New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-03

Tie NXXIVth Congress terminates its existence
to-day rather its life ia cut short by the Federal
Constitution. Its memorable features are the two
months struggle for the Speakership of the House;
the Kansas lnyeSt gatjos; tho voting out and then
in Of Whitfield; the beating of Senator Sumner;
TIE Corruption Scrutiny; tho increase Of C)nsres-
sioDal Compensation the efforts for Tdnf Amend
meLt, and the repeated and vigorous attempts oil
the Hcuge 10 afford some practical relief TO the
people Of Kansas from tho usurped and atrucious
rule Of the Border Ruffnns. Though the results
have not been commensurate with the exgcncies Of
the occasfn n, we eco not how blame can rest on
thCse wto have zealou,ly struggled for justice aud
tho inalcnabe Fights of Man. Tue Republicans
bid at beet but plurality in tho House, while they
constituted iess than fourth Of the Senate so that
the little good that vas by any means carried
through tic popular branch was certain to be
st1td IN Tho other. Thus the elDrt TO admit
Kansas as FREQ State under her Topeka Const-
tuition wa first beaten in the House by one major.
ity then reconsidcrcd and carried by tno but I'M
mcdaie,y crushed in the Senate. Thus every
tlioit to auul or declare Ioyaid the horrible code
imposed on Kansas by the fraudulentIy chosen Ter
ritorisl Legislature has been either bafed in the
IlouSeor put down in the Senate. In the lat 10
stance, tie llosse, in view Of the eriDg evils now
affecting or inFebdiDg over the People Of Kansas,
pas sed IN act 10 declare invalid all the pretended
Z" laws enacted by the bogus Legislature thereof;
bat the Senate Immediately nailed to its table this
mo.t righteous and necessary measure by al over
whtlnins minority. Ii bloOdshej and anarchy
sbaN b. renewed in Kansas, on the heads Of that
ms orty the blame will inevitably rest
There are those who hoped, even against hope,
that some compromise or hx-up would be made BE-
tween the House,, by which all danger OF further
collision in Kansas would b. aycrted. We cOudnot
shsr, in thai pleasing dream; We could not evec
ao,ise the champions of Free Kansas ~ attempt
such compromise as was attansbe. For il WAS
plain throughout that the Senate would only agree 10
apnul reno Of the most arocious Of the Ruian acts
OF the bogus Legislature on condition Of avirtus
concession by the House Of the legality Of the resi-,
due, sud hence Of any future acts of that Legsla-
Snrc or its hneL SUCCESSORS. This would be deli,.
ering over the reople OF Kansas, bound hand and
foot 10 the tender mercics of The Border RufiaOs.
1. would BE- Giving up the whole case, in order to
esin some uninpo'iapt preliminary. For if that
fIauouler!ly elected sssenb,ase is truly a valid
Legislators for Kansas, and eptiel to be respected
and ote} I'd as such, then Il al impertnence 10
Congress protesting "a BE- eve in SQuatter SOTer-
eighty TO BE- repeating or suspeudlng it's scvs.
pou ,sss f>t Senate Report on the Kansas trouble,
to>k his ground boldly; he has since boen DR. ven
hon il II practice, but the principle ia incontro-
yerpbe. The truth that SAID Legs stare was
gigantic and mpuden, fraud on the People Of
kansa--G INDUSTRIOUS usurpat.on of their most
precious rishtsthis, ard this alone, fully Istiies
the course of our Trends IN and cut OF the Terri.
ttIy snd haDOws the graves oi the martyrs who
died tahtrs on the side of Freedom. The Free
State ntn Of Kansas sire rot rebels, ior the bogus
Legislature that has undertaken 10 fast6n Slavery
upon thtm is the child Of usurpaton and fraud.
And hstever action, in or cut of Congress, fats
20 recognize this truth, tsnds, however well meant
| 70 btiIay the cause OF Free Labor in Kansas.
Htpcc We njoce that the House mas no, been iQred
into auy e,rpromiSe-that is, any which the
| Senate w,ud have sgreed to--Sl.h reaard "a the
| Kan. Us QGessioD.