The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-04-15
FR0m WASHINGTON.

Another vote upon the House amendment D.
the Senate Bill to admit Kunsas, has been takel
in the House, and it has determined To adhere Il
its amendment by avote of l19 to III.
a conference Committee will be appointed by
the two Houses, but we have ITO hope that apy
thing will te accomplished by it. We regard i,
now fixed fact that Kunsas cannot be admitted
| under the LeconIpton Constitution.
We notice among the items of Washington
news that man who had been dismissed from
Office i'll Louisiana, attacked the Secretary Of
The Interior, with pistol in hand but the Secre.
tary got tho better of him. knocking him down,
broke his arm and wrested the pistol from him.
4. is also stated that the President has deter.
mined to adopt tho Peace Policy, so ably advo.
Gated by Hon. w. W. BoYcE, of this State, in
the adjustment of the Mormon difficulty, and
that he will send out Gov. Powell. of Kentucky,
and Maj. BEN. McCULLouoiI, us Commissioners
Of Pence to the Mormons. This Peace Policy
has been forced upon tho President by refusal
OF Congress to raise an additional force and
make tho appropriations requisite To make an
armed expedition against tho Mormons success.
ful. by corrupt and unhalIowed combinnt ion
of factous opposition, tho Administration has
been defeated i'll its Kansas and Mormon policy
In reference 10 the latter, whether the President
or the opposition is right, is q question which
time alone will decide. Tho Peace Policy orivi-
nally would perhaps have been the best mode OF
settling tho Mormon difficulty; but may we
not now uplrehend that, after our war demon.
stration against them to ask for peace may serve
but 10 swell their arrogance and importance,
and thus make them demand concessions from
granted.
We believe" however, that Mormonism is al
abomination which, il Let alone, will die Of itself
Their location is so fur removed from our bor-
der settlements, that our citizens secure from
amy attacks f''': them. An opportunity to plum
der aud muruc. .Ir people will only be afforded
them by the passage of cInigrant trains through
Utah These could be sufficiently protected, and
with much less expense, by establishing n few
military posts on tho route, Than by expcnding
4O.onO,0o0 Of dollars to conquer them Con-
sitlerlng the enormous expenditure of conquering
them, aud the insignificant results accruing from
their snhJugation, might it not be we'll to make
the enquiry" Is the game worth the ammun.
t'"nT Mr.. JONES, member Of Congress from
Tennessee, makes tho suggestion that the gov
crnmcnt give them title Co their lands, and
have no official communication with them, but
treat them in all respects we do the various
tribes of Indians. lie thinks that if we repeal
the organic law, pay salaries to their Cover
nor', their Judges, nor grant any pay to their
Legislatures. withdraw all protection and leave
them to themselves that they will soon become
quite submissive and harmless that as the civil.
izcd emigration spreads onward, the settlers will
themselves settle with their bad neighbors, as
they did in Missouri, and afterwards in Illinois,
when the 'invuInerabe" JOE Smith was killed
with common ieuden bullet.