Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-04-15
Admission Of Kansas.


In the House of Representatives, on the
lst inst, all preliminary questions on the
bill from the Senate, to admit Kansas as
State into the Union, having been disposed
Of, Mr.. Montgomery of Pennsylvania, sub
mi,ted the following substitute, 10 come in
after the enacting clause:
That the State Of Kansas be, and is here
BY, admitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States in all res
poets whatever; but inasmuch as it is great.
ly disputed whether The constitution framed
at Lecompton, on the 9Th day of November
last, and now pending before Congress, was
fairly made, or expressed the will Of the
people of Kansas, This admission of her
into the Union as Stale is here declared
10 be upon this fundamental condition pre-
cedent, namely: that the said constitutional
instrument shall be first submitted to vote
of the people Of Kansas, and assented TO by
them, or majority Of the voters, at an E.
lection 10 be held for the purpose; and as
soon as such assent shall be given, and duly
made known by majority Of the commits
sioners herein appointed TO the President
Of the United States, he shall announce the
same by proclamation; and thereafter, and
without any further proceedings on the part
Of Congress, The admission Of the said State
Of Kansas into the Union upon an equal
footing with the original States, in all res
poets whatever, shall be complete and ab-
solute. At the said election the voting
shall be by ballot, and by endorsing on his
ballot, as each voter may please, "for the
constitution" or "against the constitution. -"
Should the said constitution be rejected al
the said election by a majority Of votes be-
itg cast against it, then, and in that event,
the inhabitants Of said Territory are hereby
authorized and empowered TO form for
themselves constitution and State Gov
ernment by the name of the State Of Kan
sas, according &c the federal constitution,
and to that end may elect delegates to a
convention, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. find be ii further enacted, That
the said State of Kansas shall have concur
rent jurisdiction on the Missouri and all
other rivers and waters bordering on the
said State Of Kansas, SO far as the same
shall form a common b,undsry TO said
State, and any other State or States now or
hereafter to be formed or bounded by the
same, and said rivers and waters, and all
the navigable waters of said State shall be
common highways, and forever free; as
we'll TO the inhabitants Of said State as to
all other citizens Of the United States,
without any tax, duty, impost or toll there
for.
SEC. find be it further enacted, That, for
the purpose Of insuring, a, far as possible,
that the elections authorized by this act
may be fair and free, the Governor and
Secretary Of the Territory Of Kansas, and
the presiding officers of the two branches
Of its legislature, namely: the President Of
the Council and Speaker Of the House Of
Representatives, are hereby constituted a
board of commissioners to carry into effect
the provisions Of this oct and 10 use all the
means necessary and proper 10 that end
Aay three of these snail constitute board,
and the board shall have power and author
i,y in respect 10 each and all of the cleo
tions hereby authorized or provided for, TO
designate and establish precints for voting,
or to adopt those already established; 10
cause polls to be opened at such places as
81 may deem proper in The respective coun-
ties ard election precincts Of said Terrific
ry, to appoint, as judges OF election at each
Of the several places Of voting, three dis