Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-06-22
Mr.. Gilmer's opposition to the admission of
Kansas as a Slaveholding State.

Mr.. Gllmer's opposition to the admission of |
Kansas as a Slaveholding State.
Weask the attention of the peopleof the Fifth Con-
gressional District to the following facts which
republish from the Standard of February and April,
1863 The facts here given may be relied on, for
they are all taken from the official documents
The bill offered by Mr.. Green, of Missouri, from |
the Committee Territories, for the admission of
Kansas as slaveholding State, is as follows:
ADMISSION OF KANSAS AS A STATE.
A BILL for the admission of the State of Kansas
into the Union, presented IN the Senate by Mr.. |
Green, of Missouri, from the Committee on Ter
ritor;es, February II, 1865.
Whereas the people of the Territory of Kansas
by their representatives in convention assembled at
Lecompton in said Territory, Monday, the fourth
day of September, one thousand eight hundred and
fftyseve having the right of admission into the
Union as one of the United States of America COLI
sistent with the federal constitution in virtue of the
treaty of cesson by France of the province of Lou
siana, made and concluded on the 30h day OF April
1S03 and in accordance with the act of Congress
approved on the 3Oth May, \. D. 1854, entitled "An
act to organize the Territory of Kansas and Nebras
ka" did form for themselves constitution and State
government republican in form; and the said con-
vention has, in their name and behalf asked the
Congress of the United States to admit the Terrific
ry into the Union State, on an equal footing
with the other States
BE 1t enacted By the Senate md House of Repre-
sentatires Of the United States Of Americn in Con-
gress assembled That the State of Kansas shall be-
and is hereby declared to be, one of the United
States eff America, and admitted into the Union on
equal footing with the original States all respects
whatever; and the said State shall consist of all the
territory included within the following boundaries,
to wit: Beginning at point on the western bound.-
ry of the State of Missouri where the thirty seventh
parallel of latitude the same; thence west On
said parellcl to the eastern boundary Of New Mex
co; thence north on said boundary to latitude thir
ty eight; thence following said boundary westward
to the eastern boundary of the Territory of Utah.
on the summit of the Rocky Mountains; thence
northward said summit the fortieth parallel Of
latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western
boundary of the State of Missouri; thence south
with the western boundary Of said State to the place
of beginning: ProrMed, That nothing herein
tained respecting the boundary of said State sh;..
be construed to impair the right of person or pro-,
erty now pertaining to the Indians in said TerrtOry
so long such right shall remain uncxtinguish.;'
by treaty between the United States and such In
dians, or to include any territory which, by treatv
with such Indian tribes is not without the consent
of said tribe to be included within the territorial
limits of jurisdiction of any State Territory, but
all such territory shall be excepted out of the bouf
dareS, and constitute no part of the State of Kan.
until said tribe shall signify their assent to the
President of the Uuited States to be included within
said State to affect the authority of the govern
ment Of the United States to make any regulations
respecting such Indians, their lands, property or
other rights, by treaty, law, otherwise which it
would have been competent to make if this act had
not been passed
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the
State of Kansas is admitted into the Union upon the
express condition that said State shall never inter
fere with the primary disposal of the public lands
or with any regulations which Congress may find
necessary for securing the title in said lands to the
bona tide purchasers and grantees thereof or impose
or levy any tax, assessment, or imposition of any
description whatever upon them, or other propercy
of the United States within the limits of said State
and nothing in this act shall be construed as an as
sent by Congress to all to any of the propositions
stitution of the people of Kansas, deprive the
said State of Kansas of the same grants which were
contained in the act of Congress- entitled IAN act
to authorize the people of the Territory of Mnneso-
ia to form constitution and State government pre-
paratory to admission into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States" approved Februa-
ry 26, 1857.
! Sec. 3. Ind be 1t further enacted That until the
next general census shall be taken and an appor-
tionment of the representation made, the State OF
Kansas shall be entitled to one representative in the
| House of Representatives of the United States
We give as follows the vote in the Senate on the
admission Of Kansas with the Lecompton Constitu-
! ton: