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upsu either. In regard 10 the latter, che
question was upon the sufieisncy Of the ss-
ties given to Desnsrk that The Treaty Of
Comnerce heretofore existing shsuid b Al
an end according to ito terms II vas cen.
tended, With great force, that the President
and Senate could make treaties, but could
not abroga,e thSm-that the concurrence Of
the House was necessary TO make it the act
OF the government Mr. TooxB. aud Mr.
CRrrTESpES thought IL rather . small bssi.
ness Tor the Unitca States to travel 1000
miles to get mp quarrel With weak power
IKE Denmark in regard TO these psliry
Sound Dues, which neig hbsring nations sub
mit,ed 10, as being essential to the very sx.
istenee Of Denmark
On Monday, Mr.. Cas-, made further and
full exposition Of his views upon "Squ,tier
Sovereignty" which he defined as popular
sovereignty, or The isbsrsnt right Of the
people 10 rule themselves. He denied that
the Constitution gave Congress any author
i'y to regulate the political Affairs Of ter
ritory, .sd contended th.t she poser 70
form . territorial govern ent BY Congress
resulted only from the law Of necessity, As
the proprietors Of the sell He disssntsd
from the viJus Of Mr.. DoroLAs 10 several
respects, and wound up his speech By CLAIM.
ing the power for the Territorial Leeisla.
'ure to lsgislsts upon slavery within its
limits, and to prohibit IL il deemed proper.
He read extracts which showed that Messrs.
PIERcE and DorGLAs claim the same au thor
ity. TIE all this Mr.. DRowS Of Mississippi
dissented in very decided terms We shall
sea now, after this distinct avowai, whether
the Riebmond Enquirer will insist upon the
Cincinnati Conventions reputation Of this
dsssrine. We venture the prediction tha.
we shall hear no moro Of such q test. and
that the question will never be presented 10
the motley compound Of Fressoilsrs and
seecs'ioniSis Of which sba. body will DO
principally composed
The HH'c, last week, wasted several DAYS
upon the Deficiency bill, particularly that
portion Of it which provided for the Wash.
ingtou Aqueduet aud for some Army CT.
psnseS The subjects Of disagreement are
now in the hands Of the third committee Of
conference, but it Is very doubtful whether
there will be an agreement Tho Dame
Gratis do not stand up faithfully to the Ad
administrations in these matters They are
aware Of The fact, nov notorious, that tho
expenses Of the government are now from
ten to ffisen millions Of dollars more an.
nually than under the wbig Administra.
,ioa, II this state Of things vsrs reversed,
what olamOr ne should have
On Monday, the HorsE made bat little
ProgrGss Two internal improvement bills
ware passed, and several resolutions of in.
quiry adopted, but an adjournmsut was
found necessary at three o'clock for want o.
4 quorum.
We emitted to mention, il the proper
place, that both Houses last week passed a
bill granting large amount Of the public
lands to the State Of Iowa for the cons,rue.
ton Of four Rail Roads within her limits
The effect has already been felt in the do.
probation Of the value Of land warrants,
this bill leaving very little Of the lands for
location BY warrants A motion for recon.
'ideralion is pssdihg in the Senate, aud
there will DO an effort to defeat the measure
On Tse'day, in the Sesafs, Mr. CAss con.
eluded his spseeh on the Kansas question.
aud occupied large portion Of il With
reply to the positions If Mr. SEwAKp He
thought the irregularities in Kausa, we're
no argument agsiOss the general souaduess
OF the principle Of popular Eoversiguty.-
Outbreaks Of the sort we're incident to free
government, bu. we're not good arguments
against it. He condemned she interference
Of the MissouTis0S, but did not think this
justified The Free State party ia taxing
matters into thsir own haads, without a lay
Of Congress
In the HoSse, Mr. JoSEs Of PsunsyIvauia
replied to bis oOllsague, Mr. FuLLER, In re-
ference TO spinicss heretofore euisr,Eiaoa
aud expressed By Mr.. BUcHANAx upon the
slavery sad other questions. He said Penn.
'Jlvasia bad aluays been found right upsu
ihs sgitA'ing topic Of the day. Mr. PuLLEa
rsjoiDsd, aud referred to Mr.. B.s former
sPinions in regard to foreigners and on the
slavery question. He thought ell parties
might agree 10 take him, because bo could
stand Sqaarsly en- each and all Of their plat.
forms
ThetWo Houses have At Last agreed, through
their committees Of eonfsrsBes, upon tho
items Of the deficiency bill The sppropti
tons for the City Wstsrvorks and other i'm.
PfOvsuests, snSfsr certain Array expense,
we're stricken out
The regular Army appropriation bin vas
eonsiJerea IN the iloase. 20 esmmities Of
The Whole, and ths usual amount Of slsysry
vas inisrmingled 10 the debate 1. seems
rev esfisin thst Congress uill de ysry Ii,lls
aniil sfisr the Pfssidsntisl nomina,ion .,
Cinsinnaf
TuE DAsisH SOUND DUES.
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