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the memorial geInanated from men who were IN
rebellion against the laws of the countI
Mr.. Seward regarded It IS mpaFitiyelY an
unimportant question whether the memorial be
printed OF not as he had already seen it IN
Journal circulating fifty-t thousand copies, there
fore it would be read BY the world at any rate
and ne thought It would be prepe to PRINT 4 Is
a matter Of conrtesr
Mr. Butler reiterated his former objections 10 |
the motion.
Mr.. Hamlin desired memorial to be printed
Tor his u5yn2ihf formation SO he could act under
Standlngty on the question Of the admission OF
hanSaS under: the present State CcnStltutlon.-i
lie thought the most striking parallel which
could be found for the treatment the Senators
were inclined to bcstow on this memorial, by lay
ing 1t on the table or rejecting it, was the CON
duct OF Lord North when the petitions OF the
\. American Colonies were laid before the Brit |
ISL Parliament. II
Mr. Butler replied that if those petitions were |
brought forward in violation of parliamentary
rules, Lord North did his duty in opposing them.
If the motion to print the memorial should pre-
vail, he should regard it as the greatest CON
contempt ever offered to the South.
Mr.. Hale read the concluding paragraph, to
show that the mcmorialists contemplated no re-
hellion, but merely asked for admission into the
Union on an equality with the States which had
preceded them. ~
Mr.. Douglass replied saying this was not a
parallel case, Congress had passed a law author
izing the people of Missouri to form n constitu-
ton and state government preparatory to adj
mission into the Union. In the present instance
not only were the proceedings at the Topeka
convention unauthorized by Congress but were
revolutionary and rebelliouS. He could not re-
cognize Kansas as state either in or out of the
Union, in consequence of anything they had
done without authority or law.
Mr.. Yule, said that under the rules of Senate
inous consent was required to suspend the rules
he should demand they be adhered to, the chair
decided that the motion to print must go to the
committee on printing.
Mr.. Butler was unwilling the memorial should
take that course
Mr. Cass explained that in presenting the me
mortal he by no means endorsed its statements,
he had Away made it a principle to present
every petition which he had been asked to pre-
sent it was not for him to investigate the justice
or injustice Ct allegations in the memorial, that
being the duty of the committe on territories to
which it was referred.
| Mr.. Bayard thought that men who were in di-
rect antagonism to the laws, had no claim to be
Mr.. Mason submitted a resolution resembling
the reference of the memorial to the CON- on
Territories.
Messrs Trumbnll and Bayard then entered
into general discussion of the Kansas ques-
| ton.
Mr.. Pug!, after carefully examining the doeu
ment, said he believed it was not the original pa
per; the signatures being all in the same band
writing, and there arc many ensures and inter
Ilincations.
Mr.. Crittenden would vote against the resolu-
ton, with viewto suppress all designs to S, DIS
tdrb the peace ofthe Union He wanted to know
Iif the publication in the Now York papers was
identical with the petition presented here, with
its crasnres.
Mr.. Seward could not tel, not having COM
Epared the two. He thought such criticisms un-
worthy the great question involved; they would
'noreibecome a croSS-examinatlon OF witness
i'll court.
Mr.. Crittenden was proud of being lawyer.
He would rather be professional lawyer than a
professional politician.
Mr.. Seward disclaimed any imputation on the
legal profession; it was the criticisms on the
chirogrophy of the petition to which he had adj
vcrted.
| Mr.. Benjamin believed the document to be an
imputlent forgery. Men whose names are ap
pended to it are now fugitives from justice, and
why should further notice be taken of this inso-
lent memorial. He condemned Prof Silliman a
sacreligiousIy Decorating the house of God by
incendiary appeals to the people of Connecticut
for money and arms to fight the Govt 1t is
desire for power, more than for freedom, which
iasrigatcs these lawless and revolutionary pro-
ccedings. Let the obscure petition sleep where
| it is.
Mr.. Rush spoke of the 'sacrcd scoundrcls"
who disgrace the pulpitin connection. with Kan
sas. He did not believe the memorial had ever
been in Kansas, blit that it was forgery and a
rehash of much that has already been said on the
! subject.
/ Mr. Stuart understood that Mr.. Cass would
make statement rs to the genuincness of this
paper, and that the latter was not himself salts
! fed on the subject
Mr.. Butler believed Mr. Gass presented the
memorial from motives honorable at heart, but
voices cried out print it. in violation of rules,
he had a different opinion, for the memorial was
branded as a fraud and forgery. He believed if
Christ should come to the earth with all the Pu-
| ritz of principles, he would be banished from
the confedcracy by those fanatics, as Christ was
drove from the temple by the money changers
| and sellers of doves, yet the money changers
| claimed to have the purity of doves. Qaughter)
AIR Gass said that within the few minutes he
had an interview with the person who had hand
ed him the memorial to present, it was only ne
cessary to remark that he was not satisfied that
the paper was one which ought to be acted on
| Thy the Senate.
AIr. Hale said if he was satisfied this paper
was not genuine, he would be the last to take
any advantage of it He thought Mr.. Benjamin
had done infinite Injustice to that honorable and
good man, Prof Silliman. 1t was not his and
others intention, as charged, to make war a.
gainst the Government, but they were driven to
It by the latr of self defence The federal prom
Uses have been proved lie.
Mr.. Seward repliedto several Senators who
essayccl to involve in the alleged fraud Regard
ing the memorial he had seen the gentleman
WHO handed the.paper to Mr.. SCass for prcsenta-
| ton. Col Lane, who authorized him to say that
before ne left Kansas he saw paper, he did not
say the identical paper in chirOgraplly, but saw
the memorial OF which this is the substance and
text, signed by all the members of the Kansas
Legislature know the Senator from Texas
(R1sh) to be brave and honorable man and a
lover Of freedom, but when it becomes necessary
for me to resort TO an exhibition of conrage, 1t
will he time enough for him to taunt with
Mr. Mason said no one stood up to fYindicate
Col. Lane as a fair and honorable man. If a
man is known by the company he Keeps, the