The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-05

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have opportunity get through with the business Of
executive session, and can then dispose OF that bill
think II will engender debate and perhaps, protracted
MI, EVANS. / will then change the motion. and move
thatit be made the special order for Monday next
The Senate proceeded TO the consideration OF said bill
and the motion being agreed to- the further consideration
thereof postponed to. and made the special order OF
the day for, Monday. The nth inst
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS.
Mr.. MASON. now renew my motion to proceed to
the consideration of executive business. l6i ras
The motion being agreed to, the Senate accordingly
proceeded to the consideration OF executive business
and after some time spent therein, the doors were re-
opened, and ~, 4a0t E5 asH.#rH3
| The Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ..,
The House met at IL O'Clock, m. a
Prayer by the chaplain OF the Senate.
The journal OF yesterday read and approved
PUBLIC LANDS.
On motion Of Mr. COBB. the special order of the day
being the consideration, in Committee of the Whole, of
the bill to reduce and graduate the price OF public lands
was postponed until this day week 1G-8
MI. LATHAM, from the Committee on Public Lands
reported the following bills; which were read twice and
referred to the Committee of the Whole the state OF
the Union f4N
bill to establish the office OF surveyor general of
New Mexico 10 grant donations to actual settlers there
IN, and for other purposes.
bill 10 amend an act approved September 27th, 1852,
in Oregon &c. and also the act amenJatory thereof, ap
proved February 10Th, 1853. 'a-s }N "A a.5
| A bill to establish office OF surveyor general of
Utah, TO grant donations to actual settlers therein, and
Mr.. COBB, from the Committee on Public Lands. re-
ported the bill to authorize the selection OF school lands
lieu OF the 10th section, within the twelve-mie square,
in The State OF Alabama; which was read third time
and passed.
EQUALIZATION OF LAND GRANTS
Mr.. BENNETT, from the Committee on Public Lands
reported back the bill 10 eaualize grants Of public lands
for certain public purposes among the States
Mr. b. explained that the majority of the committee
were opposed 10 the passage but the minority desired TO
spo II and 70 I h m passage He ne hsd naae
of the majority OF the committee but that majority were
unwilling 10 recommend the passage of either the original
He then 10 explain the iustness OF the
ure in dividing among all the States the proceeds Of that
property which belonged to the whole-.he public do
main. II the State OF New York received its proportion
OF those proceeds the Of tweny-one millions OF dol
lars would be paid 10 her which would be sufficient TO
pay her whole State taxes He argued at length the pol
icy OF the measure. and said he not opposed to
the making OF grants OF land by Congress for railroad and
other public Purposes but what he wanted was 70 equal
ze the benefits of such donations among all the States
The question on the engTossment OF the bill was pend
ing when the morning hour expired
The House then went into Committee OF the Whole on
The stale OF the Union, and proceeded (Mr Oar in the
chain to the consideration OF the bills the calendar
THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BILL.
Mr.. CLINGMAN said that when bill for the organ
ization OF the Territory OF Nebraska uRder consid
Grafton at former of Congress he had roposed
amendment relative to The Indian tribes and the bill
now pending IN the committee contained provision IN
the identical language at that time made OF by him,
and the very fact that more than woihrds OF that Con-
gess thought The territorial organization necessary
sufficient for him to support the bill before them.
he voted for that bill because there was nothing often
sive IN NJ and because Il was not likely they could get
anything better. He should vote Tor The Senate bill, but
was IN favor OF striking out the Clayton amendment not
because II wrong, but because itwould lead to
practical result, and embsrtass its pssrase. II was
moved by enemy OF the bill for iha, purpose. Mr.
ndmen, did not change the character oil The
BILL which, ss now stood, did not prohibit the people
from egsaiipg the constitution permitted them 10 do
II merely said the people OF the Territories may legisa,e
the constitution warrants without The Intervention oil
Congress- or French. Mexican, or Indian law Thersfore
better bill than the bills for Utah and New Mexico
passed in 1850, because they left the Mexican law in
force The real point this Shall the Territory be
lef, open to everybody. or shall the Wimo, provso
Ia 1850 certain persons proessed be for Intervention,
when they not for H. The true friends who sus.
tanned Cass no doubt. were willing TO carry j out; but
there opposition 10 another quarter, who fought
under sort OF mack He then proceeded 10 show that
the northern wings in 1876 commenced with the Wmo
proviso, and followed up The an-siavsy tactics with
visw Of beating down Cass and the democrats every
where. U# afs..ra
Mr. c. said he did not regre, that the question Of slavery
was being debated in Congress- Il wasa fact borne out
by experience ha, the more il as debated the better the
institution understood; and although at nret mere
great show OF strength the part OF aboliton'sts
il invariably turned ou, that they bad not the power to
resist proslavery measures The three million slaves
could be shown produced as great result IN Their labor
Ia population OF white lab0rera AltnouRn
il was conceded that n slavery did not produce
equal resuli TO man in freedom, il fact that there
many among white lxboring population who did not
work and many of those who did work wasted a good
deal Of their time 10 dleness whilst the slaves all being
compelled 10 work, would, on the average produce an
equal result lie did not claim superiority for the South
over the North, but be conended tina, they were on
equality and that the North had numerous natural
advantages 1t could be shown that, excepting the emil
grafton, which had flown entire into the free States the
South could show great increase oil population as
the North He con,ended that the Institution of
slavery became understood II would gain the support of
the enlightened portion of mankind
MIR WRIGHT, of Penney wanna, obtained the floor
He said he had intended TO have quietly hs vote for
the bill, provided the Clayton amendment siricken
Of it, he had been assured by the chairman OF the
Committee on Territories that 1t would be- bn the dis
ct he represented, unfortunately or fortunately ad-
Joined the district in which Mr. Wlmot lived Last Tues
day that gentleman addressed meeting al the city OF
Carbondale and the FIRST inimaon he bad received OF
m was in the form OF three remonstrances or petitions,
signed BY 1o4 leading, prominent citizens OF that city,
not appear that the speech OF Mr. Wmoi bad the de-
sired effect rsH r.
He did not say that il should be sine qua non with
him that the Clayton proviso should be stricken from IT.
but II that were not stricken out Y would greatly in
crease his difficulties in sustaining himself with his con-
sttuens With that clause stricken out, he ready
10 sustain the bill, because it sustained the great prno
pie OF State rights and popular sovereignty He would
rather be stricken down for advocating the principle OF
popular sovereignty than be again returned TO Congress
for opposition to that principle
He asked why,if the people of his own State were
permitted to 20 into Nebraska and Kansas with their