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THIRT FTH CONG Ess.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10.
SENATE. In the Senate, resolution was
adopted, to proceed TO the election of Printer
tomorrow.
Mr. Gwinn offered resolution calling for
the correspondence between the Department
and the present Governor of Kanzas, together
with all orders and Instructions which have
been issued to said officer.
In the Senate, Mr.. Allen submitted the ar
rangement of Committees, as follows
Foreign Relatious-Messrs Mason, Douglas,
Sldell, Polk, Crittenden Seward, and Foot.
Finance-Messrs. Hunter, Pearce, Gwin,
Bright, Biggs, Fessenden, and Cameron.
Commerce-Messrs. Clay, Benjamin, Bigler
Toombs, Reid, Allen, and Hamln.
Military AHairs-Messrs. Davis, Fitzpatrick,
Johnson Iverson, Broderick. Wilson, and King
Naval Affairs-Messrs. Mallory Thompson Of
N. j.. Slidell, Alien, Hammond, Bell of Tenn,
and Hale.
Judiciary-Messrs. Bayard, Toombs, Pugh
| Benjamin Green CGllamer and Trumball.
| Post Office and Posi- Roads--Messrs. Yuiee
| Bigler, Gwin, Fitch, Henderson, Colsmer, and
| Dixon
| Public Lands-Messrs Stuart, johnson, Pugh,
| h. W. johnson, Broderck, Foster, and Harlan.
Private Land Claims-Messrs BENJAMIN Biggs
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Indian Ahairs-Messrs. Sebastian, Brown,
Reid. Fitch, Bell of Tenn Houston, and Doc
| little.
Pensions-Messrs. Jones. Thompson Of N. j.,
| Clay, Bates, Thompson of KY, Foster, and King.
Revolutionary Claims-Messrs. Evans, Bates,
| Crittenden, Wilson, and Durkee.
| Claims-Messrs. Iverson, Mallory, Polk, Bell
! of Tenn, and Simmons.
| District of Columbia-Messrs. Brown. Mason,
| johnson of Tenn, Henderson, Kennedy, Ham
| lin, and Chandler.
Patents and Patent Office-Messrs. Reid,
| Evans, Yulee, Simmons, and Trumbull.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Messrs Bright,
Hunter, Davis, Douglas, and Hale.
observation-disclosures. Douglas, Jones, Sebas-
| tan, Broderick. Green, Sumner and Wade.
| Engrossed Blls-Messrs. Wright, Bigler, and
| Harlan.
Audit and Control of Contingent Expenses
Messrs. Evans, Wright, and Dixon.
Enrolled Bills-Messrs. Jones, Blown, and
| Doolittle.
:, Printing johnson, Fitzpatrick, and
| Fessenden.
Library-Messrs. Pearce, Bayard, and Ham
| mond.
Mr.. Hamlin regarded the list as unjust, dis
! proportionate, and sectional. He thought it
! high time, when the slave power has seized
| on the Judiciary, and when the Supreme
| Court has undertaken to decide questions not
| legitimately before it, that great care should
| be taken as to the manner in which the com
rnittees of the Senate were constructed, go as
| to shape the legislation of the country prop
| erly.
Mr. Dooittle objected to the arrangement
| OF the committees, referring especially to the
| wants of the great Northwest, and to the i'm
| portance of the navigation OF the country.
| MIR. Chandler of Mich, read an extract
from the Daily Globe, announcing thata eau.
Gus Of all parties had agreed to q certain list
| Of committees. He was informed that's DEM
ocratic caucus was held, and list of com.
| mittees made out, leaving certain blanks to
| be filed by the Republicans, who saw fit to
| fill these blanks under protest No such gem
eral caucus as was announced, was held, and
| no assent was ever given by the Republicans
| of the Senate to such formation of commit
tees was therein announced
Mr.. Pugh of Ohio, said he should vote for
the list because it had been agreed upon by
| regular democratic caucus, but he concurred
with those senators who had expressed the
| opinion that the committees were not fairly
formed. He had said so at the proper place
| and time, and felt bound to repeat it while
| placing his vote on record in favor Of the list.
| Mr. Stuart Of Mich, said that he had de-
clined serving on the Committee on Com
merce. AS that committee had been alluded
| to, he thought proper TO make this statement.
Mr.. Bayard of Delaware, vindicated the
| propriety of the formation of the list 1t was
| proper that the dominant party should always
retain in their hands the ascendancy on all
the important committees.
Mr.. Gwin of California, alluded to the
manner in, which the Republicans arranged
I the committees in the House of Representa-
tiyes, when they had the power, as being in
| an eminent degree sectional and unjust.
| They could not now with good grace find
fault, for they had always exercised their
| power with an iron hand, whenever they had
| the opportunity.
| Mr.. Wilson of Mass, denied that at the
last Congress the Republicans were unjust to
| the Democrats in the formation of the House
| committees
Mr.. Gwin said that he did not refer par
ticularly to the last Congress, but to the gen.
eral practice of that party for many years;
| Mr.. Wilson commended that the Democratic
party and the pre-slavery party in this coun-
| try are one and the same thing, and INDUCED
in some bright visions Of the time when the
| Republicans shall gain the ascendency.
The list was then agreed to by vote OF 80
against 10.
Mr.. Green of Missouri proceeded to speak
on Kanzas affairs Mr.. Douglass speech, he
said, took him by surprise, not only as to its
matter, but its manners and it was we'll cal
culated to prejudice the question pending be-
fore the people of Kanzas. He wished to
counteract, so far as in his power, the impress
sion which had been made by that speech.
The real issue now was, ought Kanzas when
her constitution shall be presented. to be ad.
mitted into the Union, or ought the consider
alton of what the Senator OF Illinois calls the
fundamental error Of the President to be re.
garded as sufficient cause for keeping Kanzas
out of the Union, and keeping up the agita-
ton Of this most unfortunate question, The
question was not whether we approve or do
not approve of all the individual parts of the
Lecompton Convention, as to the provision in
reference to the banks taxation, Sc.
The only question is, does the constitution
embody a republican form of government.
Nobody has ever disputed that. There SEEM
ed to be want OF clear understanding as to
the relation which the federal government
sustained towards territory. The inhabi-
tants OF kanzas are people, and no enabling
act is required to impart to them power to
propose a change in their form of government
He argued that Congress would have no right
to refuse to admit Kanzas under the Lecomp-
ton constitution. The people OF Kanzas new
or proposed to form a government without the
consent Of Congress. The convention was
held in subordination TO the territorial govern
ment, and was under no obligation to submit
the constitution, or any part OF it, to the pop
ular vote. They chose TO submit the slavery