New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-17
Tuesdays PROCEEDINGS.

SENATE. WAsHINGToN, March 10, 1898.
The Senate reassembed at noon to-day, and after
the transaction of some preliminary unlmportant Dus
Mr.. HALE (N. II. made statement of the agree
Inent catered INTO by his friends and acquesced III Dy
many gentlemen on the opposite side.
The agreement was read, and it as follows:
1--WE agree that the debate shall close aud the question be
taken on Monday but it appears necessary 9at the es'
sions be proaated discussion they shall be ex
tended to such hour we may indicate" ,
Mr.. BIGLER PENN considered the agreement In
accordance with the views of his friends.
MI FESSENDEN Me- thought the main debate
might probably be determined by saturday.
Mr. GREEN (MO.) and Mr.. CAMERON Penn
then aDuoglzed to the Senate.
MIR GREEN said after consultation with number
G his friends he desired to make personal explana-
ton He was said to have used language last night
which was understood as personal. If lie eld so, he
now withdrew 1t.
Mr CAMERON said he might have come into the
Senate last night under wrong impression. lie had
no disrespectul feelings toward the Senator from Mis-
soun. lie could have none. In common with all
Senators, he respected that gentleman, and did not
intend anything dsrespectful toward him.
Mr.. GREEN if to say more, but the friends
Of both wished no more to be SAID upon ether sue,
and the matter was dropped
Mr.. KING IN. " commenced speech upon Nan
After discussing the bearing of the Kansas-Nebras
ka Act Mr. King referred TO Dir. Buchanans nstruc-
tops to Mr. Walker. The gist Of those, he contended
were that the whole Constitution, and not tue Slavery
clause were TO be submitted to the people, but this
was delusiOn. The LecOmpton Constitution was not
submitted. Even the Slavery clause was not. 50
far from this the people were obliged to assent to the
clause which fastened Slavery upon the Territory Tor
ever in order get rid of the importation Of slaves
into IT. 1t is difficult he said, to argue this matter,
for simple statement of fact is more forcbe than
logic. Dir. King next referred to the official relations
of Messrs. Walker and Stanton with Kansas
as the agents of the President These gentlemen
pledged to the people of Kansas the
security of their rights but when they attempted to
redeem their pledges and expose the monstrous frauds
committed in the elections, there was immediately
trouble between them and the Administration Gov
Walker came TO Washington, where he found de-
cded change in the mind of the President. There
was a power behind stronger than himself, ana
Walker doubtless told the President that It was use
less to attempt 10 force Slavery into Kansas lie
resigned; Mr.. Stanton succeeded, and refusing TO
reverse his predecessor policy, was superseded
MI. King sext proceeded 10 examine the preten-
siops Of the lecompton andTOpeka Constitutions, CON
tending that the people repudated the former as an
instrument stained with frauds, while the latter was
sanctioned by them at the ih OF January election by
10 600 majority, certified by Gov. Denver himself.
He held that to impose the LecompOn Constitution
upon Kansas by act Of Congress- would be outrage
upon honor and truth. The act, he sad is not act
for the admission of Kansas; it is of series of
acts to undermine the Constitution of the United
States by decisions of the Supreme Court Whether
il il an organized plan TO provoke al future day
dissolution of the ULiOn time Will determine. But,
be asserted the people of Kansas VIII never accept
the Lecomptou Constitution, and an attempt 10
force +, upon them will lead to INSTRUMENTATION, blood
sbed and civil war In such an issue the people would
have tbe right Let the Federal troops spl one drop
Of American blood and it will light flame which the
Federal Government cannot wipe out. referring 10
tie prevalent excitement he said that the Democratic
party ia responsible for il all-that party which Is
swaveo by men who never had drop Of Democratic
blood in their yeirs lie hailed the dawn oil Tie uay
OF emancipation from the influence OF such party
In the day of its purer organization 1t acheveu greai
tTiuuiphs but the day is at hand wheh Ihe 'alnVeu
name Democrat" will be buried in the same grave
where was deposited the name Federal. lie cioSeu
with complimentary allusion to the Senators IRON
Limos, Michigan aud California.
Ny MALLORY Fla spoke next. He said that he
would conhne himself to the question before the Sen
ate. In 1871, he said excitement arose, which IS
stll spreading, and which has created such spirit OF
bitter anun0sty against the Southern States as threat
els TO dissolve not only social ties but our political
union. great national wrong had been done to the
South by the establishment of the Missouri Compro-
mise and she made the repeal of that measure the
condition Of CONCESSION on her part. Aner tracing
briefly the OF political events down to the or
ganizatiOn of the Territory Of Kansas he referred TO
ihe Territorial elections he controyerted the asser-
tons of M KiDg, and denied that they were illegal
The Lecompton Constitution, be contended, was lie.
gal instrument, republican in form, aud Kan
sas should be admitted under II. He next
alluded 10 the Senator from Illinois that
gentleman he remarked, had assumed an e1.
usordipsry attitude, that could only have been
taken after conscientious convictions, aud which will