The daily union., 1856-04-10
THE KANSAS DEBATE In THE SENATE.-MR. SEW
ARDS IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT PIERCE.

ARDS IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT PIERCE.
Mr. Seward occupied the attention of the Senate aud
respectable audience yesterday for nearly three hours
His speech evidently made for the presidential cam
paign Its object seemed to be double-frs to rally to
his standard the antiNebraska of all shades
and second to concentrate them against President Pierce
To these ends he assumed the championship of the free
State party in Kansas and in their and their be-
half aragned the President the charge of having failed
to protect them against the aggressions nvasons and
usurpa.ions Of the "bords ruans With good deal of
ingenuity Mr. Seward made his clients instead
Of criminals and made the President the criminal instead
of the prosecutor This is device oshrewd
criminal advocates but it often indicates conscious
guilt than innocence The revolutionary party in
Kansas stand charged before the country with the high crime
oressting constituted authorities the Territory Their
offence assimilates itself closely to rebellion and treason
In this of the Mr. Seward steps forward their
counsel and instead of simply pleading not guilty he ex-
as the accused to the position of accusers and labors
through than two hours to show that his clients are
models of patriotism and devotion to law and order and
that account of the criminal misconduct of the Pres
dent they have nearly been made martyrs 1t easy
that Mr. Seward felt that abolitionsm had received
wound from the two late messages of President Pierce
which must inevitably prove mortal, unless their
influence could be speedily arrested. His discussion
of the constitutional relations of the slavery question
in his annual message had made an impression on
the popular Judgment which threatened abolihonism
with certain overthrow. Hence Mr. Seward brought
all his ingenuity, well his nyecve, to bear upon
it He felt too that the statement of the facts as to Kan
sas in ihe special message and the legal deductions from
these facts bad convicted bis clients in the estimation of the
country of the high offence Of daring to resist the laws OF
the land Hence the zeal and passion with which he
ed out his indignant abuse Of the President At the close
Of his twohous TRADE in which he perverted and msrep
resented the positions and the arguments Of the Presidents
messages assaiIed his motives and falsely attributed to
him purposes that he entertained be very compa
Gently assumed that be had convicted him Of high crmes
and proceeded lawyer witness jury and Judge to pro-
nounce the Judgment Of guilt upon him criminal lie
did not in many words, invoke his friends in the
House of Representatives to commence impeachment
but be clearly ntmated that he prepared pronounce
verdict Of guilty. All this only proved that Mr. Seward
holds the President responsible for destroying the bright
visions Of presidential houors with which the tumphs
aAaiionsm in 1854 had aered him His assault upon the
messages of the President left those documents intact and
only proved the clearly that they impregnable
Mr. Seward devoted but few minutes to the discussion
Of the propos ton admit Kansas Immediately as State
On this point he made admission which fatal to
the proposition. He admitted that Kansas was In a state
Of revolution and consequently that he asking the
Senate sanction the revolutionary by admit
ting State The eebeneSs with which be argued this
branch Of bis subject ooutsted strongly with the ngenu
ity and ability with which he assaiIed the messages OF
the President and made the impression on our mind
did expect II indeed he desired the immediate
admission Of fKansas His object manifesy revive
the dropping spirits Of his friends to nsgae them to re-
pewed agitation and TO iucite them TO concentration
all their forces for the purpose Of svengng the disap
poutmeut OF his ambitious hopes. His far
remarkable than his matter In the latter there wa,
little that has moi been said again and again in the leading
organs Of his party. His manner however from begin
ming to end oensively arrogant and theatrical II
such speech showed his desperation and a,
win have more influence in srousng the national men o.
the country pe~sd-sxertions than il would IL had
been reple with violence and injustice We shR
have more to say Of II when IL appears 10 print
Mr. Clay obtain ed the floor when the subject was post
poned until Tuesd ny next