Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-04-10
The Lecompton Constitution in Congress.

The bill for the admission Of Kansas hav.
ing passed the Senate, was taken up by The
House of Representatives, onthe LIST inst,
rand passed with the Crittenden amendment
which provides for the admission of<Kansaf
into the Union 'upon condition chat this
constitution Of hers be submitted to a fair
vote Of the qualified electors of Kansas, to
be ratified by them, and if SO ratified the
President on information of the fact shall
proclaim it State of the Union, without
further proceedings, and lift be not ratified
to hayea new constitutional convention con-
yened." Titus, in direct opposition to the
Kansas act, have the House of Representa-
tives decided, for if this be notplain, down
right, direct intervention by Congress we
confess ourselves most wofully mistaken
and how Democrats protesting to hold the
doctrine of non intervention could sustain
such an amendment is profound mystery
to US. And this is the result of all the
scheming of-Deuglss. What does the au-
Fthor Of the Kansas bill think Of an amend
ment which so completely sets at nought
his own gre;st measure Will he support
lit :? If not, he deserts his friends. and ol
course, will be deserted-if he does,
he will prove 'recreant to the great principle
! Of nea intervention, expoundcd by himself,
the authorship of which alono, made him
what he wos, let lin perch en- either horn
Of the dilemma AID his position will be
most unenaiable. But the position ocen-
pied by Douglas is net only unenviable
but humiliating. It must be q strange
feeling to the proud leader Of the great
democratic party, whose shame is LEGION =
to find himself led and led by Knew 9th
ing, whose party is counted by scores ~
While he the Little Giant" was working
most gigantically for his own ruin and the
ruin Of his party, the cunning son of Sam
watching his opportunity, struck the blow
which compelled the Goliah Of Democracy
TO follow his eonqueror or humble himself
andask pardon Of his ancient and injured
friends. What will be the end Of this ques-
ton so intcrminable and so pregnant with
mischief, It'll hard 10 tell. Things seem
ITO be atse ssdead LOCK- ana-so they are like
ly to remain, for all We know, until the end
Of the world or the American Government.
The two Houses are at issue and we can
scene reasonable chance for compromise or
of for either party receding from its present
position Che House filled with bowling
Black Republicans, soulless Know-Noth-
ings, and Gecreant Democrats, ,ssU not, and
the Senate, es long as it remains true to the
Democratic party and the great principle Of
nom intervention, cannot Nor would we
have the Senate to compromise or give up
this position. We would rather see the O.
riginal bill rejected and sent back to the
territory. than that the South should be
thus cheated and tricked out of it. We
deny the right Of Congress to pass any such
amendment, without repeating the Kansas
Nebraska act, as long as that bill remains q
law Of the lend We consider tie amend
ment unconstitutional, and shall oppose
ing it to the bitter end The result Of the
Kansas question has developed, to greater
extent than ever before, what we consider
the most malignant feature in the Know
Nothing disease, and we cannot refrain from
noticing it here; it is the malicious and i'll
concealed JOY ext ressed by the Richmond
Wing and all its little echoes throughout
the State at the deplosable condition, not Of
the Democratic party, but Of the country.
Shame On party whose malicious and
senseless hatred of the Democracy leads
them to rejoice over the defeat Of meas
ure Of vital Importance to the South and
which has extorted praise and support even
from the reluctant pen ofthe Editor of the
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