Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-05-01
Mr. English. Lecompton Substitute.

Mr. English,s LecOmptOn Substitute.
The telegraphic dispatches in yesterdays
paper. from Washington of the 23d, give lis
the news that Mr.. English of Ia, from the
Committee of Conference on the disagree
ment between the House and Senate on the
Lecompton Constitution had at last reported
his substitute as having been adopted by a
majority of the Committee-MesSrs. SEW
ARD and Howard, the Republican members
of the Joint Committee, dissenting.
The proposition of Mr.. ENGLISH as it now
stands, admits Kansas as State prorided her
people vote to accept the Lecompton Swim
die but if they refuse to be thus swindled,
then they are to be compelled to wait until
they have enough population to entitle them
to 4 member of Congress according to the
present ratio of $4,000!
In other words they are told: if you sub
nit to certain wrong and rascality, you are
worthy TO come into the Union; and be your
population few or many it makes no differ
ence. But, if you have the spirit of men
and freemen, who know your rights and
knowing dare maintain them" and resist the
contamination of the series of eutrages which
by foreign invaders has been inflicted upon
you, you are too few in number to constitute
sovereign State of the Union and must
tarry at Jerico till your beard be grown.
The case being altered, alters the case.
And this is proposition, dclibeia tely
made by a Congressional Committee Of pre-
sumed hororab.e men, headed 10y the arch
broght traitor ENGLISH. A more bare-lacedly
unjust proposition was never before proposed
for the sanction Of Congress or acceptance
by an intelligent people. II is arorSe than It.
comp'on i'Stif. Those who advocate bringing
in kansa>-whether the people will or no.
under that scoundrelly document, are more
consistent and honorable than those who Of
fer this double distilled insult upon comm On
sense and common right
1t is transparent, that if Kansas has enough
people TO come in Immediately under one
Constitution she certainly has enough to eI,-
title her to admission forthwith under an
other
Such an nvidious and unjust discrimna
ton IN favor Of the Constitution which re-
cocnizes and protects Narery, and against
another Constitution which would unques.
tionably ignore the blessings of the patriarch
ical curse, is additional evidence of the hold
which the institution yet has in controlling
the Democratic party, and in ruling the coun
try.
The caving in of the eight anti-Lecompton
men must prove one thing conclusively to the
country: that only to Republicans and The Re
Puliican organization, can the people look for
q firm and determined resistance to the in
roads and arrogance of the slave oligarchy
1t is with pride and satisfaction therefore that
we point to the unbrOken phaanx of Repub-
licanS, voting every time, under all phases of
The question, in favor of the Sovereign rights
of the people of Kansas, and against the So
vereign claim of slavery to rule by impre-
scriptibe or long usurped power.
On reference to the Washington des
patches Of the 2ith, it will be observed that
eight Anti Lecompton Democrats went over
to the Administration, and that by their
votes the consideration of English's substi
tute was postponed until the second Monday
il May,-of course to give the administra
ton further time to buy up votes, and, posi-
bly,, TO obtain the aid of the two Minnesota
renegades by our admission into the Union
Alas 3. to what base uses have We come at
last like
"Inperous Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
But ST a bol IN taan Tho r;,