The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-07-18
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reference ana the form OF submission luhder uie
Enghsh bilil were not such as : couia sapeuon WIN
my VOTE Tor inc reason tha' y
slave States ana iree STATES provdlg 'na'' II 'ney
came IN with the Lecompton constitution, u'eyeouia
be received with 5o,ooo pnt II tney chose 70 ue-
mand another constitution more CONSISTENT with tie
sentiments and feehngs tey ahouia not DC reeeNed
into the Union unti they naa 9'4NV iihaoi'an'a'
We shall not characterize THIS perVersion Oh me
provisions Of the English bill as 1t deserves, put
shall proceed at once to denonce the attempt on
the part OF the Illinois senator TO revive the troubles
in Kansas by thus urging the people OF that Terri
stiuton, to frame fourth constitution before they
have suiiicient population 10 send one represent
alive to Congress. And tins attempt comes from
professed democrat and TREND Oh the Union !'t
Let us glance at the condition OF the country
when the English bill was presented TO congress
The exasperated feeling between the North ana tne
South had reached dangerous point Inc steam
had risen 80 high as to threaten an immediate expio
sion The exciting we might say me furious
debates which had continued for more than three
months, had reused the passions OF men both North
and South and had prepared them for wild measures
Two States Of the Union, Georgia and Alabama, had
passed laws requiring their respective governors to
call conventions, with view to consider the ques-
ton Of secession from the Union in case the Kansas
question should not be settled, The Senate bill,
which we preferred and still deem the best bill,
had failed in the House through the intrigues and
influence Of the friends of Mr. Douglas from Illinois
in that body acting In concert and harmony with the
black-republicans. Inc Union was IN peril AT
this crisis the English bill proposed to refer the
land question to the people OF Kansas Tor their de-
cision and if they didnot choose to come into the
Union as State by voting in the affirmative of this
quoSsioh' THAT uaoh iSJ oiiouiu iei'i IA !" riii'o
rial condition until they had sufficient population
to elect one member to Congress. The alternative
was fairly offered On the one hand there was pre-
sented this fair and equitable bill calculated to re-
move all danger from the Union, and to restore
peace and harmony among the different members Of
the coniederacy and this was supported by more than
nneteen-twentieths OF the democratic party IN Con-
gress. On the other hand, 1t was known that re-
fusai to pass 1t would be the signal Tor renewed an
archy and confusion IN kansas and would still fur
ther exasperate the contest raging between the
North and the South, and expose the Union to i'm
minent danger Mr. Douglas chose the latter branch
OF the alternative with all its direful consequences
ow'radicalIy wrong he was is demonstrated by the
comparative peace and harmony which now peryade
the whole country on the slavery question. The
love Of the Union now predominates everywhere.
Ia charity we were, at the time, disposed to at
tribute the opposition OF Mr. Douglas to the Eng
lish bill to the modification of defeat; and we
were assured from different sources that he had
determined to express his acqniescence in this
bill in his speech before the people Of Chicago,
and thus throw himself back into the demo-
cratic party. We were prepared to give him
cordial welcome. He his now, however adopt
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