The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-31

u word, these Southern dcughheads prcyy-c
that Kansas ehsal be admitted under the LIE
compton programme, subject, first, to the ratin-
cation Of the people Of Kansas; and provided,
that in the event OF q rejection of said pro-
gramme there shall be q new convention aud
new constitution.
This is the roundabout substitute of the South
Americans; and they have been calling Justify
for the last few days upon the black republicans
to come 10 the rescue. But Father Giddings
and bis anti-sIavery ultras, whose platform is
"po more slave States and no more slave Ter
ritories," have no stomach for this Lecompton
slave State programme, sugar it over az you
may. They will stultify themselves and dis
grace themselves among their abolition brethren
at home by swallowing this Calhoun prescrip-
ton Of slavery in Kansas In any shape. Bury
1t in the vinegar of protest, or in the sorghum
of popular sovereignty" the niger, with his
master at his back, Is still there. And yet we
see that some of our most ferocious, in.ractable
malignant and incorporating snti-LecOmpton
organs are earnestly begging and praying their
brethren in Congress to try the Lecompton
wormwood- forgeEies, niggers and all
with the sugar-coating amendment Of Mr. Crit
tenden.
This is certainly the most extraordinary, the
most desperate and the most laughable OF
all the many Kansas lodges of the
| opposition factions. 1t is patchwork
compromise which forcibly illustrates the
hollowness of the late buster aud bravado OF
these opposition agitstors-black republicans,
| Douglas renegades and Know Nothing dough-
heads and their organs-here and elsewhere
After all their rant and cant and fuss and fury,
they find. when brought to the pinch, that the
| only expedient upon which they can hope to
unite is roundabout dodge for the accomplish
ment of the same thing which the plan Of the
| administration will accomplish at once. But
as there appears to be no satisfactory assurances
| CT coalition upon this Crittenden expedient,
We are more than ever justified in the conclu-
sions that this Lecompton bill will pass; that
it will pass before the end of this week, and
that before the end Of April this senseless Kan
sas agitation will he as dead as Julius Cesar or
Senator Douglas.
| Admitted, even under the Lecompton pro.
gramme, Kansas, to all practical intents and
purposes, will be free State: two thirds free
State majority in both branches of the organic
State Legislature leaves no doubt upon that
| point. And thus the Lecompton constitution
within a month after lite adoption, may be sci
aside. Under these convictions, we are san
| guine Of the success Of the bill. Nor should
| We be in the least surprised Il the peace which
| will follow to Kansas arr Z, thc country upon
| this niger agitation were 20 Ce,ilt in such a
! heslthful and general reaction in the public
| mind as to leave Mr. borg.as, Mr. Walker, Gov.
| Wise, The Southern Know NothiRgs and the
black republicans all high and dry in the ap-
preaching Congressional :sM elections, North
| and South. In fact we believe that reaction
of this sort is almost certain to come, and that
new issues and new measure Of broad and
general practical character viii very soon eff
face every vestige Of mis- miserable Kansas ex.
element. Before next December probably no.
thing will be left Of it but the numerous killed
/ and wounded Of this four years Kansas scrim-
mage among the politicians to tell the dismal
story Of their foolish efforts upon this paltry
ssue to crush the administration Of Mr.. Bu-
chapan