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THE PROGRESS OF THE BILL.
BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL ., ISIS.

FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL ., 1858.
THE PROGRESS OF THE BILL.
Whatever shall be the result of the attempt
to force Kansas into the Union as Slave State
it will he important to mark the chief steps
in the progress of the bill through Congress.
The bill. as brought into the Senate, went
through that body without any amendment
ofany consequence. Pugh's amendment was
mere sham, as everybody saw, when 1t was
scrutinzed-thc effect Of the bill being Just
the same without it as with it. The bill went
to the House, and the aim of the Adminis-
tration men was to carry it through just as it
was. Mr.. Gidlings objected to the second
reading. This brought the House to a direct
vote on the question ShaHHc bill bc rCjccted?
The Republicans, to a man, voted in the
affirmative. Three Democrats. (lIickman OF
Penn. Harris of Ill. and Chapman of Penn y
voted with thcm-making 95 votes in all
The nays were l31.
But when the bill could not be rejected it
was the plain duty of the Republicans to join
the next best thing possible, r> to counter
act the great mischief OF the bill, by an amen
dment which should send the Lccompton con-
stitution back to Kansas to get direct vote on
it by the people. The amendment empower
cd them also, if they should see fit to reject
the Iocompton abomination to elect IA
convention to frame new constitution. the
samc to be s|,n"i'd 10 hc people, and the
President of the United States, by proclama-
tion, was to declare Kansas State of the
I'nion, under the constitution they approved.
The object Of Mr.. Crittcndcn amendment,
rejected by the Sonato, was to effect these
objects.
That amendment, having undergone se,c-
raj important notifications, particularly
one whereby severe penalties were prcscrib-
ed against false voting, making false returns
and the likc.) was offered by Mr.. Montgomery
of Pa. The vote on the adoption of that
amendment and then on the passage Of the
hill was ayes l20 noes 10. We give the vote
IN detail in another place. Only two votes
Caruthcro, Of Missouri who was absent, from
sickness. and that of the Speaker. Rarely l.
So full vote seen. if in fact it ever was seer
before
The bill as amended went back to til,
Senate On Friday it was taken up and Mr.
Green Of Missouri moved to disagree to thc
auon1mont m do Iv tLn IJnusc
Senators Biglcr, Of nnsylvania, an,
Pugh Of Ohio, spoke in favor of the mo.
ton. Mr.. Douglas spoke against it
and then the vote was takcn--y'as 30, aoW
%. The nays were given by Mcssrs Bell Bro
derrick, Cameron. Chandler, Clark, Colamcr
Crttenden, Dixon, Doolittlc, Douglas, Fcs
eenden, Foot, Foster, Hale, IIamlin, Harlan
King Seward Simmons, Stuart, Trumbul
Wade, Wilson.
Abscnt-Mcssrs. Bates, Davis, Durkcc
Henderson, Reid, Sumner, Toombs
If both bodies hold their ground, the bill
fails altogether. The hope of the Admin
istration, of course, is to seduce cnougl
in the House. either to change their votes o
10 be absent when the question comes whc
body shall reced e, to secure the victory to tn
Senate
VOTE oN THE Lee oNPToN CONSTITUTION.
The vote on the passage Of the bill a
amended, is the same as on adopting tn
Montgomery amendment, namely
YEAS