Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-05-06
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

session, Congress Will act ueunttciy anu unaily
upon the bill of Senator Brown, of Mississippi,
to place the Public School system of the District
of Columbia on a proper footing Surely the
subject is one in which all men of discretion
and commendable sentiments think and feel
alike. The District of Columbia is the ward Of
the Government of the United States For
substantial reasons, ii was early placed under
the especial care Of Congress; holding to the
Government almost identical relations with its
reservations and purchases for military and
naval purposes, over which the States within
which they lie have relinquished jurisdiction.
Up to this time, Congress, though dealing lib
orally with the States which have not 1.-THE of
the legitimate claim Of the District upon them
in that connection have done literally nothing
for the cause of education here. Every member
CT both Houses admits his obligation to do lis
share to that end and the only question is,
How shall it be best DONE
Senator Brown, after months of labor upon
the subject, has perfected fair and reasonable
bill, requiring comparatively heavy taxation
here to be appropriated, together with a CORES
ponding contribution by the Government of
the United States, for educational purposes in
the District of Columbia. We entertain no
doubt that it will meet with no opposition to
speak of whenever formally taken up. The
difficulty, however, is in inducing Congress to
proceed to its due consideration. Of all the
various District of Columbia bills, it is of most
Importance to the future Of our fellow citizens.
and on that account we trust that our friends
In Congress will agree to give it prompt and
conclusive hearing
P. S.-Since writing the above, we learn that
Senator Brown designs bringing up the bill in
the Senate on Saturday next. 1t proposes that
the Government shall contribute third and
the people of the District of Columbia two
thirds for common school purposes here
1t should be recollected that the Government
owns more than half of all the taxable property
In Washington city, and has assembled here, for
the transaction of its business only large Dor
tion Of the population, most of whom where
they have property, have left it in the States
from which they came to Washington These
are considerations that should have due weight
In superinducing the enactment of this so
necessary measure.
Hon. j. CLANCY JONES ON TIE KANSAS
QUEsrION.-As the Hon. j. CLANCY Jones. of
Pennsylvania, has, with commendable pru-
dence and moderation, refrained from inter
fering officially lin the Committee of tn Whole
on the state of the Union) in the il tafinina able
Kansas squabble, we publish below his speech
upon it, delivered on Saturday evening last to
the happy thrODg that serenaded him. among
others on the occasion Of the settlement of the
lmbrOgllO In both Houses on the day before 1t
Will be found full Of good sense and character
ICED throughout by the manifestation of a con
cillatory and statesmanllke spirit His position
OF Chairman OF the Ways and Means Committee
properly precluded him from participating
In the late Kansas debate So be has had no
opportunity Of making known his views officially
on the subject, and we therefore DEPART from
our usual rule of publishing 10 Congressional
speeches, tn bring them before the public:
Gtnnsnasm | am deeply sensible of the honor
You have done me in thus mark of Your appTpcia.
lloh OF my efforts TO and in securing the passage,
OF the bill for the admission Of X n.as into tb,
Union It LAS cost our friends good deal of
Intense labor; but labor is well spent in So good
cause but why has the country, from one ex
IRENE 70 tne Other, been 50 intensely interested
mission of a new State into the Union wa, such
an extraordinary event to agitate the popular
mind like the uPheavings of the ocean? Ger
tdlnly not The admission Of Kansas into the
Union, under the LecOmpton Constitution was
one OF series or those measures which test the
devotion OF the American people To the CoD.,i-
luton and the Mon. IL was the sublime spec
tacle, after months Of painful suspense exhibited
In the halls of Congress by the Tepr-sen, ~
the true PatI of our common glorious coun-
Try, IN yielding up their personal and peculiar
views Dut not prIncip pies, to offer on the common
aitar oil Their country, their devotion to that
Cnlon which the patriotic sires had founded
IN thls he'iveH-bOTn spirit Of mutual concession
Tor the welfare OF the common Drt therbood
on 90 not expect from this occasion a
lengthy speech; - would be both out OF time
Il a..
the passage of the Kansas bill w one OF d series
Of MEASURES which have at various points ia our
eonntTy history tested severely the stability of
Thu Missouri Compromise of ls2O inaugurated
q peace policy with the purest mot YES OF its
tLOfs. the evils of which thirty wears of pfuden-
tldl Counsrls and energetic labor have scarcely
overcome. Tue compromise MEASURES OF 1850
ignored that restrictive liBe-the enactments of
that Congress- rendering IL null aud void by con-
struction- The Nebraska act Of I-ji simply pro-
claimed this construction, and boldly asserted
the doctrine OF popular sOvereignty-that the
people OF the Territories should lie left free to
form ana regulate their domestic Institutions i'm
thelr own way To the exclusion OF Congressional
Intervention. TO the able and patriotic inaugI-
raj OF our distinguished Chief Magistrate we
owe the bold and manly political avowaI Of me
true construction of the Nebraska biIl-that pon-
nidr sovereignty means the recognised right o,
HE people OF Territory, when sui ficiently num-
eT0us 10 constitute sovereign State i'm tbr Con
frdefacy, and not till then, to form and regulate
their domestic institutions. A construction also
sanctioned by the highest judcia v of thr Land
IL has been reserved for the Thirty nh Cor
gTess TO cGnsuIInate this series of measures. ca
rying out the suggestions Of the clear and ali.
special message OF the President 10 tx the limits
OF non intervention 10y Congress The NeLrasL,
act eStend6 il to the domestic institutions OF the
inchOate State-the act VI yesterday determines n
shall stop there, and that the supremacy of Con
sress by direct intervention shall lie unQ estiOned
beyond that BY the NebTask a act Congress is
forbidden To touch Ib- constitution, or even To
submit u 10 vote Of the people, that being
within the exclusive nFuyiucS Of the it~elf
by the act OF Yesterday, Congress does submit the
land "idieance Io a popular vote; thus asserting
ian JuTl"d ctIon over the public lands, bonnda-
IIes &c, ia " hich, the custOd ian for the States
~ ever Will intervene when the faithful execution
OF the tfu,t requires H.
ISghId Tins, my frilow-C itizeBs, rs the con
suinhal!on OF our policy in relation 10 the whole
subject OF Territorial rights and Congressional
jurisdiction. Our country may now repo,e I'm