The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-02-04

| u,s fom once, but appeal 70 the de-
hoerste jdgment of the people to determine
whether ,have not chosen the only honorable
course o0o, eh the circumstances allowed s me to
Ws'as y''"' Jan. %. 1853.
| THlkTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-,
FIRST SESSION.
| Wednesday,, January u, 1858.
| SENATE.
A few earnest remarks were made by Mr..
Wade, on. the resolutions lately adopted by the
Legislature of Ohio, expressing confidence in
President Buchanan, but protesting against
the Abingdon of Kansas under the Lecompton
Constitution. These resolutions Mr.. Wade
thought spequal to the occasion which called
them fort, and unworthy of the people of Ohio,
who were pot in the habit of praising the tyrant
while complaining of his tyranny. he believed
that the sAeat mass of the citizens of that State
were not Nnly opposed to the Lecompton Con-
stitution, gut to all who were seeking to fasten
that odios1 instrument on the necks of a reluc-
| Mr.. Pufh, Of Ohio, who presented the reso.
lutions, Ct ted that he would speak upon them
when the question of admitting Kansas into the
Union shoald come practically before the Sem
| ate.
MIR. Dan is presented the views of the minori.
ty of thesselect committee on the Pacific rail-
road in the form of an amendment, which he
gayenotioe of his intention to move to the bill
| to- authotsze the President of the United States
to contract for the transportation of the mails,
troops, seamen, munitions of war, army and
navy supplies, and all other Government SER
vice, by railroad, from the Missouri to San
Francisco, in the State of California.
The Ssnate then proceeded to consider the
| bill to Herease the military establishment of
the Unityd States, the motion pending being
that of Er. Toombs to strike out the first sec
| ton. -
Mr.. Gtsn was DESTROYS to move an amend
ment, in She shape of substitute for the origi-
nal bill, out il being ruled out of order, the
preceding amendments we're Withdrawn, Mr..
Toombs c,eing willing to take the vote on Mr..
OWNS Substitute as test question.
| Mr.. CIV in then sent up his amendment in the
following form:
Strike mt all after the enacting clause, aud
insert: That there shall be added to the army
one regir emit of dragons, one of mounted rifle.
men, anG three of infantry, Eve surgeons, and
ten assist int surgeons that officers, non. com.
missionet officers, musicians, and prvates,
herein at horized to be appointed or enlisted,
shall be f5verned by the rules and articles of
war whief have been established by law, or by
such rule <and articles as may be hereafter es-
tablishedypy law, and shall be subject to all the
provision and entitled to all the benefits of all
laws app, ing to officers, troops, or corps of the
same de, 3mination in the existing establish
ment."
Mr.. Fe It called the yeas and nays; which
were ord ed.
MIR. P, ID observed, that if the substitute was
intended q a permanent increase of the army,
| IA inf <ko
which, in any event, would lessen the items of
expenditNre. He intimated his preference for
volunteer
MIR. Jombs said the same; and observed,
let rs vo1I down the amendment.
| The q&3stion was then taken on Mr.. Gwn's
amendm.tt, and decided in the negative by the
following vote:
Heas-~Aessrs. Allen, Bigler, Green, Gwin,
Houston. Johnson of Tennessee, Polk, and
Slidell-yf
Nays-s Messrs. Bell, Benjamin, Biggs, Bright,
Broderic. Brown, Cameron, Chandler, Clay,
Crittends J, Davis, Dixon, Doolttle, Douglas,
Durkee, fvans, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Hale,
Hammos !, Harlan, Hunter, Iverson, Jones,
Kirg, MALLORY, Pearce, Pugh, Sebastian,
Seward, immons, Stuart, Toombs, Trumbull,
Wade, v lson, and Wright-38
MIR. b. then addressed the Senate at consid-
cradle II ,gth, and was followed BY Messrs
lverson simmons, Chandler, Davis, and others.
The Sen, te adjourned.
| HOUSE.
MIR. II Eccffer, of Tennessee, by unanimous
CONSENT introduced the following resolution,
which W, ) adopted:
Resoh d, That the President be requested,
if not in, ,mpatible with the public interests to
commur Fate to the House of Representatives
the infor 3ation which gave rise to the military
expedite y ordered to Utah Territory, the in
structioI issued to the army officers connected
with tn, same, and all the correspondence
which b. taken place with said officers, with
Brigham Young and his followers, or with
others, rowing light upon the question as to
how far aid Brigham Young and his followers
are in a cate of rebellion or resistance to the
GovernI snt of the United States.
Mr.. p alps, of Missouri, moved that debate
in COMPUTES of the Whole on the bill to ap.
pirate q ,ney to supply deficiencies in the ap-
propriat IN for paper, printing, binding, and
engravir !, ordered by the Senate and House
of Rep sentatives of the Thirty-third and
THIRTY #. nth Congresses be closed on Friday
nett at one and half o'clock; which was
garfield geas II, nays IS.
The ( tuse then went into Committee of the
Whole, Tr. Davis, of Indiana, in the chair, J
and RESP ued the consideration of the bill refer.
red to. ~
Mr.. Wis, of Mississippi, addressed the Com
mittee !, defence of Slavery and the constitu.
tional RI, 1bts of the South, and in denuncation
of the ReseSoil party of the North. He warn.
ed gentsspen, that if the South were driven by
continues aggressions into a war, an army
would syn march across the borders into the
North, trtnging with them the sword and the
frebran and carrying desolation in their
train. -
Mr.. ..jddings, of Ohio, wanted to know
whethek She gentleman meant to carry this war
of desoI zion into the Western Reserve of Ohio.
Mr.. Lsavis said that would be the first point
attacke for there, in his opinion, resided the
meanea .Aboltionists in the country. He had
more rs1pect for the Abolitionists than for the
Free-So fers, as he respected the highwayman
more Il an midnight robber. If the Free
Sellers lould prevail, it was manifest the South
could n & remain in the Union; and, if q war
ensued, it would be of the most sanguinary
charactt, The North would find blows to re-
ceive q veil as blows to give, and there would
be deso{ation the most terrific. He proceeded
to defefA the institution of Slavery by quota.
tons fiom the Bible, and, being Intercepted
by Mr.. s6vejoy, of Illinois, caused to be read
from tb Clerks desk q letter, addressed to Mr..
LovejoN as "agent of the underground rail.
road, }" one E. 81. Lombard, accusing him of
having sTolen an old negro man named Nose"
and applying to him various opprobrious cpl
Mr.. Il sch, of Michigan, next addressed the
Commi,.se, and, after abiding to our relations
with Srdin, proceeded with an elaborate argu-
ment il snpport of the doctrine that the Con-
stitutiol Is an Anti-Slavery document.
Mr.. Avery, of Tennessee, denounced the
course # Commodore Paulding in the arrest of
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