Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-05-04
COMPROMIS
RIIL.

The news of the fual passage of The Kansas bill
| through both Houses Of Congress, has, 80 far as VIZ
have observed, been received with very general eats
faction by moderate and conservative msn of all par
ties, who had become tired of its protracted discussion
and almost di-gusted with the delay it caused to tbs
more important and pressing business before the ma
tional legislature. The National Intelligeucer thus
announces the end of the controversy:
We are sure that all of our readers will learn with
A pleasure M heartfelt AZ our own is in announcing the
fact that the protracted, angry, mischievous' and. al
regards sectional interests. unduly exaggerated NAN
SAP contest in Congress, has at last been terminated,
and terminated. as oil Of our sectional differences have
been from the formation Of the government TO the pre-
sent time, by some surrender OF impracticable ground
on both sides. and by an acknowledged compromise
Of extreme position in the adoption OF a middle course
The Union alsc SAYS
Thus has Terminated the most extraordinary and
alarming political difficulty which has ever dis
turbed The politics of this country. Its origin is 10
be- found in the passage of the fatal Missouri compro
miae. and lie close was appropriately effected on the
anniversary of the inauguration of George Washing
ton az Pr. sidrnt of the United States under the fed
ersl constitution. The iilustrious Father of his Coun.
try. on the occasion Of his accession 10 the presiden.
cy save Every step by which they have advanced
ispeakipg Of the Siafes) ITO the character of an indie.
pendent nation. seems 10 have been distinguished by
Fptlir NV nv a w
graceful acknowledgement of Divine Interpolation in
behalf of the republic is most appropriately repeated
on The present. occasion.
The New York journal Of Commerce remarks:
The bill which has passed has been sticmatized, in
some quarters, as a bride to the people of Kansas, in
asmuch az it provides for the transfer to the State, on
its organization, of certain lanGe Tor school purposes,
the erection Of public buildings, &c, making such
transfer. Of course, dependent upon the acceptance
o: the net. There is no ground for such nm lmputa'
ton upon the bill, for the amount Of land donated to
Kansas, under iis provisions. ia leas than one.fourth
the quantity claimed by the Lecoinpton ordinance
lees, # we remember correctly, thsn the Topekaites
asked for-and DO more than the Minnesota and Ore
son admission bills provide for givi" g TO those terri
tones, on their admission into the Union "a Siates.-
1t il the settled policy, on the admission of new
States. 10 grant them lands, to q certain extent. for
school and other purposes, generally regulated by a
grant OF certain numbered sections in each township;
and the provisions in the bill under consideration are
the same ~ other States have received. end all new
States will receive on occasion of their admission into
the Union. When Kansas comes in as a State. whe
Their il be under the provisions Of the act which has
JUST passed the House. or at some future period, the
usual share OF the public lands will enure 10 her citi-
zens for the usual purpOsee, aSreeably to the pr0vl.
sinns of the present bill.
The sattlemen, %! this question will iIcre an impor-
iant influence upon political affairs. 1t ia ii matter
for congrstmiation even among those who have nc
party obligations &c fulfil, that 20 msny Of the mem
bers of Congress, who separated from their associates
on the Senate bill. have been enabled, in considering,
the proposition of the conference committee. to con-
cur with the administration, and TO cast their votes
in accordance with their previous habits, sgaiast the
party which has made Kansas shrieking. if not 9 pro-
iession, at least a constant practice, for several years
past. Governor Walker and Secretary Stanton have
also. it seems, acauiesced in the mode Of adjustment
finally agreed &c, ead it 10 not improbable that the
Democratic party will be substantially a unit on THE,
the leading measure Of Mr.. Buchapan's Administra.
ton.
The real vote on the bill wss on Mr.. Engiisn's no.
ton to reconsider the vote and lay the motion on the
table, and the vote stood one hundred and thirteen TO
one hundred. This Is exactly the a vote as that
by which the Missouri Compromise was repealed four
yesrs ago. The bill wa, signed by the President on
night. |