New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-04

for a NIGHT Session. The Senators are maui" =. :.
their seats except Mr.. HAMLTS, who mas nv 'o'
returned from Maine, Mr.. FISH, l"no' :.
hard has party to- night and some u.".i =,
xybosc pre,epce / feel little interest "'u''o
c. uo,, s, IA are on hand and wide awake
A.. Cr,-.nr ha, Given briefly his reasons ior op-
posing the bill regarding it as ony "osv %
nro,ct for completing the suejusa"on o' Na"'as 70
Ssyerv In its best aspect II is o'' auo'".' Uv~ g
- proposed by those who rfPuoa'ea 'nA' Vi
PaOn n "a he considered the day of Compromises
pact. ..a,ouno, rose exceedingly
81 and angry and poured torrent OF toier-
IT, c,,,,d,d inyective on Mr.. Stewards head Tor
r.nel,inr further compromises lie (Mr' u con-
s;d.red compromises frequently necessary 70 save
the country and the Union, and he should consider
both in their last peril when compromise "eto az
an end. lie (Mr. c. was willing to 40 almost
sn,.hirg 10 settle this Kansas trouoi', put coulu
not suppose Mr.. Wilson serious In proposing 10
rep. Al q tirely the acts of the bogus Legislature
Of Kansas. That would be to Install aaarcuy ih-
stead of restoring peace. Nor could he (Mr C.)
,b;pk Mr.. Seward in earnest in proposing the ad-
miss
Constitution Bat any amendments to the present
hill which did not too seriously affect its funda-
mental provisions he would cheerfdlls assent to.
Mr.. Critenden's speech was quite forcibly uttered,
but all its ideas were repeated about three uules'
ard il was 6isfgured by mean, nsidous filings at
Gov Seward az an agitator demagogue, &c,
which could hope would have been modified had
~ boa do ri
As Mr.. Crittenden closed, Gov. Seward with
others, tried to get the floor. The Chair gave
il to
Mr.. CLAYTON, who spoke in iavorof cancellation
and peace, without assailing or mpugnlng the mo-
tiyes Of any one. He was willing to vote for
amendments to render the bill more acceptable
TO the minority, and instanced the (bogus) laws
Of Kansas, forbiddDg any one to write or speak IL
con,ra,enton of the right to hold slaves in Kansas
under penalty of the State prison, as one OF the
provisions he would repeal. That denying the
Right of Suffrage, or a license to practice law,
sc. to apv one who would not swear allegiance
TO the Kansas Nebraska act and the Fugitive
SlayeLaw was another. He objected also to
that provision of the Election Law Of Kansas which
declares that every man who offers to vote shall
be presumed legal voter until the contrary is
shown.
Mr.. TooMBs here interrupted to assert that this
is the rule in every State and cited the Election
Law of Delaware to the same effect
Mr.. CLAYTON insisted that Mr.. T. did not I'M
derstand the matter-that Della ware had no such
iaw-and he was confident that no provision equiv
nlent to this in Kansas existed in any State OF the
Union. He would strike it out.
Mr.. HALE next obtained the floor. He had al
ready stated that many provisions of this bill ap-
peared to him fair and just; but he could not or'
get that the selection Of Commissioners, who are
to give it vitality, was cOnfded to the PRESIDENT
who had allowed the people of Kansas to be
framped under the feet Of the Border Rutiians.
He had no confidence in the President and he
could rot vote to place the liberties of Kansas
completely in his power. And beside, if Senators
were so 30 anxious to compromise and settle these
Kansas difficulties, why not begin by restoring that
Compromise which had 80 long exerted healing
and soothing inHuence-the Missouri Compromise
OF 1920!
10 o'elock.-M TOOMBs was next recognized
by the Chair, and proceeded to abuse Gov. Seward
for half an hour as bis ruffian nature prompted,
charging him with dishonesty, false pretense, per-
jury and moral treason, without one word of re-
buke from the Chair. Because Gov. s. is unxill-
ing ~ suspend the decision of the mighty issue OF
Freedom or Slavery for Kansas on a vote of the
preseLt residents Of that Territory, after all the
active Free State men have been murdered, imprls-
Oned on indictments for treason or hunted from the
Territory, Toombs had the iusOlence to accuse him
of knowing that the Free-State men were never
nsolity in Kansas while falsely pretending the
contrary. No one who did not hear it can realize
the coarseness of this attack throughout and no re-
port will do it justice, for the ferOcy and swagger
of the manner was constant aggravatiOn of the
brutality Of the matter.
Toombs was utterly reckless of history and facts.
Thus he repeatedly asserted that this same Terri
tory Of Kansas was open to the admission OF Sla-
very until Rufus King bestowed the Missouri Re
striction upon it in 1920. Now the Missouri Re
striction on Slavery in the Territory which included
Kansas was first moved in the Senate by Mr.
Thomas of H., and in the House by Mr.. Stcrrs of
NY, (both Democrat and the bill which embO-
died it passed in opposition to the vote of MIR.
King. And beside, though Mr.. King was FEEDER
alist, large majority Of the supporters of this
Restriction, including its leading champions in
Congress, were Democrats including Jonathan
Roberts, James Tallmadge, Henry W. Taylor, in
Congress, and William Duane Editor of The Au-
7ora, the Democratic organ of Mr.. Jeaerson's era.
The Legislatures of New York and Pennsy lvania,