Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-05-28


uaon, but simply Of necessity. though confessed
to be revolutionary movement under constitutional
forms % arrest evils for which there seemed be no
other remedy II would have been we'll " you had list
cncd 20 my counsel then. stand on the ground
now u Is immatcral 70 me, totally immattral whether
Kansas mas ten thousand ten hundred thousand pco
pie. shall vote for her admission under Constitution
o her choice that equal and impartial hber
~ 10 nll her people, with her present population be Il
NhAt t may. You may pile numbers upward until YOU
equal the population u China and the myriads Of the
tccmng East, vet will not give vote 70 admit the new
state in opposition 70 rs viii or in violence against
i own Jusi convictions Of tho dignity n human labor
MI President allegc against this bill third fault,
h'eN' mat 1t H indirect I bears the stamp " equiv
ooau ul9n every page and cvery line The issue which
was raised between tho Houses. as have already
said was whether Kansas should be admitted with or
without the submission u tho Icromut1n Constitution
to tho people Parties in Congress and In the country
had committed themselves upon that ISSUE as they tho
irrevocahy Does this bin submit mo Tecounton Con
sttutiou to the people, docs IT. not There is the
puzzle The party who objected admission Of Kan
sis under the Lecompton Constitution, because it
not submitted by the Senatcs bill expected say.
and some Of them do say, that their difficulty h removed
now because this bill does submit that Constitution 70
the people. The party who were committed to vote
against any bill by which IL should be submitted are
tent with this hill because thcy say It docs not submit
the lccompton Constitution.
Hero is question which must solve. IL lies right
across my way. Wol, sir I have made mp my mind
upon it have reached the conclusion that the bill does
not submit the Lccompton Constitution TO the people
No. sr not at ALL think because its two Senatorial
alhcrs " the committee of conference. tho honorable
senator rom Missouri, Alr Grccn aud the honorable
lNAil from NfHiUln, MI. HuWfCrt rtCr the cOWerur-
non winch represents that tho Constitution is submitted
Certainly this is the very best authority look into the
nill itself and find that IL carefully defines aud limits
what % does submit What 10 submits Is the question
Of dowry; nothing more, nothing less, nothing else
dowry or no dowry pure and simple is tho question
submitted. look further into tho contents OF the hin
go backward, of course, 10 the beginning. ! find that
the bill begins with recital n tho only point Of differ
ence and that is the amount NJ the dovry Thus have
shown, most clearly, that the bin docs not at al submit
hc hocomnion Constitution to the people Of kansas-
Indeed, claim the thanks ol the uou-suhnisson for
having established their proposition immoyahly.
Bnt Mr.. President In pursuing the subject. have
made mp my mind that the bill does submit the lccomp
ton Constitution to The people. will prove IT, There
is TO be election held In Kansas aud that election
the question is be submitted the people VIII YOU
accept the dowrv proposed by Congress. will not
II they ACCEPT the dowrv then the Iccomptnu Const-
uou with is hdcous and rrocious fatures and its blood
stained hands stands erect IN Kansas, and. except
GOD may preserve the people from seduction and intmi
dann, it stands forever But IL the people say nay
nc dowry then the monster Iccompton pcrishcs and
dies n the prolonged agony Of s birth, Now Mr. Pres
lcnt, how can this consequence this result, follow The
decision ot the people at this election and necessarily
follow H. unless question which involves that cunsc-
qncnee has hccn submitted To thc people submit sir.
without fear nf consruc con. that have shown that this
BIN docs submit the Lecompon Constitution 70 the peo-
pie Of Kansas.
am confirmed in this Wow Of the case hv the fact that
IL agrees with the construction Of the bill adopted by
those who expected by the trainers Of the bill to be
reconcicd to its support because it submits the Lecomp
ton Constitution. II must be remembered that the bill
s TO be PASSED upon by the people OF the North as well
as by the people Of the South. We have that the
South declares that the Constitution is not submitted by
the b hut the south Is 10 construe the bill for itself
alone not for the North Here is the language Of
Democratic paper in the State Of New Hampshire; il
speaks fairly for the North
"We present in another column the bill agreed upon
by the conference committee for the admission Of Kansas
which reported Friday last 1t will be that
submits 10 the people of Kansas the simple and direct
question: whether they will be admitted into the Union
under the Lecompton Constitution remain Territory
until they number inhabitants enough 10 entite them to
a bepFosentatvo IN Congress. IL seems TO MS
that this bill ought satisfy every Democrat who has
opposed the original bill for admission with the Lecomp
ton Constitution for the reason that the people were not
allowed to decide for themselves whether they would have
that Constitution or not BY this hi the people al
lowed 10 decide that question il is be fairly and
squarely submitted TO them"
Now, find myself in a dilemma. have proved that
the l.ecompton Constitution is not submitted by this BILL
and have also proved that il is submitted Here is
paradoX-a in which each Of two propositions Is
true. while the propositions themselves irrecon-
cilabc free will aud fate the great antagonisms
which so much perplex the theologians am not will
ing however to stop where the thcologans stop without
trying 10 harmonize the conflicting elements. ] am de-
tcrmned 10 find out how it is that this hill does at all
and yet docs eecualy submit the Lecompton Constitu
ton TO the people Of Kansas. think have found H.
The honorable Senator from Missouri chairman of the
conference committee, Mr.. Green. has helped out
Of the dilemma. lie has told MS that, although the life
or death n Lecompton hangs on the acceptance
lection Of the dowy Of the people Of Kansas yet that
result only consequence OF the acceptance or reec
tion Of that dowry and what have Congress to do with
such remote and consequential consequences that =
ne real consequence o the BILL the consequence which
Congress looks Is tho first consequence merely dOwry
dowy II after and beyond that there shall come
further consequence for good for evil, which Con-
gross did choose for Congress have nothing
at all 20 do with il. This convenient Of dspos
ing Of the paradox and beg 10 recommend il 10 the
theologians for their in rccOncug the existence Of
evil with the hcncfccncc Of God just limit the respon
shiiy OF the Creator TO the first consequence Of each
cause and let all later consequences 90 the arch
hcnd Of c'il TO defend or answer for. This explanation
Of the honorable SENATOR although looks perfectly clear
to me, yet was not quite satisfactory until had cast
around TO sec how citcctua it in composing other
Pcrpexed minds. Sir the first member Of Congress who
in the House Of Representatives broke ground against
any Kansas bill that should not submit the ccompton
Ohio. representing think the Capital district Of that
great State He defended his position and mine in Ian
guage SO strong, with tone bold and with logic
triumphant that cheerly contributed thing from
my own means 10 give wide circulation TO his impas-
stoned and conclusive address II has thus been scatter
ed with my own agency broadcast over the land Ger
tany he is who could not be satisfied of the equal
truth Of two conflicting propositions by any inconcusyc
argument. think due to him that in this poor way
should aid him in giving the world his explanation Of
the hamones Of this new bill which has his full sup
port,
"Mr. Cox said he first in the House to oppose the
Iecompton Constitution, yet he had TO the concu
SION To sustain the report Proper considerations had
actuated him throughout Though the Constitution was
not TO he submitted the report provided for obtaining
the sense Of the people upon IT,"
There, Mr.. President is explanation is an ex-
PLANTATION most satisfactoy-most triumphant a pro-
cess has been provided for obtaining the OF the pco
pic of Kansas on question which is not submitted to
them Sir, there is no state but Ohio that could have
provided the logicau who could solve this great problem
with the singular felicity thus displayed Wcll Mr.
President being little inquisitivc, have looked farther
to find ont II could the nature and form Of this procrss
by which the sense or the people in regard To the Ic
compton Constitution is obtained without submitting the
question to them. have found out the secret can't
describe otherwise than by Illustration example
! suppose that in n Know Nothing Masonic Lodge il
proposed by some that certain candidate shall be adj
mtod All are unwilling to give offence by rejecting,
and yet majority are unwilling to accept him. They
have in those societies understand balls " two col
ors, white balls and black balls which they tokens
in casting votes Now the spcioy ngeniously resolves
that whereas there Is difference 0f tastes among It's
members some prcfcrrng to use black balls and others
to white, therefore they will ignore altogether the
question Of admitting rejecting the candidate but will
take vote settle tho dispute about the balls. The
members shall scycrally depositc white ball or black
one in the urn just which he peascs II there are more
white balls than black, the white balls have the prefer
enco. and the candidate nominated shall come in but IL
more black balls than white ones shall be deposited then
"ii shall be deemed and taken that the Lodge prefer
b oS balls To white and not only this but il shall
also "hc further deemed and taken that tho candidate
was very unworthy person, and he shall heroupon
he admitted az all al least until he shah have grown
ten years older. Laughter.
Mr., President, to cquyoeaton In legislation is an
act Of immortality deserving Of severe ccnsure What
reverence what respect, Whist submissions what ohedi
cncc you expect from the citizen, II Legislatures re-
sort TO such reprehonsbe practices In making the laws
There very bad consequence N this immoral trans
action lying In the future II they be prevented by
the vigilance and resolution Of the people. The measure
in that cns will draw after H. not mer, ly the admission
of one more slave State into this Union. increase al
ready serious emharrassmcns resutiuu