The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-28

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% TIE frcceedfngs OF Congress of the last tv
l. Days fully justify the conclusion that at Icing,
is the "long aepDy is ended" and that Kans,
will be left to The alternative of coming into til
Uaion or staying out. according to the terms
the English compromise. We hope this bill vii
. pass; we believe IL will pass, ana we think
. should be passed, and as speedily as possible
The iaotious black republican and intractshl
Douglas agitatos in Congress denounce thi
accommodation of the conference committee
however, as scarcely less infamous than the LIE
,aDp'ta programme, pune and simple; because
hey SAP, it is but left-haaded submissios Ia
The people OF Kansas Of the "Lecompton In
fanny with br'be and threat The briBe
Of three millions and halfof acres of the pus.
lie domain Is to encourage them to accept this
"Iecompton infamy;" and the threat, that I'M
l-ss they accept this constitution they shall be
excluded from the Union until they shall mum
Der the full ratio for one representative in Con-
f, ,ress $4,000 people,, is to coerce them into
3. omission to the demands of the "slaye
p~ vr."
II tese are the prominent objections of the
Nora EN- snt'-s'avery factionists of Congress
and their Southern sympathisers to this
Eupffh comp omiso; but "mark how
plain tale shall Iut them down" First.
as to thel and bride. 1t amounts to nothing.
It has kca ne the invariable usage of Congress
10 grant to every new State a portion of lie
n,blic lands within her borders equal to or ex.
ee ding the sn cunt herein proposed. Mr.. Eoe:
hsh tells us iia the Lecompton ordinance DR.,
ideal for such grants to the sum of twenty.
.,rce and :. half millions of acres; and, If VIC
- no mistaken, the grants Of the Crittanden
III amounted to over twenty millions. The
,e,ple.cf Kansas VA II understand very well that.
yh ether they accept or reject this Lecompt On
construction .hey win not lose their proporti, N
If the n iblio lends az new State. There is
.ott tg in the ali to j lstify the inference tina
}, rcectin ne the eaid COZ stltution they will for
E il TIE Ia nds to which they would otherwise
K en.itf,l So much, Il en-, for tho land bride.
.NeEt with regard to the provision
f the bill whereby the new State, in
he e7ent of the rejection of the Le-
oupton constitution, is excluded from.
be Union until she shall have secured the full.
att 0 OF population required tor ere representa-
i've in Congress. Upon its face shis provision
a brs nd discrimination In 6avoc Of Kau sas as
RI ave- State; but, practice lily It. is 81 boeh.
ime hereafter " h her present POI ,ulation,
ves, sheuld she reject the E,cconpton constitu-
ion. The result depends entirely upon the
gill Of Congress, from one session TO another
1aat, in spite Of this interdict, Ks sas, at the
ext session, may be admitted unds new con-
Tuition. should she reject that Of the Lecomp-
on Convention. The Missouri co mpromise was
,assed as perpetual compact out at the very
net session of the agitation Ell .ts repeal 1t was
epeslei There is nething d hiding in q mere
,ct of Congress outside the lr aits of the federal
constitution. This discrina.p alton, therefore, in
Tavor of the Lecompton, p, the prejudice of
new State constitution fg Kansas is nothing
more than tub to ths Southern whale. Let
tho fire eaters have it Y they are pleased with
Il. Give them at lsS q shadow to swear by
1t can do no harm % he rights of the people Of
Kansas.
But then we are told that unless there should
be a renewal of tb old border ruffian system of
election frauds o I'D perjuries and forgcries, the
Lecompton CON ,titution will be rejected, and
the whole agit ition OF this Kansas trouble will
be re-cpened n oil its length and breadth. On
the other h9 I'd, it is said that should Lecomp-
ton Us carri ed by frauds and forgeries, the agi-
tation viii be tenfold hotter than if 1t were re-
jected. , Jut We are not disposed to accept this
view Of the matter. We think that the people
Of KaI isas arc sick and disgusted with this Le-
comp on agitation, and that, with the organic
Stat Legislature in their hands, they will he
onl Two glad, fairly and squarcly, to accept
tn .olid advantages Of this bin OF Congress.
v 18th their admission az State, at the first
meeting Of their Legislature they can provide
for n new constitution and in the meantime
the free State party, having the Legislature,
will have the power at once TO appropriate
their land grants to State purposes, and to send
a pair of free soil Senators to Washington.
Is It likely they will sacrifice these solid aud
immediate advantages for the doubtful contin-
cencies Of q rejection Of the Locompton consti
tuition? We think not. The practical interests
Of q people and Of their ficrcest agitating po
lit;cians will always rise superior tc
naked and empty distractions Wher
California was admitted the Southern fire
caters attempted revolutionary movement
but they signally failed, because the sensible
masses Of the Southern people were satisfied. St
wien the Missouri compromise was repealed
! some of our Northern agitators raised the crJ
If restoration, but il was dead failure; and :,
8 with their spasmodic efforts against the Fugitiv
Slave low. When question l. practically sct
tied. the country is satisfied, and the people can
0 not be diverted from the practical fact to tn
= apitaticns Of the trining distractions involved
in H.
i | Let This Kansas bill lie passed. It will .ettl