Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-07-10
The Issue on the Kansas ion he-
JveenIh two Homes. t-

The Senate had a session of twenty hours
on Wednesday on the bill providing tor the
admission Of Kansas az a State. Tho amend.
I meuts made TO the bill as reported hy the
committee were three one offered ~ Mr..
Adams, restricting the voters TO c!rzeus,
either native or nsturaized ore by Mr..
Geyer, repeating certain acts of the Kansas
| Legislature requiring a test-oath aud iCterfer-
ing with free discussion T; and one By Judge
Douglas, to the effect that all persons who
NAV Pusscss the other qualifications for 70
tiers under this act, and have been bola f,le
inhabitants Of said Territory at any time
since its organic alton, and who may have ab
sented themselves therefrom in consequence
of disturbances therein, and who shall return
and become bona fis inhabitants, before the
/ first day of October next, with the intention
of making it their permanent home, and
shall present satisfactory evidence of these
facts to the board OF commissioners, shall be
entitled to vote at said election, and shall
have their names placed OF said corrected
lists of voters for that purpose.
With these amendments the bill passed
! by vote of 80 to IL, at O'Clock on Thurs
day morning, after a continuous session Of
twenty hours.
The Housewas occupied yesterday oil the
bill to admit Kansas with the Topeka con-
stitution, which had been rejected few
| days ago. The motion of Mr.. Barclay to
reconsider the vote rejecting the bill prevail
ed, and the bill passed by vote OF So to 81.
These two bills present the issue on which
all national men will cheerfully go before the
country in the Presidential canvass. 1t is
now so much simpliied that the popular
| Judgment can be rendered with perfect IN
derstanling of its merits. When the Senate
bill was introduced IL was conceded by the
oppo. iticn to have many provisions that
were satisfactory. Before it was finally pass
ed, every objection that had even show of
plausibility was removed by amendment
! The two leading objections were that by the
laws of tIaue,s free discussion was made
criminal tbs objection was removed. The
other obiectioH was that many Of the free
State inhabitants have left the Telritt + On
account of the disturbances there. This vas
removed by Judge Douglass amendment
The measure, 81 i. Gn'l.y IssSed, guards with
scrupulous care the rights OF the inhabitants
of Kansas, and secures to a majority fair
: aud impartial expression of their will. 1t
provides that the true spirit and intent ofthe
Kansas law shall he carried out, and
that the will of the people shall Determine
the character of their domestic institutions
Such Is the measure adopted 10y the national
men of the Senate for the immediate settle
ment of the Kansas troubles.
In competition with this measure OF lib
eral Justice, the majority in the House pre-
sent a bill which brings Kansas into the
Union Immediately, with constitution
adopted by only portion of party in Kan
sas, and against the probable wishes Of Q large
majority of the Acknowledged with
out the sanction of law, and with no regard
to the forms of law, in direct opposition to
law, and in oren defiance Of the Constitn.
tional authorities Of the Territory. This
measure disfranchises az least one-half of the
people of the Territory, and refuses TO them
any voice in the formation of the fundamen-
tai law. Ii it be the policy OF the opposition
to keep up the sectional agitation, they will
adhere 10 their revolutionary measure. II
they want justice done to Kansas and the
country restored to peace and qnet, they will
accept the bill of the Senate Washington
Union.