The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-01

But the knowledge which waS in his possession and upon
which he Infatuated improper motives were at work In
Kansas to secure the striking the slavery clause
was something altogether different, il TO believe
Tue honorable senator words at the time OF ths delivery
Of his speech He said
think have enough days 10 make II
ss.an mat WIZ he returned The may
NJ DOUGLAS. | am much obliged To the senator for
calling my attention and that Of the senate to the
press language The facts which have detailed warrant
cd Inc In the supposition that there an opportunity
70 return the slavery clause in return II out, just
SHOULD De thought BEST and that the convention intend
"a 70 give that opportunity by providing in effect, that
.he laws OF the Territory with their penalties should not
he brought to bear the offenders if they did perperate
Hand thought such a design
NOW, what alluded to having within the last
three days was this there runors current did
not know wbstrf true false, and do not know now
wnefR ley true fase-that several gentlemen
kfted from here to 90 by express to Kansas to use
III their power aud influence to get the slavery clause
stricken out that northern could vote for the
sution whereas it supposed they could not if it was
not stricken out
Mr. FITCH Does the senator wish to be understood
inmatng that any northern senator sent such
sageg If in the spirit Of his language TO the senator
from Pennsylvania [Mr BIoLERl yesterday, from what
does he derive his knowedgeY Who is his auho
~, and who sent the message
Mr.. DOUGLAS. made no insinuation that any north
senators any southern senators had anything to do
with it, stated that the existed gen
Kansas for the purpose of inducing them to strike out
the clause in order that vote Of Congress should be
ceved in favor Of the constitution He did not say that
anybody sent him heard that othesh had gone Who sent
themi Whether they sent by anybody do not know
but confess taking that In connexion with the fact that
there penalty for fraud, penalty for false
that the laws of the land which punished frauds
had been set aside by the convention led to doubt
whether ought to have much confidence In the returns
and hence it worth while for to wait before
defined my position until those returns should in
did not intend to mention the rumor but let it
go for what it is worth. 1t may be true it may be
false.
word now as to the action of the convention. which
justified the superstition believed, that frauds might
be accomplished without the violation of law The frauds
ut Oxford endorsed by the convention when their at
tention was called to them The members of tho
convention who did that denounced Governor Walker
for having aside those frauds further fact which
is stated to by officer Of the army who present
u.s. that the clerk who understood to have pcetated
the Oxford frauds chosen clerk OF the convention by
exclamation the suggestion that his services in John
county entitled him to that election These facts
taken together led to suspect that much confidence
not due to the returns which should be made there
merely, by sort Of ops hnue expressed that doubt
at the time Since my attention been called to it,
give the Senate the foundations which those doubts
sted and leave the country to Judge whether they
right have desire TO excite prejudice on this
question.