New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-23
xxxVth CONGREss...First Session.

SENATE WAsuISGros, March y, 1853
Mr. 81 UART (Micb) said be would not discuss tho
Kansas question the abstract principles cfSavey.
but the ground that the action OF the i@comptoo
Constitution vac an International fraud upos the Pro
ple and not express the will Of the people, He thea
followed with considerable cearness the ciases OF the
Presidents message contendiDg that IN Inc
reasoning was fauscious and In others absutd.
He astonisbed he said that the President should
D this special Message say that Kansas was in stss
OF rebellion and yet propose the admission Of this re-
bollious State into the Union. He Stuart would ust
reCaptuate the hstory of Kansas; that las alresdy
been done WELL There ere, be said, tive factioAn
the Teriitory-the Aboltonlsts who support ths
Topeka Constitution, and small squad of extreme
Souiherners, 10 favor Of the extension Of Southen
Institutions aud the revival of the slsve-tTade who
favor the Lecompton Constitution.
But the great bulk Of the people are sgsiist both
these Constitutions. When the President made that
remarkable statement as 10 rebellion il was st the
time Of the October election, when every mail and tsh
egrapbic dispatch brought word that ell was pesce
tbeIe.
Ii was absurd 10 say that q people having the
Government in their osn hands aud exercising II IN.
der the forms Of law, and under GoveEnof appointed
by the President, Was IN q state of rebellion. lee
people peacefully prepared issue By which taey
could express their objection to the proceedings OF me
Conyenuon and they did 80 by ten thousand aalory.
Tie President having established es he thinks, tab
Constitution on the principles of right, proceeds to@
fend it on the principle OF expedency. As for hnsA
his tSuar y view Il Territorial Constitution IL, a.
Il is an incpient movement for the formation OH
State. Il presented 10 Congress and refused accspF
aIce, II Is Constitution no longer. He mex, eemr
nented upon the fraudulent Surroundings of the 10
compton utiOn aud also condemned IN seysfs
terms the conduct of Calhoun touching the retarns
the last election Then citing the Presidents words
that f tie Kansas fairly executed II Will alsy
all excitement he ssid that he tstuartl agreed with
bim IN that point. That is a principle ON which al
can stand, not because II is the Kansas ac. but be
cause carries out principle az ancient as the rght
alx- fkaN sl.A
under what government they will live Thst Il the
lauaces Dot only for ksnsss but for the whole cDgt-
uent.
The Senator from Virginia, Mr.. Hunter, the othes
day by way Of dsreputable contrast, alluded To tns
eagles Of Europe gathering TO the sp lis of Euc Pc
While We aIe wraDgliug over the frauds a. Delawsre
CIossing. That Senator here unwliDgly des nbed
lie difference between the ioDs of Europe aud tas
Republic There, empire II extended and the pc pc
-Ie governed by the strong arm Of power; ksfe,
through the purity Of the hsot box. Had the senator
ort often that mpurity flowing through athe arteries
I'd veins cftbis Rep pubEc may reduce IL TO ashapee-s
oten mass. Statesmen Ia act not oyeIook snsii sget
cies. Mr. Stuart pleacs earnestly ior concllaeoy
this quest n Lei the kansas Act he sald,
be fairy executed. Let the people make a Conttu-
II their own way, and there will be- peace in kn-
SOS and in the country. Let the people exercise the
privilege which in common With al within oar borders
belongs to them aad IN ie" days we ean hefAe
hroue ebout the Unjon that Kansas hiss 81 her rights
setured Ler in the legislative halls of the nsos;
tLst Lscomptou is dead and the people are free. hs
corc!uded by replying at much leBgth 10 the severn
legal points laid Gown in Mr.. psgh's speech, and an
rourcirg that he would vote against taa, genienas'
amendment.
The galleries were orsmmsd, ard IL the heat ssd
confusion tAere a lady tainted.
Mr.. Douglas has jus; entered and is boxing oas
private conisb with Mr.. Green. The forper looks u
Everybody is trying to get peep a, him. Tue Tah'
isl visitors have also just eatefed
Mr.. BAlARD DELI set out 10 demonstrsts. syA
rc renee to numerous legal author ies, thst tie r.
coupon Constitution wee framed Nth al dse iS..
nalty; that the majority II ksnsss were ba1na y
tie vote Ct the minority, rnssmuch as they are ne.
70 assem- 10 what they could have avoided tae!
chose. He Rad beard that there weIe DO hsaa' a
. vote a. to whether OF not Kansas shcRd DC ~
united. The alleged Frauds were ss q sabse4csaa,
legislative eectioa. CoUrsss, be eoa'e0sed' a'A