The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-05-14
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The English bill is 50 palpable a cheat,
that il will not bear close inspection ~
The fraud, 8hish !, conoeals in The shape
Of bribei coupled with threat, to in
duce the people Of Kansas to accept Le-
compton, is so manifest that honest Dem
ocrats everywhere do not hesitate 10 de-
nounce It IN plain English. II is entire
" unsatisfactory to the country and in
stead Of settling the question, reopens itI
to increased and proIracted agitation
The Democratic press, wherever j, is not
subsidized by executive patronage and
party servili,y, most emphaticaly con
demns it and denounces, as traitors, those
who deserted tho Montgomery Amend.
ment for this miserable cheat We wish
every Democrat in Seneca county could
read the following. taken from the San
dusky Democrat, the organ of the party
in sandusky county It's editor, John
FIaughor, formerly conducted the Seneca
Adoeriiser and is consistent, straight
forward Democrat;
The English bill for the admission Of
Kansas passed both Houses on Friday
last, in substantially the same form as
published in the Democrat last week.
The opinions we then expressed in rela-
ton to the bill, and the consequences re-
sulGnp from Il, have been strengthened
by further reflection. We regard il as a
contomptible dodge and evasion, en-
bodying condition odious and degrading
10 the Free States, and at war with the
democratic doctrine Of popular sovereign
ty. The anti-Lecompton democracy here,
without an exception as far as we have as
certained their views dislike and condemn
it..
The Montgomery bill gave satisfaction
to every reasonable and unprejudiced man
North and South; it contemplated a set
Element Of the Kansas question honorable
and Just to every friend Of The Union. it
referred the Lecompton Constitution back
to the people for plain yes or no, aud
attached no odious aud unequal condition
to that submission, as does tho English
juggle. 1t did not say. "people Of Kan
sas, il you will agree to take the sraudu-
lent Beoompton Constitution for your po-
lilical chart, you shall be Immediately adj
mitted into the Union and have Eve mill
ions acres Of the public lands rs a bonus;
but If you persist in your desire to adopt
and regulate your domestic institutions
in your own way, in accordance with the
terms Of the Kausas-N Nebraska act, you
must stand outside Until your population
is twice or thrice los present number. -
We should have no objection to the
proposition that Kansas shall stay out Of
the Union Until she has a representative
population, had not Mr.. English coupled
with that proposition another allowing
her 10 come in at once under Lecomptoh
with less than oa6-huif that number of
inhabitants, thus making discrimination
in favor of her coming in as slave
State. If Kansas is old enough 10 come
in under Lecompton, she is old enough to
come in under any other constitution which
her people may present. We therefore
regard the terms which the English BILL
proposes to Kansas as Degrading 10 the
North and are unable to see how any an
It-Lecompton democrat can accept them
without stultfying himself and giving
up his self-respect. If the people Of
Kansas accept these terms. they will de.
serve worse fate than Lecompton con.
signs them to, and we shall hold our
peace, though our opinion will not be
changed as to the wrong which has been
done.
In the Senate, Douglas, Stuart, Brod.
erick and Crittenden firmly opposed the
English contrivance to the last, and re.
corded their votes against il, for which
their country win ever hold them in
grateful and honorable remembrance. -
Had the Ohio democratic delegation
stood equally firm, the scheme would
have been defeated by several votes. We
shall use no harsh epithets against them,
but choose rather to leave them to the
judgment of that public opinion which
they themselves have helped to create by
their speeches and numerous other public
assurances. We regret most sincerely
that, having stood firm during the great
er part Of the struggle, they should have
faltered in the last critical moment, and
thus placed themselves on indelensible
ground.