New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-04


,,M, t;ll;ry the bill. We bad just three NOR
Members in the city-Dr. CHAttEE Vi D,"''', ''V
ard pairei Of with Mr.. READE o. ~ W ""o
ill s;cksr. Mr.. MACE Of Ind. paired VITO MIN
,rnsoy Of III ard Mr.. TYSON of Pn'"oe'pn''
who. regret TO say, had not made up nis ."'"'
which WAY TO vote on tbs bill or whom 70 sufvo'
for Pr, sident. So We seemed to be noPeies0'
beaten. Mr.. HUMPHREY MARSHALL rose -
move a reconsideration. but des'sted ana ''''
Coopr ofya. renewed tie motion, with view u
having Il laid on the table and so cienchlng the
nail: but before this could be done ara "n"e
Goodies friends were yehemently urging MN u
withdraw his motion. the House has!il! ao!o"''''
in confusion. -,
This morning so soon as the journal was read M''
Goode withdrew his motion, as was expected; "u'
Mr.. BARCLAY Of Pa renewed it, with preVy
bread iutimatiop that he should vote not only 70
reconsider but to pass the bill Had o bomb ia''en
and burst on his side of the Hall, there could not
have been greater cOmmoton. Mr. HOUSTON
Of Ala. soon obtained the floor, and pitched INTO
Barclay yehemently. Mr.. BENNETT OF n. l. 10
terrupted him by point Of order. The kaes ior-
babe any iDpeachmen Mt of one members mo'Ve'oy
another. Tie Speaker said the Objectionable WORDS
must be reduced to writing and thus sent to the
Chair. Mr. Barclay begged Dir. Bennett TO with
draw his interposition. He trusted the gentleman
from Alabama would be allowed full scope Mr..
Beunett scquiesced and Mr.. Houston concluded
his haransue.
Mr.. HOWARD of Michigan now presented, as
matter of higher privilege than that now occupying
the House. the Report Of the Investigating Com
mittee sent to Kansas, forming with the evidence
and accompanying papers) large armidli or manu-
script. Its reception was at once objected to the
morton now before the House being privileged
one. Mr.. STEPHENS Of Ga. observed that mat
ter affecting the privileges Of the House-the rigo'
of a member to his seat, for instance-took prece'
dence of a merely privileged motion, like that to
reconsider ; and the Speaker so ruled. Here tne
whole Buchanan side of the House was dashed into
fury, and objections, motions points OF order, ap-
peals, &C., were piled upon each other for three
stormy hours. l will not follow the day struggle
in detail. The objections raised to receiving the
Report substantially were-l. That it was not yes
perft cted-Mr. Oliver wishing to examine one
or two more witnesses, (the President for one, and
the Speaker for another,) to which his colleagues
had assented. g That it was not privileged
matter. having reference to Kansas affairs gener-
ally, and not specially to the contest OF Wmtneld
and Reeder and so could only be received when
Reports from Select Committees should be 10 order.
3. That Mai. Oliver Lad not been allowed an OPP
portunity to prepare a minority Report. a. That
the Report must be read and adopted in formal
meeting of all The Members Of the Committee, and
tbishad not been. s. That the Committee had no au.
thority given it to make Report at all-that II
could report nothing but the evidence it had taken.
There were many more cavs resOrted to, but oil
seemed variations or notifications of these. Each
objection was a point of order, suggesting other
points, which were raised and urged with great
ingenuity, and the Speaker was repeatedly obliged
TO advise Members that pending appeal must be
decided before another can be entertained. Mr..
Banks ruled uniformly agaiDss the cayilers, whose
appeals were successfully withdrawn or laid on
the tabe-not one of them being decided by Yeas
and Nays.
At length the Opposers offered to compromise,
withdraw ing all opposition if the Free Kansas men
would agree that the Report should be received,
laid on the table, and ordered to be printed without
being read; bat the offer was rejected. At last,
BY steady effort and the extraordinary energy,
promptitude and clearness Of the Speaker, (whOse
ruling throughout this stormy sitting was never
supposedly all impediments were brushed away,
and the House brought 70 vote, under the Pre-.
vious Question, on referring the Report to the
Committee on Elections and ordering it printed,
when Mr.. HICKMAN of Pa called for its reading.
Again the fures ragged, but were soon subdued-
not till after Mr.. DUNN of Indiana had called on
the Speaker to have llr. FLORENCE Of Pa. put in
charge Of the Sergeant-st.Arms if he did not desst
from speaking out of order.
The Speaker ruled that any Member might
demand the reading of the document at this stage,
and the decision was not appealed from; 3d. about
4 p. M, Dir. SHERMAN Of the Committee com.
menced the reading. He read about half an hour,
with slight Interruptions; then q Deputy. Clerk
succeeded him, and read till about 5, interrupted
by two or three motions to dispense with further
reading, adjourn, &c. The reading was generally
listened to with profound attention. At length the
PrO.Slayery eide could endure no more of such
developments on empty stOmachs, and began to
fllibuster go seriously that the majority thought
best to give way, and adjourn leaving the reading
to be resumed in the morning.
Il think this-in view.of Judge COLLAMER's
admirable minority Report on Douglass and
Toombs's last scheme to make Kansas Slave
State-has been the most useful day ever spent by
Congress. l shall be disappointed if its develop