The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-12-06
iished some DAYS since. relative to popular

SdS, WIS also reau S6cOuu tiLncj anu al
amendment offered by March is as follows:
Whereas, at the time of the election to
Congress of James Hughes, James B. Foley,
William II. English, William E. Niblack,
and James NJ. Gregg, in the year 1856, and
at the time of the pretended election of
Jesse D. Bright, and Graham N. Fitch to
the Senate of the United States by portion
OF the members of the General Assembly
of the State of Indiana, during the session
OF 1857, it was understood that all these
gentlemen were the supporters of the prin-
ciple of popular sovereignty in the States
and Territories and
Whereas, said Foley, Hughes, English,
Niblack and Gregg, during the contest upon
the question of admitting Kansas into the
Union, under the Lecompton Constitution,
utterly violated the principle of popular
sovereignty /; and
Whereas, said Jesse D. Bright and Ora
ham n. Fitch obtruded themselves into the
Senate of the United States, without any
legal or constitutional authority whatsoever
from the people of the State of Indiana,
and bX unwarrantable usurpation misrepre-
sented them in the Senate of the United
States in said contest, and thereby grossly
violated and trampled upon the principle
not only of popular sovereignty but also of
State sovereignty therefore be it
ResoIUed, By the General Assembly of the
State of Indiana That it is the duty ofthis
General Assembly lat the earliest practicable
moment, to proceed to the election of two
Senators, to fill the vacancies now existing
in that body; and that said Senators, when
elected, be instructed, and our present Re-
personalities be requested to vote and use
their influence for the admission of Kansas
into the Union as State, whenever the peo-
pie thereof demand it; and if necessary to
accomplish that object vote to repeal that
part of the act of the last Congress called the
English bill, which fixes ratio of popula-
ton as condition precedent to the admis-
sion of Kansas into the Union as State
Be it further
Resolved that the people of any territory,
when they form constitution preparatory
to their admission into the Union as a State,
absolutely and inherently possess the right
to make it in their own way upon the SUBJ
iect of slavery, as well as upon all other
subjects, uninfuenced by any outside inter
ference whatsoever, subject only to the Con-
stitution of the United States; that this right
is not now and never has been called in
question by the people of the United States
or by any respectable member thereof.
I After an animated debate, the consdera-
ton of the resolution was postponed till
Tuesday next, by the following vote:
YEAs-Messrs. Anthony, Carnahan, Cobb,
Craven, Culver, Fisk, hargrove, Hefren,
Hill, Jennings, Johnston, Jones, Line, Lomax,
Mcclure, OBrien, Odell, Robinson, Shoe
HI
and Wlson-24.
NAYS Messrs. Beeson, Bennett Blair, Bobbs,
Brown, Conley, Conner, Cooper, Cravens,
Gooding, Green, Hendry, Kinley, Mclean,
March, Murray, Rice, Steele, darlington,
! Thompson, Turner and Wallace-22.
A bill prescribing the mode of cleo ting
| U. S. Senators, was read first time. The
bill providing for the warming and ventilat-
ing county jails was passed by vote of 81
to s. The bill authorizing the county COM
| missioncrs to take possession of roads aban-
doued by corporations; passed unanimously.
| In the House. d resolution was introduced
10 enquire into the expediency of adopting
a sub-Treasury system for the State. The
|
quire into the power of the Legislature to
repeal the section of the new Bank Charter
which eXempts its stock from taxation for
Municipal purposes. A joint resolution was
read second time, requesting our delega-
ton in Congress to support the bin passed
by the House of Representatives at the last
session, and now before the Senate of the
United States, appropriating portion of the
public lands to the support of agricultural
colleges in each State. A joint resolution
was read third time, upon the construc.
ton of canal around the Falls of the Ohio
by the General Government The House
was engaged most of the day in debating ths
propriety of levying a tax for the present
year.
Mr. Colgroye said we must have money
: for the January interest, and that must be
raised by loan. How this and the money
to carry on the government should be raised
was an Important question. He was OPP
posed to creating u debt without providing
the neanSof its payment. Some looked te
tue Sinking Fund, others to Wall Street
He favored the latter. The Sinking Fund
belonged to the children of the State
aino Jnting now to about 50, $50, 0O0-to b.
hsoonincreased, when the bank gets through
to perhaps three millions. Under unwist
legislation,in 1872, the State became debt
or to thai Fund to the amount of S750,00O
ami set nit one dollar of interest had beer
, paid ON that debt. He showed, from tn
report. the true state of this account-th
interest The State owes it, being abov
PA, 900. He figured up the loss to thi
sFund (if it had been well managed1 O
I more than 81, 200, 600. In this view, b
, would ask if any man would be willing t
lay his hand again upon this fund :? No
letany thing -taxation-disgrace even
! before any vote of his should be given t
touch this Fund again. The money coul
be obtained in the market at per cent
/ &c- He repeated that he was not prepare
70 say whether it would be wisest to lev
uow5,oT deter it to the future.
Mr Branham said
; The demands of the Treasury could nc
: De net Dy the levy for 1858 All the ques
> 4tioh "ith him was whether portion of tn
; levy for 1859 should pay the July interes
3 The gentleman 3 levy of 20 cents would Civ
; 5000, coo, aud his 90 cents would give 50
! 100 600. twas noT necessary to scare tn
T people with such figures. They were IN