Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-05-26

L"cnupiuu Constitution that they have
repudiared ovci aga n Was cv5r any
such thing as this crncocicd bv a states
IN ia. !or the aclio, of the prople? i ~
la i gran, the principal Ihing in framin.
"a ) ate Constitution! 81. il seems to be
u of Land for ibert It bib, held ont
"'Fill yon. people al Kun g, surrender
SOlr lihsr'ies for land!" That is the
question; it cannot be disguised. l i'm
pngn directly the motives of NJ man, hu'
| Stale what the afr CT of this action will
be. How viii il appear 10 the wor.!.
: Y what you will about i;l iec ,re pen-
pie will vote themselves n much land.
ih"n they surreF .rr lhens, Ives to a slave
Constitutions, which you an know lhpv
h.,vc repudiated over AMI over again. It
is noi competent f,r me Ia state the mo-
lives which have prompted to such action
as this; but YOU vote tor the incident, and
the principle is 10 follow. How absurd
and inc MS, quenlialI Why, Mr. Pre>i
dent. if | should make just such a propo-
S'tlon as that, 10 obtain YOUR vote up n a
private bill. a nd it should cone out 10 the
wO ID that had done il, presume ever
iu>l minded Senator here would vote
promptly 10 eXlei me from the brdv, as
unworthy of scat in il. Tne offer i:
IS much land if you vote fr this Goa.
,Ilru'ion; 'fyuu vote against It, You shall
have neither land nor anything Else"
MIR. President, recoliect well that in
tlas. ( CO -,
made not long ago. you sir, NJ. BIGGs
in The chair. put ihe questlcn 10 ue:
Suapo,e 1--we Constitution were pre-
seated u C,n-rcss, would vote for il?
| recollrcl well the answer | made 10
vnu, AMI your apparent surprise at tho
ahsTrdi,y of tie answer Yet find the
President OF this body to-day assuming
NV position. and voting for The sam, pro
position. only reversing its application
wOul no: vote for the admission of
slave Constitution; nor will YOU vote fnr
nir"e one. | dO moi complain Of you:
Cannot complain of You, because o.
cupv about the same grbunl that You
viii do an hour hence. ", en- The vule is
taken, except thlt pra'icllly our positions
are reversed i III" application Of them.
You come from slave, Safe. and | from
free 5 it... Fae country will under
>'ani the p,s'IinnS we al occupy an This
Subi-cI, ani | do n1l care how soon Thy
are understood by all
Nr Pre>iirni, it has been sought 10
break the force Of the objections To this
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rainiy ab2u' lhe people If Kansas accept
In. the Grant proposed in your original
bill. This Is 4 strange apology, and il
comfs AT "A strange AID an unfortunate
time. Sir, 10 You no; know that the
s4tjaci was m,oIel in The Committee on
! errilories, aud it was sail that no kind
afo cijon could arise from any such
thing; that we had right 10 modify the
ordinance, and make what grant of land
we pleased 10 The Territory; and if they
roIeciad The Constitution on account OF
nuT not giving Them aS much as they
lIinug!,t they were entitled to, they would
uni be STATE; bat if they accepted the
Constitution by organizing under i,
subject 10 the provision we had made,
that was an onl of il! How happens il
row thai you make his whole contruvar-
~ turn. rs it were, on the uncertainty
whether the people will accept Il donation
>Uc! as vpu have made 10 every other
State? Why in the name Of Heaven is
it now plr1led here as the main OIL
Why you have reversed your action?
Dir. GREEN. The Committee on Ter
ri;ories never did say that it was the
right of The committee or Of Congress to
dictate the terms upon which the State
shout! be- admitted. They have always
clai'neJlha'; button The question ofconlrac'
on the sui Jet of Lands, il was mailer of
agreement. The formation aud adoption
Of institution, The committee held,
was question with which the Senqle
aad House of representatives, had moth
ing to d.; and that has been the point all
the tim. | think, therefore, the Senator
does injustice 10 the committee when he
says that they thought the subject OF The
grdn' OF lands was a proper matter fpr the
consideration OF the c Ioyeniion of the
Territory. Not SO; it is a mailer of
agreement, proposition, acceptance; bot
the Constitution is different thing; thal
is Il tila!iiy already.
Mr. WADE l do not deny that
That is u,t exactly what We did agree.
We agreed that it was proposed COM
pact, and that if the proposition on our
part should be accepted by the org ami
zatiun of Il State Government under it, il |
you'd BE- very well, and their action un-
der II would show their agreement to our
propo ed contract. That is what we
agreed 10 In Committee. aud il is sound |
principle OF law; and the idea of repu
dIauns It Is not twenty four hours old |
That rs how We agreed; and yet the SEN
atoI from Virginia rises here, and to |
apoIos z for this mi'shapen production /
OF The committee of conference. makes it /
a 10 tuGn On The uncertainty of whether |
the people Of Kansas would accept this /
| might ask that Senator, /
ar ANY o'hlr wao has had any thing to do /
with this subject. ii that mater labored !
IN your mind, how In the name of Hea- |
ven did you suffer your L-comgton DILL /
10 be debated here day aG,er day, week 1
after week, and | do not know but 4
might say month after month without /
suggesting the great difficulty which
must interrupt the whole proceedings,
and lead you 10 surrender all YOU had /
done, and set up Il scheme entirely new?
You did Dot apprehend any such thing.
AS iou vent ON with your Lecompton
bill. The Senator from Virginia never
suggested then that there was any uou-
BILE about The land grants that were pro
vlded Tor in that bill. You voted it
through this body. Itrsn as smooth as
oil. No man said there was any diff