St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-11
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Hale argued that The bin would add
1909 men TO the army smd increase
the expenses Sl5,aOe, zoe, Secretary
Floyd WAS 50 much cxaspcsated at the
defeat of his pet schcmc that he coun.
tcrtiaraed the erScr fer sending Gen.
Scott .cba1ifotria to attack the Nor
mons on the Pacific side. The vote
stood, Yeas 8; Nays 80.
The rage of floyd was indescriba-
bic VIXEN q messenger communicated
ohm The Tsitsl result He instantly
'concoctct's new army order, rcvoking
the whole plan of the Utah campaign.
Gen. Scott was much chagrincd, and
the next morning packed up his bag
:gagc and started for his home in New
York.
The investigation of the Fort Smell
ling (Min.) swindlc opens badly for
Gov. Floyd. Hon. Robt. Smith tcsti-
tics that when the property was sold
to Steele, it would have brought five
hundred thousand dalars, and parties
stood ready to offer that sum. He
considers the transaction secret. col
lusivc and corrupt. There is no get
ting over the damning weight of
this testimony. That the Government
was swiDdled out of $500, 900 there is
no shadow of doubt.
On the I'd inst. in the House of Rep
rescntativcs, a message was received
from the President on the X ansas i'm
broglio. After struggle for the floor
Mr.. Hughes moved reference to a
select committee of five. Mr.. Bocock
moved an adjournment, which was
negatived by a majority of I. This
was considered Il test vote, the Lc-
complexities voting aye. Mr.. Thomas
Harris, of Illinois, offered resolution
that the message of the President and
the Lecompton constitution be refer
red to select committee of Is, who
shall inquire into all the facts conncc-
ted with the constitution and laws of
Kansas, and report the same. Pend
ing the proposition the House adjourn
ed.
In the Senate, Feb. Cd, the message
of the President, enclosing the Lee
compton constitution, was received.
The President opens with the asser-
ton that great dclusion seems to
pervade the public mind in relation of
parties in Kansas. This arises from
the difficulty of inducing the people
to realize the fact that any portion of
the people are in state of rebellion
against the government under which
they live. The territorial government
of Kansas would long since have been
subvertcd had it not been protected
by the troops of the United States.
The President argues that the To-
pekaitcs, by refusing to vote at the
election for delegates to the Conven-
ton, authorized those who did vote to
act for them. He asserts that the
Lccompton convention was legally
constructed and invested with power
to frame constitution He justifcs
the convention for submitting only
the slavery clause to the people, for
no person thought of any othc qucs-
ton.
:" For my own part" says the
President, when | instructed Gov
ernor Walker in favor of submitting
the constitution to the people, | had
no object in view excepting the allah
sorbing one of slavery. In what man
ner the people of Kansas might rcgu-
late their other concerns, was not the
subject which attracted my attention.
The question of slavery was submit
ted to the election of the people on
the 2lst December in obedience to the
mandate of the constitution; but again
the adhcrcnts to the Topeka constitu-
tion refused to vote.
heartily rejoice that a wiser and
better spirit prevailed among large
majority of the people on the first
Monday in January, and that they did
on that day vote under the Lccomp-
ton constitution for Governor and
other State officers, member of Con
gress and members of the Legislature
The people of Kansas have then in
strict accordance with the organic act,
framed constitution and State gov
eminent, have submitted the all-im-
portant question of slavery to the
people, and have elected governor,
&c, and now ask admission into the
Union under this constitution. For
my own part am decidedly in favor
of their admission. This will carry
out the great principle of non-intcr-
vention sanctioned by the organic act,
and Danish the slavery question from
the halls of Congress where it has al
ways eXerted baneful influence upon
the country"
Mr.. Buchanan further says it has
been solemnly adindged by the high
est judicial tribunal, that slavery ex-
lists in Kansas by virtue of the con-
stitution Of the United States. Kan
sas is therefore at this moment as
much slave state as Georgia or South
Carolina. Without this, the equality
of the sovereign States, composing the
Union. would be violated, and the use
and enjoyment of territory acquired
by the common treasure of ali the
States would be closed against the
people and property of lsSrly half of
the members of the confedciacy. Slave
ny, therefore, can never be prohibited
III Kansas, except through the means
Of constitutional provisions, and in no
other manner can this be obtained so
promptly if the majority of the people
desire it, as by admitting her into the
Union under her constitution.
Mr.. Bigler moved that the message
be printed and referred to the commit
tee on territories.
Mr.. Trumbull said the message was
q perverted and false history of the
KanSas difficulties from beginning to
end. There was no usurpation in Kan
SaS cxeeNt that committed by the