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FIRST tEesIoN
Wednesday, April %, 1853.
SENATE. The Kansas report beirg the
special order, was taken up.
Mr.. Stuart Vt Michigan who Ind tho toor
smoke in favor Of Mr.. Crittendons amend
m mt, in preference to this miserable compro,
ni,e nror1rition lie spoke till nearly
o'clock, when only twenty-two Senators
were present
Mr. Pugh Of Ohio replied at great length
to Mr. Stuart. H. also ozalinod the FRO.
visions Of the Lenvenworth Coratituti1n. ard
the attempt to 9poht the instrument by
means of negro suffering howing that all there
proceedings were void, and that there Is no
other legal constitution in Kansas besides the
Lecomrton Constitution. Mr.. Pngh spoke
till after O'Clock
Mr.. Dooltn, Of Wisconsin made an
answer to Mr.. Pugh, asserting that the issue
raised by that Senator, as 10 th Tree negr g
vo inr under the Lauvcnworth Constitution,
was n false one whose only object could be
to ras2 a prejudice in the minds Of thereo-
pie Of thr slavcholdng Stltrs. and thu' ON
barrass the action Of tho free people Of Kan
sas
HovsE. The consideration Of the Kansls
report was resumed.
Mr. Howard of Michigan, in giving the
reasons why he withheld his assent to the re-
port, said that it did not ris' to the dignity
Of compromi7e, open and above board. hnt
was n n cias Of d1dc,. If tho proceedings
of tn, L,comrt,n c invention w.re legal and
binding. and c,nclusivo on tho people, and if
Congress has NJ power to int'rfr', how and
by what proc IS will Lccomrton become
dead? It r,min1al him Of fellow who
crlv1d pardon of his Sovereign. Frustrating
himself before His Majesty, he prayed for
civenass for having knocked of the hat Of
fellow subject; and pardon hning readily
Granted. he then inf,rn, ~ ~ Majesty that
the mans head WAS knock .l of tnO. In this
matter tho Iacomnton Constitution ia not
submitted. hat in rejecting the ordinance the
ca of Lecompon isknocked off. Ia G.
t.r.) This report is, tnrtA b-st otreasons'
off nsivc t. the North it has degrading con-
ditions attached. to which he believed the
North would never submit. His constituents,
he knew would regard the proposition as an
insult IF the South Weld 81 much as is
claimed. to princinl g, the North is to be tho
most cheated in the tails. One set Of con-
ditions is prescribed for the admission of n
State under slave constitution and an other
set under all other constitutions. If the
population Of Kansas is sufficient to como in
under the Lecompton Constitution, why
should it not como in under any other con
stituton? IF a fair election is held, it will
BE- voted down four to one-it cannot be other
wise
This ordinance is premium for Slave
IIa'g, auu n0 ptoua pton .ho -, -. n
10 ui9.''uy Iii ha o,oo+od or derao+ n
-s''iy yth;s ;s" ;ss"a - and he shonld not
hn sprnrised if l25 Of the IA Rcrresen tatives
+, wb;ch rho North is entitled, shall be sent
bnre 70 ranndinte this thing.
Mr. Davis of MARYLAND said so far as the
admission or rejection was concerned, every
thinr in law. if not in language, is conceded
h,. His Inn The ,olv orcstlon was whcth-
or tho neorla of Kansas will come into the
Union yit6 the ordnance; or, by rejection,
stav out of the confederacv. The Constitu-
E ton is not submitted Rcp7cs'n 'nting q
Southern and II slave State in hcr name
bc rr,tosted against this attenrted intorfar-
enca in State riehts hv tie imposition of Il
, condition Of fadmission.
Mr.. Stephens of Ca, was not surprised
that Mr. Davis ornossd the bill. but was sur
rr;sad ot the Ground of his opposition. lie
, (Stepbensl was born and reared in tat
school. and if there was any doctrine he
cherished more than another, 1t was that O,
the rights. independence and sovereignty 0!
the separate stat of the CDntcdCracy, and
, and co,nrlstelv carried out til, l9-trtn tlar
d, tbe Sonate bIi fo~ which he WIS willing t.
: .yoto- and mora 80 than the Critt rd-n amend
f moot, He wa, ready to defud the PROPOSE
tion from harinnirss to end, ey.cy word ana
line.
Mr. Gilman Of Me-. inaoirod-is the Con
stitntion submitted?
Mr. Storhens--I toll tho gentleman dis
g tinctlv il Is not.
t Mr., Kcitt of 5. c.. supported the bill,
t Mr. Bincham Of Ohio did not find iaul
with the bill because it annexed conditions
but n groat crime was sought to be perpetual