The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-04-23
Congressional Conference ON Lee
compton.

. yeas los, nay lOo aSteeu, on NeuhesN"! '"N
IA inst. to the proposition Of the Senate Tor
n committee Of conference on the Kansas Bill
The motion vas made by Mr.. English ANU
Iecomuton Democrat, out considered shaky.
The prop,iety OF the motion for a conference
was discussed somewhat befIre It was made'
but il was finally entertained alter MOTION
10 insist ON adherence had been lost, the
speaker overulling the question made by MI
w..hbutn of our state. that the motion MAS
NO, in order until the House had reconsidered
IL. action of adherence. The speaker appoint
cd n, cspferees Messrs. English, Stevens, and
Howard, and tie eonierses on the part oil the
Senate being Messrs. Green. Hunter ana
Seward-Taken together, provided MI Eng
li,h sticks TO the ground he has hitherto &C.
cupied. the committee would DO tied lhe's
have been several meetings OF the committee
but up to the present time oil un'hhs no
definite result has been reached. NJ the
meeting on Monday, Mr.. Green submitted
several notifications Of the Senate bill which
was no, acceptable to the House committee
Mr.. English has subsequently, brought ior-
ward bill. the provision OF which 80 lar US
"a can iudre from the brief aceoun, of them
in the telegraphie dispatches, provide Tor a
submission of the Leeompton constitution 10
ayo,e of the people OF Kansas, and If the con-
sti,ution is rejected then Kansas is to remain
In a territorial condition for some time longer.
Such bill though il may be satisfactory to
,haky Democrats and afford men who wish
to retreat, ground for so doing, unless there
Il something more in il than we now know
will no, receive the support OF the republicans,
We will not, however. on the abssace oil any
positive information OF the character OF the
hill speculate ON it, We have not been. from
the beginning, over confident that all the
Douglass Democrats would stand fire, and
while We hope that our suspicious may prove
rroundless, we fear that enough dough.heads
may be found among them to secure the pass
age Of some dodge, which ii not as objection
able as Leeompton, will be unjust to the PEG.
pie OF Kansas and to the country. The latest
news about the doings Of committee is con.
tanned in the following dispatch corisd from
the Tribune Washington correspondence.
Nrw YoRK, April 81. When Mr.. Engish's
bill was offered to the Conference Committee,
they accepted IL without hesitation, and when
Mr.. Howard appealed TO English 10 allow him
10 insert a shor; amendment, providing Tor the
submission OF the LeavenwoTIh Constitution
Mt the sane time, he declined. MIR. English
then proposed to report Immediately, but Mr..
Seward asked for an adjournment I'LL to-mor-
row, in order 10 have time tor consultation,
but the majority consented TO only two hours
delay, and the matter was accordingly post
poned till two o'clock. At the appointed
hour Messrs. Howard and Seward attended,
but no other member of the Committee was
present, and alter waiting some time they re-
tired. IL is rumored that in the meantime
several Southern members OF the House, in-
GLIDING Quitman, Miles. etc., had signihed
their dissent from the arrangement, and that
Hunter Sad oihsrs OF The SQUAT" he'd d""S
the same thing. Hence the non attendance
of the majority OF the Committee at two
o'clock.
LATEST. The correspondence of the y. y
Tribune. published on Wednesday under date
of April 2O-after stating the character OF
Englsh's bill and that it caused general
feeling OF indignation among the An'i-Le-
COMPTON men, and that il would be opposed
by Douglas aud Crit,enden in the Sena,e,says:
ErsHinq.-The bottom appears to have fall
en- out OF Mr.. Englishs continuance just as
the hooI $ were going on.
When he offered his bill az the conference
this morning. IL was eagerly accepted by
Messrs. Green, Hunter and Stephens. Gov.
Seward and Mr.. Howard asked time 10 con-
slider, and to have the decision and report
postponed till tomorrow morning. Mr..
Green would not consent. He would only
grant swo hours, aud named ? o'clock this
afternoon as the hour for reassembling the
Committee and for reporting the English bill
10 the House and Senate. lie very earnestly
requested Messrs. Seward and Howard to be
punetual, as he wished to have the question
acted upon at once.
At two o'clock when Messrs. Seward and
Howard went TO the Committeeman nobody
was there. They waited nearly an hour. No
one came.
Mr.. Seward went in search OF Mr.. Green
and found him very much cast down. lie
inquired what was the mattera Green init
mated that the screws were loose and every
thing in disorder. ABORTION oithe party was
kicking in the traces.
"Do you mean to report to-day" inquired
Seward.
"No;" said Green, "not to-day"
"Will the Committee meet to-night:
"No, not tonight"
"1o-morrow morning.
EMO"
"When then =
"Can't tell" said Green. modify. al viii
let you know when are ready To meet.
IL seems that when Mr.. English's PROPOSE
ton was made known 10 the Democratic
members. most unexpected opposition arose
to IL among some of the Southerners who re-
gard Il as dishonorable trick. Mr.. Quitman
declared that IL was a mean continuance with
which he would have nothing To do. Mr..
Owen Jones and two or three other Anu-Le.
compton Democrats, whose cooperation had
been relied on. also secuted at IL.
Messrs. stephens and English, alarmed at
this unexpected opposition. did not dare TO
report the project To the House.
Tomorrow, or at most IN a lew days, party
drill and the fascination OF the United States
Treasury may succeed in rallying the distrae-
ted Democracy in Congress To toe the mark
ON the English proposition. But there Is but
one sentiment among the Ant. Lecompton
Democracy about English himself, and that
u a feeling OF strong condemnation for one
who thus deserts his political friends and
abandons his principles.