Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-12-12
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SENATE.
mir. r"afr,. submitted It list "i tl, standing com
iniiIrrS, which were ainpiei, being subSiah'a'iJ vi"
,a,nr Ns those ri the last sessron. MIR. Fran Is aP
pointed OIL foreign relations Instead oi MIR. tIaS'on'
Decreased; MIR. Foster on pubic lands. to supply 81
nilar Vacancy; Mr.. Bigler on commerce., ins'ead vi
Mr.. IIaniin.
On motion of Mr.. Clay. II resolution was adopted
that the cliaplains of different denominations be
elected, who sirall interchange weekly.
Rev. Stephen Il. Hill, of Washington, was tien
elected chaplain.
The Semi" resumed the consideration al the mo
ton to print extra copies "f The President" intsInsr
and accompanying Documents.
Mr.. BIGGER said III" opposition senators had crn
leluned :lc President for speaking ri the people "i
the free States. but ii the same imr IN then s,ric
lures on him they had fallen into the practice which
they condemned in him. The senator from Name
(Mr. Fssscmlcnl had spoken uI the President u al
unworthy son al u free Sinic; and ih" Senator from
Ohio (Mr. Walcl had used terms still mora F"vere.-
But such things were not mlcomInon; very many
teachers in morals and religion had utterly failed in
practising The maxims which they lay down FOR others.
The right of the President To speak on the subject Of
slavery, M ho had done, was clear, and senators had
the unioubtcd right to crItlcise his Opinions III u pro-
per manner.
Mr.. Eiyl.r couII not admit that tho c.urse of the
President was unprecedented, rs had been alleged by
opposition Senators. Gen. Jackson, III one at his
messages, discussed the question al the Bank al lie
United Siairs in such L manner ms Ia correct IN" ms
representations I'll ls political opponents; AMI Piesi'
ilrnt ltlh llU lIStl!SSt'l INC suDIcIl OF III: fAlt"t
war in lIil, u the same manner. II was not only lhr
right but llo duty of the President Ia inform Con
gTrss uI the state of the Union; aud, entertaining his
| views, rs the present Exccu,iv" does, of the danger
orls tendency and 'l"ctriue- Of crriain political parties
in the country, the Obligation un him To- communicate
his opinions To Congress and the country became I'M
pcraiive.
S.nsiois might scout aud discard the reasoning
al lint document n they please, but they should
remember that rra.mien: Washington, even in his
| ,brly day imt ElIIr In lpurIl tip b,u,Iln ..SrIu.i fl.
dangerous Tendencies, al geographical parties III "ur
country aud Efforts /" ARA ~ one section ;ISuins; "I-
other. Tl"ma- Jefferson compared sectional agitn-
ii"i: tuihc Startling rInS al II ilr,r-bc!i ~ tn" night
llr acknowledged that the criticism OF the action Of
4 large class of his fellow ritiNrrrs by tIra preaiLrn!
was II most '!rlirai" Task, aud should only he perform
'd on certain "rrasI"!iH. BGi M ihls instance the
President has confined The severity Of his structures
I" psrt'"nn lenders: those wli" seek poIlt"nl power
and place ut The hazard ui the pe.G" of the country.
lie was cuniidrnt the people would regard tina; re-
hLke as well deserved. Now that the present chIei
uIn%I-traic waS near tl. close ui iis official career.
md when the motives al The speaker could not be-
misunderstood. he would express ls opinion that time
and rNp"ricrcr would prove the wisdom Of the inch
sur's al this administration. and the day was not tar
in the iutnr" w'I"n Tia" purity aud patriotism ri the
l'rc,l,i"m; w"nid tn acknowledged by MI.
Sum" Senators had undertaken Ia determine what
questions had been settled by tin" result oi the late
'i"rfi"n, Smd had taken exception I" the definition
winch had been given by the President i'll his mes
sagr.
One important, fact which had been settled by the
election was, Buchanan amI Iir,rklurid@r would bc
President au,i Vice President Ilur the n-Nr inur yeats;
nid another Tact, siIil more Important, was TINT the
prInrIpI"S nj tho Democratic party, AZ enumerated Al
Cincinnati art "Hv"undri by Mr.. HuChalIan-ih"
most prominent frriur.. bring that the people al The
States vii" w-r" going into the territories shall cmi"y
Iir right Ia DETERMINE The character al their uwn 10
cal institutions III Then own why, including that III
doin":lir ~Siavcry-ilIesc principles wore I" b" IN Has
nscrirlaut until iNil.
Still another fact hal been settled, nnInciy:-llr
modern ana lniscalrd Republican party, against
which Democracy ron!cnI,Hi, hal been iOald III t!r
minority IN * "ul "t Inc ii StatrS, aud had been rc-
| %IiIdInlri IN the uni"n By u Inhj"rily "i one million
three hundred r!r"msnni VOTES, leaving Thai party IN II
minority burger linn all III" v"ies cast for their can
,ilIntr.
The kn"w nothing party had been repu,lislrd i'll 20
"Hf al II States 10y II popular vote al over Nv" inIl'
lions. The Senator'S on the other side $50 III 10 he So
little satisfied with these results That they IEsyr not
carefully examined the Figures.
They claim eleven States. while they have n lnajur-
ity in only ri.lri. He prnc"",Ird to show that the
democratic rnIIy is nnllruai, wilI4 Ia" republican
party l. sectional. In the course Of his rcmIarks on
ia" knnsa- question lr waS interrupted BY Mr.. Wade,
wfu asked whether Mr.. Buchanan was Ia favor oi
making Kansas Il Ire" S.alc !!
Mr.. Bigger replied that the views of Mr.. buchanan
We're lh".r "I deIn"cr,is generally. lie wAs ior al.
lowing the people "t lAr territory mr. Stat" Ia max"
;lIrIr "wn institutions Ia suit themselves: but, liz"
most northern l""rlr, If he could have his ci,nirr, hc
w"'ld, u" doubt, prefer that it Shouts! b" - tree State.
Mr.. Wade farther inquired whether Mr.. Burlniiaa
believed that Tia" people IN u territorial State have
the power l." piInIt "r exclude slavery Al their "wn
will
Mr.. u der replied that he could not speak on that
point Tor Mr.. buchanan. lie U.- perfectly willin. 10
give ms own views on thai Iursl;un. He Was Ut thu
"'i'n"n HAT ilin people. through their local Leglsla-
lure, had iimt power. 81 far, however. ns this imvolv
rI The constitutional ,ir"-ii"n. iip Senate had no
! IlNI..f Ia tlH,.iI. II NAL ti,NI.lr .fIItL.I,s tAi.a al
iIiil'. cn,iscn u-ncc. lie ihrni commented upon Mr..
DuhI's bill "i last sussinn.
Mr.. TrunbuIl rn'iemvurcl 10 gel the floor 20 cnrr"c:
what h" considered II imiSnplrrh-Ii.i"n. bat Mr.. B;@l"r
declined giving way, n II lntcricrcd with The con
tinuity "i his arguments.
Sir. BIglrr, III IMr course of his speech. said hc lid
mol like the BarmmrIl and ltl"it fciI""l -! politicians
vino talk 50 iiiuptn;Iy nbuIi, q Dissolution al The
mon, ns ii 1t had crsI mining: and ~ ii hat event
would r''r"!y the evils at which they complain. lie,
n'"eV"'' iHh great admiration Tor those S"n:hrru
statesmen who 'l.rlTrr that they can stnv i'm iIu. I,ui,u
only III The position ~ rinals.
Mr.. C"llnru"r here "hIaIncI The floor. bat Welded
Ia Mr.. Trumbull, who CAV" his views of Mr.. Dunn's
bill, replyIu. Ia Mr.. BIGGER, an! maintaining the
proviS" therein, which declared that no person should
be rninncipnied hy virtue Of that act. waa Il very
different thing from n provision L. extend slavery. Ia
aHuding to the arrangement u! The standing commit
tees lie thought injustice" had been dnHn Ia the lie.
paGiicans- IN nom. I'll the important committees waS
tl'rr' Il single mcubrr of the Republican party. Ad.
luurncd.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The Pfcsi'irIls annual message Wis read.
Mr.. Campbell Of Ohio, nnv"l it be- referred {" the
committee" f the Whole on the slate al the nniun.-
lie regarded the document IL onr ol the most extra
ordinary ever rmaiaring from tho Executive. II was,
III liz opinion II budget Of Inconsistencies. contain
my srGi"ns charges against Ii large portion of il"
people oi the North, which, lisv. 10 foundation what
ever in fact, which hn could prove. Nearly innr Year,
10Th" President was iu.ugnralcI into office and an
n"rnced 10 the people of ia" country that the rcp"oc
which the Union then enjoyed relative 10 slavery or
rhe Pleasures al lSJH, should receive no shGci: during
hs official term. Yet. ths first srssi"n ui Congress
had scarcely begun before the President, through his
friends III this hall. sought by all the means M his
command 10 rrlrnl the ilme-l"norGd compromise "f
of lS2U. The prutenCc WIS, that it was ncressnry 4"
enable the people Of Nchraskn aud Kansas 10 enjoy
the principles Of The compromise measures "' lHJ''.
That repeal wis carried, aud The rcposc winch had
~ Ion. blessed tho country WAS disturbed, and an
excitement uncuialird IN IT," history vi the pas. WAS
forced on il by his first Uiiicial act AMI Influence ard
the Union sirakon Ia lis very centre. Now that he II
retiring from Office, he arraiGns n vast minority al
the people ut the free States rs guilty oi making war
81 the constitutional rights "f the South. Tie Pro-
sldrnr had been condemned by n majority Of ;iH',nOn
lrcclnrn.
MIR. kri!t inquired whether Mr.. Campbell took the
Fremont and Fillmore v"tc together {" make up that
najrri;y.
MIR. Campbell replied alirmaiively.
Mr.. kcitt asked wheili"r he regarded ilI" support.
es of Mr.. Fillmore at the North rs anti rbraka and
IN favor OF trecauii,m1
Mr.. Campbell thought there YVES moi II single mem
her III This lIpIse belonging &" the Fillmore party "i
the North who did not. when before the people, OPP
,rsc the principles of the Nchraska bill; and he ven
iur-d to ray ;hnl there wns not one maI ont III every
hundred who supported Mr.. ri!lrn"r" VIII" DID moi
oppose ll,- rcpcul al the Missouri Compromise. l-
condemned sluaiter sovereignty as deIeudcd by tbs
buchanan party of ihn North. This party IN that
section assumed that II WIS more reliable than either
the Fillmore az Fremont p":ty. IA voice. "fh"t II
So" |, clnimcI Ia l.. in favor of the freedom al
Kansn., and tina. IhD-" who voted for MIR. Dunn's
bill had voted {" l"gi,laic and rrrpcinHie slavery IN
Kansas, nvowiry at the snruc time, by the terms 81
the Nebraska bill, that slavery was excluded from
That Territory.