Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
Passage orAnti.LecOmptOn of Resolutions
In the House.

Passage Of OfAnti.LecOmptOn RESOLUTIONS
In the House..
In the Hou of Representatives on Satur-
day last, Mr.. SrARKEY one OF the Democfatic
representatives from St. Paul offered the fol-
lowing resolutions:
Resolped, That the people of Territory
possess both the right and the power to reg
ulate their own internal afr,irs in their own
way, subject only to the Constitutions of the
United States; and that we disapprove of
any and every attempt on the part of the
General GOverDmel to violate or infringe
directly this cardinal principle of Democratic
liberty:
That Government, to be Just and legiti-
mate, under our Republican system must rest
upon the free consent of the people governed,
and that in our opinion the attempt of the
Administration to impose the Lecompton
Constitution upon the people OF Kansas
against their consent was an Infringement OF
this principle of free Republican Government.
This was regular bombshell thrown into
the fortress of the Democracy. Though the
fist resolution was such that no Cincinnati
puttOIu DCuOCI6t COuiu IStuSS w ASn~ n'o
support; the second was so bitter that an at.
tempt was made to get rid Of them both by
a motion to 10y on the table, made by Judge
LOCKE of Dakota. This wes however resist
ed, and the motion to lay on the table mega
tived by decided majority;
The minority then adopted the usual tao
tics of factious parties to stave off vote on
the resolutions by motions to adjourn, COM
NIT, postpone, &c, but all to no purpose
The Speaker made the most arbitrary decis-
ions, which some of his own Lecompton
friends to refused to sustain. After allowing
the minority full scope TO exercise their fill
clustering rropensities Mr.. BALcoMBE moved
the pre- vious question which was sustained,
and the House was brought to a direct vote
on the resolutions.
Mr.. BALcoMBE explained the views of the
majority of the Republicans on the question.
They could net unite with the Anti. Lecomp-
ton Democrats in sustaining the first resolu-
ton, but they would stand by the latter reso
luton at all times and under all circumstances
The question was then taken on the first res
olution, which was adopted by vote of 43
to %.
All the Democrats present voted for the
resolution and some half dozen Republicans
Mr.. BACON, Rep, explained that he voted
for the resolution because he considered the
phrase in the same "subject only to the Con-
sttution of the United States," with his con-
struction of that instrument, covered the
whole ground that the Republicans contended
for.
The second resolution was then adopted
by the following vote:
| AYEs:-Messrs. Bacon, BalcOmbe, Bartlett.
Rearce, B'Gv; Burgess, Campbell Chowen, Eames,
Faster. Gaskill. Gibson Graham, Grover Hanson,
| Hinkev, Hevd, s. r. johnson. Smith Johnson,
Keith Lord Lvle Masters. .Hdckintire. McGrOrtv,
| Parker. Peckham. Petite, Powers. Randall R1mch,
Scofad, Simpson, Starkey, SheetZ. Tattersall,
| Teft, T. A. Thompson, Wakefield, Way and VII
| sOn-42.
NAYs:-Messrs. Buffers. Carpenter, Chase,
Crosby Cruttenden, Cummings Decow. Kibler,
| KinghOrn, Kingsley, lie Blond, Locke, Murphy,
Otis. Pierce. Poehler, Rehfeld Rutan, Stevens,
Talbot, Tuttle, Young and the Speaker-23.
The vote therefore stood. for the resolution
81 Republicans and l Anti Iecompton Dem
ocrats; opposed to the resolution % Admins
tration Democrats. COL STEVENS, who repre-
sents the Republicans onstituency of Mcleod
county, voted with the Administration Dem.
ocracy though at the same time protesting
that the resolution was in unison with his
sentiments. When a man once gets his nose
fairly on the grindstore, the chances are that
it will be worn out before he is allowed to
take it off,
Mr. SHEErz, Republican offered the fol-
lowing resolution
Reso'ped, That we approve of the course
of Stephen A. Douglas, Gen. Shields, and
others, in their opposition to the attempt oi
the Administration to force the Lecompton
Constitution upon the people Of Kansas in
defiance of their expressed will and wishes.
III is resolution was adopted by the follow
ing vote:
AYEs:--Mcssrs. Bacon, Balcombe, Bartlett,
| Bearce, Bray, Burgess, Campbell, Chowen, Foster,
Gaskill, Gibson, GRAHAM, Grover, Hanson, Hink-
lev, Hcyd. s. r. johnson, Smith Johnson. Keith,
Libby, Lord Lyle Masters, !Nackintire, McGorty,
Parker, Peckham, Petite, Powers, Randall Ranch,
R"tun. Scofeld. Simpson. Sheetz, Starkey latter
sail, Talbot, Tefft, ~ Thompson, T. A. Thompson,
| Wakefield Way and IVUlson-44.
NAYs:-Messrs. Atkinson. Buffers. Crosby, Crut
| tcnden. Cummings, Decow Kibler, Kinghorn,
Kingsley, lie Blond, Locke, Murphy. Otis, Pierce,
Poehler, Rehfeld, Stevens, Tuttle, Young and the
Speaker-2o.
For the resolution, 81 Republicans and l3
Democrats /; ag inst it, 90 Democrats. This
is good days work, and the first Anti-Ad-
mini>tration victory that has transpired in
our legislature. Tho Democrats who have
at length thus shaken off the trammels of
party and spoken out their true sentiments on
a question vital to the perpetuity of our free
Institutions, are, though late, to be commen.
ded for their course. The resolution offered
by Mr.. SHEETz meets with the hearty con-
currcncc of nineteen-twentieths Of the people
of Minnesota.
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