The Evansville daily journal., 1858-04-17

SATURDAY MORNING APRIL II
E,The fate of the Kansas Bill has
again been made doubtful by the dubious
conduct of Mr.. English and three other
anti-Lecompton Democrats. Mr.. Eng
lish has steadily professed himself op-
posed to the Lecompton Constitution
has argued and voted against it. But
he, with L. w. Hall of Ohio, Owen Jones
of Pennsylvania, and George Ii. Pendle-
ton of the First district of Ohio, all :
whom have been opponents Of th. B.Ar
voted for the Committee Of Con.erence.
These changes were just enough to throw
the rowet into tho Speakers hands
Mr.. English, Stephens, Of Geoi.2, snd
Hoard. Republican, of New Yol@, son>
stitute the Committee of Ccnie.eL-- -,
The report and doings of this Commit. =.
will depend upon the opinions of N
English, he being the umpire between
the anti-Lecompton Republican member,
and the ultra Southern advocate of the
Lecompton Bill. The views Of Mr..
English are set forth in proposition
made By him in caucus Of Democratic
members of Congress which was held to
devise some means OF compromise be-
tween the Lecompton and anti-Lecomp
ton Democrats. The following is the
paper submitted by him to the caucus.
1st. That it is highly desirable that
Kansas should be admitted at once, if it
can be done on satisfactory terms.
I'd. That our greatest objection is that
the Lecompton Constitution does not
embody the will Of the people Of Kansas.
3D. That for the sake of union and
harmony in the Democratic family, and
as choice Of evils, we will waive other
objections, and vote for admission on the
following terms, viz:
1st That it be secured to our satisfdc.
ton that the Legislature of Kansas will
be placed in the hands of free State men
we believing that majority Of free
State men were elected on the 4th of
January, 1858.
I'd. That the bill admitting Kansas as
a State be so amended as to secure to
our satisfaction that the constitution
may at once, or at any time after admis-
sion, if the people desire it, be changed
altered, amended, or abolished, so as to
conform to the public will.
There was no objection in the caucus
to giving the Legislature to the Free
State men, but the Lecompton members
insisted that the constitution could not
b, changed till 1864, and they, in the
most decided terms, refused to incorpor
ate any such provisions as proposed by
Mr.. English, in the bill, and the caucus
broke up without effecting anything.
Mr.. English subsequently, put hi
proposition in the form of a section tt
the bill, which he designed to have offer
ed as an amendment, had he had an op.
portunity, in the following words:
BE at fUTtheP e1ta5scOf, That tho Stata O
Kansas is admitted into the Union upon tn,
express fundamental condition that the Leg
lature of said State elected on the 4th o
January 1858, or any Legislature of salC
time, to submit the question to q vote of tht
people of said State, whether they viii o.
will not have a convention TO change, alter
or modify their constitution and the righ
to adopt all necessary means for giving eff
feet to the popular will in relation thereto
and the organization of the said State o
Kansas under the provisions of this act shal
be deemed and taken as its assent to and ac
uuiescence in the constitution hereinafter ex
pressed.
Which he contended would be incor
porating in tolegal form, the languag
andviews expressed by the President, il
the following sentence Of his message t
Congress:
The Legislature of Kansas already elec
ed may, at its very first session submit Il
question to a vote of the people whetht
they will or will not have Convention
amend their Constitution, and adopt all ne,
essary means for giving effect to tho popul:
will.
1t is probable that Mr.. English viii
agree to accept the Senate bill amende
rs proposed by him in caucus. II
amendment admits. in the most odiol
form, the right Of Congressional inter
yention to construe or set aside the pos
tive provisions ola State Constitution
II it were adopted it would have no forc
for no conrt in the county would sustai
it. 1t would serve only as trap for IL
people of Kansas, who would have TO a
cept the constitution as it is, and then
violation of one Of its most imperati,
provisions, attempt to set it aside undt
the sanction of an act Of Congress.
appears co US that the violation Of col
stitutional principles by the amendmel
would be as outrageous as the atteml
to force constitution, they had new
sanctioned, upon people. If Mr.. En-
lish can force the adoption of this n,
gatory amendment, he will support Il
Senate bill, and perhaps carry it throue
the House.
MISSING CREW TURNED UP.-Some thr