The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-03-30
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w Washington, March -.

> oyerrun BY invading border rufianl The Zoo
OF the Seuate was crowded with ladies. Mr..
referred to his course on the slavery question
from the time of the admission Of Texas. Con
l greas, he said, eventually decided that new ter
Fitor;es should choose their domestic policy fo
! themselves, and Tor want Of power TO carry ou
bis own measures he agreed with their new linz
Of policy, with view Of healing sectional strife
: and restoring peace to this country. His objec
was 10 localize not sectioDalize slavery. Ths
people Of Illinois, on sober reflection, approved
his course, and the Legislature with great unan
unity passed resolutions to that effect. Subse-
queDtly as Senator Of that State and member oi
the democratic party, he felt il his duty to apply
70 the Kansas Nebraska act the principle which
had been substituted for the geographical line;
both parties we're pledged to il; the exac,
words Of that principle are, that 1t il not in
tended TO legislate slavery into any territory
but leave the people to regulate their own af-
fairs. Now, said Mr.. D the question arises. is
the Lecompton constitution in accordance with
the principles Of the compromise Of 1850, and
in accordance with the organic act? Have the
people Of Kansas been left to manage their own
affairs in their own way, subject only to the
constitution Of the United States? Does the
Lecompton constitution embody the will of the
people Of Kansas? If it does, you have right
to admit her into the Union, and to waive any
irregularity that may have occurred in minor
details. The whole action Of this House turns
on this, whether or not they give free express
sion Of their will in that act, but what evidence
have we that it is SO. He would refrain from
going into report Of how many votes we're
fraudulent, but, supposing them all legal, how
can we accept it as the will of the people, when
they could only vote for and not against it; and
at the subsequent election there we're against it
10000. This was evidence to his mind that
Lec0mpt0n is not the expression Of the will Of
| the people. 1t has been said that the election
Of December 2lst was legal, and that on Janu-
nary 4th was not legal. Where do you find
law that legalizes the election Of Dec. 2lst?-
Only under the law Of the Lecompton Constitu-
ton. which only possessed as much as it receiv-
ed from the Legislature, and if SO the Legisla-
ture possessed as much power on January 4th
as on December 2lst aud February Goth.
Mr.. D. referred to Calhouns letter recently
published, saying that be thinks Delaware Cross
ing gives the Legislature to the Free State men,
Il was of no importance what Mr.. Calhoun
thought, but the facts are important, as on
| them depends the integrity OF the vote. As
| Mr.. Q. is absent, is it satisfactory for the de-
posed president to address q letter to the
editor Of the Star, stating his private
opinion. He would like to know whether
the president pro TEN. has not already
issued the certificates to pro-slavery officers,
while Mr.. Calhoun's opinion is that the Free
State party have it. Where is this president
pro tem.. Is be too fugitive from justice? and
it he ie, what conclusion have the majority
committee Of seven arrived al? Can he not
get the president pro tenn. also to write letter
to the committee of seven?
Mr.. D. denounced the Washington Union for
assailing him, and said that it was because be
refused to vote for the editor for printer.
The last hour was devoted to a vehement de-
nunciation Of the president for attempting to
dragoon Men into the support Of Lecompton,
by the use Of patronage, and he declared that
be should obey the dictates Of conscience in
spite Of the president and cabinet. He should
consult the will of his constituents rather than
the will Of the President. All other democrats
we're allowed to differ from the President on
various points, on this alone absolute submis-
sion required. He Scorned the attempt at
coercion, and would not yield to it. If this was
to drive him to private life, he was ready for
the sacrifice. He preferred his self respect and
private lite to self abasement in Office.
Mr.. Toombs replied with bitterness and sharp
personal criticism OF Douglas.
Washington, March %.
HoUsE.-The House went into Committee Of
the Whole on the Deficiency Bill.
Mr. Kellogg, of Illinois, concluded his speech
against Lecompton. Il
Mr. Harris, Of ILL.,, is seriously i'll, having rup
tured blood vessel
Mr. Potter of Wisconsin made an anti-Le.
compton speech, after which the House ad-
journed.
SENArE.-The Senate was again crowded.
The preliminary business was unimportant.
Mr.. Green commenced by denying the asser-
ton Of the Senator from Michigan, [Stuart, that
the friends Of LecOmpt0n have been driven from
their position. The Senator from Illinois, Doug.
las, implied the same thing, but it lis not SO,
and the Committees report stands unshaken
Its every individual charge is sustained by off.
cial evidence, and the only exception taken to
the report is by the Senator from Wisconsin,
who objected to the harsh appellation Of rebels.
He made some desultory preliminary remarks
in reply to the Senators from Michigan, Illinois
and Wisconsin, saying that the government Of
Kansas was de facto quite as much as in the
care Of California even if you admit that frauds
were committed. He drew . parallel between
the cases Of Kansas and California, citing Mr..
Douglas opinion on the latter in support of his
own, Green's, views on the former. He said
the statement that 10 counties were disfran-
chised was meant to deceive. These counties
were wilderness without inhabitants. He de
Tended the legality of the early steps towards
the formation Of the Lecompton constitution,
and denied the assertions Of the Senator from
VT, and Mr.. Foster that there had been broken
pledges on the part Of Gov. Walker and the
President. Every body knows that Goveraor
Walker was in favor Of submitting the consti-
tuition to the people. He had advocated it but
he had no power to pledge it. The Senator
from Illinois says that the only reason they did
not submit the whole constitution was because
it was said it would be voted DON. Who said
80? No one except the Senators from Illinois
aud Michigan.
The great question, does the Constitution en-
hody the will Of the people which is legally
expressed. The rules aud the evidence are the
same in equity as in law. We cannot take the
flying rumors and the opinions Of the Governors
Of Kansas as evidence; that 10 fraught with dan
ger, which il carried to its ultimatum, would
bring brstling bayonets aud canon pointed at
the walls Of the Capitol. To substitute opin-
ions OF the mob tor the forms OF law, all the
legal forms having been complied with in CON-
pleting the Lecompt0n Constitution it was q
completed fact that the people had no right to
vote Us to whether or not it was Constitution.
What would Senators say if the Constitutions OF
their own States, after being in actual opera
ton. was to be submitted to the people to see
whether it is q Constitution or not. The Sena-
tor from Kentucky says it would do no harm,
and would only show abundant cause to submit
- o>~s" ~ snS PSVPASs AVS, ay 0k1Ms u1
again Col Fremont.
He liked that principle 20 try again. As to
the cry Of fraud, it reminded him, but he would
not apply the maxim to the Senator that lie
well stuck to is as good as tie truth.
Mr.. Green continued to analize the repu.ed
frauds, admitting that frauds did exist, but none
to vitiate the constitution further than that no
legal evidence exists to show that the Lecomp-
ton Constitution does not embody the will Of
the people Of Kansas; and if they 20 behind
the legal evidence, they strike at the very prn-
ciple Of liberty. He admitted that the Senators
from Illinois, Michigan, California and Kentucky
were not Influenced in their exactions BY the
existence or non existence Of slavery in Kansas,
but they we're assisting to build up party dan.
gerous to the Union, and whose fundamental
principles just enuciated is mo more slave
States" Had it not been for them Kansas many
weeks since would have been young sister in
the confederation OF States. Mr. G. would not
60 over TO or aid the enemy, however he might
be dissatisfied with the action Of his friends.
Among other things he said that Black Repub-
licanism, crushing out the Democracy ID lss
course, would never meet its barrier till met BY