| Show KANSAS I 1 KA A tyre RE i 17 T or OF THE COMMITTEE OK ON TER tea BT B tit aes JES OF r L I 1 HOUSE OF it R ESE may imay 29 1856 M grow PL ii representing the ta rn 0 ay iy y of th coll coir C on T atones made tb th f il lowing i p it i t today to day ihla como lep bep oa 0 i Terri foi toi ies is to whom hom was fi f i inythe rm the c s adopted ad p ld by the people of losas kosas kali loit sas on ili ill 1 hh of 0 D cieber ci c i iber 1855 and the minona memorial mm orial ui ta of tile tiie the Legi slut aLit ire lre een pec peard rd unde i a 8 wit a ith ieh hority onty graving congress to adini admi K ia ts i 1 a sta stal into the conred ort rrt r v 11 havil havi h n I 1 i the sam sain under consile a t on be beg 0 ie le to 0 submit i following re fv F I 1 S since n e the aa ra n of the oderal F Fd deral eral consitt t on n eghte I 1 tes i tos s have I 1 en n added to the I 1 til i t ii of wh ii f fc e were wert ariit c bitted ted wi bout boub ev having 0 r go I 1 through 0 teri terl 1 en illonal exist ft P CP PP 1 of the th ahli peb pen li it il hi have havo vell veli i I 1 tt territorial rn tortal gov eov emri 13 civi w v e L e ed v h constitutions eions f r i d with dily eny divio pravio 3 act i it i t of congress con cor au h I 1 izing izing t a irp th til power of f co C iress i 7 ress tr m t states ig 11 of he hon hor ni jt t y c 1 i ii acter d 1 is is confer d by th tha cons cc titu s c 3 i icly 4 in these th sc I nev IS t a 3 may I 1 lutted rutted nit ted b the Corre 93 in in a ti th 9 udon U ddn don tae fie time r ode ano ro in inner cl c r i theofore ther ruo rdo fore rela reia is left eilt r I 1 ij to the Q so gilon of coi COT C LI tsa B the lie cons i i i ion in it is ony ui v requisite isit hat hit tho alro iro roo nosed posed sed S ie e should hi h 11 e a ian i lan an rum fum fomo foto M of cover gover nr r p I 1 tw T first q s lithen bithen i i then t thit ansiso arises an seso soso oi th the app ap lation bation ia i tion atlon c 4 i SA S A c for assion is ision i sion slon is is does docs Is i a co c lly ill ii a cie C cle c re I akrep lic ilc 0 ov o etan eran ut u ifie if B u ko iid ild the v eif elf fare are of ith popie odther od d the thep p fr r ia 1 in interest interests of the whole oj oi i try he promo by its adm 3 13 1 T c elterm th til i frivol a 3 ui in inquiry ai to th the tho n r ier iber ler lher 0 i 1 i 9 population pop batio tio hlf ulf th conditi condition n of i a 3 sucie bucie tv a 1 ile the lit provis provia is ift of its con coni i itu i uto uti I 1 A teri fen 1 I n i 1 1 govern n 11 under our cys gys tem I 1 bing b ing ingin iii d in the cx cyc cye eise cise lse ise of cal cil power and ih n pr p ople opie of i greatly really lefiti rest I 1 ct ed in their ac 0 should silo ild be i tinned ori orl PO ro io to us a the which ve rise toi tor I 1 qt t dv D m 1 I n its ex ek ne w Q he 1 e p ople opie yle yie do not choose tarr ehr ir r riders aiters no rw ew r i ahry t h v y lo 10 1 is b ate aitho t bes bea bc ber v ir ta t he if s ly power of con cor grai gr gran si over owr tb i ar U J itil the f i t m n of p sate S ate goven goten oven mn m n lt has 9 s pervis 0 re rc lits ills not c gd 1 v from f roi rol a theo the tow pow vr er vib fd in co sq I 1 ay y th the co slit ution ils its 1 f b f rn the r r 0 re ol 01 of 1 the jov joi erani ei ent and the nen ner a ty of 1 l TF tu 71 settle settie c ca a r in in the he rh f i f v PC re feebly i ii i i alers a ideis sepal i ft vc ye ti cont sl s i A ahe the be w go and wild i I 1 4 i nid nin an nf f it vii vil derr deri i and for a 1 CP r of eu su c lit r mbel i ie ihorn th or w 1 r ateca tb iff ivf 3 aloni i i r st the u i 1 i Z i 1 it it bluer luer a 11 t ni n I 1 th thon then ji K F f t rai ral p it pa aa i i 1 I 1 the expel is r h irle i els elb i b i do 4 t air ur i lo io 10 erects b p I 1 1 1 qa 9 ap api BPI 1 I oo 00 d i ladys lva iva the P F r PS s of t ex autive t i vers verg A J J I 1 as tib A n iv try i v conse LI ri s ine llin e r isery f T r over o erth th IV c rv sea C r fr sg inight i I 1 a rd exp eap reg for legalized purposes vh h it i benti d cpr roves wh ite ile ie hen the her r rl of inn men to covern govern t F rn ns ves is the s i ah r in in a state S it ora or ser ter i LI floy ff hoy s I 1 ih oy i gov oj goi r n ah b B me and it ia Is no good cause of compi complaint aint to al all I 1 th conditions incident to their new and ba ted ced fd position I 1 the stacee they are members of an organized oan makes its ovi ott ottilla n rila iila la ita ite own rulers afriay hl a all ali the expenses there of by levying le ana collecting ca n g its own taxes tue tte ip fe of a territory do norm of theae these acts one of which is in an ite of p popular bovere sovereignty lq ny solon so long iong as they are unable for want nt of su sufficient f c lent number numbers s and wealth to support a state government with all the tribunals necessary to secure life and property they cannot exercise all the rights of an inde inroe p aident and sovereign people but when their numbers and weah are s if fic lent to justify it and the th people desire to take lake ake spoil upon themselves the responsibility and expense of a state government gov eminent there is no longer arany any occasion for the guardianship of con r eress fress ress resa and aid no reason why their esa be delayed or Is the pop pup of kansas then sufficient to s sip lipport port an efficient itt lit state government gov eminent without imposing excessive burdens of taxation upon its people i taking the estimate of the secretary of the territory sent to the president and by him to cor Cory rg res the population of the territory last ottolea october was twenty five thol thoi ind if the increase for the last six months his been anything like the ratio of the six months preceding receding the population of kansas would now ee be about forty five or fifty thousand each month fro ri the excitement and stirn stimulus rilus given to emlen emial i 1 I i i in dil all parts palts of the union to abs tbs tb s ferriton Ter riton r adds dd is to its numbers I 1 the amoel a oi ii of population necessary for the admission of 0 a ste state being left by the constitution ion wholly to the discretion of congress its action in ref reference arence to it having varied in almost every stance instance ib affords no uniform precedent j Tenn tennessee esree esiee admitted Iune 1 1796 had hadi by the census of or 1790 a white population populate n of 2013 indiana admitted december ll 11 1 1810 had fiad by the census of 1810 a white pop population of 2 oi grif afif louisiana admitted bir hir khe the i cerl ceri census stis sils of ISIO islo a white population 0 of oft I 1 mississippi admitted december 19 I 1 1817 had bi by the census of 1820 three years after her h er a a stion a white population of nii bli missouri W iiri admitted manch march cadby had by the census of 1820 a white population of arkans arkansas Ar kansis is admitted jane june 15 1836 1830 had bad by the c cens 13 of 1830 a white population of florida admitted match march miu mim ch 3 1845 had by thi the census of 1840 a white population of 21 1043 the population of kansas from the most reliable reable ii sources of information is nearly arquite equal to the present fractional ratio for adem ber berof berot of congress in in the states and greater than that of many of the slates states by the laak lost census preceding their admission ato nto the union unior so there ca can n be no valid objection to her admission on account of insufficient population Cong congress rss being the only power that can es so cablish a territorial government it follows that such government must at all times be subject to the control of congress and can be chan changed modified or abrogated only by consent of congress but it is immaterial whether that consent be express expressed e d b before e fo re or after the action of the people of the territory in changing their territorial government gov to a state in a m bority of cases prior to the action a A the peo people ae congress hab has hasit habit it is true trite passed an aa act them to call a conre coure convention nUon although it t was not done in the case of tennessee arkansas michigan florida or iowa nor is it absolutely necessary in any case an enabling act abet d has never been deemed indispensable for the people to act and no evil has eer ever res gilted from its onil omission solon the principle can give validity to the action of the ant in all cases either by prior authority or by recognition subsequent thereto general jackson in replying through B F butler his atti att in riy ariy general to a letteron lette iette rot the governor ot of ar arkansas kansas asking asling of the president in in tio 13 as ag to his duty in preventing the people of th it territory troth froth holding a state convention without authority of congress or orthe of the legislature says I 1 rhey undo possess the ordinary pr privileges v illges an ani 1 amii unties of citizens of the united states amor g these is to the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the govern government arn awn t forth for lor the e redress of grievances jn the of this right the inhabitants of arkans s ri iv ty peaceably meet together in primary aryans ass in nib borin y or in convention calsen ty such auch ass embi a for the pur purpose 6 e of p petitioning dioning congress to abrogate ther the then ruT a government and to a lii ill li m i t them into the union as an independent st to te the las i i ar form which abich they may give to their pl i cabot c finot be material materi jd so I 1 long iong 0 ng as they coi i til th c ves to the mere liht ligh of I 1 I 1 f petition petitions q y 11 em i I 1 ct et all ahr th ir proceedings 11 ri in a pea un n i r aid Ls 13 lile ilie pov arr f r if of congress u 1 WI u ot 6 ajeet is is pu ry uld lid i i they may accept any constitution i we er framed ai ach in in their judgment meets 1 IP rc se ot of the popie peppie to be affect el ef by it if I 1 thre thie th enole caole foi fol e ih 11 citizens cit cil leis sels seis of ark n sas think i 0 o rc 11 i my T their J en peti petition til b by a written i t 0 anie r ned d at did aid 1 I on by bv thern ui oi by d oi 1 ctr ile defecates ates chosen by such assemblies I 1 perceive no legal objection to hein heir power to do to so As ass to the power cf tile th 1 territorial leisla t t to coi LO fr fir ay hav ltv wilho aio alo oy 17 h F 0 i a jf i n i i tir rati r I 1 L d i las I 1 aar aaa 1 n IA t i i ii i i f n I 1 puse pa e LU fot iut esig ebig L J ig wet wel lige muela mucia ikels Locis to 0 o a convention c t 1 I to form a constitution ant anc and I 1 state z government overn n nor 1 to do any other act ret dacy dir afy chy or indirectly lo 10 0 o c ce e t aw icci li avgi vin ul 1 ev t ry s ih ch 1 law til it 1 11 1 tre li ii 11 i 1 i lov v t i i gm G r or of thu the territory aernt Aerni ory would oe ne null and void i in 1835 the people of michigan after repeat ed failures to obtain an act of contess congress an a site sate convention called one tham thern asla sei za any an guch ai thel lt gates formed and adopted a constitution and under ade r it elected state officers united states senators and a representative to Congress L and at the ensuing session of congress p presented resented their application for admission as a state skate ino into the union congress on the of june 1836 admitted her on condition that her people in a convention to be called for that purpose sv ohn id af to a c cli 4 f hr 0 n I 1 5 try aln vh cb h dl d a l I 1 I 1 N tl n r t 11 d i tb he pres pil pit 3 rl ila iia i AV v 3 to am anio anto ri inre bv p i 11 m and thre hf i limi 1101 11 i M dai can ran an wag was to bpi bei orme orne one 0 ie of th S stiles aes aps of the he union without it hout any further legislation the state called railed a convention to consider the terms fixed by congress for her n i p poi pol ol 01 i I 1 fr f r fh th elcio el elii elci cio clo i f liot liet g pi 1 A t laif nit uit m n i IK i so si call 1 1 ard ai aid d rp from frow evey every evev eve y LO i ity ri in the state site rejected reet ted the terms of admission thir their th ir action was not satisfactory to a portion or a party of the people and abid they without any legislative act whatsoever called an ohn come eom deflon eulon tion and accepted ho the tei tel en of 01 na fa proposed by bv cozeres col Coi cres eres though nii uit li pr pip pie or of lar carire e sections is of the tho state ref is d lo 10 take any part in this tins convention regarding regard iia lla llo ig as illegal and revolution revolutionary arV ary the proceedings of both conventions ci r sent to general jackson who thein them to congress Coi col gress by mif in which he san sav q the first convention wis w s el 1 I 1 b by the p people 0 o of rii Ali michigan chizan pursuant to a an II 11 air u or athe the S state t a te legi femi legislature slature passed on the he 2501 of july last in consequence of the above mentioned act of congress and that it declined giving ita its assent to the fundamental condition prescribed by congress and rejected the same 4 ne second convention was not held or elected by virtue of any act of territorial or state legislature it originated from froin the people themselves wa and WB wap chosen by them in i n pursuance of resolves adopted in primary primary assemblies iles llen held io in their respective counties yet in view of all these circumstances the president declared that if the proceedings proceeding edin of dds this last convention had reach reached ed him 4 during the recess of congress he should have iso iss issued his proclamation ae as required by act of con coi gresa grew but as congress Cong reba reea was th thel en i in a sess mesa session ion lon h submitted a ine e proceeding proceedings of both conventions for its action under these circumstances michigan was wag 1 admitted into the uni union on by act of congreso Con eres gresi passed january 26 1837 by a ote of to 45 in the house and but 10 votee votes against it in the senate senat she people of kansas with far f ar greater reasons than ever existed hereto fo re e in any cas for a departure from the usual forms of proceeding ce following the precedent of michi michigan an and other states and acting in in accordance mccordall with the constitutional exposition of general genera jackson and other eminent statesmen sta as to their rights met in in convention formed a state constitution and now present t their action for the approval of congress does doea the constitution presented meet the approval and sense of the people to be affected by it if go so 4 it expedient inder under all the cir to grant their application at this time A proper solution of these questions requires a knief review of the history of kansas AB an act of congress for the tile organization of fb the territorial government of kansas WAS pi p i f bed aed ed may L the passage of this bill bil I 1 in augmented a new policy in in the settlement of our unoccupied territories for the first time in in the thie history of the government a restriction i on the extension on of slavery was stricken from the statute bea bek bok policy in reference to the territories i introduced nile trod by the fathers of the republic an nj d continued by boythe oythe the uniform action of the goveia ment for more than sixty ye irs ITS was to exclude slavery from all territory where here it h b 1 u I not an actual existence and to regulate and even restrict it where it had on the of july 1787 the congress of the confederation declared in in the language of the proviso offered by jefferson in in 1781 thit in all ali the territory northwest north ivest of the Ille river oho ohio there hall shall be heither neither slavery bla ala erv nor involuntary servitude otherwise than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been dih |
