Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1858 — Buchanan on the English Bill. [ARTICLE]

Buchanan on the English Bill.

Senator Brown of Mississippi, in a recent speech at Vicksburg in that State, stated Uu? jiosii ion of Buchanan on the admission of Kansas in the foliowing language: , “He sail! that he called on the President before he left Washington, and that Mr. Buchanan assured him in the most positive and unequivocal terinkthat. he would apaoint no man to office who held the opinion that Kansas ought to lie admitted before she has a population which would entitle her to a Representative in Congress, (according to tlie terms of the Conference bill,) and that he would decapitate every office-holder w.ie expressed, such a belief.” That BLiehanan is determined to .firmly resist -the admission of Kansas into the Union, unb’ss-.she applies with a population required by the English bill, there cannot be a shadow of doubt. If,Kansas makes application before that time, ai she undoubtedly will,, a truggle is inevitable. The. Admitiislr; tion _with all its strength and influence, +and backed by the unanimous vote of.the S< lith, will be foufuL. arrayed in opposition to her admission. Where will Walker, if elected, be found iu this important struggle! Will he not be found supporting th.it Administration iti which he has such “unbounded Confidencef” Will he not r ither vote with the. Democrats against her admission, tharf'with the Republicans for her admission ! He ha's taken positions on both sides of this qfiestfoti, and it is reasonable to conclude that he wiil, if elected, abandon the one he] has assumed for the mere purpose of gaining votes, and ©here to the one taken byf’the Administration, the National Democracy, and. in good faith, by himself. At till events, his vote in favor of the ©mission of Kansas, without regard to her population, cu/ivia/lfie relied Upon. It cannot be expected, with any reasonable degree of confidence, that he wiil assist in removing the unjust and degrading discrimination against free institutions in favor of slavery made by the English lull. Mr. Colfax’s position on this question is well understood. It cannot be doubted ss to how he will vote. It is a .certainty. —South Bend Register.