The Washington union., 1858-03-21
THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS.
yExcH OF HON. HENRY NJ. PHILLIPS.


,a,,sqea atrerS ho Hosse Of Rgreseataire', HISch
3, 1858.
Tho u,Vss tcnq in the Committee 81 The Whole
the stSs. of the Union, Mr.. PHILLIPS SAID
Mr. tr,FuaN; Il was my intention, ar II yet wo"ld
ge nv preev, To have iorborne the eApress,n 81 wv
scss on ts subject until the question q tNe admission
of kesse Into the Union State was tebniarly brought
a. tbo notice of thss House But Wiitcd has been my
rxrctcice an this House has sufcd to show me that
spportusites o obtaining the floor neither re"ni
slor ocaaasn and that il rclinquirh II new | may not
ssin hayc the opportunity OF prvming the sentiments
which entertain the kno~ledc o which there are many
Mho are entitled to have.
look upon this question in which the peace of
the Inoa ~ involved do not speak of its pernancncc,
or do supposc that there is any real danger of its ehrN
4iirselation. But when its peace i distutlcd--when,
cAtrsne to the other, tbc.r is strife, there Is
DoDaentsor, there is Noencc and tunult, where there
shculd he quiet lit becc,ncs Nj Chairman I'm unwilling
lhiQSs the yauc pf which all begin to calculass, and
sJat may follow day il much mos easy to be anti
cpatcd than pleasant to be cos,ssiSred
This subject ef teritoial legislation has been Mt all
eimes prolific cf fiscord il at the time of the at
tempt and tho successful attempt at the Introduction ~
Louisiana into the Union State that Hh eminent gen
tIcman from Massachusetts, uttered In the hall of the
House OF Representatives what have doubt those who
hear have read with deep regret that il ut
sered there's
dissolution Of This Unn hat will va the states from their
orai obligation, and as viii be the rgh al viii
eau iocntiy, il they r,,,.,i " ''
There some here, too Mr. Chairman, Nne can well
qccolled the Excitement and the ra,nu anxiety occa
stoned IN 1919 and is2a ty the admission of Missouri
into the Union. Ard now when similar boon is asked
for her ncghher that then extended to Missouri her
self msa Of truth will deny that there exists through
oEt the iungh and breadth OF this land feeling of So
li,ae and excitement and that there anhoass the
extremists almcst sacrilegious 10Y AZ ts Arrence of
events calculated TO jar and stutb ta harmony of the
Union which o bold attack car never produce.
Since hf orgaaiatior @ Territory Kansas has known
peaue. Since tte passage of the Kansa~ Nebraska
att ha,tsas nas been the theatre OF .tfit and tumult
With ev0svthIng to make her tMoplo happy and com
Portable, with richness vi soil and purity of cmot.
almost unclnac It has been the scene Of ,rso,d Of
riot OF yolen,N and of bloodshcd, eth. it is time now
that these things should be sted Kansas calls upon
to shop them the preic Of every State in the Union
expect as much fitsa us ; and, Mr.. Chairman we must
Tnslder whcs y The eectua way Of stopping them and
whcn we ehd that, we must apply the eirctiyc means II
DO constitutionally and in obedience 60 the
,espisei law of the land Shall peace l restored hv Tho
cml authorities, by the bayocts OF the United states
troops by the constant vigilance and Attention of the
soldiers or tuterH officers, shall " BE restored by the
people OF Kansas herself Shalt She not be thrown at
upon her rssou,ys and shall not her citizens
be told You sLa, De the conservators of your own
peacc and If You are law abiding pcopler you have
apopna,ion sfch as it has been bosed here and
over AGAIN nt you havcwc appeal to you to obey the
law, to support the law, and to peace to your
peop'c in the State Of Kansas Believing as do that
p~cc be reesabshcd there psrmonelp only Inv her
Mnisson as State into this Union, apd that the pro-
sress and prosperity of Kasas must iran to date from
that act, sincerely hr~ she will bc admitted so soon as
it asccrtaincd that she is in condition emitting her
TO that privilege, and justifying in according Il
sha'l proceed, Mr.. Chairman, to show that the ad-
mission Of Kansas into this Union Under her present ap
pcnton, and with the Icconpton constitution is rcc
r according to established principle according to l
cosned precedent and according to what come gentle
men ON this oor dare not deny good authority II this
and Lhn huuo X;l,.A.a
have right regarding the peace and interests of our
tiuzens, To hesitate tcr moment to admit her. I
shall do little more in the limited time alowe, me
'hah assert the principles that maintain using but lit
ue aemorn but referring, perhaps, to good deal of
authoy that ought to be recognised here IN support Of
thep
Was this territorial convention regular ~ obviously
The inst question, Who disputes it Does it require an
enabling act il it does, it has IL. No can read
the Nebrska act without seeing that there is an
enabling act there But does il require All enabling act
tell the gentlemen upon this floor who oppose the ad
mission of Kansas under the Ltcompon constitution
That will appeal to those who have former occasions
spoken for them, and by whom will Judge whether it
was regular or not will show the gentlemen who
pose The majority Of the opposition that tber views have
"et Expressed IN such that they cannot
tohtf@ict them while to those who compose its minor
n.y. will etc the highest authorities recognised by any
Une of them
Mr Chairman, why must enabling act be passed ?
Have the people the right form constitution or not
% ,cS nave not the lSnt, mas congress the right TO
"stow 1t upon them ! shall quote upon this subject.
my colleague from the fourteenth district Mr. GRow 4
ana cite BIN because the republican candidate for
i@akcr receiving than eighty votes at the COM
menSment OF this session he may be fairly considered
s representative Of the views aud principles of that par
W as he was formerly the exponent oc them cite him
good authority AS authority from which those who
endorsed him nt the commencement of the session can
not now dissent What sud he when the application was
,ndc to admit Kansas into the Union with constit,r-
non framed without enabling act framed permit me
70 say by men in rebellion to the laws and with
men hins to bc used against the federal authorities
"hen Kansas came here, with the constitution thus
ae at Topeka, he coquently pleaded for her admission
s state as measure of peace and in support of The
scgniarify OF ber action, he said
me mole AND accomplishing organized states
sWethcn but the Territories Congress power
can prescbe the territorial government
ogrcss can he changed, modified abrogatei only
oh That consent, however expressed well acr as
'he action Of the people Congress then prescribed
Whatever action tho people think proper adopt
ure change Of government, provided be ron,us IN rnce
r na @ ,awia, and constitutional lawful vipacs
to hc conrh lon people eyerywb.re n,r ,s
g .he ,n lamount TO all law roccdtiy 70 asa % sd ,
W'on ne eoec' nh"s". for retress u priropcss ~ i'
want no better authority than nv friend .,,,, .o,
league; and those who voted for him for Speaker of nj,
House voted for him because they saw in him /, nr
representative ut popular sovereignty asoriu,, T., H.
doctrine he had expressed and they then mantan, i,
have other authority and shall do little else thn
cite authorities, to which wish the attention of tboc
democrats who, like the gentleman who has lust spoken
Mr.. ES0LIsn have departed from ON this question
have for those who, l afraid will not have the
same confidence in my colleague that have avowed
high authorities have the authority Governor Rob
etJ. Walker and Of Mr. Secretary Stanton They have
aii, IN words and language not to bc misunderstood
mat The Iecompton convention lawful They have