Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-05-05
The sEirdle.

Again Slavery has ~triumphed over
Freedom, and once more have Northern
Democrats proved traitors TO their con
sgauents, and traitors 10 the hight. Exc
euiive brides, and patronage, and party
shreats harc accomplished The end de-
signed, and the report CT the Kansas
Committee Of Conference, fEnglish's bill,
mas been passed by both Houses Of Con-
sress; in the Senate by Yeas 81, Nays
.22; House by Yeas ll2, Nays 1913.
The cause of this result is the dcfec-
ton of the Anti Lecomptnn Democrats.
OF the twenty-five, who opposed the orig
inal Lecomp!on bill, fourteen only stood
firm. The Washington correspondent CT
the Cincinnati Gazette says:
They are Davis of Indiana: Harris.
Morris, Shaw, Smith, anl Marshall, of
Illinois; Montgomery, Hickman. and
Chapman, Of Pennsylvania; Clark and
;Haskins, of New York; and Mckibben,
of California. The recusants are, Pen
dleton, Groesbeck, Cox, Lawrence, Cock
.erill and Hall, of Ohio; English and Fo,
ley, Of Indiana; Owen Jones, of Penn
sylvapia, and Adrian, of New Jersey.
Ohio ENJOYS the bad eminence Of far
nishing he largest detection, bat of her
~Gefaulting members blr. Groe>bock alone
commands any pablo respects. Pendle-
ton S waveringand unreliable course. long
since settled his status here, and Halls
.1reachery has all along been not only
suspected but known. Cockerill's con-
version is ascrihed 10 a like cause, as like
causes produce Ike effects.
The bill which has now become a law
is not essentially different from the vii
~iianous Lecomploa, itself. IF there is
any difference in rascalily, the English
bill certainly must bear The palm.
1t preoludes any popular vote On the
Contituiiop, but submits the Land dodge,
offering TO the people of Kansas q bride
of some twenty-five millions Of acres of
public lands, if they will accept The Le-
compton Constitution, but admits Klnsas
into the Union only upon that condition
1t is simply a bride offered to The people
of Kansas, 10 induce them 10 sanction
1hc Lecompion Constitution, and come
into The Union as d Slave State. The
people of Kansas are TO be allowed TO vote
for or against certain ordinances specified
in the bill. If they vote for them, Kan
Sas is 10 he admitted iato tie Union, forth
with with the Leconpton Constitution; if
they vote against them, then Kansas can
not be admitted upon any conditions, al
present, nor until ii shall be ascariained
by a census duly and legally taken that
the population equals or exceeds the ratio
CT representation required for enc men,
Der of .l,le Federal House of Representa-
lives, but no provision is made in this
case for the grant of public lands.
Il; is of a piece with The LecomPton
juggle, and is an insult to the people of
Kansas ard 10 The common sense Of the
citizens Of the United States. Il does no!
.submit.ihe Constitution TO a vote of the
people; .fney are not tc have the right to
say yea or nay TO It, if they would he adj
united inio-the Union. They can be al
mitled into the Union al once, 10 matter
what may be the population Of The terri
tory; they a have the grant CT twenty
five millions o; acres Of lands, if they
viii only accept the LecomP:on Consli-
but il they. vote against the land
grant; then they cannot como in at all IN
ill a new Census shall BE- ordered, ana il
is ascertaincd that Kansas contains u pop-
ulaticn Of n~ineiy-three thousand. The
literal meaning Of al his, is the admins
tratiOn says to the people Of Kansas, you
can come in as u Slave Stale, or you can
not come in al all. Come ia as a Slave
State and you can have the land grant;
as a Free Stale you cannot. You can
come in as a Slave State with forIy-fye
thousand, as 4 Free State when You have
a population Of ninety-,hrce thousand,
and not till then.