M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-06-24
Don't wnRt to Come In.

June 10, '58.-3w. Chairman.
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Don't WnRt TO Come In.
For weeks after the passage of the
Kansas Conference Bill, the Republi-
can press rung the changes upon the
"bribe" and the "threat" which Con,
gress had offered Kansas-"forcing
her to come in with slavery" or stay
out until her population Numbered
nlnety-iour thousand. This exclusion
from the Union until that time, quot
: withstanding the fact that their Lead
ers claimed that Kansas had that pop.
ulatiOn two years ago. the Republi-
cans declared was great wrong and
ought to condemn the democracy. 1t
turns out, however, that this provis-
ion Of the bill accords with the wish
es Of the people of Kansas exactly
Upon this point we give the opinion
of a prominent but moderate, Free
State man, whom some of our read
ers may personally know. Thomas
Ewing, jr., son of Hon. Thos. Ewing,
of Lancaster, writing from Kansas,
says:
"There is no terror 10 the people OF
Kansas in the threat Of temporary ex-
clusion from the Union. | feel safe
in saying that If they could have had
the control of the territorial govern.
ment from it's organization, they would
not yet have asked admission. They
sought to be admitted under the To.
peka Constitution, only to rid them
selves of the usurpers who held the
territorial government. After getting
control ofthat governmentthey framed
the Leavenworth Constitution merely
to defeat the Lecompton. The people
Of Kansas arc poor, in debt, strug-
Cling to open their farms, and make
homes for their families, and have
neither the numbers nor the wealth to
bear the burden Of a state government
and they will not hasten to assume
that burden, or to beleaguer the doors
OF Congress for admission.
"Yery truly yours,
THos. EWING, JR.
"To James G. Blame, Esq"
Again, the correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette, Republican pa
per, writes as follows:
THE unjust penalty Of temporary
exclusion from the Union, which fol-
lows the rejection of the bill, will not
be regarded as a hardship. A large
majority in my opinion, prefer to stay
out of the Union for a while. The
people never, to this day, would have
applied for admission, had they been
undisturbed in their own government
The Kansas Daily Ledger, an In.
dependent paper, Of Leavenwortb,
upon looking over the Conference
bill, says:
SIN the event of the rejection Of
that ordnance, and with it the consti.
tuition, what harm is there to accrue
from our remaining a few years in q
Territorial condition We can see
none, unless it be that the hungerers
for Office, the wolves who hope to
gorge themselves on public plunder,
will be, for awhile at least, disappoint.
ed. Our population ia, at present,
small; the expense Of establishing a
State government, erecting public
buildings, &C., must necessarily be
enormous; and, worse than that, Leav-
enworth county will have nearly. il
not quite, half this expense to pay
What voter is there that wishes to
saddle himself with a burdensome
taxation9 Let US retain our present
position until our population becomes
more numerous, our business expand
cd, and our resources developed; then
we can be admitted, with honor to
ourselves, a noble member Of the great
family of Republics"
We might add many more proofs
that this provision of the Conference
bill is acceptable to Kansas. Hon.
John P. Slough, democrat, in his
letters to the Ohio Statesman, con-
firms what is above quoted; indeed,
Kansas correspondents are unani-
monSly Of the opinion that the peo-
pie of Kansas do not desire admission
into the Union with their present pop
ulation. Thus does time always
prove tho correct Hess Of democratic
principles and TIC justice of demo-
cratic measures.