Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-03-31
Congress-Kansas Bill Passed.

Congress-Kansas Bill Passed.
On Tuesday last, the long struggle ended
in the /. S Senate, on the Kansas bill-re-
sulting in the passage of the bin for its adj
mission as a State under the Lecompton con-
slit ,tion. A few amend ments to the bill, as
originally passed, were adopted. The pre-
amble was changed somewhat, and the fol-
lowing amendment made to the second sec
ton
And that nothing in this act shall be
construed to abridge or infringe any right of
the people asserted in the constitution of
Kansas at all times to alter, reform, or abol-
lSh their form Of government in such manner
as they may think proper-Congress hereby
dlsciaimlng any authority to intervene or
declare the construction of the constitution of
any State, except to see that it be republican
In form, and not to conflict with the c%onstitu-
ton of the United States"
Mr.. Pugh withdrew the amendment of
which he had previously given notice, and
moved to add the following to the bill as a
new section:
"SEC. 4. And be 1T further enacted, That
from and after the admission of the State of
Kansas, as heretofore provided, all the laws
of the United States, which are not locally
inapplicable, shall have the same force and
effect within that State as in other States
of the. Union, and the said State is hereby con-
stituted a judicial district of the United States,
within which a district court, with the like
powers and Jurisdiction as the district court
of the United States for the district of Iowa,
Kill - o,G,LJ: III. H. I'll -
Marshal IF the United States for the said dis
trict Of Kansas shall reside within the same,
and shall be entitled to the same cotnpensa-
tion rs the Jll5e, Attorney and Marshal of
the district of Iowa"
The motion was agreed to-yeaS 81, nays 19.
The bill as amended was then reported to
the S9nlte and adopted, by the following
vote:
Yels-M.ssrs. Allen, Bayard, Benjamin,
Bisss, B 5ler, Blight, Brovl, Clay, Evans,
Fitch, Fitzo ttrick, Green, q vim, Hun nond,
EMERSON. Hplston, H later, ~Iverson, John
son Of Arkansas, Johnson, of Tennessee,
Jles, &slaely, Mtllory, Mlson, Pearce,
Polk, SEBASTIAN, SIidell, Thompson, Of Ken
lucky, Thon D>on, of New jersey, Toombs,
Wi 5ht, AL Yllee-33.
NAYS tSSTS. DCll, d. lcFtCN, O1til1IcT,
Clark, C)Illner, CrittenI.a Dixon, Dooiittle,
DDryIeS, D trtee, FesSen len, Foot, Foster,
tie Htnlin, Hlrlin, King PIsl, SeHlrd,
Simmons, Stulrt, Sumner, rrun5ull, Wade,
an Vison-2j.
Assem- Or Nor VonVG-Messrs. BITES
Cln,ron, Davis, and Rid.
Tlere vas 1 nlr1e len n s~tration Of ap-
pllIse ia the galleries. ut the result Of the
vote, which WAS promptly checked by the
Chair.
S.l;e getting this vexe1 question out Of
the S9llte, it has been basily engaged in des
pitching Business. Mtny private matters
/ have boen disposed of. Col, Johnson, of thu
Utah expedition, has been confirmed Briga
der Gn9rIL. Infections are strongly il
favor Of the sIccess in the S4llte Of the Ar
my Bill as passed by the House, with sligh
amanln9ats. Mr.. Fitch offered a resolution
which WIS referred to the proper committee
to suspend the Judicial Laws of Utah an
sub titute m lrtial law.
In the Hose, the Kansas bill being nov
form lily beflre that body for action, yer
little else will be atten lei to until dispose
of, which will probably be several week
hence. The deficiency bill has been unde
consideration for some time, but no actio
has been taken yet.
p S-Since the above was in type, tn
tele graph reports that, by common consent
next Thursday has been agreed upon as tn
finn 4 fnr takinr tho uoto ,1non tho Sopoto hi
for the admission of the new State.
The following letter from a friend in Wasf
ington, will be read with interest:
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 26, 1853.
E. Ny DEAR SIR:--I have been endeavorin
to get some subscribers for your paper i
this city, and think | shall be able to sen
you IA club shortly. Although l meet wit
good many strong and Jealous temperate
friends in this city, yet temperance is at
very low ebh at present.
The friends of the cause are, howevel
moving in the matter and Hope that there wi
: soon he a revival of it even here. 1t was pro-
pering finely here about three years ago, br
unfortunately the political movement thu
was then agitating the country, got into tn
various Temperance Divisions in this city
and the result was the cause was nearly de.
. troyed. A few gallant spirits, however, col
, tinued in the field and kept one Divisio
. (EquaD alive, but the others, including ii
Grand Division of this District, went by til
:. board.
We have a Catholic Temperance Societ
, which | am happy to say is now in a yer
! Furnishing condition. That Society celebr
: ted Saint Patrick's day by a grand turn-ou
, which was the largest temperance processic
| ever witnessed.
The Kansas question is now Gas it has bee
s for a long time) the only question before Co
gress which attracts much attention. {
Tuesday last the debate on it in the Sena
terminated, and the question of receiving h
. into the Union as a sister State with the L
compton Constitution passed that body, by
: vote of 33 to %. twill now 20 to the Hous
where it will be discussed for weeks, q
though it would seem from the number
speeches that have been made on it in tn
body that all the information that could
possibly gained by discussion has alrea,
. been obtained. l look upon the passage
n the bill through the House as being extren
i ly doubtful.
70 A bill has been presented in the House,
pension the soldiers of 1912, and it is thong
by a good many that the chances of its d
sage are very favorable. If it should pa
,p it will require about ten millions of doll;
i annually-to pay the pensions that wo,
Of come within the provisions of the bill. I