The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-04-30
The Bride anu the Threat.
The Engll.h Compromise NIL.

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We publish to-day the infamous somrro'
mise conference bill OF Mr.. English, and We
are sorry to say that the indications from
Washington are that it will be adopted we
regard the scheme as most dangerous To nee
dom in Kansas. IL commences with the
atroeious lie of "whereas the people oil Nan
sas bvA convention Of Delegates at Lecomp'on
did form for themselves constitution Se''
and proyides, not that the Lecompton con-
sti,u,ion thus lying asserted to have been
formed. shall be submitted to vote OF the
people, but that. an ordinance proiier.nS a
bribe of 3 100000 acres Of the public lands
shall be given to the new State shall be SUBJ
mittsd to the people Of Kansas and II accept
ed then the State shall be admitted under the
LEcoNFToN swiNDLE which sS'a5'''hs' HUMAN
SLAVERY by proclamation OF the President
II the people of Kansas spurn the bnoe' 20
not accept the ordinance, prefer to remain out
9th Union than come IN as a SLAVE state
then they are to have no land and are FORBID
den adaissioa % the Uaion as a STATE. until a
census taken by federal border ruilinn officers
shall show that she has population enough
for representative in Congress.
IL i no, Vet known how much population
will be required under the next census Tor
representative, but il j. supposed not less than
1000. But should Kansas have that num-
Der when the next census Is taken, since the
enumeration will h by government officers
some AtchisOns, StInsicllows or CAIhouns-
there is no assurance that just returns would
he made, nor can IL now be ioreseen when
Kansas would come into the Union, or what
villanies might be perpeira'ed IN the mean
while.
The scheme is nothing more or less than a
ralaii,oas bride coupled with most riiiai"oa'
threat, contested by one who has proved him.
self traitor. II neither virtually or actually
submits the I.ccompton constitution, but 1t
only submits land ordinance and hthe peo'
ple of Kansa, do not prove yirtuous enough
TO reject the preferred bnbc and one which
all will see cannot otherwise but be great
temptation. then another slave State has been
added to the Coniederaoy, TO infect with It's
lepcrous touch the other members Of the ecn-
federaey whose property has been most un-
rishteously taken to make it a leper. With
refinement Of deviltry, worthy OF notice, in
its second section. 1t provides for recurrence
of such shameless election frauds a. have
been perpetra,ed by United States officials
and Lecompton rosues, by giving federal
officers, similar to Calhoun, Marshall, Jones,
Col. Titus and Others Of that Tx, acon,rolling
voice in making arrangements for holding the
election and eanvassing the votes, and making
returns. Leeompton was barelaceG in It's
wiekedness, this is sneakingly so. II says to
the people of Kansas, we offer TO you the
price of PROSTITUTION, take il if you will, but if
YOU do not take it We will punish your con-
tumacy by such appliances as shall make you
rue the day that you refused 20 make mer-
ehandise ofsour virtue.
And this proposition. so full OF vilene'''
which ignores and derides all idea OF popular
sovereignty, scattering to the four winds all
pre,enee OF the principle, is hailed by some
Democrats in tie Northern States who have
talked long and loud against Lecomplon, and
declared their determination to stick to the
great principle Of popular sovereignty as an
ingenious compromise OF the matter, ga COM
promi.e that may well unite the democrats
in Congress" We hope for the honor OF hui
mani,y, tina, all are no, going to "erawl out OF
the hole where they went in" The reports
from Washington cav that Douglass, Broder-
lex and Stuart la the Senate denouneo the
prop osition, and that Harris and nearly half
of the Douglass Democrats in the House will
no, sustain il, but that enough will be gained
by federal appliances to carry it through
English who is probably only the tool OF
s,ephcns in the matter, has had the reputa
ton of being a Rshy sort of character, and
throughout the whole OF the struggle, though
acting with the Douglass democrats, has been
suspected Of treachery. Like Moses MELON.
aid, his tIeochery will probably be resounded
rs was McDona,d's by some fat fedora. officer.
The bill was in order for "Wednesday, and We
suppose ii the administration succeeded in
buying over enough to pass it. that it went
through the House on that day, IS il was APP
parent from the movements OF Mr.. English
and the Lccomptonites, that no damaging dis
eussion was to be allowed on the proposition.