Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-01-28

lpecteQ termlnatlOn OF the marcn would
not exceed two cents per pound. So
the army were provided with boiling
kettles and all the machinery for opera
| ting on the water ofthe Great Salt Lake,
just 1l3 miles distant from their winter
quarters.
I2Go Congressional
T. WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
Mr.. Mason, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, submitted report
on Central American affairs,
The report reviews at length. the whole
case, saying in conclusion: The law
ofl794, equally with that of 1918, was
founded in wise policy, to, preserve the
peace of the country and maintain amity
and amicable relations with foreign
States. 1t denounces its penalties only
against those, whether citizens or for
eigners, who in its jurisdiction abuse the
protection and Inequalities of laws by
secret and unlawful practices, to wage
piratical war against nations with whom
we are at peace, and in most cases dis
honoring the American flag, used to
Shield them in their acts. Were such
things tolerated, it would be to commit
the peace ofthe country to every restless
and turbulent adventurer who, unequal
to or disdainful of the terms of peace,
would find food for his ambition only in
the license of the carnage, the rapine
and rayages of war; 1t would take the
affairs of Government, in our foreign in
tercourse at least, from the hands of those
to whom they are committed by the
constitution and laws, and leave them
under control or at the pleasure of I'M
known and irresponsible agencies. The
report concluded with the following res
olutions.
!, ResOloed, That no further provis-
ions of law are necessary to confer au-
thority on the President to cause arrests,
and seizures to be made on the high seas
for offences committed against the neu-
trality laws of 1918. The committee
find that said power is necessarily i'm
piled by the terms of the Sth section of
that act
2. Resolued, That the place where
William Walker was arrested, being
without the jurisdiction of the United
States, the arrest was without warrant
of law; but in view of the circumstances
attending it, and its result in taking
away from territory i'll state of amity
with the United States, American citi-
z ms who were there with hostile intent
it may not call for further censure, as it
might hereafter be drawn to precedent,
if suffered to pass without remark. The
committee, inasmuch as the neutrality
law may be made more efficient by some
proper provision for bringing offenders
against it for trial, who after arrest at
sea are brought back to the United
States, report bill making it the duty
of the commanding officer making such
arrest, to bring or send the offenders
together with the cargo of the expedi-
ton to the port whence they started, or
where the clearance was obtained to be
surrendered to the collector to be dealt
with according to law. 1t is made the
duty of the collector to give immediate
notice to the District Attorney and Mar
shall of their presence, together with the
facts and circumstances which led to
their arrest, and it shall be the duty of
these officers to institute proceeding q
gainst them.
The subject was made the special or
der for the 9th February.
Mr.. Douglas, as a member ofthe COM
mittee of Foreign Relations, dissented
from the report.
Mr.. Foot, also of the Committee, ex-
pressed his full concurrence in the gen
eral principles and proposition laid down
in the report, but so far as the report
either in express terms or by implication
imputed blame to Com. Paulding. he en-
tirely disented from it.
Mr.. Harlan made speech against the
Lecompton Constitution; to carry out
the views of the President would be te
secure the organization of Slave State
on free soil, but to adopt the views o
Mr.. Douglas, would be to secure the or
ganization of Free State in accordance
with the vii, of the people.
The subject of Kansas was postponed
till Friday. Adjourned.
The House met in a Committee O
the Whole on the state of the Union OF
| Tue INV Sillu JSlisiOH UlLl.
Mr.. Gartrell made a speech in suppor
of slavery. The time for apology wa
past The Southern people are a uni
and stand up before the world defend
and Justify the institution of slavery.
Mr.. Washburne, of Wis, reviewed tn,
Secretary of the Treasury's Report, ex
posing what he regarded as its fallacies
Il Mr.. Granger accused the Administra
ton of extravagance in increasing til,
expenditures Is or $4,000, 900 annual,
while the revenue has been run dowl
90 or $30,00e,00o One part of the arm,
lis surrounded by snow and the Nor
mons, and another is playing second fid
die to Slavery in Kansas, and the re
mainder are fighting for honor and Bill,
| Bowlegs. Laughter. He also argued il
favor of a protective tariff.
Mr.. Bingham said the House SHOULD
not recognize the right of the Presiden
to dictate to them in what manner the
shall discharge their duties, notwith
standing the threats of the Southrer
States, that they will go out Of the Tn
| ion unless Kansas be admitted under tn,
Lecompton Constitution. Under n,
, possible state of things would he Civ,
to it his sanction. That instrument i
mot the viii of the people of Kansas. 1t
/ provisions are in direct confiction witt
the constitution and the principles O
t eternal justice. Let the supporters o
: the Lecompton Constitution look to
that the freedom of Kansas are no
} pressed TO the point where forbearanc
ceases to be virtue. Kansas is file,
' with free men who know their rights.
d The Committee then arose, and tn