Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-01
THE ENGLISH CONFERENCE BILL.

and to deprive them of the right o
self government.
THE ENGLISH CONFERENCE BILL.
Judge Holman says Buchanan ha,
been in offic, sixteen months, and ye
slavery has not been extended unde
his administration. Who Is TO b,
thanked ? The Democratic party usct
all its power to- force white slavery int
Kansas, and to force Kansas Nth sldUe
RI into the Union, Notwithstanding th'
vehement protest of her people at th'
ballot box. Every Republican in Con
gross raised his voice against the con
sumation of the iniquity, and with the
aid Of twenty-five Douglas men ant
six South Americans in the House, tho
gigantic efforts Of the Democracy Il
force Kansas into the Union under 0
constitution, which the people had re-
jccted on the 4th of January, 1888
were defeated The Douglas men who
stood hrm in their opposition to the
Kansas policy of Buchanan, have all
been repudiated by the party. Men
are not allowed to vote for their constit
uents, if they are Democrats; but they
must vote as the President dictutes.-
But not content with the rejection oi
the Lecompton bill by the House, and
of the constitution itself by the people
Of Kansas, the Democracy got up IN,
Green. English bill, which is mcaner, II
possible, than tha Lccompton swindle
itself The latter was bold effort tc
rob the people OF their birthright, the
former, n sneaking, miserable devise tc
cheat or bribe them ont Of IL. Holman
says tho Lecompton constitution was
virtually submitted by the English bill
Ora mt II, for the sake Of the argument,
though such is not tho fact. Tho sub
stances, and all there was Of the Eng
lish bill, might be stated in dozen
words. 1t said to the people Of Kansas
Take negro slavery and come into the
Union under ~ constitution which was
"born in fraud and baptized in perjury
and you may have lands, and be admit.
ted without regard 10 your populations;
hut if you will not take slavery, then
y. shall not como into tho Union un-
ill You hayo the last man, woman or
child necessary to constitute o9,420 in.
habitantS. in other words, 10000 in.
habitants arc enough for slave sta,c;
but il the leople of u Territory want
free institutions, such rs prevail in sew
entecn States Of the Union, and under
hich civilization and the arts and
sciences are making their most rapid
development, then you shall not come
in with less than $4,000 Inhabitants
IL there IL man here who is base
enough 10 favor slave institutions in
preference 10 those uudor which he
lives, aud which protect and nourish
him, let him stand up and show hinselfl
Mr. Ill. thought if 10000 Inhabitants
were sufficient for a slave state they
were for free State; and he VS. op-
posed to the discrimination Of the kag-
lish hll against freedom and free inst.
tuticns. The Democracy, however,
take the English bill as finality. All
parties, prior To tho passage Of that
act, had agreed to the admission of
Kansas with her present populationi
but because she will not take slavery,
she is TO be kept out of the Union for
sn "indefnite number of years as II
punishment. Mr.. III. was against all
such discrimin atoms. But Holman says
il was compromise. With whom. Sam
Cox and w. Ii. English? The Mobile
Register says "this constituted the COM
promise. II Kansas was not to come
under tho Lecompton Constitutions rs
Slave State. tho South was to be con-
peHsdtcd by keeping her out 80 a free
state for nm indefinite number ofyears.
MIR Clay of Alabama in n recent letter
SAYS, the effect OF this bill "may be 10
keep Kansas Territory lor many years,
where, under the Nebraska Kansas dci
and the Dred Scott decision, Southrons
have right to carry and hold stdreS.
lie further says, that the acL 'Oiiered
her strong inducements to come into The
Union. by declaring If she did not ac-
ccpt the terms proposed, she should
stay out ill she attained .hc population
that would cntitle her To one reprcsen.
tative." Holman, yesterday, at I.au'
rel said "Clay was miserable, con.
tomptable fellow" but las is a leading
'national Democrat elected 10 the
Craftsmanship of an important Commit
tee by the Democracy of the Scnate.-
The Crittondcn. Montgomery amend
ment gave tho people of Kansas the
land whether they took Lccompton OF
made free State Constitution for them
selves; and it required no further popu
lation. IL made 10 odious discrimina
tions against free Ion.
SUBMITTING CONSTITUTIONS TO A VOTE ol
THE PEOPLE.
Mr.. ii. said the doctrine Of submit
ting constitutions to vote of the peo
pie ut the ballot-box could only b
found in the Republican platform. |
cannot be found in any orthodox Dem
ccratic speech or platform OF this yeai
II they over entertained the doclrin
they have abandoned il. Holman talk
cd about the Wallace resolution. Tha
resolution was not regarded by tho Bn
chanan mon as any part OF the platform
Marshall Robinson said il was not, an
that il was adopted alter the great mas
of the delegates had left. Buchana
and breckenridge, thirty-two Demo
cratic Senators, and the great mass {
the Democratic Representatives, Dome
cratic State Conventions, District Con
vcntions and County Conventions, II
rcpudiate II, aud said it was an exp c
ded humbug" In the face of all tn
: authority, Holman tried TO hang to III
doctrine, and to force himself on th
Rel ublican platform. Quotations hay
, already been made from Buchanan