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WAsHINGToN. Monday. Jan. IS.

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The special order on the affairs Of Kansas
was taken up.
Mr.. Hale said that he had RETAINED from
| participating in the debate heretofore, be-
/ cause he presumed that the public were anx-
ious to hear from other Senators, rather than
learn the opinions of so humble an ndvid-
ual as himself. He did not think this discus.
sion i'll timed or premature. The distin-
guished Senator from Illinois had spoken and
his speech fully met public expectations. He
agreed with Mr.. Douglas iR opposing the Lee
compton constitution, bat not because it was
not in contravcntion with she principle and
1 policy of the Nebraska blk He opposed il
/ for just the opposite rehson-nameIy, because
he considered it in exact conformity with
I that act. He regarded it as part of the origi.
nal programme, and as the carrying it out in
| letter and spirit. He was inclined to think
that in the controversy between MIR. Douglas
| and the President the palm of victory ought
| to be awarded to the President. When the
latter undertook to bring in the Federelaarmy
to force the obnoxious constitution do@S@he
throats Of the men of Kansas it is because he
| understands the Nebraska bill just as well as il
he was in the territory at the time that meas
/ ure became law. Mr.. Hale was opposed to
the whole thing, from beginning to end. He
was opposed to the tree, branch and foliage,
and now he was opposed to pluckiAg of the
| ripe fruit He could only judge the object of
the passage Of the bill by the natural and in
eVitable consequences which must result from
such measure. That object could be moth
ing else than to break the barriers which sep
arated tree territory from slave territory, and
bring Kanzas into the Union as a slave State,
legally and peaceably, if it could be-, but to
bring it IN as slave State, anyhow
With regard to the proceedings in Kanzas,
under the Nebraska bill. the elections were
carried, not by mob from Missouri but by
an invading army, who went over the line
with drum and fife, and banners flying, and
carried everything their own way, and
returned across the river openly avowing
that they had conquered the Territory. Thus
matters went on in this kind of perfect free
dom and popular sovereignty" and at
length the convention assembled to form
constitution for the future State of Kanzas-
and what did they do? They adopted the
very best plan which could be desired to make
Kanzas slave State, The people were per-
mitted to vote for the constitution with slave
~, or for the constitution without slavery
but was it not q somewhat singular fact,
which might go far to explain the vote on this
constitution, that the constitution without
slavery was more stringent pro slavery in
strument than the constitution with slavery,
II the constitution was adopted with slavery,
there were means provided by which at some
future period the slaves might be emanci-
pated, but the adoption of the constitution
without slavery, made slavery perpetual 1t
has been said that this matter was in the
hands OF the people, who could at any time
change their constitution and abolish slavery
If they saw lit, but he commended they had no
such power. He had heard a great deal
oh 1ln- Al
were tn kinds-the one genuine, the other
spurious. The kind of popular sovereignty
which it was now proposed to establish and
maintain in Kanzas, was not the genuine ar
ticle, and he would mention two or three
cases OF what he regarded as real popular
sovereignty. In January, 1875, eighteen
months previous TO the Declaration of indie
pendence, the people of the State of New
HampshiFs came together. and ignoring the
King and Parliament of Great Britain, alto
gether, adopted written constitution, en-
bodying the great principles of civil liberty.
That was genuine popular sovereignty. Next,
the Declaration of independence, by which
our fathers declared that henceforth they
would regard the people of England rs "ene-
mics IN warm peace, frieSNs, was another
example of genuine popular Sovereignty. But
| there was still another instance and one in
| the history of England, which he had ever
| regarded with profound admiration. That
was, when the House efs Commons igneSing
the House of Lords Is SA1seless appenaage Of
| government, and ignoring also the old dooWine
OF regal sovereignty, determined to bring
King Charles the LIST before their tribunal, and
( try him as a criminal. They did try him and
| found him guilty of high crimes against the
| State, and for these crimes his head was sew
| cred from his body.
This event had cast a shadow over the
crowned heads Of Europe, which has ever
since rested on them. and liberty is today safer
IN England and in this country in consequence
OF this occurrence. Allusion was made to
the remark of Mr.. Broderick that MIR. Blu
| chanan and his cabinet were to blame for tina
excited state of Kanzas. He dssented from
that opinion. He thought that rather the
| present executive or his predecessor was the
man to guide and control public events, but
they were names set in high places TO show
| the direction of public sentiment. Mr. Hale
! read from one of Mr.. Buchanan's former
| speeches in which he detained that allChrlst-
endom was leagued against the South in this
| question of domestic slavery. Of course, re-
marked Mr.. Hale, the South can have no al
lies except those who are out of Christendom.
! lLsughter) But what does Mr.. Buchanan
say in the next sentence --"They have no
OSueH allies 10 sustain their constitutional
rights except the Democracy of the North"
There's a fight for you--all Christendom on
one side and the Democracy on the other.
| Clearly outbreaks of laughter.1 Mr.. Hale
| proposed speaking on the subject of the bred
| scott decision, but before entering upon this
branch OF his remarks, at the suggestion of
MI Seward he gave way to a motion which
prevailed, to proceed to the consideration of
executive business, and the Senate afterwards
adjourned.
HOUSE.
The committee to investigate charges against
members or officers Of the last House. grow
ing out of the Mddlesex Manufacturing Com
| pany tariff fraud, was announced and con-
slsts OF Messrs. Stanton of Ohio, Moore of
Ala, Kunkel of Penn, Wright OF Ca, and
Russell of N.
large number Of bills were introduced
and referred. Among them one by Mr.. lay
Tor OF n. y, to promote the useful arts, and
70 regulate the granting of patents for inyen.
hons; by Mr.. Kelley, bill to secure home.
steads to actual settlers on the public domain;
by Mr. Bennett Of n. Y, bill to establish
railroad and telegraph line to the Pacific for
postal and military purposes by Mr., Florence,
a OIL Tor the ascertainment and settlement Of
claims OF the French spoliations; by Mr..
Morris OF Pa, a bill of international copy
right by Mr.. Grow, bill to prevent the flu
lure sale OF public lands by proclamation of tho
PRESIDENT. until the'same shall have been sur.
veyed at least fifteen years; by Mr.. Letcher,
a bill establishing branch mint in the city Of
New York-reierred to the Committee on