Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-08-14
Kansas Bill Passed the House.

On the 29th, the Kansas question was
taken up in the House Of Representatives,
and Mr.. Dunn, Of Indiana, offered sub
stitute for the bill. The substitute
"Provides for an entire Reorganization of
the Territory and forbids the Legislative
Assembly from passing any er post fdcto
law, or laws impairing the validity Of con-
tracts, abridging the freedom Of speech or
of the press, requiring any property qualif-
cation or religious test for the right to vote,
hold Office, or practice law, or serve on ju-
ries in any court Of justice; neither is any
person entitled to any of said privileges to
be required to take an oath or affirmation to
support any law other than the Constitution
of the United States; nor are cruel or unu-
sual punishments to be allowed, nor rea-
sonable bail to be refused to any person ac-
cused of crime except treason and murder,
nor the latter case unless the proof is evil
dent or the presumption great. 1t further
provides that all criminal prosecutions now
pending in any OF the courts OF the Terrific
ry of Kansas imputing 10 any person or
persons the crime of treason against the L.
nited States, and all criminal prosecutions,
| by information or indictment, against any
person or persons for any alleged violation
or disregard whatever Of what are usually
known as the laws Of the Legislature Of
Kansas, shall be forthwith dismissed by the
courts where such prosecutions may be
pending, and every person who may be re-
strained 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 Terrific
ry prior to the passage Of this act, or any vi
olaton or disregard Of said legislative en-
actments at any time. 1t also repeats so
much Of the Kansas Nebraska act as abro-
gates the Missouri compromise; but any
person lawfully held to service in either
Kansas or Nebraska is not TO he discharged
from such service by reason of such repeal
if such person shall be permanently removed
from the said Territories prior to January
LIST, 1853"
The bill as amended, by the foregoing
substitute, then passed by the following
vote:
YrAs-Messrs. Albright, Allison, Ball
Barbour, Benson, Bishop, Bliss, Bradshaw
Brenton, Burlington, Campbell of Pennsyl-
vania, Campbell Of Ohio, Chaffee, Clawson
Colfax, Comins, Ccvode, Cumback, Dam.
rell Dean, Dick, Dodd, Dunn, Durfee,
Edie, Edwards, Emric, Flagler, GiddIngs,
Gilbert, Granger, Grow, Hall Of Massg-
chusetts, Harlin, Harrison, Haven, Hollo-
way, Horton of New York, Horton of Ohio
Hughton, Kelsey, King, Knapp, knight
Knowlton, Knox, Kunkel, Matteson, Nc
Carly, Miller Of New York, Moore, Nor
gan, Morrill,, Nichols, Norton, Oliver Of
New York, Parker, Pelton, Perry, Petit,
Pringle, Purviance, Richie, Sabin, Sage
Sapp, Sherman, Simmons, Spinner, Stanton
Stranahan, Tappan, Thurston, Todd, Traf.
ton, Wade, Wakeman, Walbridge, Wal
dron, Washburn of Wisconsin, Washburn
of Illinois, Washburn of Maine, Watson
Welch, Wells, Wood, Woodruff, and Wood.
worthless.
NAYs-Messrs. Aiken, Bsrksdale, Bell
Bowie, Branch, Broom, Burnett, Campbell
of Kentucky, Garlic, Caruthers, Caskie
Cobb of Georgia, Cobb of Alabama, Cox
Craige, Crawford, Cullen, Davidson, Davis
Of Maryland, Denver, Dowdell, Edmunson
English, Faulkner, Foster, Goode, Green
wood, Harris of Maryland, Harris Of Ala
6arha, Harris Of Illinois, Houston, levitt
Jones of Tennessee, Jones of Pennsylva-
mia, Kenne,t, Kidwell, Lake, Letter, Lump
kin, H. Marshall of Kentucky, Marshall Of
Illinois, Maxwell, Miller of Indiana, Mill
son, Packer, Peck, Phelps, Powell, Pur-
year, Quitman, Reade, Ready, Ricaud Ri
vers, Rufin, Savage, Shorter, Smith Of
Tennessee, Smith of Virginia, Sneed, Steph-
ems, Stewart, Swppo, Taylor, Trippe, I'm
derwood, Walk, Walker, Warner, Watkins,
Winslow, Wright of Mississippi, Wright Of
Tennessee, and Zollicoffsr-74.
The title was then amended so as to read
"a bill to reorganize the Territory of Kan