Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-30
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
TUESDAY, July 80.


TUESDAY, July 80
After our report closed
The Army Appropriation bill was passed--s9
to so.
Mr.. DUNN, of Indiana, called up the motion,
made by him on the 9th of February last, to re-
consider the vote referring to the Committee OF
the Whole the bill to annul certain acts of the
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas,
and to secure to the citizens of said Territory their
rights and privileges, reported from the Commit
tee on Territories by Mr.. Grow, of Pennsylvania.
Mr. COBB, of Georgia, moved that the motion
to reconsider be laid on the table; which motion
did not prcvail--yeas 50, nays 80.
The motion to reconsider was then agreed to,
and the question recurring on the motion that the
bill be referred to the Committee of the Whole it
was put and decided in the negative.
The question being on the engrossment and
third reading of the bill E...
MEDIUM, of Indiana, moved substitute there
for, and demanded the previous question.
This substitute is of considerable length. 1t
provides for an entire reorganization of the Ter
ritory, and forbds the Legislative Assembly from
passing any er post tacto law, or laws impairing
the validity of contracts, abrdging the freedom of
speech or of the press, requiring any property
qualification or religious test for the right to VOTE
hold Office, or practice law, or serve on juries in
any court of Justice neither is any person entitled
to any of said privileges to be required to take
oath or affirmation to support any law other than
the Constitution of the United States; nor are
cruel or unusual punishments to be allowed, nor
reasonable bail to be refused to any person accused
Of any crime except treason and MURDER nor in the
latter case unless the proof is evident or the pre-
sumption great. 1t further provides that all Grim
inal prosecutions now pending in any Of the courts
of the Territory of Kansas imputing to any person
or persons the crime of treason against the United
States, and all criminal prosecutions, by informa
ton or indictment, against any person or persons
for any alleged violation disregard whatever of
what are usually known as the laws of the Legis-
lature Of Kansas, shall be forthwith dismissed by
the courts where such prosecutions may be pend
ing, and every person who may be restrained of his
liberty by reason of any of said prosecutions is to be
released therefrom without delay nor is there
hereafter to be instituted any criminal prosecution
in any of the courts of the United States or of
said Territory against any person or persons for
any such charge of treason in said Territory prior
to the passage of this act or any violation or dis
regard of said legislative enactments at any time
It also repeats so much of the Kansas-N ebraska
act as abrogates the Missouri compromise but any
person lawfully held to service in either Kansas
Nebraska is not to be discharged from such SER
vice by reason of such repeal it such person shall
be permanently removed from the said Territories
prior to January lst 1858.
>Mr. LA VI NEW OTh, dppchiCu W blS Scu-
tleman to withdraw his demand for the previous
question, in order that he might submit to the
House the proposition of which he had given
notice.
Mr.. DUNN, however, insisted on his motion ;
which the House sustained.
Mr.. SNEED, of Tennessee, moved that the whole
subject be laid on the table; which motion was de-
cded in the negative-Yeas n, nays %.
The question was then taken on the substitute
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The bill, as thus amended, was then read u third
time and passed by the following vote:
YEAS--Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball, Barbour
Benson, bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw, Brenton, Bufinps
ton, Campbell of Pennsylvania Campbell of Ohio
Chaffee, Cawson, Colfax, Comns, Gov ode, Cumback
Edwards, Emrie, Flagler, Giddings, Gilbert, Gran
ger, throw, Hall of Massachusetts, HARLAN, Harrison,
Haven, Holloway, Horton of New York, Horton If
Ohio, Hughst.n, Kelsey, King, Knapp, Knight
Knowlton, Knox, Kunkel, Matteson, McCarty Miller
Of N York, Moore, Morgan, Morrill, Nichols Norton,
Oliver of New York, Parker, FELTON, Perry, Petit,
Pringle, Purviance, Richie, Sabin, Sage, Sapp
shel man. Simmons, Spinner, Stanton, Stranahan,
Walbridge, Waldron, Washb,un of Wisconsin,
Washburn of Illinois, Washburn of Maine, Wat
son, WEIGH, Wells, Wood, Woodruff, and Woodwork
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Barksdale, Bell, bowie,
Branch, Broom, Burnett, Campbell of kentucky,
Garlic, Caruthers Csske, Cobb of Georgia. Cobb Of
Alabama, Cox, Craige, Crawford, cullen, Davidson,
Davis Of Maryland, Denver, Dowdell, Edmundson,
English Faulkner, Foster, Goode, Greenwood Harris
of Maryland Harris Of Alabama, Harris of illinois,
Houston Jewett, Jones of Tennessee Jones of Penn
sylvanis, Kennett Kidwcll, Lake, Letter, Lumpkin.
II. Marshall Of Kentucky, Marshall of Illinois, Mar,
well, Miller Of Indiana, Millson, Packer, Peck,
Phelps, Powell, Puryear, Quitman, Reade, Ready,
Ricaud, Rivers, Rufin, Savage, Shorter, Smith Of
Tennessee, Smith of Virginia, sneed, Stephens,
Stewart swope, taylor, Tnppe,. Underwood, Walk,
Walker, Warner, Watkins, Winslow Wright Of
Mississippi, Wright Of Tennessee, and Zollicoffer
IA
The title was then amended so as to read "A
billEt reorgsnize the Territory of Kansas and for
other purposes"