The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-05-08
Tbe felitiana 1emotrat.
THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS.

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compton Constitution as Republican in form,
but dissents to the ordinance thereof which
claims the right of Kansas to tax United
States land within her limits, but proposes to
relinquish such right when Congress agrees to
certain other conditions in said ordinance
The preamble closes by saying And whereas
said ordinance is not acceptable TO Congress,
and it is desirable to ascertain whether the
people Of Kansas concur in the changes III
said ordinance hereinafter stated, and desire
admission into the Union as n State as herein
proposed.
Then the following first section OF the act,
which contains the substitute for the original
ordinance. 1t reads !:
BE IL eaac,ed, Ac., That the State OF Kan
sas be- and is hereby, admitted into the Union
on an equal footing with the original States IN
all respects whatever, but upon the fundaInen-
tai conditional prccccdcnS, namely that the
question Of admission with the following pro
position in lien Of the ordinance framed at Ic.
compton be submitted TO u vote Of the people
Of Kansas, and asscntcd 70 by them or ma.
ority Of the voters voting nt an election to We
held for that purpose, namely that the fol-
lowing propositions be, aud the same arc
hereby. offered To the people Of Kansas for
acceptance or rejection, which, II accepted,
shall be obligatory on the United States and
upon the said State Of Kansas, 70 Wit : First
that sections number sixteen ami thirtr.SiX IN
every township of public lands III suid state.
or where either Of said section, or any par
thereof has been sold or oihcrwis" disposed o'
other lands, equivalent thereto nnl 4, rontirn-
Gus is may be. shall be granted 70 said State
for the use Of schools Second that seventy
two sections Of land shall be set apnrt aud re-
served for the support ot state University
to br selected BY the Governor Of said STATE
subject to the approval Of the Commissioner
Of the General Lnud 0ficc, and to hc appro.
rriatcl and applied III such manner rs the H.
gisIatnrc Of the said state may prescribe for
the purpose aforesaid, bnt for no other pnr.
pose Third, that ten entire section, nr land
10 he selected by the Governor If ,il state
in legal Subdivisions ,illl be granted 10 said
State for the purpo,' Of completing III" pub
liz buildings or ior tAn erection Of others AZ
thr seat Of government, under tn direction vi
lie Legislature Thereof Fourth that ALL salt
springs within said STATE, not cyrccdiu" wclyn
~ nunhcr, with six section. orlrpl nhonn~.
wv at contiguous us may wv Nv cunh shaI lr
granted to said State for H. u,r thc same 10
he selected by the Governor thereof, within
uuc var after the admission oi sid State. aud.
when ~ selected, to b. u.od ~ disposed aI oa
such terms, conditions a1l regulation, rs the
Legislature may direct Pwtail That no
salt spring land the right whereof /, now yrs.
ted in any individual m individuals or which
may hereafter be confirmed or adildgrd to any
individual or individuals, shall BY dis article
he granted to said State Fifth, timt five per
ccutnm Of the proceeds Of sales Of all the
public lands lying within said State which
shall be sold hy Cougross after tie adm s,iou
Of said State into the Union, after dcduriinr
all the expenses incident 10 the same, Shall bu
paid to said State for tElr purpose Of m king
public roads aud Internal improvements, ae=thc
Legislature shall direct ProrRe7, Tie foaa.
going propositions herein offered arr o. t,Ip
condition that said State Of Kansas shall ney
cr interfere with the primary disposal Of the
land Of the United States, or with any rcgu
lation which Congress may find necessary for
securing the title in said soil TO bona tidc pur
chasers thereof ; and that no tax shall he i'm,
posed on lands belonging TO the United States
and that il no ease shall nonresident proprin-
tors be taxed higher than residents Sixth
aud that said State shall never tax land or
property Of The United state. in that State
At the said election the voting Shall be by
ballot, and by endorsing on his ballot, a> each
voter may please, proposition accepted OF
pIbIDSllloH ltllsfAl tSnDNlil IL HlllDIllN q
the votes cast be for proposition accepted,
the President Of the United States, as Soor
as the fact is duly made known to him. shnl
announce the same by proclamation anC
thereafter, and without any further proceed
ing on the part of Congress, the admission o
the State Of Kansas into the Union upon al
equal footing with the original States, in II!
respects whatever, shall be complete and abso
lutte, and said State shall be entitled to on
member of the House of Representatives il
the Congress Of the United States until tn
next census is taken by the Federal Govern
ment but should majority of the votes cas
be for proposition rejected, it shall be deem
ca and held that the people of Kansas do no
desire admission into the Union with said Con
stltutlon under the conditions set forth in til
said proposition, and in that event the pcopl
OF said Territory are hereby authorized ant
empowered to form for themselves Constitu
tlon and State Government, by the name
the State of Kansas, accornng to the Pedert
Constitution, and may elect delegates for tha
purpose whenever and not hcfnre II IL acoo