The daily Butte record., 1858-05-17

Still 10 the Kansas business unsettled. and
still do the President aud his allies persist
in their attempts to crowd the Lecompton
constitution through the two houses of Con
gress. They are straining every point to ac-
complish this end, with the fact staring them
in the face. that the people of Kansas have
twice rcpudiatcd tho Lecsmpton instrument
and have already framed q constitution,
which by vote has bc,n proven TO to be the
viii u The people. Dal Mr. Buchanan nod
his friends are doomed to deIeat. The House
stands steadnst and immoyable. The only
hope left the President the Conference
Committee" has already shown its unwiil-
ingucss to adopt compromise. and Lecomp'
ton grows weaker day by day. Ere this, in
all probability. the new Kansas Constitution
ombodyin the will of the people Of that ter
ritory. has been laid before Congress. will
the Lecompton fraud hold precedence over
IL in the minds Of President buchanan and
his supporters On the 9TH of June the two
Houses will adjourn. 1t can hardly be
hoped that this question will be determi ed
before that desirable event.
We're the President and those who have
supported his Kansas policy wanting proofs
Of the repuguanoe in which Lecompton IL
held by conservative Democrats In all por-
tions Of the country, they could easily find
thsm--did they desire to--in the results oI
the State and municipal elections In differ
ent parts Of the Union. What can be fair
or test Of this question than that which was
had at St. Louis and Jefferson city the
one the metropolis and the other the capital
sfMissouri, slave States Every fair elec'
tieu 10 Kansas, and every election In the
North and West and Southwest, has shown
On unmistaksble opposition on tho part o'
che majority Of voters. to what Mr.. Buch an'
aA has chosen to call his "eKpedisacy" pol
10y.
We SEQ that Mr.. Gwin, the Senator from
Mississippi and Texas, has introduced th'
Stratton resolutions into the Senate. W.
zee also, that Mr.. Broderick told that gray
headed old humbug aud the Senate, thai
those resolutions were in fact falsehoods. fo'
they misrepressuted the views Of the peopl,
Of California. They will not move Mr.. Brod
Sriok or McKibben one jot from the course
they have marked out As right. aud their
only effect will DO to show to our sister
States and TO the world, what . c,ntempti.
ble, weak asd irresponsible body was the
California Legislatsre Of eighteen hundred
and afty.eight May We never bs cursed
with such another
Thomas II. Benton Is no more! On the
uorniug Of the 10th Of April he died; until
his last moments in the full possession Of his
great miad; still thinking Of and for bis
country; still with heart full Of solicitude
fur her veal. and only dcsirous to live for
her good. wc are told that he called Mr.
Buchanan to his bedside and held long
interview with him while he was dying
Was he not. with his last breath. breathing
the words Of patriot into the ear OF thai
misguided mani Was he not. with all thu
earnestness and fcrvor OF his nature. be
sseching the President to abandon course
which II persisted 10. must bring disgrac
unsn Ms administration aud endless trouo
les "A the Union Z Such, counseilings wer
1ttlng finale to the life Of one who has &c
~o~sIiched % much and suffered 30 nue.
~ ~ eouutyy 4 no This Was dying wit
- Se,nor %, Woald that he could hav
llved g 80 peAes harmony aad good Wi
e.es nsre prospsring the land.
~ news from Europe is Of no genera
Inssrset. Ffanos IL quiet once more. an
Iouis Napoleon IL for the nonces quietly 90
supyine hls throae.
6exfea ID stiu In "peck q trouble.
GAnsa AunA wants TO make 10 Kingdom Q
dspsndsncy Of old Spain, and 90 TIE Asse
Hennhlic i ali agog. Until Uncle Sam take
e nuder his wing, ..dames,ic discords aa
asrss oisil s.riie". win Keep. thar uuhapp
laNa n ssntisssl Torment.