Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-03-22
spics y DEBATE III tie U. s. senate.
Iu the Senate oil the United States {

ing e, 600 copies OF the reports Of the tia
loiiiy and uilE 0rltv OF the committee OF
Territories III the Kansas case, being 50(
! tur each member.
MIR. IurnbulI opposed the motion. FL
thought The minority report represented
the slavery question IN mastery manner
and Its positions are unanswtfabie, but II
does nsl enter into details as lh. nlai0lit,
report does. Hence he is unwilling to send
out, with the Senate II Endorsement. ii doetl.
mt hi containing so many unw~s.alited as
,umptiens, erroneous de duetiots and lu--
| consIsteneies rs the Majority report. He
meni, oil the Iailer.
AT one O'Clock Mr.. L. was interrupted
by Mr.. w el.eI, iio called for the special
order, being the three ml!iion bill. Mr.
Fessenden, who had the floor OH the laI-
ter, SAID he as wiling 10 let the Senator
from Illinois proceed
III cusslon then ensured as TO the cour.
tesy or propr'cty oi interfupilhg mrn-
Der " i'i'e speaking in order TO make a me-
ton 10 take up the special order.
Mr.. Weller Withdrew his motion.
The chair announced thai in future he
should call up the special order wien the
hour arrived without motion.
hlr. TurBbui resumed his remarks, and
proceeded to defend the emigrant AID 80.
clety, sustaining the positions OF the Mi-
noii,y report generally.
MIR. v adr asked AIr. Turnbull to yield
the floor ior an adjournment.
Nj. Douglas. lfopr not. The corr-
tesles oi Tie Senate have been taken ad
vantage OF ne on accoun. of nay known
absence to make an assault on me.
Nj. Tulnbul.--No, SIR, knew not
whether yuu were present OF absrnti was
commenting Oh the report. dii hot i'll
trodu the subject, nor know that 1t
would ceme up to-day.
say, in face OF Tact, that he did not know
Was absent. lie acted with unaitness
in attacking .he tpor, when wa>
detained IRON tha Senate by i'll health
would ask HIM within what reasonable
time viii his speech he printed!
Mr. Turnhuli.--I think IL will be pub
lished by Monday.
Mr. DpGslas.-if can ask postpone
ment Of ne question until Monday,
Viii reply TO NY Colleagues speech Oh
TUESDAY.
MIR Sewatd.--Take your own time.
MI. Douglas, quteki, u understand
that game-.'take our own time" The
Senator from Massas huseils took his OWL
titnr to write and circu ale libel on N.
abuu, the tune the Nebra.ka bill was re-
ported. understand IN, colleague to sa,
tha. he came here Il Democrat. That wit
be- news TO the dem, crazy Of Illinois, and
is libel on the democracy OF that Stase.
Mr.. Ctittenden hefe intcrpo>ed, saving
tina, the debate was transrehdihg the rules
oil derorum. The S.uator had charged
IA libel OH Mr. Tfumbutl. Sensation.
Nj. Dousias.-l should have bern bet
Ter saisiied II the Senator from Kentucky
had, when the Black Il publleans den ,uh
ctd Us III course tern.s. itbuked them lot
waul oil courtesy.
Mir. Crl;tenden.-To whs, Go you al
Jude.
MIR, Douglas. When they made vul-
gar. course par.izan assaults on the dem
oerntic .ide oil lhe Senate.
Mr. Cnticnd-n.-lt was not more my
business than that Of Others TO call Senators
10 oder Tor personalities. This is not the
place fol- viluperation. Ii shoudibe settled
elsewhere
Mr.. Dougas.-l do not regard ths Sem
ator as good authority in lillnoi, poIlncs. |
was speaking OF evrrts OF " hIch am better
capable OF judging than he.
Further eolioqny took place, when the
chair decided ,liaI Nj. Douglas remarks
were hot Personal.
MI. Douglas said that SO far as he wa,
ADVISED and be.ieycd. his colleague VA,
The candidatr OF he miserable sect OF abe.
h!ionist, and Know \ ot.Anss, which ARK
one aud the same thing.
MIR Cuttenden.-I " ish the Senator I,
understand that l co-optrale with tn,
American party. Standing here as gen
tit,nan aud Senator, in absolute iudep. II.
dener, and Calming ali respect due to hon
eS,y ,as ii freeman, ,epel with scorn every
imputa,ion Of tina, kind as intended to EN-
brace ne and my political associates.
MIR, Douglas explained. l spoke o
what kuow Noshng,sm is in Illinois, and
said it mi gt,t be otherm ise III the South
| Every Khow-N oth,ng lodge ia Illinois
Adopted the abolition ,rred. and that i
| the miserable faction which seat my Coz
league here. The SENATOR from Ken
tueay misunderstood me else he woui,
not have conceived my remai k as persona
10 ham.
Sir, Charlottesville gentleman d.,
not MAKE the qualification he now does.
MIR Douglas Every gentleman mus
have understood ms as maklng the dis,nr
tion. said nothing about southern know
nothngs.
Mr. Trumbull-l shall not permit sue!
remarks as those from my colleague [,
pas. unanswered. SHAH suffer no man
mere or elsew where, 10 state of me thing
which are absolutely, totally unioundcd
| II he means to say that am or ever have
beer IA kn>w.nothing, ol connected will
any secret political Organization. the charge
is base l,--l wiiI moi violate the rulrs Of
the Senate, bat ~ i'll sav--uatrue!
I He then plocs edrd to speak OF Illinois
claiming thai ,iIe is aud always has been
a democratic State; and in the STA Congres.
saona. district, which gave mir. Pl,rct
neatly five thousand majority, lie (Mr
! Turnhui,,O was elected Il member oil til,
House by more than $500 majority. He
80. an ant,- II ebras k a taNut d,tr How