New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-23
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

MI STEPHENS (Gal offered resolution to dis
charge Mr. Wocoit, and turn him ovc to the law for
trial at tie criminal Cour. the indictment which had
been found agatst him.
NJ. PHILLIPS (Pd.) offered sub stitute proposng &
to suspend the further execution of the order OF the
House until ssid indictment shall de disposed of.
Mr.. STANTON Ohic) thought 1t improper to dis
charge Nr. Nolcott now when the evidence b closed,
tie Committee Of Investigation intend to propose q
resolution siuhar to that of Mr.. Stephens.
Mr.. STEPHENS said that he offered the resolution
in consequence of the extreme indispOsition of Mr.
NOlcott wife.
Mr. STANTON said that message to the Commit
tee from Boston reported that il was no extreme sick
ness He moved to lay the resolution on the table.
Disagreed to-Yeas SO, Nays l23.
Nj. HUGHES (lnd.) offered an amendment for Mr..
WClcotts III conditional discharge.
Rejected by Yeas -, Nays l6l.
Mr. Phillips substitute Was finally rejected and
Mr. SrepherSs resolution was adopted, BY Yeas l2o
Nays g..
in the Matteson case, arguing against jurisdiction.
Mr.. CT RIlS lOwal submitted the minority rep RI
II tne same case.
The subject postponed till Saturday.
The Deficiency Appropriation bill was then tsken up
MIR. GARNETT VA made speech 10 favor OF
the Lecompton Constitution, arguing that as long a.
the Constitution Of Kansas lasts Slavery must rem iin
i'll that State; it be altered only IN the manner
prescIbed by that instrument De believed IN the
language Ct tnat Constitution that the night OF prop
eI,y il higher than any Constitutional sanction; slave
property is sacred a. any Other and nus tne d'ne
saT ctioD. The issue now before Congress ana tne
nstion s shall another slave State be admitted DO
genileu en- he asked think that the South will calmly
surrender her rights She claims as one o those
tights the privilege of carrying her Institutions " the
Territories g. freely as the North does hers.
Mr.. BISHOP Conn., explained the position Of tue
Democrats of Connecticut the Slavery question,
concluding by saying tia. the South have the right t.
move into the Territories with their property when
ever and wherever they choose, and that whenever
State is admitted into the Union it may be with or
without Slavery. We take, he said, the Cons ltutlon
We trd it, not as wish to be. The Democrats
OF Connecticut and of the North will stand by the
Scuth in si that is constitutional and right. He re-
Piled TO the objections TO the Lec0mptOn Constitution,
AID advocated the admission Of Kansas ul der II.
Mr.. POTTLE n. j said that the present struggle
did not begin with Kansas. II began with the Gov.
errnent ano has kept pace with il; and II IL not
likely 10 END until there Is nothing left to struggle for
IL the Uni-n dissolved to-day the struggle would
siIl 60 on, waxing hercer and fercer from that very
cause. was al even progress, and would continue
10 undermine until the evil shall 10 exist There
can be no pesce in Kansas until justice Is done her
people. The North viii oppose fraud and violence,
ard viii not be driven from that position by any
threats Of danger and disunion.
Mr.. NORRIS, IN. aluding 10 the remark OF Mr.
Blsnop eatve TO that Sste, pronounced the asser-
tlCn base sldader. Illinois is not az Mr.. Bishop M
t.ma,ed unfsithful 10 her pecunay obligations. She
Is not only faithful n this respect, but has ever re-
msined true TO her Democratic political integrity
Connecticut, he said, could not say much tor her
politics. She contained within her borders, the
Hartford Convention she has her blue laws. and cdr-
il the last she had her blue lights.
Mr. ABBOTT Name, said the Pre- sidents message
was tie most singular document that ever em.nated
from an Executive. II singular for its we .kness,
snd folly for the sbsurdy Of its con ,uscps, for the
multiplicity Of its fasehoOds and for its perersons oil
history. When the President characterized as rebels
az traitors the Free-State men Of Kansas, he kne"
at TIE sc charges without foundation IN truth.
IlvaA SeNtt or.t~t he III
we TUE that the Constitution carries Slavery with IL
Then tasre could be freed the State o- every