Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-12-11
XXXIVTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
wA>HINGrox, December 4, 1856

WA>HINGroN, December 4, 1856.
In the Senate, Mr. CoMEGYs, the new mem
ber from Delaware appeared and took the oath
aud his seat.
The motion TO print 80, 600 extra copies of
the Message was defended Ivy Mr.. FITzPArRICK
of Ala. He thought the polite discussion
was out of place that the President was right
in devoting half his Message to political ha-
rangue that the North ought to stop ia king
and thereby stirring up the South that a2i
tatiOn ought to stop: and finally, that poSteri
" would award the need of praise nov denied
10 President Pierce
Mr. WADE Ohio would not not commence
agitation, nor shrink from it when commenced
hy others The President was responsible for
the discussion, having provoked it by using
half his Message for political discussion Of
Slavery. The President had libeled u large
majority Of the people Of Ohio Was he to
shield himself behind constitutional privilege
and thence slander, traduce and abuse Il ma
iority Of the people of the Free States Mr.
Wade proceeded 10 show that Mr. Pierce was
dropped by his party because of his course with
Kansas, and therefore Mr. BucIlanans success
was not an Endorsement but deserton Of the
Administration. He exposed the Buchanan
and Free kaasasr swindle in Pennsylvania,
and pointed to the defeat of Mr. Richardson
for Governor of Illinois as the true popular
sentiment there on the Administration.
Mr. BUTLER S. c. had resolved not to dis
cuss such questions, but would reply to Mr..
Wade The men of the South were as loyal
10 the Union as any other body, but the time
might come when dissolution would he desira-
BILE. When the North overpowcr with num-
bers, and eXclnde shareholders from the Presi-
dcncy then South Carolina would leave. He
cndeayorcd to show that the Slave States were
hourishing that the devil of Slavery was not
so black as the North panied him ; and he
would like to know who wrote an article in
The EdinburgA Reriew excoriating the slave
system of the South
Mr.. RUsK Ark.) charged that the Repub-
licans had changed their programme that the
wounds of bleeding Kansas had been >tanched,
and now Union saving was the order of the
new party. He thought the Union ought to
be preserved only so long as it secured equal
privileges to all the members thereof
Mr.. FEssENpES Me then made splendid
defense of the Republican party. He showed
the narrow sectonaSm of South Carolina in
voting time and again for her own exclusive
candidate for President rather than unite with
any national or great party. He assured the
Senate that infexible opposition to the exten-
sion of Slavery into Free Territory, was and
is, and will be the cardinal principle of the
Republican party and that it would be fought
through to the bitter cnd if bitter the end
must be.
Mr. BENJAMIN La.) got the floor, and NOV
cd an adjournment until Monday, which was
carried.
In the House., the SPEAKER announced the
Standing Committees, which are nearly the
same as during the last session.
The matter of the Kansas Delegate occupied
the House all day. Nothing was Effected
Adjourned.
FRIDAY, Dec. S, 1856.
The Senate was not in session yesterday In
the House, it having been ascertained that the
friends of Mr. Whitfield as Delegate from Kan
sas had majority in the city, q call of the
House was voted by one majority. On the
call, 2lS members answered to their names
Question was then taken on the motion to lay
on the table the motion of Mr. Grow, recon
sidering the vote denying the seat to Mr..
Whitfield. 1t was decided not to lay the mo-
tion on the tabe-Yeas l08, Nays Ill An
attempt was then made to vote MIR Whitfield
straight in, but finally the whole subject was
postponed to Tuesday next The members
then drew for seats, and the House adjourned
10 Monday.