The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-29


S''y important. Dangerous ard dificalt que,
"ons Tbsse we're 'h- tack OF rubjueatng the
r""psnt &nrmcus 70 the authority Of the Uaited
S'afes snd ctresferry % ace apd good eovera-
m'rt 70 ttc cisclder.d Territory OF Kansas
II first Of these tasts baA been successfully
rrfo'mtd-the supremacy Of tie United States
eocsrnment hes h'eD reetnred in Utah acd
teisg s are ia O iair Train tor the excison OF
If those nsnpes u the Mormon church that we're
disersce to toe civilization nf the age. When
The troops Scre beiog got ~ ady tor the expedi
ton to Utah, We asserted, again aud again. that
Notwithstanding the raviogs and meaaces Of
Brigham Young and the seventy Elders the
Mofmcns would not dare to fire shot at the
troops; ard experience has proved the truth of
opr assertion. But, nevertheless, we have to
sbsnk the frmness OF The administration for
having TIE members of this church militant 50
quickly brought into subsection. It did not need
the exercise Of force to attain this end; but il
did need the exhibition of force. Mr. Buchanan
wss determined to permit no trifing with the
authority of the general government, and he
therefore despatched the expedition, with the re-
sults that we tavc seen.
The restoration of peace and good order to
Kansas was still more difficult and delicate
talk; hut even that we have seen successfully
accomplished, and by the exercise of Il. :
same qualities Of frmness and det{ :.
Mutation on the part Of the PRESIDED
His judgment told him that he had but d.,
course to pursue, and that was to abide by ,'.N
law, to observe the law, and to enforce the ~"
He knew that, no matter how difficult AMI 80
80. Ivy - I.S c, "sD "Tay to
uDTayel them and to reach the object all 80
Was by sticking close to the law. On thy ~ -,
cple be set cut, and on that principle ;.;.:.-~
succeeded, despite the rantings of PC WN-
in restoring peace and good order e. ~,
Next Monday the people Of that Ter A.. a..
be called upon to endorse or to rep, c.. -.
action of the Lecompton Conventio' ~, 80 80
is The practical issue submitted TOD ~. - -.
no matter what their will may tur1
the result will he the same-that isl CIV y,
good government will be ensured II =
they endorse the Lecompton constif - oSs
a State government will 60 into Cpd. 80 o.
~, -eople Of Kansas will take caI non.,,~o =,
...e., . they reject 1t, they will |,s..r., ~o =,
'De'l ..'.',U' condition, and the sau,,n,s...
einmsh -, WIN responsible for th onr n0,;.;e.,
parties will have little or no excuse for drag
eing the question again into the area Of party
strife. &
We have thus endeavored to show, and we
think successfully, that the present administra-
tion-wbich lie, in fact Mr.. Buchanan himself
has conducted the foreign and domestic policy
of the country with honor and advantage to the
government and with satisfaction to the
people. 1t may be, nevertheless, that at the
coming elections throughout the country the
supporters of the administration will be found in
a minority: but we do not think that sdch will
be the case. Even should 1t he 80, however, the
fact might properly be interpreted rather as a
condemnation of the particular candidates de-
fested than as an indication of the popular SEN
timent regarding the Executive. The oompro-
mise measures Of 1850 were followed by great
popular excitement; but il was only evanescent,
and North and South soon forgot that any
cause of dissension had existed between them.
The passage of the Kansas-N Nebraska bill was
followed by like manifestations, and the next
succeeding elections were disastrous to the
party of the administration but that feeling
was also short lived and the popular mind soon
again flowed In its accustomed dannels So
the Lecompton bill was seized on last session
by political frebrands, and converted into an
instrument Of opposition TO the administration.
But that movement, If ii has not already died
out, owing to the fair and impartial course
which Mr.. Buchanan has pursued in Kansas, has
lost n good portion Of Its vitality, and will
hardly succeed in raising obstacles in his path.
The people of the United States soon weary Of
these senseless party agitations, and are not
long in realizing how egregiously they have
been humbugged by demagogues. 1t will be so
in this instance; and, whatever may be the re-
suit Of the coming elections, the North and
South WILL ere long, unite in recognizing the
fairness and ability displayed by the admins
traiion in the management Of oil questions
foreign and domestic.