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WASHINGTON March %.
! SENATE.-The Senate was again crowded
/ The preliminary business was unimpor
tant.
Mr.. Green, of Mo-, commenced by denyin
the assertion of the Senator from Michigan
(StuarO 'that the friends OF Lecompto
have been driven from their position Th
| Senator from Illinois (Douglas) implied th
same thing, but it is not so, and the Com
| mlttee'S report stands unshaken. Its ever,
! individual charge is sustained by official ev
/ iIence, and the only exception taken to tn
report is by the Senator from VT, who oh
.jected to the harsh appellation Of "rebels.
In law We cannot take the flying rumors ant
the opinions of the Governors of Kansas a
the evidence that is fraught with DANCE
which, if carried to its ultimatum, woult
bring brstling bayonets and cannons point
ed at the walls Of the Capitol to substitute
opini ms Of the mob for forms of the laws
All the legal forms having been compiled
with in completing the Lecompton Consttu
tion. 1t was completed fact that the peopl
| had no right to vote as to whether or not i
was Constitution.
! Mr.. u. continued to analyZe the reputet
frauds, admitting that frauds did exist, bu
none to vitiate the Constitution. Furthe
than that, no legal evidence exists to show
that the LecOmpton Constitution does no
embody the will of the people of Kansas
and if We 60 beyond the legal evidence, w
we strike at the very principle of liberty
He admitted that the Senators from Illinois
Michigan, California and Kentucky We're no
influenced in their exactions by the existence
or non-existence of slavery in Kansas, bu
they were assisting to build up party dan
gerOus to the Union, and whose Fundamental
principle just enunciated is, no more Slave
States. Had it not been for them, Kansas
many weeks since, would have been young
sister in the confederation of States. Mr.
| q could not 90 over to or aid the enemy
however much he might be dissatisfied with
the action of his friends Among other
things, he said that Black Repubicanism, in
crushing out the Democracy in its course
would never meet its barrier till met by the
cannon of the South.
MIR. Green then referred to the statement
of Mr. Douglas that the Constitution can be
only changed before 1864 by the exercise o
revolutionary right, and said it was not So
New York and other states had done it. and
it was inserted with a similar Interpretation
in the Kansas bill of rights. The people
must have that right to change the Consttu.
ton III legal way. He made some desulto-
ry parliamentary remarks in reply to the
Senators from Michigan, Illinois and Wiscon-
sin, saying that the government of Kansas
was de factO quite as much as in the case OF
lNalI 1s,>.t <A,k I.
were committed. He drew a parallel be-
tween the cases of Kansas and California,
citing Mr. Douglas opinion on the latter, IN
support Of his own (Green 81 views on the
former. He said the statement tEat 19 coun-
ties were distranchised, was meant to deceive
hhSsEa haSans s1"n'es TSdsnsss fSS Without in
early steps toward the formation of the Le-
compton Constitution, and denied the asser-
tions of the Senator from Vermont and Mr..
Foster, that there had been broken pledges
on the part of Gov. Walker and the Presl-
dent Everybody knows that Gov. Walker
was in favor of submitting the Constitution
to the people. He had advocated it, but he
had no power to pledge it. The Senator
from Illinois says that the only reason they
did not submit the whole Constitution was
because it was said it would be voted do H.
Who said so ? No one except the Senators
from Illinois and Michigan The great ques-
ton is, Does the Constitution embody the
will Of the people which is legally expressed?
The rules and the evidence are the same in
equity, as otherwlse they could not regulate
their own affairs but would be bound by the
preceding generation. In summing up, he
said he would not appeal to the Americans
to- build uD the Democratic party, tut would
ask them to help to break down the only
party dangerous to both.
Mr. Crirtenden, of KY, would not reopen
the debate, but made an explanation that his
statements were based vi the official records
and not on government conversations
Thank God, he distinguished the wrung-hc
had the courage to say so. He followed his
convicticns and not the party. 1t was a
Kentucky maxim, she just and fear not, and
it was his belief this course was the best for
the North and South. He had never used
the words, "Arrayed himself on the side OF
the Northern Democracy He wished nei
thcr to build up or break down any party
He made no affeetionate reference to his COM
patriots of the Senate when the Senate was
a great body-Clay, Calhoun, Webster, and
Benton. lie was an American and his prin-
ciple was TO protect the ballot-box, the only
instrument by which the people can exercise
sDvcrei"nty-the ballOt-boX being the crown
and >ceptrt of American sovereignty.
When Mr.. Crlttenden concluded, Mr..
Green, without further remarks, moved
three amendments.
Mr.. Crit;enden offered substitute. Mr..
Ep;c r.,
whether the ordinance relating TO the taxa
ton Of the public lands was part Of the Cen
sttution. The Free Sellers argued that it
was, and exhibited Mr.. Calboun's certificate
to that effect. Mr.. Pugh and others argued
that it VAS not, and the matter was disposed
OF.
Mr.. Green moved that without further de.
bate the Senate proceed to take vote. He
withdrew the Minnesota bill altogether
and moved three amendments to the original
bill:
lst. Strike out the preamble and substi-
tute, Whereas, tue people of the Territory
Of Kansas, did by q Convention of Delegates
called and assembled at Lecompton, Sept. 4
1857, to form form for themselves Consttu-
ton and State Government, which said Con
stitution having asked the admission of said
Territory into the Union as State, on ar
equal footing with the original States Car
ried.
Secondly, add to section second, 9th line
"That nothing in this act shall be construed
IT, abridge or infringe any right of the peo
ple asserted in the Constitution of Kansas al
all times to alter, reform or abolish their form
of government in such manner as they may
think proper. Congress hereby discliim'ne
any authority to intervene or declare The
construction of the State, except it is repub
| lican in form and not in conflict with the U
50 Carried by yeas 81, nays %.
Thirdly, a verbal amendment of the It'll
line of the second section, cancelling the wor,
"of" and substituting annexed "to.' Car
ried.
Mr.. Pugh withdrew his amendment o
March 10th, and submitted another, that th
federal laws, if not inappcable, be extended
into the State Of Kansas, with q Judicia
District be formed, and Judge, Attorne.
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