Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-04-08
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1856.
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Mr. Seward gave notice ui his Intention ~ lut..
''""s bill supplementary 10 the c'py.r.gh' lrw &
1881.
The Senate then took up the bill akin. eNtTy e..
lowunces 10 George p Marsh Tor GIi,.uI4uil'
vices rendered by him in the special m.s-.ou .,
Greece
Mr. Foot addressed the Senate on the qUr':.o:..-
When he had concluded, the bill was p0stpnu.t
Mr.. Sebastian reported back the lious.. b.!! maxi
appropriations for restoring and maintaining .'"
penceable disposition Of the Indian tribes cn tn =:
cific, aud for other purposes, and asked is iE:l'
consideration. Ii was then pnsscd.
Mr.. Colainer RESUMED his remarks on the hamsar
question
Mr.. T.. contended that the people of Missouri wr"i
into Kansas 10 carry the elections there. ir'a t."
showed by the assertions oi Missouri paper, 'n'
statements of the Free State in kaIsGs, Umi :.
admissions Of the maj jurity report that thar,
some Illegal voting What did they 90 for, if u.H
| because they feared that the Free Stpte inoE w"a'i
carry the election unless they intertrr,d! l"''
went there for the purpose of out-vntimL III" citizen
of the territory; and what good would that 10 tho
had only carried the elections III the seven Ga; ~
| where their Interference ID admitted? That Wna
minority Of the whole territory and hence in umrry
| taking TO control the election they spread over g..
whole territory, and the result that on u'.r
Free State man elected in the territory. IL u"
| lieved that there more than five Thousand -.
these illegal votes cast. and that the inhabitants
driven away from the polls and did not vote ~ al m
| many districts.
Compromise, he thought il rather hard that tie N"r'
| having made bargain which they were he; Y,r"
well satisfied with, but which they were con;"nc' .f
abide by for the sake 0f good faith, should now '.'
the little advantage which they got from il. He V:r.
sumed gentlemen were familiar with tho o.Ur: At ::
Vicar of Wakefield, and remembered bow N"s,.f
traded or his horse for o. of green speria,- wli
shugreen cases. He did not suppose the N!.Jr uh.
very proud of that bargan: but lie nevela h"Hr'i
thar the horse jockey, alter using up his h"r-" "
come back TO demand his green Sl'"cta"l"S "@H.n
tl4aughter)
Mr. Douglas replied briefly to some of Mr.. tp..s.
mer's criticisms the majority report.
Mr.. Douglas maintained that the purp""r o., .'.'
free State mon in Kansas was to resist 'nr Fri'.
government, If their application 10 br admiiIrt 81.
State WAS rejected. They had given T"t''. f',..
unless they were admitted they w"uId '''s," '' '
bloody issue, and had procured sharp r"'' ''i.i d
ganized the Kansas legion, with iiS h"rnni" "'''.
the purpose Of being prepared for s'Ir'' '''s!
Yet the Senator from Vermont had uinc': ~! 1's
facts in his Two days speech.
The Senate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Evans introduced bill 10 auth"lH: ana i.',-
ltae the construction "i the Northern N"i..!"" i
Central Pacific rail rond and mnGi'ic '"'' Era'T
lines. Referred TO the select committee -" i..' ..l'
ieci.
On motion Of Mr. Underwood, the commit ..H
the Judiciary instructed to inquire :a" "a. .
diency OF regulating and making uniform IN" l'.''i
to challenge jurors IN criminal cases before the D."
Courts.
The House resolved itself into coinmittGe - ia
whole on the state OF the Union, Ihr Mae" D, r...
clair,) and took up the Ssnste's amendment '" 10.
deficiency Appropriation bill.
Mr.. Smith, of Tennessee, entered mt"&n ''-i'tri'
10 show that the South is more comserVGii"" ii,n .'
North. Hence the accession Of slave State -
tendency to strengthen the Union ll"lnu'c'"3 '..r
party politics, reviewing, in coDdemnali"n -" }.
publican and American organizations, prrt'e-'..r.y
the latter
Mr. Granger Of New York, argued that $ in"'-r o..
inoompn,bje with the constitution ii the t. N.'
and is therefore Illegal.
Tne committee here rose, and The House I'd ag.n't
fiji Monday,