The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-01

whether the Senate bill O. tie Crittenden bill,
or soy other bill, G no bill at all shall he adopt
ed by Congress The question ia substantially
settled Therei Is nothing remaining upon which
this Kansas agitation can be revived By any
act or any emission to act, on the part of Con
gre-s. The people of Kansas are ready to come
in under the Lecompton constitution, With or
without proyiso, and they are just as we'll dis.
posed to try the new constitution they are now
frsming either before or after their admission
as State Let the question in Congress there
fore, be settled il any way, the result will
really belong to tie decided and unfiaching
course of the President. Had he temporized
or fnched or vacillated, after the fashion of
poor Pierce, this now exhausted Kansas agita-
ton might have been kept alive till l86O but
his infexible position has brought the people of
Kansas to reason and to common sense and
thus they have really settled the question in
advance of the action of Congress.
LATEST FROM kANsAs-VRrUAI, SETTLEMENT
or THE TERRITORIAL DrryoUI1rss,lTh letters
of our Kansas correspondent exhibit a marked
alteration in the public feeling Of the-Territory
in reference to the bill now before Congress
1t will he seen from his statements that the
difficulties and discussions In connection with
that question are fast settling down, and that
the result is very general disposition on
the part of all Glasses in favor Of Kansas
being received under the Lecompton con-
stitution. The letter that we publish this morn
;cr ral,o hat <ha |roa Cfa<o vfxr
pletely demoralized that they are quarrelling
in convention over the Minneola fraud and
other side issues, and that the main question
which had assumed such grave proportions.
from the Fictitious Importance given to
it, has almost entirely lost its interest
1t is gratifying to find that the common
sense of the Kansas people is overcoming
the prejudices and angry feelings provoked by
political agitators. When Governor Walker
went to Kansas we stated that il was probable
that oil these divisions would subside under the
impulse that good government would impart
to the agricultural and Industrial resources
Of the Territory. That expectation was de-
feated by unforeseen circumstances. but
we are glad to find that it is now in
progress of fulflment. The speculative in
terests Of the Territory, it will be seen are fast
extinguishing the bitterness of feeling and hos
tility evoked for party purposes,
This fact fully bears out the opinions that we
have always maintained on the Kansas difficult
ties. We have never thought the niger ques-
ton one in which the feelings of the people of
the Territory were very warmly interested. In
truth it could hardly be said that there was any
niger question at all, seeing that the whole of
the blacks in Kansas do not number above two
hundred. But admitting that this question ever
possessed the seriousness assumed for it, il Is
now evident that the practical views of the
Kansas people have entirely subordinatcd it TO
more important interests The great specula-
tive movement which is now in progress
throughout all parts Of the Territory IL,
it appears fast dispelling the political alb
stractions and delusions which have caus-
ed SO much trouble amongst them.
Delaware and other Indian reserves, banks.
railroads, mill sites, town lots. and the Utah
military supplies, are engrossing their atton-
ton, to the exclusion Of political topics. When
we take into account the money value of all
these interests, amounting probably TO about
fifty millions of dollars, it is not surprising that
the niger question, and all other purely theo.
rctical issues, should sink into insignidcancc in
the eyes of the Kansas people. In such an
altered state of things, OF course, the occupa-
ton Of Gen. Jim Lane and his fellow border
ruhisns is gone. In fact, the majority Of these
rn bor al f,v,;t
tory, to emigrate to Sonora or some other
soil that will be more congenisl 10 their
turbulent propensities. Lane himself, it will be
seen, with the assistance Of fellow named Red
path, the correspondent OF some Eastern jour
nal, is seeking TO win the credit of dying game,
by getting into personal muss with The
Governor. Lane knows we'll that Governor
Denver will not so far forget bis official
dignity as to 20 out with him. If he thought
ii likely that he would do so, b. would bc the
last man to provoke him 10 the field for Den
yer has proved his mettle, whilst Lane has
fought shy OF the pistol on several occasions
Whilst the political difficulties in Kansas arc
thus wearing themselves down into The insignif-
cant proportions OF personal quaTrcis. il is
satisfactory to find that they have not materially
interfered with the prospects Of the Territory.
Thus far the influx Of migrants for the la-l
month or two has been larger than usual. and
I is known that immense numbers of settlers
are only awaiting the decision of the issue be
fore Congress to pour into the Territory. The
real friends Of the people of Kansas will there
fore. do everything in their power 10 facilitate
the settlement of question the pOtponcmcnt
Of which can alone impede The material pro-
gress OF that tine region.
THK MAYOR AND nIE PoLicE COMMISSIONERS.
1t seems that the feud between the Mayor and
the Police Commissioners still goes on; that
the latter, who are small politicians, caring
perhaps for houses and lots, but sublmcly in