The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-03-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

WAsnIrnroE. Mnrch ial.

Mr.. Green, Of Missouri. gave notice /
that he should oier a substitute proYi- /
ding for the admission Of tho States Of
Minnesota and Kansas together. hoping |
thereby to expedite business He then
proceeded to advocate the report Of the
majority Of the committee, remarking
that the leading controlling facts, stated
in that document, could not he success
fully contryverted. An attempt had been
made, in the minority reports, TO evade
,omo Of them, but they stood unassailed.
lie then passed to personal tx ,,lanation,
touching the statement in regard to the
action Of the committee published ia the
y. Y Tribune, which asserted that a ma.
jority Of the committee made a positive
promise 10 Messrs Douglas and CUllamer
not to report tin tho succeeding Monday,
but subsequently, violated that agreement
lie proceeded to show the falsity Of this
statement by detail Of the facts.
A discussion Of some length ensued be-
tween Messrs. Green and Douglas, wien
the former proceeded He said he had q
substitute for the bill reported by the ma.
ljority Of the Committee which he would
offer az the proper time. This substitute
provided for the admission Of Kansas and
Minnesota together, tie object being to
expedite the business before the Senate,
80 that other important business might
come up for consideration. lie then ar
gued the legality Of the Kansas Constitu-
ton, contending that it was Republican
III form, and that it was the choice Of the
peoBie. The population Of Kansas was
sufficient to enuile her to one Represon-
iatye, aud the Constitution Of the United
States prescribes no specific number Of in
habitants to the admission Of State. He
referred 10 the unsettled slate Of the Ter.
ritory as a powerful and overwhelming
reason for admission, which would give
peace and quietness to the people Of the
Territory. He had received notice to-
day Of murder committed by parties op-
posed to The Constitution, and that Gen.
Whitfield had been driven from the Ter
ritory under threat Of ASSASSINATION. This,
he said, was the reason Of the absence Of
Federal officers in Kansas. IL Is useless
to cry 'PeaceP where there will be none
till Kansas comes into the Union.
Mr.. Oollamer. Of Vermont. followed.
He referred to the Missouri Compromise
as having settled the slavery agitation,
and il being fair bargain, he thought it
unjust in thu South, after receiving her
portion of the advantage, to repudiate the
compact, Who believed, he asked. in
1854, that slavery would exist in Kansas
II was well settled principle that the
power to regulate, implied the power to
prohibit. Mr. O. quoted instances TO
show when this power had been exer-
osed; and referred to case in Mississip.
pi, in 1895, as in point. He defended
the Emigrant Aid Society, denying that
emigrants from the North went to Kansas
merely to vote, without designing to stay
there. He referred to the fraudulent
elections carried by interlopers from Mis-
souri, and to other gross outrages into
which the Government had never exam.
ined.
WAsHINGToN, March Cd.
Mr.. Colamer continued his remarks
from yesterday. lie said the only choice
allowed the people Of Kansas, was wheth-
or they would have slaves or DO slaves. -
He alluded to the territorial laws, and 10
tho several successive Governors who
were sent out to administer them, and
who were summarily removed because
they could not perform impossibilities;
because they could not enforce the laws,
and yet do justice to both parties. He
referred to the Lecompton Constitution,
and said it was idle IT, resort TO special
pleading to hide; that Instrument was
never submitted to the people. Ifit had
been, they would have repRdiated il now
and forever, The President admits that
the whole thing was a cheat and a delu-
sion. He referred also 10 the new polti-
cal dogma that slave property, in its legal
character and tenure, is precisely like 9th
er property; and 10 the decision in the !
Supreme Court il the Dred Scott decision. !
He would not deny that the Supreme |
Court might give an opinion concerning |
slavery when the question was property, !
but he regretted that they should have
taken advantage Of their position 10 issue,
&c cathedra, their endorsement Of politi |
cal dogma. The endorsers of accom-
mediation paper seldom find tia profitable |
business. He then discussed the nature
of property in men. eontending that the
only safety for slavery was TO make it 10.
cal; and asking what viii be gained by ma
king Kansas a slave State. The free State
men will soon gain the Ssoendeucy there,
even it Calhoun cheat them out Of the
now, and then when they re
fuse to pass laws for tho protection Of
such property, what win It be worth9
Mr.. Pugh, Of Ohio. gave notice that he
should offer an amendment 20 Mr.. Green's
substitute for the admission Of Kansas and
Minnesota, together, that the people may
alter or abolish their form Of government
in such manner as they may think prop
or, so that It be Republican and in aooor-
dance with the Constitution Of the United
States.
Mr.. Seward got the floor and the Sem
ate adjourned.
Douglas Men Amer All
HARrFoRp. March Q-Mr Jobr n