Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-03-22
Menus of the Aneek.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
March 14.-SENArE.-Mr. Johnston reported in
favor of printing 81, Zoo copies Of the majority and
minority reports Of the Committee on Territories
in the Kansas case, being 5000 copies for each
member.
Mr.. Trumbull opposed the motion he thought
the minority re port presented the question Of slave
Iry in u mastery manner. Its positions are unan-
.swerable, but it does not enter into details rs the
majority report-hence lie is unwilling TO send out
with the Senate Endorsement a document contain
ing so many unwarrantable assumptions, erroneous
deductions and Inconsistencies
Mr., Wade asked Mr. Trumbull to yieldthe floor
o. aGj rnmen
Mir. Douglas. i hope not: the courtesies of the
Senate have been taken advantage of to make an
assault on me.
you were present or absent. l was commenting
on q report. | did not introduce the subject, nor
knew it would come up today.
Mr.. Douelas.-My colleague dares to say in the
face of the fact that he did not know ! was absent.
lie acted with unfairness in attacking the report
while l was detained from the Senate, on account
of i'll health. | would ask him within what reason
able time will his speech be printed ?
Mr.. Trumbull.-.1 think it will be published by
Monday.
Mr.. Douglas.-If l can ask a postponement of
the question till Monday will reply to Mr.. Trum
BULLS speech on Tuesday.
Mr.. Seward.-Take your own time.
Mr.. Douglas, (qui'kly)-I understand that
game take your own time! The Senator of Mass
achusetts took his own time to write and circulate
a libel on me about the time the Nebraska bill was
reported. / understand my colleague to say he
came here a Democrat. That will be news to the
Democracy of Illinois. 1t is a libel on the Democ
racy of that State.
Mr.. Crittenden interposed saying that the debate
was transcending the rules of decorum. The Sen
ator had charged libel ON Mr.. Trumbull. (Sensa
tion.)
if the Senator from Kentucky had, when the Blacl
Republicans denounced us in coarse terms, rebukec
them for want of courtesy.
Mr.. Crit.enden-To what do you allude
Mr.. Dnuglas-When they made vulgar anc
coarse partisan assaults on the Democratic side o
the Senate.
FURTHER coloquy ensued, when the chair decided
that Mr.. Douglas remark was not personal.
Mr.. Douglas said 80 far as he was advised h
believed his colleague was the candidate Of a mis-
cradle set CT abolitionists and Know Nothings
which are one and the same thing.
Mr.. Crittenden-I wish the Senator to under
stand that ] cooperate with the American party
Standing here as a gentleman and a Senator, il
absolute independence, and claiming all respect 70
due honesty as n freeman, | repel with scorn ever.
imputation of that kind, as intended to embrac
me aud my political associates.
Mr.. Douglas explained.-I spoke of what Know
Nothingism is in Illinois, and said it might b
otherwise in the South. Every Nnow-Nothin
lodge in Illinois has adopted the Abolition creed
and that is the miserable faction which sent m
colleague here. The Senator from Kentucky mi,
unders TODD me, else he would not have conceive
my remark to personate him.
Mr.. Cri!tenden-The gentleman did not max
the qualification he now does.
Mr.. Douglas-Every gentleman must have VI
! 1arstnn1 mo n 9 mokiDn tho 1istin ction
March I5.-SENATE.-Referring to Mr.. Dougla.
last remarks, Mr.. Trumbull said:
! shall not permit such remarks as these, fror
my colleague to pass unanswer ed.l shall suffer n
man, here or " here, to state of me thing
which are absolutely and totally unfounded. If h
means to say / am or ever have been n knoy
Nothing, or come ctod with any secret political OF
garization. the charge is basely, l will not yiolat
the rules Of the Senate, but will say, untrue. I'll
proceeded to speak on the politics of Illinois, claim
ing she is and always has been Democratic.)
Mr.. Sumner replied to the remarks of Mr.. Doug
las, that he %(Sumner) had obtained a weeks della
of the Nebraska bill, in order to circulate a libe
on him (Douglas). Mr.. Sumner said that it wa
untrue that he had united with other members q
the Senate in sending an address to the people G
the United States, exposing the true chara:te
Of the proceedings.
Proceeding, Mr.. Douglas said that Messrs. Chas
ana sumner, on Inc occasion referred 10, came l
his seat and asked him to postpone the Nebraskr
bill ono week, in order to give them time to exam
inc it. lie did so, but the day after, he discovers
that they had written an exposition Of that measur
and scattered it broadcast. 1t was the false state
ment that they had not had time TO examine tn
bill, Of which he (Douglas) complained. That ad
r dress attributed to him q base purpos Sc, self-aggran
%dizemcnt, and want of a proper sense of publ
duty. The Senator from Massachusetts did no
consider that libelous Oh, no This might &C
cord with his ideas Of a gentleman and a Sen
atOr.
SUMNER shall enter into no contest here o
elsewhere as to the character of a gentleman. Tbi
Senate shall decide whether the Senator iron
Illinois is the proper judge of this matter. 1t !
not true that / went 20 the Senator'S scat to max
the request to which he alludss.
Mr.. Douglas repeated that Sumner, while pre-
tending that he wanted time to read the Nebrask
bill, had previously franked a grossly libelous pan
phlet on that subject.
, Sumner said the address was predicated on the frs
bill, and not on the last.
Mr.. Douglas remarked that the reasons assigne
by Mr.. Sumner for postponement of the Nebrask
! bill were not true in fact.
Johnson's motion was then adopted, and Seuat
adjourned to Monday.
March IT, SESATE.-Mr. Douglas, from Con
mlttee on Territories, reported a bill authoiizin
the people Of Kansas TO form u constitution for III
State government, preparatory to admission int
the Union, when she shall have the requisite POI