Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-04-10
The Register Boltstering up Mr.. Giime'

The REGISTER Boltstering up Mr.. Giimer.
The Register says Mr. Gilmer will be sustained
nv those of his friends who might have, and prooa-
bv would have differed from him, had the Lecomp-
ton Constitution, as submitted, bee.. presented for
vote"
What does that meani 1t means that Mr.. Gilmer
would have given a direct vote against the Lecomp'
ton Constitution, if the question had been directly
presented; and if he had done that, the Regsster
and its friends could not have sustained him.
But Mr.. Gimer evidently preferred the Crltten-
den or Montgomery substitute, for on ths motion OF
Mr. Ouitman to substitute the original Senate bill,
with the Green amendment stricken out, for the
Montgomery substitute, Mr.. Gmer voted in the neg
ative-thus showing that he was against Lecomp-
ton He differed in this vote from all his colleagues;
and no one can say that they did not want Lecomp-
ton.
The REGISTER also characterizes Mr.. Gilmer's bill
to admit Kansas as the "best, the most manly, and
straightforward measure suggested" and endeavos
to produce the impression that the bill, amended
by the House, is livery much like Mr.. Gmer's
bill.
Surely the Register presumes largely on the igno-
rance of its readers Mr.. Glmer's bill declares in
the first place, that Kansas shall" be State;
and then, after giving the State Representative
and making the usual provisions in relation to the
nublc lands within it's limits it goes to declare
that nothing herein contained shall be SO construed
&c to recognize, or reject or to determine the valid
y of any Constitution which has been presented to
Congress-" That is, it is declared that the Terrific
nv "shaU" be State and it is then provided that
if it have Constitution as to make it State, it
is all we'll enough and if it have not Constitution it
is all we'll enough; for Congress does not wish to
know certainly whether it has Constitution or not
This, instead of being manly" or straightfor-
ward" is simply ridiculous And this is the " best"
measure according to the Register, which has yet
been suggested!--a better measure than the Lee
compton Constitution, the rejection of which the
Register declared in February last, would be an
unparalleled outrage" on the South and on COM
mon sense The truth is Mr.. Glmer's bill was put
in only to give him an excuse to vote against Lee
compton; and now, having given the vote, he takes
shelter behind this miserable pretex and is Joined
by his friend of the Register who scarcely needed
an excuse even weak this is to change his po-
sition. Unreliable as Glmer is he cannot hold our
contemporary light in dumping Jim Crow"
The attempt of the Register to produce the i'm
"very much like Mr. Gilmers bill, is also ridicu.
lous. Indeed, no assumption could be more absurd
or unfounded Mr.. Gilmel's bill proposed to admit
the State at once; the bill amended by the House.
proposes to keep the State out and submit the Con-
stution to the popular vote-the State to come in
if the people should approve the Constitution, but te
stay out if they should not Mr.. Glmer's bill die
not propose to intervene in the affairs of the people
of Kansas, and declare that they should make the
Constitution in certain ways but the bill as amend
ed by the House, does thus propose to intervene
Mr. Gilmers BILL absurd as it was its provisions
looked to immediate action-to the immediate ad
mission of the otate; bur the bill as amended b,
the House. and for which Mr.. Gilmer voted looks Il
renewed agitation and bloodshed among the people
of Kansas-to vote upon the Constitution, ant
then, if that should be rejected to new Convention
and new Constitution, the State to come in will
the President, whether the said Constitution be re
| publican not.
Can any one but the Editor of the Register per
ceve that the bill as amended by the House, is very
much like Mr. Gilmer's bill? The fact is, the bill
are as different from each other as possible; an.
the discovery Of our contemporary Of the Register
that they are " very much alike, will be news t.
Mr. Gilmer and the public generally.
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