The Washington union., 1858-03-23
THE WASHINGTON UNION

ton The democratic txarty III ccnuect..s
posed o great extent of the bone aud sine~ OF the state
Of honest faithful hard working men, who earned their
hseed f the t~eat Of their brows and if any gentleman
Of The sctli isligrsd they ~ers not ss well of his
IeIo be had The light 10 think 90, but Il woald bo graf
ityig TO him they would not lucoftosrtt y in their
sehches fcr a se these speeches were delivered The
republican members Subscribed TO them by thousands,
qpd they sent orii as tie sentiments OF the South
He could assure them that this did moi6 10 sefd repub-
lican members 10 Congress than anything else Ihtfe
vas another argument which injured them particularly
among the moral ard religious, which constituted very
large portion Of the people aod iha ws seh Arguments
as those announced the other day by the genteuah rom
Georgia in which he endeavoed 10 prove that slavery
an institution from God and that it necessary in
order 10 give elevated the morals of the
ri'units. He had no doubt the gentleman thought
| 80 lie had the Hight W tiiink 40 but they did
not they did not think that God had anything par
tcular to do with them IsiighterI II thtt wefe
both right let them drop the subiect and content them
selves wb The reflection that heii people were not his
people nor their God his God icoftinued laughter
Mr BrsnoP proceeded u show why there was tot more
pauperism at the North than at the South and then
nesy advocated the admission of Kansas under the Ie-
compton constitution He oontendei that the constitu-
ton republican in its form and expressed the will Of
the people of Kansas, betsuse they bad fair opportunity
10 elect just such delegates they easld end form just
| such constitution as they pleased.
| Mr.. rOrILE. of New York opposed the admission of
Kansas under the Lecompton constitution 1t was
templated outrage upon portion of their people. He
did not suppose anything be could would change a
vote upon this question: for le sdpfpsd every had
settled the question in his mind according 70 his
conscience and the influence Of surrounding circnni-
stances While he was opposed 10 slavery political
and Moral evil and determined oppose wherever
he had right to do yet there not constitu-
onal right guarantee which State sovereignty had
thrown around this institution he had sought
to interfere with There never yet was legal election
in Kansas and the legislature had legal right to their
seats and power TO order constitutional convention
and only kept there 10y the force Of the troops,
When constitution before forced upon the people
of State against the protest of majority of them! and
yet that was what sought TO be done In this
The people 6f the Softh not negro worshppers
aboltionists but they believed it wrong and nnsorhy
Of the civilization Of the age to hold slaves
Nh. NORRIS, OF Illinois, replied to portion Of the
remarks of Mr. Bsnof contending that Illinois had
refused to pay the interest upon her public debt and
that she had voted for any but democratic Pcsi
dent and Vice President
Mr.. ABBOTT of Mahe advocated the rejection Of the
application Of kaisas FIR admission State under the
| Leuompton constitution Mr.. T. read his speech in
the Course OF which he defined popular soyereignyBu
channn sovereignty the free, untiammeled right to
choose between slavery constitutions 50 nearly bal
aneed that they could not tell which the worst
Nj, kEILOGG, Of Illinois, said this the trst time
he had delivered written speech and he thought
it would be the last He opposed the admission of Kan
cas- under the Lecomton constitution and denounced the
repeal Of the Missouri Compromise great wrong.
That great barrier Of freedom which ha remained tact
for forty years broken down whichever it betoiho the
interest the south do IT, He lind not tontluled his
remarks when the committee and, at 25 minutes OF
| 7 o'clock
The House adjourned