Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-04-29
EngIishe's PropositiOu.
From the Tribune Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, April 81, 1858.

~ WASHINGTON, April Il, 1898.
The following is Mr.. Englishe's Kan
,sas bill as it stands to-day. 1t may
of course be modified
SECTION l. That the State of Kan
sas, be, and is hereby, admitted into the
Union, on an equal footing with the
original States; with the Constitution
framed at Lecompton; and this admis-
sion of her into the Union as a State is
here declared to be upon this fundamen-
tai condition precedent, namely that
the said constitutional instrument shall
be first submitted to a vote of the people
of Kansas and assented to by them, or
a majority of the voters, at an election
to be held for the purpose. At the
said election, the voting shall bebybal-
lot, and by indorsing IN his ballot as
each voter may please, For proposition
of Congress and admission" or Against
proposition of Congress and admission
The President of the United States, as
soon as the fact is duly made known to
him, shall announce the same by proela-
nation, and threat, and without any
further proceedings on the part of Con-
gress, the admission of the State of Kan
sas into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States, in all respects
whatever, shall be completed and abso-
Lutte; and saidstate shall be entitled to
one memberin the House of Representa-
tives2in the Congress of the United-
States until the next census be taken
should a majority of the votes cast be
against the proposition of Congress and
admission; it shall be deemed and held
that the people of Kansas do not desire
admission into the Uninn with said CON
stitution under the conditions set forth
in said proposition; and in that event
the people of said Territory are hereby
authorized and empowered to form for
themselves a Constitution and State
Government by the name of the State of
Kansas, according to the Federal Con-
stitution, and may elect Delegates for
that purpose whenever and not before,
it is asccrtained, by a census duly and
legally taken, that the population of said
Territory equal the ratio of population
required for a member of the House of
} Representatives of the United States;
and whenever thereafter such Delegates
shall assemble in convention, they shall
first determine by a vote whether it IS
the wish of the people of the proposed
State, to be admitted into the Union
at that time, and if Sc, shall proceed to
form a constitution, and take all nee
essary steps for the establishment of a
State Government, in conformity with
the Federal Constitution, subject to the
approval or ratification of the people of
the proposed State, in such manner as
they may have presented, and shall be
~entiGle | to admi si1n INFO the Union as
a State under such Con tuition thus
fairly and legally made, with or without
Slavery, as such Constitution may pre-
scribe.
: Section second relates to boundaries.
&C., and is the same as that in the Crit
tenden bill.
Section third relates to Commissioners
Election, and sthe same as in the Crit
r tendcn, except that the Quilted States
] District Attorney is added to the Goa
%ernor, Secretary, and presiding officers
of both Houses, as a Commissioner
The remaining sections are substantial
ly the same as in the rittenden.