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Congressional.
In the SENATE, May 9Th, statement from
the Secretary of the Treasury was laid before
the body, by which it appears that the amount
of Government Stock redeemed since the Sd
of March 1858, is SlS,sl3,7l4 rs; premium
paid on the same S2,6579O2 90. The con
sideration of the vetoed Insane land bill was
further postponed. The Homestead bill was
debated and postponed till next Tuesday. -
Mr.. DouelAs presented the remonstrance of
5O4 Clergymen of the North Western States
against the Nebraska BILL and made a lengthy
speech, in which he endeavored to shift on to
other shoulders than his own, the RESPONSE
bilitv for the blunder he made in his long let
ter to the rs Clergymen of Chicago. He de-
MED that he had intentionally falsifed the
language of that memorial, and seemed to
blame the Clergymen for not seeing to it that
he had correct copy of the proceedings of
their meeting. He quoted from sermon
preached by Clergyman in Chicago, olwhich
he said "You may search all the indexes to
Billingsgate, and doubt whether you can find
an offensive epithet, one. either of calumny,
of oppression, or of insult, which cannot be
found in this political sermon" He declared
that it was fair example of the two thousand
sermons lately preached against his bill in
New England, and as clear from profanity and
vulgarity as most of them. lie gave notice
that if this thing was to continue, some re-
sponsible man would yet be found who would
be taught to receive as well as give blows.
The HOUSE, on motion of Mr. RICHARDSON
went into Committee of the whole--with the
avowed object of laying aside if possible all
preceding business on the Calendar, and TAX
ing up the Nebraska bill. l97 members were
present, and % had paired of, leaving 5absen-
tees to account in some other way for their alb
sence. The representatives, of Vermont were
in their places. The vote on going into COM
mittee stood yeas 100, nays S.. The Defcien-
cy bill and seventeen others were then laid
aside, one by one,-the French Spoliation bill
by vote Of SO TO 33 and this was the aver
age vote on laying aside the other bills
Several Intellectual motions were made that
the Committee rise. At last. after tedious
and noisy proceedings. the bill heretofore re-
ported by Mr.. RICHARDSON, from the Commit
tee on Territories, entitled ga bill to organ
ize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas
was reached, evidently much to the joy Of its
friends, who gave expression to their feelings
by spontaneous applause. The bill was then
taken up by vote of los to IS. Mr.. RICH
ARpsoN offered a substitute, which was SUBJ
stantially the Senate bill leaving out the
CLAYTON amendment. Mr.. LYON of New
York said:
The history OF the Nebraska bill shows that
It was an ingenious afterthought Gifts origina
tor. Like the Sphynx Of Egypt, it bears
face Of wondrous beauty, with the loathsome
body of beast. Since the passage of the
Missouri Compromise, negroes have risen in
the market over one hundred and fifty per
cent. They are now worth from one thousand
to fifteen hundred dollars per capita. A new
market will be opened for slave-breeding IN
Nebraska and Kansas, and the supply will be
equal to the demand. A homestead at the
North is Just about the price Of a solitary
negro in the saveholding States. lie had un-
derstood from good authority that an able
gentleman of this House is meditating the
propriety of introducing bill for the with
drawal Of our squadron from the coast of
Africa and if this Territorial bill passes it
will be followed, beyond doubt, by one to re-
open the slave trade, freeing it from its for
mer inhumanity and odiousness, by the en-
ployment of roomy and well-ventilated steam
ers to supply the increasing demand for labor
at the South upon more reasonable terms
The stupendous consequences to the Christian
world Of this fact he lett tor gentlemen to
consider, who do not believe that Slavery is
the conservator of morals, civilization, or re-
ligion In conclusion, he said -
lie who would bend the banyan-tree of
Liberty must beware of the rebound. Under
the sunshine Of genial compromises, it has
shot forth thirty-one vigorous columns,
whose interlacing boughs shield, in green
glory, peaceful resting-rlace for the weary
and troubled of all the nations Of the earth.
He who woIld battle with Liberty herself must
remember that she is no phantom of delight,
no tinid goddess, as enstamped upon our
coin, but colossal woman, armed as Pallas
was when she sprung forth gigantic from the
brain of Jove, beneath the shadow of whose
sandals even httle giants are lost in obscurity
Applause House adjourned.