Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-05-12
CONSISTENCY.

rom the committee of Conference to tn
House of Representatives. The report i
signed by Messrs. English and Stephens o,
the part of the House, and Messrs Green ane
Hunter on the part of TIE Senate instead
of allowing the people to vote directly for and
against the Constitution, as proposed by the
Crlttcnden-M Montgomery amendment, it al.
lows them to vote to whether or not they
will receive donation from the Government
of public lands, salt springs, &c dc. Ii
they vote to receive these presents or brides.
then the President is, by proclamation. to
declare Kansas State. The further consid-
Grafton was postponed to the second Monday
| IN May. On Monday, the vote postponinp
TO the second Monday in May, was reeonsid
cred, and the question is to come up to-day.
We look upon this last proposition as the most
Objectionable get proposed. Forcing them to
vote as to whether or not they will receive
public lands, is popular sovereignty with a
vengeance. That as mhat we Monnta ineers
woutd call, "rohipping the DeuR around the
stump. ."-Ebensburg Aoa:;.iaiineer, April 2eth.
And then op this:
The bill, as is passed. was proposed by Mr..
EngliSh, an Antl-Lecompton Democrat from
INDIANA, and Will be found in another column
III as an angentoustg deuised plan ofconapron,-
tse, and one achieh practically and r;rtua0,,
| recognises and guarantees to the peoDle.,f kon,
sds the p'7tilege Of exercising tie a,igAt. achich
no one denies that they possess, viz TO vote
upon their fundamental laws. 1t fully ne
serts the great principle that the c;:.zc:,, of
lncn0ate States do possess the right to say
VI whether they will or III. not come into tbo
:. oIiou uhoec ra.rtIcular Constitution. That
- Tvs .uis IN a roundabout kind of way. we
..'e Eiillng to ADMIT. We would much pre-.
ier the Montgomery amendment, because. by
1t the Constitution would have been submit
TED IN Its naked 'deformity without any or
dlnance to bolster it up; but, when the prac
teal end is reached, it matters not whether
the ballots. which are to achieve that end are
endorsed for the Constitution, F." or ..pronosi-
ton accepted
Ih's as certainly much more fai, and inst
than the INFAMOUS scheme and frauds wIich |
'oere Practtce0 under the 1,rouiSfons of the
schedule Of the Lecon,pton Constitution. when
Tue Dallots were Constitution with slavery
or Constitution without slavery thus forcing
tne Toters, II they voted at all, to vote for the
9Th 10y
Reader, do you admire consistency If
you do, there Is a specimen of the Simon
pure" article for you. On the goth of April
he Editor of the Noun taineer" regards Mr..
hngilsh's Compromise bill as 'Ethe most oh
ectlonable scheme yet proposed" "LrtJs. -
nnnitely worse than the Lecompton Consti-
ution ltself, which he had so often pronounced
fraud, swindle, an abominatiop. Sc
seven days later, in speaking of the same
neasure, he says: This is infinitely moro :
air and just than the infamous scheme and l
rauds which were proclaimed under the nro-
islons OF the schedule of the Lecompton Con-
One week Mr. Englishs bill is
lnnitely worse than the provisions of the
'hedule of the Lecompton Constitution-in o
lort the most Objectionable scheme yet pro- G.
'sed The next week the same measure y
dr English's Bill, y is pronounced infinitely Of
stter than the provisions of the schedule of V,
e Lecompton Constitution One week il is ju
brlbe, the next it is peace-ofering, calcu- m n!
ted to restore peace and harmony to the 1'
untry. This is consistency, with ven- m
ance. Will the Editor of the Mountain 10
r be good enough, in the rext number of ev
S paper, to enlighten us with regard to the pl
asons which effected his conversion, which ci
used him to "6out ship" so suddenly; in q al
,rd, ch
..Wb.t dr,,os .,. du
" nat conJuratlon, and what mighty magic" "'
49, '"' great change. The account, if phi
bllshed, will be highly interesting and in th,
uctlvc to all weatbercock politicians. and an
their especial benefit we hope Philip will nj n.
'e 1T to the world. But what will John w So So'
rney say? and were all the stockholders
lsulted before adopting the new system of int
tics However, there is no telling what ter
eek may bring forth. Philip seems to be to too :
adept at changing his position. We will rise
feel at all surprised if the next number phr
he ''Mountaineer" is as anti -Lecomnton;sb Ind
he paper was month ago. The Editor alto
ing cut loose from the Democratic moor p,e' mo.
Is now wandering on dark and un- Y
wn sea, without single landmark to last
lie him, and it is bard, very hard for him We
keep straight forward and cops;stent an !,
Sc lie can no. truly say, with the DO Sam san
owper = s;on
bowling blasts drive devious temne.t scio,
tossed, hone
ripped, seams open wide and comn,ss discl
lost, his |;
day by day some currents tbwartino conc
force the
me more distant from prosncro,s inter
course " ou It
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