The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-25
THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON
UNION ON KANSAS

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There is always something agreeable in the idea
OF insructng our neighbors and trying to put them
in the way of their duty and of truth but we con-
TESS it is, after all, severe task to keep the New
York Times in tolerabe state of enlightenment. es-
pecally in reference to those questions upon which
| It's sectional prejudices have heretofore been ex-
cited The Times of 23d thus appeals to the Union:
" But, suppose case-and we put the hypothesis to
the union-snppose, we say that next winter Kansas
should be so reckless of the feelings of the admnista
ton rs to ask admission to the Union for herself and to
the Senate for two black republicans what would the
government organ think of ti Would it feel friendly
to such an exercise of popular sovereignty Or would
IL oppose the admission the pretxt of deficient popu
lation r.
We have just q moment to spare which shall be
devoted to the enlightenment of the Times on The
points suggested If our contemporary would get 4
little pocket memorandum book and note down the
facts communicated to it, it would save great
deal of trouble, and we should think, personal NOR
LITIGATION at the display of much ignorance II ia
for instance, only few days since that we explained
this whole matter to the Times direct But we will
go through it again. because we see even the Herald
aboring through column and half of positive
mlsapprehensons on the subject We shall
expect of the Times to communicate our explanation
to the Herald the first opportunity. Well, then:
The people of Kansas, by their recent votes. re-
jected the terms of admission under the Lecompton
constitution They are now in purely territorial
condition. They have legislature which will
meet on the first Monday in January next.
That Legislature may or may not decide to au-
thorize the election of another constitutional con-
vention. Should they do SO, we presume it will
be after the subject has been duly weighed
Granting, however, that the legislature shall an
thorize the election of convention, the Times
will SEQ that it will require more than a month
and half to notify the election, to go through with
it, get the returns, decide upon them, organize the
convention, deliberate, frame constitution publish
it to the people, call another election to ratify and
confirm it, get the returns thereof proclaim the re-
suit and, it being favorable, send forward all tho
papers to Congress. We put this matter in a COM
pact form, suitable for entry into a memorandum,
book, that the Times may see that no appl;ca-
ton, at all events, can be made to the next session
of Congress for the admission of Kansas into The
Union So far SO good. Now we come to the next
point
The votes cast at the recent election Indicate that
there is now population in the Territory very near
ly approaching seventy-fve thousand. We should
say, making allowance for reasonable number of
persons now moving into the country and those who
do not vote at ALL that there arc now in Kansas sew
enty ve thousand inhabitants. The fall emigration
is not usually as large that of the spring but
all experience shows that the tide which flows onward
% the West never ceases especially into those re-
gions which are accessible by railroads or steam
poa'si and so we may estimate an addition to the