The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-30
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, April 80.


The Senate refused, BY vote of % against Is. to
recede from the amendments striking out the ap-
preparation for the payment of the reporters, and
section three Of the House deficiency bill.
ference was appointed.
The Kansas bill, as reported by the Conference
Committee, then resumed.
MIR. Douglas objected to the substitute because it
did not submit the Lecompton Constitution fairly
to a vote of the people, but the admission virtually
contingent upon the acceptance rejection of the
land grant. He objected too to the offer of a bride
to Kansas to come into the Union with 40, 900 pop
ulatlon under one kind of constitution and not un-
less she have 1000 population under another
what Is TINS but Congressional Intervention, offer
ing bounty on one hand and a penalty ON the 9th
er to control the result.
This left no freedom of election. For five months
past, he, Mr.. Douglas) has stood as he now stands
with the Democracy of his State, on the principle
OF submitting the Constitution under which the
people of Kansas shall come into the Union, to a
direct vote of the people. That glorious band of
Democrats who acted with him in Congress and out
of Congress, have achieved a triumph. He sought
no personal triumph and would not therefore enter
into the question: of what party has backed down
from their original pretentions, although the gov
eminent did say, at the commencement of the ses-
sion, that Kansas must come in Internationally un-
der the Lecompton Constitution.
The Administration has receded from that propo-
siton, and he and his party asked to recede
from the position they have taken, because the 9TH
er party have made SO many concessions. But that
that he cannot recede. Strike out the land grant
and strike out the limitation of population. and he
would vote for the conference proposal at once.
In other words, if you wish to make the proposal
fair, you must give equal terms to Kansas under
whatever Constitution she elects.
How he asked would his friend from Virginia
(Mr. Hunter,) as Southern man, like to have con-
gressional intervention brought to influence the ad
mission of new States. The times may be reversed
There may become anti-savery majority in
Congress and would he like to see grant of mil
lions of acres as a bounty for new free States to
come in with 900 population.
Mr.. Toombs warmly defended the Conference
substitute, denying that any bride of land was
offered, on the contrary the Committee refused
to give Kansas the seventeen millions of acres she
asked.
Mr. Wilson replied to Mr.. Toombs in reference
to the II 900 900 acres direct bride is offered of
hundreds OF thousands of acres and of dollars. Two
millions OF acres OF public lands are advertised to
be sold on the lst of july and here is direct bride
OF . per cent on the sales, amounting to hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars offered, if she will come into
the Union before the first of July. On the other
hand, the direct penalty is that She shall be kent
out OF the Union, although every one ACQUAINTED
with Kansas knows that the feeling in that Terrific
ry, is almost unanimous in favor of admission.
Mr. Wilson then went into a heightened d;scps
sion of the hostility of Kansas to the Iecomnton
Constitution, and charged that it was now heinz
attempted to bride and threaten her into the Inio5
under project gotten up by Conference Commit
tee, and intended to be imposed by deceit and
fraud.
The Chair was suggesting that the expression
unadvisabe, when
Mr.. Green rose and said, he was one of those re-
ferred to and he felt no hurt.
Mr. Wilson said he had made the charge of fraud
and could prove it, and would take the responsible
ity. He then went over the records of the Kansa:
elections, to show that the Administration assented
TO and approved of them, by continuing its cOun
tehance to their authors. He thought the people Of
Kansas would reject the rules, scorn the threats
anu conid not be got under this conference scheme
into lhe Union, except by stupendous and gigantic
irados OF fraudulent votes. The people of Kansas
Iore congress. II she has enough population to
come IN now as slave State, you must admit heI
as lree state. or keep her out at your peril There
Is no truce IN this substitute, although there
would nave been peace in Mr. Crittenden's
MIR. Green took occasion to refer to Mr.. Wilson.
charge OF fraud and said that of the fullness
the heart the mouth speaketh. He would like r.
put him under oath and cross question hin