Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-07-04
CONGRESS-.
WEDNESDAY,, June IS.

/ Emgnlt Aid Society, setting forth the OBJ
| Jocts OF the organization, and stoting that
| they have beon much misrcpresentcd by the
majority report OF the Committee on Terri
tories. They say that their society did not
] cause the trouble in Kansas, having never
| uirngod any law, nor intcricrcd with the
| peaceful execution Of it; that they have ne
| yer invested a dollar m any munitions of war
/ that they have mover sent electors into Kan
sas, nor hired any man except as business
/ agent 10 60 there that they have never paid
/ the passage Of q single emigrant nor is it
within the knowledge Of the company that
any person has gone out under their auspices
with any other views than those OF settling
and staying in the Territory. They also
represent that their property has been de-
stroyCd in the recent outbreaks, and pray
that The offenders may be brought to Justice.
aud compensation be made Tor the losses
and injuries they h7vc received. The pc
tiuon was referred 10 Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Johnson cook exceptions 10 some of
/ Mr. Stewards comments yesterday. on the
conduct OF Mr. Rust in assaultlng Horace
/ Greeley, somc time ago.
Mr.. Seward yintlcatcd the correctness of
what be said, according 20 the flcts 500 far us
+ they we're within his knowledge aud recol.
/ lection. He did not however, at the time,
remember the precise grounds on which The
/ attack was made.
Mr. Foster alluded to the passage Of the
/ Nebraska bill, and said: At about the hour
/ OF midnight on the 2jth OF May, 1854, the
darkness which then envelopad the earth
/ yielded to the light Of the coming day, but
/ the darkness and gloom which had been
( caused by that bill did not pass away, but
/ hud been increasing until It now developed
/ the land with a broad black shadow Mr..
FoJter spoke with earnestuess in defence of
/ the Emigrant AID Society and indicated
/ Professor Silman and the Rev Mr. Bcechrr
I and Mr. Dutton. The meeting 90 New lla-
ven ia Mr.. Duuon's church was 10 bid fare
well TO their friends who were about to leave
for Kansas, and the arms furnished were
merely for scli-defcnsc. 1t was a significant
/ fact that not one OF that party who were
| thus furnished with Smrp's rifles had ever
[ been engaged many Of the disturbances To-
/ that territory.
II Prof Sliman had no stone cast at him
except by those who had done more than he
for the good Of his race, he would be much
more likely TO attain the age of Mcihusclah
than suffer the mariyrdom Of Stephen Mr..
r. maintained that with slavery in the
States the general government has no pow
er, and that where there was no power there
was no responsibility, and there should be
no intormcddIug. The existence of sIa-
very 10 the territories was 80 entirely differ
ent matter Being unsuccessful 10 discover
ing what was the great principle I'D the Kan
sas out be held the old doctrine VIZ: that
Congress bias exclusive p1Ver over the mat
ter II slavery was right be must be wrong
he would recommend thlt wherever slavery
exists 90 the territories, that % De abolished
and wherever 10 did uol that It should be
forbidden.
Mr.. Benjamin expressed bis satisfaction no
the tono and temper OF Mr. Fosters speech
It being So different from what he had been
accustomed Oh hear from those entertaining
such opinions ou the subject of slavery
The matter bad been discussed 200 a manner
emlnenty becoming a Senator representing
sovereign State Of the contederscy.
On motion Of Mr.. Weller, the Kansas
bill, aud an the proposed amendments were
then rec0mmlted to the committee Oh Terri
tories.
Adjourned
llouss.-lho House passed the bill au-
| thorsing the President, 10 cause TO be de-
lyercd at the expense Of the United States
| to Utah aud New Mexico such arms as they
are entitled to under existing laws.
The bin establishing two additional land
I districts in Kansas was tabled by twenty-slx
majority.
The ball for the ADMISSION OF Kansas into
{ the Union with The Topeka Constitution was
/ reported from the Committee on Territories
and was considered
Mr. Grow SAID. on rho JOth Of Ney, ic5i,
] 3D. not j ..sf,
| Territory, and that me Consns of 1898
showed zoos voters, bat al the election
/ which chose the Legislature that enacted a
/ code Of laws for kansa there were 633l
/ votes Those laws the people believe OPP
pressive and wrong, and emanated from the
usurpauon of Legislative power They are
| not not bound by considerations OF justice
and right, 10 submit Ia them. Senator Clay
ton recently declared those acts 10 be uuex-
/ ampIed, and plpaby unjust aud oppressive.
and some of them unconstitutional. besides
/ being Insulting 10 honorable men who might
! differ from him on political questions. The
( people of the Territory believing that re-
/ sistarce to tyranny Is obedience to God,
/ called convention, 100 constitutional and
/ legal way, and adopted a constitution, at To-
peka. Mr. Grow gave history of the al.
tendanI proceedings, and spoke of the diff
cuIues 10 Kansas, and of the irultless Efforts
OF The federal authorities to suppress them.
Mr.. stephens gave notice Of his inten.
/ ton TO submit substitute for the pending
/ bull, 10 guard against all the evils Of which
Mr.. Grow complained
Mr. Smith Of Tennessee, said reason, not
/ passion, ought TO reign. We have passed
/ through many scenes Of disturbance since
the adoption Of the Constitution. The pub
lie mind was willing to come to reasonable
conclusion on the questions which have divi-
/ ded all sections OF the country. The gen
| tleman from Pennsylvania denounced the
! Executive for a failure to enforce The laws,
or Partially IN their execution bat some
men in the South utter similar complaints
This furnished the highest evidence that
the President has nobly done his duty 10 the
entire country. This was not time for re-
/ elimination, but, II possible, at once 10 quiet
l the prevalent excitement. lie thought the
bill recently introduced into the Senate by
| Mr.. Toombs equitable ard Just, and based on
principle, so far as slavery Is concerned, on
which all men who love the Union could
unite Mr. Smith believed that both sections
nave acted Imprudcntly regarding the Kan
sas difficulties, which are fast bringing into
dlsrepute the far fame of our republic. The
President has done all in his power TO pre-
vent usurrecton, and preserve the public
peace, and he was gratfed to know that the
efforts Of the executive were likely 10 sue
coed. But Congress has done nothing, not
withsanding the recommendations OF the
President for the adoption of additional
measures to secure equality,
Mr.. Grow moved To recommit the bill to
the Committee On Territories.
Mr. Dunn said he understood Mr. Grows
design was to prevent the bilI from going
before the Committee of the Whole on the
state Of the Union. lie hoped, however,
that BILL involving so many important prn
cples, would be sent there, 80 that it might
have tho widest discussion. Experience
had shown that 1t was the best place for that
purpose. Amendments may there be offered
aud fully debated. If what appeared in the