Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-13

Conference Committee, on the knnsas
question was adopted in the House, by a
vote of liz, to 1903, on the 30th Of April.
The Senate concurred on the same day,
in the report Of the Conference Commit
tee. The following is a synopsis Of the
Bill introduced by Mr.. English:-
SrcTioN 1. That the State Of Kansas
be and Is hereby admitted into the Union,
on an equal footing with the original
States, aud with the Constitution framed
at Lecompton aud this admission of her
into the Union us Il State is here declared
to lie upon this fundamental condition pre-
cedent, namely that The said constitution
al instrument shall be, first submltted toa
vote Of the people Of Kansas and assented
to 10y them, or a majority of their votes at
en- election to be held for, the purpose.
At the said election the voting shall be by
ballot, and Endorsing on his balIot,O as each
voter may please, For proposition of
Congress and admission" or Against
proposition OF Congress and admission"
The President Of the United Stat s,
as soon as the fact is mide known 10 him,
shall announce the same by proclainaIlon,
aud thereat and without apy further pro-
ceedihgs on the part of Congress, the adj
mission Of the State Of KANSAS into the
: Union on an equapfoodng with the -orlgi-
nal States, in all1respects whatever, shall
be complete and absolute, and said State
\ shall be entitled - one member IN the
House Of Representatives in The Congress
Of the United States until the next census
be taken by the. Federul Governments
Buts should a majority Of the votest be
cast against the pr9posllon OF Congress
aud admission, i shall be deemed and held
that the people Of Kansas do not desire
admiss, son im6athe Union with said Com
i s~ti,ution, underaIhe conditions set forth iii
"A SAID propositions and in that event the
people of said Territory are hereby au-
thorized and empowered TO form forthem
= selves a Constitution and State Govern
| ment blythe name Of the State of Kansas,
:. according TO the Federal Constitution,
and may elect Delegates for that pprpose
/, whenever, and not before, il is ascertain
t ed, by a census duly and legally taken,
that the population Of said Territory
4 equals the ratio of population required for
a member Of the House,of Representa-
tiyes of the Uniled States; and whenever
a.. thereafter such Delegates shall assemble
in convention, they shall first determine
I. By a vote whether il is the wish of the
. proposed State to be admitted into the
9 Union at that time, and, if so, shall pro-
coed to form a Constitution, and take all
necessary steps for the establishment OF
a State Government, in conformityswitli
, the Federal Constitution, subject TO the
approval or ratification of the people OF
the proposed State in such a manner o,
= they may have prescribed, and shall be
y entitled to admission into the Union as a
= State under such Constitution tn IS fairly
; aud legally made, with, ler without slave
ry, as such Constitution may prescribe.
. Section second relates to boundaries
&c, and is the same as thatin the Critten
= den bill. o. ... ''l7.'' %. .'..
y Section third relates to the Commission
, ers OF Election, and is lhe same as, 10 tht
y Criuenden, except that the United State
District Attorney is added TO The Govern
- or, Secretary and presiding officers o
, both Houses, as a Commissioned. Th'
y remaining sections are substantially tn
same as in the Criltenden bill.
We clip the following from the S
Louis Evening News .l srl r- @.
A. The bill reported by Mr.. English, fror
r, the Commitee of Conference for the ad
mission Of Kansas, appears to be a cur
ningly devised trap whereby the people o
is Kansas are to be bribed into voting fo
to the Lecompiqn Constitution. We hay
TO not the bill before Us, but We believe i
IS, leading features are:.
C. "That the LeCompton CONSTITUTIONS l
submitted to the people of Kansas, VIII
IS are to vote, either . For. the propositio
a of Congress and admissions" o
Against The proposition of Congress an
OF apmission." -
r. If a majority of the votes be cast f
he admission under the L~eeomplnn ConstiiI
nh ton, Kansas is to be al lifted by a procI'
Ter nation Of the President; or if a majorl
be against admission under the Lecoml
ton Constitution, then Kansas isto rema'
a Territory until a regular census sha
~ show that it Possesses a population Of .
DOT 900. ..Il.o .r..t -r.
MS If the people accept the Lecompton Co
'eu s]titution, they are TO have 25.500 OF
oy acres Of pubic land, worth S29, SOC, 90
ne given them. If they reed it, they a
ne TO have only 100000 acres, In 9th
10 words. The people Of Kansas are oiIert
ng' a bribc Of 10000, 600 acres Of land
icn accept a Constitution which they do r
~ want" tr 81. .a. Boa
Ola In our view, the proposition is disgrac
zen full in the extreme. 1t Is a positive a
ihs tempt by the Congress of the Republic
F. ,,r,,c,' "A br;ba n pa,y Staie 1881"