The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-06-12
EXPECT OF THE KANSAS ACT.


the mon ~ il slave State and thus eonsodA''s
thp victory OF 1854 IN practice as wen as IN
principle i Is noe established that no h'eral
prohibition viii avail TO restrict the expansion 81
pro-slavery power
This i a concise and fprcihle answer TO the N
tmir, FREQUENTLY addressed tn Democrats, " What
have YOU gained by the passagr Of the English
. X ansas bill Congress 80 Tar a. IT, action can
go has said 10 Kansas, d Your Constitution Il
regular Il was in every Inspect legally iraih''
and adopted We fully recognize yuur right 10
.eiic your domestic institutions ia your own way.
and 70 establish or prohibit slavery
No onc ear d'ny that this IS The ei1ct OF the
late act Of Congress. II goes even further than
tbs. II Is a denial Of the positions assumed by
the aboli'icsi-t1 II conveys NJ emphatic r.
huks Ia thosc who have ontltayored to defeat The
regular and legitimate action Of the people oil
Kansas. and who for three year, have Kept that
territory in state of anartay and civil war.
But s,ys the opponoh of this measure am
ruly 10 admit all this but Congress ought 70
have donc monc Kansas should have been al
, mticd under the Lecomptcn Constitution nncon-
dnpnmlly Instead Of this, condition precedent
TO her admission into the Union j. based upon
her adoption q q land ordinance involving
am frs to admit, no principle but the effect OF
which is virtual submission Of the lecompton
Constitution back 10 the people.
IN reply We have this to say. II would have
bcrn much more Satisfactory tina, Kansas
should have been admitted into the Union unc>'n-
itionally I,ui tina, was found impossible. AZ
ter thru, months Of agitation and discussion 10
the ncgect II the interests Of the country. those
In favor Of this salutary policy, found Themselves
no nearer the attainment Of ,hc end in view than
they werc in the beginning And why was this
II was because the South itself was not united.
If the six South American Representatives
who pcrsalcntly voted with The aholi,onist'
against thc Senate bill had arraycd themselves
on the side Of their own section, Kansas womb
have been admitted on the first trial in the House
J. And !, is worthy Of comment that those who arr
y most clanorous against the settlement that has
been mad, had not onc word Of n'proaeh or de
nnnciatjon for the Narshalls the Winter payises
OF the t,ilmors who have betrayed the south
On the contrary, one Of their leading presses in
a lh. State tthe Ru-k tnquinr) Is the la,'dator 81
.. Henry Winter Davis the channel through which
= his speeches find voice in Texas. Under the''
!. Circumstance the ADVOCATES of the Iecompior
II Constitution bad to dll upon some evpodcnt 'c
sc,tlc the question, and 10 obtain by indirect
If m,,,ns vho, they could not under the circun
4 dance. ,,ci direelly namely the endorunep, h,
Il ro,,,rc. -, ,b. nrinc;nlc =; non intervention il
j ,bc X an.as Anil They were melted 10 this mol
- ,, ,o, .,nl, h, the faction. and a.. may say III,
l ,,,,,,,,,,,, roli-, of tho sound If Sontb Ameri
. cans in tho IIon.e bn, there we're number o.
Is Northern Democrats who. while they opposc,
ibc Iecomptop Constitniion on account og aIlegc,
4 irrearnrtie, and fr,n,s a,scycratel most solemn
+ ly that thoy still maintained the pripciple Of
nnn.,noryention. and vcrr IA ready ,o vote g.,
/, The admission Of A slave a. A frcc state
y lint We deny most cmphaticnlly that thc ,lrin
a al erc, of this bin Of Mr. English r,.ibmiis the
4 Constitution TO the people of Kansas. On the
contrary we have every reason TO regard it in a
'ilnsrcnt light ard to believe ihe II win not only
= settle the question permanently but that /, will
prove a ashtive TO the passions which have with
a in the last six months m,lcad men. who upon a
@ naked question Of principle are disposed 10 act
right To believe tina, Kansas will rcject this
hill is Ia suppose that a majority of the p,'opc
> If that territory do not desire peace bnt ir-
) reconcilaby bent upon mischief aud delight in
anarchy. riot, and bloodshcd The proposition
b submitted to them i reasonable and just, and to
T. reject it, Is to place Themselves clearly in the
wrong and To convince every rejecting man that
they are unfit for -cfgoyenneni. VIII they be-
likely to Ito SO. when by the very terms Of that
, bill. they are consigned To territorial pupila.,c
until they get suficien, population TO ALLOW
them representative in Congress But il is not
our purpose to weary our readers with the discus
sion OF question which we arr satisfied has be-
come irksome We shall close the subject by
saving. that To the Kansas question we owe the
repeal of the Missouri compromise, and the rec
ignition of the principle that the territories arr
the common proucrty cf all the Statos IF this
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