Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-05-13

Benton Bugg, Campbell Carpenter Chamberlain Chandler
Dick Dickinson, Drum, Eastman Eagerton Edmands Ihos
D. Eliot Ellison, Etherdge Eyerhart Farley fenton rag
er Franklin Gamble Gddngs Gooarcnf sT0w son
tredge Knox, Lindsey Lyon, McCuioch Macy, Mseson,
Maurice, Mayal, Meacham, Middsswarh Murray Norton
Perkins Pratt David Richie, RUSSELL Sabin, Sage, Sapp
Seymour simmons Skelton Gerrt smith, Hester L. Stevens
Tburston, Tracy Upham Wade way, Elihu B. Washbarne
Israel washburn Wells, John Wentworth Tappan Wont
WORTH and Wheeler-sS.
So the motion was agreed to. "
The House accordingly went into Committee Of the
Whole the state Of the Union, Mr. oLDs Of Ohio, in
the chair
Mr. RICHARDSON moved to set aside the first bill on
the calendar, being the civil and diplomatic bill.
Mr. CAMPBELL inquired IL it would be in order to
have the bill read in order that the Committee might
understand what it was?
The CHAIRMAN directed the Clerk to read the title Of
the bill which was done.
Mr. WHEELER desired to know if the chairman of
the Committee of Ways and Means desired this bill laid
aside?
setting aside the bills preceding the Nebraska and Kansas
bill. This he said, would test the strength Of parties,
and also save much time.
Loud cries of g No., "no."
Mr. WHEELER called for the reading of the bill before
the committee.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the bill had been read by
its title and the gentleman had right to call for its
tire reading.
Mr. HAVEN rose to q point Of order. When the COM
mttee last in session they had under consideration
the deficiency BILL and resolution adopted by the
House closing all debate thereon and making it the duty
Of the committee to proceed to vote upon such amend
ments as were pending and as might be offered He in
sisted that this bill was first in order.
The CHAIRMAN so decided
Mr.. RICHARDSON then moved to lay aside the def
cheney bill.
Mr. HAVEN raised the question Of order that that BILL
under the resolution of the House closing debate thereon
must be taken up and disposed of now.
Mo- dad oh ikyao nnafan tfnrf Tho
committee to set aside that bill well any other not
q special order.
Mr. HAVEN, believing that it was the wish Of the
mittee that the question should be tested appealed from
the decision Of the Chair.
After brief conversation the question taken,
Shall the decision Of the Chair stand the judgment
Of the committee p? and it was decided in the Affirmative
Ayes 100, noes 49,.
So the decision of the Chair was sustained.
The question was then taken on the motion of Mr.
RlcHARDsoN that the bill be laid aside and it agreed
to: Ayes 103, noes SO.
The civil and diplomatic bill being the next in order
On motion of Mr.. RICHARDSON, it was laid aside:
Ayes 1O3, noes Sc.
All the other bills Sixteen in number) preceding the
to organize the Territories Of Nebraska and Kansas
then respectively laid aside among them the Army
and Navy Appropriation bills, French spoliation bill,
Senate resolution authorizing the President confer the
title of lieutenant general by breyet for eminent
vices joint resolution for the continuance Of the work
the Washington aqueduct, and some other appropria-
ton bills
When the bill of the House to organize the Territories
of Nebraska and Kansas reached the reading of its
title was hailed with great applause
Mr. CAMPBELL. move that that bill be laid aside
Much laughter.] @
The question taken, and the motion disagreed
to Ayes 85, noes los.
The committee then proceeded to consider the BILL
Mr.. RICHARDSON moved o substitute for the bill,
and remarked that he did not propose to go further at
this time than to explain briefly he could the cha
racter Of the amendment which he proposed There
many things to which he would like to reply there
many arguments that had been used by gentlemen opposed
to this bill the fallacy Of which, he thought he could
very readily expose He did not however, propose to do
this now, not being willing to the time of the
committee. He desired that the friends of the
who anxious to be heard should be heard and when
they were ready to vote upon this question
Mr. COBB. Its enemies too.
Mr. RICHARDSON. Yes, its enemies, too, though
they have been heard pretty extensively.
Mr. COBB. Give every one o fair chance.
Mr. RICHARDSON. When they shall have had
opportunity to discuss the measure have doubt i
will be their DESIRE at very early day, to bring this
question to a vote.
The amendment which propose is substantially the
Senate bill with exception it leaves the Clayton
amendment out. The other amendments utterly i'm
material; they are merely verbal amendments My
amendment changes the bill in material respect except
in that to which have referred
The committee will if forbear at this time
to enter into the varied field of discussion to which this
bill has led in this House and in the other cad Of the Ca
pol do not desire to discuss the BILL desire that
other members who anxious to discuss it than
am shall do 30. l submit the amendment with this
brief explanation, and lave now said all desire to say
Mr.. HIBBARD then addressed the committee in favor
of the substitute He said that he preferred that the
form in which the bill should finally pass but willing
to vote for either seemed manifesty obvious that
some kind Of government should be extended these
Territories and this fact had been seriously
tensiyey controverted.
He then advocated the bill on the ground that
tanned the great principle Of self government the doc
trne that every organized community had the right
under the constitution, to regulate their domestic
affairs in their way He reviewed the history of the
adoption of the Missouri act of 1920 and declared that
in it none Of the elements of compact. Like any
other legislative enactment it repealable by the
power which made it, He showed wherein this act had
been frequently repudiated by the North and said it
favorite in that section Of the country The bill
neither established prohibited slavery but left the
people concerned to say whether they would have it
or not.
Mr.. LYONS said that the outside structure Of this
measure for the Territorial organization of Nebraska
and Kansas but it concealed apple of discord which,
like the fruit of the Dead Sea, tempting to the eye
but ashes the lips By the passage Of this
had pledged to the lone Indian Of the West would obte
rate American entente cordae Of thirty years standing
and would weaken and destroy the fraerna brotherhood
and kind relations which now existed between the States
and wantony excite the prejudice and passion of the
North and embitter the sectional feeling of the South
" That government is best which governs the least
said the sage Of the Hermitage; and law implied the
necessity of its enactment In the bill which he spoke
no such necessity existed for with the exception Of the
cording to the most authentic adyices there were but
three hundred inhabitants, and they were principally
hunters and traders.
The principle of elf-government which the bill pro-