New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-15

n,t,h ~ ON, w.shugt0n Correspondcnt pus we
..n,o;n.a IN our regular report OF tho deoatrs-
w. 800 from, Tao Nsiicsa! I.teAgsHc0 OF yester
day: ,o.;,, osl "A and rsc,;v.a
mr. IT, ., The floor for the purpose cI making an
VI. pn.,on which he described az party PERSONAL ana
,,x noitcsI, proceeded TO explain INC history an"
Pany ~ the resolutions lately adopted by the Dem
pult,;c Convention of Indiana. These resolutions, he
.rrsd were meant TO be m indorsemcnt oftho policy
nst,led out BY the Administration with reference 10
Kansas policy which ne, as an Ihllan" NO, 10
W. onnoston 10 the known and declared wishes OF ms
nohtcs friends in that state. The resolution auopte9
Nv that Convention IN its ADJOURNED session., ai.i
which appeared 20 be cOndemnatory oil the iIc7uch'
Raosas pocy was 20 only be, ause OF an haccuarcy
m the Geographic Dispatch. How that ihacJuracy
,noee he would not pause to inquire ~" tcaoiut}n,
after re affirming and defining 'he uoctino Vi t'o
Kansas Nebraska act proceeds to -ay ana heFecf<er
{" an Territory should be admitted into the Cnon a.
Estate without fair expression OF The VIII OF the peo-
pe being first had upon the Constitution accompany
mo the applcation for admission. Instead OF heTe-
~ tha tsiegraphic dispatch had substituted there
ARE thus materially affecting the sense; Tor the Con
,cntion, in using the word hTtytT, haa intended 10
mdorse specifically the very doctrine OF President Bu
ehsnan who in hiI Message, had expressed his appro-
val of this principle of popular submission with refer
ence 10 afuure Territories while advocating none the
Lpss the acceptance OF the LecomptOn Constitution
Without such preliminary ratification which unfortu-
ns.ely had not been provided for in the kansasNe-
hrasfa act. Such being the terms Of the resolution,
M r. said that il contained approval OF the rcs-
dents policy anl not OF that expressed by dstln'
suished Senator in opposition 20 that policy and he
read an extract from private letter written to HIM
by a member Of the Democratic Convention in cor
roboraon Of the language and puport OF the res0lu
ton as he had explained IT.
Mr. TOOMBS of Georgia thought the whole eHrla-
nation of Mr.. Fitch entirely out of order. II was
disagreeabe to him 10 listen to such details respecting
party Convention with whose proceedings the senate
bad no concern.
Mr.. DOUGLAS remarked that he should not have
claimed the courtesy OF the Senate IN the matter,
he had not been referred 10 by Mr. Fitch IN connection
with the resolution. The verbal naccuracy cited mad
doubtless arisen in it's transmission through the tee-
graph Offices, where such mistakes were OF day occur
renee That the resolution however, in its corrected
FORM could not be made TO sustain the construction
put upon il by Mr. Fitch was capable, he thought OF
an easy demonstration. An examination OF its Ian
guage would show how impossible IT was to reconcile
such Interpretation with the former clause Oi te
resolution in which the Democracy OF Indiana declare
"that they are in favor Of the great doctrine of the
Kapsas-Nebraska bill, and that by apractcal app-
"caonofthat doctrine thepeople OF state or Ter
"rtOry rested ~he right Gratifying or rejecting
Eat the ballot-box any constitution thatmsy be framed
"for their government and that hcreaerno Territory
I" shall be admitted into the Union, DC. Hence
il would be seen that the Indiana Democrats dis
tinctly and unequivocay announce that according to
their understanding the people of Kansas, by virtue
Of the organic act, have "a vested night TO ratny
or reject at the ballot-boN any constitution that
may be framed for their government; and to
suppose that they intended To except Kansas
from the benefit and practical application OF
that doctrine was TO suppose that they neent 10 repu
date, with respect to this Territory, the very act
which had lust been Endorsed and eXpounded by them
AZ guaranteeing to the people vested right winch
would be ignored by accepting the Lecompton Con,
stitution. Aud, moreover, as the Constitution OF
Kansas had not vet before Congress, it was APP
parent Il at in the of the word hcTefe, the Con-
vention had expressly designed 10 embrace the case
ofhat Territory well as all others that might arse
10 the future.
DIR. HALE thought that, as personal and poll
teal explanations seemed to he the order OF the day
he ought 10 be INDUCED in few remarks explanatory
of the position occupied by the Democratic State
Committee OF New-HampShire, the members OF "hlci
had recently promulgated, on behalf OF the party ana
with reference TO the Kansas question, resolution
very similar ia it's terms to that adopted by the
Indiana Convention. lie deemed it unklnd TO scan
too closely these resolves of the Northern Democracy
who il was to be remembered, were exceedingly hird
pressed at home nsomuch that they found dltncult
10 hive in any place less thana Custom or
q os-Ofce Resolutions passedby gentlemen in such
critical situation deserved, he thought, to ne treated
very tenderly when brought to the notice OF the
Senate. The Democracy of Ncw-iampshre, tor
example, had been reduced to even greater slrats'
il possible, than their Indiana brethren. An cleo
ton was close at hand in the former Stnte, ana
was apparent that something must be done TO re-
heve the party from the pressure OF the odious lie
compton Constitution on the one hand, and the
Administration approval OF that instrument OH inc
other. The State Committee, therefore, IN series
of re solutions, had Reimbursed the ansas-Nebraska
act reafirmed the Cincinnati platform, ccmplmcnted
Mr.. Buchanan, and repudiated the Leconpton Con-
stiution; in other words, the Now-liampshire Demo
cratic State Committee approve Mr.. Buchanan, but do
not approve his This it seemed, was abon
the position they occupied in the premises, and it
appeared even les comfortable than that OF the lndi-
an;r Democracy il was probably because the former
were reduced to even greater extremities than the
latter.
The facetious remarks of the Senator provoked
much merrment on all sides of the chamber, and III
taLi ia AZ he thanked
in permitting him to plead in behalf of the Dcmoc-
racy of New-Hampshire, as Mr.. Fitch and Mr..
Douglas had done i'll behalf of the Democracy in
Indiana.
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