M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-04-01
Passed the Sennte.

Passed the Senate.
The bill to admit Kansas as q State
into the confederacy, passed the Sen
ate on Tuesday Of last week. The
debate was closed by Senator Green,
who reported the bill. Minnesota
was withdrawn from it by him, and
three amendments moved and adopt
ed, as follows:
Firstly-To strike out the pream-
bic and insert the following: "Where.
as, the people of the territory Of Kan
sas did by a convention of delegates,
called and assembled at Lecompton,
on the 9th day Of September, 1857,
form for themselves a constitution aud
State government, which said Con.
Ivehtion, having asked !or the admis-
sion OF the Territory into the Union as
a State on an equal footing with the
original States, &c. Carried. Sec.
ondly-To amend the second section
by inserting, "that nothing in this act
shall be so construed as to abridge or
infringe on any right of the people at
all times to alter, reform or abolish
their form of government, in such
manner as they may think proper,
Congress hereby disclaiming any au,
thority to intervent or declare any
constructions of the constitution, ex.
cept to see that it is republican in
form and not in conflict with the Con.
stitution of the United States" The
amendment was agreed to. Yeas 81;
nays 23. Thirdly-A verbal amend,
ment in the eleventh line of the sec.
ond section of the bill; to cancel the
word "of" in the sentence, sin the
ordinance Of said constitution" and
substitute therefor the words annexed
to making" Carried. Mr.. PugL
withdrew his amendment OF March 2
to the amendment of Mr.. Green, and
substituted another, setting forth that
the Federal laws shall not inapplica.
bly, be extended into the State ofKan-
sas; that judicial district be formed,
and that Judge, District Attorney
and a United States Marshal be ap-
pointed and paid as in Iowa. The
amendment was agreed to. Yeas 81;
nays 10. Mr.. Crittenden moved a
substitute for the bill, in substance,
that the Constitution formed by the
Lecompton Convention be submitted
to the people Of Kansas now; that, il
it be approved Of, the President shall
admit Kansas by proclamation; if it
be rejected, the people of the Territory
shall call convention to frame a new
substitute. The substitute makes a
special provision against the occur.
renee Of frauds. Several Senators
here took occasion to explain their
votes. Mr.. Kennedy, of Maryland, as
a conservative middleman, would sup
port Mr.. Crittenden's substitute, re-
serving the right afterward to vote for
the original bill. Mr.. Houston wo'd
vote for the original bill, in obedience
to the resolutions passed by the Leg.
islature Of the State. Mr.. Pugh re-
luctantly voted against it for the same
reason. Mr.. Iverson, of Georgia, de
fined his position. Mr.. Green &C
cepted the suggestion Of another yer
bal alteration. Mr.. Crittenden's sub
stitute was then put and lost--yea
"a; nays 81. The bill, as amended
to admit Kansas into the Union will
the LecOmpton Constitution, was thel
put, and pasSed-yeas 80; nays 25
. Yeas - Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Ben
jamin, Bigler, Bright, Brown, Clay
! Evans, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green
: Gwin, Hammond, Henderson, Hous
, , ton, Hunter, Iverson, Jones, Johnson
- OF Arkansas, johnson, Of Tennessee
Kennedy, Of Maryland, Mallory, Ma
son, Pearce, Polk, Sebastian, SlideI
y Thompson Of Kentucky, Thompson G
J N. Jersey, Toombs, Wright and Yule
4 l-33. Nays-MesSrs. Bell, Broder
q lex, Chandler, Clark, Collamar, Crit
= tenden, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglac
. Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster
= % Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, King, Pugt
- Seward, Simmons, Stuart, Sumner
:, Trumbull, Wade and Wilson-25.-
. Absentees-Messrs. Bates and Davis
: Mr.. Reid, OF North Carolina, paire
y off with MIR. Cameron, OF Pa. Thi
:, announcement of the result was re
y ceived with applause and Kisses. Th
= oenate then adjourned.
q nPPeterSon'S Bank Note List