New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-03
ADMISSION OF KANSAS.

= Senate violated the principle Of nonnterventol
enunciated in the Nebraska-Ka act, and ex
pressy set forth in the Cincinnati Platform and th
amendment adopted by the House, carries the prnci
ole of Intervention to still more dangerous extent
e completely pIundeng the bill OF every feature il
which the South had the slightest particle of in
terest
So that there be no mistake we will briefly adver'
to these amendments Although the famous Pngh
amendment was withdrawn, append it for the SAX,
! Of connection. Here ii is:
SEC. =. -And be il further enacted, That the ad
mission Of the States of Minnesota and Kansas int
the Union by this act, shall be so construed a.
to deny, limit, Otherwise IMPAIR the right of tn,
people of the said States, with the assent OF the
Legislatures severally at all times, to alter reform
abolish their form OF government, in such
they may think proper, that the same be still re
publican and in accordance with the Constitution OIL
the United States
There is about as much intervention in the above as
the strongest Northern nterventonist eond wish to
see. The people of Kansas in accordance with
and law, had elected delegates to form State Con-
sttution. Those delegates discharged their duty I;
and the only material clause Of the nstrument-the
slavery cause--was submitted to the voters for ap-
| proval or rejection. II was approved by an over
whelming majority. The Constitution, also, provided
that It should remain nnaltered until 1854. Yet in
face OF these facts the Ohio Senator's amendment
intervenes and tells the people that they may do,
whenever they please, what their own organic law
tells them they shall not do, until after given
period 3d..
| So much for the famous Pugh amendment which,
although it was withdrawn nevertheless possesses
good deal of significance in these stirring and schem
ing times, when principle gives way to policy, and
policy Is only known and practiced as a means of
selfish aggrandizement-p patriotism and the people
being the losers all the time One word, at this
point, by way of explanation 1t is well understood
by those acquainted with the inside working of
affairs al Washington, that Senator Pugh withdrew
his amendment because il was thought by certain
plotting politicians from the South that it would
look better for the move to come from Southern
quarter. Therefore, Green, Of Mssouri-a halfway
Freesoil State-was picked up as better subject.
We shall now proceed to quote Senator Green's
amendments, embodied in the bill as it passed the
Senate the Esd nlt, and published by in full on
the 3lst ult. Here are the two first amendments
Senator Green moved to strike out the preamble
to the Kansas BILL and insert the following:
Whereas the people of the Territory of Kansas
did, by convention Of the delegates called and as.
sembled at Lecompton on the 4th dey Of December,
1857 for that purpose, formed TO themselves Consti
tuition aud State Government which said Constitution
il Republican and the said convention having asked
the admission of said Territory into the Union
state on an equal footing with the original States
Inc mouoh was agreed TO- linen MI Green moved
70 amend the bill by adding after section two, line
n'ne' tne ioho"ing
A Ii tna. nosnhg "a ths act snan ne construed
IN the csnstittion oS Ksnss t I'll t,ass 81 a9er
form, OF abolish their form Of government in such
manner as they may think proper-Congress hereby
tunin fxf frfar
usc,anng any auslos'y 70 intervene or declare tne
~ " ~ = - :. apy 5'.e except
lict with the Constitution Of the United States .
This motion was agreed to, on a call of the yeas
and nays, by a vote of 81 to 49,
Now inst lon at tho rrsa,,bla nj Il tho
;,,,sos.s r..
in'iouueeu anu caftieu oy senator oreeh-ooth De-
ing amendments to the original BILL let it be borne in
mind. The preamble, in express terms, admits that
tho racomnta, ronst;,n,,o I; n IA, oonId ~ ~
oured in accordance with precedept and law and tho
amendment authorizes the neonle of Kansas q At m
times to alter or abolish their form og Government
when the very instrument nresentad 70 conrro.s
adopted by them few months preyious. unmstakahlv
declares that their organic law shall remain npatereJ
until 1851 Both amendments admit that the Con.
sttuton il Republican in its form and the secona
and last amendment asserts that Congress has no
business to intervene or DECLARE the construction ~
C0nglIfufDu "a pnof haf
be Republican, etc. Yet. in faee Of these oan,..
sons, the amendments do intervene y and bestow |
upon the people of Kansas rights of which thew had
legally and voluntarily Invested themselves mn 10
particular year, An instance of more attractions Con-
gressona Intervention was never presented to an in.
telIigent public, Although the latter amendment ia
mnddly worded 1t is suficently clear to enable nm.
scrupuIous Northern and we NAV say Southern
demagogues. to take advantage Of perious prece.
dent.
Further along, as per Senate report alluded TO
above, Senator Green moved
To str Ike out the word Of in the eleventh line of
the second section, and to insert in lieu thereof the
wor ,h anneSed 70 50 mat u WIN read nothing
gress "a ali ar To sny Of tSe nronnsasa ~ Ioa,
contained in the ordinance annexed 10 the said CON
stitution."
This motion was also agreed to, and shortly after
the bill was put upon its final passage. The yeas and
nays were called and stood-33 yeas to Is nays
Although the ordinance annexed to the Constitu-
ton OF Kansas was part Of the work OF the oonsti
tntonal Convention, the amendment adopted, as
above explicitly procaims that none of its provisions
shall be binding upon Congress Well we don't sec
any good reason why the Senate should not repudi
ate the ordinance after having grossly ntereed with
the Constitution itself!