Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1858-03-30

              VOLXJAIE , 21. MOUNT VERNON, OmO :. TUESDAY MARCH 30; - 1858. : ; NTJMliEE,?50. XI rUBLTSHBD ITCtr TUESDAY KORXJOtG V UY Jb. II AUPEIl. , Offlc's in TToodward's Block, Third Story. TERMS Two Dollar pr mmb, 'psyabla In d-anoe; $2,50 within tiz months; $3,00 fter the ez-piration of tb year. Clabs of twenty, $1,50 each. , o- (1TII F ADTKIkTISIRO: o - o f $ c. $ e. $ o, $ e. $ a.'$ c. $ $ e. 1 tquar,-3 qudrt ' 1 001 361 752 25S 003 504 50 8 10 1 752 253 254 255 256 0o 76 8 00 3 503 604 505 05 00 7 00 8 0010 A tquar, . 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CUlama olio. t U I Ok B B B B o o o o b a e a r r r- cr- C7- tr cr ; . - - -AM ': DEMOCRATIC t (To Below, we publish the balance of the letters addressed to tbe Democratic Convention, held in Lit. Vernon, on tbe 15th inat. I.ETTEII FROM W. MJ2DILI.. - TVAtiHiKCTox, Marcb 10th, 1858. Gentlemen? I have been honored by the receipt of your favor of tbe 26th ult., inviting me " to attend a mass Convention of the friends of the Administration of James Buchanan in Ml Vernon," on next Monday, and most sincerely regret that neither tbe condition of my health, nor that of the public business entrusted to mj care, will justify an acceptance of your obliging iuvitation. The active and bitter opposition which is be-iug waged in certain quarters and by certain individuals against the Administration of the President of their choice, is as singular and extraordinary as it was unexpected, The restrictions of 1820 upon the extension of slavery was repealed, and the principles upon which the Territories of Jlansaa and Nebraska were fully and definitely settled before Mr. Buchanan became in any. way ofScially connected with the matter. - These principles were, tbat the people of said Territories were to be left perfectly free to form and regulate their domentic institutions in (heir own tojy subject only to the Constitution of the United States." Tbey were subsequently approved by : a majority of the whole people of the United States in their pri. mary capacity at the Presidential election of 1856, and the mere duty of seeing that they were properly applied and. faithfully carried out, de volved on Mr. Buchanan. , ; . The way and manner -of forming a Govern ment is frequently Ot as much importance to those who are interested, as the peculiar provisions of which it is composed. The people of Kansas and Nebraska, therefore, were not ooVy secured by the terras of the agreement or organic act, from all Federal or outside interference in the construction of their Government, but from any and all interposition whatever in relation to the way and tnanner in which it should be form ed and put iuto operation. - They had a right to adopt the course that was at one time pursued in some of the ' smaller States of ancient Greece aud meet together in one general assembly , or,for greater convenience, to delegate their power to such portion of their own numbers as they might see proper to select and mstruct with that duty, as has usually been done in all modern communities, : The result hi either case is the act of the tc hole people in their popular aud "sovereign1 capacity. It will not do to say that the people of Ohio are responsible for the laws of that State because they were made by a few representatives sitting in CoJom-bus, nor will it be claimed that they are deteriorating, or becoming less attached to the princi pies of. ' popular sovereignty ,n than they for merly wre, because they " inserted a clause in their present Constitution prohibiting the Leg islature from su banning any of its enactments to the subsequent approval of tbe people, except in a single instance. ' In pursuance of the rigid thus expressly guaranteed to them by Congress, if, indeed,' they did notfully enjoy it. before, the people of Kansas formed a Constitution in thairoicn way, and pre seutitig it to' Congress through the President of the United States, are deuiaudiug admission into the Union as one of the sovereign States of this great Confederacy. It is repuLlibat in its form aud character, aud embodies the expressed' will of a majority of all the people of that Territory who chose to vote, through obstinacy or otherwise; have no claim upon our sympathies, and should not be permitted to obstruct the &u thorizedand necessary action of others. 1 fully concurred with the President in his de sire that the whole Constitution should be submitted to the people, as well as t hat portion of it which relates to the question of slavery, but that, by the organic act, was made a matter of purely local concern : aud is it not Btrange to see those pet-tons who claimed, a tew months since, to be tiie especial friends and alvocates of the doctrine of non interference " now voting with the Republicans iu resisting the admission of that Ter ritory iuto the Confederacy, until she submits to their doctrine as to the way in which her domestic affairs shall be arranged ! These Kansas difficulties have already ocenpi d too much time in their discussion. There are other: and more important matters demanding the attention of Congress and of the country. The admission of that Territory into the Union will enable the people thereof to re-model their institutions at pleasure, to make every provision conform to the views and wishes of the-ma jority relieved from all federal and outside in nuences, and put an immediate end to all fur ther agitation of the only question that can ever; disturb the peace and harmony of the Union. - No one, in voting foe the admission of a State. endorses or in any way approve of the constitu tion or form of Government, except that it is republican in its character, that being a matter that is under, the sole control of the citizens of said State themselves, and which will sooner or later be made to conform to the will of the nv jonty. Hence, although I cannot be with yon in person, I beg to assure yon that you will Lave my warmest sympathies in this and all other movements that are designed to "aid the old Patriot at the Head "of the Government, to defeat the machinations of the Black Republicans and such others as may decide to act with them." I am Gentlemen, very Respectfully,1" . Your obedient servant, ' - . W. MEDILL. Hon. Wiixiam Dcsbar, Jons K. Milleh, S. Israel, Committee. LETTR FROM E. DEAIT. Washixgtos Citt, March 10th, 1858. Gentiemen : Your letter of the 26th ultimo, inviting me to participate, in a mass Convention to be held in your city, on the ISth insU, for the purpose of giving expressioo- to the sentiments of the Democracy in that part of Ohio, i a favor of the policy of the -present administration on the subject of admitting Kansas into- the Uoion under the Lecompton Constitution, has been duly received ; and I regret exceedingly that circa m-stances have placed it ' beyond my power to be with yon and give my aid in sustaining an Administration whose measures meet with my war meat approval. -- - - - ' The policy of this Administration on the Kan sas question, I think, mast meet the cOrdial ap probation of every democrat, Who believes in the sovereignty of - the people manifested through law, and who are willing to take, the 1 peaceable mode of vindicating there ' rtgbta through the silent but omaiootent tmwer of the ballot box. . If the people of anv section of our countrv are too tarbalant to attend the polls and assert their rights in a Lawful and oeaeaahla mannr. when they have an opportunity to do so, it illy beoomes them to complain of those who are : selected to rule ever them. The LeeomDton Conventlna -.tia v Li-lrjUwfal authority ot the Territory,' and a fair bp- pwiiuiuT Kiso tor every legal voter in the Ter. ritory to ax press hie wish if he thought proper ui u mo, m acievuug we tuea ot him caoice. - I have examined with much care the law providing for the call of the Convention, and I am satis&ed that its provisions are ample, just and equitable, giving to every legal voter in the Territory a right to participate in the selection of those who were to form for them Constitution. - ' ' If this be so, there shurely can be no welL founded objection against the manner in which the deliga'tes tor the Convention were selected. The Convention when assembled were the judges of their-own qualifications, and were invested with the sovereign power of the people to speak their will, and I know of no power - on earth that would controle them, if the Constitution which they formed was republican in its provU ions. ; . It would have met my views better if the Convention had submitted the Constitution to the approval of the people, but if the people desired that, they should have embraced it in the law calling the Convention. But the great question, as I understand it, on which the An ti Lecompton Democrats oppose the policy of the President is, that .he has recommended the admission of Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton Constitution without requiring the Convention to submit the Constitution to the approval of the people. What right let me ask, had the President to require this of the Convention ? Had he any power as President of the United States, to point out any defects, or revise any of the provisions in that Constitution, unless he found something contained in its provisions that was anti-republican in its character ? If he interposed his fiat against any measure, providing for any local regulation of. their municipal laws, would he not have transcended his duties as the Executive of this Nation, and violated one of the great fundamental principles of the Democratic party. Would he not, Jf he bad interfered in the local policy of that Territory, have given a fatal stab to those great principles of popular sovereignty, which every lemocrat holds dear to him as life itself? What businesses President of the United States, has he to interfere with the Convention or its doings, when the Constitution is presented to him through the legally constituted authori ties of that Territory ? lie is simply to judge whether it is republican in form or not, and if anti-republican it would be his duty to submit it to Congress with a recommendation that the Ter ritory bhould hot be admitted as a State into the Union. He has no Constitutional, power, to advise Congress to reject the application tor admission, because some of its provisions were obnoxious to his notions of right ; that is a question for the people of the Territory to determine, and neither the President nor Congress has any right to interfere. Surely then, in submitting the Le compton Constitution to Congress, and advising Congress to admit Kansas as a State into the Union, he has simply performed a Constitutional duty, which he was bound to execute, and if he had neglected to do it, would have been derelict in his duty to the Nation. - ; I regret much 'to see this division in the Democratic ranks, and I am led to believe that most of those who have separated themselves from us on the Kansas question, will on more mature reflection, see the error of their course and again rally under the standard of Democracy.' ' v With sentiments of respect, I am 'gentlemen, your obedient servant, E. DEAN. Messrs. Wm. Dunbar, J. K. Miller and S. Israel, Committee. - . ------ . . . . e TJGTTEK FROM J. SUERID .N. Ashland, March 12, 1858. Gentlemen Your favor inviting me to attend a Mass Convention of the Democracy of old Knox on the 15th inst., a day consecrated in our political calendar as the anniversary of the birth day of the Hereof New Orleans, is at hand. '. '- " ; - - My heart was , never more warmly "fenlisted, since tbe last great struggle of the Democracy of the country under Jackson and Van Buren, with the consolidated ; moneyed power, than in the contest which is now . testing the stability of our institutions, and iu which Mr. Buchanan is beariug himself with a degree of firmness and wisdom worthy the days . of old Hjckory. TW present conspiracy - against the Constitution and the Union was, one of the most artful and extensive schemes known in onr history. Now is the time we should be Democrats in fact, not mere parti men, who are ever ready to join the enemy when it requires nerve to sustain Demo cratic principles and men. It is the duty of every Democrat to exercise charity and forbearance towards their brethren who have been misled; but as to Douglas and the leaders" in this nigger insurrection, our battle cry should be "shoot them down!" They can never more re gain the confidence of a betrayed and insulted Democracy. V itb high regard, 'v I am Youre Trnly, J. SHERIDAN. To Messrs. Miller, &c, Committee. . - . o ' LETTER fROM HOWELL COBD. , Washisgtox Citt, March 13th, 1858. Gentlemen : Your invitation to attend the Democratic meeting in your County, on the 15th inst., was received too rate for a reply to reach you before that day. My official engagements would . have prevented in any event , the acceptance of your invitation ; but I cannot refrain from an expression of my cordial concurrence in the object of the proposed meeting. The policy of Mr. Buchanan's Administration, for the immediate admission of Kansas as a State under the Lecompton Constitution, is acquiring additional strength with the people with every day's reflection and experience. '- The Democratic party of the Union will soon present ft united front in iu support, and like all other issues which th Democracy have made, it will altimate-ly be attended With triumphant success. That policy Will secure to the people of Kansas the unquestionable right of deciding for themselves and in their own way, whether Kansas shall be a free or slave State.' Placed uppon the footing of a Sovereign State, and clothed with all the powers and attributes of sovereignty, Kansas will be freed from those outside influences; which for party and political purposes, have destroyed her peace and quiet and threatened her people with the horrors of civil war; By the immediate admission of Kansas,two great objects will be effected peace ia that territory and quiet in the balance of the country. -The 'accomplishment of those results will meet the - responsive - approval of every patriotic heart in the land, and all who have co-operated in bringing it about, will feel that In having done -so, they discharged a patriotic duty.- -: I am, respectfullv yours, &c..'" r. ; i .z- --c. HOWELL COBB. . Messrs. Wm, Dunbar, X. K. Miller and Samuel Israel. Committee. - : LETTER FR03I GEO FRIES. i. Civcvtkaxi, O. March; 1 3, l858: ; ZTessrs. Dunbar, Mitterrand othera Committee. : . Gevtlucev: I have received your invitation to be present at a meeting at Mt. Vernon, on the 15th inst, of the Democracy of Knox Coun ty who are friendly to the- Administration of James -Buchanan, . and especially his policy in revd to. Kansas. . - - ' - j I regret that engagements, of a very nrgent character, will not allow me to be present on that occasion. I beg to assure rouv however. that a careful consideration of the subject of the i m mediate - ad mission of Kansas 'as s State and the consequences-resulting therefrom, have convinced me - that the peace ana jtarmony of the Union can best be securea by its admission at the earliest possible period. , ,'. '. Tbe cry for liberty, and freedom from: those who have refused to avail themselves of the power of the ballot-box, through which by their overwhelming maiority, they could r loos since have gained both, has no longer any charms for me years ago, O Uonneu f declared that "he who would be free himself must strike the blow," which is as true now as it was then. . And bow, as the so-called free State party m Kansas have ever had the power of law, as. well of numbers to form a Constitution to square wita their pro fessions, without having exercised the glorious privilege thus guaranteed, I can not agree to give tbe in aid in Keeping up a fearful adgitatibn for the benefit of Black Republicans specially, and those who will not help; themselves in Kan sas. . .' ; I am therefore in favor of the immediate admission of Kansas tbe withdrawal of U. S. troops, leaving to the people an open field on which to fieht out, if they chose,' their own af fairs in their own way. ,1 in the conflict some should be lost on both sides, posterity would, in ray judgment, be vastly the gainer by it. . Very Respectfully your obed't Serv't, GEO. FRIES. LETTER FROM . II. BUSDY. Marios, Feh. 13tV, 1858. Gentlemen t Your note of the 8th inst., invit tng me to attend your meeting on the lath, was received yesterday, (Friday,) and in reply? I have to say, that circumstances render it quite incon venient for me to be present. The discussion in bur Federal Legislature, 'n the subject of the admission of Kansas into ihe Union, ought not to be tbe subject of regret., by the friends of the Kansas Nebraska Bill, for, it is pretty evident, that many of its friends had not fully appreciated the favor of the popular rights recoguiaed by it. I confess 'that. 1 was somewhat in the fog, thought that, the publish ed iniquity of the people of Kansas, demanded a prompt rejection of the Lecompton' Constitu' lionbut,.aiB now pretty satisfactorily convinced that a rejection of that isntfumeot by the Fede; ral Legislature, would be aa assumption of power, and in direct violation of .popular sovereignty recognized in the act. . for if the right of the inhabitants of Kansas, to establish their own institutions and to regulate them in their own way; is absolute, and cannot be taken away from them by Legislative authority, either r ederal or State: What force then, is to be found in the arnjument that tbe people of the Territory hare voted partiallyyea, fraud ulently? Here is the point then. There is much wisdom in the rule. Hereafter, the inhabitants of our Territories will learu the fact, that they and they alone, are responsible for tbe auoption 01 tneir lnsututions ana me regu lation of them in their own way , alike free from aid or dictation from any quarter outside of the Territory. -".'5-'--, . ; . .. .... - The Republican party was opposed to tne passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, and are now perfectly consistent in their ad vocacy of a policy, which is in direct conflict with the principles of . 1 . rrrt . . 1 . - t . insi act. - iney were caugut violating tueir uwu Federal "notion in their advocacy of the Topeka Constitution j and many Democrats, (myself in the tame catigory for a season,) I am sorry to say it, as advocating a policy in direct conflict with the principles or popular aoyereiimiy. Respectfully, G.H. BUSBY. : Jfessrs. Wm. Dunbar, J. K. Miller and Samuel Jsrael, Committee. . , LETTER FROM C. B. FLOOD. Ucbasa, O., March 6th, 1858. Gentlemen: Your note inviting me to attend your Democratic meeting on the 15th inst., was . . . . 1 n t. receivea, ana 1 regret tnat u wui oe out 01 my power to attend. " Behoving that in his late action on Kansas matters, the President has allowed the people of that Terrttory to manage their domestic affairs in their own way. I cannot butcordiollyeiidorse his action, and hence, 1 trust, you, in your Te-solves, will give a fitting rebuke to those disor- gauixers who are now, aa professed Democrats,, traversing the country, giving aia and comlort to our Black Republican enemies. - If, as 11 is said, there is a majority ia favor ot a Free State in Kansas, within the bounds of that Territory, the people will have the right to make it a Free State at an early day. No people will submit to a Slave Constitution, if they wish a Free one. Why then this tuss about aDi sas being a Slave State ? From their action, or rather their want of action, I much fear the Kan-. sas disorganizes feel that the pro-'Slavery men are in a majority. ' Had they thought difiernet, they would have votfd. - . - .' Suppose Congress disregarding the organic law, should strike the Slavery clause from the Kansas Constitution, ard then admit her as a State, the pro-Slavery majority-would call another Convention- and re insert the Slavery clause, what would onr shrieking friends propose to do 7 They could not read her out of the Union, as they are now trying to read the Administration, and its supporters out of the Democratic party. In the Union once, Kansas would remain there,, until a dissolution took place. A majority of the thirteen original States, at the close of the revolution were slave States; a maiority is now Free States. The same power that alio wed a State to change from Slave to Free will allow a change from bree to Slave, and this fact shows the extreme folly of men fightrng to fasten a Constitution on a people against their will. If the people of Kansas want, it a Slave State, Congress cannot force a free Constitution on it; if they wish ta maite it a tree btate, tbey will never suffer Slavery; to exist there; " The power is in the..; people of Kansas, and we out-aiders have nothing to do with it. - To abuse the President for what he haadoue, is, in myopinon, not only wrong, bat suicidal to the party. Trusting that yon may have a good time that! the Administration so long as it. remains true to its principles may continue to receive the support of the good men and trae, . , , . ; : t .. 1 - ' a am respectluliy, your ob i serv t, , .. - C. B. FLOOD. To Messrs. Dunbar - Miller and ; waelj Com mittee. - - - i LETTER FRO JA31ES 6A3XBLE.. ' ' -i'-v' -' Valhosdixo, 0.t March 12, 1858." ' Hon: John K Mitterr and others.' - f-.- I G HTtfea zs-Dear 1 Sir : - & large ' delegation of Democrats would go- from this neighborhood srad attend your meeting', on Monday next, were it not for the enormous bad state .of the roads, it being almost, impossible to get. through the deep rand.'1 We can icoi you our Greetings, however, and assar yon that in this part of Our moral rineyard, every .DemoGratwithoat exception is now, standing shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart with old Buck. AH tbe howling and shrieking about 'Bleeding Kausas is done by the Abolitionists. Horace Greoly has issued his orders -commanding them to hold meetings and get up 'discessionsvin every school house, and. like good children they are doing as he bid thenL . We send out our young David amonz them occasionally," and with the simple sling of Democracy the) soon scatter their miserable delusions and aofistry like chaff before the wind. The Senate Bill for the admission of Kansas into the .Union, simply declares that, "be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tbe U. 8. of A tnertca. in ' Congress assembled, that the State .of Kansas is hereby declared to be one : of the United States of America, and admitted to an equal footing with Ihe original States in all respects whatever." ; And that is all there is ef it. Democrats down here, are unable to see what there is so very horrible about that. Yet we hear of men threatning that if the president and Oengress- should dare so pass a law acknowledging Kansas as one of the United States of America and equal to Ohio and every other Slate, tbat they will fieht and wade to their knees in blood about it. ' WelL we have heard of Mormon delusions, and the delusions of the old crusades that went to the Holy Land by hundreds of thousands to expel the infidels from the Holy places, and the great number ef human lives that were sacrificed by these monstrous follies and delusions and we have come to the conclusion that human ; folly, fanaticism and delusion will never cease. ; r , . ; '. " ' We say to you go on, may God give you speed. The great Car of Democracy is rolling forward, and in the future as in time past, it will roll on and roll over and crush even Giants if they run before it and . undertake to stop or impede its progress.- Yours Truly, , . , JAMES GAMBLE. '.To John K. Miller, Wo. Dunbar, and Samuel Israel, Committee. : - i .-. . ' ' LETTER FROM C. FALLETT. Kyf - 1 s Newark,. O March 11 th, 18537-- Gentlemen : Your note requesting me to to be Eresent on the occasion of the meeting of the emoeracy of Knox County, in mass Convention 1 in the City. of ML Vernon oa the 15th inst., was duly received, in reply I regret to say that owing to the fact that out Court of Common Pleas com mences Us March term npon that day ; it will be impossible for me to be with yo upon tbat occasion. But believing you are right, I trust that like Davy Crocket you will go ahead. -".;"; I feel that we have been cheated and bumbng- ed with this Kansas matter long enough. We were told by Donglas & Co. in 1851, that Con gress and out eiders had 00 business to interfere with Kansas and the slavery question, vet these same fellows will not permit the President's mes sage to be printed without a Kansas screechv But I trust the policy of the-Democratic Admin- lairauon wm ue ue means 04 Closing mis matter up, so that our Representatives in Congress and in our State Legislature will find time, to attend to the interests of those who have elected them, "Forgetting bleeding Kansas, and attend - to bleeding Ohio.?' This is the platform upon which the democracy of Licking- County triemphed at the last election, and they wui be fouix still, notwithstanding the efforts of herepresen-i tatives to. reverse if, by 44 Forgetting bleeding Ohio, and attendiug to bleeding Kansas." ' " ; I hat of which Kansas now makes complaint is the result of her own folly and -wickedness. and shall her sins be charged to the President of our choicei uod torhid. uid UaeK must and shall be sustained, so dear the rack ye "giants little "and big, for yonr days are numbered pol-itiallyi ' Such - is y- prediction as to - those Democrats ' who are still making this Kansas question' a pretence for agitation and excitement, for the sake of destroying, as we can but believe, the old Democratic party of the Union, noon which mainly depends, as I believe, also, the fu ture destiny and hapiness of our common coun try. . , Very liespect fully yours, - ! CHAKLEa FALLETT. To Wm. Dunbar, J. K. Miller, Samuel Israel, Committee. ; ' ; The Kansas Question. IMPORTANT REPORT OF ; a xt : Pf.i . r n..Mj Hon. FROM " TBE SELECT COHIIITTEIS 0JP FUTEEJT. On behalf of the majority of the Select Com mittee of Fifteen, of the House of Representatives, Mr. Stephens presented en Wednesday, March 10, 1858, the following report: The Select Committee of Fifteen, appointed un der the resolution of the House of the 8th of February; to who nr was referred the message of theTreaident of the' United States of tue 2d of February, "concerning the Constitution framed at Lecompton, in the Territory of Kansas, by a Convention of delegates thereof, and the papers accompanying the same," with instructions "to inquire into all the facts connected with the formation of said constitution and the laws under which the same were originated; and into all Bueh facts and proceedings as have transpired since the formation of said constitution, having relation to the question or propriety of the admission of said Territory into the' Union under said constitution; and whether the same is acceptable and satisfactory to tbe majority of legal voters of Kansas,1' have had all the matters committed to them under consideration, and how present the following report: " -.: The leading object of the resolution under which the committee was raised seems to be the ascertainment of all the essential facts bearing upon the question or propriety of the admission of Kansas as a State under the Lecompton Con stitution, in accordance with the recommendation of the President. This object has been the controlling principle of the committee's action in their investigation.-' The scope of their duties embraced an inquiry into all facts relating to the, legality; and regularity of the "proceedings resulting in tbe formation of that constitution; both antecedent and subsequent thereto, showing whether or not it be tbe embodiment of the legally and - fairly: ' expressed - will of the b(Uia fide oitizeoa of Kansas. " With this understand ing or the held ot labor Del ore mem, the committee directed their attention--. " ." " 1. To a law passed by the Terri tonal' Legisla ture, providing for takingthe sense of the peo-' pie at the October 'election in 1856, upon the. expediency of calling a Convention to forf State constitution. ' 7 - '" ' 2. The, hiw of the Territory, passed the 19th of February, 1857, in pursuance of the popular will expressed under the previous act, rrovidin? for. an election, to be held a -the 15th of June, 1857, of delegates to sucti a Convontionr i - 3. .The official :regi-itry of voters,; nd fte ap- poruonment; maie by the "Acting -Governor (Stanton of delegates to the Convention; so' called ifl accordance with the' pro vision of said act. ivv f-'-j'- '"--i "y;' 1'" -t---v -4. The aaaemblin? of the Convention at Le ; oomntnn on the first MondaVof Seotetn her. 1857. under the act last : aioresaid, and the jourcsJa of ri . r . - . - . . r-r - ' z ' 1 their proceedings. - - - - " - - - 5.' The coostitation formed -by the Convention soasaembled; alluded to la ihe nessaje of the Prtsident.- Jts : t ft action of the' people on j the questions submitted tothem by oae of tLa clause of the schedole in tbe constitution. ' ' .' -' ' I"; - Thesis laws, facts and proceedings constitcta, in the judgment 'of the committee, all matters having any material bearing "upon tie main Questions embraced in the recommen lation off the President, and- covered by the res !:kn of "the Hoiue. , But they permitted to- be f.".--, and report to the House without deeming tbeia relevant or material. - ' ' ii- .-' 7. The act of the : Territorial Legislature of Kansas, at its called session in December last, taken on the 4th of and against said con stitution., . . ; , 8. The oSjcial announcement of said vote. ; " And, also, as cumulative, though not material, ' 9. The letters of . Mr. Calhoun, President of the Lecompton Convention,, to the chairman of the Committee on Territories in the Senate. 4 , All these papers are appended, in full to this report, (except a part of the journal which has not yet ben. received, but which expected in time to be presented with the rest.) and marked as exhibited in regular orders The committee dee it necessary to go into an elaborate exposition of them by detail. A' general reference to some of the material parts,' for the purpose of illustrating the conclusions to be drawn fro in J them, will be quite sufficient. Those which they deem material are all documentary, about which there ean be no dispute. ; They show a full and complete history of the proceedings resulting in the formation of the Lecompton Constitution, from their beginning to their end: First, tbe law for taking the census of the people upon the propriety of applying for admission. Next, the law authorizing the call, in pursu.uc of: the popular- wi!L Next, the registry of vol ten, ' and ; apportionment of ' delegates. Next the assembling of the Convention, with, their proceedings. Then, the constitution so formed: and, lastly, the ratification of it in the mode and manner provided by the Convention. The le' gality and regularity of the whole are marked, throughout. Every step in its progress was taken in strict conformity to law. But little appears en the face -of the record even for com ment. The question for the consideration of the House Is, ought Kansas to be admitted as a State under tee constitution as presented? By the Constitution of the United States "new States may be admitted by Congress into this Union," and by the 'same instrument it is provided that "the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government.'', - Under the first of these- clauses eighteen new States have been admitted since the Union was formed, -and two, besides Kansas, are now applying for admission. The usual questions ot inquiry upon the applications of new States have been: . .' - ' 1. In relation to the number of the popnla tioiw " v- ' ' ' - : . - ' ' . ' 2; The regularity of the proceedings under which the application has been made. , 3. Whether the. constitution - presented be re-pabHcan in form. i , ; - - In this case the attention of the committee has not been directed to the question of pop a lation. - That point seems to" tie conceded on all sides. Upow the point: of legality and regular- " "n arise. .So State ever before -uiyiUfc, extolled greater rezularity in her proceedings.; On this point, there- can be no doubt. . Tbe only -other one a to the renubli can farm of the constitnUou that, too, seems to be equally clear, and beyond cavil or dispute. What, then, are the objections to the recognition of the constitution, and the admission of the State under i -These, it is true, arise raoaU ly on, matters outside of the record. But the committee propose 'brie fly to notice them in con nection wiia some seemingly - founded on the face of the record kself. . The Erst of the; latter class.. is that arged by Governor Walker. The main ground of his opposition is the fact that the entire constitution has not been submitted for ratification to a pop a lar vote. This objection rests npon the assump tion that the validity of every constitution formed for the government of any people depends upon its having received such a sanction. ' His argument, in his ewn words, rests upon the " principle that sovereignty is vested exclusively in the people of each State, and that it performs its first and highest function in forming a Slate government and State constitution. This highest act of sovereignty, .n my judgment, can only be performed by the people themselves, and cannot be delegated to conventions or other iutet-mediate bodies." . That sovereignty is vested exclusively in the people of each State, and tha it performs its first, but not highest, function in forming a State government and State constitution, may be gran ted. Bat that this' first . act of sovereignty in making a constitution can only be performed by the people themselves, and that the power to pr. form it cannot be delegated to conventions or intermediate bodies, is not granted. Such a doctrine is not only novel, but utterly at war with all our past history. In support of it, Governor Walker cites no authority but his own.; He announces it as &e conviction of his individual judgment, and the only authority he refers to, to sustain it, is tbat of previous speeches made by himself, in which he had expressed the same opinion. But the position cannot le maintained, either on principle or any recognized authority. Reason is against it, and so is precedent. When it is admitted that sovereignty "resides with the people," and that it is "inalienable," it does not follow that the right to exercise and execute sovereign powers cannot be' delegated by them to others. If that were so, there could be no such thing as representative government. No law could be passed except by the people en masse. This would uproot ana overturn all our systems,- It is the very essence of sovereignty that it may aet by itself or by any other it may choose to appoint, Tbe enactment of all laws and the execution of them require the exercise of sovereign power as necessarily as the formation of a constitution. A constitution is bat a law. It e.lab lishes the modes or channels through wb-'ch the sovereignty of the people is to be exercised, not in prcpriis pertonis, but by chose representatives. Tbe formation of such orHI,ic law cannot be said to be the highest act or function of sovereignty. There can be ,0 higher act of sover eigsty than the declaron o( war; for this may put in jeopardy the. existence- of sovereignty it self; and yetiri onr representative svstem this is left, not to-&e people thexasclycs, but to their representatives. - V ; He,nCe. though it be true that the forrqation of a State constitution is tbe first function of sovereignty," it does not follow that this may not be performed by representatives chosen and-clothed with""full power to act for -the people in this matter, as well as in all others requiring the ex erciae of sovereign power. - t " ! T 1 ' Lofriraly considered; there-is no more reason why the people cannot 'make'"a constitution by others clothed in full ' power to do so, than that they can in Thir wray -put' not only their pol tleal but their tndiMdual existenca in hazard upon the fortunes of- war.- .'The formation cf a constitu lion requires, it is tiae, the exercise of sbvereih power, and so does the commonest act ofJeg'ula-tioov- If the power to do' -OTie"c&n be exercised by an agent or representative, so can the other j and snch has been the nnifo-m ncdersUr ding'in this country from the beginning of our hi6tory.-r-' Tb Constitution of the United: States was not ratiSed by a popular vote. : In all . the States U was adopted by conTentions, chosen by the peo pie and clothed with full powers to act .for them, la its provision for its own amendment it does not contemplate any ratification' by the people through a popular rote to give validity to any such amendment. - Such amendments are to be acted upon by the Sute LeaUlaturea.' In all the old States, with one exception, their first constitution -were---formed and .put into operation through tLe-Kotertned late body of it convention. Massachusetts alone submitted hera to a popular vote. The constitution of the State, of PennayL Tania; the native State of Governor Walker, that under which he 'was born and, reared! and under "providing for-a Tote to be j January, just passed, for a which that great and prosperous Commonwealth . has grown up and attained her present -high eminence in wealth, power and reaownTderived all its sanction by the people through their repreaeo-tatives in convention.- The same is trae cf Mississippi, his once adopted State ; and th aacm is true of a majority of the States of this Union. If Governor Walker's j adg-aaent in this particular be right, then all these constitutions axe necessarily invalid, null and void j and we have neither constitutions nor laws in more than half of the States of the Union. ; This doctrine is as preposterous as it is monstrous. I La bare.stata mens, is enough to;consign it to general repudi atioa and condemnation. The uniform course ot" our past history has been, when a new State an plies fpr, admission, to see that the sovereignty o.f be people baa spoken through its legaUy-conBtU uted organs. . a be question ot submitting their con stitution to a popular vote or ; not, is one fat the people, and those whom they clothe with po wer to determine this question, as well as others, for them. In the case of,Kausas, in ' the first act appended to this report, exhibit 1, it was pro vid-ed to take the sense of the people upon the qufi- uon 01 providing oy law iot tne caiiiog 01 a d n- vention to form a consutation, and, by law, to define the powers or duties of the Convention- This will be seen by the section (6) of the act. The vote was almost unanimous for the Legitl a-ture so to call a convention, and to define its-di 1-tiesv - But few votes were cast against it. Thit , apart from the statement of Mr. Calhoun, ap pears from public documents accessible to allv- The Legislature did call a convention. They could have required them to submit their work to the people. This was a matter for their ova discretion ; but this tbey did not do. This Con- ' vention was elected with unlimited and plenary powers. That such a convention could be so clothed, no one can doubt who is acquainted with. ' the history of similar bodies. Theyr therefore, had full power, at their own discretion, to submit the whole constitution formed by thecn, or any part or tio art of it, just as they pleased, for ratification. This the people well uaderstood be fore the election of delegates. This Governor Walker virtually told them himaelf. In his inaugural address ha sajs: "The people of Kansas, Ihen, are invited , by the highest authority known to the Constitution to participate freely and fairly in the election oC delegates to frame a constitution and State government. The law has performed iu entire appropriate function when it extends to the people) tbe right of suffrage, hut it cannot compel tb performance of that-duty. Throughout our wbota Union, however, and wherever free government prevails, those who abstain, from the exercise of the right of suffrage authorize those who do vote to act for them in that contingency, and tbe ab sentees are as much bound under the law and constitution, where there is no fraud or iolence,- by the act of the majority of those who do ote, as if all had participated in the election. Otherwise, as voting must be, voluntary,self-government would be impracticab's and monarchy or despotism would remain as tbe ou -Uc-native. Yoh should oot eonsole yourselves, my fellow- citizens, with the reflection .that yon may by sabseqaent' vote-defeat the ratiBcation of the con stitution. 'Althooh most anxtons te secure to you the exercise ot that great constifutinoal right,. and behevmg that the Convention is the servant-and oot the master of the. people, yet I have no- power to dictate the proceedings of tbat body. This language clearly conveys the idea that the: Convention might or might not snbmit the constitution to be formed by them to a vote -of b-. people t arid so far. from the people notLeing--able to delegate power or to authorize others to-make a constitution for them beins. true, as now-contended for by Governor Walker, it follows, most dearly, from what he says, that such as thority conferred, would be implied by their abstaining from the poll i. On the question of the powers of the delegates to be elected to the- Coo-vention, Mr. Stanton addressed the peopWai fol-low: - I - " "'-"-. "The Government especially recognizes the Territorial act which provides for assembling a Convention to form a constitution, with a virw to making application to Conrress for admission as a State into the Union. -That act is regarded as presenting the only test of the qualification of voters for delegates to the .Convention, and alt preceding repugnant restrictions- are thereby repealed. In this light the act must be allowed to have provided for a full and fair expression of the-" will of the people through the delegates who may be chosen to represent them in the Constitutional Convention. ""I do not doubt, however, that, im order to avoid all pretext for resistance to the peaceful operation of this law, the Convention it. self will in some form provide for submitting th great distracting question regarding their social institutions which has so long agitated the people of Kansas to a far vote of til the actual bona fide residents of tbe Territory, with every possible security against fraud and violence. . If the constitution be thus framed, and the question of difference thus submitted to the decision of the. people, I believe that Kansas will be admitted by. Congress without delay as cue of the sovereigu States of the American Union, and the Territorial authorities will be immedrately withdrawn." Here Mr. Stanton clearly admits the full power of the de'egates to be chosen to form a constitution, valid in itself, whether it be submitted Or not for ratification. It is true, be expresses great ' Confidence that the "distracting quetion,"-wh!ch was the" tlavery question", would be in soma form" submitting to a fair vote of the bona JiJa residents of the Territory, and the firm belief that it "the question of difference" should be submit ted to the decision of the people, Kansas would be ad ay tied without delay. This is exactly what was done by the Convention, as the testimony accompanying this report shows. " As to the-powersof the Convention, however, the committee will cite bat one other authority. ' That is a speech made by Judge - Douglas- at Springfield, Illinois, on the 12th of June, 185.iast befor. ihe election of the daWatee took place. - "Kansas," said be, 'is about to speak for herself, through her delegates assembled in convention to form a constitution preparatory to her ad mission into the Union on aa equal fotio with, the original States. -Peace and proaneriiy n-wf prevail throuyhcrjt her borders. The law an ler-whieb herdeiegat39 are about to be elected is b lieved to be j'ifit and fair in all its objects and. provisions 1 oerp is every reason to nope nki believe that tbe law wiil be fairly interpreted ancS imDartiallr executed, so at to ionureto everv bo- najStis inhabitant the- frre and qmet exreise of tbe elective franChiie. - If any portion of the in-habUaats, act ng'.aader the advice, of political: leaders in distant Slates, shall choose to absent, t hemsolve from-the poiLs, ad withhold their- s votes with a view of leaving the Free State Dem- ocrats in a rcinonty, and thaa seenring a pro-slavery couatitution in opposition to the wUhes of a. majority of the people Knot; under it, let the. respooaibiUty rest npoo those, who, far partisan-. purposes, wui eacnUce the principles they profaaa.' to cherish and promote Upon them, and upon the political party for whoso. beoet and auder-. the direction of whose leaders they act, let the blame be vUiud of fasleuiog npon the people ef a new State institutions repugnant to tieir fct-l. ings and in Tiolation of their wUbea The rr eanic act. secures to the people of . Knsa thes. sola and exclusive right of forming aBd rra1" ting tueir domestic iastitations to slt tLernslrea snbject to no other l:m!tatki than thatwhicb tS Constitution of tb Uii ted States impofr. TL Democratic party is datermined to see tL t'rt fundamental principle of the organic act crrui