Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-08-15

ious laws Of Kansas shall cease, but those in
power there shall remain, and tho people now
thcrc, IN the condition now existing. and sf
Ter all the preparations before described,
shall, by vote, forever, decide the condition
OF tho Territory as to Slavery by now max
Ing a State Constitution, 1t must be observed
that this is but TO give to violence. outrage
and atrocity the reward Of all its effort. by
the contamination Of it's wishes-Donestic
Slavery forever. The House Of Representa-
tiyes has passed a bill to admit Kansas under
the State Constitution adopted by a large ma
jority Of the people. This the Senate reject
ed, again insisting on submitting the matter
to the people now there, to act on n Cousti
tuition in the present condition Of the Terri
tory ny those they may permit to remain IN
I'll next November. The house has now passed
a bill the leading and essential provisions Of
which IRE, that the Missouri Compromise
line shall be restored, and the actual inhabi-
tants IN the Territory shall proceed to elect n
Legislature for the Territory. These are its
leading provisions, and all the other details
ana particulars, which it includes, are but
collateral, and If they are unsatisfactory
thry are only proper matter of amendment.
but constitute no ground fr REJECTING tho
blII. This africs to Il large part Of the
Committee = report it finds fault with rro-
visions which are merely collateral details.
and yet no amendment is proposed. I. tho
now proposed boundaries include any part of
the Cherokee lands or Of New Mexico, which
ought not to be included, let it be amended.
II the criminal laws Of Kansas. which really
never have been used but to promote tho
cause Of Slavery and prosecute pretended pc.
litical offenders, should not all be declared in
operative, then adopt the proper amendments
lIapparCntinCOnSIstenCi or incGngruities ara
found in the bill, it should be amended, not
rejected on that account. II the bill c%outain7
no sufficient securit against Illegal voting.
let 1t be inserted. If there be serious ohIec
tons to the provisions in the bill in relation
to permitting the slaves now in the Terrific
ry and their children to be held there or re
moved until January, 1858, let the same be
stricken out or amended. 1t il no reasonn
bic objection to restoring the Missouri Com
promise, which was agreed to. because it was
not and is not extended to the Pacific, which
was never agreed to. The essential principle
OF the bill i, tho restoration of the Missouri
CONFRONT @ line deprived Of this 1t loses all
Vitality, It IA eylsccrated and becomes utterly
y%aIucless and detrimental. II proposes that
the people no" there shall proceed to the cleo
ton %! a Iegia laturo. This would appear TO
regard them az suitable to be lntrustcd with
the power oi election, aud if so, why no. pei
init them to- form a state Constitution J The
people there may safely be left to the cleo
ton Of a Territorial Legislature when Con
gress shall have re-established the law for
ever forbidding Slavery in the Territory, but
at the same time they are so conditioned as to
he entirely untitled to the fair and impartial
decision Of the question of Slavery at tins
time. The plausible experiment OF settling
the subject Of Slavery in a Territory by
submitting 1t to the people who shall here