Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-09-01
How Kansas is to DO Disposed Of

tlShsi " het auAtctl % come into the
uuioa, but.her rejection Of that swindle
is 10 be interpreted, be says, as an evidence
IL her anxiety to stay out Of the Union.
Thus speaks tue Washington Union, the
Presidents organ:
"AAer al the contests which bavo vast
el the eaergies Of ler people, and scatter.
ed ftebrands throughout tie Union, nee
no0 hare the solemn decision Muf sic pre-
.5ers Territorial 10 Siote goperEmtRt
Judging tIom the Arguments most success.
fully used in the canvass which has Just
terminated, that decision 1gls made upon
tie deliJerais conviciion ha, he people Of
Ransas i6sFe eiihsr unable or unailiing 10
undertake hs support Of a STATE g0rern-
uaem. OF this iact none were so compe-
tent 10 decide as the people Of Kansas. -
Their decision is now made, and let it be
carried out"
Now, to cur mind, Il would seem more
rational to conclude that tie people Of Kan
sas rejected the English proposition because
Il was one Of the grossest rascali,ies of the
Jay, and not because they wish to stay out
Of the Union. They are axious to come
in rs a state, but they are not willing to
pay the price of disbonor to get in. The
President lays down bribe TO coax them
to come IN; they say we cannot take the
bribe; therefore, says the President, they
10 not want to come in! This is Presi.
dental logic.
The Richmond Enquirer, one Of the
few Soutlern papers that can see the
lsuglh o. its nose before its face, is not slow
10 perceive the Grif. of this logic. 1t says:
Whether it is the part Of wisdom to
perpetuate the agitation that has lately sub
sided, and 10 mako the refusal to admit
Kansas the great question in 1860 for the
division Of parties on sectional grounds,
may well address itself TO the reflection OF
the slaveholding States. Such refusal
would become the rallying cry of North
ern fanaticism, and under its potent intlu.
ence the entire North would rally, we Fear,
20 an overwhelming sectional victory
in our opinion, a'0oud be highly improp
er 10 aiopL ratio Of population for a
Stare State d 6erent from that appointed
for free State. Equal and exact jas
Gce to boh SLAVE and free States is Me
on'y ground apon which tie. Southern
States can maintain Hcir claim to equal
rtg5ts in tie federal Union. A policy
the same for both slave aud free States
should b. the demand of the South. Up
on such policy they can maintain their
Just demands at tho hands of the North
and upon sach a platform only can the
Southern States hope to meet their allies
at the North
True. If The present population of
Kansas is sufficient to entitle her to admis
sion as slave State, (which would have
been accomplished if the English ploposi.
ton bad been accepted it is enough to
enttle her to admission as free State;
and If that admission is refused by Il 0
administration, the refusal will be made
tie raliying cry of the opposition in 1860.
The people Of Kansas have been trying
for three years to get into the Union; and
the attempt to construe their rejection Of
tie English bribe ~ an indication of their
desire to remain out. is the paltr,ost trick
ever essayod in tho juggle Of politics. -
The people Of the North c,nnot be deceiv.
ed by it. They demand equal rights in
tho Union, aud will have what they de.
mand.
as a specimen Of Southern reasoning
on this topic, we subjoin an extract from
the Mobile (AIa) Register:
1T will be remembered that by the
terms of the Conference act, it is provided
that in case the people OF Kansas accept
the proposition submitted to them by the
net, and thus incidentally ratfy tho La.
compton Constitution, Kansas is by the
fact admitted as State with her present
population; but in The event of their reiec.
lion of tho proposition, Kansas is to re.
main Territory until she has the leqni,
site opulstion to entite her to 4 repre-
sentative in Couge ess. This constituted
the compromise. If kansas was not to
come in un lar the Lecmpton Constitution
ms slave State, tie Soub 0as 10 be com
pensosd by Keeping her oM as a free
,State for Ga ia3gfatc RunlJ Jr:qf gears
That is the point exactly, and to it the
South will stand, and coelce the Admins
tration-which, in tie eegant language
of Bigler, is "a little wax in'the knee, and
wincesa under Il Q Southern lhunder-to
stand or fall.
The Mobile paper gives us the plain
English Of the English bill, spoken out
in honest and undsguised labguage.-
And who doubts but this was the tue in.
tent and meaning Of the billG 1t was
not compropFse. out rather eompen
aatiOa aeti hl attempts to make a slave
Sate of Kansas having failed, and the last
lope of doing SO almost gone--,he South
must be compensated for tho failure 'by
keeping her out, as free State. for an in
definite number Of yearsP That is good,
and it will do US all good to know it.
Let us wait and SEQ how tho scheme
works; but IN the meantime let us watch
closely the Congressional districts. and Sc
cure, Il is year, the return of men to Con.
gress who will make tho administration
vince under Northern thunder.
A CuRIoUs HiDMG PLAcE.--A new
application of this texI:-" Search the Scrir
lures" was discovered by ons Of off
cials at the State Prison few days since
A certain convict in that institution has
been detected in using tobacco, which il
interdicted by the rules oc the Prison. -
The mystery was how he got it, aud where
hn sncrniah H. Lis cell mna snnrchnl Iii.