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

On Tuesday tho 2sh Of April, the Re,
mort Of the Conference Committee on the
.usas question was tho special order OF
,he day.
Mr.. Cnirrrvprv expressed his dissatis'
fiction with the substitute proposed 10y the
committee. though perhaps IN some OF 'is
features il was an Improvement o The bill
originally passed by the Senate. !, eer>
nlnly involved an abandonment OF the POI
,,on assumed by the patrons OF that bill.
ia so FAR as it recognised a contingency
upon which tho l.ecomp,on Constitution
was to be considered null aud void 1t re-
NAMED, therefore, to examine whether that
contingency had been well selected by the
committee in suspendng the fate OF the
h l.ccompton Constitution on vote to be
had on the modified ordinance, II seemed
n him that it woud have been more cons
4 ss;eu, with fair aud Just legislation to refer
Il tie question OF the tonsd,u,ion to direct
vote OF tho people, rather than to determine
81. eligibility by n vote on proposition cx-
! uiusic to it. And the substitute, by further
providing. in ease ;he proposition of Cons
r-oss should he rejected by the people OF
Kansas, that they should be retained in a
Territorial condition for an indefinite term
of wears, seemed to proceed upon princi-
4, Of resentment. sfliNing. IA 1t does. q
disability upon the people which ia not con-
temphled otherwise than "a a consequence
of vote hostile to the establishment of the
compton Constitution. The provision,
moreover. that the vote should be conducted
under the direction OF board not equally
divided ia political sentiment, but OF which
mhintiiy would ho Federal appoin,ees
sremrd to be no Improvement on the House
bill destroying. ~ it does, tho impartihlity
of tha, measure Tie thought !, important
that Congress in the present question should
not only do justice, ba, avoid the suspicion
of injustice. Tie closed by aluding, IA
eloquent, terms To the geographical position
oi kentucky as a par, OF the great west
which was conservative aud national not
only in tia feelings, bat also because l,-
material interests were iudissoluhiy bound
up with the union Of the States.
Mr.. HUNTER defended the substitute Of
tho committee. That substitute, he argued,
Involved no abandonment OF principle on
,hc part OF those who had supported tAe
Senate bill Il assumed that tho Iecomp-
ton Constitution was the Legitimate " 'rk OF
,ho people. aud differed from the senate
I'D, onl, in specifically providing tot con
t.aeoucy wlrch the latter had l"'t to be
settled by implication. The Sednte bill adj
mitted Kansas under the Lecompion Cons
sulu,on with certain grant OF iand' ana
assumed the popular acqnioseence IL wat
grant. The substitute OILERS TO admit tue
State into the Union with certain grant
Of land. and refers that proposition to
popular vote, with view OF ascet'aining
whether il is acceptable to the people pfiof
In THAR admission. Ia case II should be
rejected the bill further provides t''at no
stem shall be ,sken for ihe formation OF a
State Government un'il the population OF
the Territory shall eutille /, TO representa-
ton in tho popular branch OF Congress
This last provision WAS no, enjoineu ~
way of "A penalty, as had been animated,
since the general equity and propne'y OF
the provision could not he contested. Mr..
II closed by earnestly invoking the Senate
to accent the substitute Of the committee.
It's p,.sspe would at leas. bring truce to
the pending sectional agitation, and IT was
to lc hoped might result in perha"eh'
pesce,
Mr.. Co,LAmrn desired briefly to assign
the reason why he had voted against the
senate bill, had subsequently, voted Tor Inc
House bull aud would vote against the SUD
slitute OF the committee.
Tho Senate bill was Objectionable be>
cause /, recognised the validity OF the los
compton Consultation which he believed 70
be tho creature of usurpalion and fraud
and which not being made by the people,
did no, embody their VIII.
The House bill was accepted by Inn be-
cause /, submitted The Leeompion Cons'''
tu,ion to vote of the people. who, he was
assured. would reject II. AS an alternative
proposition it was preferable to tho bill OF
The senate, and offered the only chance by
which aid could be afforded To the people OF
kapsss ia their efforts 10 establish 'ree
State. The House bill provided TAR
board TO conduct tho election on The Cons
sti,u,on, and was not open to the s"sP'c'oh
of frauds on the elective franchise. Aud,
lastly, the House bill afforded means oil
certainly terminating the Kansas conuo'
versy at an early day.
The substitute of the committee was obs
iec.ionab!e in that II submitted the Com
sttu,ion. not fairly, but to n vote on land
grants. II the people will take the land
grants, they mus, take the l.ccompton Con
,,,..,:..,. n ,hav rniert tina land grants