Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-07-09
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adc a y%oluminous report on the Kansas af- has
They report a new bill which requires tair
G appointment Of 5 Commissioners, to be ure
lec;ed fr9m different sections of the Union. go
take The census Of Kansas and to provide Civ
r the election Of delegates to form a State as
constitution, No test, except three months
,sideuco, is TO be required. This bill was Yu
he order Of the day on Wednesday last and W
,as debated all day and all night. An ~
amendment was adopted, providing that no r.
aw shall he made or have force or effect b
which shll require n test oath or an oath to Gl
any act Of Congress or other legisla- a
act rs a qualification for any civil Office T.
% public trust, or Tor any employment or L
profession, or to serve as q Juror or to vote at
an lection, or impose any tax upon or con- !
dition to exercise the right Of suffrage by 2
any qnaiied voter, or which shall restrain 4
or prohtbN,he free discussion Of any law Oh '
subject Of ldS s%lation in said territory, or the J
free expression &c opinions thereon by the
people Of said TerritGry. Tho amendment
was adapted after deba,e by the following
votet yeas 40 Snays 3. The Abolitionists
offered amendments and suhstitutes, AZ Of
which were voted down by largo majorities.
The Topeka (Kans~l Con ,%titution, which
prohibits slavery, waA rejected by a vote of
SC to IL. The bill wa then passed-yeas
80, nays IL, The Senate adjourned at 8
o'clock on Thur,day notwithstanding been
in session all night. -
In the House, on Monday, The Both pit,
the bill to admit Kansas into the Union with
her r@reesoil, Revolutionary, Topeka Constitu-
ton, was rejected by one majority. A tri-
umph for the right even N that body. An
amendment restoring the Missouri line was,
however, adopted by seven majority.
GSB- The papers from California ars filed
with accounts Of the bloody and startling
transactions that have recetly been transact
ted there. The city of San FRANCISCO was
under martini law at the last accounts. The
people OF that place have for y9rs been the
sport and prey Of the reckless, deSaved and
vicious, who have hocked to its ttraetive
shores from the Atlantic States i.d from
Europe desperate adventurcrs liviiA upon
the vices Of the community, engagedn no
honorable toll, but gaining a lucrativtlive-
lihood by fraud, corruption and ~violel1e
These were the men wlro took possession
the polls and stuffed tho ballot boxes VIII
controlled tho judiciary, and made the I'D
ministration OF Justice worse than q farce
who committed all sorts Of crimes and vol
ed unpunished, with high heads. IN ~
strecs. AT Length the spirit of Reform q
rose IN the persG, Of James King Of vii
shufS ii fearless, ale editor. who ottooLo,
Corruption in all its rorms, whether disnlavo,
by individuals or cooorations, and exnoso,
'ne iesterins sores ontho body polite to the
public gaze. His assassination n sbort iii,
since by a gambler, t3 tremendous cvc;to
ment caused ahs.v0y.S,he Co...
ilance Committee nGmstTThgs htAtr'epsafaYig
persons, the execution Of the murderer by
this Committee, are oH known facts.
Atlastacsounty tlo Committee was strength
ening It's ranks and a~rresting suspicious per
sons, while the Governor had issued a proc
lamatioa to the General Of Militia with thu
view Of ending these proceedings.
At present, the complete a~scendancy o
Lynch law in San Francisco amounts indeed
to revolution and anarchy. The State govern
ment is subyorted, and all power is exercise,
by Il secret committee, whose names are onl,
guessed ut who arrest and try offenders il
secret, and execute them summarily. TIL
modus operaadi of the Committee is thu
stated by a San Francisco paper:
Merely by the will Of another, not i'm
possibly q personal foe, II citizen is kidnaI
ped in the streets, aud taken, nobody know
where. Several days afterwards he is carte
60 tho dcad-house with a CHASTITY wound OF
his person, through which life has escaped
Beyond this nothing is known"
Such is Lynch law! Such is life in tn
land of gold! There is doubtless a want {
yigor in the administration of justice in tina
country but nothing viii justify Lynch Law
thereon any where and the fact cannot
too often impressed on the public mind.
Mr.. Dallas not to be Dismissed.
Since our last, several vessels have a
rived, bringing news from England, frol
which it is pretty certain that the Amer
can Minister, Mr.. Dallas will not be di
missed, and The indications all are that Il
ponding difficulties between Great BritSi
and Lhis country will be brought to a sati
factory adjustment. In answer to q questio
from lord Derby, Lord Clarendon stated
the House of Lords that it was not the i
t]ention Of the Ministry to advise The Quee
to suspend diplomatic relations with ii
Ulitcd States. The announcement was loud
checred and caused an immediate rise in Il
funds.