Washington sentinel., 1854-04-12

Senator from Pennsylvania, stating that he would
| be here tomorrow.
Mr. WELLER urged the postponement Of the
bill 10 give time for It's consideration, apd to
able the senators from Pennsylvania viii n State
was so deeply interested in the measure, to be-
present.
The proprety Of postponing the measure and
10 lis general features were further discussed by
Messrs. BADGER, DOUGLAS. PRATT, VEL
LER, BELL, and BAYARD. and then nj half
past two on motion by Mr. PRATT il was post
poned till next Monday week--yeas 33, nays 9.
Mr.. MASON moved that the Senate proceed
TO the consideration Of executive business.
Mr.. BRIGHT moved that the Senate adjourn.
The latter motion was agreed to--yeas "a nays
q, and the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
The SPEAKER laid before the House com
municaten from the President the United States,
in answer 10 a resolution calling for information
with reference TO the Crescent city" referred
10 the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
FRAUDS.
On motion Of Mr.. HESTER, il was
Rsorsd That the Secretary the Interior requested
to communicated this House such information
frauds the Pension Office are mentioned In his an
nual report and other similar since
to exhibit the nature and extent thereof
BENEFITS LAND BILL.
The first regular business in order was the bill
Committee on Public Lands, granting lands equal
y to the several States 10 aid in the construction
OF railroads, and for the support of schools.
Mr.. BENNETT desired to move further post
ponement Of the consideration of the bill
After conversation between several gentlemen
on this subject,
Mr.. WENTWORTH, of Illinois, moved TO post
pone until after the passage Of the Nebraska bill.
The SPEAKER remarked, such a motion was
not in order as the gentleman must be aware.
Mr. JONES, OF Tennessee, moved that the bill
be laid on the table.
The question having been taken, il was decided
in the negative-yeas &C, nays 76.
The further consideration of the bill was then
postponed for two weeks
MEDICAL STATISTICS.
Mr.. JONES, of New York, offered resolution,
which was adopted, instructing the joint COM
mittee on printing to inquire into the propriety OF
publishing so much of the census returns OF 1850
as relates to vitality mortality statistics, for dis
tribution among the medical faculty Of the United
States.
NEBRASKA.
The HOUSE resolved itself into Committee OF
the Whole on the slate OF the Union, Mr.. FULLER
in the chair, and took up the civil and diplomatic
| aspiration bill.
| Mr.. CULLOM said that, when he left Tennessee,
he had not dreamed that he should be called upon
to participate in any vexed sectional question, nor
did he anticipate that frebrand would be cast
into these peaceful councils. He had not sup
posed that the streams of legislation would be
damned up by this nefa-ious project-the Nebraska
| and Kansas bill--whch he intended to denounce
as work of politicians, TO strangle the legislation
ofthe country for personal aggrandzement.
He believed, in the face of God, that he would
be coward if Ae did not denounce it he would
not be Tennessean if he did not denounce this
nefarious plot against the peace and quiet Of the
country. Yes, Kansas and Nebraska is the hue
and cry with which these halls made vocal
and gentlemen We're told these Territories must
forthwith have governments given TO them The
compromise oflS20, the work OF our fathers, which
was projected in times of great public consterna-
ton, when the Union OF the States in jeopardy,
we are told is TO be tramped under foot, and the
measure to which they pledged their solemn faith
and honor set at naught II is a naked question
ofrepudaton or no repudation. Gentlemen might
talk 10 him about bad faith, and outraged southern
honor, bnt he wouldtell the north and the south,
the east and the west that this is a naked ques-
tion whether the sons, the descendants Of patriotic
fathers, are 10 repudiale solemn obligations on a
mere quibbe and plea.
This question was sprung on him like fire-bell
at midnight And he asked where was the evi-
dence from the north or the south that the people
had asked for the enactment OF the measure! II
devolved, he said, on President asprant, who
was defeated in his hopes in 1852. This was the
starting point, and the country should know it..
He asked where was the south? Had it been
sleeping on the watch-tower for thrty-f -four years
that had TO be walked up TO its interests by the
big or the little giants. He Senator Douglas) is
the great Sanhedrim Of the State Of Illinois, over
shadowing everything else. Laughter He de-
manded a response; how came this bill here? Il
was introduced by the senator from Illinois, who
has outHeroded Herod, and had out-southed the
south
He then glanced at the circumstances attending
the introduction Of this measure, charging that
Judge DoUGLAs, in 1s49, 1850, and 1854, regarded
as sacred the Missouri compromise, which he
now proposed to repeal or supersede; and saying
that, though the Union" at first denounced such
an Intention it soon became the advocate of the
proposition, and the administration seized upon it
as means of Matchmaking itself.
In conclusion, he denied that the north had ever
repudiated the Missouri compromise and defend
ed the memories Of those who assisted in its pas.
| sage.
PUBLIC LANDS.
The general appropriation bill was laid aside,
when the committee took up that proposing 10
graduate and reduce the price Of the public lands.
Mr.. COBB made few remarks on the subject,
when, on motion, the committee rose.
A large number of Senate bills were taken from
the table and severally referred when
The Houses at an early hour, adjourned.
ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD.