The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-05-12
The Agony Over:
ENGLISH'S CONFERENCE BILL PASS.
ED CONGRESS-

a few weeks ago we recorded the sup
posed fact, that L.ecompton was dead
but We now have to chronicle the reap
psarancc of it's hidcous visage in the Halls
Of Congress.
The English Conference Bill has pass
81 Congress, and before ibis time rtceis ed
the sanction of tho President. 1t has
been forced through by the immense in
fiuence Of federal patronage. The Adj
ininistration has brought Into requis;tion
every means by which it could brill,a men
&c support this Lecompton villainv.
There was not enough virtue among
the representatives of the people, to resist
these tremendous infuenc S, and one
after another, the Anti-Lccompton Dem
ocrats have dropped their armor, and
fed to the federal SHAMELESS and there
stand exposed to the gaze of their con-
st;tuents with their price upon their head.
1t is a victory clearly won, and will
prove an inglor:ous ana fruitless triumph.
we fully believe the constitution will be
seje, ted by the people of Kansas, and that
this tr:uml h of the Administl alton, will
TO followed by an overwhelming defeat
at the hands of the freemen of that Terri
tory.
g The Lecompton.tcs throughout the
North, are rejoicing over the passage of
the Conference Bill. What causes their
great JOY? What have they gained
What principle indicated, what party de-
feated, what benefits secured to the coun-
try by this so called GLORIOUS rcsults"
English's Kansas Bill is a gross decep-
ton. The Bill proposes to bride the peo-
pie of Kansas to accept a constitution OBJ
noxious to their sense of justice, with the
offer of large INSTRUMENT of public lands
for internal improvements. And it
threatens, if they do not receive the bride
and accept this constitution, they shall
not be admitted INTO the Union, until after
"a new census is taken, and it is ascertain
ed that the population has reached tbs
number of $4,000. The gross injus-
tice, and miserable meanness of this prop
osition are apparent. If the population
is not sufficiently large to form state or
ranization, then they should not be adj
mitted under any constitutions. Here, the
Administration proposes to them to ac-
rept slave constitution and they shall be
speedily admitted, but if not, if MAORI
" of them are DESTROYS f having a flee
state, they must wait until they have
seer:ain number ofinhabitants before they
-,.n co,Ne into the Union, and that a far
largcr population than several other states
had when they made application, and
were admitted. Is not this one measure,
which has just passed Congress enough to
damn free people? Have Our Demo-
cr-tic rul>rs forgot their responsibility
II those they govern Have they re-
solved to disregard ali right AID justice,
nd enlisted in the cause oftyranys DO
~ not know that they arc mourning
IT. curses of an outraged people, and will
lave to answer for their deeds Of flag grant
w,ckodness?
The form in which Englsh's Bill sub
,n;ts the alternative to the people is ride
ulous i'll the highest degree. The people
are not to vote on the Constitution, with
tho promise of the land if they accept it,
but they are to vote on the land, with the
Constitution attached. Ifthcy vote to ac-
sept the land, they must also take Le
compton with it, if they vote to reject the
land. they vote themselves out of the
Union for an indefinite time.
There is nothing honest and above
board about this proposition. It's aim is
to br,be. cheat, hunbug, deceive the pco-
pie o. Kansas into doing indirectly, what
they have repeatedly refused to do direct
". This is the whole object of the Con-
terence Bill. Now this is certainly fool
'isl,y shallow trick. 1t scarcely attains
the responsibility ofdcception. None can
fail to see the palpable absurdity of at
tempting to deceive the people of Kansas
to accepting this proposition. Although
the people may choose to accept the Con-
stitution under the English Bill, rather
than to continue any considerable time
under Border Rufffan rule. The Terrific
~ has been agtated so long they are vii
ling to submit to almost anything that viii
bring peace. The Administration Is Ia
king advantage Of this fact, and viii not
give them peace except at the sacrifice O.
accepting constitution which they detest
We should think the supreme sense o.
h"Hor which the South POSSESS in such
Feuxrsahle degree. would deter them from