Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-06-05

fhE ENGLISH CONFERENCE BnL.-The so cali
ed compromise by which the Kansas difficulty is
claimed to be settled, is no compromise at all nor
has there been any settlement. 1t will be unsat-
isfactnry to the people Of the Union it is too
little for the South, TOO much for the North, aud
displeasing to conservatives, because of The ap-
parent price offered for a submission that could
not be cocrced.
Dy the English proposition the pebple Of Kan
may vote FOR the Lceomptbh constitution, and
under that may be admitted to the Union {: but il
they reject that, and construct q constitution to
please themselves, they must wait until the ter
rtory contains $4,000 inhabitants-and by the
new appointment OF 1860, they will be required
TO present evidence of 100000 population, before
admission to the Union of States. There are but
$4,000 inhabitants in the territory now. so that
10 gain admission under any constitution, other
than Lecompton, they must with a reasonable
increase OF population, wait four or five years.
AS an induce mcnt or price of submission, large
land grants are Offered the new state; but If the
people Of the territory stnbbornlv reject and de-
rnaud the right of choosing without condition,
they must be cont ent to remain under territorial
government, appointed by the powers with which
they are in conflict. The proposition appears to
he on the principle of duck, or no dinner and
the proposed election. like that permitted under
the government Vi NaDOleOn tle IPsE lDal
porlion of the original Senate bill which empow-
cred the Kansas people to alter the Lecompton
constitution, outside of its own provisions, has
been stricken out of the English-c conference bill,
leaving no choice between LccomptoD. as origin
ally designed to be thru upon them, and no State
government at all. With submission to that doc
ument they may no,c with 10000 population
have State government; but rejecting that, they
must wait four or five years, until numbering
10000 people.
That is the logic OF The bil as you may read
in it, published elsewhere. We do not believe
it will be responded to from the great heart Of
the people, They will perceive that the bill is
the offspring of extremity; disunioniss of the
south had declared that unless Kansas was admit
ted under the Lccompton provision, they would
preach dsunion: the east, and north and west
declared that the forcing Of government, against
the will and rcInoEstrance Of the governed, was
not authorized by the general rules of republics,
and that such act would be tyranny and official
terpitude. To escape the dilemma, and to avoid
declaration of secession, the English hcrmaph-
roGte bill was prepared, as we print it to day.
We have not doubt but what Kansas will re-
jcc the proposition, with all its disguised bribery;
they cannot in the face of nations, bc bought 20
the endurance of government which they de-
clared uncomfortable and tyranicali they will
remain in territory until another Congress is cbo
sen, and then will renew their pctition-he
question remaining, the while, the apple of
national discord and ghost Of disunion.
We have not been accustomed to regard threats
of secession Of any significance; they do not
come from the hearts Of the southern people;
they are merely the flag eellating scourges which
Unauthorized extremists flourish in debate, and
people of the other three-quarters Of the Union
have learned to regard the perpetually u .hted
fuse of d suniOn as harmless-the ead ord nance
and cornstalk musketry of the playground. Kan
sas, and other States, will be admitted, under
what provision they may, and the spirit OF Lib
crty will still pulse ont from the hearts of the
Union, pure as when its current rose at the first
alarm stroke Of Independence bell and, following
each artery TO the remotest member Of the federal
body, will return, unconiamnated and undmin
ishtd, through the swelling vcins and rise above
the common alter of our fathers, like and exhaust
less fountain, forever.