Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-05-07
The Kansas Bin Passed.


The Kansas Bill Passed.
This day week we published the bill reported by the
Kansas Committee of Conference. On Saturday May
first we were enabled to announce the passage of that
bill through the House It passed the Senate about
the same time, and as it certain to receive the sigma
ture of the President may now be considered the law
Of the land Little more remains for US but to
publish the final vote in both Houses on Friday, April
Both, as follows -
SENATE.-The question being then taken on agreeing
to the report of the committee of conferece it was
agreed to-yeas 81 nays pas follows
YEAsMessrs. Allen, Bayard, Benjamin, Biggs, Biger,
Bright Brown Clay, Davis, Evans, Fitzpatrick Green,
Gwin, Hammond, Houston Hunter Iverson, johnson of
Arkansas Johnson Of Tennessee JONES' Kennedy Mallory
Mason, Polk, Pugh Sebastian siidel Thompson of New
Jersey Toombs, Wright, and Yulee-31.
NAYs-Messrs Broderick, Cameron, Chandler. COamer,
Foot Foster Hale, HaniIia Harlan King Seward, Sim
%BsENf Or ToT af Bates Bell Clark
Fitch, Henderson, Pearce Reid Sumner, and Thompson
of Kentucky-9.
1t was announced that Mr. Bell had paired off with
Mr.. Pearce and Mr. Fitch had paired off with Mr..
Sumner
HoUsE-The question being taken the previous ques-
ton was sustained and the report of the committee of
conference was adopted-yeas liz, nays 103-as fol-
lows:
YEAS-Messrs Ali, Anderson, Atkins Avery Barksdale
Bishop Bocock, Bowie, Boyce, Branch, Bryan, Burnett
Cfngman, Cobb, John Cochrane of New York. Cockeril
Corning Cox, Craig of Missouri Crage Of North Carolina
Crawford, Curry, Davidson Dewart, Dowde Edmundson
ellis, elmer Goode Greenwood, Gregg Groesbeck, Hall
Ter, Jackson jenkins ewett Jones' Of tennessee CLANCY
Jones of Pennsylvania owen Jones of Pennsylvania Keit
dy, fetcher, Maclay, Mcqueen, Mason Maynard Miles,
Miller Mllson Moore, Niback Pendleton Peyton Phelps
Phillips Powell, Ready Reagan, Reilly, Rufn, Russell, San
ddge Savage, Scales Scott Soaring Seward Shaw Of No.
Carolina Shorter, Sckes, Singleton, Smith of Tennessee
Trippe Ward Watkins, White Whitley, Winsow, Wood
SON. W0re1dyke Wright of Georgia, Wright of Tennessee
NAYs-Messrs. Abbott, Adrian, Andrews, Bennett, Bill
nghurst Bingham Blair Bliss, Bonham, Brayton, Bun
man. Clark, Of Connecticut Clark Of New York, Cawson
Clark Cochrane of New York, Cofax, Comns, Covode,
Davis Of MASSACHUSETTS, Davis of Iowa. Dawes, Dean Dick
Dodd Durfee, Edie, Farnsworth Fenton Foster Gddmg
ehuaets Ga IF a Of Illinois, Has,
k k ao oyeG1 K Kggg k IL
Marshall of Illinois Morgan Morris Of Pennsylvania Morris
Of Illinois, Morse of Maine, Morse of New York. Mott Muir
Pote Qutman Rcaud Ritc6ie Robbins Roberts Royce
Shay of Illinois, Sherman of Ohio Sherman of New York.
Tappan Thayer Tompkns, Underwood Wade, Wafbridge,
Waldron Walton Washburne of Illinois, Wash burn of Me-
and Wilson-l03.
For orr own part, we cannot but regard this action
Of both houses with much satisfaction. The bill passed.
being that reported by Mr. English from the Committee
of Conference distinctly recognizes the right of Kansas
to admission under the Lecompton Constitution, and
interferes in no form shape with that right. The
constitution belonging exclusively to the people Of
sas, Congress does not touch but the ordinance at
tached, being in the nature of bargain between the
State and the General Government comes directly
within the jurisdiction of Congress- whose right and
duty it is to take cognzance and exercise authority over
the public lands for and behalf of the States in their
United and Federal character
The question of the power of State to tax the lands
other property of the General Government has never
been definitely settled but it has been the universal
custom of the General Government to obtain from any
State within whose bounds it acquires any property a
full cesson of such property, we mean of the power OF
taxation &C.. so in reference to new States applying for
admission, nvarable and indispensable preliminary
to such admission is full waiver of all right of taxation
or other jurisdiction over the lands or other property of
the United States within the proposed new State
This waiver Kansas makes but says that the condition
of such waiver, the United States shall give to Kan
sas so many millions of acres of the public lands within
her borders This is not part Of the constitution
Kansas over which her people alone have any just right
to exercise control-t is bargain proposed by Kansas
party to Congress- the trustee of the public lands
as the other party The bill just passed says in effect
Congress recognizes your constitutionwith that it
does not pretend to interfere-come in if you choose
under that constitution with the usual grant of lands
the consideration of your waiver of the taxing power
etc., but we cannot give you the extravagant amount
you claim. We think Congress is right.
We glad to see that Mr.. Gimer has got into the
Southern line, and sorry too see that one or two ultra
Southern have thought themselves called upon to
leave that line. There is such thing going too far
1t is quite unjust and injurious to the South to claim
too much to accept too little We cannot that
the bill which passed on Friday valves one right or one
priuciple
The Republicans at the North howl more loudly
over this conference bill than even over the original Sen
ate bill This bill contains reference whatever to any
provision Of the Lecompon constitutions nor has it
word about the right of the people to change it at any
time before that provided for by the constitution itself
We cannot but regard it triumph of the friends Of
Southern equalty-as every way acceptable solution
of most irritating and dangerous controversy
The OppOsitiSn.
Iyoud that cr1ectio, To ie IN m