New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-09

csu.,o, from Tens>sesee picrs in tts psspl. n
Ksnas indep,nder, Pf the Territorial INgiss,srs
ard independent Of tie EnAenng eo'i vale "a
Sepstor rom Georgia ssssIts :; t. be IN tas Ts
st1s;s1 f@sisl.torc. He lDo'it.'l o'uisslss
tba. if le sovereignty te.lel n "a
people. tse Topcks Constitution a aless iasrursas
he then examined q claims a te W. Cohs,tsLs,s
Topeka and l.ecomPton, Gon'endia .aas "s asr
was irya ID, because tie Kansas -NeorAsAs S eA
f-red 10 powe-s 10 cal Conyen;icn, wnIe ths tn~
Grew out Of revolutionary appeal 20 the pcopeths
seves and was perfectly legal 10 aps~e' 70 u.
avesiiop. Why didn't the tIee'Ssaie men oi nssss
af n tie majority vote .or delegates 10 he Coarss
q" ton ?" he showed by puuerou, iSmiiar acs tasa
msnv casss they couldn't have voted, 40 oon'e1uens
of several counties hsvirg been disirSnoaisdi All
also that they had been s0lemnly assured thss tas
Copsttuti, Il would be submitted 10 the apPtoyadAs
nronle. This assurance WAS given by 'a,houn hin-
self "a well "a by President Buchanan 10 hs Message
ara through his chosen organs Naber and Stakss.
He denied the correctress Of the President assertion
,Lst whom the Slavery clause was submitted, all VA
"a that was necessary. There were many oths
ouestiors-questions relating TO banks the eleotu
franchise the clsuse requiring ,he uvNeIno 70 ee
citizen for twenty years, etc lie turner denied ns
tbs Slavery clauss was ever fairly submitted. NJ.
DootIe then portrayed the current OF events since
il was first propcs sed TO repeal the MIS- Cempte
mise. instsncing the Atchison meetings IN mnsocn.
which passed resolutions that Missouri would er'eo<
her institutions over Kansas at whatever col
of blood, and coLtendpg that these neetsagS
as well as the Lecompton Constitution nscn, were Ae
direct fruit Of that repeal The programme OF taess
meetings was carried out in full; Mss0urans WITH
bowie knives and revolyers inv AIDED kansss, usurpsl
the Legislature and in three short weeks enacted hs
whole code of Missouri. There stands the appsuas
fact, and no mantle OF shame is wide enough 10 cover
it. One act only is wanting; pass this act, aud
history will oecare that in the year when Russia
emsncipa.es her slaves, Republican America. tram.
Ming on her principles Of independence imposes Q
Copstutop on her Territories establishing slavery.
Here ;ae Senate received the House Deficiency
prir'inO bill.
M Mr.. FOSTER Comm said he would never give ha
assent 10 the admission of another Slave State north
of 800 30. He considered himself bound blythe Or.
6ipance Of l7S7 and would never recognize us repeal
Referring 10 the seventh article OF the Lsconpioa
Constitution asserting the night OF property 10 ssvss,
he said that the principle enuncated was reproscb
to the age. 1t would have been outragsIus m g have
made for a Southern State. He alluded TO the clause
in the Bill of Rights declaring that DO free negro shall
live in the Territory, and thought strange clause
TO exist in republican CONSTITUTION
Mr.. GREEN (Mo.) reminded him that the cana
proyision exists in the Topeka Constitution.
Mr FOSTER was net advised that the Topeka
Constitution had been received oy the Senate; he
didn't lelieye that it contained such clause There
il no question The contieued) that by the Lecompa
Constitution free negroes must be killed.
lrGREEN asked if the Senator oontended that fes
negroes entering the Free States which had provseA
OF law upon the statute book forbiddng them, a. iu-
pois for instance, must be killed
Mr.. FOSTER-Ihe Lscompton Consultation says
az much 1t says that no freeman can be exsed, and
that no free negro can live there.
Mr.. GREEN-The Senator argument Is absurd.
MIR. TRUMBULL explained that the law OF Illinois
provided for free negro. was not m the Censttu'
ton. The law dsposes OF him.
Mr.. GREEN-How
MIR. TRUMBULL-Hires him out.
Mr. GREEN-Kansas will do the same.
Mr.. FOSTER proco eded, reaoing the clause provd'
ing for change in tn, Constitution and contendlng
that the direct meaning is that the people may alter
everything but the Slavery cause Slavery Is to 10
perpetual. Establish that Constitution, and slavery
can never be abolished except by the consent OF every
Mr.. MASON Wal asked if the Senator understood
that Congress hiss the power 10 look into state Con-
stitutons with view of determining the relations Of
persons held in servitude lie tMasoD asked for the
information of his people to the senator's views.
Mr.. FOSTER explained that il a Territory hM
within itself principles at WARMTH the principles ofLb-
erty, Congress had the right to reject its application
MI MASON said that the reply threw food Of
light on the principles actuating the Repubiicsn
party. If he understood the Senator, Congress had
the power to decide whethera goyernthent waY re-
publican in form, aud to deade fiat if Y estsb shsd
Slavery it was not republican.
Mr. FOSTER did not think that his language was
susceptible of such an inference He repested that
where a Territory applied for admission with con-
tituiion at war with the planest principles Of liberty,
could not call it republican, and would not ad-
NIT il.
Mr. MASON-Not republican!
Mr.. FOSTER-Not republican, because not recog
izDg the principles of freedom. He was not pre-
pared TO go to the extreme extent, that state may
be excluded on the ground alone that it recognized
Slavery.
Mr.. Foster concluded by saying that he would
not vote for the bill lie considered an atrocious
and hgh-handed act of usurpaton to impose this Con,
stitution the people Of Kansas 1t Outrageous
infamous. The people of Kansas repudiste it-they
scorn its very name its principles, its origia-asd %
do |.
The Senate then wen. into Executive Session, cad
sferward adjourned.