Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-04

tract of country, and accurately describing what
have seen. Any person who will travel over IL
as hayedone, will be- enabled To answer the
oftehasked question, why has the United States
spent 50 much money In surveying this desert
waste He VIII answer, because he comprises
Respectfully, JOEL II Broom.
3 TEE LKcoNPToN CONsTITUTION.-We take
from a late number of the Pennsyiraahzn
the following article, embracing an opposite
extract from the New York Herald. What
the country wants-always excepting those who
live upon agitation, without which they
would; individually, sink into inter insignif-
cancels, emphatically, peace in Kansas 1t is
to be secured only by localzing the Kansas
slavery question-by remitting it to the peo-
pie of Kansas. as of their concern and theirs
only. But the Penn yi0a0iaH and HpraH
together express the idea far better than we
can-as follows '".'.' AZ .'-.' ID -
We commend the following article, which we
extract from the New York Herald, 20 the careful
attention of all those who desirous of freeing
Congress and the country from this Kansas din :
Guilty. The Herald N right in lis estimation of
the course Of the Administration with reference
Z" the IecOmpton Constitution. IT a portion of
the people of Kansas did not 90 to the polls and
vote, they cannot expect the President to aid
them IN interfering with the legal rights Of those
who did avail themselves Of the privilege All
the President has to guide him is the Constitu-
tlon the laws of Congress, and the Territorial
Legislature OF Kansas. As none of these have
been infracted by the Lecompton Convention
and as the people have expressed their opinion
upon the Constitution submitted there is bat one
course TO pursue, and that is to admit the State
when the Constitution is presented, localize the
question, and let the people of Kansas take care
OF themselves In their own way, In the future.
| The Herald says:
"AccoFding to our latest authentic information
from Washington upon Kansas affairs, the nd :
ministration will most probably adhere to the
LscOmpton Constitution. even with the adoption
OF The slavery clause, and upon that basis recon
| mend the admission of Kansas into the Union az
sovereign State. And, in view of the removal
| Of this bone of contention f,om Congress and
the transfer of the entire authority aud RESPONSE
bility in the matter to the people directly con
| cerned, the prompt admission of Kansas, even as
| that can be done
'The Lecompton Convention was legitimate
and authoritative body. IL submitted the only
| constitutional Issue of any moment TO a vote ~
| the people. Granted that the Kansas free State
party then are five To one even rs ten to one
OF the pro-slavery party, the responsibility lies
with the former for allowing the latter to carry
the late elSction by default. But. again. no Sc
| rious outrag" will be committed upon the fire. @
state party by admitting Kansas a slave State,
possessing, as that party does, numerical as
| cendancy sufficient to change their organic law
within six months, into free State Constitution
| Next, so far as a Congressional balance of
| power is concerned, the admission of Kansas AS
a Save state, and Its temporary existence a
slave State Will amount to nothing as d Southern
| acquisition. Minnesota, with her free State
Constitution. and with her Congressional dele
gatl"n as state, already elected, must be adj
| United within a few weeks. Close behind her
| Will come Oregon, az another free State and
| with case so clearly and indisputablv in favor
| or the acceptance of her Constitution that she
cannot be rejected. Here, then. surprising KAN
| saS to be admitted az a slave State she will no
more than counterbalanced by two additional
free States admitted during the same session of
Congress
1.-THE was very great aritatiou I'm I=.,n ,,,,i,s,
the admission OF Missouri as d slave state; but
the equivalent to the North I'm the admission of
halhe rs new free state, formed an essential
element or the Missouri compromise And suiely
atthis day. with their preponds rance in the uioi,
firmly established, the Northern States may con
sent TO the admission of Kansas as a temporary
slave Stale ia consideration OF the paTa,noun Mt
OBJECT OF giving to the people OF Kansas the alb
sohte rig ht ana the entire responsibility OF man
aging their own affairs in their own way.
I'VE anticipate a tremendous row in Congress
should the Administration recommend the ad
mission OF Kansas as slave State upon the basis
Oh the late LrComptOn constitutional election :
bht Irt the act be contaminated, and within Xix
months al! The existing a2llatiOn aud ali the ter
flb!e uproaf which is threatened, Will have died
away
BRIBERY AND CORRUPTI0N.-AIl the world
know that the firm Of Lawrence, Stone & Co,
trous failure, dragging down with them some
OF the largest manufacturing corporations of
New England, of which their houses in Boston
and New \ rk were the agents. Ali the world.
too, are aware that there is n heavy deficit in
their accounts, showing that much of what
should be their assets has been misappled-
$4,000 Of this sum nomirally TO . drum a
bill through Congress during the last session
70 secure greater protection to American
manufactures. Eight thousand of this large
sum rs said To have gone into the pockets of
some editor or editors for aiding the abortive
scheme, to further which Lawrence Stone 4
Co claim to have disbursed the balance. As
the honor of the press il involved in their dis
graceful showing of their affairs we have
watched with no little interest for satisfactory
development Of the particulars of their bribery
transactions The last information bearing on
that point we find in the New York EyDyess,
as follows: .s -..
W no Cor Ir We mean the IS 600 which tbe
Investigating Committee Of the Nj iddlesex Mills
say the finn OF Lawrence, Stone & 60. paid by
the New York house for editorial Srryicr Ia
help certain Tariff amendment through Con
"TcSs.
If the New York house in question saw fit TO
ma Ike any such investment in editorial SERVICES
here, for the Washington market IT Is due to
themselves, 10 the press, and TO this public In
general, That they be more specific. The impress
sion Created by that clause in the report OF the
aforesaid Committee is, that editorial influence
here is to be had cheap for Cash-like any mere
marketable commodity. Hence we ask. t.Who
got IL ~ That somebody gave it would seem to
be tolerably well established. for the Committee
Oh investigation are presumed to be. ike the Ro-
man conspiIators, call honorable men - PRAY
do Tell us who was the receiver, What member
or the profession has been selling himself so
cheap,
Inc Committee having furnished the public
with an estimate OF the current value OF edito-
rial services, next tell that this firm of Law.
renee, Stone Co. sent on to Washington the
somewhat more respectable sum of - So 600 TO
secure the passage of the tariff of 1872 Me>srs
Lawrence, stone Co. would thus seem 10 con-
slider Member of Congress worth good deal
more than New York Editor
Without stopping to find fault with Messrs
j.. - * Co for thus paying hi. Cher price for
the washington than the New York article we
may he forgiven an exc lamatOn point or two for
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