The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-01-29

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he House went into COMMITTEE
ohe Whole on the Union, on the
.lIalid Pension Bill.
Ar. Gattrell made aspeech in IA
v Of Slavery, hesitatint not to. de
''l,d the institution as being strictl,
/. .iaccordance with the right Of the
snest dictates of humanity and
/, D Word OF God. Tho tune fol
,ology is past. The Southern poo
o are united. and stand up before
y % world to defend and justify it,
g Ither nations, including France and
lngland, are beginning to see the
Eror of their ways, and are ready to
nbark in a system Of Slavery more
hrbarious and oppressive than any
!. bretofore known.
He considered the prophecy o'
andolpb, relative to slavery, as a
u, bcial, moral and political demoral'
alton, falsified by time and expe'
ence, and argued to show that Great
Eritain's emancipation scheme was
failure.
Mr.. Washburn of Missouri though,
hat the President had arrived at q
anne and impotent conclusion in de-
'laring that tho monetary evils o
he country proceeded from bank sus
pensions.
While hard money was claimed a;
:. basis for Government transactions
the Secretary Of the Treasury had
called upon and obtained from Con
grcss the power to issue twenty mil
Yons of Red Dog and Wild Cat.
He reviewed the Secretary's re-
port, exposed what he regarded as
Is facilities, and saying that that Of
tccr blunders on, thinking that some
hing will turn up to relieve him from
impending ruin.
Mr.. Granger said that the Admin
stration, by extravaganza and folly,
rad increased the expenditures eigh.
zen or nineteen millions annually,
while the revenue has run down
wenty or thirty millions.
One part OF the army is surround
al by snow and the Mormons; anoth'
r is playing second fiddle to slavery
IN Kansas, and the remainder is
fighting for glory and Billy Bowlegs
(laughtcr,) and now Congress was
called upon to raise four regiments
Mr.. Bingham said that the House
should not recognize the right Of the
President to dictate to them in wha
manner they shall discharge thei,
duties. Notwithstanding the threat,
of the Southern States, that they vii
go ont of the Union unless Kansa;
is admitted under the Lecomptor
Constitution, under no possible STATE
Of things would he give to it his sane
ton. That instrument did not elm
mate from the people OF Kansas
1t is not their will. Its provision
are in direct conflict with the Cons
and the principles Of eterna
Justice. 1t is fact which could no
be successfully denied that the reason
why the Convention solemnly refus
ed to submit the Constitution for ap
proval or rejection, was, that tin
people would have voted it down
and yet the President has the audac
ity, with this fact staring him in tn,
face, to demond that Congress shal
set up that instrument as the Con
stitution of the people Of Kansas.
.'i-.'aIE. s."I Oii'.u pIeocutru
from the Secretary o
War, giving the number of troop
stationed in Kansas for each quar-
ter from the first of January to tn,
present time.
Mr.. Mason, from tho Committe,
on Foreign Relations, made a repor
on Central American affairs.
The report reviews at length I'll,
whole case saving in conclusion tina
the law of 1904, equally with tina
Of1slS, was founded in a wise policy
to preserve the peace Of the country
and maintain amity and amicabl,
relations with foreign states.
1t denounces its penalties agains
those, whether citizens or foreigners
who, while within its jurisdiction
abuse the protection and hospitalitie
of the laws, by secret and unlawiu
practices to wage war with nation
with whom we are at peace, and, il
most cases dishonoring the Ameri
can flag used to shield them in thei
transportation.
The subject was made the specia
order OF the 9th of February.
Mr., Douglas, as a member of tn,
Committee on Foreign Relations
dissentcd from the report.
Mr.. Ford, also of the Committee
his full concurrence in tn
general principles and proposition
laid down in tho reports, but so ia
as the rept rt, either in express term
or by implicatiyn imputed blame t
Commodore Paulding, he entirel
dissented from it.
Mr.. Davis called up the bill 70
an increase in the Military Estat
lishnent, which had been made tn
special order Of the day.
Mr.. Fessenden hoped that MI
Davis would not press a considers
ton of the bill today.
1t was measure requiring som
deliberation. AS yet he had see
nc reason for increasing the army.
Mr.. Davis replied that there wa
good reason for taking the bill u
now, for it was evident that the Ser
ators would not examine it until
was takeu up for consideration.
1t was a measure recommends
by the Secretary Of War, and S
aim ple and necpesarv for tho nnhli