Litchfield enquirer., 1858-03-25
Congress and Kansas.

Congress and Kansas.
 The debate which has occupied the time of the sette tvr the week past, will be memorable in fu- tarc hist,,.y not for brilliancy. and eloquence much as for persistent and insoent assertion of oli gagchica anI revolutionary principles the part of ,,c Administration Senators, and tile steady and Ii ngci repulsc which they have mt, from tie h,oi.csmen for Freedom and the North
 uir W spaEsDAr, March 18th, Senator Wade cfOLi,
 made o tine best sp eches of the session in re,ly t. the arguments of Senator Benin and the in- .aits of Gev. Hammond of South Carolina. We atke room for or two of the best and most telling p i.sts.
 The day before, NIr Benjamin, of Louisiana had IT. rlc a fowery and ingenious l.ecompton argument It tror of the right of the master to his slave claim ifs that because un,ler the laws tf England lie had iiu remedy to obtain his slave who laG escaped that ie the less slave that he is still his mas ter propeitytliat the master has divine right to hiin MT. Benjamin illustrated his point by refer e;ice to " man in England who sings 10 the echan- te of the civilized world strains of sie melody that the charmed senHes to abandon the gross sr regions of carth and to rise in purcr and serener :egons above. God has created that man a poct Hs daspra,on IS ts his sengs arc by riqa 9trne they aae his property. so rccogliz q by human law y,t lere in these United Statcs. men steal Icnys.,'s works htta sell hs property for their profit and this iccT,rse in spite of the violated conscience of inc hi'ipn We refuse 10 give h:m protection for lis pro lerty. ''''
 senator Wade said he regretted the Senator from Louisiana (slr. Bcnain,) was not in his seat for h.
 ouii Ike 10 ahh hlil If. ill his opinion man in Eagland whose inspirations are h:s own. who has q n'sine right to his own songs has not an equally tt"i-gifen right to his own soul and bodyi This point created quite q sensation
 Tn reply to senator Hammond of Soutb Carolina ltfs f. .s,Ef fI,u lyi,,f,. being white slaYts, he used the following lau- guage
 But the Senators spoke abent degraded class in our great commercial cities. They are the osc;.ur- i't;s generally oi the Old Worl!-nen who come here ltdueed to beggary hy their vice ignorant yicious tsngerols. do n,t deny it. They are incident to a'i our ttics but the Senator should no complain If them Ihty are the chief corner-st.,nc of your P iiticai strength in the North. Find me the vicious ward of any city that does not uphold yotr system 'f slavery vote for its candidates support it's meas, 'Fes and labor s men. No sir-you should net i complain Of this vii, ious population In truth and in iecf they are about the only stay and support you hafc 'hcre now, and you ought not to trl,lce them fon tiier very natres they attach themselves to an do not think by any treatment you will he allie [" drive them off. They are naturally with YOU they were slaves in their own countries thcy ,o not hh'w anything else than to be un,lcrstrappcrs of soln"n"dy and when they hear that here are slave hpi'iers conteldng with frcemen you find then, with thc former all the time.
 NIT. '. ade hlade very happy alIusi to the an- restor rl lie Senator from Louisiana Mir Btpi.min "nn is q Jew lie said Moses ,ntced whole nation "' slaves to run away aiid for engaging in that ur 2arground railroad st hcnIe he WAS no doubt denorr ! cod by PnToah a.l the chivalry of Eeypt as fi,y- CTS a5olltonist. Tn was class in those days %h" rfe'srre siaveiyin Egypt to slavery in Canaan ther were national mcn'-not northern mon wifi soathcrn principles, but Israclitss with Erypt,n principles os P'"'''
 ihs salty produced great deal of mcrrment,
 THE BlGLER AND BRoDERIcK DISPUTE
 in 'le midst of Mr. Wade's speech. lively alter cation occurred between Frederick of California. and h's'ef' fie uncertain trumpet from Pennsylvania, oiowh ny MT. Buchanan from behind the scene
 A question Of fact arising, in which Bieer had re- asserted thc old story on which Douglas so utterly iioored him at the opening of the session. Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, said he wor,d Ike to ask the Senator from Pcnnsvyania MT 1,; ltr' Questi'n He would like to know if that rro ueiha! "i'h he was i'll Kansas last summer did not :,ss. in public speech that he was in f,yor of sI ialtuh2 the Lecomrton constitution when it should be m.dt, to vote of the people of that territory?
 This was stunning blow to Bigler. He saurmed 5, h.'ch before he spoke word, that the whole Sen a'e was in roal Of laughter. Finally Lc said ho dt' not know what that question had to do witb tjc case under consideration but but he had no ob;,c iioi, to answer the question. Ue dd say n Eausox that fe constitution ought to Le submitted To te people! " ''''
 Ny way of saving clause in this unco,mon,, ti,aen!t situation, he added, that if bc had been aSRei II me slavery clause would be sufficient he would mithont hesitation have said ves.'' i
 Al this point Mr. Brodericl of California obtained Inc hoor and remarked that he thought it due to the Senator from Illinois (Ir Douglas who was conf ned to hs bed by lncSs, that this debate should he postponed until he roull be present to renel inc s'atensnts that had been made against him by the st pprapc T. seemed to him inconsistent with the one ha n,ie in the presence of MT. Douglas
 slf. bgicr denied that he had said anything con- t..ry from what he uttered in the presence of Mir Douglas.
 Mf. Frederick said he so understood it..
 Mf Biscr replied that his impressions were wrong. 1 ana went on in rather threatening style for title while. when
 Mir Broderck rose ag,n There was disposition m his immediate vicinity (among the ,Icmocra) to move about and cough. when Mir Frederick looking as Mir Slide lsaid, Senators have a habit of cough Ing and sneezng when some gentlemen rise to ad- dress the Senate ltisa vulgar trick, which is in sn!tng, and which gentleman wiil be guilty of Fe uttered this last sentence with an cmphass which VIII nor soon be forgotten. The coughing having ceased. Mr. Frederick turned to Mir Bcler who sits st h.s immediate right, anu referred to what he Big itt nad formerly said about the i,srlor caucrs end sad he rememb bered that the Senator from Illinois reauked him forit denying his statement. and re- meAhered when the denial msiic the effect it iad upon the Senator from Pennsylvania. He was t,nuio'is in his manner aud submissive in his tone
 This declaration created considerable sensation in tkr chamber
 Mir. BroAefick, without noticing Biger further, said hs hoped the Senate would consent to let the debate be posponed until Monday, at hali past ls o'clock.
 Mr. Green. of Missouri. jumped to the floor, and ntterd the following most extraordinary n"ancsment: al hope postpone,nens will no. hs carried. THis debate must De endedn'
 Al ihis, Senator Wilson and several other sem asfs spnn! to taeir feet to repe the arrogance of the Missouri senator, but Mr.. Cri,tenden moved tiii line Senate adjourn, which was carried bv a yea and nay vote of 20 to Is. Ss ended Satur- days debate.
 On Monday the 18th the Senate met w,b the plain expectation of trial of strength on the at