The Washington union., 1858-03-24

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~ ulaes whore 10 delivered and the prioes 10 oe aid
for transportation. ,i
objected
The SPEAKER laid before the Hcuse eoininuniea''ons
~, s,,a,;a agent b. collect statistics on cotton
a. r,r,. in answer resolution a the h"aSe eai'b'g
f,r statement The quantities o. uis" papi, '"''a :"
ul,,o,s ana Indians and Ia answer 10 ifin'o VI '''r
a ~. ,,;,r fr information in relation 10 the con
- r,r.sad from Dui,uqoe to Sioux City; which
- s,.,., laid On the table and ordered TO hr printed
~, ,.,mupio alton from the Treasury Department.
,re, ting omitted IN the denccpy hii ~ o"o
- ,nt az the salary of the surveyor general ~ Utah
h,,, ~. referred to the Committee Of Ways and Means
and ordered 20 be printed
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NJ, yp-rcHER Of Virginia moved that the House go
,,o Committee ID the Whole on the state OF the Union,
and offered resolution 10 terminate general debate on
he aefsicncy appropriation ilI at the adjournment o
the House TO morrow, and oonnnn5 uebic suNHs 10 the
hill until FRIDAY next
Mr. GROW, ci Pennsylvania, objected TO the resou
M, J.ETpHER said il was a bin oi great Importance
iny.l,inr $40 600 o0o and not solitary word had
,ep said upon II He hoped therefore, that some time
would lie allowed for dcisting IT, so that the objections
10 any Of its provisions could be stated and replied TO
Nj, GROW Was nxieus that the bi!l should be dis
o..d but was opposed 10 changing the rules of the
NJ, LEItHER proposed to modify his resolution so as
10 terminate the debate Thursday with the adjourn
incft OF The House,
Mr. GROW was opposed to that
NJ WAsIIBuRNE, q Illinois, suggested Friday
Mr. HOUSTON Of Alabama, asked if the bill could
not be aside aud other bill taken up, and not
arrest debate upon this until there time to
debate it
MIR LETCHER 10 satisfy all sides, then proposed to
close debate at o clock Friday.
Mr LoyEJoY, of Illinois. hoped there would lie
some time icr discussing the hill
Mr GROW moved that the resolution he laid on the
table which motion not agreed to-ayes 81, noes
Mr. wAIBEIDGE. Of Michigan, proposed that the
resolution I've modified TO close general debate with
the aiisuIrment IN Friday next
Mr. LE1CHEl, accepted the modification
Mr. STANTON, OF Ohio, inquired whether the bill
could not be laid aside.
Mr. LEnsHER asked if there was any probability that
il erci would he.
The question was then taken and the resolution as
modified agreed to and then the motion to go into
COMMITTEES Of the Whole adopted
rur DEFICIENCY prl---raE apuI-sloS or KANSAS
The House accordingly went into Committee Of the
Whole on the state OF the Union, Mf- EesocK Of yr
rnia the chair and resumed the consideration Of the
dehcicney la for the year ending june 80, 1855
Mr. KEIbN;G. of Illinois, concluded his remarks in
opposition to the admission Of Kansas under the Leoomp
ton constitutions.
Mr. SINGLETON, cf Mississippi discussed the slavery
question in allie manner, and earnestly advocated the
admission OF Kansas under The Lecompon constitution.
The question pln and simple one and did they but
conne themselves 60 tho issue IL wonld he of settle
neni should Kansas he admitted State under the
-ompon constitution, slavery was the only question To
be discussed nothing else talked about iy the op
ycsite side Of the House The South had maintained
the constitution cf the United States and been the de-
voted friends IT law and order, whilst the abolitioniss
had pursued the opposite He then referred to
al,
ing upon the floor Of Tho ousc that no slave States
should be admitted into the Union.
Mr. lDIII.E. Of New York said he did not take that
poH,ien. did his constituents
y Mr.. SINtLEJnN replied that, then, he glorious
exception aud he cnght 10 come and take scat
upon bis side cf the House but the great body Of the
abolition army in the House occupied very different Po-
auon.
Mr. HOWARD cf Michigan said the whole question
involved in two propositions hrst kansts prop
sfly before them FIR admission and, second, did the
constitution nhcdy the fairly expressed will Of the pco
pie II these propositions tiue then there would
t- end Of all etie. but il they false there
an end OF all power and right f II they were not true
the constitution could I've republican in form in the
're 81 that term Nothing could he clearer than
thut the admission c state ia the nature of con-
tract the parties to which the United Staies and
the incoato State and ii the party part of the
contract wanting there could lie contract. He
denied that Kansas property before the House for al
mission The constitution the work VI few rcck
less men, and its presentation in direct opposition 10
the territorial Law, the authority Of Congress- and the
will Of the people
Mr., BURNETT. Of Kentucky, remarked that when the
Kansas Nebraska bill passed it fondy hoped
by its friends throughout the entire country that it would
inauguiate new system principles upon which
fntnre States might be organized and admitted into the
Union They had hoped that these principles might meet
the approval Of the people and that all might acqiece
in !; because it fair to the North and South The
Missouri Compromise had never been aoquiesced in
by the people Of the South correct constitutional
principle but having been established by great and
men her people willing 10 acanesce in it, When
The large scope II territory acquired 10y treaty with
Mexico the question ui slavery again made It's appear
ance but new principle adopted that the people of
Territory should bc left free and untrammelled 10 fix
The Institutions o their States Before that there
party that did not exactly contend that the Missouri
Compromise constitutional hut that Congress had
inli control The question ot slavery in the Terrific
mes aud that Congress could control That question and
exclude from them the peculiar institutions of the
ssuth. They went further ard took the position
toldiy that slavery could exist nowhere, except by
express authority Of Congress The question was
then undecided l,y The highest tribunals of the
country but subsequently, TO the passage of the Kan
sas- Nebraska till they found that the Supreme Court
had not cnly declared that Congress had power
over the subject, and that the Missouri Compromise
unconstitutional hot declared that he pecre who set
ued IN The Territories who went there with their fnilies
cona moi ex'ae one portion Of the people from any Ter
ritory until they 10 the formation, n State ryer-
ment iI 70 that decisioa the democratic ,asfr North
and South, held this crec, dftiue ,,bI !, iovn In
Their Platforms and supported II before the rl. ,f f,
North and south heeause IL fair lust and .u,,al IN
every section Of the country Tie had fonJiy hrre3 Cha,
when the supreme Court had spoken Che na,,v rh;,b
held the views which be mentioned would have sou.d