Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-12-31
A PENDING APPLICATION FOR THE ADMISSION
OF KANSAS

". clip the following from the Lawrence
correspondence of the New York Herald:
The Lcavenworth constitution. it will he re-
membcred, was ratified by small vote Of about,
1000 Notwithstanding the opinion Of the
Attorney General against the legality Of tina,
constitution. many parties here claim that it Is
legal, and desire Kansas 10 be admitted undci
it. Judge ~ +. Conway, the President Of the
Convention which framed said constitution, ac-
cordingly forwarded, u few days since, by the
United States express. To Washington, two
copies of the document, duly authenticated. ac-
companied hy two copies Of tabular statement
ofthe returns Of the election on the ratification OF
the same one TO be given TO N. j. Parrot for the
House, and the other 20 Seward for the Senate.
The Constitution has doubtless been presented
ere this time; so that the application Of Kansas
for admission must HOW bc before Congress -
What the Republicans here fear is that the
Republicans in the States will themselves sup.
press the application so that if il gets before
Congress at all. at this session, il will bc at
late day, and then introduced, only for appear
ance sake, to he referred To some committee
and quietly killed That would enable the
Republicans to keep up their hue and cry OF
bleeding Kansas
Then Robinson is engaged i'll Il scheme To
get the Delaware Reserve and other valuable
lands in the Territory appropriated ITO rail-
rosd company" Of which lac is principal stock
holder. Tie desires 10 defeat our admission aS
State, because that would defeat his land -po-
liation scheme. 1t would necessarily super
Setie this special and direct grant Of land and
cause all the lands given by the federal govern
nieat for railroads and other purposes TO be
granted AZ provided Tor in the ordinance 10 the
State Constitution, the provisions of Which
would bc an insupcrablc obstacle to the scheme
Of Robinson i Co. II is understood that Rob
inson has engaged with him in this bHSnesss
large number Of republican members Of Con-
sres<. have heard Henry Wilson's name
mentioned rs one Of them. II is. therefore,
quite possible that in order to share III this
p!under. and to keep the Kansas question still
in some measure open. for political u-c>, the
Republican,, may lac eager 10 shut Oft Kansas,
without word ut this session.
Robinson is 4 great Scherner. lie has been
pretending that he would leave the Republi-
cans, and 90 over to the Democrats; but this is
sham. He has got the influence Of Denver
and other Administration Democrats in behalf
of his scheme, upon this expectation while at
the same time he tells Republicans, secretly,
not to organize the Republican party until he
gets through With the Democrats and Sc
cures his land. and that then he will be
with them He calculates on swindling
the Democrats, and thereby getting the
land. OH staving off the admission Of the
State until this is accomplished, then to
turn round be a fierce Republican and ride
into the United States Senate as such Such
trickster ought to be upset
Seward has an interest in a paper here, which
he intends. or designs, to use to effect the vote
of Kansas in 1870