Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-12-21
The Senate's Committees.

WASHINGTON, Dec. II.
The Senate has to-day been engaged in
electing its Committees severally by ballo;
"a most preposterous farce, as the Com
mittees were all cut and dried in Demo
cratic caucus several nights ago. Every
man is elected to precisely the place as
signed him by that caucus, and the ballot
is merely a formality to invest the caucus
doings with 4 mocking appearance of Sem
atorial action. Many of the Opposition
Senators disdained to countenance the
sham by voting, since nothing on their
part could have any possible effect one
way or the other.
The Territories is the most important
Committee for this Session. 1t is made
up Of Messrs. Douglas, Chairman Jones
of Iowa, Collamer, Bell of Tenn, Sebas-
tian and Biggs. OF these but Judge Col
lamer can be expected to favor the appli-
cation of Kanzas to come into the Union
on her F.ee-State Constitution he only
can be expected to reprobate and practical
ly oppose the schemes and high-handed
proceedings of the Slavery Propagandists.
The judiciary is the Committee next in
present consequence. 1t is made up of
Butler of S. C., (Chairman,) Toucey, Ba-
yard, Geyer, Toombs, and Pugh-all ac-
tive repudiators of the Missouri Compact,
all upholders of the Fugitive Slave Law
all bitterly hostile to any practical asser-
ton of the Equal Rights of Men. Only
one is family opposed to the dominant
party, and he (Geyer) is Missouri Whig,
two of whose colleagues in the House vote
for Richardson for Speaker Four are
from Slave States the others CToucey and
Pugh) have been emphatically repudiated
by their constituents for their devotion to
the Slave Power. This is the Committee
to which any action impelled by the op.
preston of Passmore Williamson, or any
Judicial question growing out of the late
outrages in Kanzas, must be submitted
Military Affairs are rendered of grave
and pressing consequence by the peril of
broil and bloodshed in Kanzas, and the
invocation of Federal interposition therein
The Committee on this subject is composed
Of Messrs. Weller of Cal, Chairman
Fitzpatrick, johnson, Jones Of Tenn, Iver-
son and Pratt-four Democrats and two
neutrals, FIVE Of the six from Slave States,
all six supporters of the Nebraska Iniqui-
ty, and every one hostile to the Free-State
men of Kanzas. Such is the fairness with
which our masters prepare to consider the
claims Of Freedom in the coming struggle
Indian A!fairs touch the interests of
Slavery again-the Cherokees having be-
come fanatical Shareholders under the joint
influence of National encouragement and
Missionary recreancy to gospel right and
liberty. A bill, profering bounty in
land to slaveholding by Indians was re-
ported to the last Congress. The Commit
tee on this subject is consequently CON-
posed of Messrs. Sebastian of Ark, CHAIR
man, Rusk, Toombs, Brown, Reid and
Bell Of Tenn.-aN from Slave States, and
all Democrats but the last. That is ma
king the thing tolerably snug.
The District of Columbia is a nice Com
mittee to be on, by one who likes good
dinners and other good things, and it is
another watchtower Of Slaveholding ascen-
dadcy. The District is always crying
" Give! GiveW to Congress, and it will
get nothing but sour looks from Slave
holding Committee unless it maintains an
aspect Of loyalty to the peculiar institu-
ton! The Committee thereon is conse.
quently composed of Messrs. Brown of
Miss, (Chairman) Pratt, Mason, Allen and
Reid-all Nebraska men, all Democrats,
and all but Allen red.hot shareholders.
But why pursue this analysis? Brief
ly, Slavery guards every aspiration for
Impartial Freedom as though it were trea-
son to the country. Committees which
can nowise affect Slavery are made up with
some show of fairness.-N y Tribune.