Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-16

for mans and drawings accompanying the
ports ef the explorasions ami surveys to dcts
: mine the route for Pacific Railroad, WAS d
' cussed. stsa stos; asss issasss 8ssis .
2 The question Of extravsgaDee was disscuas,
in this connection one gentleman saying q
printing and engraving Of the work would co
n 81 900 while others thought such large on
Lays would have tendency TO prejudice the COZ
structi0n of the road. An ineaectuAl effort vi
made TO confirm the appropriation within limi
illustrations iittsd only toadapt the book to u
rovute add the natural history. The AmendmeI
to this effect was rejected and the hoass adjourn
5 ed. s08 aessaa lis 4g slas,t ss4ss
SENATE.-The question of printing the memo
rial of Krnsas Legislature, presented by Nj
I Cass, was taken up. Butler opposed tee nioslo
4 the ground that the memorial being arrocau
in its language, II would be violation Of the rule
of the Senate 70 printiit. He had not objected I
Kansas as coming into the Union as free o
slave State, but be wanted it to enter honestl
through thesgates, and not climb over the wal
i or creep under. y ssies As sssg s,.,s
] Mr. Mason thought the memorial ought not i,
have been received, aud moved that it be hid OF
the table. z,--,...sass---z4a..a
i Mr. Seward desired to be heard on the qucs
sumed. y go saE& sFAa g
Mr. Seward having right Of Hoor, then addres.
sed the Senate. The following is a synopsis oi
his spee5q:k q " 81 afss d sssY isff.fs s4Fa a
he went into an extended review OF the whole
Kansas difficulties; h5 first considered the pecnl.
lar relations of Kansas to the Union, aud the
given by Congress when the Territory was or
lganized, that thea people there should be left
free to establish or exclude slavery under the
protection of the United States. He recapitula-
| ted the acts Of the border ruffans, and their
usurpating Legislature, and proceedings These
hgh-handed actions were consummated for the
express purpose Of establishing African slavery
as permanent institution within the territory
by force IN violation Of the natural rights of the
people solemnly guaranteed them by the Consti-
| tuition OF the United States has been an accesso-
ry to thess transactions, with full completely in
regard to tho purpose for which 9hey were COM
mitted and adopted. He countenanced the
us,rpation and made it his own, and he is now
maintaining it with military arm Of the Repub-
lie. n $50 a2eaias 4fFF .yssifg n fIsif1ll
Thus Kansas has been reroutionized, and she
now lies subjugated aud prostrated at the feet of
with the agency ofa foreign tyranny, established
within her borders, is foreibly Introducing and
establishing slavery in contempt and definance
ofthe organic law. .-
These extraordinary transactions have been
attended by civil commotions, in which proper.
ty, life and lperty have been exposed to viola
tion. These connections still continue to threat
en-, not only the territory itself but also the adj
jacent ones with the calamities of civil war. +
am fully aware of the gravity of the charges
against the President of the United States which
this statement of the conditions and relations of
Kansas imports. shall proceed without fear,
and endeavored to make the good The maxim
thata secret veil must be darwin over the begin
inp of all p0yernmpnfc dnov me- .cpr r
shall first call the accuser into the presence of
the Senate, and then examine the defence which
the President has made and last, submit the eyi-
dences by which he is conyicten,
The people of Kansas know whether these
charges are true or false they have adopted
them, and on the ground of the high dolitical
necessity which the wrongs they have, endured
and are yet enduring, and the dangers through
which they have alreado passed. and the perils
to which they are yet exposed have created, they
have Professionally organized themselue as a
State, and that State is now here by its Two cho-
sen Senators and Representative, standing out
side at the doors of Congress applying to be ad.
'mitted into the Union as means of relief indis.
pensable for the purposes of freedom and safety.
This new State is the Presidents responsible ac-
cuser. 3t y 5sf@@19 osi % Gs4fcEs mofap9 T31 ss
The President of the United States without
waiting for the presence of his Iaccusor at the
capital anticipated the accusations and submit
ted his defence to this Congress- @','5 - 81 -'' s.t
Mr.. Seward then examined the Presidents an
nual message ofDec. so, 1855, and special mes
sage of Jan. "a, 1855, commenting with great
severity on the statements therein, putting forth
and contrasting them with the historical facts re-
corded, and verified in manp instances by the
Presidents own friends. He defended the Nor:
thern States against the charges that they were
sectional agitators and enemies of the constitu-
ton, and closos this part Of his speech as fol-
lows - .F..,..z.. zs. ..... - -.
challenge the President to the proof in be- =
half of Massachusetts, although have only the
interests common to all men and Americans in
her great fame. With her corporate or social
evil, Of which she is conscious, and conscious
also of inability to heal it, is it ignorance, preju
dice, bigotry vice, crime, public disorder, power
ty or disease affecting the minds or the bodies
OF her people? There she stands. Survey her
universities, colleges academies and observato-
ries, primary and Sunday, schools, penal codes
and penitentiaries. Descend into her quarries
and walk over her fields and through her gar
dens; observe her manufactures Of thousand
various fabrics; watch her steamers ascending
every river and inlet; see her own. coast and her
ships displaying her canvass on every sea; follow
her fishermen in their adventurous voyages,
from her owu bays to the icy ocean, under eth
er pole, and then return and enter her hospitals,
which cure or relieve the suffering humanity in
every condition and at every period of life, from
the lisp;ng babe to the fecond childhood, and
which not only restore sight to the blind, and
hearing to the deaf, and speech to the dumb;
but bring back wandering reason to the mind
amp teach even the idiot to think Massachu-s
setts is model!of States worthy of all honor,
and though she was least conspicuous of all
States In the establishment Of republican institu-
tions here she is conspicuous still for the muni-
cipal wisdom with whichshe has made them con-
tribute to the welfre of hor people and to the \
greatness of the republic. ts.f.
No, sir. Their faults have been quite oppo-
site. They have conceded too often and too
much for their own disgnity and influence in the
federal institution, to the complaints in whose
behalf he arrained them. thank the President
for the insult which, though deeply unjust, was, 4
perhaps, needful to arouse them to their duty to
this country.
Mr.. S. defended at much length the doings of
the Kansos Aid Societies, and justified their eff.
forts and those of the Kansas settlers to keep
slavery out of the Territories. He attacked the
Psesdent with much severity for his completely
with the border ruffans; and in paraphrase Of
the declaration of American independence, i'm
peached him as tyrant, whose usurpation and
oppression if suffered to flo unredressed, the Sem
ate would make its own. The inconsistency of
those who cry out against the slavery question
at the very moment they are striving to plant
slavery on territory now free. He closed in the
following words. 9lg s4 .eYsgs syf7s. ..sF
He who found q river in his path, and sat
down for the flood to pass away, was not more
unwise than he who expects the agitation of
slavery to cease while the love OF. freedom ami
mates the bosom of mankind. The solemnity
Of the occasion draws over our heads the cloud
Of disunion, whrch always aaises when the SUBJ
ject of slavery is agitated. Still debate goes
on, more ardently and earnestly than ever
1t not only employs logic, reprooch, retort and
defiance, but sabrcs, rifles and cannon. Do
you look through this incipient war quite to.
the end, and see there peace and harmony in
the subject of slavery. If So, pray enlighten
me, and shyw me how long the way is which
sleadsto that repose. The free States are loyal,
and will always remain so. Their foothold on
this continent is firm and sure. their ability to
maintain themselves unaided under the pres
ent constitution is established. The slaves
hitherto have been loyal, and I trust they may
ever remain SO, but if disunion should ever
come. it twould come in the form of secession
Of the slayeholding States Then that power
would rather be intolerably supreme in this re
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