Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-04-07
CONGRESSIONAL.

WAsHIwaroN, April Nouse.--Mr. Ste
phens said one o'clock having arrived. moved
to take up the Senate Kansas bill. The bill
was read once, when Mr. Giddings objected
to the second reading. Under the rules, the
question occurred, shall the bill be rejected.
Mr.. Stephens demanded the yeas and nass
The vote stocd, 90 yeas, 137 nays.
The bill was then read second time.
Dir Stephens said he would hot now dis
cuss the bill, having understood that eubBti-
tute was to be submitted. He gave way to
Mr.. Montgomery, who offered the Crittenden
substitute as amended by the anti-Lecompton
Democratic Conference. The substitute as
thus amended, proposes to admit Kansas in
to the Union, and to refer the Lecompton
Constitution to the vote OF the people; In the
event of its rejection, Convention 10 be cal
led TO form new Constitution and to be al
lowed one representative In the House of
Representatives til! the next federal census.
Mr.. Montgomery said he had 10 remarks to
make He had furnished copies to the mem
! hers. and was ready to supply others.
Mr.. 0uit...ssrn uiitsn moved substitute, which is
the same as the Senate G.-t, -. Win the onlS-
sion of the declaration clause ss.Icat the peot--
have the right at all times to alter or amen.
their Constitution in such manner as they
may think proper, &c.
Mr. Humphrey Marshall wished to amend
the original Senate bill, by striking out the
same clause proposed to be admitted in Mr..
Quitmau's substitute.
Mr. Stephens refused to yield the floor for
that purpose. lie demanded the previous
question.
Mr. Marshall wanted DIR Stephens refusal
to be borne in mind and entered Oh the record
take IN lni
substitute, and II was negatived yeas, y
nays, 100.
| Mr.. Montgomery's substitute was adopted;
yeas. l20; nays, 112. (Applause in the
| galleries.)
The House proceeded to vote ca the bill as
amended, and the Special Kansas Bill. as
amended by mir Montgomery's substitute,
was passed yeas, 120 nays. 112.
The vote on Mr. Montgomery's substitute
is as follows = Yeas :-Messrs Abbot, Ad-
ran, Andrews, Bennett Bnlirghurst, Bing-
ham, Blair, Bliss, Brayton, Burlington. Bur
lingame, Burroughs, Campbell, Case, Chat
ee, Chapman, Clark Of CT, Clark Of n. Y,
Clawson, CLARK b, Cochrane, Cockerell,
Coltax, Conius, Covode, Cox, Cragin. Curtis,
Damerill, Davis OF Md, Davis of Ind, Davis
of Mass, Davis of Iowa Dawes, Dean,
Dick, Doda, Durfe, E lie, English, Farnes-
WORTH, TeltoH, Iolcys IoSttT, biuOluSS,
Gilman, Gilmer, Gooch, Goodwin, Granger,
Groesbeck, Grow, Hall of Ohio. Hall of
Mass, Harlan Harris of Nd, Harris of ILL.,.
Haskin, Hickman, Hoard, Horton, Howard,
Owen Jones, Kellogg, Kelsey, Kilgore,
Knapp, Kuukle Of Penn, Lawrence, Leach,
Letter, Lovejoy, McKibben, Marshall of
Kentucky, Marshall Of H., Mattcson, Mont
gomery, Morgan, Morrill,, Morris of Penua.,
Morris of Ill, Morse Of Maine, Morse Of n.
y, Mott, Murray, Nicholas, Olin. Palmer,
Parker, Pcndlet0n Petit, Pike, Potter, Pat
tie, Purviance, Ricara, Richie, Robbins,
Roberts, Royce, Shaw of H., Sherman of
Ohio, Sherman Of n. Y. Smith of Illinois,
Spinner. Stanton, Stewart of Penna., Tap
pan. Thayer, Thompson, ToInpkins, Under
wood, " Wade, Walbridge. Waldron, Walton,
Washburn Of Wis. Washburn of Me. Wash
burn of III. Wilson, Wood.
Yeas :-Messrs. Ali, Anderson, Arnold
Atkins, Avery, Barksdale, Bishop Bocock
Bonbam, Bowie, Boycc, Brauce, Bryan,
Bnrnett, Burns, Caskie. Clark OF Mo, Clay,
Clemens, Clngman. Cobb, John Cochran,
Corning, Craig of Mo, Craig of n. c.. .Craw-
ford, Curry, Davidson, Davis of Miss, Dew
art, Dinwicls, Dowdell, Edmunson, Elliot
Eustis, Faulkner, Florence, Farnet, Gas
trell, ellis, Good. Greenwood, Gregg, Hatch
Hawkins, Hill, Hopkins, Houston, Hughes
Haylcr, Jackson. jenkins, dewitt, Jones o
Tenn, j. Glancey Jones, Keitt, Kelly
Kunkel of Md, Lamar, Landy, Leidy, Letch
er. Maclay, Mcqueen, Mason, Maynard
Miles, Miller MlIson, Moore Niblack, Pey
ton, Phelps, Phillips, Powell, Quitmap, Rea
dy, Regan, Ruf1in, Russell, Sandridge, Say
age, Scales, Scott Soaring, Seward, Shaw o
\. c., Shorter, Sickles Singleton, Smith o
Tenn, Smith of Va. Stattworth, Stephens
Stevenson, Stewart of Nd, Talbot, Taylor
of n. Y, Taylor of La, Trippe, Ward
; Warren, Watkins, White, Whitley, Wins
: low. " oodson, Wortendyke, Wright of Ga.
Wright of Tenn, Holiicoffer
, The vote on the passage of the bill, a
5 amended by Mr.. Montgomery's substitute, i
, precisely similar to the above.
Senate. Kansas bill, as amended b
. the House, was taken up, and the amend
ments were read, when Mr. Green, of Mis-
souri,, without further explanation, said b
direct vote to the Senate.
Mr.. Bigler, of Ponnsylvania. next obtaiuc
: the attention of the Senate.
! The Senate disagreed with the House am
endments, By vote Of 81 against %.
Mr.. Bigler considered tie action of tn
; House as clear violation OF the Democrat
, principle. that Congress should not interfer
with the right of the people of the Terriorie
to govern themselves under that principle
He had hoped to see the fraternal sight {
the States, one slave and the other free
State, coming into the Union together. II
was against the amendment, be cause it set
aside what the people of Kansas have alread
. done. The amendment provides, that if th
present Constitution be voted down, the pee
: plo of Kansas shall call Convention tofram
: uew one, on which the President is to de
> clare its admission by proclamation. Thu