Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-08-29

ending June Both, 1857 He stated that the bill was
the same, with the Kansas prov iso or rider as
that which died on Monday last. because of the dis
agreeing votes of the Two Housea He proposed to
perfect that provso by moving to strike out all after
the word provided" and insertingjn lieu thereof
proviso which simply restored things in Kansas as
they were after the passage of the Nebraska act,
wiping out everything that had been done there and
providing for the election Of a new Legislature.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia. objected 10 the bill being
reported to the House encountered with provisoes.
Objections being made, the Speaker decided that the
bill could not be received, and that the business IN
order calling upon the Committees for reports
The Committee Ways and Means being called
upon, reported the bill already submitted by Mr.
Campbell Mr.. Orr, of South Carolina, commended
that the proviso attached 10 the Army Appropriation
Bill not germane to the bill, being Legislation in
appropriation bill. The speaker decided that the
proviso of kindred nature with the subject of
the bill. Mr. Orr appealed from the decision Of the
Chair, The appeal was laid on the table by vote
of So to 49, The bill was then, on motion of Mr..
Campbell of Ohio, referred to the Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union
The Speaker then laid before the House Message
from the President, transmitting the following eter
from the Secretary of War
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, August 81, 1856. !
SIR In answer to your inquiry as to to the bal
ances remaining in the treasury from the last appr0-
priation for the support of the army, | have the
honor to state that the obligations already incurred
by the government exceed the sum of those balances
| by about 100000 1t may be proper to add, that
portion of the balances in the treasury. having been
appropriated for specific objects, are not available for
the support of the army.
| The present strength of the army In regiments Is
over $4,000 officers and men-more than $4,000 of
whom engaged in active field operations, and IN
protecting the frontiers against the depredatlons OF
hostile Indians the small force not thus employed
hold the Notifications which cover the commercial
cities and salient points most exposed to sudden de-
scent by foreign foe. To disband the troops would
subject our frontier settlements to the attacks of
| formidable savage enemy, an render our fOrtlnca
tons, which have required years of labor and MIL
lions OF expenditure construct, useless for defence
in any sudden emergency.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
| JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Secretary OF War
To the President.
solved itself into Committee of the Whole, (Mr.
Grow, of Pennsylvania, in the chair) and proceeded
| to the consideration of the Army Appropriation bill
| Mr.. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio, moved amendment to
the BILL striking out the old proviso OF the House,
and inserting the following:
Proved That all laws passed by the legislature of the
Territory of Kansas be- and the hereby
abrogated and declared invalid: Amd provided further, That
he hereby authorized forthwith reorganize the said Ter
oy Kansas under and accordance with the provisions
Nebraska and Kansas passed May 3Oth 1854 fully
entirely to all nens and purposes, if effort had been
heretofore made for that purpose And the said
hereby authorized call election of
ber the legislature for said Territory according said
to appoint and prescribe the powers and duties of the
judges of such election and the forms of oaths and returns
in relation thereto and to issue general instructions
ing the Pr0Uided That it shall not be lawful tor
to vote at such election unless he shall have been
actual nhabant of the said Territory for the period of four
fer his VOTE for the period thirty days Immediately pre-
cedng such election And pordcd further, hat illegal or
purpose OF voting at or eontesng the same or any part
thereof shall be punishable by the district courts of said
Territory by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars and
imprisonment not exceeding False swearing at,
in relation to- said election is hereby declared perjury
nd proUld further, That the of twenty-five thousand
dollars hereby appropriated from any money in the tea
not otherwise appropriated to be expended under the
direction Of said governor in carrying into erect the proU
him by the said act passed May 30, 1854
Mr.. COBB, of Georgia, submitted the point of order
that the amendment was not germane TO any PORTION
of the bill referred to the committee by the House
The CHAIR sustained the point of order and de-
| clared the amendment out of order.
MIR. BARCLAY, of Pennsy lvania, appealed from the
decision of the Chair and the question being taken
the Chair was sustained
Mr. Cobb moved to strike from the bill the original
proviso or Kansas rider. The question taken
and the Committee refused to strike out the proviso-
ayes "a, noes 95.
The bill Was then reported to the House, read a
third time and passed. and at haf-past four the House
adjourned until next day Friday, at II o'clock.
Thus matters stand, apparently without change.
The Free Soil majority in the House determined on
Revolution, the Senate and Executive equally firm in
opposing it. The passage of the bill with the I'M
constitutional Kansas rider provso would be revo-
luton, for il would change the nature of our govern.
ment by vesting the whole power in Of It's equal
and coordinate branches. The non passage of the
bill would be revolution by dsbanding the Army, oe-
prving the Executive of the of discharging its
constitutional power of enforcing the laws and pro-
vidng for the safety of the country.
| We have heard every now and then of crisis,
when there no crisis, bnt at last there is real
bona fde CRISIS of most momentous character.
The triumph of the Republican dsorganizers in lis
banding the army, or in coercing the Governme Mt,
would be the heaviest blow struck against our
whole republican system, and one from which it
could hardly recover. We have the fullest conf
dence in the frmness and patriotism of the Presi.
dent and the majorty of the Senate In these under
God lies the only hope of the country, so far as