Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-04-27
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Correspondence of the Richmond Enquirer'l
w.su1ssTos, April 25, 1853.

contemporaries VI
WASHINGTON, April %, 1858.
.o,,.r tina, vonr rssders may understand the diff
ferent phases which the Kansas imbrogho mas assumed
since the Conference Committee mas repot'eu' Will
state them as briefly as I can:
On Friday, Mr.. Green, on the psrt OF inc majority
Of the Senate committee, and AIR. Ene.ish on that "'
the Houee, ubmitttd to their respective oodles the
result of thu action of the Conference and
that they had agreed to report q Dill IN 'ne nature OF
a substitute to those previously acten upon oy each
House. After reading Of the report 10 the hou.e, ar
STEPHENS, of Georgia. moved that the "noie suhJecto %
postponed and made the special or1sr on MONDAY
next at one o'clock; on which. Mr. hiii,, OF the same
State. moved as an amendment, that the report 10
postponed until the second Monday In May ana os
mand@d the previous question, whicn was caIrieu ana
MIR. Hills amendment adopted, by the aid ct the
votes of the following Southern members; Messrs
Ouitman, of MISSISSIPPI, Bryan, OF fexas, Bonham'
of South Carolina, Shorter and S'aIWoi,n, OF ALABAMA
A motion was then made to reconsider inc vote oy
which Mr. Hills amendment was ADOPTED and 10 'hy
,h,, mo,ion ito recnpsider) on the table, hut without
tsl,inp the vote the Hous- nolourned. On Saturday
the above motion came up snd was carried oy vote
of lN5 70 l0l, the above named gentlemen voting ior
il. which brought tn" House to the direct vote, whether
ihs resolution AZ amended by Mr.. Hill (postponine
the whole suhisc. until the second Monday in May
.hould be- adopted, which Immediately led to genera
6l;bnsterine 90 both sides OF the House, and they
finally adjourned without coming to a vote.
On NJ onday the whole subject comes up again, ant
u ia the determination of the friends of the report o
the Confersnce Committee to sustain the previous
question, and bring the House to vote on the passage
ar re;.otion of the resolution. l feel confident tina
ths House will sustain the previous question. that i
will vote against the p"stponemsni, ana c'W 6r'na
te House TO q direct rote wheth7 the report Of III,
Con,,yense Committee shall or shall not be adopted.
l.el confident that before this letter is published
the substitute reported by the committee will be
sdopted and the Kanssas imbrogho finally settled, u
nor prevented by fscrious parliamentary mof'"ns:
The Kausas bill, as il passed tbs Senate. was oblen
,;on,h,e IN .ome gentlemen, because of Green's amend
mept, acknowledging the right OF the people 10 alfti
the Constitution at their pleasure. ie house OH
wss a bitter dose for the Black Republicans TO swal
low for il acknowledged the right Of ths South to &c
~ Ksnsss with their property and the right ofihe peo
| pe 10 decide for themselves, on asking tor admission
an a State, whether it should be a tree or slave State
Tb;s IA nv conclusion as to the way the question
stood prior to the report Of the Conference
II I am correct In this' the piaouca. eneE', 10 m.
humble Judgment, of the rejection OF the bill reported
nv the Conferences would be 20 leave th'
wa branches of Congress at a dead lock on the Kan
sas question:. In other words Kansas, though not RI
looted, would have failed TO he admitted under thu
Senare hill, and that by reason of her pro SLAYER,
f,sturs In her Constitution. This would have beer
| IN endorsement, though in a modified form, OF Mr.
Stewards insolent declaration, that the battle was al
ready won; and yet groes az the insult would be, fh
| South would scarcely he able 10 resentit tor the lie
| 0mnI0n uuVi "ppiN ~ eNhtSNh PSNFS wv ~
iected, while the right OF the South to participate il
the common territory, Is admitted IN the House bill
Epelish's proposition. on the part of the committee
saves the South from the humiliation of Q tame sub
mission to a wrong. Ii proposes no compromise
| There ia no sacrifice of principle involved 10 1t. 1
does not even contain the Senate amendment, and
does not 10 any shape submit the Leoompton Constr
| tuition 10 the people, but in fact makes II a condition
| precedent of their admission. Congress simply says
| I've ACCEPT your Constitution, but not your Ordi
nance lin relation to the public landsl annexed TO il
| We do not feel at liberty TO amend that without you
| consent, and we therefore offer an amendment in to-
shape of a compact. which We call upon you to raiify
II YOU do 40 You are at once a State; if yeu do not W.
wash cur hands of you, and will have nothing fur
her TO 90 with you uutil you have the requisite popu
lation."
l learn, from good authority, that a secret clrcula
has been sent TO all The Black Republican members
| urging them to vote against the admission OF Mime
| pota under the till passed by the Senate; and 1t states
! as a reason for this, that If Minnesota is rejected b.
The House they will form a new Constitution, ant
that, by a new election. they can secure all the Stat
inHnsa e isssTsb SSm m c 8 ,nSesusand votes, thus sending tw'
| Free Soil Senators to the Senate, and three Free Sol
members to the House. OF the present Senator
| .lect, Gen. Shirlds is anii.Lecompton, and MIR. Ric'
Lecompton. aud the three members are all sound DE
| mocrats aud LecompiOn men.
The Secretary OF the Treasury will shortly ask TO
| u loan of thirty millions OF dollars for twenty years
to meet The extraordinary demands made on the 60
vsrnmept. UNo.