Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-08-10
THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
KANSAS REJECTS TIE CONSTITUTION
\ WHAT THEM

The indications are that by the late election in an
sss tba Constitution has been rejected by an over
~whelnng vote
u, What next is TO be done1 Another Constitution,
WILL Ia all probability, be speedily framed and sent
stoSSeegress-and a demand for admission be made.
Shall that demand be rejected Will the Admins
ra,ion stand by the Engish Bill, and refuse to 70
Sttommand the admission Of the STATED We believe
that the President desires to have this question finally
sstlled that permanent peace only be obtained
BY the admission OF the Stale, whenever she asks aa'
m.sion. Without regard to popustion-we cannot out
believe that the President desiring peace ana harmony
for The country, will not hesitate 10 recommend ad-
mission. These views 10 expression IN Inc suo'
joined extracts, from the n. 7. Herald;
I'VE may therefore, expect iu the teeth of this re
sricon, that Constitution will be laid before tbs
two houses at the next session, coupled with de-
mand for admission underit IL. What them 7"
Here 10 q programme for change OF position,
which, coming from the Herald" in its present &C
copied position Of quasi o,ganship deserves partiou-
lar attention. VIII the Administration change position
should Kansas send 10 another Constitution Will
all the blessings peace end harmony claimed for the
English Bill have come soon to a termination =
Are We to have another wild saurnalia the oor Of
Congress-. contending 70. empty issues, and epragng
the passions and anmositie, of sections upon ques-
tiops almost entirely abstract and Of but little prac
tIcal Importance whatever
The answer to these may frame the reply to the
"Herald's" "What theu1" But the Herald" replies
10 the query as follows why, theu as the Lecomp-
ton constitution is definitely rejected and as Kansas
oan never be slsve State, though she may be kept
waiting the door for ten years to come, the beet
policy with her lie the shortest. Admit her and be
done with her; because refusal to admit her, the
plea of restriction OF the last session. will only furnsh
new fund of political capital for our Northern
Kansas shriekers and agitstors." Whether this
speaks the views of the President not have
no means of judging; but it is question which ad
dresses tsef to the calm consideration Of the South
ern States Whether it is the part of wisdom to per
peiuse the agitation that has lately subsidized and to
make the refusal to adm. Kansas the great question
n 1850 for the division of parties upon sectional
grounds, may we'll address itself to the reflection of
tie slavehoding States. Such refusal would
become the ralying cry of Northern fanaticism
and under its potent influence the entire North
would rally, we fear, TO overwhelming sectional
victory. Ia our opinion it would be highly improper
10 adopt ratio of population for slave State differ
emit from that appointed for free State. Equal and
exact Justice to both slave and free States lie the only
ground upon which the Southern States maintain
their claim to equal rights in the Federal Union.
policy the same for both slave and free States should
be the demand Of the South. Upon such policy
they maintan their just demands at the hands OF
the North, and upon such platform only can the
Southern States hope to meet their allies at the North
There is no Inconsistency between the admission OF
Kansas, with subsequent Constitution, and the
principle of the English bill. The adjustment mea
sure of the late session may be readily repeaed
auy other law of Congress. Upon that repeal Lee
complexities and anti Lecomptonltes eau readily unite
The prospect of peace was the only recommended
ton the English bill contained To accomplish that
and to quiet agitation, the country "acquiesced" in
the Engish bill. And when it is apparent that i's
principal object has not been attained the beat poll.
oy ia to admit the State, and have done with this
noying and dangerous question.
The Herald" pretends thus to epssk Tor the Pre-
sIdeut I'VE cannot be mistaken concerning the
wishes of the President. His desire ia to have the
last nail driven into the coffin Of this Ksnsas aea-
ton. Let 1t be done."-Does the Herald" speak
re wishes OF the PRECEDENT The Administration
have now the opportunity OF settling permanently
and forever the Kansas question. The admission OF
Kansas under new Constitution can never work IN
jury to the South. To refuse that admission Is to
keep alive the hres of fanstcsn at the North TO er
ray parties upon sectional Platforms 10 divide and
destroy the Democratic party, and perhaps dissolve
the Union.