New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-14
OREGON a STATE.


OREGON a STATE.
The House Of Representatives on Saturday
passed without amendment the Senate bill admit
ting Oregon ss State of the Union (the thirty
third by tie following vote:
YEAs-Me.u. Aersin, All Arnold Atkins Avery
BsIsdsle barr B,nghsrst Of via Boecet Bowie Btaoeh
chspmsn 1o csrs Of Nc. Clay. Jonn cochlsbs CoctefH
CoaT Of Ind, COniHs. of M.. Corning Coz, C,ag,a IL
fohn j. n Gag Ds~i. WI Of Ind r. 6.ys Ct MIS- Dsvs Dim
mick, EdnuDS'On Eie Ens.h foIsn9 Foley Fgtsr o. o.
Ohio Hatch Hawkins, Hodges. HOPtiD. Horton Of Ohio
Husse HuJsr Jso1,pn Je9tn, Jswel I0lsi Of Penn
Lamar Lsndy Lawrence Leidy Of Ohio, Ls,eher Ma
s.or May MkSsa se, saasd%e1y @s9s' Ns:t MA Of oo
P.ndetOn yoh" ps. q Ind Psy.on fsePs q Ran ME
ssP 0 s.se.e s ff savage scc sesss s%S Of a
Aaron sh.w q H., sinsleton, Robert s. nit Of
Of Ma Talbot. Geo Taylor Of Il. " Mile. Taylor q La
~ Mass %9 " M..s Wd %ssH VIII n f.
Wright Of Ga, John V. Wright Of Tenn-114.
we trust this is a mis print for Clemens Of Va
IRerubGcsns I'm IaEo.) Is AnttLeoompson Democrats
(spsced) 2; Lecompton Democrats (Romsn) 9s'I
NAYs-me.as Abbott. Andrews Bingham. Blair, BSHhrn
Banogs5 cnsase EHIs Gs'k &c q Gons
DAVIS Ma TctAI bay. Iowa Dave. pesP p.,oa Dick
Gliding. Gilm.n ontE N. G. Gooch G.odwn, Granger
Grow B. Han Of Mas" Hsrs1 % MGHs,,os Ma.S u,r,d. nas
Of A. %a acwas kcim, Kea Of s. c. Kellogg Kelsey Kn.pp
Leach LoSejoy 8 G. HvMFassr Ma. Ms:I.Lr Of
Nor sSfssn %1 soH Joy q Pa MG5.s Of n.,as
Hs % fe. Y M My on" o rs
bins Roberts Royce, Ssai. of N c. SAaT Of e J"s.Gn
nsi Stah,oota Of Ala stanton, Stewart Of Pa. TspPsn
hcmpp TomSk Ct e %ss Wss6u Of ws .
burn Wis., ws,bburne of Ill WsshbuP Of Maine Wilson,
Voc6.on ofho., ZoLLIooFfER Of Tenn lob
rxU1,.. 2nnth AVaar in
SMALL cAPs) 10; srtLeeOmP.on Democrats 0PseeS)2; /;
Republicans lin Romsn) 73.
ABsENT-Anderson (Mo.), Bennett lN ~ Bishop Conn.,
Bi ohio Clemens ys DdT,sq T Ias " a." dos9s Ras
Mass EgST,s L Ps sauisei msysssb eon Sssoas fssaS
ko9ri. .QnJ, READY (Tenn) John s@e'ma" tohio),
IRepubcans lin ha) s. South Americans tsNaLL cAPs)
z; Anti. Lecompton Democrats Upsced), y Lecompton
Democrats Romsnl, 2: Total, IL; Speaker (on) not
voting, IL
We hold that the great body of the Republi-
cans voted just right on this question: and OF course
that the fifteen who separated from, opposed and
defeated them, did giievous wrong. Our reasons
are briefly as follows:
/. Free Kansas is held out of the Union under
q provision Of law requiring her to have demon
srated population of at least 90 $40 before she can
less than that number-decidedly less than Kansas.
At the elections held by these two embryo States
respectively last Summer, Kansas poled (for and
against the LecOmpton Constitution) 1908 votes,
while Oregon pOlled fOr Goyernor) TO- 0i9, and for
Congress 10, lO5 Kansas has since gained very
rapidly, owing to the pixies Peak" Gold fever,
while Oregon, which is much older Territory, is
/ l. Il nnct ua
this day at least twenty per cent more inhabitants
than Oregon. The House. just before voting IL
Oregon, voted Gin efiect) not 10 remove the pecu-
liar and inyidiOus conditions imposed on Kansas
QlS to 95). They who thus voted to keep Kansas
under the giiDdstone of the English bill of last
Session, were the champions of the instant Ad-
mission of Oregon. They ought to have been
beaten, especially when there were Republicans
enough to beat them, and it is shame that they
were not. If Oregon in 1860, unbalsnced BY Kan
sas, shall elect Pro Slavery President, then woe
to those Republicans whose votes will have enabled
her to do so,
ii. 1t is said that Oregon is Free State. Those
who care more for words than things may rest sat-
isfed with this assertion. But those who look be-
low surfaces know that, practically, Oregon, as
represented in Congress by Joe Lane and bis tools,
will be as thorough and as ssrvile satrapy of the
Slave Power as Arkansas-that it will have her
vote solid for stealing Cuba keeping Kansas in
subjugston, and for reopening the African Slave
Trade whenever it shall desire and demand it.
Indeed, 10 logical champion Of the Popular Sow
"ereignty" dodge can oppose the revival Of the
Slave Trade wheneverit shall be demanded BY even
one Slave State. How could he With what face
could he deny the demand Of the people Of Texas
that they be permitted to import such labor IS they
deem best suited to their needs and their circum-
staucesi If il be the insliensble right Of thou
sand ,quatters on Western Territory TO establish
Slavery if they see fit, Why not Of sovereign State
to buy her slaves in the cheapest market rather
than the dearest We defy any advocate Of what
is called Popular Sovereignty" in the Territories
to oppose the demand of any State to be al
lowed to stock her cottOn-helds with African
rather than Virginia negroes without stultify.
ing himself. At all events, Joe Lane & Co. never
baked at any determined requisitiOn of the Slave
Power, and never viii. And these men are now
admitted BY Republican votes, to the seats in Con-
sress which should be filed by Republican men,
bers from Kansas.
III. Oregon is not even in the letter Free
State. Her political managers were unable to