New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-05-16
FROM WASHINGTON.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
From Our Special Correspondent

| From Our Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Msy 13, 1856.
Mr.. Evacs of Texas, the Know Nothing membt
of that State, talked an hour to-day On gener'
topics. listered to him till he upset the doctrin
of Mr.. Jefferson that Z" All men are born free an
equal" by the statement that it could not be true
since the half savage aud wholly naked HottentO
vas unequal to Franklin, Washington, Adams q
Co. Probably this never occurred to the author o
the Declaration of Independence. II il had, it i
quite unlikely he would have fallen inte the erro
of making that very stupid observation.
The Senator from Michigan concluded his am
bling essay to-day. 1t exhibited all thoce charac
teristics which mark the productions Of this gentle
nan. 1t was q sort Of sea-serpent in tie sea OF
Kansas discussion. Probably no two observers
would describe it exactly alike, its length esly ex-
cepted. The joint saw was next the tail, and
this certainly bad no bone in it,
Seriously, Mr.. Cass took up the cudgels in be-
half of President Pierce this morning and defend
ed him for two hours against the attack of Mr.
Seward He seems to have associated himself with
the fort to enslave Kansas by force and to sustain
all the outrageous proceedings against that Terri
tory, set on foot by the Administration and their
Border. RuffisD allies. Mr.. Cas- was expected to
do better; but when did he ever stand up to the
mark and play manly part
The friends of the denomination of the Presi-
dent are uneasy that the House should have so
promptly passed the Internal Improvement bills
which came from the Senate. But why did the
Senate send them down if they did not want them
presented for signature before the meeting Of the
Cincinnati Convention If anybody can be &C.
cused of whetting the political guillOtine for Mr..
Pierce it must be the members of his own party.
The Committee of Conference on the Deficiency
bill, after long trials and wearisome discussions,
finally agreed to-day. The Washington Water
Works were made the Jonah of the occasion and
thrown overheard. The Judiciary and Army ap.
propriations were concurred in by the House, the
latter being reduced 100000.
Mr.. Clancy Jones occupied some time in per-
sonal explanation to-day, which was simply de-
tense of the consistency and nationality of Mr..
Buchanan: in other words, humiliation in the
grand confessional of the Slave Power. To be
Northern man and have Northern opinions is reck-
oned to be such an oense that every haste is made
by every Democratic candidate for the Presidency
or his friends to exOnerate all such from the foul
charge. The moral degradation which has been
reached in these efforts is unspeakable The
apologies which are made by Northern men for
having entertained sentiments favorable to Free
dom make man blush to own himself citizen of
the Free States. Thank God, this slavering self
debasement must have an end. 1t is hard to find
a lower deep than has been reached in one case or
another
Considering the time employed in these personal
explanations, which have nothing to do with the
business of the House, directly or indirectly, Mr..
Campbell introduced resolution to-day limiting
them to ten minutes which failing, he gave notice
that hereafter he would object to them 10 toto. 1t
is to be hoped he will stick to his determination,
whether gracious or ungracious. j. S.R.