Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-09-05

that it was the right Of the House to re.
fuse appropriations unless their equality
as one branch % tho National Legislature
was conceded by the Senate.
Mr.. BENJAMIN, buchanan, Of Lad
said the extraordinary remarks Of tho
Senator from Delaware, (Mr. CiaytOn)
were heard by him with equal surprise
and pain. His observations seemed to
cast Improper reflections upon the maj"ri-
ty of the Senate As to the laws of Kan
sas. which he denounced as infamous, Mr..
benjamin maintained that CIagress Aai
no right to repeal The legislation Of another
body than itself, either State or Territory,
and it was not just to cast the responsible
ity on the Senate for refusing to do SO.
The present alarming state of affairs in
Kansas had shown the object of the fanat-
les in the other House was to have Con-
gress adjourn without making the appro-
priations for the army, in order to foment
civil war and carry the Presidential elec-
ton. The traitors throughout the entire
North were banded together to produce
bloodshed, slaughter, rapine and destruc-
ton in that territory, for the purpose Of
making political capi tai
Mr.. SEWARD challenged all the Sena.
tors to throw in his face the first sectional
or partizan vote he had given either in
open or secret session, other than that
which involved the principles Of the con-
stituency which sent him here. He de-
fed them to show that he had ever voted
against the confirmation Of a man because
he was Shareholder or supporter of
Slavery. They would find clean record.
The President, not content to let Congress
adjourn after a session Of more than eight
months, had ass umed the unusual respon-
sibility Of re-convening both Houses for
the purpose of inducing a reconsideration
Of the army bill. A proposition for con-
csssion and reconciliation was offered by
the Senator from Delaware on one side,
while alarms and terrors were raised on
the other, intended or expected so to op-
crate so as to induce the minority of the
Senate and the majority of the House to
surrender their independence. But the
Presidents proclamation did not affect
his judgment nor influence his feelings,
and did not move him a single hair from
the line Of duty be thought proper to
pursue. He would net say that the Pres
ident was bad man, but he would say,
on his own responsibility, that he was an
unjust and tyrannicsl magistrate. He
found him, during the last session, en-
ploying his civil and military influence to
maintain not merely tyronaical lars, but
grannicnl usurpation in Kansas, and
when called to account for it, he justified
and maintained the usurpation and despot-
ism. He (Mr. SewardD knew the value
of order, but, at the same time appreciat:
ed civil liberty. Just as soon might it be
expected of him to uphold the Czar Of
Russia or Louis Napoleon, as to place
money or arms in the hands Of magis-
trate to maintain usurpation. Mr.. Sew
ard Iidiculed the idea that great injury
would result from the failure to psss the
army bill, aud mentioned, among other
things, that Gen. Wool had written to
him that the Indian war was ended on
the shores of the Pacific
Mr. DOUGLAS accused Mr.. Seward of
making merry over the defeat of the army
bill, Notwithstanding the evil and mis-
chievous consequences likely thus to re-
suit. He was unable to enter into that
tone of feeling which made Mr.. Seward
so exuberant and exultant Whenever an
attempt is made to overthrow the gov
ernment, whether good or bad, the first
thing was to disband the army as in this
case. Directly as the telegraph commu-
nicated the defeat of the army bill, civil
war commenced in Kansas, buildings de-
stroyed, post Offices consumed, and inno-
cent people shot down in cold blood, with
out the slightest pretence. For weeks
and months there had been peace, quiet
and order in Kansas. The people were
happy in the security which surrounded
them, and there would not now be intelli-
gence of bloodshed and murder if Lane
had not been sent there by the Free Soil
party to get up a civil war No man can
deny this, and there is not one Of you
who does not rejoice when
the news of murder reaches you You
nightly pray that some Northern man
may be murdered, that you may weep
over his body. Ii pro-slavery man is
killed, all is right. The death of every
Free Soiler makes so much political capi-
tai. He believed that every drop of blood
she'd in Kansas rested on the souls Of tho
political party which is carrying out its
plans of civil war to help them in tho
Presidential election. He said it was
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