The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-05-21

Passing now, SIR from these topics shall briefly refer
to the In Kansas connected with the orgAnLa
Executive Is Justly liable to the have beard
proclaimed and what il becomes Congress 70 ADOPT
In the present eonjuneture Of affairs there line majority
and minority reports Of the committee afford M the acs
necessary just appreciation Of the circumstances
shall, therefore, deal mostly with results
The organic made provision for the institution and
7, pe ~ srseoas he prepssory meas
ures were all TAKEN and the elections hold Es passions
abroad and In some OF the districts Irregular and
violent proceedings took place Of which sns committee s
made and both branches OF the legislature were ascaftd
constituted and recognised by the proper authority
Some of the returns were contested but the seats OF the
majority Of both bodies forming legal quorum for each
disputed that there was no just pretence Tor
denying the legal organization of the Legislature There
review be local controversy CONCERNING he 6rst election
the setting aside OF the returns by the the second
election held by his order the ultimate decision OF the
council and the house the entitled TO the con-
tested seats those respective bodies because after the
eonyocaton and organization of the legislature the quail
fcaion Of It's members subject within its own urs
dicon incident Of Its existence as much 30 as the
power to preserve order And that jurisdiction could
DO rghtlly disputed without the nterposition of Con-
gress however may have been exerted unless made
question before judicial tribunal This principle Is uni
versa and the proceedings of legislature cannot be in
validated by any allegation OF erroneous decisions respect
ing the qualification Of its members.
In the progress Of this inquiry are now brought to
the accusations against the Executive What they and
how they prosecuted and maintained But before
proceeding the consideration Of this branch of the sub
ct must request the attention Of the Senate to an epi-
seds the progress of Investigation which to
relieve the monotony of the work The honorable senator
from New York mr. SEWARD has placed himself promi-
neny among those who seek 10 charge the occurrences in
Kansas TO the President aud he tells in advance that
those who do adopt the which he recommends
that s the immediate admission of Kansaswi reject
in "the hope of carrying African slavery into that new
appauded after III and il is evidently considered by those
in his opinions the test and standard of
views and purposes 1t has been carefully prepared and
elaborate assault upon the President ian elaborate
misconceptions to borrow the language applied TO him by
the senator and unsparng denuucaton OF the course
Of the administration and Of the views Of majority OF
Senate while it is made the vehicle Of opinions peculiar
TO the SENATOR Of which rather Swallowed forth
than distinctly announced These considerations, not less
por,ance his effort and propose therefore to examine
IL with attention. in order to condemn and correct
portions Of his statements and doctrines particularly
obnoxious 10 animadversion.
But while shall do this plainly, as the importance of
the subject demands, shall do II, trust in proper
spirit and with kind personal feelings toward the senator
shall apply to him illusions ephet-for II is not
my babit-that ought to offend even fasdious decacy
except such applied in his speech to the President Of
the United States; and to make my application
more Just than his Aud shall do this in the hope that
this lesson of the return of the chaicenot poisoned
vituperative-may be profitable That it Ia just
will question who considers that these assaults not Of
gument but Of languageof offensive languageupon the
President not the result of hasy impulse yielded to in
the heat Of debate but Of cool premedon prepared in
the closet and recited in the Senate In thus dealing with
hard and bitter words and personal impuations towards
the Chief Magistrate Of the country in relation to the
formance of his official dutes If the senator forgot the
spec due to that high unctionary we'll himself
he should have recoeced the respect due to the Senate
and still more to the country There is for his
having spoken of what he calls the Presidents dences
"indrect" irrelevant" "empered" "sophistical" and
"evasive of the Presidents disingenuousness" stor
ton of the constitution" "iase and impairment issue
ambitious imbeciity" "betray Of his trust" "obscurt
and unfair statement and for having made of Other
harsh language beard then with regret and surprise by
almost all and now recalled by me with pain
Believe the prophets Of God said the King Of Judah
when all the men Of the kingdom with their wives and
their children had taken refuge in Jerusalem, dsmayed
at the invasion OF the MoabiesBeieve the prophets
God, SO shall ye prosper" And the from New
ork more emphatic than mpassioned has read this por
ton of Jewish history and pressed 1t into his service
Senators OF the free States said he, q" appeal TO you
believe ye the prophets? know you do" And What i
the application OF this oraorical apostrophe grisve
the lamentable descentat the fall from the dignity
style and subject "You know then" he continued "ha
slavery neither works mines quarries does ohe
deeds of utitaran value which he enumerates To be
lsve the prophets In the days of old the safety Of Is
rae to believe the prophets in the days that upon
Is the safety OF mines Of quarries-and Of abolition W.
warned In the time of Saviour that false prophet
should come to seduee "cven the elect" They are al
own God incline the hearts Of the American people
ect their evil counse and to hold precious heri
tage Of Union
consider the senator's address upon that occasion on
OF the most extraordinary displays Of legislative oratory
has ever been my fortune good bad listen TO- How
he yentured upon some Of bis Statements upon many
his assertions and concusons-upon the personal npua
lions which abound in his speech and upon new edition
OF The higherlaw doctrine freshly enuuciated but no
amended confess my inability comprehend. Instead
OF fun commentary upon this enson hs studied par
tisl and preiudcsl history" TO borrow again from iii
senatorial vocabulary prepared for the President shaI
restrict myself TO transferring from II to the Senate
m most salient passages leaving them Almost without
mark 10 tell their story and the objects of their au
thor, and 70 carry with them their own refutauon.
The speech Of the senator must be yet vivid in the reco
lection OF the Senate However intended IL upon u
with Kind Of theatrical effect Instead Of being grav
and severe discussion, BETTING the subject and the lace
much OF took the appearance OF scenic representation
aud we had an Impeachment 10 a COMEDY OF errors
rather than dispassionale statesmsnke investigation
And In this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. justice or party e
the country decdethe honorable senator performed al
the parts necessary TO the success Of the piece First TIN
authori be then assumed the various and incoupruou
characters Of prosecutor Of witness Of defendant and
judge with dus gravity and dignity setting the President
TO the bar OF the Senate conducting the trial and pronoun
cling the condemnation.
If the failure has been signal one those who know III,
senator will be sure TO attribute IL TO the weakness Of tn
cause which could be saved even by the
power Of the advocate.
Aer giving his version OF the troubles In Kansas
nected with the organization and proceedings Of the eQs
ature and IAN obscure and unfair statement Il is"ths
another extract from the speech and spoken Of the Pre
denhe senator enters upon his principal object the 10
serve be says but with the seEconadence Of one VIII,
declares he aware of the gravity of thu charo.a