New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-26
FROM FASHINGTON.
THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS.
Special Correspondence Of Tbs N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, April -. lS
observation

TIE ADMISSION OF KANSAS.
Special Correspondence OF Tbs N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, April %. 1856.
whosoever wants Kansas to be Free State will
not object to admitting her under the Topeka Con-
stitution. And it is the true test of mans real
desire to recover that Territory to Freedom to bid
him say where he stands on this vital question.
WhOsoever demurs and queries and objects to com.
ing up to the point of admission, is willing to be
cheated and ready to acquiesce in the na transfer
of Kansas TO the Slave Power. The North could
have saved Kansas to Freedom by standing together
against the Repeal OF the Missouri restriction. II
failed to do it, and threw it merciessly into the un-
washed hands of the Border Rufians. II now has
second chance to save it, aud may do so il it will.
The catastrophe, the lamentable and ignomiuioas
catastrophe of disemboweng the great Northern
preserve, gouging a whole empire out Of free
territory to be blackened with Slavery, can be
averted to-day fully and finally, simply by Northern
men saying it shall be DONE Why is not every
man alert to seize the opportunity Wherefore
this inertia, this paraly ytic gait this palsied stepi
Apparently because certain individuals seem to
think it would crafty, and inure to the benefit Of,
pathze. The distractions in the way are pal
try, narrow, partizan. This great question, big
with gigantic fates, ffsught with consequences
perlOus threatening and destructive, is treated as
though it were one of no more than everyday i'm.
portance. Men handle the fate and fortunes Of q
a nation, whose expansion is marvel and whose
destiny is the great political problem Of the age.
wholly in reference to their own personal or party
interests. Every consideration of a national and
patriotic character demands the instant settlement
of the question. Kansas can be composed, the
country tranquilized, harmony between the two
sections measurably restored, by the prompt adms-
sion of that Territory as State under the Con'ti-
tuition adopted by the great majority Of her citi-
zens. Her admission would be preeminenty an act
of peace ard harmony and concord. 1t should
commend itself to every interest. and especially ev
cry conservative interest, in the country. The
fires of agitation would be quenched BY it, for it
would extingush the fuel that feeds them. Politi-
cally, il would be the seyerest blow that the Re-
publican party could receive, for it would renstste
the Democratic party everywhere in the North in
day.
constitution as she stands with all these induce
ments to back her earnest application Mark the
answer and see how it is justified BY the sequel,
if the dominant party should be able TO retain
power at the ensuing election. Kansas is not ad-
mted nO,r, because is The determination o the siaps
pO,eer to eRsiare her; and the Administration and
the Northern leaders of the Sham Democracy are
afraid to interpose to prevent that catastrophe
Kansas stands to-day, bound hand and foot BY the
Administration, who will not let her go free, and
she is TO be sacrificed and turned over TO Slavery
through the influence Of the same class Of low
born and revolving considerations that originally
prompted the step which exposed her to in
yason and reduction by the PrOSlayery Border
Ruiiiars.
Let it be unde rstOOd that Kansas cannot save
herself the Free State party of the Territory can
not save her, however numerous it may be, while
the Douglas bill stands as the shelter for the con-
summation of the determined purposes Of the Pro-
Slavery men and the Border Ruffan Legislature.
That Territory is doomed, unless it is rescued BY
the voice Of the people Of the Free States in the
Preside ntial election.
We want preachers of the gospel of Kansas
We don't want argument or essay, or logic, 10
prove anything touching the great question. Con-
gress is 'Oryered to death. We want preaehers.
with tongues OF fire, and leader holy, rspt, and
NY stcsl as seraph. This is a day for Luther,
a Huss, and Peter the Hermit We want glori-
fed spirits filled with ode and rhapsody and lyric.
The great harp of liberty lies unstruDg and needs
to be walked TO new and sublimer strains than vera
ever evoked from its strings. Where is the Master
who shall seize it, touch its chords, aud rouse this
people into life There is the cause and the cri'is'
the essential elements of one of the most moving
exciting and magnetic contests that was ever VIII
messed. The Ingredients of more than necro-
msLtic power lie in unmagiDed opulence beneath
cur feet. Where is the enchanter whose wand
shall yitalize them J. . r.
The NEWS FROM NICARAGUA.
Prom Our ova Correspondent -
WAsHISGTOS, Thursday April "a, 1856.
The news from Nicaragua, received by the
CLa-ls, Moyoan AZ Ney.Orleans ia too ue5gel