Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-03-24
' AsHINGToY, tuesday, March Q
SENATE.


WAsHINGToY, Tuesday, March %.
SENATE.
! The Senate Chamber Was crowded to reple-
| pIetou. MIR Douglas wa9 in his seat, none
the worse for ms speech
Mr.. lTreen OF Missouri, commenced
| speech, reviewing The debate and in reply to
Mr.. Douglas. He said the statement Of Mr..
| u. and Others that nineteen counties We're
DISTINGUISHED, was meant 10 deceive. They
were wilderness without Inhabitants. lie
defended the legality Of the early steps to-
ward forming the Lecompton constitution,
and denied the assertions Of the Senators
| from Vermont (Foot) and Connecticut (Fos-
teri, that these broken pledges on the part of
Gov. Walker, of submitting the constitution
to the people
He replied at length to other Senators, and
| continued, the great question is, does the con.
sutution express the will of the people: We
cannot take flying rumor for evidence. That
Is traught with danger, which, if carried to
its ultimation, would bring bristling bsyonets
and cannon pointing to the walls OF the Cap
| ltol-to substitute opinions Of the mob Tor
forms of the law. The legal form was com
| piled with, and the people have no right to
| vote, whether it is constitution or not.
| The Senator from Kentucky says it will do
! harm, and will show abundant cause to sub
] L
| try again; try again. Col Fremont would
| like that principle to try again. The cry OF
| fraud reminded me Of the saying, that a lie
| well stuck to, was often as good as the truth.
He continued on This branch Of his subject
at length. He admitted that the Senators
| from illinois (Douglss), Tennessee (BelD,
and kentucky LCrittendeu), were not Actual
ed in this matter by hostility to slavery in
| Kan2as. But they were assisting to build up
| party dangerous to the Union, and whose
| permanent principle is mo more slave States
| The black Republicans, in crushing out the
! Democracy, would never Iueet their barrier
1 till they met the cannon of the South.
In summing up, he said ne would not ap-
| peal to the Americans to build up the Demo
cratic party but only to assist in breaking
down the only party dangerous to both.
| Mr.. Crttenden made an explanation. His
statements were made from official records
not from flying rumor or Governors CONVEX
aations. Thank God he distintinsuished
the right from the wrong, and had the cour-
age to say so. He followed his convictions,
| not party. g Be just and fear not" was
kentucky MAXIM. He believed his course
best Tor the North and the South. He wished
neither TO break down or build up any party,
| lie made an atectionRte reference to his com
| patriots of the Senate, when the Senate was
q great body, Clay, Calhoun, Webster and
Benton. He was an American and he would
| protect the ballot box-the crown and sceptre
| Of American sovereignty. When MIR. Crit
| tenden concluded.
Mr.. Green without farther remarks moved
| amendments.
Mir. Crttenden also offered a substitute.
| conversation rose as TO whether the ordi.
nance relating to the taxation of the public
lands was part OF the Constitution.
Mr.. Pugh of Ohio, argued that it was not,
| and the matter was dropped
| Nj. Green moved that without further de.
bate, the Senate proceed to vote He With
drew the Minnesota bin altogether, and NOV
ed three amendments to the original bill.
Ihe first amendment was simply 10 change
the form Of the preamble to the original
bill, AID was adopted. The second amend
ment provides that the people shall have the
! right, at any and ali times, to alter, reform.
or abolish their Constitution, in such manner
as they shall think proper, and no right Of the
! people; asserted III the Constitution, is to be
abridged OF nfrmged upon by this act Con-
| gress dlsclaimIng any authority to intervene
or declare the construction of the Constitu-
ton, except as to whether it is republican in
form, and in accordance with the United
States Constitution. Carried-yeas 81, nays
bal one and was carried.
Mr.. Pugh withdrew his former amendment
and substituted another, that the federal laws,
! ii not lnapplicable, be extended into the State
! OF hanzas, Judicial district be formed, and
Judge, Attorney General, and Marshal, be
appointed and paid, as in Iowa. Carried
yeas 81, nays 8.
Mr.. Crittenden moved a substitute to the
| bill, in substance that the Constitution be
submitted to the people, and if approved, to
admit karzas by proclamation. If rejected
to call convention and form a constitution.
! The substitute makes special provisions
! against frauds.
Several Senators here exclaimed their votes.
| Mr.. Kennedy OF Maryland, as a conserya-
tive middle man, would support Mr. Critten-
den, reserving the right afterwards to vote for
! Lecompton.
Mr.. Houston voted for Lecompton "under
Instructions" Mr.. Pugh reluctantly voted
against it for the same reason.
Mr.. Criltenden's substitute was then nut.
and lost-yeas "a, nays "a.
The bill, as amended to admit Kanzgs with
the Lecompton Constitution, was then put,
and passed-yeas 80, nays Is, as follows
NAvs-Messrs Bell, Broderok Chandler. Clark. COL
amgr. Oritteuden, Dixon, Doolittle Dougils Durkee
| Foot Fessenden, Foster, Hale Harlan KIM Pueb
| seward, simmons Stewart, Summer Trumbul, Wade
ABsEST-Messrs Bates Davis and Reed.
! PAIRED OFF'-hr. Cameron Of Pennsylvania
The Senate adjourned in the midst of ap-
| plause and Kisses.
HOUSE.
The House went into Committee on the
Deficiency appropriation Bill.
After some unimpoTtant action, Mr.. Kel-
! logg OF Illinois spoke an hour in opposition
to Lecompuon.
MIR. Howard of Michigan maintained that
the admission Of a new state was in the ma.
ture OF a contract. To admit Kanzas with
the Leeompton constitutional the work of a
few reckless men-would be- not contract.
but q fraud
Mr. Burnett Of Kentucky said the Repub
lican party was responsible for all the trou-
oles in hanzas, by sending armed emgrants
TO exclude IRON the territory Southern prop
erty' The friends of the Topeka constitution,
Wdch was begotten in the hot. bed of trea
son, attempt TO upbraid the founders of the
constitution which comes here in pursuance
OF law. The party which says there shall be
no more slave States, will ultimately attempt
to carry out its principles in the slave States
themselves The time is rapidly approaching
Mr.. Blair Of Missouri said those who were
elected as friends Of the President, and the
President himself, have fully exposed the for
teltuTe Of his pledges to the people of Kan
zas. Hateful rs is the whole Lecompton
scheme, sun more hateful is the design TO ex-
tend slavery over the whole country under
the decision Of the Supreme Court. lie
made on earnest speech on the general subject
before the House, and was followed by
Mr.. Wortendyko Of New Jersey, who said