Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-08-26
The Kansas Question.

NOh ii Iuo peOple OF Kansas nave
decided, by a popular vote that they will
not be andmitted, at once as a State, as
provided by the English bill, the inqui-
ry naturally arises: In what position
are they placed, and when and how
may they be admitted into the Union?
They stand now, just where they would
have stood, had no Topeka, Lecompton,
or Leavenworth constitutions been
framed by the respective convention
Kansas is now an organized territory,
similar to Nebraska, or any other and is
priviledged like them, to admission in
to the Union as q sovereign state,
whenever she has the requisite popula-
ton, or sooner if Congress wills it.
The usual steps are; the taking of a
census to ascertain the amount of pop
u%lation, the election by the people of a
territory of a convention to frame a
constitution, and the presentation Of
said constitution to Congress. The sub
mission of the constitution to the popu-
lar vote for ratification OF rejection, is
a question of policy to be decided by
those who have charge of the matter,
and is not a legal objection to admis-
sion-although the policy of submis-
sion is preferable, it being calculated
to be more satisfactory, and less liable
to abuse. As recommended by Il
worthy President Buchanan, we trust
that the example of Minnesota will be
followed in future.
We find that the course, of wilful
falsehood pursued by the wire-pullers
of the selfstilcd "Republican" party has
greatly mislcd the public mind in rela-
ton to Kansas. They have unblush-
ingly overwhelmingly in the face of
facts to the contrary-that a bride was
offered to the people of Kansas to adopt
Lecompton, and in case they refused to
accept, certain penalties. were to be in
ficted upon them. All such assertions
are utterly unfounded, and those who
make them, if possessed of an ordinary
degree of common sense know it. 1t
has been often repeated that a bride in
the shape of an enormous land grant,
had been offered. This is false, for the
grant is the usual one-the same that
the organic act provides for. But we
are told that in case Kansas refused to
come now. she is to be deprived of any
land at all. Every man who says this,
knows better, or has been greatly de-
ceived, as the organic act, under which
the territory will now remain until ad-
mitted provides that this amount of
land shall be given to her when she be-
comes a state. OF course it cannot be
given to her until that time. There is
nothing in the English bill, which, by
implication even, would deprive her of
her portion of land, or defer her pos
session of it for a single hour. It is al
so urged that the English bill excludes
the territory until her population
amounts to 5000. Such is not the
tenor of the bill. Its provisions are
simply those of the organic act, which
Of course does not provide for admission
until she has that amount of population.
Congress may at any time waive that
objection and admit any territory
Our congressional acts do not possess
the %tyrannical feature of Mado-Persian-
Observation-Disclosures. Congress may
admit Kansas In six months, or six
years; the period of her admission
should be decided upon so as to con
suit her best interest. If meddling pol
iticians had honesty enough to rely up
on their legitimate merits for public
~favors, Kansas would do we'll enough.
She only wants letting alone. Congress
man and Constables may be elected on
her account, but no good can be accom-
plishcd. Let the New Y rk Tribune
and others withdraw their hired falsifiers
frem the territory, leaving the people
to attend to their own affairs, and per-
nit the people of the State to obtain in
formation from there as they usually do
from other territories, through respon-
sible sources, and Kansas may remain a
territory for a few years without detri-
ment to her interests; or, if it be best
for her, let her be admitted as soon as
the requisite steps can be taken. If
her good, and that of the Union be
consulted, the people will be content,
and "blceding" and agitation will de,
part to return no more, So mote it be.
Re- We would like to see the Regis
ter produce something original once
It's tw attle about Mr.. Vallandigham s
name not being hoisted has appeared in
the Dayton papers some time ago, OF
something similar, while the stringing
out of his name is positively stale, hay
ing started in the Cincinnati CONNER
cial months ago and been hawked about
through the ether papers in the District
ever since. But it is Just as one of its
patrons remarked a short time ago;