The Union And Eastern Journal

Mr. Banks's Kansas Bill, it is reported, provides for the formation of a Constitution and State Government, by authorizing the legal voters, on the first Monday in March, to elect delegates, two for each representative in the Territorial Legislature, who shall assemble at the Capitol, on the first Monday in --, and determine by vote whether the people of Kansas wish her to be admitted into the Union at that time, and if so, shall form a Constitution, and take all necessary steps for the establishment of a State Government, to the approval and ratification of the people of Kansas. The other sections of the bill relate to the census upon which to base the election of representatives—to land for schools, universities, public buildings, salt springs, &c. The boundaries proposed are substantially the same as those made by Mr. Toombs's bill which would be satisfactory to Kansas.

Mr. Banks's bill will be infinitely more satisfactory to the opponents of the Democracy, than that proposed by Douglas, which puts the whole work into the hands of Commissioners appointed by the President.