wbal is
or h nQt tt-mvmtnt if they choose, but
stitnltoll.A pf enlarcioe the area of human
' o o
bondage. But, sir, thero is more than
the "nigger question" which concerns the '
inhabitants of Kansas; there are many j
"domestic institutions" besides chattel sla
very; there are bundreds ot 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 mind of tho slaveholding Cabinet
with which you have surrounded yourself.
With this "important" idea, let our read
ers narrowly watch the ingenuity with
which he proceeds to prove himself false
to his professions and his promises I
"The election of Delegate to a conven
tion must necessarily take place in separ
ata districts. From this cause it may
readily happen, as has often been the
case, that a majority of tho people of
a State or Territory aro on one side
Mn. raa. am
faet tout iu some diatricta delegates may
be elected by small majorities, whilst in
others those of different sentiments may
receive majorities sufficiently great aot
only to overcome I ho votes given for the
former, but to leave large majority of
the whole people in direct opposition
to a majority of tbe delegate. Be
sides, our history proves that influence
may be brought to bear on the represen
tative sufficiently powerful to induce him
to diere"ard tbe will of his constituents.
i The truth is. that no other authentic and
j natiafuclory mode exists of ascertaining tha
, 1 of a majority of tbe people ot any
' a. f t .
. o r, .u -
exciting question like tUat 01 SUVtry in
KmfMf eleept hj leaTing it , , dircct
Should she be admitted into the Union,
wuu a vuuBi.iuuuu rimer UMiutwuing or
abolishing slavery, against the sentiment
of the people, tbis could have no other ef
fect than to continue and to exasperate
tbe existing agitation during the brief pe
riod required to make the constitution eon
form to the irresistible will of tbe major
ity. "The friends and supporter! of the Ne
braska and Kansas act, when struggling
on a recent occasion to sustain its wise
provisions before tbe great tribunal of tha
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 th ques
tion of slavery to the decision of the bona
fide people of Kansas, without any restric
tion or qualification whatever. All were
cordially united upon the great dootrine
of 'popular sovereignty,' which is the vi
tal principle of our free institutions. Had
it then been insinuated from any quarter
that it would be a sufficient compliance
with the requisitions of the organic law
for the members of a convention, thereaf
ter to be elected, to withhold tbe ques
tion of slavery from the people, and to
substitute their own will for that of a le-gally-asoertained
majority of all their con
stituents, this would hare been instantly
rejected. Everywhere they remained true
to the resolution adopted on a celebrated
occasion recognizing 'the rijkt of the peo
jtfe of all the Territories including Kan
sas and Nebraska acting through the le
gally and fairly expressed will of amajori-
ty of actual residents, and whenever the
number of their inhabitant! justifies it, to
jm " constitutum, mita or without slave-
e it . tin atrf rnitAffl intra I r i -awa. wawaran
ry, and be admitted into the Union upon
' terms of perfect equality with tha other
States.'
"Tbe convention to frame a constitu
tion for Kansas met on the first Monday
of September last They were called to
gether by virtue of au act of tbe territorial
legislature, whose lawful existence had
"'
fce(;n re.0 n:Ied b Congress in different
O J w--a.
f,lrm. -nJ b d;ff,r.nt ,,,,.., a
Urge portion of tbe citisens of Kansas
did not think proper to register their
names and to vote at the election for del-
fP' ; bn ? opportunity to do this
I mA.a .. m.w .1... IK. I'n.fflfuhl tV
Minnesota 'should be subject to the op
proraland ratification of the people of the
proposed State, may be followed on
tnrenccati.ua. 1 took it for granted that
the convention of Kansas would act in ac
cordance with thit example, founded, as it
is, on correct principlet, and bene my in
struction' to Gov. Walker, in facorof tub'
Ming the constitution to the people, were
expressed in general and
unqualified
pon aJ te oi tUia fuioni lou, nr.
1., can rot name such a case. Ion
know that tljo honest, real citizens of
Kansas did not call that Convention nor
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 ia now seeking to
jli'lo it upon an unwilling people. We in
Pennsylvania tote for our Constitutions,
and for every separata amendment, and
so iu other States as far as we know.
The people of Oregon and of Minnesota
vote for all their Constitution, not for
what the Slave Oligarchy may deem "im
portant." You "take it for granted,"
promised, and ordered that such should ba
the case in Kansas ; tbe peoplo desire to
have a fair vote upon a constitution ; but
tho Slave tower your party forbid h,
and you acquiesce as servilely as tho dog
crouches at lis master's feet Ia tho
face of all your own aud your party's pledg
es aal a f gctit iou,you turn about aud oSfc?
ivUi.-av
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