Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-01
THE BILL

THE KANSAS BILL.
The Kansas issue is made up and about to be
decided. A despatch, in last weeks paper, nm.
nounced that the bill had passed the Senate by q
majority of ciqht-the vote being IS to So and it
is now undergoing the more trying ordeal of the
House. Whether it is to fail or win, We do not
know and to use the pure Saxon of Senator
~IvEnsoN, we ssdo not CARE Take it for MI in all,
the attitude Of tho South most desirable to true
Southern men, in regard to this measure, is that
of the most complete Indifference. 1t can be
nothing more than the empty declaration of an
abstract principle; a principle, under the circum-
stances, of no practical value to the South; the
recognition of which, if made at all, must be &C.
companied by evidences of weakness and trench-
cry ut home which far outweigh every other con-
| sideration.
But we do not mem to say that the action of
the Senate should be lightly regarded by the
South. Far from it. The majority in that body
is greater than we had reason to expect; and bids
us to feel an abiding, a very firm confidence, in
this the las; and the noblest citadel of Southern
rights. Mayit be preserved to US until the South,
fully az AXE to her condition. stands ready to take
her own safety into her own hands.
The struggle has thus far been instrumental in
throwing parties into m almost inextricable con-
fusion. Upon this point We might throw out n
hint or two; but probably such reflections at such
a time would not be worth the space. The Wash
in gton letter, in another column, will inform the
reader sufficiently for the present. We append
the Bill entire, as it passed the Senate:
Whereas the people of the Territory of Kansas
did, by n convention of delegates called and as
sembled Mt Lccomptcn, on the 4th day of Decem-
Der, 1857, for that purpose, form to themselves a
constitution and State government, which said
constitution is Republican, and the said convention
having asked the admission of said Territory into
the Union as a State on IN equal footing with the
original States.
Be il enacted 6y the Senate and House Of Repre-
s~entaiires Of the United States Of america IN Con-
gress assembled, That the State of Kansas shall be,
and is hereby declared to be, one of the United
States of America, and admitted into the Union
on an equal footing with the original States, in all
respects whatever. And the said State shall con-
sist of oil the territory included within the follow
ing boundaries, to wit: Beginning at q point on
the Western boundary Of the State of Missouri,
where the thirty seventh parallel of latitude cross
es the same; thence West on said parallel to the
Eastern boundary of New Mexico ; thence North
on said boundary to latitude thirty-eight thence
following said boundary westward t. e Eastern
boundary of the Territory of Utah, III the sum
nit of the Rocky Mountains; thence northward
on said summit to the fortieth parallelof latitude !;
thence East on said parallel to the Western bound
ary of the State of Missouri thence South with
the Western boundary of said State to the place
Of beginning: Provided, That nothing herein
contained respecting the boundary of said State
shall be construed to impair the rights Of person
or property now pertaining to the Indians in said
Territory, so long us such rights shall remain I'M