Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-02-03
HIRTY-THIRD CONGREss-FIRsT SESSION
Yesterdays PROCEEDINGS.

e sra WASHINGTON Jan. 80.
SENATE-The chamber was crowded to-day to
hear Mr.. Douglas the Nebraska bill He com
menced by explaining the two objects that had been
sought by the committee in preparing the Nebraska
bill 1stAs to the Indians, to protect their rights
2d-As to slavery. 1t was the object and desire Of
the committee to be equally explicit They had ia
ken the principles Of the compromise acts of 1850
as their guide and had made each and every pro-
vision of this bill accord with those principles
leaving to the people of the territories the privilege
OF governing themselves free of all control except
by the Constitution of the United States, and Inn
tied and restricted upon no particular subject by
their position North and South of any al btrary
geographical line The committee considered that
the Missouri compromise had been superseded by
the compromise of 1850. He alluded to The address
published by the Senators from Ohio and MassachIl-
sets to the people, charging this bill with want Of
faith in the solemn compacts, and charging him per-
sonaly with concerning atrocous plot and apply
ing TO him epithets which could not be used be-
tween gentlemen. He charged that this address
had been signed by majority Of the members from
Ohio in order to influence the Legislature of that
State before which resolutions were pending on the
subject The address had not all of those sigma
lures and he believed that the stateEent that it
ever had been so signed, was a wilful falsehood
Mr.. Chase rose to make an explanation, but Mr.
Douglas refused to yield the floor saying that gen.
tleman who had so violated every rule of propriety
and fairness was not entitled to any consideration
at his hands and proceeded at great length TO argue
in favor of the bill 80
House The House took up the resolution Of Mr.
Ewing requesting the Senate return TO the House
the joint resolution adopted on the 18th inst pro-
posing select committee by him on the amend
ment TO the constitution to change the mode Of
electing the President and Vice President of the
United States ......
the resolution, as he had learned that the Senator
who had made motion in the Senate to lay it Oh
the table would Withdraw that motion, and the
probability was that the Senate would appoint a
committee on its part 49,
After some debate Mr.. Ewing withdrew his mo-
ton. f..#
Mr. McMullen introduced a bill to change the
mode of compromising Senators and Representa-
tiyes ...r.s- . --- 49, &C.
Mr.. Boyce offered resolution requesting the
President to communicate any correspondence that
may have taken place between this government and
Holland relative to the refusal by the Dutch in the
East Indies to receive or recognise American Con-
suS Referred 10 ~. u .7r.a ~ z5.r5
Mr.. Corwn offered resolution instructng the
committee on Foreign Affairs to inquire into the
proprlety OF acknowledging the independence of
Liberia. Laid over. ..I
On motion of Mr. Wade the committee on Post
offices was instructed to inquire what is safe to
cure safe and expeditions conveyance Of mails by
railroad, and report to the House.
Mr.. Churchwell introduced bill granting public
lands for the support OF education ~
The same gentleman offered series of resou-
tons asserting the Monroe doctrine, and ayowing
that this government can never look with ndiiier-
ence upon the oblteraton of an independent State
by third power, because of the political freedom of
such State asas,.- s.lf..Er
Adjourned