Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-03-12
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MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1858.
SENATE.

Mr.. Wilson offered resolution nstructing the M;
,,ary committee to inquire into the proprie,v =,
amending tho law for Furnishing the crime OF en,ic'.
soldiers to desert-adOpted.
Mr.. Johnson's resolution. providing for prp,;,,
900 copies Of the patent office report Of last yes
the whole, instead OF the usual large number was I
over.
Mr. Green minated that no would call for dir,
vote on the Kansas question on Monday next.
Mr.. Doolitte, of Wisconsin, resumed his speech
He referred 10 the extraordinary statement OF the 8
nator from South Carolina, charging the North u;
breaking pghted fsith, and plund-rng the South h.
means of national banks and tariffs. II was No, ~
North that repudated the compact of 1871 or ~
compromise of 1871. As to national banks And =.
riffs, be showed from the record that the prrs,.',
Statesman of the South, Calhoun supported the vs'N
tariff that he MIR. Hammond) complained of 81!
also voted for a national bank, and support.d inv
| nal improvements. Referring to Mr.. Hamnond, =,
| innate relative TO tho resources Of the North ~,
South, he said the hay crop of the United States .n
passed in value the whole cotton crop of the Nom,
and AZ to the taunt that NortterH isborers vs,,
slaves he stated that his own father was lsbo,.,
and other gentlemen upon that floor stand in the
category; and he asked if he and they were n ~
| branded as the sons of saves1 "
He then passed on to the subject OF Ksnsss sbo,
ing the inconsistency of the advocates Of n Iecom,
ton Constitution. The President bases?he Iev.i,s,
| of that Constitution on the Kansas and Nsh,s,s
| ~
tending that the sovereignty Of Kansas vested in m
sovereignty of the States to be exercised by Copgr,
alone The Senator from Tennessee places il in N.
people OF Kansasthe territorial Legislature and n.
| independent enabling aci, while the Senator fror
Georgia asserts it 10 be in the territorial Irgss,u
| He (Mr. Doolitel commended if sovereignty rest-.
in the people, the Topeka Constitution is legal in
| strunent.
| Mr.. Foster made speech against the Lecomp,Op
| movement, in which he said he would never sss.r,
to the admission Of another slave State.
| The Senator received the House printing bill.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Taylor of Louisiana. offered resnIuiou Of H.
quiry into the facts attending the seizure by II.
French government of the bark Adristic. The re,o
luton provides for redress to the owners and the PIE
vention of similar proceedings.
Mr.. Taylor commended that no court OF any ioreig,
country had right TO condemn an American v-a,.
for failure to csrry lights 10 the absence of an An.
rcan law requiring such a practice. The act d
France was an stack upon our sovereignty md q,
infringement of the law of nations. lie though.
that. owing TO the important principles involved to-
mediate Steps should be taken by the government, '..
la,ive to the matter. Referred to the committee 0,
foreign affairs.
The House passed the bill making an sppropr.
lion of $:}ll ISL To deiray the expenses Of pap,,
printing, &C., tor the thlrythlrd and thr'y.l
Congresses.
The House, in committee Of the whole on the s..
of the Union took up the bill making appropriate,
for cOnsuar aud diplomatic expenses for the ensuIss
fiscal year.
Mr. Bocock made speech for, and Dawes agsia.
the admission OF Kansas under the Lecompton Coz
stitutiou.