New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-05

for a pirht Session. The Senators "tV
,h.;, ..s.. s,c.ns Mr.. HAMLiS. who mas no' '''
- e., Name. Mr. FISH, (Sho' l nave
.a.,d ~, , n,rty to- nieht,) and some o.hef'' M
n."'u' N"e feel little interest. WHITFIELD
49, - q IN. are on hand and wide awake
Sp.-.vn has given briefly his reasons 'or op'
'", ~. hill regarding il as only more spec'ous
pOs Sr completing the subjugasion OF kansas 70
S.s.r,. In its best aspect, it but another CON,
s.o,r.e. proposed by these who repudiased 'na' Vi
iaso. and be considered the day Of Compromises
past .o o,,osd;no,v
au,hed and angry, and poured torrent OF toler'
.h,v Guarded inyectye on Mr.. Stewards head ior
rspellins further compromises. He (Mr. U. con-
,idered compromises frequently necessary 70 save
the country and the Union, and he should CONSIDER
both in their last peril when compromises were AZ
an end. He (Mr. C.) was willing to do almost
ANYTHING TO settle this Kansas trouble, out could
NOT sunrose Mr.. Wilson serious in proposing 10
,sr..I entirely the acts of the [bogus Legislature
of K.ns... That would be to install anarchy In
stead Of restoring peace. Nor could he (Mr. Co.
think Mr. Seward in earnest in proposing the ad-
mission Of Kansas as a State under the Topeka
Constitution But any amendments to the present
hill which did not too seriously affect its funda-
mental provisions he would cheerfdny assent to.
Mr. Crttenden's speech was quite forcibly uttered
but all its ideas were repeated about three times,
and il was disfgured by mean, nsidious filings at
Gov. Seward as an agitstor, demagogue, &c,
which / could hope wsud have been modified had
the speech been made earlier in the day.
As Mr.. Crittenden closed, Gov. Seward, with
others, tried to get the floor The Chair gave
il to
Mr.. CLAYTON, who spoke in GayOrof Cancellation
and peace, without assalling or impugning the mo-
tiyes of any One He was willing to vote for
amendments to render the bill more acceptable
to the minority, and instanced the (bogus) laws
of Kansas, forbiddiDg any one to write or speak 10
contravention Of the right to hold slaves in Kansas
under penalty of the State prison, as one of the
provisions he would repeal. That denying the
Right Of Suffrage, or a license to practice law,
&C.. to any one who would not swear allegiance
to the Kansas.Nebraska act and the Fugitive
Slave-Lsw, was another. He objected also to
that provision of the Election Law Of Kansas which
declares that every man who offers to vote shall
be presumed legal voter until the contrary is
shown,
Mr. TOoMBs here interrupted to assert that this
is the rule in every State and cited the Election
Law of Delaware TO the same effect.
Mr.. CLAYTON insisted that Mr.. T. did not un-
derstand the matter-that Delaware had no such
law-and he was confident that no provision equiv
alent to this in Kansas existed in any State of the
Union He would strike it out.
MIR. HALE next obtained the floor. He had al
ready stated that many provisions of this bill ap-
peared to him fair and just; but he could not for
get that the ,election of Commissioners, who are
to give it vitality, was confded to the President
who had allowed the people of Kansas to be
trampled under the feet of the Border Rufians.
He had no confidence in the President, and he
could not vote to place the liberties of Kansas
completely in his power. And beside, If Senators
were so so anxious to compromise and settle these
Kansas difficulties, why not begin by restoring that
Compromise which had so long eIerted a healing
and soothing irfuence-the Missouri Compromise
Of 1920?
10 o,otOek.-Mr. TOOMBS was next recognized
by the Chair, and proceeded to abuse Gov. Seward
for half an hour his rufian nature prompted,
charging him with dishonesty, false pretense, per-
jury and moral treason, without one word of re-
Duke from the Chair. Because Gov. S. is unwill-
ing to suspend the d. cison Of the mighty issue of
Freedom or Slavery for Kansas on vote of the
present residents of that Territory, after all the
actiye Free State men have been murdered, impris-
oned on indictments for treason or hunted from the
Territory Toombs had the insolence to accuse MIN
Of knowing that the Free State men were never
majority in Kansas while falsely pretending the
ccntfary. No one who did not hear it can realize
the coarseness Of this attack throughout and no re-
port will do it justice for the ferocty and swagger
of the manner was a constant aggravation OF the
brutality Of the matter.
Toombs was utterly reckless Of history and facts.
Thus he repeatedly asserted that this same Terri
torv of Kansas was open to the admission of Sla-
very until Rafas n,sg bestowed the Missouri Re-
striction upon it in 1920. Now the Missouri Re
strcton On Slavery in the Territory which included
Kansas was fret moved in the Senate by Mr.
Thomas of ILL.,, and in the House by Mr.. Storrs of
n. T., both Democrats and the bill which emoo-
died it passed in opposition to the vote of MIR.
King. And beside though Mr.. King was FEEDER
alist, large majority Of the supporters of this
Restriction, including its leading champions In
Congress, were Democrats, including Jonathan
Roberts, James Tallmadge, Henry W. Taylor, in
Congress, and William Duane, Editor of TIE A1-
rora, the Democratic organ of Mr.. JefersOn's era.