The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-04-28
EVANSVILLE, IND.
6rMr. English, the Chairman of the

House Committee of Conereuce. is
charged by the Republican press With
treaehsry and collision with Tie Le
eomptenitess and their abuse 81 him IS
poured out in most UNINSURED terms
It is difficult, among the great variety of
versions given Of it, to learn the exact
provisions of his Bill. The most reliable
report we have received Of it. is the
following:
SEcr1ox 1. That the State of Kansas be.
and rs hereby, admitted into the Union, on
an equal footing with tho original States,
with the Constitution framed at Lecom pton;
and this admission Of her into the Union as
a State is here declared to be upon this furi-
damental condition precedent, namely: that
the said constitutional instrument shall be
first submitted to a vote Of hcpeople of Kan
sas and asscnted to by them, or a maiority.of
the voters, at an election to be held for the
purposc. At the said election, the voting
shall be by ballot,and his indersing on hio
ballot, as each voter may please, "For prop
osition Of Congress and admission" or
"Arainst proposition Of Congress and admis~
sion" The President of the United States.
as soon as the fact is duly made known to
him. shall announce the same by proclama-
ton, and thereat, and without any further
proceedings on the part of Congress. the adj
mission OF the State of Kansas into the Union
on an esual footing with the original States,
in all respects whatever, shall be completed
and absolute; and said State shall be entitled
to one member in the House of representa-
tives in the Congress of tho United States
until the next census be taken by the FEEDER
al Government. But, should majority Of
the votes cast be against the proposition OF
Congress and admission, it shall be deemed
and held that the people Of Kansas do not
desire admission into the Union with said
Constitution, under the conditions set forth
in said proposition; ard in that event the
people of said Territory are hereby author
lied and empowered TO form tor themselves
Constitution and State Government by the
name Of the State of Kansas, according to the
Federal Constitution, ard may elect dele
gates for that purpose whenever, and not be-
fore, 1t is asceTtained, by census duly and
legally taken, that the population of said
Territory equals the ratio of population re
auired for member of the House of Repre-
sentativcs of the United States; and when
ever thereafter such delegates shall assemble
in convention, they shall first determine by
vote whether 1t is the wish of the people o
Lllo pTOpOScu ClbJc w w uuIullJCu W Il'
Union at that time and ii SO, shall proceed
to form Constitution, and take all neees
sary steps for the establishment off Stat,
Government, in conformity with the Fedora
Constitution, subject to the approval or ratl
fcation of the people OF the proposed State
in such manner as they may have prescribed
and shall be entitled to admission into tn,
Union as a State under such Constitution
thus fairly and legally made, with or with
out slavery, as such Constitution may pre-
scribe.
z Section second relates to boundaries &c.
and is the same as that in the Crittcnder
Bill.
Section third relates to Commissioners o
Election, and is the same rs in the Cri.ten-
den Bill, except that the United States Dis
trict Attorney is added to the Governor, Sec
rotary, and presiding officers of both Houses
rs Commissioner. The remaining sections
are substantially the same rs in the Critten
den.
This preserves the important right o
the people to vote upon their Constitu
ton and is complete concession-if j
be accepted-on the part Of the Lecomp
tonites Of oil the positions for which the.
have been contending through the fou
months struggle. If any one be defeat
cd by the adoption of the measure, it ca
be no one but those who have denied tn
right of the people to vote upon tn
adoption Of their fundamental laws.
But the complaint is that the bill re
ported by the committee holds ont brib
for its adoption, and threat Of it be re
iected. 1.-THE Constitution shall be accept
ed by the people OF Kansas the bill pre-
vides for donation of 1900, 600 acre
of public lands-being like quantit
with that given to Minnesota-for th
construction of railroads. But if tn
Iecompton Constitution be rejected, th
admission of Kansas as State, is defer
rcd till her population shall reach th
legal ratio for a Representative in Cor
gress, which is now $1,000. The pTir
ciple Of refusing the admission Of a
Territories as States till they have al
quired population to entitle them to
Representative in Congress is a good on,
The delay in the case Of Kansas cann'
be long, with her rapidly increasing po
ulation, and no injury will result to Il
cause of free labor and freesoil, while I'll
free State men have so completely tho a
tendency, with the Legislative power
the Territory entirely in their own hand
The delay incense no danger to them.
Nor is it to be supposed that the pc
pie of Kansas are SO mercenary, tn
they can be bribed to relinquish cheris
ed Constitutional rights, for the prese
possession Of 100000 acres of Ian
which they will be very sue to obta
whenever they are entitled to admissi
under the proposed bill, which will be
one or two years, and long before t
new ratio under the census Of 1860
established. IF the above report Of
provisions of the bill be correct we
no good reasons for the severe condemn
ton of Mr.. English.
GIVE understand one of our leadi
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