The Washington union., 1858-03-10
THIRTY--FIFTH CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, MARCH ., 1883.
SENATE.
First Session.
MEMORIALS, PETITIONS, ETC.

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settler homestead of hundred and sixty acres Of
land which ordered to lie ON the table.
Mr.. FITCH presented the memorial of h W Lander
praying compensation for reconnaissance made by MN
of a railroad route from Pugets sound, via the South
Pass to the Mississippi river which referred to the
Committee Military Affairs.
Mr.. HOUSTON presented joint resolutions OF the ess
late Of Texas in reference to the governor message on
Kansas affairs which read, and ordered 70 nc on
the table and be printed They set forth that whereas
there exists aud has existed violent determination GA
the part of portion of the Inhabitants OF the Territory
of Kansas exclude by force the citizens OF the slave
holding States from a ust equal and peaceful parcpa
ton in the use and enjoyment of the common property
and territory of the members OF the confederacy and
whereas this determination owing to the state OF pot
cal feeling the northern States Of the confederacy OPP
Grating upon the federal government may become ehec-
tua and the exclusion perpetual therefore the governor
of Texas authorized to order election for dele
gates delegates appointed by the other southern
States in convention, whenever the executives of
orty of the saveholdng States shall express the opinion
that such convention is necessary to preserve the equal
rights Of such States in the Union and advise the
governor of Texas that measures have been taken
for the appointment of delegates to such conven-
ton and the of ten thousand dollars is appropriated
to pay the mileage and per diem Of such delegates to be
paid according to the rate allowed to members OF Con
gross by the law in force in 1854 The resolutions further
provide that should eXgency arise in the opinion OF
the governor in which it may bc necessary for the State
of Texas to act alone by convention representing the
sovereignty Of the State he is requested to call special
session Of the legislature to provide for such State con
vcntion.
RESOLUTION
On motion by Mr. TRUMBULL a resolution was
adopted requesting the Secretary Of War to inform the
Senate whether the island of Rock Island in the State of
Illinois is longer needed for military purposes and if
not whether any steps have been taken for the dsposi
ton of the same
REPORTS COMMITTEES.
Mr EEssSENDEN from the Committee on Finance re-
ported bill for the relief of Edward N. Kent which
was read AM, passed to a second reading.
Mr. HARLAN, from the Committee Public Lands,
to whom was referred the memorial of citizens of Taylor
county Iowa. praying to be allowed to enter certain lands
which they had settled asked to be discharged from
tae usther consideration of the same, the ground that
Tpln lete. ~ the Commissioner OF the General Land
Office The committee of the opinion that legsa-
ton on the subject was necessary The motion was
agreed to.
Mr SIMMONS, from the Committee Claims, report
ed bill for the relief OF Rufus Dwinel which was read
and passed to a second reading.
coMMoponE JONES.
the consideration Of the bill for the relief of Capt Thomas
p CatesDy Jones which proposes to refund to him two
and half years pay OF which he had been deprived by
the sentence OF q court martial
Mr. STUART said that, having several days since given
the reasons why he could not vote for the bill, he
would recaptulatc them, but would move that
the bill be indefinitely postponed.
A discussion ensued, in which Messrs COLLAMER,
BAYARD, FOSTER, MASON, CRITTENDEN and others
participated when the question being taken the
tion OF Mr. STUART it not agreed toyeas L. nays
Gas follows:
YhasM,rs tggs, boierieI ro.F Groen lhmin iiran
NAYsssss!+ Msn ayara Bell Benjamin. lhger, Brown
FSh ioot Gwa Himnond Houston, isorson Jones kennedy
Mallory Mason FOLK, Seward simmons Ioombs, Wilson,
iec-2s
The bill then read third time and passed
KANSAS
The Senate resumed the consideration Of the bill for
tho admission of the State of Kansas into the Union
Mr. HAMI4lN felt compelled to address the Senate on
this subject IN vndication of the rights of the people
whom hc represented and in view of the magnitude of
the question He did not know of topic that had
crossed the attention of Congress he had been
ber or indeed in the whole history of the country
equal in Importance and magnitude to this But he
deeply regretted the aspect in which it had been pre-
sented How many there in the Senate who could
affirm that the bill under consideration met the approba
ton of their judgments But the tyranny aud despot
ism of party into the rescue and senators were
about to do an net which, in their hearts, they disap
prove There despotsm Garth like that Of
party and party associations He could speak from
perence for he had felt its bonds but he thanked God
that he free
Mr. H. went to say that in all the history of the
past act of equal political tuptude to this could be
found, one, to which he should afterwards aude
He ha no laudation to bestow upon this Union it
needed none, for its eulogy written in the history
of the past He chose that his acts should speak
him rather than the words which he uttered He would
the nations Of the Old World. No act of his should
be excred except for its perpeuation but if we
were to bow to party Judgment and do acts which in
our hearts reprobate, the period of the downfall of
this country would be certain that of the other
tions which have passed away ard only live the pages
of history Perhaps this would not take place in our
day for however great the wrongs may be which are
perpetatcd, the recupcrave energies of the country
were such to overcome them for a time Yet in the
progress of timc this ncessan arlogation of executive
power must produce its effect and the institutions under
which have achieved present greatness crum
BILE to the dust.
In the remarks which he proposed to make on the
present OCCASION he should connc himself principally
to the points adverted to in the speech of the
ator from South Carolina, Mr.. HAMMOND and should
notice. first, the faith of the South and the in
which she has kept it second the capacity of the South
distinct and separate government, as presented in
the speech Of Mr. HAMMOND and third to the char
actcr of the people of the Northhe laborng masses
of the North In speaking of the "South" he said he
only used the word which the senator from South Caro-
lima had put into his mouth For himself as an Ame,i-
citizen and American senator he knew no North
South, East, no West Whatever pcrained to The
rights and interests of any section OF the Union per-
taned to the rights and interests of the whole The peo
pie of the North meant to stand by the Union the
South could neither drive them out of it. nor should
they 60 out themselves.
gcncra charge had been made that tho North had
violated its constitutional obligations to the South but
single instance had been cited in which that had been
done When the senator from South Carolina would
make his specifications Mr. H. would endeavor to give
such as truth and justice might demand. Ii
that the North barren and cold il had not
the genial and the fertile savannas of the South
Al.