New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-12
XXXIVTH CONG K ESS
FIRST SESSION.
SENATE. .WAsHIscros, Asg. IL, 1856


TO what measur 90 had been taken by THIS Govefnment
with regard to the propositions adopted the Congress
Of the Allied Powers Of Europe recently heid fa'-
respecting the abolition of privateeiing ana the doc
,rne that free chips make free goods. Mason said
1t was somewhat remarkable thai these ro"en should
have presented theee propositions a. new question.
when It was known that the United states ha1 con- |
tended for their adoption since the foundation Of
this Government
Mr.. PEARCE reported joint resolution transfer |
ring from the State to the Interior Department the
duty of distributing 10 public Libraries and colleges the
printed documents for that purpose II also author
lies the giving Of such documents to the Boards OF
Trade and Chambers of Commerce throughout the
country.
Mr. PEARCE then reported the House bill for the
purchase Of DR.. Kane's works on the exploration OF
the Arctic Seas.
Mr.. DOUGLAS, from the Committee on Territories
reported back the House bill to reorganze the Ieir-
tow of Kansas with written report which takes the
ground that the Senate bill now before the House is
the best plan for the pacihcaton OF hansae tha' the
Senate can device. 1t then recommends thst me
House bill be laid the table "a test vote on s
rejection.
Mr.. COLLAMER, from the Committee On Terrific
rie, 70 whom was referred bill from the House Of
REPRESENTATIVES entitled I" An Act to Reorganize the
Territory of Kansas ard for other purposes, sub
mits the following Minority Report:
,, all levisla,ion the true actual condition Of the
country TO which is to apply should be and must be
regarded in order to ascertain what WIN DE the prop
able effect Of such ma. 'ne Presen. con
d;,ion Of Kansas for which legislation now proposed
and what IL the legislation adapted to that condition
II IL condition is peaceful and prosperous let It pro
coed under the law which has produced and Is ad.
vancipg such prosperity H. On ane Usde hnnd
!, ust be equally clear that legislation should change
ard correct the measures and causes which have pro-
duced this condition
amply sufficient for the present purpose The Territory
on he 3Oth March, 1885, the day for the election Of
tie Territorial Legislature, was invaded oy armed
bands Of men from Missouri, who dispersed
and by violence and intimidation drove the inhab-
itants from the polls, and by their own votes
elected members of the Legislature in al the cleo
ton districts but tits Legislature, so elected
nv force and fraud, by the people of Missouri,
vens and presumed to egslate tor the Iernt !y OF
Kansas ard TO oppoint officers T." "'""''-
,o,. vi lns atrocious invasion and assumption
was open, avoved, and well known to sl-that is TO
establish and sustain the institution Of Domestic Slavery
in that Territory, thus acknowledging that, if left TO
mote it. The laws adopted by this usurpng Legislature
were framed in all their aspects TO secure the
| purpose for what it had been intended-to
| cppIess harraes ard exclude all those opposed 10
Slavery then in ssid Territory to procure their depart
ure and to deter all others, entertaining such views,
from entering the Territory for settlement Under the
color of the laws thus made of the affairs Of the Ter
ritOry and pe Ope under their cOunenance and direc
ton have perform ed acts Of violence and atrocty
shocking to every sentiment of justice and purity. The
Executive of the nation declares that those laws shall
be enforced with the whole power of the Government,
and the people informed by the commander of the
army there that he cannO. protect them, even from
the lawless acts of the Territorial militia and the Mar
shas and Sheriff. posse, because they act under the
color of law At the same time il is insisted
that if they attempt to protect Themselves, it
must be treated as a resistance 10 lawful authority.
large part of the people there Justly regard the
acts Of that usurppg Legislature utterly void and
A Constitution a N
aress for admission as State, which wss adopted by
votes of a large majority of the inhabitants of said
Territory, and measures were taken to organize O
Provisional Government under the same subject to the
action of Congress thereon Congress having We. taken
&c definite econ, when the people again attempted to
hold meeting, peacefully and unarmed, further to
forward that object, they were fOrcbly dispersed by
the United States Dragons. The mon who were most
active in this matter Of State Constitution have been
arrest d and indicted, and held in durance a.
guilty OF treason or constructive treason, and guarded
by United States foldiers under the c)mmsrd of the
President OF the United State. These proceed.
Jugs have naturally led to some violent acts of
resistance and retaliat on, and bad men hOm
distance have gathered there to take advantage
of these scenes of viol-nce, to crafty their swess
and cupdiiy; those laws and the acts done under
color of Them have in great measure had their de-
signed effect, and driven large numbers OF the Free
State end other peaceabe people from the Territory.
The people of Missouri, and others uniting in their
purposes, have forciby turned back large paites of
tmgrants from the Free States attempting to enter
w.
souri River; and large numbers armed bodies
gathered along the borders of tn" Territory to
guard it against the access OF said emigrants by land
This condition Of that country so aiomslous and
unprecedented, inconsistent with this eng htened
age injurious to the character of the Government
OF this country under whose jurisdiction it exists sud
dangerous in its continuance and tendencies, lead
us to inquire what cause has produced it, Nothing Of
this kind has before existed IN relation to any
Of Territories The cause is perfectly obvious to
every man in our country. 1t is the novel attempt
Mo 30 thaf
county under proclamation to them, that
they should have it for Free or for Slave labor, as
they should Themselves determine. In order to enter
upon the experiment, Congress, ia 1854 vacated the
Compromise, which questered all the country
north Of SO deg 80 min to be free from Slavery forever
They destroys that statute of compromise and repOse
which the bond of peace for more than one-ttrd
of century. They broke up that condition of quiet
ness on the subject of Slavery in the Territories. Con-
gress in the Nebraska-Kansas bill not only provided
that when admitted as States, they should be admitted
as Free or Slave S,afes as they should desire as hsd
been done in New Mexico; but they proceeded to re-
peal the Missouri Compromise, compromise line that
prohibited Slavery and declared that tue people should
be perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic
institutions in their own way. This was the
of all the trouble which has transpired there.
The nvssion from Missouri, and all the violence and
outrage done under color Of the lave produced
before stated but ehOits to establish Slavery a
domestic institution, perfectly free and in their
way. Paliation excuse for this violence and law
lesIess is much urged by the President, and in the
S0utD by ntdpDg unIOunuou eAscfdtolr On the Mas
sachusets Emgrant Aid Society; but Southern enIi.
grant, actually hired by savehoding associations,
find difficulty in entering the Territory and are
employed az Msnhal pose under pay. How little Of
groul existed for the excuses Of Missouri violence IL
the Efforts OF the Massachusetts Emigiant Aid Society
now mott fully appears, when it has been shown by
TIE ofical CELSIUS Of the Territory, taken the month
before the invasion that of all the edu e=men then
in the Territory, amounting to ntat 5000. only 100
were from the New. England Stats. TIE co.,
ction OF the Territory is well calculated to convince
arI; hiatt tirelv