Nebraska advertiser., 1856-09-13
COrregpoDaepee Of the n. y. Courier and ENQUIRER
FROM WAsHTKGT0N.
WASHINGTON, Monday, Aug. IS.

AC4LtOAJNs AAOAANy 1 49,
The Committee of Waysand Means
this morning, decided by a vote of 5
to 8, to report no new Army bill. Mr..
Campbell, the Chairman, proposed a
bill with a prOvisO repeating the Kan
sas acts, and appointing FIVE commits
sioners to settle the difficulties. The
proposition was voted down.
Senators Jones and Bigler desire to
repeal the worstof the Kznsas spurious
laws, and that motion viii be made to-
morrow.
The feeling of the Senate nowis to
sit the session through until next
March, unless the army bill IS sooner
passed. An effort win be made to
take M the regular orders of business,
Notwithstanding they agreedin caucus
TO do nothing until the army bill was
disposed Of.
WAsHNGroN, Aug. 26.
SENATEZMr. Crittenden asked
leave to introduce a bin to alter and
amend the Kansas-N Nebraska act.
Mr.. Weller said he was wiling to
do all in his powet to obyiate existing
difficulties. The House had, in a differ
enct form, expressed their dissentfrom
the Laws of the Kansas Legislature,
and he agreed with that body, that
some Of those laws violate not only
the organic act, but the Constitution
Of the United States. He was, there
fore, anxious to wipe the obnoxious
lawsof Of Che statue booksas infamous
and atrocious in their character. i
such a bin be passed, he thought there
weuld be no difficulty ia passing the
army appropriation bin.
Mr.. Bayara regarded Mr.. Weller
bin as Of ne more effect than a decla-
ration Of rights, and, as snch, could
vote for It. He was free to admit thai
some Of the laws Of Kansas were
shocking to the moral sense of the
community, and that some of then
invaded natural rights. Such laws, he
was willing, by q declaration ofrights
to abrogate, because that sas the only
way II which Congress could act.
Mr.. Mason voted for and approved
the bill passed May, 1854, to organic
the Territories of Nebraska and Kan
sas, because it gave the people tn,
right to regulate their domestic inst.
buttons in their own way. This bill
proposed to undo that work and pre-
scribe how far they should be free t,
make their own institutions and il
what respect they should not be thu.
Free This proposition did not NICE
his appropriation. He would move Il
lay upon the table every proposition
of that kind until they who wer,
endeayoring to carry into effect thei
revolationary purposes should be re
duced to submission.
Mr.. Weller said he was one of tn
last Senators that would sympathis
with the House in its factious cours
on the Army bin. The only obiec
which he had in view was to do wha
the Senator had done some three O
four weeks ago, and the bill which h
offered was no more nor less than on
section of that bill which the Senat
has passed, but which, for some reason
or other had been suffered to slumbe
on the Speakers table. But as th.
House find so much fault with the op
pressive Laws Of Kansas, and he woul,
admit some of them were oppressive
and Infamous as any laws which ha.
ever found their way upon their statut
book Of a free people in any age Of tn
world, Why should the Senate hesitat
tos0eclare them null and void? As b
had before declared, many Of ther
were not only in derogaton Of til
organic laws, but Of the Constitutio
of the United States. Freedom {
speech was guaranteed By the const
tuition, but by some of these laws
was denied. When he found Law
which were IN conflict with the const
tuition, he did not chooseto wait for til
judiciary, but wanted to wipe thel
out at once.
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