Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-02-10

Proceedings In Congress on Kansas.
In the Senate, on Monday, the resolution
referring the Presidents Kansas Message to
the Committee on Territories was taken up.
A resolution from Senator Wilson proposing
to send for persons and papers and examine
into all the facts connected with the adop-
ton of the Lecompton Constitution, was re-
jected by majority Of six votes, and the
reference to the Territorial Committee pre-
vailed. Pending au effort on the part of
Senator Douglas to call up his motion ask
ing the President for information upon Kan.
sas affairs, the Senate adjourued.
The vote on Mr. Wilson's amendment, a
test question, was as follows.
YEAs-Messrs Broderick. Cameron, Chan
dler, Collauer, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas,
Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, EOetar, Hale,
Hamliu, Harlan, King Seward, Simmons,
Stuart, Sumner, Truubull, Wade, and Will
son-22.
NAYs-Messrs. Bell, Benjamin, Biggs,
Bigler, Bright, Brown, Clay, Crittenden,
Davis, Evans, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green,
Gwin, Hammond, Houston, Huntcr, lverson,
johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy, Mallory,
Mason, Polk, Sebastian, Slidell, Toombs,
Wright, and Yulee-2o.
We gave in yesterdays Gazette the total
of the various votes taken in the House, Oh
the subject OF Mr.. Harris resolution, refer
ring the Presidents Message to select COM
mittee, with Instructions to inquire into and
report all the facts connected with the for.
nation of the Kansas Constitution and the
laws under which the same was originated,
and into all such facts and proceedings as
have transpired since the formation OF SAID
constitution having relation to the question
of the propriety of the admission of said
Territory into the Union under said consti-
tuition, and whether the same is acceptable
and satisfactory to a majority OF the legal
voters of Kansas, and that said committee
have power to send for persons and papers"
The ayes and noes on the adoption OF this
particular resolution, were as follows
YsAs-Messrs. Abbott, Adrain. Andrews,
Bennett, Billnghusst. Bingham. Blair, Bliss.
Brsyton, Burlington, Burlingame, Burroughs,
Campbell, Case, Chafee, Chapman, CLARK,
of Connecticut, Clawson, Clark Is. Cochrane,
Cockeriil, Colfax, Comius, Covode, Cox,
Craein, Curtis, Damrell, Davis, Of Mary
Davis. OF Indiana, Davis, OF Massachusetts,
Davis, of Iowa. Dawes. Dean, Dewart, Dick,
Dodd, Durfee, Eide. English, Farnsworth,
Fenton, Foley, F., ster, Giddnss, Gilman
Gooch, Goodwin. Granger, Groesbeck, Grow,
Hall, of Ohio, Hall, of Massachusetts, lia:-
Ian. Harris, of Illinois. Haskiu, Hickman,
Hoard, Horton. Howard, Owen Jones, he!-
logg, Kelsey, Kilgore, Knapp, kunkei, Law
renee, Leach, Leitor, L9vejoy, Mckibblr,
Marshall, of Illinois, Montgomery, Morgan,
Morrill,, Morris, of Pennsy lvania, Morris, OF
Illinois. Morse, of Maiue, Morse, Of New
York, Mott, Murray. Niblack, Nichols, Ohm,
Palmer, Parker, Petit, Pike. Potter, p'itle'
Purviauce, Richie, Robbins, Roberts, h"yce'
Shaw, of Illinois, Sherman, Of Ohio, eher-
man, of New York, Smith, Of ILLINOIS, SPIN
per. Stanton, Stewart, OF Pennsylvania
Tappan. Thayer, Thompson, Iompkins'
Wade, Walbridse, Waldron. Walton. ash
burn. of Wisconsin, WashlurD, OF Illinois
Wasbburn. of Maine, Wilson, and Wood
-ll4. :,
NAys-Messrs. Ahl, Anderson, Arnold,
Atkins, Avery, Barksdale, Bishop Bocock'
Bowie, Boyoe, Branch, Bryan, Burnett
Burns, Caskie, CLARK. Of Missouri 'iay
Clemens, Clingman, Cobb, John C0enrane'
Corning. Craig. of Missouri, CRAZE, oi NORM
Carolina, Crawford, Curry, DAVIDSON DAVIS
of Mississippi Dimmick. Dowdeli, Eumuhu-
SOD. Elliott, Eus,is, Faulkner, FLORENCE Gar
nett, Gartrell, ellis, Goode, Green%cou'
Gregg, Hatch, Hawkins, Hill, Hopkins
Houston, Hughes, Huyler, jackson, Jenkins
,Jevett. Jones, Of Tennessee, j.. CLANCY
Jones. Keitt, Kelley, kunkel, of Maryland
Lamar, Landy, Letcher, Maclay, Meoneen'
Msrsball. of Kentucky, Mason, Maynard
Miles, Miller, Millson. Moore, Pendie'on'
Peyton, Phelps, Phillips, Powell, Vni'man'
Ready, Regain, Ricaud, Rutin, Russell
Sapdidsc. Savage, Scales, Scott, Soaring
Seward. Shaw, Of North Carolina, Saor'er'
S;ckIes. Singleton, Smith, of Tennessee
Smith. of Virginia, Stallworth, Stephens
Stevenson. Stewart, of Maryland talbot
TAYLOR. of New York. Taylor. OF LOUISIANA
Trinpe Underwood, Ward, Warren, Wat
kins. White, Wbiteley, WinslOw, "1oesUn'
Wortendyke, Wright, of Georgia, "riSn'
of Tennessee, and ZollicoffeI-lll.
1t will be seen from the above that tue
Administration hae carried It's point, on tue
reference of the Kansas message, IN the Be-
nate, whilst the opposition have triumpheai
in the House. The House proceeding VIII
necessitste an investigation which may eou-
sume weeks, whilst the Territorial Commit
tee of the Senate will probably PROMPTLY re-
port the Lecomp.on Contribution back %i'n
a recommendation 10 its favor 1t may 'nen
be hurried through the Senate ana sent 10
the House for concurrence. ana toe nnA'
struggle be thus precipitated.
The importance of the proceedings oil Con-
cress in relation to this subject both IN re.
ference to the future of political parties anu
to the peace and quiet Of the country iS re-
coguised on all hands. The UulOn says
at must strike every mind that the '1tins
in the House of Representatives on tue nan
sas message is the most important anu event
fui that has occurred since the HISTORICAL SEQ.
sions Of 1850 and 1854 And 1t ACIDS, toa'
''the refusal Of a considerable portion OF the
northern democratic members TO cooperate
with the national party-noy, their foi NAL
and apparently concerted coalition with the
black-republcan party--threatens a dismem.
termert and dissolution OF the national de-
rnocracv IF nersisted in this movement of