Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-11-25
MIR EmgIish aud the Ensiish Bill

A friend has called our attention to
the following paragraph which appear
ed in the Washington Estates" about the
time of our late election,
ssTuE ENGLISH Built is stated
that in Indiana there is not one sin
gle Democrat for Congress that stands
by that proviso of the bill which declares
that K ,nsas shall not be admitted INFO
the Union until she has the requisite
population"
We also find editorial in a late
number of the Madison Courier in which
glish conference bill, that "the curative
father of that measure r~epudiated its
most important feature, aud agreed to
the admission of Kansas as. a free State
with a less number of inhabitants than
was specified in thc English contrivaDce.
Now, We confess ourselves at q loss to
know on what authority these state
r1ents are made. We believe them to
be without sufficient authority, and We
know them to be SO, far as Mr.. English
is concerned.
Mr.. English stated in his speech at
the courthouse in this city, as we un-
derstood him, that the restrictive clause
in reference to population was not in.
the original conference bill as drawn
up by him, but consented to its insertion
for the the sake of a ~peaceable adjust
ment, and because he believed it to be
correct as a general rule, and therefore
he should abide by 1t. In his speeches
in the canvass he atated repeatedly that
he should vote for the admission of Kan
SIS if she applied with
LIST. A &C nstitat:on legally made.
/ I'd. \ constitution republican in form
and not in c%onfic. With the .constitu-
ton of the United States. =
Sd. The requisite population TO emf
tie her to one representative under the
existing ratio of Misrepresentation. d,
On this latter point Mr.. E,ezpresscd
1 the belief that before Kansas would or
could apply for admission she would
have more than the population required
by his bill, and that, therefore, he ex-
pectcd to vote for her admission when
ever she applied with . constitution
properly made and repu bIican in form,
without making the formality of a cen
sus a sine guT nan 10 admission. .Itis
true, he stated that he expected to vote
for her admission as q free State consti-
tuition: but he expressly said he would
vote for her admission as a slave State
if she applied with a constitution made
by the PEOPLE interested, recognizing
that institution. In a word, Mr.. En-
glish stood fairly and sqnnrely upon
the Cincinnati platform and the Kan
sas conference bill, and boldly adroca-
ted the great Democratic doctrines Of
non intervention, popular sovereignty
and State equality, Hesis the last man
to shirk any supposed responsibility, or
minister to the spirit of action or polit-
ical a~bolitionism. His triumphant re-
election is a complete yindication and
endorsement of the man as an indiyid-
ual and a representative. Notwith-
stand the extraordinary exertions of the
opposition to defeat him, he received =
larger majority than N other. Demo
cratic Congressman in the State. and tie
largest ever given him in 1856. His
enemies have the satisfaction of know.
ing that in spite of all their opposition
and after repeated trials, they have new.
err been able to defeat him before the
people.-Ne~ AtJany(Lnl Daily Ledg
erl al