The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-09
TFIIRTY-TIIRD CONGRE g.
FIRST SESSION,
Senate.

Senutes
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1854.
UNITED STATES MILITIA.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate cmmuui sshon r
she War Department. transmitting sbsract Of the ro
turns Of the militia Of the Unitei States.
gnIIIoNs AGAINST MISSOURI COMPROMISE
M BRoDHEAD, (dem OF Pa prssepted memorials FROM
the Soc,ey Of Friends ia PennsJlvan N,w Jersey and
Delaware Asainst the continuance o. aomeic slavery
and reE,onxtrating against repsS o. ths Missoar
promise. He sad these meIooriasts not palltisal
AbohtonstS and, while he differed with them ~ to tas
power Of Congress the subject hs Al the tins
respected their motives Mr. aso presented six other
memorials against the repeal o, tho Missouri compro
rnfe.
RAILWAY PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
Mr. PRATT, (vhig) Of Md, presented = rsmonst,anos
against the construction o. any railroad Penasylvanis
avenue.
Mr.. HAMIs, (dsm Of Me-, presented memorials in
favor Of reducing the duty sn Imported iron $l6
per ton Aso, in favor OF reducing the duty on charcoal
ADHESION OF LADIES II raR LOBBY
Mr. Housros (dem) Of fsxAs moved te.t lsdie, bs al
untted to reSs ia the Seoats lobby H. said ast In
deraton Of sll the AMI tbs great desire
10 hear the Senator who had ihs floor, Many had not
hundreds At the doors Hs hoped the Loeraiisy, IL
not the galansry, e ssasors uid adopt tae motion
ladies' very hs q @ @ pss'ssa' render
Ing impossible to hear wat goax a. tbs other
sce OF the chan ber II admitted, hs would stipus.s
Mr. PruTT, rhiF) u Nd desire to enter ny OBJ
jeoHon TO it, in the moss positive form saw, the
day, old and srSb- judges OF tns Court
BtAncipg while al the sests oscu2ied BY
The motion, therefore, auld not be agreed to.
In the meantime women a5tsal INTO the reporters
gallery and did hesitate the seats OF those
engaged in rep1tirg
Mr. BrIeHr (d.ra) Of lad reported Adversely en- the
petition for tho conatuson sf tbs new custom house In
Mr. PxArr (whig) OF Nd reported bin ircorpo ating
the National Hotel Company, 10 Washing gton.
TIE MICHIGAN RAILROAD BILL
Was then taken up aud pss.et
LANDS RAILROADS.
The Michigan Railroad oll was tAksa up and passed,
The bill erantsg lsod to Loaissus to aid In construct
rairoad from New orsaas 80 the SAons river was
also taken up and passed
FREsCH sPofIAroN
Was taken mp, by yeas s nays H. as1 read through.
kr. DoDos, ldem Of 10 "a moved N additional Sec
ton for the appointment Of United States Attorney to
attend the Board CT C,mmissioncrs Ado ,teo.
The senate then took up
TIE NEBRASKA BILL SPEECH Mr. EvERgr.
Mr.. Evnz7, (whis) Of Mass, said that II time hsi
permitted he would have been glad have xpressed his
views ~ length upon the constitutional and historical
questions involved in the suhsct OF tho Territory su.
~ he hAd said yesterday, the ms which h.d elapsed
since the bill had been reported did not allow OF op
portuny for the necessary examination OF those point.
hs relations OF this government With tas lad
ono Of the questions deeply Involved 10 hi, subject;
and who could say that ~ respected them thia
bill had been properly mlturadi Equally connected
with the subeot the queson OF slavery. II would
take fortnight % read tho debates thi,
last point in order to unrad the trus bearing Of this
question. In speaking upon this bill he woad do for
himself snd for else He would spssk one who
had been and cordial supporter o, the con-
promise Of 1850 Ho desired TO give the why he
could not vote for this bill. great question was pre-
sented BY IT, They were about to lay by the foundA
sions Of two independent hereafter bs admitted
anto this Union, now numbering thirty iniependsn.
States, and destined 10 inc1de far creator number.
Lord B, con ascrib 1t sec7nd glory to be va founder
ps States These Territories no appsrsn Iy
wilderness. The time woud tn see nov wid re-
ons fcsroely existing territories reopisl By sayAgs
would he settled and cy civilized race TIE
xme nos datant When hansas and Nebraska IN.
known, viii become States familiar t. the peop as
Ahe Of Virginia Ohio snd Kentucky are {, their
Own chorsn Nebrsta aud Kaasss cd that position
With respect to the future Of ths county tna aud
Media once did to Asia. T1eir waters vhisn, Al their
fountains ictled through lee rolled aat ouwsri till
resohsd the Of the voi BrsAkius tnroagh
sne ROCKY Mountains by OF tbs iron r0td through
zhem would now the c5nmerss Of the E.. & hs waters
oi the racine Cities Of vast rguiude woui srss
xne osnks OF their noble rivers AslicGltar would
ssim ING mn ense plains rcauied By sAvigss aud
khe Wild buffalo; and might IL not bs hopod that udsr
@ne ass or tns osnstuto OF free Soysnasst religion
and :. ans s,s OF civzse e would be ioand tbse add
ing grace and oeAnty 70 the gifts nature Agd TIE bonn
es OF ofPfovidencef Daring his former C,,eresjanI 4,
xeer he had always been friend to the west ia had
never voted against an appropriation for snv mss
that promoted the interests Of tn. West "a hs
sestted now that he could not give bis support to the
b OF the committee proposing to establh two terrific.
M sn so,.nmsn" shs. hs would have rsjocsd to hsvs
nAsty examination which he had rivsn ths
subect while before the COMMITTEES had disclosed TO h
piaa oosctoas 70 hs bi and subsequent reflection had