The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-13
THIRTY-F1FTH CONGRESS-.
vuSr SnsSION.
WASHINGTON, March IL, 1853

"'Hs1NuHONi ~ Oah ~ KoOc6
DEBATE ON tbs ADMISSION or KANsAa

DEBATE ON ADMISSION or KANsAa
MI CHANDLER opp OF Mich. addressed the Sens&s on
har sas affairs He opposed to the Lecompon con.
sttetsoc for four reasons;-Frst Because II was con-
cetved and concluded in fraud Second, Because does
pot ems,e from the people Of the Territory nor express
ther viii; Thid Because 10 series Of aggressons
OF The Fart OF tho slave power which, cousum mated,
VIII end IN the subversion OF the constitution Fourth
Because strikes dea.sbow at State rights and popular
sovereign j. In arguing the first Of these points he
ferred to the conditions and workings Of the Missouri Com
premise c"ntendng that things WORKED smoothly with
OCCASIONS exceptions, until light broke upon the
equity the shape Of popular sovereignty and tina. up
70 the appearance II the Nicholson letter, the power q
SOogets to egsate for the Territories unquesoned
ans letter was held up by the South a high hid for
ONCE, but bts still higher were demanded Then Mr.
Fillmore bid the fugitive slave bill Mr.. Webster fol
foweo with mis- seventh OF March speech aud Mr. Douglas
wth the repsai of the Missouri Compromise What was
the reward Of these three meuy One was voted
Gown in the Nominating Convention; one did
Rot even receive the poor compliment of nomin stiou
ana oioa Oh broken heart AID the third has the
wnoie power of ma administration his trail hunting
him hso ooodnounds; and are three other men 70
whom this administration owes its existence, who
meeting with sm'ar reward he alluded to Messrs.
Stanton Walker and Forney. Mr.. Chandler briefly
comostiec Mr.. Benjsmu's arguIneut-that slavery
rity for his position. He also referred to the
ired Sos decision, the principal dogma of which
ne denouneed, as the most DANGEROUS aggression on
the constitution ever enuncisted. Proceeding TO q
narrator OF the frauos IN Kansas, ne alluded the
alleged fact that The first Legislature of Kansas mad passed
the whole coos OF Mssoori Jaws, with several pages Of
additional Infamous laws Of their own connecting.
Mr. POLK (adm ct MO-, asked hin 10 point out one
law heL''ca 9Th the co0e Of mis- souri,.
Mr. CHANDLER said he had not the code OF Missouri be
fore him, out he undertook to affirm that the whole code
was enacted.
Mr.. POiK-Specify one.
NJ CHANDLER was Lot familiar with the Missouri CODE
bu. ccuo prove what he said.
Nc PtaK would like 10 hear the proof
MI CHANDLER could prove by the evidence of three
msn VITO sQep three weeks in comparing the codes
Mr. foIx-same them.
Mr.. 1hasmER-Hessrs Howard and shermau and an
other member of the other House don't know his name
but be Is there.
Mr. CHANDIRR then proceeded with review Of the Kan
sas elections, reteraLg statements already familiar
the pubic Some dlscursive remarks followed, in which
he quoted hessrs Cass aLd Buchanan supporting the
Missouri COMPROMISE down is+s He also m ATTAINED
In oppoeuon Mr. Bepamo's theory. thai avery is the
creature OF municipal law He asserted that the repub
Leans rational party 10 whom the Urion must
ooS for it, defence Passing TO Presi lent Buchanan he
SAID at he respected hia 20 long he Kept within the
laws bot when he attempted to force constitution upou
an unwilling people, he longer Jnmes Buchan Pre-
sident, ont James Buchanan, criminal. The govern
ment, he believed, could not succeed in its do.
signs 1t had not money enough TO buy
bayooets enough 70 force that constitution people
OK KsUess should be sitenpt it, and blood be shei He
would be liable 70 impeachment aud liable to be hanged
rs murderer He deprecated civil war but confessed
thai he respect the people Of would be esseped
they dd not resist aod he would hold the President
spoosoe Tor every drop OF blood sned Quoting extracts
from Mr. Haumonds speech charactcrlziog the aborers
OF the North slaves Mr. Chandler replied to t with
force quoting Southern writer's TO show the degraded con-
dtion the whites at the Souh aud closing with spirit
Cd defence Of tue Northern working meu
Mr. srsrER adm Of Va commended that the President
had take the best course 10 settle this vexed question
He then gave rapid sketch Of Kansas down to
tho application for admission into the Union. TO this
mssc he said there elias OF objectors
denying the LEGALITY Of the Iece
oher Asking Tor the authority Of an enabling act Hc re-
pied 90 tive objections a. ength, oooteuiing the
one thst the Iecompton constitiiou-was valid in
strumsnt and AZ u the other that the Lecompton
sutiCn being legal Congress had 10 right u seed bsck
Slavery the only point IN dispute and Congress should
claim the right u look into constitution Of
slavery NAV look for other thny that may be disa
or, cab In the of thirty millions Of people he pro
tested such Then passing 20 the Dred Scott
case Mr. Hunter turned Mr. 80 yard saying he would
not HIM OF wifu of facts would
that hs party bias hao colored his statement
render cnem wholly unreliable. Reading from Mr.. Sc
wards spetch extracts referring to the supreme
Court be nenied upon them sith severity Inviting
the dee OF the judiciary system in orGer TO recon
and preuoces Of the moo. Referring TO Mr. Stewards
prophecy that 10 10 be inernecine war until slavery
shall he abel shed, he ned him chat the should
come IL would last tor centuries The work OF
thesocis condition which thai Senator prophecies state
made q psseing aluson 20 the present political cond
ton OF England, sho he said, be liked better "a she
sury and opnopa,ea Blu; frank hos est and brave
rather than 10 her recent guse OF asc philanthropy
the iDtc ercr our domestic insttuous Bu, she
resumed her empire India with an hundred million
OF individuals holding their lives and property at her alb
soluc VIII, he thought she would have the face 10 NJ
temp, another interference with domestic institutions
But continued Mr. Hunter) reaction IL setting 10 In Eu-
rope tho subject OF slavery Here too, reaction 10
going Our people gravtating tosafis the eqna
tor The Senator from New York said that the white
will have this continent say too; but a. ~ master,
not the equa OF Indians and nigsers. Only these
conditions can the white man rule this contuegt. Mr.
Hunter concluded by saying perhaps al VA, moment the
heart OF Young America Ia bordering on things
winch neither the Senator from New York nor
dream Of sea- ching Out, nursing and guiding
the tendencies Of the times into the mighty future, aud
into forms OF government Other great nations are
engaged giant scoemes aud playing for the stakes Of
empire The spols OF nations that have been accumuV
great powers OF Europe The eagles 10 the FEAST
but one youngest Of them "a absent Such II
things csnro, long endure instincts tor empire for
bid H. Kansas In dwarfcd by the side OF such great H.
the senator from New York viii lead me hrs tri
pod will Undertake the prophecy that this Union Will DC
preserved that respect will m follow the jndcal ernine
aud that shall at some future day cultivac spirit Of
OF liberty will DO lost To reaizs these things
the American people must cast from their councils
sep that Turks under flower OF his rheorc; one drop
OF that venom may bring lehargy the brain aud dis
turb the balance OF empire
said he stood there In peculiar circumstances as the
representative Of party almost without voice He
had from the outset repudiated the principles of the
Kansas Nebraska pill because repealed the Missouri
compromise ana be responsible for the results
thai flowed from that repeal lie under no obliga
ton 70 the democratic party but having watched the
course that party and the President this measure
he felt constrained 70 accord them bis support He here
position in the wbig party and his present allegiance
10 the Know Nothings ssyug he rcjoced u have op
portuny o. oeisncns Tue s'eo 'n sne noof o
He tben passed 70 The subject Immediately before the
Senate lie should vote for the admission &c Kansas
der the Lecompton constitution because he believed be-
fore God would be acting rightly He must vose
with party or The other. lie could not vote on
ona questions with the opposition, because that party
sectional Slavery, he commended, noA question
ol national politics. but OF political economy and tue
OF political economy will not perm saveryo remain ave
years north OF hirtysi degrees and thirty minutes
Ing 70 the demand for slave labor In the south
He here introduced q statistical statement 10 show
that save labor is Inadequate 70 the present
WA IF ha
sectional discussion Ho had rightfu connection with
H. He was, he said Conservative middle man, equally
opposed 10 aecuonalism ana ruausni, whether come,
from the Nof& Sotah. He expressed rogret At tbc
coupling u Minnesota with Kansas, referring % clause
In The conststion Of the former which he considered
odous, dangerous aud foreign He read the clause
dehung the classes who may exercise the elective fran
cniso ncudts foreigners and Indian half breeds Squat