Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-19
WARRINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

by the Republican party and the Nor'nein
Fillmore men acting with them, which LED 70
the failure 10 enact the so necessary measure
"Prorided, however, and r Is hereby De,
clared, that no part of the miiltary force OF
the ITn;ted States for the support Of which
annronriations are made by this act shall be
employed in aid of the enforcement Of any en-
actment of the body claiming to be the terri
torial legislature Of Kansas until such enact.
ments shall have been affirmed and approved
by Congress: but this proviso shall not be so
construed as to prevent the President from
employing an adequate military force but it
shall be his duty to employ such force to pre-
vent the invasion Of said Territory by armed
bands OF non-residents acting or claiming to
act as posse conpitatus of any officer in said
Territory in the enforcement of any such en-
actment, and to protect the persons and prop
erty therein, and upon the national highways
leading to said Territory, from all unlawful
searches and seizures !; and 1t shall be his fur
Their duty to take efficient measures to compel
the return of and withhold all arms Of the
United States distributed in or to said Terri
tory in pursuance Of any law authorising the
distribution of arms to the States and Terri
tories.''
Three Committees Of Conference reported
upon the disagreement of the two Houses with
lOiOIcuCC W IL -tuc IlOuSo luSistiuk VI COutiu-
uing 1t in the bill, and the Senate insisting
that it involved unconstitutional action on the
part Of Congress, and was, indeed, wholly out
of place in general appropriation bill. The
last Committee of Conference upon it reported
to the Senate as early as 10i a. m, recon-
mending the body (Senate) to insist on striking
out the above provision. The Senate, after
able debate, did insist, and so notified the
House. In the House, it was moved to insist,
and the question being put, majority voted
in the negative. At that moment it wanted
half an hour of IL m. 1t was manifested
clearly by that vote that majority were ready
to recede.
Mr.. Millson, to save the bill, which could
not otherwise have been accomplished moved
to extend the session two hours Then fol-
lowed factious motions and votes on the part
of the Republicans, as we'll as a factious
ruling on the part of the Speaker, that the
consideration of Mr.. Wilson's motion or reso-
luton required two-third vote-which were
all designed to kill time few more than
third of the House all Republican men,
bers-voted against considering the resolution
Of extension.
While the vote in the House last above re-.
ferred to was being taken by yeas and nays,
the Senate passed a resolution extending the
session two hours, and at five minutes before
IL m. it was taken up by the House. When
the hands of the House clock arrived at IL m.
the Speaker arose to arrest the Clerk in call
ing the yeas and nays that had been moved
and ordered by the Republicans to defeat the
consideration of the Senate resolution Here
Mr.. Millson rose to point of order, and made
his call on the attention of the Speaker heard
by all IN the hall, though the Speaker himself
disregarded it and instantly pronounced the
House adjourned sine de-
Mr.. Millson's point of order, we learn, would
have been, that as the Senate had rescinded
theiadjourning resolution, and the House was
engaged in considering whether it would also
rescind, it was not competent for the Speaker
to interpose arbitrarily to arrest the PROCESS of
| the vote,
Thus was the revolutionary policy of the
majority Of the House commenced in the
| adoption of the proviso presented above, con-
Sumated by the Speaker and his managin.
political friends
Oreg0n.-lt will be seen that the President
in his proclamation points at the existing
state of affairs in Oregon. In the whole his
tory of civilization We question whether the
indifference manifested by the present Con.
gress to the sufferings of the people in Oregon
and the prospective dangers surrounding them,
has been paralleled by the authorities of any
nation having within their reach the means,
as the American Congress have, Of promptly
giving the necessary relief and assuring to the
menaced safety for the future We have mar
rowly watched the bearing as we'll as the i'm.
mediate action of the House upon the affairs
OF Oregon throughout the protracted session
that terminated yesterday, and it has really
seemed to us as though each succeeding sue.
cess OF the Indians over the whites, as it was
reported at this point, seemed to render them
the House, moro callous to the demands of
common humanity.
In their utter indifference to their duty with
reference to the existing State of affairs in
oregon, it appeared to US that instead of tax
ing common sense views of what might be in.
cumbent On them in the premises, they seemed
day by day to be more anxious to ignore the
existence OF persons in that far-off region who
are as clearly entitled to the solicitous care of
the General Government, as any citizen of any
Atlantic State. The wailings of one runaway
negro doubtless went nearer to the heart of
the Republican party majority, or, rather
plurality of tho body, than the cries of the
remnants of the mastered settlements of the
far off Territory. This fact illustrates most
forcibly the dangerous tendency of the pres
emit condition Of American politics.
Commodore Forrest the 18th inst. Com
modore Valette succeeded Commodore French
Forrest in command of the Washington Navy
Yard, the latter having been ordered to the