New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-02


.,-, ora nor for the ADMISSION OF other Ssst.s ,.
| The Jpion He wss clearly the opinion that a M
orty of the people Of the country did not regard K,
sss entitled 30 be admitted under euch ostrunent
He did not know whether the measure would p.s.
| both Houses or not, but thought II would be nors
likely 20 20 through il the ye-regimens b be passed
for there was much patronage connected with 70
,art tbe atmosphere and have al lnsensbe influence
mon votes in favor OF II. Laughter Senators oe
b's eide had been leCtured for speaking about
5isunion but whenever senators on the other ala
smoke on that subject nobody lectured them.
M. DOUGLAS Ull.) rose 10 question OF order, a
to whether Kansas was proper subject OF debss
the Senate not having decided whether they wosi
take up the Minnesota bill or not.
Nv HALE remarked that the movement Of The
Senator from Illinois afforded practical llIastra,ioa
of what he had just said about lecturIrS. way wa
not the Senator from Vrgina, who mrs. started the
debate On Kansas ectured, instead Of going OF 10
the foot of tie class and ectWing him tMr. Hs!el'
MtMAS0N (vs.) said that be had made hisr.msrks
without conference with friends lie did not say that he
wanted to see ali the difficulties in regard TO kansss
settled before he could vote for the admission OF any
new State under any circumstances. The time had
70, yet come to say that and he hoped that woe.d
no, become necessary TO say it. What he did say ws
this That this bill for the admission OF Minnesota
had been reported within the last week or ten days,
and that looking into il and seeing gres lreguaFi'
ties might be proper that all ths ~
ton To the admission of new state be eonsldefed
Mr. BROWN Miss alluded to Mr. Douglass a,
leged Inconsistencies and said that II oy TINS not
haste 10 get Minnesota into the Union, tue senator
from Illinois wanted TO secure the votes OF two sea
ators from Minnesota against the Lecomp,on Nous.i'
tuition, he hoped tha; the admission Oh "Hino'o'a
would be resisted to the bitter end.
Mr.. CRFTTENDEN saw no reason why these Two
.ubiec- should be connected in their Deliberations
Every question should be set led on Its Own merits.
The circumstances under which MinnesoIa ap2'ea LOT
admission were justified by numerous precedents m
tLe history of the country He did net wish 70 be
involved in the vortex OF Kansas pohtics;, Al
ludng to the threats made of dissolution OF the unon
no denounced them unwise, unpatriotic ana unean
ed for. He was for Union now aud Union forever
and he knew that the Union was too deep ana strong
the hearts of the people to be rooted out BY the et
forts Of politicians of any party ,..
Mr. Crttenden's remarks Were gowngy eloquent
ard we're greeted by repeaed applause in the gaei $
Mr.. DOUGLAS said that Mr.. Brown was mistaken
in supposing that he regarded an enabling aci i ns
pensable in the admission of new States In oenn.ns
his pos,ion he remarked that whenever he was sats'
fed that Constitution embodied the VIII OF the peo-
ple he was readyto admit State under H. ln mo ao-
serce of an enabling act, irregularities might be
waived provided the Constitution bona fde ex-
preston Of the will of the people On THIS principle,
satisfy him that the Lecompton Constitution embodied
the will of the people, and he would vote Tor tne ad'
mission of Kansas under it. He would not, however,
apny one rule TO Mnuesoa and another to hansas or
appy one rule TO Free and another to slave state.
III. FITZPATRICK lAls) obtained the floor.
Mr. CLAY (Als.) said that as was late, and as
would move that the Senate adjourn. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. STANTON (Ohio) offered a preamble setting
forth that j. b. Williamson Of the City OF New.fork
was on the 9th of January duly summoned, put
refused to appear before the UGmmtes zee appO,hh.a pph
or officers of the last House, growing out oil the
expenditures of Messrs. Lawrence, Stone q Co,
to influence the passage OF the Tsrlh bll OF 1871,
and concluding with a resolution that the Speaker
do issue his warrant directed to the Sergeant-at-
Arms, to take into custody the said Williamson,
wherever found, and bring him before the bar
of this House to answer for contempt Of its au.
thority Mr.. Stanton caused to be read letter from
Mr. Williamson, in which he respectfully declined 10
appear before the Committee for reasons which his
attorney advised him sufficient for his not leaving
New-York. The resolution was adopted.
The House is engaged in discussion upon the bill
TO supply the accidental omission in the Army bill Of
last Session to make an appropriation for the support
The bill passed appropriates $780, 900 for that pur-
pose.
Mr.. BOYCE IS. C.) offered resolution, which was
passed, providing for tine appointment OF Select
Committee Of seven TO inquire into and report the
following subjects, viz: reduction Of the expenses
of Government; tine Navigation laws Of the United
States the exis ing duties mpOrts and the expe-
diency of gradual repeal of ali duties on imports,
and a resort exclusiyey to internal taxation.
The House, in Committee Of the Whole, resumed its
consideration of the Printing Deficiency bill. During
he discussion ii stated that the printing for the
XXXIIld Congress cost million Of dollars than
hat for XXXIYth and that such extrayagent expen-
oitures resulted from the ordering of the printing of
works of the extent of which nothing was known.
Several gentlemen emphatcey condemned such
waste of money but they conended that the $4,000
now proposed to be appropriated was necessary to
meet existing contracts. Pay these aud let Congress
guard IN future against such abuses. Others said that
this system OF public pluDder for the benefit Of party
editors to be continued they should have the op
poItunty to place their names record against II,
and to wash their hands Of all such corruption.
Iommitaa flpn wit thnuf 10
conclusion on the subject.
Mr.. LANE tOregon) presented the State Constitu-
tion of Oregon, which was referred to the Committee
on Territories.
Mr.: PARROTT TX. IT, asked leave to present Ger.
tam JOINT resolutions Of the Legislature Of Kansas,
with the view to have them laid on tue table and
printed.
Impatient exclamations-what are they, Read,
Mr. CRAIG (Mo) objected and raised the question
that the papers could not be cad.
The SPEAKER said that the question was, whether
they should be received
Mr.. CRAIG appealed from the decision Of the chair.
There was much confusion during these proceed
Mr. WAsHBUBN Gll.) moved to lay the appeal
on the table, which was carried.
The resolutions read, strongly censurng the
action Of the Iecompton Convention and the odious
and oppressive party machinery of law under which
the delegates assembled; saying that the Convention
repudated and crushed out the destructive principle
OF the Kansas Nebraska act by not leaving the people
free TO form and legslate the subject Of their do
mestic Institutions in their own way, since at every
stage they had been prevented from so doing and
strongly protesting against admission into the Union
under the Lecompton Constitution, violating the
rights Of nineteen twenteths Of the people Of the
Territory.
second series Of resolutions from the Kansas Leg
satuTe read to the effect that the State be not
received into the Union under the Lecompton Con-