Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-03-31

Kansas in the House.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, has given noto. .
Thursday next Ito morrow he will move - . '"a
the bill to admit Kansas with the Lecoun,. 'se
stituton, and that he will then demand th NV" 10
question thereupon. By that time it is .n.a pe''a
who really desire it will have been be,r rp'ss'
question; though it is stated that on S.,u., '" IL
there were still thirty-one speeches ~ ! lay
against Lecompton in the House, aud min. made
of it. - .ss- " h'e
That able and sterling Democatic iou,,,, :,
ton Post, thus sums up the issue before n. "
and the country: "0as
Zone mode is to keep Kansas out Of II, =.
on the protect of irregularty, or fraud Or I .na
of error or wrong may be alleged but e, "aa's's
purpose of president making This has ha,a .ae raj
the mode of the leaders of the black ra"a, and
and freesol agtators; of fierce fanatics ana psOeH
such as now dictate the law to Massacbuss,,.a ''@s
mean that this noble country shall drink ~ FS
dregs the bitter cup of sectional hate. ADds We!
the mode, also, of their allies in Conorss. ''S
snsaM but coaepaet and Uirulent band of a"s,.n hF
the south A"aer'cans-a faction that aims ds,s
slabs at the glorious national democratic nsA!
Others in Congress- with other views, in nom a p"'
ing the admission OF Kansas. will invo!untarlr t
inevitably aid and abet these 'abolitionists and
tionists. This mode, if triumphant, will keen r't
sas in the political arena, to be the otbai na
Fans, to the detriment of her local Interests "a, l.
the detriment also of the commerce, the nss,s s0
the general welfare of the whole country d"
The other mode is, to admit Kansas a. ,.,
concurring with the Senate. Such a result W.
remove the slavery question out of Congress. a
would terminate the long and angry strife betr'.
sections of our country; it would endow E,nss
at once, with real popular socereignty, such as ss
cognized of all men in our political system ,'
would dispose, at least as national theme Of r,'
sas and the slavery question The people If os
States would hear little and care less abopt tbs
fairs Of that State. Aboye all, it would remove H.
subject from the Presidential election of 1861
Can it be true that Mr.. Gilmer belongs to oh,
small, but compact and virulent band of guerlD, |
referred to by the Posts We confess we have b,
some doubts as to his course, growing GU. Of d,
votes in the House on the select committee Of g.
teen and we are panied to see that Forney's Pra
the New York Times, and other black RepubHu
journals are counting confidently on his coops.
ton.
Mr. Crittenden's amendment, requiring the SUI
mission of the Constitution to the people, will
pressed in the House. What right has Cougn
to say that the people of a Territory shall fomrE
adopt their Constitution in a certain acay. TIL
people of Kansas have chosen their own uay inc |,
cordanco with the principles of the organic act adj
the doctrine of popular sovereignty properly undo
stood and Congress has no power to intervene nu
and declare that some other way or mode muAt
adopted.
The question is, not whether the action Oft
people of Kansas has been proper and regular, ba
,ohether another State, a0hach recognizes sara1il
its Constitution, shall be admitted into the UnI
That is the question, and it can neither be conca
ed nor evaded. This view of the subject is seem
all the speeches of the black Republicans andhi
their organs. A correspondent of Forney's Pa
for example, thus reports Mr.. Montgomery, Of Pen
sylvania
"He turned to the Northern Democratic rept
sentatives of the old thirteen States who adg
in the admission of Kansas under the Lecompte
Constitution, and particularly the members hr
Pennsylvania, and told them to 60 home and
SucT CouStitueuts, IL tucy udcu tiIdt lucy h"u 'V"
to fasten Constitution upon Kansas which paod|
slavery high above constitutional provisions ands
slative enactments, and in which it was declare
that it was as irrepealable as the title Of man
his horse or his OK; that in it it was asserted s.l
correct principle, that slavery was universal 81
eternal and that all laws to change or abolish
were null and void"
With whom will Mr.. Gilmer go?-with the Ssh
Republicans, or with his own section and with al
President and the national Democratic party? tbs
is party question. 1t rises above all party 'es
and party considerations. It involves the peace
the country and the very existence Of the Union
Will Mr.. Gilmer vote on preliminary questions y
embarrass the bill, and then vote at last il such
vote should be reached, for the bill? Is that"s
his policy? We trust not. We trust he VILE cow
once and all the way through with his COLLEAGUES
and that his constituents and the people OF A
State will have the pleasure of seeing his name w.
only recorded for the bill, but on the side OIL y
South, the Constitution and the Union, from the v"
commencement of the struggle on Thursday neH