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| Correspondence Of the Minnesotian.
Senate Proceedings Gov. Germans Message.

Correspondence Of the Minnesotian'
Senate Proceedings-G Gov. Germans Message.
WASHINGTON, Jan. rs, 1855.
MEssRs. EDITORS There was little breeze
kicked up in the Senate this morning, upon
the calling up of the resolution offered two
mornings since by Mr. Cooper of Penn, call
ing on the departments of the State and Inter
Tor for Information, relating to the migration to
this country of the CONFLICTS and paupers of the
different States of Earope
Upon the resolution, Mr.. Cooper gave his
views. and thought the Congress of the U. S.
should interfere to prevent this species of car
go from being landed upon our shores This
country he Admitted was 1.-the asylum for the
oppressed ofall nations;'' but he was opposed
to permitting the States of Europe, to pour
forth upon US the dregs of their population
their thieves and felons He gave table of
statistics showing that among the convicts un-
der our own laws, upon an average there were
from six to eight foreign to one of native birth.
He therefore asked that his resolution might
be referred to the committee on the judiciary
and that proper bill might be reported to
prevent the crying evil to which he had allud-
ed
His colleague, Mr.. Broadhead, with some
thing of taunting manner. said he had listen
ed to the Honorable Senator with good deal
ofintercst to learn what remedy he proposed
it was an easy thing to make speech-the
Senator could do that himself
Mr. Coonnr rnplia1 fhot thic woo not tho fret
time his colleague had taken upon himself the
authority to censure him-he did it yesterday
in relation to the Bounty Land Bill but he
should know him we'll enough to be aware,
that he would not permit himself to be called
to account by that Senator. Here good deal
of asperity began to manifest itself, when the
Senator from Penn, Mr.. Brodhead, offered
an amendment to the resolution of his COL
league, Mr.. Cooper, declaring that secret or
CARNATIONS acere dangerous to liberty. Hehop-
ed his colleague would accept ths-but Mr..
Cooper replied that he could offer it as an
amendment ifhe saw proper, before which Mr..
Weller of CAL, offered series of resolutions as
as an amendment to the amendment-these
were accepted by the Senator offering the first
Misunderstanding forth, in ertenso, the
views of the anti-Kno,c .Nothings.
This was done for the purpose of making GER
tain Senators shO,o their hands as it is the
opinion of certain of the Democrats, that
there are traitors in the camp. l am inclined
to think it cannot have the effect intended ; as
the resolution OF Mr.. Cooper is one simply O
inquiry. and should either pass or be laid
upon the table without drawing in the discus
sion of exciting national political questions
Besides this, the session is too near its close tt
enter upon this subject.
The army appropriation bill is the business
now under discussion in the Senate the reso
luton of the Senator from Penn. having beer
postponed to allow this bill to be taken up.
How it got here cannot tell, but the Mes
sage of your Governor, mailed in your city OF
the 18th inst. and before it was delivered t.
the Legislature, was received here day before
yesterday.
The report of the committees-of the Council
or House-after having waited upon the Gov
ernor as we'll as the news of his arrest have
also reached here.
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