The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-05-13
From the M,o York 7sabatue, Mau /.

passed both Houses OF Congress yester-
day: the Senate by 30 to %; the House
lby 1l2 to I03. One of the original force
Of twenty-five Democrats who stood up a.
gainst the original Lecompton bill in the
House, only twelve stood out to the end
against this juggle. One (Mr. Glimer)
of the six South American opponents oil
Lecompton caved; the others stood 6rO.
In the Senate Dir Pugh of course voted
for the juggle, as be would have done for
the original Lecompton but for express
instructions from a Democratic Legisla-
ture; be voted for this as be had argued
and sehcmed for the other. Our two
New York anti Lccompton Democrats
HORACE T. CLARK and JOHN b. HAsKIN
we're true and hearty to the last. A
grateful People observes and will ac-
knowledge their fidelity.
The character of the English contri-
vance which Congress has stopped to rat
ify is established by one prominent fact:
In the d,bate which preceded the adop-
ion, some mcmbers supported and some
opposed it because it sumitted the Le-
compton Constitution to the People Of
Kansas for ratification or rejection; 9TH
ers supported or opposed it for just toe
opposite reason. The leading advocate
and joint contriver of the scheme (Ste-
phen) stated explicitly that it does not sub
NIT Lccompton; its most -picuous con-
vert (Cox) supported it because it did in
effect submit that Constitution; while its
public sponsor and putative author Eng
lisb) refused to say whether in his view it
did or did not! And it was precisely be-
cause it could be read either way it pass.
ed This is the level to which statesman
ship has sunk in the year of grace 1858
The same votes that have repeatedly
beaten, not only the original Lecompton
bill that this slippery off,hoot, yesterday
passed it. Its most ardent advocate yes
terday was one who had this week writ
ten home that this English dodge was
meaner and worse than Lecompton naked
The Democrats from Ohio, who at first
were unanimous against Lecompton, were
yesterday almost or quite unanimous for
this substitute. Pennsylvania and Indi-
anna unsuccessfully We'd with them in
swelling the numbers of the rencgades.-
Apostacy was never more scaudalous nor
more shameless.
Not an argument was openly adduced
by the renegadcs which did not, so far as
it had any force. condemn their original
position. Suppressing agitation-saving
the Uniou-harmoniziug the party, &c
if, for the sake of any or all Of these, it
was right to support Eu ,lish's iii, it wa
equally right to have voted for Grecns's
and wrong to disturb "the harmony of the
party" in order to make an opportunity
to restore it,
But it is palpab.e truth that the ar
gumeuts which have passed this bill were
far more solid than the logic Of English.
more brilliant than the rhetoric of Cox
They are not to be found in TIE Congress-
i0zaI Globe, unless the Deficiency bill has
already been printed therein. From the
day that bill passed the House, it has
been felt that the Administration would
win some sort of triumph with regard to
Kansas. The delay that has occurred
has been an affair OF distribution merely.
Members willing to be convinced BY ar
gunents addressed to their own pockets
we're not so ready to yield to golden Sc
ductions when the yielding was to tc
theirs, the gold another's. The struggle
had degeucrated into an affair of scquins,
not sequences; the controlling inquiry was
not, "For "what reason?" but "For bow
much!' Whoever fancies tha, the con
verts of the last two weeks have stulli6ed
and disgraeed themselves for any such
considerations as are embodied in their
wretched speeches does their intellects
gross injustice. There is not one among
them so simple as not to be able to in
quire his way from the Capitol to the
Treasury Department.
Well: Lecompton Junior has passed:
What then!
Nothing, but very brief dismissal of
the Kansas question from the floor OF the |
two Houses. This bill settles nothing,
establishes nothing, but leaves all at as
loose ends as ever
The original Lecompton bill had at
least this merritt assumed to be a final.
Ity Kansas might upset or transform
The Constitution thereby imposed on her,
but Congress wa. precluded from again
neddling with the subject. True; the
question would have come back again, 10
he shape of contested elections to the
House or Senate, or both; but the bill
contemplated nothing of the sort. II pro.
'essed to remit all that remained of the
to the People Of Kansas. -
And what Mr.. Green's bill fully profes-
'ed to do, the Crittenden- Montgomery
,ill actually did. That bill said to the
People of Kansas, "Ratify the Lecomp
on Constitution if you like it, and you
re in the Union; if you don't like it,
rame another and fairly ratify it, and /.
'ou will then be in the Union, without /,
urther seton BY Congress- Here was
70 end OF contention, a balm for agitation
practical end Of controversy. The
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