The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-05-22


could say that the chronic troubles in tina,
Territory would not break out anew
Mr.. Hale made brief argumen; agains,
the substitute on the ground shat 1t cons
ilicted with tho Democrats doctrine Of tho
equality of the States, iuasmuch ~ it as,
signs different conditions for tho admission
OF slave and free Siatcs, offering. a. il does
premium Of FIVE millions of dollars (,hc
value Of the land grsn,s) for a slave State,
while il extends TO free State communities
the prospect Of waiting indefinitely for ad,
mission into the Union.
Mr. WADE denounced the substitute Ms
being insulting to the South and unjust to
tho North.
Mr.. GREEN briefly defended tho com.
mi,,ees bill from whs, he deemed tho harsh
criticisms oil Mr. Wade. and in renlv :,
Mr.. Cfiitendon maintained that il involved
no abandonment of the principles con tsined
in the original Senate bill.
On " ednesjav. after the usual morning
business -amnngs, which was the unani>
nous adoption Of resolution directing
appropriate Acknowledgements to be made
generosity aud humanity were recently so
conspicuously displayed in oifording relief
to the afflicted crew OF tho United States
ftigate Susquehanna--he report of the
Kansas Conference Committee was the
special order of the day.
Mr. STUART, in an elaborate argument
opposed the bill presented by the committee
hat al ha.
tween the two Houses OF Congress, which
were divided upon the question whether the
f.ecompion Constitution WAS the work OF
the people OF kansss aud embodied their
will, and not upon the amount of land
which should be conceded to the State IN
the event OF her admission. The Senate
had insisted on taking tho Constitution a.
ting the Consultation to vote OF the PEG,
pie. The difference between them bad re-
lstion only to the character OF the instfu
ment framed at Locompton. and the com,
mittee in seeking to transfer the disagree,
ment to another subject had rather raised =
new question than fairly met or composed
the outstanding discussions. And what
was this new question: On its face it pur-
ported to be a proposition to secure vote
on the acceptance or rejection OF certain
land grants, which vote. however. is to de,
cite the acceptance or rejection or the Los
co,n,o, ro,s,,,u,;o, rbc land gt,n,.
are the bait, the lecompion Constitution is
the Srap in which i, i. hoped to catch the
,eanle Of k,,s,. by Inns ARRANGEMENT,
The terms of the propo.ition. moreover,
are so constructed a. to serve the purposes
oi political Juggling aifording - 'he
North tho uret.nce OF slrtualiy submitting
the Constitution. and siiording to the Ncwii
pfetcnce for denying that IT Is submitted
lhn; the proposition would he rejected by
the people OF Kansas 1t required no spltl'
OF prophecy to predict Tor H. on 'he ''n
OF January last, they rejected the Lecomp
ton win an ordnance "'ifn''"e '''o e,'"''
to the amount OF 'h''N h'H'o"s Ut """"'''
no" mnch more Wou'' 'h's r'J'o' Va" '"
compton Constitution WIN n" ofo'nahe'
affirming lana grams 10 we amount u ''s'
IMAM I'VE "'''"n' VI "'"'e
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the provisions 81 lhe p'H WIN '"e we" "
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TWO HOUSES '"'s wv, p''P's''
more 'hsn 10 inquiry ""','' W" a.
Kansas oes"" ~ oe ""'"'''e' NV W.
Union nor VIVA '"e q"es'''". 49, ~
to the origin ana PROVISIONS VI Wv
compton 'oos''u.'o" Nos ~ aJ,,,,,;a.,
,"e W Wv 'I' i '.u s,,,s wa. ons
' .h ''v '"s ,on,,oI .T Coneress and
Az VIZ IN, ,no, INA Kansas difficulty upon the
Wv, '''' ,'' ,na' !, com,e,en, far Con.
on, P,."' a., ~ ma r,sm,sss Doubtless
H., noo,le o( Kansas in voting on the prop
osi,,on submitted to them would te some
.b.t eoverned hy their opinions Of the
Jecomn,on Constitutions; but this was
marely nm incideu, of the 1ualtion.
=, A., a.,,o.dea "a o,aly,o the
W. '' ., , ~. ton.,;,n,,cn l,,ely framed
,I"","s,o,,t w;,h Ina view Of showing
~ -, s,.,,i.h', nan,o su,r,a,e lie de-,
'u', .'' al"o,;o, hoard