Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-05-06
From the National Democrat.
The English Compromise.

English's Lecompton dodge out-dodycs
the Calhoun dodge itself. 1t was the O.
pinion among anti-Lccompton Democrats
here, ten days ago, that English was anx
ous TO sell out and he has done So
He has crawled through an exceedingly
small hole, and any anti Lccompton Dem
ocrat who follows him will find before he
gets through, that he's raked all his hide
off We will give the substance of the
Committees report and let every man
Judge for himself. The bill after stating
that the ordinance Of the Lccompton Con-
stitution is not acceptable to Congress.
changes it SO as to give Kansas sections Is
and IS of each Township for school pur
poses: 70 sections for State University;
ten sections to pay for public buildings;
all the Salt Springs in the State not to ex-
coed twelve in number, and six sections Of
land with each; and five per cent. of the
proceeds Of the sales Of public lands IN the
State, for the construction of State roads
The ordinance thus change is submitted
to vote Of the people, and if accepted,
Kansas is to be limited into the Union
under the Lecompton Constitution. The
form of the vote is to he proposition &C :
c,ptcl," or proposition rejected" If the
proposition is rejected. it is to be deemed
and held that the people of Kansas do not
desire admission into the Union with said
Constitution under the conditions set forth
in the proposition; and in that event, they
are authorized to form for themselves
a Constitution ard State Government, and
may elect delegates for that purpose when
ever, and not before, the population OF
the Territory equals or exceeds the ratio OF
representation required for member Of
the House of representatives, which is now
$4,000. The Constitution thus formed is
to be in conformity with the Federal Con-
stitution, "subject to such limitations and
restrictions as to the mode of its approval
or ratification Ly the people, as they may
have prescribed by law, and under it Kan
sas is to be admitted into the Union with
or without slavery as such Constitution
may prescribe" The other provisions Of
the bill relate chiefly to the mode of con.
Quoting the elections, the qualification Of
voters, &C., and are not essentially differ
ent from the same provisions of the Crit
tenden- Montgomery amendment
The most noteworthy features of thi.
cunning device Of Green, Hunter, Stephens
and English are these: Tie preamble set,
out with a palpable falsehood when it as
serts that the people of the Territory o
Kansas. on the tn day of November last
formed for themselves Constitution, DC
No man knows better than Mr.. Englisl
that shof Cnnet;t,t;oc ,,.as ~ Tho ,x,orl =,
the people of Kansas, and no man ha
been more bold in proclaiming the fact
than he who now says it is the Constitc
ton of the people. Again, as we said il
our paper of "Wednesday last, English
, bill does not even so much as raise the pre-
! sumption that the submission of the Con
stitution to vote of the people is neces
: sary to ascertain whether it meets thei
sanction and approval. 1t says in effect
that the Constitution, Of itself, is all right
and may be justly imposed by Congress
upon the people Of Kansas.
There is a slight change made in the ordi
nance, to which it is necessary to get tn
assent Of the people as was the case witt
Michigan in reference to change of he
j State boundary. The question of sub
: mission does not go to the vital part 0
Constitution, and is not SO far as tn
! terms Of the bill are concerned. either di
rectly or indirectly, vindication of tn
doctrine Of. popular sovereignty. On tn
contrary it leaves the whole question opel
1 to come up again and again. in the yer,
2 form in which this infamous Kansas frau'
!. has been sprung upon the country. It