The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-22
hies ding Kansas on its Last Lcgs--rhe lel,i-
ssi ss1 Wvss.tlest Of the War.

hies ding Kanxax on its Last Legs-- The Iel,,-
~si so4i WvSsstsest Of the War.
The mountain which has been smoking, and
rumbling and roaring, and shaking the earth
so violently for leagues around, is still in labor
with INDUSTRIOUS mouse. The proceedings OF
the Kansas Committee Of Conference are before
our readers, and they can now see for them
selves the miserable and disgusting farce into
which this exhausted Kansas agitation has de-
generated. IL is evident, too, from this last and
moet desperate continuance to conciliate the
tactiOnists of Congress that the devices OF the
politicians for whipping the devil round the
stump" are well nigh expended, and that they
have come TO that point where they must either
agree to admit ksnsas into the Union or let il
alone. When bill ior the admission OF new
State, on account OF niggers, or popular 5ovc-
reignty,' or this faction, OF that little clique,
has 20 be reduced into the form Of iog-rolling,
land grabbing lobby job il proves, indeed. that
the case II desperate one. and thai the faciicus
Generalization of Congress is at the lowest ebb
Such are the results Of the unscrupuious efforts
Of scheming disorgsnizers, North and South, 10
destroy the administration OF Mr. Buchanan.
Their missiles OF destruction react upon them
selves.
While awaiting the upshot Of this discordanl
and unpromising Committee Of Conference let
us look over Che field Of this Kansas battle OF
the factions OF the las, four years. In 1854 Mr..
Senator Douglas brought in his famous bill re
pealing the Missouri Compromise. and reopen
ing the territory north Of that line to slavery,
subject only to the constitution and the ticklsh
and indescribable law Of popular sovereign.
ty." Mr.. Douglas thus submitted Kansas a.
"pcace Offering" 10 the South. II was his bid
for The democratic nomination Of 1856. But
poor Pierce WAS not thus to be out-generalled,
and SO he put in; and thus, neck and neck upon
Ksnsas, Douglas and Pierce entered the Cincin.
nail Convention each with his niger under his
arm But the terrible uproer which this thing
bad raised IN the North WAS not 10 be despised
II had 10 be conciliated to some extent, or The
democratic nomination would b. o dead cock In
ihc pi.. The Southera men saw their game.
Pi0cl an Douglas were quietly tagown over
board, and A'r. buchanan, because he had had
nothing whatever 10 10 with that KansasNc.
bTaska bill, was made The champion OF the
South But Notwithstanding his great popu-
laIity az an experienced statesman, and in spite
Of his cliJi in the matter Of the repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise, Mr.. buchanan himself
would have been defeated bat for The lucky in
.erycntion OF Mr.. Fillmore
These we're among the grand results OF the
Kansas Nc ra,ka bill-tbo most dreadful de-
moIalizalioD. and the general overthrow, right
and left, of the Northern democracy. tho down
fan Of Douglas and Pierce, and the escape Of
the national democratic party by the skin of
their teeth from absolute destruction in Tue
elections OF 1856.
The working Of this Douglas schemc OF
popular sovcrcigniy' in Kansas has been
one continuous chapter Of all the atrocities Of
border ruiliani-m, and Of repeated failures TO
reduce the doctrine of popular sovereignty
10 law, order or decency. Governor Recdor
Of Pennsylvania. opened the ball bul be was
too slow for those original Kansas pro slavery
leaders. Atchison and Stringfellow; and 20
poof Pierce, on finding Reoder involved in land
FP'IulHtAOiiS' tVoA auNaHlhBc VI iuf CoHryt@
and dismissed him a. land jobbcr.
Next came Governor Shannon, of Ohio; but
his head was so muddlcd by the nghiing fac
lions around him, aud by the hot water OF
Kansas, that he was compelled 10 give il up as
n bad job. Next, Governor Gcary Of Pennsyl-
vania-a cool headed man--who had done good
political service among the terrible pioneers oil
California, was called into rcquisition but be-
tween the doings of pro-slavery Legislature,
the demands of Atchison and Stringfellow, and
the complaints Of the anti-slavery party Gcary,
after a deliberate trial, found Kansas too hot
TO hold him, aud so he left Il in disgust
AT this point we pas from the supervision of
poor Pierce into The administration of Mr.. Du
chanan. Pierce had confined his efforts 10
Northern Governors with Southern principles:
but Mr.. Buchanan resolved TO try the expert
ment Of an experienced Southern man, of re-
cognized national principles. But with the FIRST
proclamation OF Walscr-thc same Walker who
had been thrust by the fre.catcrs OF the South
upon Mr. Buchanan, as their ultmatum for Sec
rotary Of State-with the first speech OF this
Walker on Kansas these same Southern fire
eaters raised a perfect hornets nest about his
.ers, and the ears Of the President. And here.
while Mr.. Buchanan still maintained "thc even
Tenor Of bis way" Walker became excited, in.
iignant, and resolved upon grand revenge
and revolution. lie disobeyod his Instructions
PM on the airs of A little dictator went over