The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-30

Out Il they wish TO reject this constitution, an
ibyy have Ia do is to vote against this ne land
Ordil snce With its rejection. the whole Le-
compton programme viii be REJECTED. and they
vii be perfectly free TO make for themselves
lew constitution
Ia ret that fairg No says Mr.. Douglas. 1t
is q dodge. Ii does pot submit the Lecompton
constitution. MOI says Mr. Howard. 1t Ia .
"a. an device, made up Of a bride and a threat.
Il offers the biibe Of three millions aud half Of
acres in behalf of Lecomp,on; and thus, If they
reject Lecompton the people of Kansas must
forfeit their land: and worse than all. they must
stay out of the Union until they can muster a
population Of $4,000. But all this is sheer non
sense. There Is not man in Congress who be-
lieves that Kansas will forfeit the usual allow
ance Of public lands to new State should she
REFUGE to accept the Lecompton constitution on
the terms proposed. Nor can we believe that
there is a member of either house who thinks
hat the condition subsequent in reference to
he %, Geo population is anything more than 80
much waste paper. The repeal of the Missouri
compromise has established the fallacy Of any
specific law outside of the constitution regu.
!atipg thu admission Of new Ssats.
Proved, then, that this outcry of q laud bride
is ill popsebse, and that this restriction, iu the
event Of the rejection by the people of Kansas
IF the Lecompton constitution. is only 80 much
waste paper, the real merits Of the English COM
promise are reduced to this simple proposition:
The people of Kansas may at once come into the
Union as State under the Lecompton constitu-
lion, with the new land ordinance annexed, il
they wish to do so if not, they are at liberty to
take the chances of admission under a new con-
stitu,ion. That is all. can the rest Is leather
and prunells" And yet we see the intractable
fac.ionists of the House. North and South, in
flaming themselves into the highest pitch of ex-
element, and worrying the oldest member Of
the body into oonvulsions, with their furious
onslaughts against "the bride and the threat y
the Gland bounty to . slave State" aud the "iu-
sulting restriction against q free State;" or
against what they cali the trickery and equivo-
cations and violations of State rights involved
in this really simple plan of adjustment.
Mr.. Cox, of Ohio, to whom belongs the me
NOR able distinction ofinaugurating the new hal
| Of the House in a radical popular sovereign
| ty" speech against Lecompton, pure and simple
has had the good sense and the manliness to re
cognise that, for all practical purposes
this English adjustment is satisfactory. L
is pity that there are others Of the same
school who continue to follow the intractablt
Mr.. Douglas, and that there are Southern dema
goeues who, at this late day, still prefer the
agitation of Kansas to the practical business o.
the country. 1t is only In this respect that it L
important now to have this Kansas stumbling
block out Of the way; for while II IL evident
that nothing else can be attended to till this
thing shall be settled, 1t is equally manifest
that, with or without any act of admission a!
this session, this senseless, pro6tless and de-
moralizing Kansas agitation is exhausted.
Let the subject be dropped by Congress, Il
they cannot agree upon any scheme, and let the
two houses go 10 business, and the country will
be thankful.