The Placer herald., 1858-06-05
From Our Regular Corresponds mt.
SAN Francisco, June lst, 1858.

SAN FRANcIsco, June lst, 1858.
Friend MitcheU:-No mail ever brought
more heartily welcome news, than the last.
which arrived by the Goldnn Age on Satur-
day. The announcement of the final settle
nent of the Kansas difficulty, has brought
the smile of content upon the face of every
national Union Democrat. The Administra-
ton, al the outset, proclaimed that their OBJ
iect in favoring the admission of Kansas,
was to locase in that unfortunate Territory
the slavery question, and Danish it from Con-
gressional debates forever. The Black Re-
publicans, terrified at the prospect of losing
all their thunder, rallied at once to the res
cue, and aided by recreant Southern Plug
Ugles, and timid or factious Northern Demo
Gratis, fave kept the country in astate Of agi-
tation and turmoil, for the five months Con-
gress has been in session. No better proof
can be adduced of the desire to quiet sec
tional agitation, than the unanimty with
which the Democratic party united on the
Conference Compromise, which certainly
does place the destinies of Kansas in the
hands of its own people, With them, and
them alone, the future belongs, if they prefer
to become a State, or to remain a Territory,
the wav is open, they have but to choose, in
a month or six weeks it will probably be de-
cided What their destnies will be, is a
matter of Indifference, We have obtained
the object for which we have struggled, it
will be up hill work for fanatics in future, to
keep up the slavery agitation, more esplci
ally after having voted for the Crittenden and
Montgomery substitutes, which gave to Kan
sas a slavery Constitution provided they ac-
cepted it; the abolitionsts were so indignant
th;t they are in open rebellion, and cenounce
the treachery of the free-so:ers, in unmea-
srred terms The leading objections made
by the opposition to the English bill, was
against the preamble which stated that the
Lecompton Constitution was the legitimate
offspring of the people of Kansas; and the
clause donating lands, salt springs, &c: they
denied the truth of the first, and proclaimed
the latter to be nothing more nor less than
hrbc if so, they had already endorsed the
same untruth, and attempted the same me
thod of corruption. as the Crittenden and
Montgomery bills, for which they all voted,
each contained preamble and land clause
PRECISELY similar in meaning, and almost
western State, has been bribed by similar
grant of lands, salt springs, and percentage
of land sales, which has always been express
Iy given, in return for the REIMBURSEMENT of
the right of taxation, on lands belonging 70
the United States, and lring within the boun-
daries Of the State. A distinguished Demo
cratic member of Congress- in a private letter
to friend in this State, says: "Perhaps no
better proof could be given of the perfect
fairness of the Conference bill, than the fact
that it is dstasteful to the ultraists, from
both the north and the south, the former
considering it too southern. and the latter
too northern" A me,iuin course is almost
invariably right. and undoubtedly is in this
instance. The blacks, however dn not in
tend to give it up so, but in perfect despera
ton are now using every effort to prevent
the people of Kansas from accepting the
chance which has been offered them. r. J..
Walker, who by the WAY opposes the bill,
assisted BY Stanton is now stumping Kansas
in the hope Of preventing its passage. Poor
Bobby. his game was very pretty one, but
am afraid all his trumps have been played;
he and his Black Republican frinds, will have
to seel, out some new humbug to fight the
Administration with. Notwithstanding the
pleasure with which hail the settlement of
this question, have been delighted beyond
measure, at the firmness and unyielding
steadfastness of purpose, which has cha5ac
erised the action of James Buchanan from
the day upon Which he was inaugurated up
to the present time, like his friend and pro-
totype Jackson, he has had at the very com
mencement OF his term, long and desperate
" fought battle, which resulted in both in
stances, in signal victory. lie has got all
the back bone his friends claimed for him.
and the result proves conclusively, that the
Hickory Of Pennsylvania is fully as strong,
tough and enduring, as that which grew in
the forests of Tennessee.
The doctrine of non-intervention, so deci
dedly endorsed in the resolutions OF the Gin
cinnati Convention, was the basis upon which
the Conference Bill was constructed. BY
this decision the rule is distinctly laid down
that if the Constitution presented by Ter
ritorial Convention, is republican in its char
acter, all the requirements Of the laws on
that subject are fulfilled Congress can at her
own pleasure admit or reject, but has not
the authority to require the submission Of a
Constitution to vote of the people; and also
that the sovereignty which is able to create
is equally able to destroy the power Of max
ing and repeating their Constitutions, resides
with end belongs to the sovereign people of
any State or Territory; 80 much for the Con
stitution. But adoned to that instrument
is proposition, that for and in considera-
tion Of the REIMBURSEMENT, by the people of
the State Of Kansas, of the right to tax the
public lands Of the United States lying with
in their boundaries, said United States Gov
ernment will grant to said State, for various
specified purposes, some 23,OOO,ooO of acres
Of land. Their demand is justly considered
extravagant, and as it always takes two 20
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