Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-12-24


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= 1ovs City, Dee. III. 1854
in the Hoese 70 day, large number al In
fof bsate roads, and joint revolutions "a Ia
! 1911 msl facilities, have pissed throssh ~;
: yariots ssages. Among the psoceedines 81 rer
Z efat character. report WAS presented relating
ne building Tor the Insane. bill was intrc
caced % abolish Capital punishmens, tho discus
House during the aftssnoon, :.
In the Senate, resolution calling IA tha R..
isser OF the State Land Once 70 report whethe
!. 81 we superintendent Of Public Instruetion h.
pufcnased Any University lands and on the See
Rotary OF the board of Trustees of the State Uni
versity, for copy Of all proceedings had by a..
Board, in relation to the alleged frauds 10 The
purchase Of University lands, by members of the
Board, was parsed; also resolution calling or
ne Attorney General for Official opinion = q
the validity Of sales Of University Iands,
! made TO some Of said trustees. a Joint rcsolu.
! ton asking Congress TO enlarge the boundaries
OF the State, BY annexiAg TO Il that territory IL
J ing between the Big Sioux and Missouri River
and the north parallel Of the State, was passed.
This is q little corner whicis should have origin.
ally been included within our State, as Il lies con
tiguoas 70 1t, and would not make convenient
part Of any other. A bill fixing the salaries Of
Judges has been introduced, and made the spc-
cial order for 70 morrow.
The time OF the Senate in the afternoon, was
spent in discussing the Kansas resolutions They
declare freedom national and slavery sectional,
require Our public domain TO be kept free, for
/ Tree hnfnae f,ef rous ha -
| OF slavery, and make freedom the law of our ma.
tionai progress, require Congress to preserve our
national territory free, and instruct our Sepa.
tors to vote for the admission OF Kansas into the
Union as a free State, and against its admission
| as q slave State or with Constitution toleratine
| slavery. For these substitute was offered. and
| AZ that substitute cmanated from leading Dem.
ocrat, and was supported by the Democratic psrt
OF the Senate, | give it in full, as an index of
where the Democracy Of Iowa are standing after
tie Presidential election, for they certainly wo'd
not have subscribed TO it before:
Resolved, BY the General Assembly of the |
State Of Iowa, that it is the imperative duty of
the General Government to protect all the actu-
nj residents in the respective Territories of the
United States, and oil persons seeking homes
therein, il the free and full enjoyment of all lie.
gal and constitutional rights OF person and prop.
erty.
,hesoiVeo, INIT our Senators IN Congress be
instructed, and our Representatives respectfully
requested to use all constitutional means in their
power to cause an immediate repeal of all laws
of the Territory Of Kansas which unreasonably
abridge the right Of suffrage, require extraordi-
nary test oaths as qualification for civil or DO.
t,cal Office and are incompatible with the rights
of free speech and free press.
"kesolved, That while we entertain and ex.
press the confident hope that the people of Kan.
sas will at proper time, organize and adopt for
her own government constitution prohibiting
the institution of domestic slavery, and we still
recognize their rights to determine and manage
their own domestic institutions in their own way,
and be admitted as one of the States of the
Union, provided her constitution and form OF
government be republican"
1t has been pretty generally conceded by all,
that the time Of the Senate should not be taken
up in the discussion Of those resolutions and SUBJ
stitute, and that the Senators should record their
votes thereon, and let the subject rest Hherc, a
vote was taken, and the substitute voted down :
by an almost entire party vote. But some one
offered an amendment to one Of tie first resolu-
tons, when the whole subject was opened up ,
and the vote 'reconsidered.
Mr.. Krkwood then offered an amendment to J
the substitute, which was as follows after the
word sway" in the last resolution, sinsert "pro-
vided that the power of the people who may set
tic in our Territories, to establish therein sys-
tenn of human slavery or polygamy, is not essen !
.iai to the free enjoyment by them, Of all the !
tights of selfgovernment." :
Never have we seen more CONSERVATION in
friendly circle than this created among the dozen
Democrats in the Senate. Had bombshell burst
.mong them, they could not have been worse :
Here was dilemma they must :,
either vote for polygamy or slavery, or vote y
against them they could not ride the non-inter-
,ention hobby, and say to slavery, I'VE neither !
owe nor hate you, go where yon please" Before 6
he final vote the Senate adjourned and gave =
hem breathing SPELL =
In introducing his amendment, Mr.. Kirkwood
made decidedly the best speech that has been
delivered this session. He is the Ajax OF the ;,
enate, at least a head and shoulders above all =
lis compeers. =
He said he was opposed to the generalities and =
would come to the question at once. He was in !,
avor of the principle of selfgovernment in its :,
'roadest sense, but the right of sef.government
loes not imply authority power to trample :,
m, or take away any of the natural rights of 9TH
RS. If the Democratic doctrines Of the present -
lay are correct, We present to the countries of
europe the sad spectacle that our General Gov
looks with equal appreciation on free
lom and slavery, and has not the power, or at A
pest the independence, to choose between the :,
o acquire free territory it has the right and pow i
" to keepit FREQ. We got Utah and New Mex Il
CO free; not slave breathed on the soil of Ell q
her, and yet we are told by the Democratic par h
y that we have no power or authority to keep n
hem free. have been long time Democrat :,
voted for Franklin Pierce, but do not now be. 81
ievc this to be sound Democratic doctrine, and y
lever did while acting with the party. h
The scramble for the two asylums located here n
~, .l., ~fsall y1Aa
knoxville in Marion, Oskalooska in Mahaska, !,
newton in Jasper, and Winterset in Madison CO., :,
re the competitors Tor the prizes at present. and
should not be surprised to see Indanola, and h
ONE other towns enter the lists before the issue .
5 decided. Indeed, l very much doubt whether h
{ this session, any other location for these in l.
titutions will be fixed upon than the present =
me. There are many good reasons why they 4
hould be at the capital, and many Others why a
hey should be near the State University, all Of
rhich will operate to keep them where they now .
re- e
The blind Principal of the Blind Asylum gave -
IN exhibition ofhis pupils in the Senate Chamber =
o q large audience last evening. The exercises \
consisted Of Rotations in Reading, Writing, !,
Arithmetic, Algebra and Music. The performan- 7
,es on the violin, vioncello and piano were we'll
executed, and the oft repeated and hearty ap.
,lause betokened that they were highly appre-
rated by the audience. A display of beadwork
made by the young misses, and mits, &C., made
~ the young gents, formed not an uninteresting {
,art of the exercises.
Special correspondence OF the Democratic Press >
Iowa Legislature $
Iowa City, Dec. 18TH t
In the House on Monday, an act to preserve /
game was introduced, also an act regulating the |
license of shows menageries, cfcuses, &C., be. {