Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-04-01
THE KANSAS BILL IN THE HoUsE.-It ap,

Il 1HE KANSAS BILL IN THE I1OUoE-1C app
11pears that on Thursday last, Mr.. Stephens, Of
Georgia, announced that he should move to-day
! at one o'clock to take UP from the Speakers ia
BILE the bill from the Senate to admit Kansasin-
to the Union. It was generally assenteds to by
both sides of the House that action on tie bill
should be deferred until to-day. It was also
stated by Mr.. Stephens that he should then de-
mand the previous question. Thus the matter
will be brought to speedy vote. 7sf
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The DEMOCRATIC CAUCUs.-The caucus of
the Democratic members of the House of Re-
personalities, held on Saturday evening, was at
tended by between sixty and seventy members.
Mr.. Cochrane, of New York, was called to the
chair, and Mr. Seward, Of Georgia, was appoint
ed Secretary
Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia, stated the object of
the meeting to be to confer together-the Lee
compton and anti-Lecempton Democrat-and
see if some arrangement could not be made to
unite the discordant clements He was ready
to hear any suggestion from those gentlemen
upon this Kansas difficulty. He had never yet
been able to ascertain what those gentlemen de-
sired He, for one, was for unity and harmo-
ny, and desired above all things to preserve the
party intact; and he believed it could be done
| if. a proper spirit was manifested.
!. Mr.. English, of Indiana, then offered the fol-
lowing resolution
Resozred, That committee be appointed by
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anti Lecompton Democrats, whose duty it shall
be to confer together, and ascertain whether
any thing can be done to secure harmony and
concert Of action in reference to the question of
admitting Kansas into the Union and that said
committee report the result of their deliberations
to this caucus, for it's consideration, on Tuesday
evening next, at 8 o'clock, to which time the
caucus will adjourn.
| Mr.. English said he was not in the habit of
obtruding his opinion. hut he felt that great re-
sponsibilityy rested upon every democratic rep
resentative, He concurred in what Mr. Stephens
had said in reference to the Importance of pro-
noting harmony in the democratic family. He
liked the conciliatory spirit of this speech, and
deeply regretted that such a fraternal spirit had
not been earlier manifested If it had been,
much of the existing trouble and bad feeling
would have been avoided. He spoke of the
danger to the democratic party likely to grow
out of this question if it were not settled, and
urged the committee from each side to meet on
terms of equality, and as members of the same
democratic household to counsel together Good
might come of it; and, at all events, if no a
greement could be effected, matters would be no
worse than they now are. He could scarcely
think Of greater calamity than the division and
overthrow of the democratic party, and the ele-
walton to its place of one purely sectional. The
question with him was not so much what ought
to have been done with this question originally,
as what could be done with it in the position to
which it has drifted.
The resolution was then adopted and the
caucus adjourned to meet on Tuesday evening.
Washington, March 3O.-Last night the COM
mittee of the Democratic caucus held a meeting,
for conference, at the capitol, to deliberate in
regard to the Kansas question. The committee
were equally divided, there being ten Lecomp-
tonites and ten anti-Lecomptonites. There was
an interchange of views, but no conclusions were
arrived at, and as consequence, no vote taken.
The anti-Lecompton Democrats held meet
| ing in one of the committee rooms last night to
hear the report of the committee on their part.
They reported that nothing could be done. No
propositions were made of any kind that could
be accepted. They were authorized to present
the Crittenden amendment, slightly modified,
as a proposition, but it was unacceptable tothe
Joint committee. Other propositions were treat
ed in like manner. 1t is said, howeveE. there
was good feeling among the anti-Lecompton-
ties and unity of purpose. $50 n
| Mr.. English, his friends claim, has lbeen
wronged by the imputations of the press ON his
good faith in rendering the o1ire branch to the
other Democrats; and it is further said that the
anti-Lecompton Democrats stand by the Crit
tenden amendment
Hk1 The National Astellige,acer advocates, as