The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-08-02
The Appropriation Dilts IN Gem
gress-.. Bringing the kansas 0aes
then 10 Bear.

SlOo 10 Wc0rs
At length, in . pslpable shape, they are
bringing the affairs Of Kansas to = practical
test at Washington. In the House Of Rep
ressntatives, on TLursday--the army appro-
priations being under consideration--Mr.
Barbour, Of indiana, moved to amend the
clause appropriating 1925, 900 for the pay
OF the army, BY adding . disapproval Of
the code Of alleged laws Of Kansas, and the
manner in which they are enforced, express
ly declaring that, until they shall be con-
hrmed BY Congress, no part Of the federal
military forces shall DO employed for their
enforcement; nor shall any citizens of Kan.
sas be compelled TO act a. posse comitatus
Of any officer acting Us Marshal or Sheriff in
the Territory.
This was . poser, and instantly brought
the members to their feet-especially the
Pierce democracy in explanations, apollo
gies, protestations, eQuivocations and artful
lodges. 1t was, in fact, . Paixhan shot, be-
tween wind and water, which hurried all
hands to the deck. At length, Mr.. Stanton,
OF Ohio, to clinch the matter, moved an I'D
dition to Mr.. BArbour's amendment, declsr-
ing the Territorial laws in force in Kansas
null and void, which was agreed to-; and the
amendment ~ thus amended, Was made q
part Of the army bill, by vote Of 70 to 81.
The concurrence Of the House in the 6nal
consideration Of the bill is yet required; but
the probabilities are that this amendment
will 60 with the bill to the Senate.
The amendment 10 german TO tho appro-
preparations under confederation, 10 every
sense. Ii refers to the army employed il
Kansas to enforce . code Of laws declared
and proved TO be spurious. We cay proved,
for the testimony Of the Kansas Investigat-
ing Committee is conclusive. The amend.
ment, then, being proper 10 itself, and in iss
proper place, its adoption BY both houses
can only be resisted upon electioneering
bubbles and false prctences. The plea that
Congress has not the jurisdiction 10 con-
pletely upset By the Senate bill Of Mr..
roombs and Mr.. Douglass, which proposes
10 nuilify some OF the most aAgrant and des-
potic Of the acts Of the Missouri Kansas
Legislature. The only difference between
ment to the army bill, 10 that while the for
mer lops Cd some Of the rotten branches.
the latter strikes At the root Of the tree.
certainly preferable to a half way repudia-
ton and half way Endorsement Of the Dor.
der rufIans..
proceedings ~ Of the highest significance
and importance. They adnonish the Pierce,
Douglass and Buchanan democracy that.
having Abandoned the humbug OF souatter
sovereignty, they must choose between
recognising or rcpudisting the Missouri
Kansss Legislature and its bloody code en-
acted under the auspices Of the sdministra-
ton, the United States army and the Mis-
sourians--shat they must choose, too, open-
J and fairly, between the policy Of making
< insas . slave State and the opposite policy
Of making il = FREQ State. Dodges, subtsr-
fu:es rowing one way and looking anolher
are no longer admissible The secret 10
out--evsrybody understands it. Everybody
Knows that the policy Of the Cincinnati de-
mocracy, and the object and the inevitable
tendency Of the new Senate bill 10 to make
kansas slave State, and that tkis bill has
only been arrested in the House, and the op-
posite policy adopted there, from the want Of
pluck anu bsokDone svme vi toe Ducnan-
An Democrats and Fillmore Know-No.
things.
The Fremont party in Congress and out
OF Congress make TWO distinct issuss-frst,
that the Missouri Kansas Legislature being
bogus concern, there 10 no VALIDITY in IL
laws, and that Congress should 80 pronounce
upon them; secondly, that Kansas must
come into the Union AZ free State. Upon
the 6rst proposition We see that the Dcmoe-
racy IN Congress, and out Of Congress, are
alarmed, confused, and considerably both
cred. They undertake to abolish some Of
the acts Of the Missouri X snsas Legislature,
but plead want Of jurisdiction over the L..
g.slsturs itself and prefer to lot il stand.
The still harp upon the Cincinnati platform
Of sqaattsr sovsreigaty, although Ar. Toombs
and NJ. Dsnglass, with the consent Of Gen.
Cass, hsvs kicked squAttsr sovereignty Ike !
begging inpostsr, out into To ssSest. We
repeat again, for ~ special infoenaaiss a
ne DsAosrets Of Opagrsas, tAas Il h aAessly |
nsslsss any loaGstts attempt e cary 49, !