Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-03-13


IL therefore at this moment as much a slave
''State as Georgia or South Carolina. % So there
Is nothing In the facts Of the case or the law Of
the country to forbid the admission Of the Terri
tory with its present constitution
There can be no doubt that the President has
much reason on his side, and that the freesoi1ers
have acted Of late with imprudence and intem- /
perance. They were at first overpowered by the
" boz der ruffans," and might naturally refuse to
acknowledge assemblies elected by violence but
when the Federal Administration interfered, and
merical strength, they nigh, well have given up
their Separatist Legislature, and marshaled their
forces for fair constitutional contest. They are
now branded by the highest authority with the
guilt Of rebellion, and II Is officially declared
that their acts necesstate the presence In the
Territory Of a large body Of troops which are
much wanted elsewhere. That their cause will
have the sympathy of large class both In their
own country and In Europe. we have no doubt
but that they will have to yield seems equally
clear Resistance to the central government Is
the highest Of crimes In the eye Of every true
American, and when the Chief Of the Republic
calls upon the citizens to support his authority,
he will be responded to from every side. Per-
haps the best solution Of the question is what the
PRESIDENT proposes-that Kansas should be ad.
mitted with her present pro-slavery Constitution,
and that then the free-sOil party should demand
Convention, and endeavor by legal means to
abolish the institution they detest.
UsIrsD STATES OCEAN MAIL STEAMER Pao.
JEcrs.-The Washington correspondent of the
New York Erentng Post makes the following
list of the schemes of this sort now being urged
on the House Postal Affairs Committee
Bill III K 3O1 to provide for the trans porta-
tion of mails of the United States between New
York city and New Orleans and San Francisco,
and to reduce the expenses thereof.
Petition for an act authorizing the Postmaster
between the United States and Brazil via ST
Thomas, &c.
Memorial of Edward Fox for the establishment
Of a mail route between Portland in the State Of
Maine, and Liverpool Eng land
Memorial of Christian Jansen, asking Congress
TO establish an ocean mail route between New
York and Gluckstadt, on the Elbe, and Rotter-
Dam, and making proposals to carry the mails
Memorial of A. l.. Blucksr and others, asking
for an act esta blshing mail route the West
coast of South America.
Memorial of w. G. Rainey and others, asking
that an ocean mail route be established between
New Orleans, Santandor in Spain, and Bordeaux
In France, via Havana and Fayal, and making
propositions To do the same.
Memorial of j. Ii. Cole, N Rogers K Co , Of
the city of Baltimore, for the establishment OF a
mail route from said city to ST. Thomas, via the
islands Of Bermuda.
Memorial of Oliver Evans Woods, Of Phila-
delPhia, In relation to the efficiency of the deliv-
cry of Pacific mail service.
Memorial of Robert NJ Stratton and others for
mail route between New York, St Thomas, Bar
BADGES, Demerafa, to Para.
To it we may add the Tehuantepec scheme,
understood to be urged at this time on the Ex.
ecutive branch of the government.
1t is clear to our mind that Congress should
legislate on them, one and all, with great eau
ton, ifdesirns to avoid involving the Govern
ment in most interminable expenses, and also
avoid setting Tor following) unfortunate prece-
dents.
Our PUBLIC SCHOOL SYsTEM.-We are very
sure that the owners of real estate in the Dis
trict of Columbia will cheerfully accept the
proposition of Senator Brown, of Mississippi
to tax them ten cents in the hundred dollars
for school purposes, in addition to the tax to
the same end they now pay. No community
can make a better investment than in paying
literally for educational purposes, provided, as
here, the money raised for such ends be judi
ciously expended. We regard the school plan
OF Senator Brown as destined-if sanctioned by
Congress-to do more for the future of the Dis
triet OF Columbia than any measure with ref
erence to 1t that so far has been brought for
ward in either House Of Congress To compass
Its enactment will require the active exertions
OF all interested in its success, who NAV have
opportunities to say good word for it now
and then, in the right place. We therefore
have to urge on our fellow citizens of the Dis
trlct OF Columbia not to lose sight of Senator
Browns school bill at any time, under any
circumstances, until it may become law. That
united and earnest endeayors ON their part will
make 1T law sooner or later, we doubt not.
MR.. kENNEDr's SPEECH-We were graft
fed yesterday, as, no doubt, were all true
friends of the country, to observe the position
taken On the Kansas question by this Mary.
land Senator. Unlike those of his party in the
House from the same State, he has nobly dis
claimed all connection and sympathy with the
Republican sectional agitators, although still
maintaining between himself and the Democ-
racy wide distinction on cardinal issues
Regulating the doctrine Of the Kansas-Ne-
braska bill, and contending for the principles
OF the Missouri Compromise, We find him, after
mature deliberation, dispassionately stating
his opposition to that party which refuses to
admit Kansas under the Lecompton constitu-
ton, and from principle arraying himself on
the national side of this leading question. OF
course, his reasons for occupying this position
are similar to those of other gentlemen who de-
sire the promotlon Oh the public good, and his
expression of his views was made candidly and
earnestly.
The Lecompton meeting at Baltimore last
evening proves that his constituents will be
pleased with his having marked out this course
for himself
The CoUNrRY's POLITICAL FUTURE On
this head the New York Herald publishes
some striking views, as follows:
TIE NV Political COALIrIoN.-Ita appears,
from our latest reports, that political alliance
offensive and defensive, has been entered into
between Messrs. Douglas, BrOderick and Stuart,
Of the United States Senate, and Mr. Seward and
the biack republicans, against the Kansas policy
OF the administ ratiOn. This looks like an fnitia
tive congiomerate movement for 1860, and the
forthcoming Northwestern Douglas Convention
at Chicago will perhaps, hereafter stand in the
calendar as the first grand popular experiment in
behalf OF this new coalition. The terms Of the
league, however, remain to be settled and
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