Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-01

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OennnAu. April 2gth.- The Newport
Court Marital soavslsd this morning q II,
0ea: Jess.p presiding. Gen Twiegs objee
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% eqeouut Of former differences. The lat
stssssd that the differences had long since
besn discarded. but asked permisAion 70
withdraw, which was granted. The I'd. ]
msinder ofthe day was spsat 10 examining
testimony.
"a AAdjourned tile A. N. On the S0th.
sWAsHlx0roS, April 80. - HousE. - Mr..
Rnglish called for the regular order being
tse Kansas report from ths eonnissss Of
NJ. Chsk. II N. Y. had intssdsd To give
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undertake the task. He therefore
would say that he regarded this rev scheme
% Objectionable in form and stilkmore dan
gerous in substance. lie would seek the
floor on = future occasion to deliuer his
views
Mr.. Bryan, Of Texas. gave reason
why he had acted with little kqaud of
Southern members on this subject, after al |
ludiDg 10 the remarks of Senator Seward, |
that he regarded the battle between the |
Freedom and Slavery, as already fought, he |
said he would do nothing tojeopardize the |
union OF the South, for protection Of the |
South which is much needed.
MIR. Shorter said he had with five or six |
democrats. uniformly resisted the prev ous
question, he wanted time for discussion. in |
order to arrive at n correct consideration
of this bill. He had now found that the |
general construction Of it did not refer the |
Lecompton Constitution back to the people |
OF Kansas, If 1t did he would vote against
It, even with the black republicans.
The gent from Ca, Mr.. Stephens, said the
Constitution was not to be submitted, and
Mr.. English. by his silence acquiesced In
this view, therefore he Shorter would now
cooperate with the friends of the measure.
and vote for the previous question.
Mr.. Campbell said Mr.. Cox, at the CON-
mencement Of the session, took the banner /
OF popular sovereignty in his hand and tri- |
umphantly defended il, but now In full view I
OF glorious victory he beat q retreat. Mr.. |
Cox wished to say that he thought the |
amendment which the House opposed was
the best, as this could not become law, he |
was willing TO take the next best under the |
circumstances.
Mr.. Campbell now asked Mr. Cox whether
he understood the bill Of the committee of |
Conference as submitting the Constitution |
TO the vote Of the people Mr.. Hughes of
Indiana, objected.
Mr.. Cox replied, although the Constitu-
tion was not submitted directly, vet in ef-
feet the people Of Kansas will have an op.
portunity to say whether they want it
Mr. Campbell then wanted an unequivocal |
answer. He then produced letter written
by Mr.. Cox, dated Feb. 9th, in which the
latter said while he had vote it should |
never be dragged in the Lecompton mire,
and 80 help him God he never should do
otherwise Yes. remarked Mr. Campbell,
my colleague said.he would vote for no pro.
position which would uot submit the Con-
stitution to . vote Of the people.
Mr.. Cox said he still endorsed that letter.
Mr.. Campbell referred to the fact that
about 20 anti-Lecompton democrats were
pledged on high point Of personal honor
to stand to the end by the Montgomery
amendment in company with the republl-
cans.
Mr.. Groesbeck replied that he had made
no such pledge, and had no such under
standing or consultation.
SENATE-Mr Doolittle offered resou.
tion that a wagon road be constructed from
Fl. Benton to the navigable waters of the
Colorado river at Wallawalla.
Referred to the Military Committee.
Mr.. Houstons resolution seeking to estab.
lish protectorate over Mexico, was taken
up.
Mr.. Mason opposed it. and moved to lay
il on the table.
Motion agreed to-
The report of the Conference Committee
on Kansas, was then TAX en- up
MIR. Broderick said, after the matter had
been so ably discussed, he would OF make
a lengthy speech. He would vote against
the Conference bill for several reasons the !
most potent of which was that Kansas could |
not come into the Union as free State du- |
ring the continuance of the power of the |
present administration. Kansas has only q |
population of So, 900 now, and if she does
not adopt Lecompton she must wait five or |
six years for the requisite population to en-
title her to representation. The original |
bill was less Objectionable to him than this
Conference substitute.