The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-02-03

CON q h L . SION Al.
THIRTY-THrRp coxGREss-FIRsT SESSION.
.asa WASHINGTON, Jan. 81.

--t WASHINGTON, Jan. 81.
In the Senate yesterday, after Mr.. Doug.
las had concluded, Mr.. Chase took the floor
and eloquently replied to the charges made
against him by the Senator from Illinois,
: He could assure the Senator that in writing
/ the address the Senator had never, for one
moment, occupied his mind. The Senator
was alluded TO in the postscript, but only as
the author of the bill. The Senator exag-
gerated his own Importance, and considered
himself the whole country, and took upon
himself all that was said upon the measure.
He knew the gigantic Senator'S Importance.
He knew the immense power and influence
the Senator exerted over the country. He
knew the Senator was surrounded by large
and powerful party, and he knew the disad-
vantages under which he labored in a contro-
versy provoked by the Senator-he knew the
odds against him. He. and the Senator from
Massachusetts stood alone; they were only n
smaii ulinority-but two in body OF 62. He
challenged the Senator to point to single
instance where he CT the Senator fr )m Mas
sachuse!ts had ever swerved one side OF the
other i'm voting upon any measure to promote
the interest of the country. He asked the
Senator to point to any instance where his
vote had been influenced .or or against meas.
ure because northern or southern State
was to be benefited by it. All that they had
done was TO deny the nationality of slavery.
This was their position, firm and unaltera-
BILE, and on it they were in a minority in the
Senate. He, now here in the Senate, and
before the country, reafirmed and reasserted
every word contained in that address. De-
nying that il had any imputation upon the
motion or called in question, the course of
any individual. Having thus explained the
ground OF the baseIess made against him by
the Senator, he would defer until tomorrow
his arguments upon the merits of the bill.
DIR. Wade said he had read the docum ent
and approved it, and if it had been presented
to him he would have signed it.
Mr.. Sumner denounced the bill, and the
evident efforts which had been made to hurry
it through Congress before the people should
have time to express their opinion upon it.
HoUSE.-Nr. Richardson from the COM
mittee On Territories, reported bill for the
organization of the Territories Of Nebraska
and Kansas, being the same as that now be-
fore the Senate.
Mr. English, as a member of that commit
tee, said he was opposed to the bill. Not be-
cause it confiicted with the Missouri COmpro-
mise but, because the boundaries were TO in
Glide one-third Of the territory of Eutah,
which he considered injudicious. although he
had no particular love for the Nlormons, he
was not willing unnecessarily TO take from
them so much of their territory.
He was 4 native of free State, and re-
garded the constitution of slavery as njuring
the States in which it exists. He was will
ing that all the States should have equal
rights in the confederacy, that they should
have slavery or pot as they might deem best,
and he desired to extend the same privileges
to tile territories; he was willing to repeal
all laws which conficted with this doctrine.
After an angry debate the bill was referred
to the committee Of the whole.
Dir. Fort introduced bill to incorporate
the National Pacific Railroad Company-re-
ferred.
A bill to increase the salaries Of clerks
and other persons employed in the Executive
department vas taken up, amended and pass
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