The daily union., 1856-04-05
CONTINUATION OF THE KANSAS DEBATE BY SEN
ATORS COLLAMER AND DOUGLAS.

Mr. Colamer occupied two and half hours yesterday
in finishing his argument the Kansas question His
manner continued to be courteous and dgnifed with an
occasional episode of waggery TO the oloe aud must
say that whilst we dissent totally from his conclusions
ss we'll many of his facts be showed that he had inves
tgated the subject with great labor His leading object
Yesterday was to the position of Judge Douglas that
if 1t be admitted that there frauds in the dis
trics in Kausas in which Gov eeder withheld certificates
still that he gave certificates large majority, whr
stutad the legislature valid body Mr. Colamer under
took by detailed reference the documents to prove
that illegal given several other districts be
sides the seven in which certificates withheld He
showed that whilst the taken by order of the
governor in February showed only three thousand
voters yet that by the returns OF the elections in
March, the number of voters was six thousand, and
hence he inferred that there three thousand lille
gal votes Judge Douglas in his reply showed that the
immigration to Kansas commenced in the preceding
-too late for the settlers to make crops to provide
against the inclemencies of the wnterthat they had
only time to mark out their claims and erect temporary
shantss before the cold weather came on when large
numbers of tneIa geH TO the nearest settlements and
Others Illinois and Iowa and other States whence they
had emgrated TO remain during the winter AS soon as
they heard that the bad ordered an election in
March, they FASTENED back to their Claims and in this
way the great difference in the number of voters in Febru
airy and March YES accounted for.
Mr. Coamer undertook to defend the Topeka free-Stae
party against the charge of rebellion made against them
and for this purpose relied upon the proceedings Of
two meetings of that party in which there evi
dence of revolutionary character. Judge Douglass
ply this point vas Overwhelming. He showed that
Mr. Coamer had overlooked suppressed the proceed
Dgs of other meetings of the party Al both of
which force to bloodshed, expressly
threatened in peaceable of resisting
the laws of the legislature should fail One of these
ngs the constitutional convention at which Mr. Della
hay the member elect Congress by the feeate party
denounced their proceedings as rebsllious
Mr. Coamer closed his speech by rebukipg democrats
for calling him and bis friends sbotonists and black
pubcans and other odous epthes lie denied being an
abOlitonst black republican, and though it
be regretted that the people iu Europe had been led
the of supposng that the republicans black
Judge Douglas reorted that the lecture With
bad grace from who in the habit Of char
scerzing the democrats the slave power in the govern
ment thereby making the impression that the democratic
party governed and controlled by slaves.
Judge Douglas referred with decided effect the adms
sion of Nr. Coamer that the people Of Territory had
right when they formed their constitution for adms-
sion State to adopt or prohibit slavery, as they
pleased Mr.. Seward nterposed, (Mr Collamer having
left the SenAte and said that Mr.. Colamer had not
made that admission, but that be had said that after
their admission State they could either ndopi or abo
sh slavery. Mr.. Toombs spoke out and said Judge
Douglas right Mr.. Seward withdrew his correction
when Judge Douglas proceeded to expose in elo
qpent terms the injustice that had been done him and
the other supporters Of the Kansas BILL in the charge ha
mtted that the principle Of that bill right lie
nued for half hour in strain Of bold animated and
powerful eoquence TO aagn the leaders of the bacre
publican party lie charged that they had started
tvesave law abolition Of the slave trade between the
and abolition Of slavery In the District of Coum-
ba that Il was these issues by the help of knownoth
ingsm they bad obtained the control in the House Of Rep
esentsves but that they lowering their flag
dodgug from their ssues and preparing cheat the
country by running candidate for the presidency who
not identified with these ssues He challenged the oppos
ton full and fair discussion Of the issues and closed
amidst unusual demonstration Of applause in the gal
leries which promptly rebuked by the President Mr.
Gsyer obtained the foo when tho Senate adjourned over
to Monday.
Tup prxnrSu c.NvASS IN CoNNpcTIruT