The Washington union., 1858-03-19
THIRTY--FIFTH CONGRESS.
First Session.
THURSDAY. MARCH is, 1858.
SENATE.
rntcrrIrr coNNuaIcAnoN.
,AY. MARCH is, 1858

,,unication from tie Secretary Oh N"i' .t " .,,,,,
i,I, a resolution Of the Senate OF the yth l' as ,,;;
W. ;,nalon IN relation Rock Island IN IN ii'inona
,,licl, was read and laid on The ~ t~'tie a,d g.
tTv states that said island Is no ion5, -, g. ~
military purposes aud thai steps i'
sale
,uuoRIAls PETITIONS, Enc
,,, ,,.d the petition of b. Il. Sin,ms
mi, Dr., Dr., pl,,ia inventors OF an electromagnetic
~ Lii ins,,res constant ringing Ia places ON 'he
- 1iricult OF access, praying sn,i, api'"p'o' ~
res, its praaticaiity ana u,i'i'' .' " ~
,he Committee Naval ai'a'ia' ,., = NJ
the i, D ,,resented petition OF citizens oil New
III Il, favor II granting pensions to all the surviving
;s and soldiers of the war oil ioiz wheh WAS ie'e'
red 10 the Committee on ieisohs. r.
i, of baltimore demonstrating against the repeal o
tb law establishing the lighthouse board which was
referred To the Committee on Commerce.
NJ RGI tR presented the petition OF Ann L. Rogers,
-, Iah,, A Rouers praying compensation ior his
[ IS examiner OF the land offices OF the States OF Ala
hama and Mississippi which WAS referred 10 the e"in
Tee Of Claims
,,, coI,LAMER from the Committee on the Judi
iy To whom the subject referred, reported Joint
,ti,n proyidng tho payment OF certain expenses
~ holding the United States courts IN the Territory oi
J't.b which was read three times by unanimous consent
n ,.,aJ IL prov des that said expenses, during The
miinuace OF the present disturbances IN Utah, SHAH be
Maid out OF the judiciary iund, under the limitations con
aimed in the existing laws in reference to fees, and that
ON the restoration OF peace in the Territory such ex-
ranses shall be chaTgeabe 10 the icfitofy oi W INC co
's.s as in other Territories
~ IvElSON from the Committee OF Claims, re-
l 4 l for the relief OF John Hastings collector OF
H. ,art % Pitsburs which read aud passed to
second readin%
punLic DOCUMENTS.
;;,t resolution, from the House of Representatives
,;ng he dis,ributsan OF certain public documents
was read three times lay nna'n"ns consent ana passed
Mr. GwIN submitted the following resoin,on; which
was read
ed Secretary Of was be requested TO onnh,e ~ I @
10 tie steps have been taken any 10 puni ln @ i
10. picatei tho OF hundred ana tighee gun
grant, Mountain Meadows IA the Territory oil utah
Mr. G. asked the immediate consideration of this
luton stating that this band of einigants had been muir
ered leaving none to tell the tale, and he was not
aware that there had been the slightest movement made
upon the part Of the government to aveige their mur-
der These emigants going to California, to make
that State their home and he felt called upon to speak
Tor them ii they portion OF his constituents III
J hcn stated that the committed by the
uounons: whether that not he could not say,
but it was very probable that if it committed by the
Indians te Mormons had stimulated them, and prompt
ed the act He Of opinion that unless these murder
r- were punished they would be cmboldened to attack
other ,nicrnt trains passing that way and it the
duty of the government when it establishing over
land mails aud wagon reads to punish all such attacks
upon its czens. lie would have the Indians chiistiss
punished.
Mr HOUSTON suggested that it would be more proper
to institute inquiries in the first place, who perpetraed
the act
Mr. gWIN answered that ii an expedition sent
st there no doubt they could ascertain every
son who was engaged in the massacre whether Indians
a white men.
aA warfare upon Indians bcIufe the facts were acer
t,ined Our Indian were kept up by this process OF
inilicthg cIastscment, il was called, upon persons
who had not committed any offence.
Mr. GWIN wanted to know how the senator from
Texas proposed to make inquiries Did he propose to
send other persons to be murdered as these were
What he DIR g. wanted to have force sent there
with snfrient power to inict the most condign and
summary punishment upon the murierers OF these el
pmnts-nicn women AMI ehiiiren--who were peaceably
passing through that territory. lie did not want nno-
cent Indian tribes attacked, Eui lie did want the pepe
tssor OF this nnoxampcd atroiy 10 DC helu 10 j"st
SeTp1ntion.
Mr. yOor moved to postpone the fulthcr considcra-
sios of tia subject, and all other prior orders of te
purpose of Considering the bill for the admission OF the
State Of Kansas into the Union which was agreed TO
ADMISSION KANSAS.
Mr. FOOT remarked that the floor assigned to him
upon the adjournment OF the Senate last evening and
bee would state it had been subject of mutual pri-
yata a,nnnomcnt among portion of those who
pctng speak upon this subject as to the order OF time
when tlioe speeches should be made Last evening he
took the oos ia ss encc of the senator from Ienncs
Il
sire t be permitted address the senata this morning
sd he therefore yielded the soor to HAT senator now,
taking his chance to get the floor other time before
ia close of the debate for the few remarks he wished To
.uake lie also announced that 1T had been agreed upon
between the sslaor from Tennessee and the senator from
ergi. IMr TooMBsl tla The latter should open the de
bate this morning.
Mr. TOOlIBS said that this not sectional ques-
ton IL was tue that it involved the rights, the safety,
xd the homer of fifteen States of this conicdcracy and
ia the Judgment of many of those fifteen States, the
principle involved ia this question was worth more 70
them than the Union Of these States Yes because itwas
great constitutional question it not sectional one
Let not deceive ourselves. The question WAS not SO
much whether Kansas should he admitted under the Le-
coE,pton constitution not, it on ia broad prn-
ipe sigg behind whether any more slave States should
ever be s.Imittcd into this Union That was the true
issue distinctly announced by the cncmies OF this bill,
and whic, must be mel by its friends victory In the
passage OF the Hill victory on that question and
defeat ia this bill deGea. oas ihat question
Mankind rnal a long step and good step in the pro
ress of dcysloping the principles of government when
they determined that inortes had no right TO rule
but they made greater and longer step when they
decided that neither should majontes govern without
restrictions their authority to protect the nghts
at the minority. That The principle upon which
this boly formed The senator from New York rep
resented three millions OF people while he slr ID only
represented ons miom and yet all questions affect
Ing the laws which were 10 govern the country theii
votes equal
Mr. T. replied with great force TO the positions taken
Ly Mr. Cmrfsss in his speech yesterday maintaining
slat Kansas bad triple wight TO admission into the
jnonhrst because she here un,ls the provisions
the tssaiy with France Of 1902 second haa.ssn She
came by virtue of the general declarations made
1850 until this time that whenever her population