The southern press., 1851-12-18
THIRTY SECOND CONGRESS.
IN SENATE.
TUESDAY,, December l6, 1861.
After prayer and the reading of the Journal
IOWA RESOLUTIONS.

solutions from that State, declaring asoi"o'
tional agitation and in favor Of the Union; Mr.
J. said that the people of Iowa stood aloof from,
and were strenuously opposed to, all apoiitioh or
other sectional agitation. The present admins
tration had taken especial pains 10 reward WIN
office those who had agated IN his section or the
Union and he was ASSURE ina ms H. WIZ rsud b
Senator from Mississippi, (Mr; FooTE, was better
ACQUAINTED with these facts, he would be more
chary Of his compliments to the administration
for their support of the compromise. lie believed
the administration to be, in great measure, re-
aponsbe for the late effusion of blood, in the re-
cent attempt to sustain the Constitution and laws
at Christana, Pennsylvania.
The resolutions were read, laid on the table and
ordered to be printed.
..... AGENTS TO TURKEY.
communication was received from the Secre-
tary Of State relative the pay of agents sent 10
the Sublime Court stating that the amount paid
was between fifteen and sixteen thousand douars.
Read and ordered to be printed.
PETITIONS, &C., PRESENTED
By Mr. GwN, sundry memorials OF cltizens
of California, officers of the Navy for post-routes'
additional compensation, &c. by Mr. SHIELDS,
petition Of officers in Mexico for additional com
pensation, and the claim Of Jose Mario Herrera
for al ms furnished the United States previous 70
the late war by Mr.. BRADBURY, memorial OF
e. Johnson and others in Maine tor revision OF
the postage law so as to abolish Its discrimination
on newspapers
BILLS, &C., INTRODUCED, READ TWICE AND RE
FERRED. ..
hill nroviding additional compensation under
the act Of August 6, 1876, for persons named
therein by Mr.. UNDERWOOD, blll to repair
dam at the head OF Cumberland island, IN lhe
Ohio river by Mr.. BRIGHr, bill app oprlatlng
money to overcome certain obs trucuohs IN uie
Ohio river by Mr. DoDGE, a bill granting land to
6 d. BRADBURY
a bill to relieve the claims of persons suffering
from spoliatons by the French bill relating TO
tonnage duty on vessels
PRINTING THE CENSUS.
Mr.. BORLAND introduced resolution ap
pointing Donaldson e. Armstrong as printers or
certain census documents for the Senate LAID
over under the rule.
PRIVATE BILLS, &C..
Mr.. PRATT introduced a resolution hx,ng
upon each Friday Of the session as day when
all bills, &C., relating to private CLAIMS sha'i pe
in order for consideration. LAID over.
RECEPTION OF KossuTu
Mr.. SHIELDS moved to take up the resolution
presented by him a few days since, as oilows:
Resolped, That committee Of three be appoint
ed by the Chair to wait upon LOUIS hossulh,
Governor of Hungary, and introduce MN 70 'ne
Senate.
The resolution was taken up.
Mr.. ATCHISoN enquired if it would be neces-
sary for the committee to proceed to New orh ,
or Philadelphia, to fulfil their duty'
Mr.. SHIELDS said that he was willing 10
modify the resolution, by adding the words = up
on his arrival at the Capital"
Mr.. WALKER, of Wisconsin, took the floor,
and gave at length his views in favor of welcom
ing kossuth. Il.
resolution in terming Kossuth the :" Governor OF
Hungary" The resolution of welcome already
nassed. had not used this term. he moved to
a,.;La IN words ont .. .'
MIR. SHIELDS said that 1t was the custom Tor
those who had held Office to retain their Jules ~
this way, as, for instance, he himself was called
General" although not now hodi"g that office:
He had conformed, also, to the language q
President Fillmore's message
Mr. HALE thought that plain, simple Louis
Kossuth" was the best title. Governors are a
cheap commodity nowadays, and pam u.ie is
much better than that OF either "Goyernor or
esquire" [Laughter.l
The question on striking out "Goyernor OF
Hungary" was put and agreed TO.
A motion was then made, and negatlved, 10 IN
sert the word "Governor" before the words
"Louis Kossuth,"
The question being upon the adoption OF the
resolution,
been present when the resolution Of welcome was
passed, on Friday last, he should have voted Tor
H. still he was not now pr pared TO confer the hon.
or-an honor which had been extended TO any
foreign citizen only one single instance IN Tie
whole history OF the government-.proposed un'
der the terms Of the resolution. he viewed she
object of Kossuth Is mission as designed 10 induce
our government to depart from its long establish
ed policy towards foreign nations;
The question was then put and the resolution
adopted. yeas 80, nays Is AS follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Atchison, Bradbury, Brodhead
Cnss. Chase, Clarke, Davis, Dodge OF Wisconsin
Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Felch, Fish, Foot Of
Vermont, Foote OF Mississippi, Geyer, Gwin
Hamlin, Houston, James, Jones Of Iowa, Miller
Norris, Seward, Shields, Smith, Stockton, Sum
ner, Wade, Walker, Whitcomb--30.
NAys-Messrs. Bayard, Borland, Butler, Gem
ems. Dawson, Hunter, Jones Of Tennessee, Hlng
Mason, Morton, Pratt, Sebastian, Spruance, un
derwood, Upham-l5.
MR. FooTE s COMPROMISE RESOLUTION:
The Senate then proceeded to consider the spe
eial order being the resolution recognizing thu
COMPROMISE measures Of the last Congress as "a
definite adjustment and settlement Of the distract
ing questions growing out OF the system ct do
nestle slavery" &C., introduced by Nv. FooTE.
MIR. RHET-T icing entitled to the floor, con
tinued his speech commenced yesterday. First
he proceeded TO consider the operation and bearing
on the financial affairs Of the South, OF the course
which Congress has Of late years pursued IN rela.
ton to the territories. The whole operation ol
thai legislation has been TO aggrandize the North
M the expense Of the South. Such had been is
uniform tendency. The Constitution was only
designed for the mutual protection ofthe North and
South against foreign invasion and, previous 20
the war Of 1912 there was but lite complaint heard
about taxation from the South slavery from
the North. After that war, in 1916, the hrsttarh
was adopted. Although protection was conceded
under il by the South, still Il Was understood al
the time TO be acquiesced IN not as permanent
measure. But in 1875 we had new tariff, fol.
lowed in 1919 by the agitation Of the slavery
question under the Missouri compromise. u
Il. tT uu ad
,,n before the war, there would have been no DIFF
seulty. That compromise, like al others, meant
nothing but submission and concession on the
part Of the South. Miss uri was state, and
would have come into the Union either with OF
without slavery, whether the government was
willing or not. That " adjustment" was not
three years old, when, in 1921, we have another
tariff enacted The South also submitted TO still
another in 1924; and, in four years more, to an
other in 1898. The South-the most oppressed
people on the fqce OF the earth-had submitted tc
all this taxation. South Carollna, however, was
49, pot ontfe 80 infant the Otle