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THURsDAY MORNING. JAN. 90, 1858.
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liz THE SENATE, Mr.. Davis. Of Mississippi, presented
minority report from the select COMMITTEES the Pacific
railroad presenting substitute for the bill reported by
the majority which he should offer at the proper time
Tho army bill taken up unfinished business upon
which debate ensued upon the proposed increase Of the
military force and the circumstances requiring such in
Mr. OWNS substitute adding five regiments to
the military establishment, lost by vote of to
80. The subject Will be resumed to-day unfinished
business disposition prevailed yesterday to press the
bill to vote without unnecessary delay.
In the House of Representatives the deficiency bill was
taken up In Committee of the Whole, when speeches
were delivered by several gentlemen different subjects
connected with the political issues of the time Mr.
Harris of Illinois, has the floor when the House goes
into committee this bill to-day The contested cleo
ton from Ohio up when the House refused to
allow further time to the incumbent, Hon. Lewis d.
Campbell to take testimony. On motion, Mr.. valian-
bingham was permitted to occupy scat the floor
during the tendency of his case and to speak upon s
merits when the matter shall up for consideration
special despatch from New Orleans furnishes some
further particulars of the condition of affairs at Mexico
1t stated that the capital had been bombared for sew
eral days and that hundred persons had been killed
woundpd If Santa Anna beld
converts of San Domingo and San Augustine, and the
citadel. These partisans the who first pro-
nounced for Comonfort having used him to overthrow
the constitution of 1857 they to have torn of the
mark and declared for Santa Anna 1t also rmored
in New York Tuesday that the Spanish feet had COM
menced the bombardment of Vera Cruz. We know not
the authority upon which this statement is made The
last accounts from Havana advised of the sailing OF the
Spanish feet for cruise, and at the time brought
rumor that Santa Anna had privately embarked
Of the ships composing It. This and the departure
of the feet from Havana probably gave rise TO the report
Of the bombardment.
The constitution of Kansas will probably reach here by
the close of this week. and be presented to Congress early
next week The messenger bearing it passed through
Boonyilie ON Tuesday
The resolutions adopted by the Legislature of the State
Of Alabama in reference to the admission Of Kansas into
the Unio and those adopted by the senate of the State
Of Tennessee, being instructions to the Hon John Bell
of her senators in Congress- will be found under the
head of political intelligence" E
We present readers brief resume of Finance and
business for the past week ALSO interesting letter
from New York correspondent.
TO EVERY TRUE DEMOCRAT, NORTH AND
SOUTH-IN AND OUT OF CONGRESS In THE
UNITED STATES
Within the next few weeks the great question
of the admission OF rejection of Kansas into the
Union will have to be decided. Her admission will
depend the democratic party alone The black
republicans will, of course, against her. There
is now, and always has been, perfect understand
ing among the members of that party, whether in or
out of the Territory, to prevent the settlement of
the slavery question and to keep it open for perpet
ual agitation and mischief The whole matter there
fore, rests with tho democratic party. That party
has from year to year and from election to election
exerted itself to the utmost to bring Kansas up to
the point which she has at last reachedof standing
at the door of Congress with her constitution in
hand republican in its character, knocking for adj
mission BE-
The democrats alone have brought her to this
point. Tho opposition or black-rcpubcans, on
former occasion brought her before Congress also
holding the Topeka constitution in her hand and de-
handing admission upon that; constitution not
founded any laisful authority whatsoever, but
created against all law all constitution, all usage
ever known Of in this country When she stood
and knocked for admission into the Union on the To-
peka constitution founded solely and exclusively
rebellion, every democrat in Congress promptly voted
against receiving her. Now she comes with con-
stitution founded on and sustained by the regular
Legislation Of Congress the regular legislation Of her
Territory, and the free and independent vote
of every citizen of Kansas who chose to give his
vote. Such is the present attitude of Kansas. She
is at the door of Congress. She must be admitted or
rejected. There is alternative, no middle course
There she stands You must let her in or send her
away from your door Which shall be done If
you reject and send her away the blackrepublicans
of the Territory will raise the shout of Joy and of
gladness, and she retires the same party in Con-
gress will follow her into the Wilderness and whis-
per words of encouragement to further civil war
and rebellion.
This brings TO the precise object of writing this
article. Nothing but rebellion has complicated this
whole subject It rebellion that prompted the
blackrepublicans to refuse to register themselves as
required by law 1t was rebellion that induced them