The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-03

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1888.

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suuonIAIs PETITIONS. ETC.
IpwARD presented the petition OF william nsn,y
49,, ~. adoption of his code OF signal teie-
I, ocean marine service As national eoAe "n's"
y 80 lie ON the table, as bill has already been
",'n, The Committee on Commerce 70 provide
III introduotion of an international code OF ma
nails .,,,ans nunerouslv
4 ! citizens OF Maine, and owners oi iahoS yAns ="
81 Croix, praying that measures may - r,'..si
h.t ,ortion of the boundary between the uMted
y az ,roviu.e of New Brunswick which runs
,aiddf. of the river st. Croix surveyed, marked,
fLia1sa ~, monuments above aud below tide
n,a, ~. referred 10 the Committee on Foreign
m ,,p,r o,.snte,l the memorial of 7. Hart Hy
IL states consul at Annoy, Ia China, praying
t',tion for judicial services under the act Of Con-
II August IL, ls4s which WAS referred to the
htee on Foreign Relations.
Johnson. of Tennessee, presented papers in rela-
E,Le claim of Levi Johnson, aud Of Mary Burch-
,bs rigbt Of Samuel Slaughter, to bounty lands;
II ,rn referred to the Committee on Pensions.
knNFs presented a memorial of the legislature Of
lac q Grant of land to aid ia the construction
I'D from Fort Dodge to Sioux Falls which was
10 the Committee on Public Lands.
tTu,H presented a memorial of citizens OF Martin
muuesota PRAYING the establishment OF mail
om Wipuebago city to Jackson ; which was refer
yhs Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
REPORTS IRON COMMITTEES.
vppsoN from the Committee Of Claims, asked
y. d;scbareed from the further consideration OF
tooriaIs Of John W. Phillips and Charles Knapp !;
WAS agreed to.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
usEBASTIAN asked and obtained leave to intro
I;ll for the relief of Samuel G. Phagn and Others !;
Yras read twice and referred to the Committee on
&iciary
toHNsON, of Arkansas, asked and obtained leave
Luce a bill concerning the remission of fines, pen
knd forfetures which was read twice and referred
tommttee on the Judiciary.
ELECTIONS IN KANSAS.
k,pate proceeded to the consideration Of the reso-
Submitted by Mr.. DOUGLAS on the 4tl Of February
Han information in relation to the elections in the
n Of Kansas and Mr.. ID. moved that they lie on
Il as the information would not now be ofany SER
shich was agreed to-
RIGHT or rRE-gxPriON.
s.uste resumed the consideration of the bill to
e right Of pre- emption in certain lands to the In
cary Meeting Of the Society OF Friends but after
Ebate, the hour having arrived for the considera-
the special order, the bill was laid aside without
lion thereon.
ADMISSION or KANSAS.
senate then proceeded to the consideration Of the
y the admission of the State Of Kansas into the
which had been returned from the House of Rep
Ntves with an amendment The amendment was
king the same published in the House proceedings
Law and the question was stated ON the motion Of
tEEy to disagree to the amendment
3GREEN would not consume the time OF the Senate
&ussng this question, but would laaye it to their
{nt simply saying that he believed the peace Of
and the good of the country demanded that we
adhere to the original bill.
|blGLER WAS not prepared to vote on this question
first briefly submitting his views. He would not
an elaborate argument against the amendment,
red to call the attention Of this Senate to some Of
MS involved in its adoption or rejection. In the
Zee, he thought the amendment involved clear
nment Of the doctrine Of non-intervention. II
I'd the broad question whether that doctrine, which
nocratic party have cherished, and which was as-
u their platform ut Cincinnati, was to Ike aban-
! and VIC were to look forward to some other sys-
/ legislation for the Territories. He had hoped,
HE wise men Of this country, with Clay, Webster,
Is in the lead, presented this new mode of adjust
this enlarged and liberal doctrine, that when the
Of Territory were prepared for admission a. a
they should come in with or without slavery, as
te which they should present might approve at the
he had hoped that that doctrine would have been
y upon this question
sd trusted that all would hereafter acquiesce in the
doctrines Of the democratic partyno more lib
bweyer, than the constitution authorizes them tc
kt the people Of the several Btates should go into
ritories with whatever properly they might pos
ID when there, and when about to organize gov
and apply for admission Is State on terms Of
equality with the other States, thAt they should
perfectly free, not only to the kind Of govern
hey would have, but as to the mode and manner
l,< had s.lc hs,y,n
these liberal doctrines we should find peaceable
ent in reference to the admission of territories Us
for all future time. This doctrine was somewhat
ying essentially from the past practice of the gov
4t: but it was one which commended ikelf to the
mt and the patriotism Of the people of the coun-
was settlement Of this controversy about slavery
gh and sacred principe--a principle which should
as long as our government should endure, and
Equal to every exigcncy which might hereafter
and the great essential element Of that doctrine
at Congress should not interfere, but that, az to
ie aud manner of forming their government, the
should be left unrestrained, and Congress should
eide upon the question Of admission, upon the
consideration whether the government was repub-
Its form. He had hoped that we were about to
most significant and beautiful illustration OF
III OF that doctrine, and that this vexed question
ery was to be settled forever; that we should see
ernsl spectacle Of two States the one slave State
other a tree State, now admitted under that doc
ld thus il would be vindicated, illustrated and
Ated This had been his desire, because he thought
Fhich Congress could pass could go further to-
Festoring that fraternal feeling which, in thu
and purer days of the republic existed between
rent sections than such an act as that nothing
end more to add to the prosperity and advance
Nness OF our common country than such u meas
q said he regarded this measure sent here by the
intervention, because It proposes to discard what
OF Kansas have done, and to institute new
proceeding; it proposes to set aside their action
crlbe to them how they shall proceed hereafter
ng form of government. In 1856 Congress
II 20 the people Of Kansas an invitation to come
Union, when their population was 10 small that
ud hardly have expected admission. They had
Ken no legal action and Congress extended them
,ation but now the case Is very different The
have acted, and have presented themselves here
ission with form of government which is repub-
ND which has come up to us through legal chan
regular steps. They have exercised the power
congress conferred upon them in the organic law,
II was declared that their legislative powers should
oVer all rightfn subjects of legislation, and that
. hAr l.. Il.