Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-08

the vote stood in the Senate 81 to %, and
in the Househof Representatives 112 to
lob. The discussion on the bill in The,
House was excited, but there were no per-
sonal collisions. Upon the passage of, the
bin there wns some apniaase and hissing,
but it was promptly checked,
The Senate recedcd from its amendments
to the Deficiency Bill, which was passed
Mr.. iEouston's Mexican Protcctorate Res
olution was discussed, S@:
We extract from the proceedings of Con-
grcss on Thursday and Friday last, the FOL
lowing items: ~
On Thursday in the Senate, the report
of the Committee of Conference on the Kan
sas bill was taken up. ~
Mr.. Douglas objected TO the Kansas.
Conference substitute, because it did not
submit the l4ccompton Constitution fairly
to the people, but made thciradmissioG 3;r1
tually contingent on the acceptance or re-
lection Of the land grant,
lie objected to the offer Of .bribe to
come in with 10000 population under one
kind of Constitution, and not unless they
have 10000 under another. What is this
bnt Congressional intervention, offering a
bountyson one hand and a penalty OH the.
other to control the resolt2 80.
Mr.. Brown Miss addressed the Senate
in favor of the Conference substitute, des-
cribing it as peace measure with. hcaling
on it's wings
MIR. Tooiabs (Ga.) wNrmly supported the
Conference substitute, denying that any
bribe of land was offered On the, contra.
ry, the Committee refused to give. kansps
the 17,0000o0 Of acres which she asked
for. >sYg go.
Mr.. Wilson (Mass.1 replied to, STr.,
Toombs. In preference, 10 the sovcnteen.
millions of acres, direct bribe is offered of
hundreds of thousands of acres and of dol
lars. Two millions of acres of public lands.
arc advertised to be sold on the 1st of July,
and here is direct bribe'of five per cent
on the sales, amounting to hundreds of
thousands of dollars, offered ifKausas will
come into the Union before the lst of July.
On the other hand, the direct pcnalty is
that she shall be kept out Of the Union, al
though every one acquainted with, Kansas
knows that the feeling of that Territory is
almost unanimous i'll favor of adpaission.., (
Mr.. Green, (Nto,) took OCCASION to refer
to Mr.. Wilson'S charge, and said, "Out of
the fullness ofthe heart the, mouth speak,
eth" lie would like to put him under
oath and cross-question him HhethcrS there
were eyorany frauds iii Kansas It'll Mr..
Wilson went there, and whether he did
send for Jim Lane to concoct the matter
with him.
Mr.. Wilson utterly Tcpudiated having
done so, and reminded Mr.. Green that tho
frauds were committed by his constituent
Missourians.
Mr.. Bell (Tenn, explained the reasons
which would govern his vote He also
compared the Crittcpden and Conference
substitutes, showing their relative worth
and effect.
In the House Mr.. Cox COhio) defined his
position He was the first in the House
to oppose the Lecompton Constitution, but
after careful consideration of his duty to
party. State, and the Union, and the well
fare of the whole people, he had come to
the deliberatezeonclusion support che re-
port of the committee Though by it the
Constitution is not submitted yet the means
are provided for obtaining the sense OF the
people, and they can reject tiff they do not
like it. No bribc, as. as.asscftcd, is 0ffefad to
Kansas, for she will get the lands as have
other new States; Governor Walker had
informed him That Kansas would have the
requisite population next Autunn for a
Representative to Congress, according to
the Federal ratio. a. :
MIR. Marshell (Ky:) got the floor
Herose for the first time since the sub
ject Of Kansas was introduced to- open his.
mouth in relation to it, The report was
the original fruit of the. Kansas N Nebraska
bill. What q spectacle Is presented 10 thd
American people when their representa-
tivcs are engaged on a measure the authors
of which do not and cannot understand its
meaning-whether or,not IL submits tho
Lecompton Constitution
One of the managers (Stcvcns) yesterday
emphaticghy declared the principle of non
submission, while another (Englishl main,
tained that the Constitution Is subnItted
Mr.. English wanted to know on what
authority Mr.. Marshall made that stateg
ment He called on him to name the tilno
and place. 81
Mr. Marshall replied that IL wasan infer
enoe drawn from his remarks, aud asked
SIr. English whether he nllaerstoad the re.
port In tho same way that Mr. Stephens
Gid, viz; that the Constitution was not to-
be subm ittcd. 1.s;.
Mr. R,,glish replied that the bill was
drawn in good Engliah [laughter,] and he
supposed the gentleman was competent to.
judge the meaning OF che words in the bill,
Mr, Marshall responded that IL that was