Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-03

The face of this, however, and in the face OF his
former vote, Mr. Lawrence has turned right
about and voted for Englishs bill, showing 70
us pretty conelusively that his first vote was
one of cxpediency, simply.
''oh! frailty thy name is (noD wOman"-but
politician.
TnR ExoLIsH Bmt.-our readers, long tired
of the Kansas question, have probably despaired
of ever keeping up with the the mnItitudInous
metamorphoscs which seemed to be in store forit.
First we had the original bill rs it came from
the Senate-then the Crittcndcn amendment
then the Crittenden- Montgomery amendment
then the English bill-nnd we don't know how
many other little prov;sos and amendments were
offered by sruaIl-fry politicians. But as the
English bill is the one now offered to the people
of Kansas, it is the ono and the only one with
which wo have to do. We will state it in us
brief terms as possible. 1t proposes-just to
speak plainly and without minc.ng words
TO briGe the people Of Kansas to accept the
Lecompton Constitution. 1t says in effect -
1--WE, Congress, will give you your five millions
of acres of public lands if you will come in
with the Lecompton ConStitution-no odds if
you only have 10000 inhabitants; but if you
don't choose to come in under the Lccompton
Constitution, but prefer free state Constitution,
YOU shall not have the land-neither shall you
come in until you have $4,000 inhabitants, or
enough TO entitle you to one member Of Con-
grcsS."
That it may he seen by our readers that we
give fair statement of the essence Of the Eng
lish bill we extract from it the kcrnel-and here
it Is, viz:
At tho said election the voting shniI be by
ballot, and by indOrsing his ballot, as each
voter may please, 'Propcsition 0eeepteG' or
"propositioH rejected" Should majority Of
the votes cast be for proposition accepted, the
President Of the United States, soon AS the
fact is duly made known to him, shall announce
the same by prOclamation; aud thereafter, and
Withsut any further proceedings on the part of
Congress, the admission OF the State IF hhH@dS
info tie Union upon equal Jooting NTH the
original States, in all respects uhItcrsT, shdH DO
complete and absolute, and said State shall be
entitled to one member in she House OF Repre-
semtatives in the Congress Of the United States
until the next census be taken by the Federal
Government; but, should n majority of the
votes cast be for ''prOpOSition rejected, IL ShdH
Je deemed and hell that the people IF Kansas do
not desire ddIaission into the Union Nth sad
Constituti0R under the Conditions set forth IN
the saM proposition, aud in that event the poo
pie of said Territory are authorised and EN-
powered TO form for themselves Constitution
and State Government, by the name OF the State
Of Kansas, according to the Federal ConStitu-
ton, and may elect delegates Tor that purpose
whenever, and not before, H is dSeortdiHcd by
census duly and legally t1keH that tie population
Of said Territory equals or exceeds the ratio ~
representation required for a member of he
House Of Representatives. Of the Congress Of ne
United States.
Now, this is the bill with which the weak
stomach Of Mr.. Lawrence and his (oncc) Anti
Lecompton colleagues were strengthened. We
call the attention of his constituents to tho fact,
IL he can explain his extraordinary change Of
front, It's more than We can do.
But to make assurance doubly sure, and to
show that We have given our readers the bright
particular gem of the whole matter, we sub.
join the following from the Philadelphia North
american, which we find cordially endorsed
In the Baltimore Patriot We aPprehend the
bill is entirely shown up in the following:
"Nominally. it submits the land ordinance;
but in reality it Is bribo to the free State
men Of tho territory TO induce them to vote
for u proSlavery constitution And the pen
atty Of their refusal is that Kansas shall be
kept in territorial condition until such time
ms she shall have inhabitants sufficient to en-
title her TO n representative in the House
der the federal appor,ionment-that is until she
has population Of $4,000. Years, hcrhaps.
may elapSa beforG this is attained. And hence
the strong temptation that tbs opponents Of Lee
compton are under to vote for constitution
which brings them at once into the Union, aud
tnakes an ample grant Of lands, 10y which they
may hope in some way to profit, in addition
10 the enhanced value that will be given to the
land already held by them The number Of
persons in Kansas engaged in land speculation
Is large, aud they caunot be Indifferent to teh
pecuniary advantages that would be derivdO
from their territory quietly coming into the
Union as State.
But, while the people of the territory Etultify
themselves by voting for the LecOmPton conSti.
tuition, should this new bill. by any chance, be
got through. the House! At present the hill
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