The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-08-14
Editorial Correspondence.

The past week has been one Of considerable
legislative excitement. The appropriation
bills, by which the machinery Of government
is carried on. have occupied the attention Of
the House for the last ten days. Several bills
have been passed. and if the Senate will act
promptly on them. it is possible Congress will
adjourn on the 18th. The appropriation of
5000 for the expenses of the Legislative
assembly Of Kansas was stricked from the bill.
Il is also provided that money shall be
drawn from the Treasury for the judiciary Of
Kansas, till the criminal prosecutions pending
il the Territory against peason. charged with
treason. or alleged violation Of laws passed
by body of men 1t Shawnee Mission. claim
ing to be legislature. shall be dismissed by
the court; and every persoa who has been. or
may be restrained Of liberty by reason Of suck
prosecution. be released from confinement.
There il two or three other restrictive pro-
visions upon tho bill. which cannot now
call to mind. The entire South and several
northern members voted against the passage
q the bill. 1t, however. was passed by
large majority. The Senate will strike out
these restrictions in regard to Kansas. The
House will insist on retaining them. and
committee OF free conference will be appoint
ed to compromise the matter. What the
suit will be cannot now be told.
large number Of internal improvement
bills have passed the House and Senate. which
explodes another Of the democratic doctrines
that the General Government has no power.
nndar tha Con Stitnt;on To carry an of
river and harbor improvement in the States.
The Senate have been passing these bills in
hot haste. to get them before the Presi-
dent, for his signature ten days before the
termination Of the session and thus compel
Of putting them quietly in his pocket If
necessary, the session will be prolonged few
days for that object. Mr.. Pierce may well
cry out. save me from my friends" Squat
er sovereignty has been repudated by the
Senate, and now another plank is taken from
The platform, and thus will end tie humhug
u modern democracy. without friend 10 give
ID decent interment.
Yesterday the House passed an appropria
non OF $4,000 for the Agricultural division
# the Patent office. which with the $50. 900
passed At an earlier day in the session. makes
Sio5,o0o for this year-being sum almost
equal to the entire amount appropriated for
tho benefit Of Agriculture, from the ergani-
zation Of the General Government up to the
announcement Of this session. We congratu-
late the country. and particularly the ayr cul
tural interests, on this manifestation OF Con
gress TO acknowledge the Importance of Agri
cultural reform: and the necessity Of legi>la
tive action thereon. II this provision pass the
Senate, and there il bu; little doubt in regard
10 il, we shall have the acknowled gment on
the part Of Congress, that 81 last the Interest
which is paramount to all others" is 10 be Z
promoted BY its patronage
The most exciting subject which occupies
the attention Of members now is. the returns
Of the elections recently held in several Of the {
States. The result in Iowa cheers the friends |
OF Freedom to Kansas. 1t is the first gum
which will hnd an echo in every Northern |
Safe. Even the Slave State Of Missouri has |
one bright spot for Freedom in it. The result, /
OF the elections in the Southern States in IA |
vor of Buchanan. is doing good work in the
North, and Is fast confirming the friends of
Fillmore in the Free States. that the South /
will SO unanimously for Buchanan-,hat they |
are thoroughly sectional. and viii sustain /
Slavery at any and all sacrifices Percy |
Walker, the head and front Of South Amer |
canism, has come out openly for Buchanan
Gov. Jones Of Tennessee. yesterday declared
in the Senate. that he united himself with the /
Democracy. mot because be loved it. but be- |
cause he hated Repubhcanism.' We declar /
ed months ago. that Fillmore would not re-
ceive the vote Of . solitary State in the Union,
and we are every day more thoroughly con-
WINGED Of the truth Of the position. There is :
but one issue. and there will be bu, two can
didates, prominently. Tha, one issue is the
extension Of Slavery, and Fremont will be cleo
ted. The contest is betwet n the North and
the South. and the contest is Liberty or Slavery
to Kansas. Northern dough faces may talk
as much as they please about Nationality
compromises Of the constitution. and conser-
vatism: but there is Nationality bu, that of
Freedom--no compromises but thar which
secures Freedom TO every foot of soil now
free, and no conservatism but which carries out
that great principle.