The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-04-29
Mr EneliSh'S Pill.

Mr Englishs Bill.
: TIE determination of the Admin ira
ton and its tackcrs to.force Kansas into
the Union under the Constitution whose
features are repugnant TO the people OF
that Territory, and 6enonncrd by time
teLihs oi the voters of the Fice States,
has bee n 20 apparent as to elicit the em-
\ phatic denUnriations even OF It's own po-
| iitcal friends. The Sunday DiSpatch, a
neutral paper, says of the new dodge uu-
der which their ends are to be accom-
plished, The iDefa bic meauness NANTES
ted by tie National Government in refers
euce to the Lecompton Canstition, has its
climax in the Wholesale tribe offered to a
free people by Mr. Engli-hs ti!I. The
proposition is worthy Of the unjust cause
of the opponents of true Democracy, and
it need excite but little wonder that such
an insult is deliberately advocated at
Washington. Reduced to plain English,
the proposition includes bribe and a
threat. If the people Of Kansas will ac-
cept the Lccompton mess Of rottagc, they
diS OhSiCG th $SaA 5IbNdtiOI
Two sections of land in each township
for school purposes.
Seveuty-two sections of land for an u
niyereity.
Ten sections of land for public build,
ines.
Twelve salt springs in tie State, with
six sections of land adjoining each.
Five per ceutum on the amount Of sales
of public lands in the State, after its ad-
mission with the Lecompton Constitution.
The lands thus offered are over twenty
millions Of acres, aud their value is more
than three millions Of dollars.
Such is the bribc which is offered. A.
an additional sop, it is agreed that.
altho' harsas may not at present have
population sufficient to entite If to one
member of Congress under the apportion-
meut law, it may nevertheless b. admit
ted to full privileges as State, and that
want of population shall not prevent it
from being represented by Que member
of the House Of Representatives and two
Senator'S. But if the people of Kansas
are eontumacious aud reject the infamo Gus
offer, they are to be ptniSite{ for their
folly IN asserting their rights. They are
then to rel upon the tender mercies of
Mr.. Buchanan and bis tyrannical parti
ssus. As soon as the speculation amounts
ty over $4,000 the ratio necessary for the
election of menber Of Congress, (it
will probably be one hundred and twenty
five thousand in ls6O,) a census Gay be
duly and legally taken" Who is to
prescribe the terms and manner of this
enumeration is not mentioned in the Act.
1t will, doaetless, all depend upon the
Federal Government.
The details of these elections are to be
managed by creatures of the Admins
tration. The Governor, United States
District Attorney and Secretary of the
Territory--Presidential sppoiutees-.f form I
the 'acJority of the Com mn,is-ioners; whilst
the Speakers Of the Kansas Senste aud
House of Representatives, elected BIZ the
people, are toe minority. These Com.
missioners, or the majority of them, are
to designate places for voting, and an.
point ei,c,ion officers; so that the State
VIII cot only be gerrym auderei as yilely
as 1t was by the Border Rutian Legisla.
ture' but all the election officers are 10 be
o' t0e right stripe. The delegates eec-
tee according to this plan are to frame
the Constitution of Kansas. Nothing
whatever Is said about submitting that
instrument to cate Of tie peoDle, The
organlc law framed by the convention
thus constituted is to be sanctioned a.
once, epSoJ Jact0; and thus the pledges Of :
the Cinciunat platform, and the Kan.a. )
Nebraska Act that the people of Kansas >
'hould be allowed to regulate their in. /,
titutions ia their own way" are to be :
most grossly disregarded =
Ii: notwithstanding the bribe, the peo. !.
lie of Kansas refuse to submit to the LIE.
ompton swindle. they are to be told
You shall not become State you shall
OF have the land grants you shall not Y
ave schools ! you shall not have rail. .
'ads Sell out your birtbrights, and fa
oa may have all these advantages; re. es
Ise to do SO, and you shall remain vas. n
u.s. And this is modern Democracy. h,
'cording to the Buchanan English in. in
rPretation God save the Republic ii,