The Nevada Democrat., 1858-03-10
Ranana Resolntions.

Resolutions, endorsing the expediency policy
o. the President and Cabinet, and instructing
our Senators to vote for the immediate admis-
sion Of Kansas, passed the Assembly last Thurs
day, by vote Of 40 to 1S. AS the Kansas
question in its present phase was not before the
people at the late election, the passage of the
resolutions cannot Of course be considered as
any criterion of the sentiments of the Democra-
cy of the State. AS an expression of the opin-
ions of the Democratic members it will have the
same authority as the opinions Of the same
number Of Democrats, holding no public posi-
ton, and as such it will undoubtedly be regard
ed by our Senators in Congress.
The State Journal, which few weeks ago.
was deprecating the agitation of Kansas affairs
ia the Legislature, and suggesting that there
were other questions of great moment demand
ing the attention Of our law -givera, has gone
into extacies over the passage of the resou-
tons, and struck hands with the Globe in read
ing out of the Democratic party every body
who disagrees with the powers that be on this
question of "expediency." The Journal says
that the "transcendental' and incompatible
message of ''our noble President has wrought
a great change; that the press, the people, and
the members of the Legislature, with few un-
important exceptions, have taken sides against
Senator Douglas. If there has been any change
in the Democratic press Of this State, since the
reception of the message, the papers so chan
ging have not yet reached US. They still stand
o;c~kf ,.,;f nd
four or Eve belong to the "expedency" class.
Neither has there been any change that we can
perceive in the minds Of the people. 1t seems
to be admitted, however, that many members of
the Legislature have changed their views on
the question: and it is reported that the pros
poets Of custom house appointments and Fed
eral pap have been quite as efficient arguments
in producing this change as the "transcenden-
tai" and incompatible message" of "our noble
President" This report we believe to be SLAM
derOus for surely no member of the Assembly
who voted for the resolutions would now accept
of Federal appointment; by doing so they
would at once render themselves liable 10 the
charge of having been bought.
During the debate in q caucus Of the Demo-
Gratis on the resolutions, an incident occurred
which shows conclusively that the members
were well posted, and knew exactly what they
were doing. The preamble to the resolutions
asserts that the Lecompton Constitution is ere
publican" Some member was iDquisitvc en-
ough to inquire as to the truth of the assertion,
and it seems that not one of the advocates of
the resolutions had read the Constitution. One
member at length stated that he had read q
"synspsis" of the document and on this evil
dence the majority had no hesitation in passing
the resolutions.
The following is the vote by which the roso-
utions were passed.
Ayss-Anderson, Aud, Buel, Crane, Curtis,
Davis, Edwards, Ely, Galbraith, Gordon, Gra-
ham, Groom, Haldeman. Hamlin Hancock Har
ris Havens, Heath, Hill of Sierra, Holman,
Kabler King, Lee, Lewis, Loofbourrow, Mark
ley, Marshall, Mccoy, Minis, Mitchell, Ormsby,
Parker, Pearls. Pico, Stafford, Sheridan, Simons.
Smith of San Bernardino, Spillman, Stakes,
Stratton. Thomas, Upton, Tuttle, Walker,
Ward War6eld, Young, Mr.. Speaker-49.
Noes-Ballou, Banks. Burbank, Caldwell,
Cherry Gray, Hill of Nevada, Kitchens, Ho-
bart, Holiday, Moore, Moses, O'Brien, Palmer,
Shepard, Sherwin, Stout, Wilson'S