Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-04-29


spoke till three clock, wnen only twenty
two Senators were present.
Mr.. Pugh of Ohio replied at great length,
closely following the various arguments ad'
| duced by Mr.. Stuart. He also examined the
| provisions of the Leavenworth constitution.
and the attempt to adopt that instrument by
means of negro suffrage, showing that all
those proceedings were void, and that there is
no other legal constitution in Kanzas than
the Lecompton. He spoke till alter four
o'clock.
| Mr.. Doolitte of Wisconsin, made an an
swer to Mr.. Pugh, asserting that the issue
raised by that Senator as t free negroes Vot-
ing under the LeavenwoGth Constitution was
false one. whose Gully object could be to
raise prejudice in the minds Of the people Of
| the slaveholding States, and thus embarress
the action of Kanzas. He illustrated the case
| of hanzas and the conference proposed by the
smile of a family of fair daughters. all of
whom, Samuel, their father, has richly en-
! dowed, excepting young Kanzas, whom he
insists shall either marry John with dow
4 er of lands equal to her sisters, or continue
single without dover till she passed seer
tain" age ladies dislike to pass unmarried
| At this stage OF the proceedings an arrange
/ ment was effected to adjourn and finish the
subject tomorrow.
The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Nichols, from the Printing Committee,
reported resolution to print twenty thou
sand copies of the mechanical pant of the Pa
tent Office report of 1857, or one-third less
than formerly.
He remarked that a general distribution
cannot be effected unless the system is carried
to excess. The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. English, from the Post Office Commit
tee, reported joint resolution, effect, that
the Postmaster General, Attorney General,
and Secretary of the Treasury, make such
arrangements for the accommodation Of the
Post Office, Custom House, and U. 5. Courts
in Philadelphia, as shall best conduce to the
public service.
1t prohibits any increase OF the present ap-
preparation, and authorizes the President to
sell any of the buildings on the grounds
which are not necessary for the public ser
vice.
Mr.. Florence of Pennsylvania, said the
| Philadelphia delegation had consulted with
| the Post Office committee, and hGd come to
the CONCLUSION that this was the most feasible
way to relieve the subject of difficulty.
The resolution was passed.
The House passed several bills-among
them the Senate bill providing for the pay
ment of the Judiciary expenses in Utah, dur
ing the present disturbance.
The consideration of the Kanzas report
was resumed.
Mr.. Howard of Michigan, in giving the
reason why he withheld his assent to the re-
port, said that it did not rise to the dignity of
a compromise, open and above board, but was
a species of dodge.
If the proceedings of the Leeompton Con-
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sive on the people, and if Congress has no
power to interfere, how and by what pro-
cess, will Lecompton become dead. This re-
port is offensive to the North for the best of
reasons. 1t has degrading conditions attached,
| to which the North would never submit.
| One set OF conditions is prescribed for the ad-
| mission of State under one constitution and
| another set under all other constitutions. The
| population of Kanzas is sufficient 10 come in
under the Lecompton constitution why
4 should it not come in under any other con-
| stitution. This measure would keep open and
| increase the quarrel and strife. If fair cleo
ton is held, it will be voted down four to one.
| 1t cannot do otherwise In the Northern
States the question will turn on the issue,
"whether one set of conditions shall be pre-
scribed for a territory applying for admission
| as free State, and another set for slave
| State" This ordinance is premium for a
| slave State,a he predicted before the North
ern people, every man will be elected or de-
feated on this issue, and he should not be sur
prised if one hundred and twenty-five out Of
| the one hundred and forty-four representa-
tives to which the North is entitled, shall be
sent here to repudiate this thing.
Mr.. Davis of Maryland, said so far as the
admission or rejection was concerned, every
| thing in law, if not in language, is conceded
| by this bill, but he had learned States rights
notions from Clay and Pinckney. Had 1t not
| been urged by Southern gentlemen that Kan
| zas should come into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States This was
| the law of the South on the subject. Then
! if State equality was yielded by this ordinance
| imposing conditions, no Salthern man could
vote for the bill. The only question was
whether the people of Kanzas will come into
| the Union with the ordinance, or, by reject
ing it, stay out Of the Confederacy. The con-
stituton is not submitted Representing a
Southern and slave State, he, in her name,
| protested against attempted interference in
State rights, by the imposition of condition
| of admission.
Mr.. Stephens of Georgia, was not surprised
that Mr.. Davis opposed the bill, but was sur
| prised al the ground OF opposition. He Este.
| .
| and, if there was any doctrine which he cher
jshed more than another, it was the rights,
independence, and sovereignty, of the sepa
rate States, and he maintained that the su b.
stitute more fully and completely carried out
| the doctrine, than the Senate bill, for which
he was willing to vote. If Kanzas had made
application for admission as a tree State, he
would vote for it as readily as for slave
State. In conclusion, he earnestly appealed
to the House TO end this question, with view
to go on with the public business.
Mr.. Gilman OF Maine, inquited-Is the
constitution submitted
Mr.. Stephens-I tell the gentleman dis
tinctly, 1T is NOT.
Mr.. Keitt of South Carolina, repudiated
the doctrine advanced by Mr.. Davis He
| supported the bill.
Mr.. Brigham of Ohio. did not find fault
with the BILL because it annexed conditions,
but because great crime was sought 10 be
perpetrated, not only against Kanzas, but
the Federal Constitution, and the sacred
rights Of human nature. The bill did not
submit the Constitution, but bride in land
money, and, it it was rejected, Kanzas must
suffer the penalty.
Mr.. Clingman of North Carolina said this
proposition (of Mr.. Engish) was not amenda-
BILE. He presumed gentlemen had made up
their minds, and hence moved the previous
question.
Mr.. Stephens suggested that the vote be
taken tomorrow at l o clock
Mr.. Marshall OF Kentucky hoped no such
agreement would be made. 1t would be bet
ter to take the question today. (Cries of
Agreed."1
Mr.. Garnett of Virginia trusted the demand
for the previous question would mt hn sec-