The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume], March 04, 1858, Image 6

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Mr. Krill and Hi* K»|»u*»ll»aii Prrar.
T<i U» Mlux, <A Ik* eion»>r »<! |,•*<«’*!
The National Capitol Uh been tiie s -eix
of a drunken fitfht. From the iuomh of
uiMi.-M*. bravado, and baldcrdaah, which hoe
accompanied the report, we gather the loi
lowing : Mr. K Rtrr, of South Carolina, on
the night of tlx fith inst., daring a pro
tractcd rittmg of the llouim- being. it «|»-
|X*iirr, somewhat excited by liquor arxl poli
tic*, made an oixunlt tijxm Mr. Chow, of
IVnnaylvania, which wax promptly aixl spir
itedly rtaenbd by that gentleman. 'I lx: af
fair, occurring within Ihe hall* of our Na
tional IxtglalaUire, was a ihxgraceful one,
aixl will Ixi regarded by all gomJ men with
t,cling- of |iain und mortification. Mr.
Kritt wax urhaincd by hix coixluct, und did
al I llmt lay ill an ample ajxilogy to atone
for it. We are xnre that Mr. Keirr x con
•titucriU -hare in Urn humiliation of tlx-ir
Representative.
With the xtampol public dixapprobation
upon thin affair, charity and good xenxe will
eoocurr in allowing it to lx* forgotten. Not
no, however, the itepublienn pnwx which
hox no charity, and instead of good xenxe, a
roost evil ingenuity, which i*con*tantly tax
ed to miarepreaent the liiulta und follies of
the South, and to cultivate and strengthen
the prejudice* oi the North. Hy tlx Re
publican prmt, the entire South ix mad- re
sponsiblc for the drunken act of mx* indi
vidual, and the (N-caxiori ix taken lor Ircsli
ohkxpiy ujioti Houtlx-rri inxtitutionx, and
fresh insult to Houlla :m men.
Whether through .lexign or ignorance, tin*
course pursuit! by the Tnhunr. and itx imi
tators is, beyond all doubt, the most eflicn
ciimx that human ingenuity nr devilish in
stinct could devise for the destruction'll the
t lovernment of this Union. Men wlm
know nothing more of the Houth than of
Utophia, men who kiw>w tliut the extinc
tion of Sixilhcrn slavery must lx- tlx* np
rooting and ilestruction of Sou them sixx-ty.
thrixigh ignorance and nuiligtiity, vie with
each ollx r in abusing, outraging, und exiuv
jx-rating Southern fit ting , und when it has
exploded— as is natural it should do—m is
casiouul tits of fury, it has linen with ix-w
abuse, outrage, und exasperation. The con
sttpienci’ lias Ih.-ii inevitable, nod might
easily have (sen fonts- o by an Inux-st re
flecting mind. The uxnaihd have huihtl :
back the weu|x)ux of the assailant* , wrong |
has Ix-gotteu wrong , and hutc hate, until
all unity of national titling tins I sen dis
solved, and w e are, at this time, a oat mo
only in nuuic
We will rein to one or two examples of j
this miserable |silicy and itx consequence*
When Mr llhinixh uxsaulbd the Muxs*, Ini
setts Senator in his xeal. the silent judgment
of the Semite cotxlctnned the uct. Though
it uiila-xilutmgly lejeelul the wretch**! doc
trux 1 that the privilege of delmte is atteixhd ,
by the privilege of insiill. ,Southern nu ll
were dix|ssHtl not to comvili thcuiM-lvce in
the matter, but to I -ire it to the purtx
themselves and the law of the land. It was
not until his party had lx.-n emtxsbcsl in
Mr. Si ssxa, and the whole South usxaiUxl
through the |*rsoii of Mr. Itaisiks, that a
demonstration was mudt in lux tavor From
a |«-rsonal difficulty, the llopnblicah* ere* ■
ted u national quarrel, und the South de
fended itxei! in whatever manner it could.
I'nldic im- tings mi one side ealhrl for pub
lie meeting* on tlx> other i rexolutions were
opposed by counter resolution*. und a dis
tempered publu fudiug al the north In-got
a distempered public feeling at the Smith.
The Kansu.- < migration from the South. l--r
tlie purpose ot establishing slavery ill that
Territory wax itxluccd in a greut measure
by the operation* of the Northern Emigrant
Aid Society Hail tlarv las-n no organ i.,-I
attempt to exclude slavery fioui Kansu.-, we
honestly believe that there would lui-e Ihvii
no organized attempt to i-xtahlish it there .
and that the Territory would have txs-u *• t
tied naturally, arnl without the M'-dded
atv! Molt nee which has marked it- history
We have said that Mr K kith's eonstitu
entx will condemn his conduct in the Itcpre
(tentative M ill. They will do so if allow—!
to tliiuk and ael dispassionately I hey will
not. however do so if driven to madness and
folly by insult and aciu-utton In this east
there will naturally Is- ebulitiou of ioeling,
which will dixibthwo 1»- noti-I by the I{c|mil>-
lienn press ox a frt-!i manifestation ot slave
holding inaotence and Iwrliarity Insult asi
wrath continually produce raeh other. It
is ou this principle that IJaxM.vv .usl his
coadjutors are constantly progre- .mg in
their work ot a occtional divi-no of tin*
Union.
It is not a difference ol opinion cooevrn
ing slavery, which is destroying the Ixu i ol
brotherhood lictween the North and the
South. Such a difference CM exist ami has
i,,Ud entirely compatabh' with filling* of
au.ty and rc-poet Ixtwrsn members of the'
oppoki.-g jsirtxs. Mr. \\ enxTKR wax a dis
cid*l opponent of slavi-ry, yet Ix- never 1 v-t
the goes! will and admiration ot tlx Soutl
Th»:re have tsvn many other*. ettemie* of
shivery, yet Irieixbi of slaveholders. Them
lave possevl away er given place to a rew
et of men, who. in place ol an opposition 0*
opinion jia vi endeavor'd to create on oppo-i
lion ot feeling. Himxku traducing the revolu
tionary memory of South Carolina ; tiaxxi.v
iiiiarepresetiting the act* otxl libeling the
choroi ter of Southern ux-n ; (iibinx-.x vom
iting abuse upon Southern manners ami in
stitution*, aixl scoria of lying arxl ignorant
scribblers, ion-siting by llx-ir mean ailvice,
arxl irritating by their feeble sutire, a proud
ami sensitive |X-ople; have goaiksl the Senate
to madrx-ax, aixl driven her u« tlx: brink of
dixuniou. If these nx-n are not traitors, they
do tlx- work of traitors more ellictually
than il in open treason. Aixl for this n a
son it is that their character* are held in
such prx>r respect even by the nxire reflect
ing and charitable men of the South, who'
though llx-ir own paoxions, may lx: undue
turlx'd, plainly his- tlxi effisrl produced by
inxult and abuse u|x>n tlx: controlling iiumx
artxiixl 'lx la.
Ilw is a plain talc which every man
ahoukl know, arxl every hmxnt man relh-ct
mi. tin-ai llritairi protected aixl encixirageil
the slave trade, hy which slavery was intro
iliici-d into tier colonic*. The Northern
jssiple sold their slaviw to the South. Into
the South ha* been driven thealavery which
1 1nut Itritain, the North anti list Houth
jointly introduced into Uii* country. What
ever id criiix* or error Iwilongx to thf sysb ra.
nil parties art: responsible tor it. Vet the
men. whose anemtor- assisted in doing tins
thing, whose graixlfathera brought negttss
from Africa, wlx so- fathers sold tlx-m inbi
slavery, turn now with holy fury u|«m the
South, abuaing, maligning aixi torturing her
|ieople for whut tiny are ix> hxire Manx-able
than tlxiir per-eeutors, untl which they aixl
their peraecutors aru alike unable to remt-ily.
I* it strange that the South, wronged aixl
tortuml. shoukl endeavor to bri-ak itx con
fiixw, Dial it may lw better üblo to escape
its eiH-inicH, or rexiat their usoaulU? Dr.
|j\ ißoirroNß tell* ux that, m t Jentral Africa,
the nslivea '• con*tructed great trap, callmi
Im/Kii, eoa*i*ting of two line* of hedgm u
mile long, far uprt al the extremities, but
converging, like tins »iik-s of a letti-r V, into
n d«-p pit at tlx- narrow end. Tlwn form
ing a cin-nit for mile* around, they drove
the game— buffhloni, w-tira*, gnu*. *nU‘lo|x-s
and tlie liko—lnto the mouth of tho hnj»i,
anil along it* narrowing lane, until Ux-y
pliingi-il |s-llmell in oix-confuwtl, writhing
maiw, into tho pit, wlx-n they were x|»ari-l
at lei»un-.” W> fancy tliut some buffalo or
gnu, minhleixsl into nsentnx'iit, would turn
with all tlie fury ol bis nature u|xm Ids pnr
suer-, or that many, urged by despair and
moving in concerted mans, would endeavor
to bn-ak their boundarim. and mvk safely
on the o|sn plain. Who would blame
them? f'Mtssoo
Wlioir-oln si WMliln|(l«»-l.rmr rrom
l.xmral Slilrlili.
We invite the attention of the public to
the following letter, midresm-l by tteneral
SlltVl.tls to 1101 l ltli HSKII <!. Mi SI-MY,
l’resiih-nt of the Senate It tells itx own
storv.iunl ixvsls neither endorsenx-nt nor com
mi-nt:
Wisiittniroß, Feb. -, lHfot.
Mv lis m Fkirvii ; Then> an- ciremn
.tatu-es (onneetisl with our treatment Ix-n
as a State, whieh I think it but right to
communicate to yon in plain words, and
which you have my permixaion to communi
cute to our friuid.e I have hit it my duty
to Is- prudent utal circumapect in wonl and
ilwil -iuce my urriial in this city, so ax not
to prejudice, m uuy m-uuicr. tls' iuterest* ol
our youug State. This turn l«vu tlx' course
of our whole «h legation ; aixl yet there un
tii ins w hen we m- -1 all our w 11-n -truint to
keep down our indignation uguuixl the jwdt
ev pursued towards Mluinsota.
U|kui our arrival. <-«rly in -lunuary, we
placed mn State t'onstilution in tho hands
ol the I'rwklent to lie truisuniltesl to foil
g-viw. On Ux* 11 tli ext January bit Iran*
milted il by in-wxagv to tlx- Senate. This
m,-usage, ax you must all luive ixiticisi, eon
tains no cxpnvxion in favor of tlx- admission
of Miniawota a* a State. This lierng the
*u.d course in ordinary cases, it ocm*iiMxxl
little or uo surprise in Uiis inttancc. It
sra- promptly tvti-rm! to th-- Committee on
Terrttorxvi. Tins Commit tee ix i-mi|x«a-l
of Jbtri.t is, of llbuois, .losiw. ol lowa, Sr
xaovux. of Arkansao, tioiKN. oi Mu-ouri,
Fin i. iMRR, of \ ennont, aixl Wadr,ofOhio.
Ilftv il imwwlrml opp-sition. I-ascii as I
undi-rstand. njxm the fact of mir having lux)
two independently organi»sl convention*,
iml that a majority of tlx' whole delegate*
had not signed the cotwtitntiou. I licse ol>-
WVliou* nfi-iii to luive urgfil by lioth
\ottlu-ni aixl SouUx-ru meu. vKu written
i vpl.iaatiou.- kliowiug tint both Ihslich
united i n the-aux c-aixtitutKMi, thus nuk og
it s laithlul exjin-aiioo ,-t tlx uniud will of
tlx-whoa’ wire ih-nx-d sutTiciout on thi*
|smtt, A new objivtion was then UtmiUd
by Mx- Southern men eti tlie committee,
i -imelv, thwt if an enal-ling *<•! were neis-9
•arv. Minnesota n--t havinc in all is -pec's
ivinplksl with such a t. could not Ix- a.I
mittisl. Tins wax n* t scnouMy dmiftwd to
I--i-at Our admi—mn, but i » v inteisW ti)
i-mliorras- Judgi- lb i •ii uvi Im* friet
IE WEEKLY PIONEER AND DEMOCRAT.
who insisted on the txs-eanly of an enabling
act in Kansas.
Those difficulties having all berti finally
removed, the chairman of the conunitb-e re
[x>rted, on tlx: 'Jfith January, in favor of tlx
ailmixsion of MiotxwoU as a State. Tlx
bill for this purpose attests the churlish
spirit with which a majority of the commit*
t<-: welcoimx Minn*sola into the Union, it
given ux one Hep-wentutive only, until our
final return* -how what our |xi|Nilatioo en
title* u* to; when-ax, a decent ow|»t’ for
our Conxtitutional Uonvrntion, atxi the Con
stitution of the State, might have in-ium-d
tlxm to k-t all our Itepreaentulives take
their -s-atx, until the (--mpletion of the eeo
sux -hotild show whether we arc entitled to
tlx: constitutional number or not. Tlx- im
plication of tlx: committee ought to have
Ixx-n in favor of tlx- i-orrtsctixws ol Ux- eon-
Rtitutmn on this point, instead of licmg -xl
verae to it.
Ou the Ist of Ft-binary, Judge Ibx.oi.ji*
moved to take up the Minnesota bill m the
•Senate. This gave rise to u spirib-d 'le
batr, in whieh Frittrsorm, of Kentucky
DocoLjU, Hai.k aixl others, urgeii with
loroe ami ei<X|ucnce the claim* of Minrx so
sota to imm’-diate admission. (iaRK.v, of
Missouri, in.-istwl on delay, Mason, of Virgi
nia. declared, at length,' that a* the I/ec<>mp
bm ('(institution was soon to bo before them,
tlx-y could not consent to the admission <J
Minnesota us a separaU- measure. Iliix was
evidently an open avowal of the policy de
termined upon )iy the advocates of tlx- Lx -
comptmi Constitution. The uilmi—ion of
Minrxxotajis to Ix- tuoile.it ap|s-urx, to depend
upin tlie uilmission of Kansas. I cannot
yet believe thatUongi esx will commit such a
wrong ujxm a jx-oplc who arc guiltless of any
offence against the uiaj,wty of the law or i)h
authority ol the governmeDt. lake every
great wrong, it will ul*o prove b> be un act
of folly ; for I gri-atly mistake the spirit o>
the people of Minuexota, if they do not. with
one heart and with one mind, reeist such an
outrage on ths-ir constitutional rights. I
regret that the bill could not In: pressed to u
vole, so that we might know with entire
certainty who. amongst the representative*
of the Sovereign State* of this Union
could do such injustice to the sovereign peo
ple of Minnesota, because they happened at
tlie moment to have our people in llx-ir
power.
On the 2d of February, the Prkmihcxt'h
Message, communicating the Ix-compton
Foiixtitution. was trauxiiiitli-d to Congress-
This Message ii now Ixjfon- the conn
try. Unlike tlx Message in tlx Minnesota
case, it urge.- the admission of Kansas upon
Fongn-sx, in a lengthy, Ulxni-il, and, I will
a- Id, able argument. I find do fault with
this. I cannot bring myself to condemn tlx-
I’kksiiiknt, even where my convictions of
right corajs.-l me to differ front him. I en
tertain the liveliest fueling* of friend.-hip for
him. and regret, Ini.it my inuusit soul, that
he hu* permitU-il hix own honest judgnx.it
to be biaxisl by the suggistioo* of selli-sli
men, of interior parts and qui-xtionablu in-
Ugrity.
la tlx- caw- of Minuetk-tu, there wax no
litigiitivl political question which called lor
F.necutivc n- oitmi-datum; wheit-os, in Kan
sl- iui unfortunate -cvtional struggle, invested
the qiawtion with a natumul. but unnatural
prominence, whieh made it the duty of the
I’residcnt to express u decided opinion on
the subject. Still, it box not failed to elicit
remark tliat the Mmuesota Fouttitution,
which ix the legitimate offspring of the
whole (s-ople ol Mimsoota, hux not received
the c-anplinunl of a pa.-«uig notice even
from the Executive organ, tls: / uxm, while
the Fonxtitution of Kansax, whi- h a grvat
many honest js-ople eonxuh-r tin fraudulent
"tTxpring of a faction.- ramority. xliouU Is’
urged upon CongTvxx, with all the weight
and authority of the Administration.
A trial of strength look place yesterday.
iu tlie lioiM-, im the I*--omptoa Fonatitu -
lieu. It wax on a -pnMion of reference
Tlx- Ix-compton nx-n w- re ikfeated. Tis i
reference to a Select Committee was earrieil
by a majority of tlirve or hair. But tlx ,
1/vouipUm Uooxtilulion will |>akx the Sen
ate, aixl I hardly thmk a maturity of four 1
will Is- able to liold out long against the 1
uvig if of tlx’ Administration.
We have fallen on «trang»- timi-s. I can
not venture a prediction a- to the future. — j
The people of Minnesota will do well to for
tify their mind* agairxt any undue exrite
nxnt. No man can tell ah*-p we are drift
mg to at tills moment. Von may depend
up-ui oue thing, kt wiiat will happai. 1 uuvui
to the ls>t of my poor atm tax. to niaintair.
tlu- honor aixl dignity -1 M mu-soU. 1 nwui
to resist wrong, let it eo-. front what quar
Ur it may—wrung to lix. je-.p.e of Kansu- j
wrong ti> tiui peopkof Minoeaola -wrong
to thv jw-qik: of the Nflfth, or wrong to tlx
S«Hith. 1 will nwkit. etth -r in the Seimte. or
•wit ot the Sts ite, with a'l mv heart and all I
my vtnuglh. *-> Incur a* 11-) i, pleaiw-l to j
•pore my lit, to my foon'r-
Your fri- r. l
J ivr- Suißt.t'* I
II «. K. ti Mi-Ri-nv,
Fn>.ik-nt of th- S -atv.
Tb* A,lklhl«ii of Konaoa.
Tkov, N. Y., Feb. 12. I<jsS
To ih*> K*liu>( * of l.e i'xHiatr *jk4 1 >«•»*..* r*
A periixl has orriveti in the history of the
country, wlx-n the courage of the national
Ibtnocracy ix bi be texted to the utmost.
A new State ix seeking admission into
the American confederacy, under tlie shadow
ol a pro-slavery conxtitutioo. Shall Kaunas
be received into tlx: Union, unih-r the Ia;.
compton Foiistitution, ix the great qm-xtion
now before Uongrem. L’jxhj the decision <>f
this inonx-nbmx question, tlie admission ot
Minnesota likewise depends. It may lx- re
garded as a fact, that Kansas and Minnesota
will lie udinitb-l or rejected. What course
in the premixex doex rca-on and common
aerate ap|* ar to dictate '!
My own opinion, humble and isolated as
it may lie in Minnesota, ix dixinterewted aixl
sincere. It ix decxkdly in favor of the im
nx-diate a duns* ioii of Kansas, even uixler
anil notwithstanding the Is-couiptou Fousti
tution. National Ih-ni'x-rat* arc agn--l
upon this |xiint. Heetioual agitators ami
Pr<widential aspirant* an- loth to give up
the gixwe, from which they have plucked
ao many golden quills, that scarcely a leather
now remain*. They desire U» ki-ep alive
this exciting strife- upon an almtraet ques
tion, which never can achieve any useful
practical result. Itt-pend u|x>n it, nelfislux»s
aixl ik-niagogm isni are at tlie bottom of tlx
wholi- uproar It is a great thing to lx- able
to keep one's teriqx-r in tlx- inidxt of studied
provocation. It is a noble thing to adlier
steadfastly to priueiple, when (Huv-ion, pre
judice ami self-interest unite to lead our
judgment* astray.
We may talk till doomsday, in r-garrl to
the detail* of tlx: Kansas revolution, uml
disagree os widely tIM-n as now— what we
want at tlie present time is decision and the
triumphant maintenance of law. ']'he Ix--
complou Constitution c-oiihw tx:lore Cougre**
iu a legal shape. 'l'he Convention whieh
framed it was cnlk-d by a Legislature, whose
authority to do so, has been rceogniz»-l by
(Jongres* and tlx- Fnwident. The To|*:ka
itc* eommitbd uu error, whieh they have
reuliw-d too late, in ix>t electing delegates to
tlie legally (Onstitub-d convention. They
are reaponxible for tlx: very act of which
they complain. Had they tuken part in the
election, iirxloubtedly they would have hail
power iu the- convention, to have mad,- such
a constitution ax they desired. Tlx-re would
then liave Urn no objection to tlie submis
sion of tlx- vltnle coiutihilirm to the |s-opk>,
instead of the slavery i-lause alone
Tlx- iilteriiative of withholding ull the
( onxtitiitioil from the |sople except the
slavery clause, wa- foreiHl iqxin th<- Conven
tion by the revolutionary attitude ■>) the I <>-
Ix-kuib-H. It wa- more un art of necessity
11 uu choice ; tho n-volntionists were doter.
iii ll n-sI to vote down .lie Fonxtitutiou at ev
ery hazard, and they would have don»- so.—
They reluxt-1 to volt- ti|x>n the i/um y clitii.it
uiont, xupjKsong thut thin course would ul
teci the legality of tlx- election. In this
they erred The election was |x-rinitted by
them b> go by default, and the odious slave
ry clause was consequently retaile d Who
ix rexponaihh- for thia? Certainly notour
|wtriotic mid niaguiiiiiiuoux I'resident. —
Fertainly not tlx- National Ih-uim-rutie
party.
Thu* Kansu* eoux-s U-fon-I.'ongrex* As
for myself, I deeply regret the prixnlavery
elanse. No republican iu tlie laud can U
personal'}-, more adverse to the principle*
and policy of nlavery than mysell. But I
have no hesitation in expressing my convic
tion that, umier the circumstance*, the ad
mission of Kansas is absolutely demanded,
not only to restore tranquility within her
own bonier*, but to give pi-uce to the entire
Union, atxi contemporam'ously ensure the
early admission of Minnesota.
There can lie no goomi objection to tlx
admission of Kansax, which can Is-ar the
scrutiny of a careful eross-x-.xamination. It
L* admittid on all hands tliat the In- Stale
nx n an-largely in the majority, ami that
K insax cannot Is- otherwise than a Frtv
State. Nature and emigration have ,l»vi
ded that Kansas can never practically U a
Slave State. Her destiny is sure. Why
dxslid we exhibit any unensinoa in n-/.ir , l
bi entrusting the people of Kan-as with the
exclusive management of their own atfair-.
Thi* ean inly (»• done effis'tuailv hy tho
sjsi-ly adm -sx'ii of the State, fix n tb
jsvpie will have soun ign |“>a. r to nv-uld
their institution* oi-eivnling t,« tlx-ir will
The Urewident, in hi* late m has dix
tmctly ennnekitfd th*’ well *-»t.ib,.sh--l doe
trux . that the p<* ph- of Kama*, after ad
mission, can proovd imtncvliaUly te the
formation of an eutin ly rx w Conxtitntioo.
utt-vlv rvganllex* of any rest-ietiens nrsui
their acti<*i. embodied in the juxm-nt ♦,”n
stitution.
'['he South gaiivs nothing by the mlnu
sicxi of Kansas, of « y practical va.u< —all
the R. pr«rntativ > of the Stxti wpi! Is*
trxv State m*-n -’!« Senator* will probably
be lkq*iblicans. Whv tlxxi cannot tf,e r>--
(aiKucaox and lkaiglasits be salist 'd* A
iltk- gvtxTusity w sd-l impr-ve Uu te ;«r
js'rhujw an-1 *ra»-t lmt little from tb, r
rsitx*i Th< -v are thirty->■*>' State* it: th,
niiui at prr»r,t. How"can their number
tw tn.-rva.ad, or their hartw’oy RtainUawd.
but bv k. .tool I ri-.-araitc'- aixl evßxvssiot..
Ki-ts'cffil’v voni fetlow ••i*,*
John F. W vhri -
\rw York UlUr
New Yoke, Feb. 12, 1i56
Frxm our N>» ork i .'«r r«*p«>ri<lruL
\v e are rather run out of excitement late
ly- The rapidly returning footsteps of pros
perity Lave taken away that nervousness
which a lew month* ago made us all excita
ble ax Frenchmen,and it ne* <Ut now a stroug
do* of novelty to stir our phlegmatic spirit*
at all.
Months, the redoubtabh Lena, is
creating something of u sensation, though
her advent hen- a year or two since, was not
marked by any of those expensive courtesies
which our gallant Aldermen generally accord
to notabilities from beyond sea*. She de-
served a reception’’ quite a-* much us this
turbuned Turk who is to be " dined and
wined’’ at the expense of the city, simply
because hi* government considers this the
best market to buy -ailing vessels in. But
New York reverences a customer above all
tilings ; this is [>erha]j* the genius of institu
tions in a trading community. An rcivir
Lola’s lectures are rather piquant, but draw
a decidedly pre|K>udcruting audience of mas
culines ; her doublt tiUomlrt s arc delicate
enough, but the reputation of the woman
keeps ladies away. This week she wus called
into court, and took occasion to deny the
pjpular rumors with reference to her initiary
with the late King of Bavaria. It wu.- a
pure l’laionic love, she alleged, leased on
tlie common love of freedom implanted iu
tlmr congenial breasts. But [mor humanity
is s« incredulous au-1 uncharitable about
these ! ’latouie loves 1
Some of tin- city journal* ure |mnet rating
tin- classic shade* to find new victims for
their thunderbolts. 'l’he auduritv of the
press in this age is un|>aralle|ed ! The Fris:
Academy is a heavily endow'd institution,
which sup|*>rts a large Faculty comfortably
enough, but the journalizer* have taken it
into their hends to criticise the “ examina
tions ” at this institution, in tbeentleavor to
prove that the whole affair is a nest of sine
cures. a great patent machine for batching
diplomas and bestowing them on addle
heads. These critics nt-ur went to col
lege,” or tboy would know better than to
criticise college examinations. When did a
‘‘Hunk," on final examination, ever cheat a
senior out of his degree f
Business is improving, though ratle-r
slowly. Then- have been two failures this
wis-k am.me manufacturers of fine fancy
cashmeres, representing mills iu New Y>.rk
State mid in Massachusetts. Amnng man
ufaeturer* there is considerable discussion as
regards the feasibility of establishing "cloth
halls " -imilur to those in Kngiand. where
fuhrics are sold without tla- intervention of
commission merchant.-,. The biavy ris<‘ in
cotton, one cent during the week tend- to
the advance ot cotton goods ; but the large
stock in the market, and the light demand,
will prevent this advance from taking place
at an early date. Within thirty da}*, how
ever. an advance in cotton slits tings may he
looked tiir.
Money is ovetflowingly abundant. lln
How of sjiecie to Kngiand will stop alto
gethcr in a week or so. owing to the abnn
dance of commercial exchange. *, *
ltnllmail Meeting— l.oeu Hill Itslltlol
Venn tv- r»o-.».ii n,-r, i
At the suggestion and reqinst of Mr.
Skinner, State remator from this plaee. a
nnv ting of the citizens of Bice county was
called on Thursday evening, the sth inst..
for the purpooe of considering th< railroad
loan bill now pending in tl»- la-gist tire. The
meeting was large G W. Batchclder was
appointed to the chair, and R. A. Mott Sec
retary. Senator Skinnei read aisl explaimd
the bill. Speeches were made oy Messrs.
Nutting. Tam* r and F< rkins. sustaining,
aisl by G K. ('ole. opposing the measure
A committee on resolutions, '*< imposed of
Messr-. l>avLs, Tanner aisl 1 Vrkms then
made the following rejsirt which was enthu
siastically adopted with but three diasenting
votes.
Wnmtsis, Hep** have been entertained that
the grant el land* to this State, ter the coo
strii, tlna of Ihnlros.l*. weal, l h»vc prove,! a
s>jHie ent bores to found • cr* lit npon. and
through which credit the oece-s*ry meauseou d
have l»een rai-c-l to tuiild our rAilroAd*. t-ut
owing to the great financial fetolsioa. which
sweptovar the entire country, with .tsparalvt
ic innuen< e. Jcrang ng onr finances and 10
•trovinc all confidence inprerepe- is *>f sutotan
tial prog rose, and rendering it apparent that ti,
requisite mean* cannot now r e r*.*ed upon tho
usual an-l ordinary railroad securitie* a* form
eriy, au-1 that Minne*oU must pr tide fur her
self the mean* to hmld her - wn railroad*, and
thereby aecure to the people per manant and
lasting beaellto. therefore l i-
Ht iJrrd. That we sr- in faro- of the paseage
of the bill now before the I.cft*lalure which
authorize* a loan ,-f It* Mate --dit in aid of
the ron*truction of the land grant road* within
the state, and he it further
/w**red. That the reprraentativea m the
l.r JieUtur* frotr this county be re, t ne*t*d to
as* their !*r*t endeavors to secure the psassg--
ot said bill.
W. HarcMet-ocw. Tree t
U. 1. Mott, Jsec y
I lie New \ ork Inna uiduniaak Utat.i
petition about be ug preta-ntre to the I>c
gisiati.re. to have *ho*t nond reporter* . .r
ail the (' tru in that city lax reporter -
are to take everything on tb< via. :r.-ia tla*
call:- g , f the ca<‘ to the rendition -.f tie
v. relict. A number of t: r c lawyers
xre of th- opinion that th *w re .Iwc,
hu-inesx coaM Is* -atlt expedited : the
’-'titn-my o o. d I*’ta« a- tact a* riven,
d with pera, . j.
LcUrr from Irnalor Doug la*.
Washington Citt. Feb. 6,1658.
(ientltmtn: 1 regret that my public du
ties here will not permit me to t* present
ami to participate with the Democracy of
Philadelphia in tls-ir demonstration against
the proposition to impose a Constitution
upon the people of Kansas against their
will.
That the Fs-compton Constitution is not
the act of the people of Kansas, ami that it
does not embody the popular will of that
Territory, is now conclusively and ondenia
bly established by a vote ot the people, ta
ken at a fair eh-ctioo. held on tlie 4th day
of January, 1656, in pursuance of a law
iKix-avl by the Territorial Legislature estate
lished by Congress.
The idea tliut tin- leoompton Convention,
clothed with no other authority than that
which it derived from the Territorial Legis
lature, could obtain a Constitution and put
it in lore* without the consent of Congress,
and in defiance and subversion of the au
thority of the Territorial Legislature estab
lish! by Congress, is too preposterous to
admit of argument. Untler our political
system it requires sovereign power to ordain
ami establish Constitution* and Govern
ments. While a Territory may and should
enjoy all the rights of self-government, in
obedience to its organic law, it is not a sov
ereign |siwer. The sovereignty of a Terri
tory remain* in <>beyance. suspemlcd in the
United Slates, in tru-t tor the people when
they become a State ; and cannot be with
drawn from the bands of the trustee, and
vested in the people of a Territory, without
the consent ot (lotigrew. The lost Cou
greaa having withheld this usseut by refu
sing to pass the bill recommended by Presi
dent Pierce to authorize the people of Kan
sas to form a Constitution ami State Gov
ernment wlien they should desire it and
have the requisite population, the sovereign
ty of Kansas still remain* in abeyance,
without any authority ot tlie Territorial Ije
gislature to transfer it from the United
States and vest in the people of the Terri
tory, without the consent ol Congress.
Hence. 1 repeat, the Is-eouipton Conven
vention possessed just such authority as the
Territorial lxyislature was competent to
confer, and, by the term* of the act, did coo
ler upon it, and no more*.
Tl*- Territorial Ix-gislature did not endow
tlie Convention with sovereignty; for it bail
none to impart. It did not even liestow the
jsiwer of legislation; for by the organic act
it wu* vested with the legislative power of
the Territory, without the right to dek*gnte
it to a Convention of its own creation.—
Hence the Ix-compU n Convention only pos
sessed the authority, deriv'd from the lx-gis
luture. to collect, ascertain and cniissly the
will ol the people of the Territory upon the
subject of admission into the Union, ami to
send the same a* a memorial to Congress,
under the clause of the Constitution of the
United States which secures the right jiencc
alily to assemble and petition for a redress
of grievances.
Much memorial, even it it emlsidied the
form of u State Constitution. Congress would
l» at lils-rty to accept or reject, according
as it fairly represents, or misrepresents. the
will of tlie people of the proposed State.
The Territorial Is'gislature just elected by
the voice and votes of the |tunic ol Kan-us.
Is-lieving this la-ci ininton memorial or con
stitution to lie a fraud upon the wishes and
rights ot the people of Kansas, assembled
passesl a law siiliniitting the instruim-nt to a
lair vote of the pco|)ic on tlie 4th ot January
last, at which v-lwtiou a majority ol more
than 10,1)00 votes was recorded agaiiist it.
With what show of justice or tai moss can
it be contendtsl. in the face of this vote, that
the jieople of Kansics do not, and have not.
m the moat solemn manner known to the
laws, repudiated the Is*- oinpton constitutioli
as a wicked fraud ujioii their rights and
wishes ?
The enormity of this Lecompton -(-home
should not In- concealeil under the plea that
the Convention declared tlie Constitution to
la* iu lorce, as the fundamental law of Kan
sas. without submission to the people. (• x
eept the slavery article.) and that, conse
quently, the authority of the Territorial L*-
gislature was sup>-rsnled on tint 21st of Ik
comber la-t. The Convention had no law
ful authority to -npersedc the organic act of
the Territory, by establishing a .State Con
stitution, without the consent of Congn-s.
The nttempt was not only nnluw-ful. but if
successful, would amount to r- Is-ili-si against
the lawful authority of the United States.
The power of the Territorial Ilegislature
was as complete <>n the 1 Tth day of Becetn
tier last, when it [nissml th** law submitting
the L-compton Constitution to the vote of
tic* people, as it was on tlie ltith ot Fet>ru
ary. I sa", when it passeti tla act calling the
la-compton Convention.
As the Convention po*»a*<*w*i no power,
evrejit what it reorivrd from tii* licgisla
tun, it could do no act subverting or
inquiring the authority of the legislature.
lit nee the act of the legislature submit
ting the whole Constitution to th*-vote o|
the people, was just as valid and binding
upon the subject matter as ti c act ot tie
same Is-gislature calling the Convention
into cxistince.
The conclusion is -n-. vitai-ie that th- lo
comptou t’onstitnts n d<>s not. nmi n«ier
di*l. p*»*>e«s any validity or authority, for
two reasons : First, the f.sivmt.oo no*
b*-ing v*wti*l with «*-\- reign power. c*-uld
not p*it it tn operation : an<l s*sr»nd. that
the suns* (irgislative authority which calloi
the t\<iV«nti'*o into exisbru-e. pa-red a law
b* lore tb*- l’< -natiuiiion was to Lavt-taxen
cth-ct by its own t< rms. for its snbiui-si--n to
the jerep'e. and provid’d that if a majority
of tii** votes si. slid I** east aguinst it at that
ee-ctioti. it was to be nuil and void, not
only as a Constitution, but ewn a.< u uemo
ri.if to t'ongri-s-
Wi are- tfccf fcn d irtaiatably ■*
tic- conclusion that tlie liscompton Cero
tation. whet ter vie wo i in a legal and t«dv
nicmi Alice, or a.* a meinoriai jrolesnng to
• mbedy tl.< j» ..or will, i Kansa.-. di.rusl
l» rep l .•Hated by < w-rv If-m-e rat who cb* r
ishes the time honorot prir, : pie nf hfs [*«r.
tv. ami .* ib-termincd in grind taitb to carry
out the doctrine of self gore-run* at anil
p [ a. - vi re.gnty as in th
Ka n i . t and aAnncd b< the
1 ptaifon - a I'