The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-27
THE TRIBUNE AND KANSAS.

....H THE TRIBUNE AND KANSAS
The New York Tribune is jubilant over the eondi
ton Of things in Kansas. Ii syows Its triumph IN
the next sentence after warning Congress against the
admission Of the State under the Lecompton consti
tuition. which il declares would be monstrous
fraud. We are intensely curious 20 learn from the
Tribune what sacrifice is to result from that actf
win IL not give effect to the will Of the majority
which il alleges IL ON it's side Of the controversy
VIII il not place that majority in power, and beyond
the reach of any possible Interference of the slave
holders. for whom the Tribune entertains AN INDY
Ing hatred If anybody is TO be sacrificed by the
admission of the State tell us who and how Now,
we are quite anxious of course, 20 know the
Of any measure proposed and enforced by the demo
cratic party Then let us suppose that the State is
admitted, remembering all the while the Tribunes
declaration that 1--WE are beaten in Kansas and that
It's friends are in power-we want 10 know who, Ia
that contingency 10 be sacrihced disiranehised,
dsfraudedY II was Boniface who thought 10 en-
nance the value of his ale boy calling il Burgundy.
We say this only 10 convey gentle animation TO
the Tribune that when il comes 10 answer us il will
try TO avoid similar mode OF treating its fayorite
subject If it's friends control majority of the ter
ritoria and State legislature then il is clearly in
their power to protect themselves; and il so hap
pens that admission in this case does impair
their authority and control In addition to their
present force, too, which they say is complete,
amounting to q triumph, they clam that they viii
have tive senators and full member of Con
eress This cannot be the sacrifice to which the
Tribune refers What can it be We know Of
no other possible damage which admission is 10
produce than the sacrifice to the republicans of
that everlasting pretext for complaint and protest
the question Of slavery in Kansas. If anybody else
is to be injured or defrauded don't who
how The Tribune win hardly tell us that an act
which secures to the people Of Kansas absolute in
dependence can in any possible event deprive the
majority Of their political rights outrage any
sonable public sentiment If heretofore there has
been Just cause 10 complain Of the conduct of the
federal authorities, it would seem very strange in
deed to hear protests read against act which must
forever divest those authorities from all right In
iervene hereafter.
II il note worthy fact that the school of polit
clans in which the Tribune acts an important part is
violently assailing measure the refusal by Con-
gross carry out which the Of Utah is consid
cred by the latter sufficient justification for de-
earing its Independence and maintaining it by force
Utah applied for admission into the Union State,
well knowing that once admitted under republican
forms its people would be able 70 put into operation
their theocratic government They were shrewd
enough to appreciate the advantages OF State
Ieignty and independence. They foresaw that
once in the Union they would be surround
ed by all the guarantees Of State rights, with
out in the least impairng their own freedom Of
action concerning religious affairs. 1t ID clear,
however. that Utah could be Of little avail DO
the republicans A contest there would not aid
them in another presidential election We think it
queer, however, that the Mormons should be so
deeply offended because Congress refused to receive
them into the Union, ayo"ng that thereby they were
DISTINGUISHED, and that the people Of kansas-no,
their excellent friends Of kansas-should regard
their admission as working the practical dis
reimbursement of themselves. The subject is of
great importance. The accession ola new State into
the Union, though just now regarded with compare
tive Indifference is event IN the history OF the re-
public which is destined hereafter to command more
attention. The rapid expansion of the Union Ia
population, wealth, education, commerce, and gen.
eral industry, while il cannot fail to arrest the
attention Of the word and command the admiration Of
every nation, is regarded 10y us as so much matter
Of course within the range of everyday life that
permit the most important TO pass with ineon
siderable notice The effort TO receive Kansas into
the family of States in order to heal our nernecine
difficulties, without impairng the rights of a single
individual should in Judgment, be viewed not
from the stand point Of party through eyes jaundiced
by prejudice, but from elevated, national, patri-
otto eminence capable Of approaching the present
and Of estimating the future Of the republic.
Mr. Senator Douglas in discussing the Kansas act,
On the I'd Of July 1856 said in the Senate "Al pow
which il is competent possible for Congress TO