Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-08-29
Closing Scenes of the lst Session o! the
3ith Congress.

Agrccably 20 vote Of both lI'u'''' the
fr.t session Of the present Congress came to
a clos ON Monday the 18th inst, at Il o.
clock, noon. For some weeks Trcyiou. 70
this adjournment, the House held two 49,.
sious Isr iay. commencing at II O'Clock \.
". AND : O'Clock +. VI. Tho most cncros.
sin: .ul;,ct or the last par, Of the session
was the consideration Of tho Appropriation
Bill These h,samr matters %, peculiar
interest from the ngt tha, certain proyi'5,
hal hcen attached % ,hcm by o., II,us-
l,1kiu. % ,hcrlia9 gr ihcr,oplc Of Kansas.
These several Iru,isl, wo have in former
letters explained O. our readers The Army
Eul, arrropriatins Sli,ooOOoo TO supply,
support, aud pay the Army of the United
States, wa, the last matter or Disagreement
between tie two Houses. To mi, Bi'l tho
lIou.' las attached rro,ision-which will
h. found ia another colnmn-thst the Army
should not D, us-l 90 enforce the pirat, laws
uf ,h' Missouri Border RuTiln Territorial
Iaci.aturc-anl that the arms furnished
hy ,hc army % the Missouri land pirates, 70
o. us,l in suhluins Kansas {, slavery,
should lc t,turuol II these amendments
he S,uaic Jiarrrcl Two Committee Of
Clufr,n,c hal, prior 90 Monday h', lecn
appointed, and failed ,pa.rs, Tho senate,
through ,hcimror,unlur, Il Con. Cas-, and
others, on Monday sent down TO the lI5u,,
a proposition f1r another Committee or Con.
ference. Mr. Campbell, or Ohio, made q
motion tha, the ll1u,, concur upon taking
,hc question, every Republican voted in iar0r
of tha motion, anl every pr,.slAyery demo-
rra' and south American crGiqu il, and il
was lostly thr5r votes. Thi. wasa is,iy5tc,
,hoa who voted @r CnmpbslI'. motion were
ia favor % the House aihgrius Q, Il. pr5yi.
sp,, thos, who wen, again., d, were in favor
ofr.rdrg and o5q1u7c with the senate
Thus it was evident tina, there was majority
Of fam in favor of passing the Hill lr.tiom
the rroyi.os Tho only hop lclt the Rcpub-
licans was in alhcrins to the Rules. \ mo-
ton was then made hy Mr. Millncr Of yir.
.inia, to extend the time of final adjourn.
ment two hours To receive thi, motion
required suspension of the Bul'', aud tins
could only b. obtained hy a i-o.,l,rd, vote.
The Roll was called, and the proposition
filcl hy four votes Siyty-ci.ht Republic
cans stood up against the opportunities, en-
treaties and threats OF The opposition, and
even Of some or their own friends, upon this
question. recorded their nlmcs ar,inS a
suspension This frmness aud nothing else,
saved the friends Of Kansas from defeat
Tor had the time been extended, the same
manri,y that defeated Campbcll's motion,
would have struck out the provisos. At
the clJsc Of the call scarcely i've minutc-
time was len, Resolution was hurried
Through the senate, and sent to the Ilousc,
- extend the session two hours This was
then taken up, the Yeas and Nays ordered,
aud as the Clerk was calling the third namo
upon the Roll, down came the hammer IN
the hand Of our iron faced Spcaker-dcclar-
iDg the House adjourned uHs de. For
short time prior TO, and following the final
close, the most intense excitement prevailed
in the House. Members with fierce looks
and anxious cluntcnanccs were seen stridInc
across the Hall, and converting in an excited
manner. al seemed to EEL that the crisis
had come, wlulc the moral courage Of all
vas brought to a direct test. In our oPin-
ION. 4 majority Of the administration mcm-
lore, in calculating upon the JirmH''so Of the
Republican members, made a mistake, and
it was not discovered until it was too late to
apply a remedy. In order that the country
may understand the true state Of the ease,
it is bat an act Of justice to the Republican
members to say that THAR votes stand record.
81 for the Bll-whilc the Democrats yotol
acai1H it. With this record let thc people
judge who and what party is responsible for
the defeat of the Army Bill.
Having made our calculations to leave
Washington in the afternoon Of the day Of
adjournment with many other members, we
prepared to start, and proceeded to the Rail-
rood station Before the train left, a rumor
passed round that an extra session would be
-
called, but few credited il. Some half
dozen members remained, while the others
lsit for their homes. Before reaching New