The true Democrat., 1856-03-25
Congressional.
Washington, March 10.

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 Senate debated the necessity of preparation for national defense in connection with our re- lations with Great Britain; debate going on House continued debate on Kansas question till adjournment The Senate consideroI the bill, approprating 100000 dollars for increasing the armaments and munitions of war, and for manufacturing of small arms, in accordance with the recent recommendation of the President; bill ordered to be engrosSed at third reading by d vote of P to 12.
 Details of Seaate's P,oceedings.-The fol- lowing are the yeas and nays on the 100000 bill
 Yeas-Allen, Bigler, Bright, Cass, Clay, Crit tenden, Fish, Geyer, Hunter, Iverson, Johnson, Jones, of Iowa, Mallory, Pugh Red, Sebastian, Slidell, Stuart, Toucey, Trumbull, Weller, Yu- lee.
 Nays-Adams, Bell, of Tenn, Coliamer, Fessenden, Foote, Hale, Harlan, Houston, Se- ward, Sumner, Wade and Wilson. Mr. Crittenden wished to know if recent improvements are to be applied to arms in States
 Mir. Wellerreplied, itis proposed to call them in. There are about 100000 muskets which are to be rlaed, and supplied with new locks, Maynars prlmmer, which alteration will make them most efficient weapons.
 Mir. Jones' of Tennessee did not think the exlgency had arisen for such an appropriation. lie did not wish 1t to go abroad that the little speck of war had excited such proceedings.
 Mir. Weller did not apprehend war, but while the treasury was full, it was we'll to make pre- parations for any emergency which might arise.
 Mr. Seward would vote forthe bill if amended so as to make definite appropriation for specified l purposes. The vote ordering bill to be engros- sed was reconsldered, when Mir. Weller offered an amendment in accordance with Mr. Stewards suggestion. MT. Hunter spoke in favor of n- creaSlng the national defences, so as to be pre- pared Tn every quarter.
 MT. Cass said England has suffered so much in war with Russia, it is not at all unlikely, she may try to retrieve her reputation by war in this western hemisphere. He also spoke rela. tive to the audacity of England quoting from the London Times recent articles against this country, and making thereon a sarcastic running commentary. He did not see how Central Ame- rican controversy could be referred to arbitra- ton; It was not question of boundary but one about the word. No arbitrator, whether under the English language or not, could tell us what the word occupy means, better than we know already.
 NIT. Hale sad, he could not believe in the propriety of the national armories, he could see no more necessity of having national arms man. uiactured in national machine shops, than hay ing national uniforms made in national tailor | shops; nor did he admit the necessity of such an increase of efficiency of the army at this tme Alluding to Mir. Cass' quotations from the London Times, he said little dependence was to be placed on foreign newspapers. He read an extract from the London Telegraph in which Mir. Seward and Mr. Foote were repre- sented as extremely bellgerent, and another from La Patre, which represented Mir. Banks, Speaker, as a black man, saying that in the double capacity of coored man, and an abo- litionist, he had inspired profound disgust in the minds ofsouthern members The reading of extracts occasioned excessive laughter Mr. lverson defended the bill, and thought there was imminent danger of war.