The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-14
THE VOTES ON KANSAS IN THE HOUSE. AND
: SAX WHAT THEY MEAN eas ss

The republicans, without salt or pepper, swal-
lowed the Leconaton oyster. They are willing to
admit the State subject to vote upon the corstitu-
ton The House would not reject the Senate bill
there was a. decided majority of the body in favor
Of admission in form OF course the impress
sion s, that large majority Of the House desired to
get rid Of Kansas The seceding democrats cor
tainIy wished to get rid Of it. The South Americans
wished to get rid of it,, because as an exclusive
measure Of northern agitation, 1t was unavailable
to them. All patriotic desired to rcm,ove il
from the arena Of federal politics. But there
were democrats and Americans who would not
vote in the naked Lecompton constitution; they
would bring in tho State, but they would have
the people to endorse The constitution 6rst Now,
gentlemen, do you not know that you have
been voting for the total rejection Of Kansas? You
know that the republicans, who have come noni-
naly TO your support, viii, in fact defeat your OBJ
jccts if you have any They voted for the Crittcn-
deu bill that il might supersede the Senate bill, and
il passed they knew they could get the people of
Kansas to reject the whole affair. The House would
not, in other words, vote for rejection bnt they
wond vote for admission in such form as to secure
the rejection of tho State by the action OF the peo
pie II the virtues OF the four Evaagelists were
iuboded in the LecomPton constitution, we hold il
clear that il would still DO rejected by the people of
Kansas, IL Mr.. Seward Mr. Douglas Mr. Greeley.
and Mr.. Garrison should indicate that such result
would best promote the cause of the republicans
The House, no doubt, by large majority, sincerely
desire to the affair from general politics and
is also probable that there may be nearly thirty
innocent gentlemen in Congress who believe that the
Crittenden amendment will effect that object That
the republicans proper arc laboring under any such
delusion is quite impossible. They have swallowed
Lecompton, but they took an emetic Immediately
after, and they expect to relieve their stomachs lust
soon possible. They swallowed Lecompton TO
show the seeding democrats and the rump Ameri-
cans how readily it might be done. That the latter
expect to let the Crtenden medicine take its course
and cleanse out the system is quite likely but the
republicans, mol ~ Hrat
What we want to know il, who. beside the co,,n-
try generally to be specially cheated in this mat
ter Z We will risk apredction in italics Erery
man Who rofed for The Crtendea amendment supposing
TITO BE- anything different from rciag for uncond,-
t'onai rejection, and for keeping open the ole matter. has
been ucfuy cheated that is he has cheated himself
in most ridiculous way. In other words, The re-
publicans who voted for the Crittenden amendment
knew that they could get The people of Kansas to
do what Congress- refused to do by largo votc-re-
ject the Lecompton constitution. Then, what has
Congress- actually done They have voted that they
will settle the Kansas question, and that they viii