New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-07
uOIrsE or REPRESENTATIVES,.


in Nev-York Ha1bor. Adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. BOYCE gave notice OF an amendment ne IN
tpds Offering TO tue Tariff bill. lie proposes that from
snd after January, 1857, all goods wares, merchan-
dise and other products, subject under the existing
admitted al that rate and that tea and coffee shall be
included 10 the same schedule.
Mr. GREENWOOD introduced bill the more ef
ectuay prevent the introduction ofspittuOus liquors
and wines into the Indian country
Referred 10 the Committee on Judiciary.
The consideration Of the Presidents Message was re-
sumed
Mr.. STEPHENS said the debate on the subject wa'
the most UNUSUAL enc in our Parliamentary history. To
him il was sted with great interest aud to the coun
try he trusted would not be Improbable Weaeln the
midst Of new epoch in the Republic and it will be 80
coneid red hereafter. The late election brought into
array parties With what he considered well defined and
clearly asceItaned principles which were Inaniuy ana
openly met on both sides. 1t was fearful issue, put
the dangers past The result of the election has
quoted the public mind and we may do well, even
now when the storm is over ami re danger Is past 10
review them lie congratulated the country, the
House. ard even the Speaker, On the result OF the
election which has made the people everywhere
breathe freer and stimulated the acts Of peace Idee
were differences of opinion as to what was decided IN
The contest and some thou ght nothing hsd been de-
cided But it had been decided that Congress shaii
impose no restrictions the Territories 80 idr - SaV-
cry is concerned This issue was boldly made on
one side and as fairly and as zealCusy met on the
Mr. STEPHENS took for granted that the principles
of the Kansae Nebraska act were lndored py the YER
dict Of tue people IN the Presidential election. III,
how yer contained 10 such idea as Squatser Sow
ereiguty There was 10 recognized Independent SOW,
eIeignty in the PEOPLE OF the Territories lie roolced
the ncTe in the udJTsCmen' OF that act because the
boaft yas mace on this floor that the people oil the
North would revcr ust,nt, and because 20 few mem
bers from the North advocated is principles lie re
ioced though there were bat ghteen friends OF the
Kansas Ne6Issks ILL low in this House from the
North lie believed that forty nine had been
returned from that sCcton to the next Congrss Inc
Kanss Nebraska net merely cirritd out inc Oomprom-
lac messures of 1886 To which both Wings and Dem)
clsts pledged themselves in their Natlona! C)nYen
tions With r,gard to the Territories L JngreSS mas
only the right to pas nee6iu Iue' ana rGa
which cOners this power they cannot EXCLUDE slaVe1 or
white men The domain j. left free for settlement by
people from ell the State in equal enjoyment until
Congress in virtue of the Constitution, shall admit
them into the Union State with sovereign power
and on equal footing with the original StseS. Accord
inc 10 the Comprt mi of 1850 the Nj ouri restriction
ives imperative hence the necessity of making that
MIR. CAMPBELL Ohio inquired whether he under
stood Mr Stephens TO take tie ground tha' the Kan
cas- Nebraska act removed the reatncton aSah"
Slavery from Minnesota and al other Territories.
Mr. STEPHENS repeated that the Missouri reJtrlc-
ton was declared null and void wherever it had ex-
tended ~, o.
phcns understood the repeating clause as extending be-
yond the territorial limits OF ksDsas and Nebraska
Mr. STEPHENS reptile he understo ID by the decla-
ration that the Missouri restriction w,s inconsistent
with the a. mpromce Measures OF 1870, and therefore
wac pronounced null and void TO be confined not 10
one place more than another. In the course OF MS
remarks be said Mr.. Campbell two yeas ag1 had pre-
dicted there would be another kansss-N Nebraska ma
oiiiy in this House. lie had appealed TO the people
who had decided against him and his party. TINS
reminded Mr.. Stephens Of the lawyer who wished TO
speak in court after his case decided. The judge
told him he could not do 30, whereupoR the lawyer
,sid Il was OF arguing The question: but only cdrslng
the decision So it was win the gentleman IRON
Mr.. CAMPBELL replied in that trial of the case
there was false testimony on this very principle. Ine
witnesses on ore sGe claimed that the Nebraska act
meant thing and the witnesses on the other swear
mesnt something entirely different.
Mr. STEPIENS-l suppose the gentleman trom
Ohio of the witnesses, and some people OF MS
district did net believe his testimony lLaughterl Mr..
Stephens said he had never advocated the Kansas
Nebraska bill as South sn but as national and con-
stitutonal measure Although he should Ike 10 see
Kansas admitted into the Union as Slave S'ate, ne
thoueht there was no such probability. Not only the
laws Of climate and production, but those OF popua-
ton would prevent it, and so OF the other territories.
Mr. DAVIS Md remarked that gentle men had es-
sentiay differed on public questions, anu tue result
al acce sion Of doubt upon doubt and confusion
wore confounded until he Who should attic 9t 20 read
the past from the debates, would hnd himself VIII au-
horities fer any opinion, and tes mony for any fact
As 10 who opened this debate there was scarcelya
question. IL Was opened by The Presideat la his an
nuel message lie did not design 10 follow this ex
naoroiI ay document IN either ats reasonnks or stNs-
meDts Ct facts would he initiate the splt OF pit
terness which RUS through it. He quoted the
remark from the message " As Senator'S
present the StaiCJ OF the Union, and members
"represent their several constituencies tle PRECEDENT
represents the eSgresate po?u alton of the United
stales Napoleon Bonaparte said to the Deputies
Of his Chamber " You represent nOugLt but your
"several oCmmuues ! represent ihe gre.' nation. 10
republican America hsve the President proclAiuicg
be represents the people Of the uiOn thus attempting
TO belitte the S,nsc AID House of Repre- J,ntatyes.
II wss uch 20 be re- retted that the President smart
ing under the indignation Of bic Northern fcDds who
rVled up their condemnation against his policy, sh oud
have 80 far forgot the prophets of his station as to
introduce harshneSs olaDguage heretofore unkn ,wn
any Executive document MOI Si,hstSnding the Presl'
dents ideas as TO what tae peopl, decided in the Pes
dental election, be DlyJ said the lac contest show
thai smsjOrty OF the e0yle have condemned the Demo
cratic party; that majority against the ka0sss
Nebraska act; sgaiIst Franklin Pierce ard biz Adj
minstratop; end that minority Of the people desire
To see Mr. BuChausn Pre.ident-ths, minority prefers
that the exisrg rule shall be- continued four ye ,rJ
irees. ard hat maiority, beforehand, coneemU, his