Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-06
Kansas Bill Passed.

We are sure every one VIII rejoice at the hna
disposition of this vexed question. We do not be-
lieve that any question has arisen that has exer,
ted a more powerful influence upon parties than
this. Itcame in like n tempest and swept from
the political arena many who had long fpurished
there. 1t scattered to the winds the old Wing
party. 1t gave new life to the Democratic party.
1t infected the American party with a slow, lin
gering disease, that carries it every day nearer to
final dissolution. It united the South. 1t united
the North under the great fusion Of 1854, and d.
yided it again in the Presidential election. 1t has
placed men at the pinnacle Of political position,
and tossed down giants as though they were pig
mics. However tiresome may have been the many
phases through which it has passed, the strong
test of party soundness that it has ever made,
must not be overlooked. 1t has done more to test
the nerves and principles Of our public men than
sny issue that has ever been presented. The last
act in the drama is not the least in significance in
this view. In it, the great issue made whether
Congress had any right to look beyond the mere
legality and republicsnism of an instrument con-
shutting q State government-hss served to ex-
pose many who had strong claims upon our graft
'tude, and who would doubtless have met with high
reward.
Never before has an administration had such
difficulties to encounter as this of Mr.. Buchanan.
This Kansas issue, kept open by Northern lena
eopues and their Southern auxiliaries, has been a
stumbling. block in the way of its actions on any
of the many prominent public policies that now
claim the attention of the Government. Could
they have succeeded in keeping open this issue, it
is evident the whole Administration would have
been q most signal failure. 1t would have retired
in disgrace-and the South, upon whom it has had
to look chiefly for aid, would have had her impo-
tency heralded to the world. Black Republican
4 -.-1I lx-1 hoIJ <ba administration and the
South both up to scorn-the cry would have been,
30 degenerated had the South become, that even
when it gained power it could accomplish nothing.
By the troubles which the opposition would have
thrown in the way of the Government, its e1pen-
ditures would have been greatly increased, and
this again they would have attempted to make
party capital. The struggle is now over-the
Administration is triumphant, Black Republican
ism. with the free-soil Democratic allies, and
Southern Americans, all huddled together, have
been defeated, and measures Of Importance Will
now engage the attention Of the Administrator
This much has been achieved by Southern unity.
Let q moral be deduced for future ACTIONS.
Let the "freedom shriekers" howl. Let their
Southern sympathizers, such as Winter DAVIS, OF
Maryland, talk about Estates Rights" and "aosn-
donmeut Of principles" as they please: The
strong deuunciations they heap upon the bill, and
their uai,ed opposition to it show that it does not
favor their views. Their attempts to prejudice
the South against her own members, while they
NAV deceive q few, viii. pass UNDECIDED by the
mass Of our people-they will notgo to their enc
mics to learn, but to the faithful and able repres-
~entatiyes whom their suffrage and their confidence
have placed in position. 1t is cause for congratu-
lation-on the part of the South and the patriotic
Administration it elected and supports-thst the
opposition coalition has been defeated andlthe hon
or of the South maintained. It is to be hoped,
that now the business Of the country will be tran
sacted, and our important foreign relations re-
ceive the attention their exigencies demand
Carolinian.