Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-03

Several gentlemen objected to any an
swer.
Mr.. GRoEsDEcK was understood to reply in
the affirmative.
Mr.. CAMPBELL. Aud yet the gentleman
from Georgia (Mr. Stephens) says it does
not. They we're on the eve of passing this bill
upon the idea that agitation was to cease by
the votes Of men some of whom construed it
to mean one thing and some another thing,
entirely different.
Mr.. OWEN JONES, Of Pennsylvania, rose to
a personal explanation. In the whole course
of this controversy he never gave a pledge
that be would stand by the Montgomery bill!
or any other.
Mr.. CAMPBELL inquired if he did not re-
psatedly meetin caucus With the anti-Lecomp-
ton men, and whether be did not consent to
the appointment Of committee with power
to represent and speak for him.
Mr.. OWEN JONES protested that no CON-
mittee was ever authorized to pledge his
vote.
Mr.. CAMPBELL would then inquire whether
10 bis opinion, this bill submitted the consu-
tuition to the people?
Mr.. OWEN JONES was willing to let the
people of this country construe the bill tor
themselves.
MIR. SEWARD objected to these interrogato.
res.
The SPEAKER said they we're irregular,
and he would endeavor to enforce the rule.
Mr.. CAMPBELL did not desire to violate the
rules. 1t could no longer be concealed that
the men who within the next hour intended
to vote this bill through, and send it to the
North, the South, The East, and the West as
great peace measure and final settlement
of the Kansas embroglio, put entirely differ
ent constructions upon it. 1t would only
increase the agitation, and, as be said of the
Kansas n ebraska act, he believed it was full
of evil, and without the promise of any good
to any party or any section of the country.
Ii it was not out OF order he would ask the
chairman of the committee OF conference
(Mr English) to declare whether be agreed
with the gentleman from Georgia MIR. Ste
phens) that this bill does not submit the
constitution to the people. He was waiting
for reply.
The SPEAKER said with half dozen objec-
tons, it would not be in order for the gentle.
man to reply.
Mr.. CAMPBELL Then we shall "meet at
Phillippi," and discuss this question where
the rules of this House do not apply. Dur
ing the war of 1912, be was in arms on the
Ohio frontier-in his mothers arms he meant
and be has since heard and read how the
gallant Kentucky hunters saved the infant
settlement, and bis small bones among 9th
ers, from the merciless Indians. set on by the
Englsh The gallantry Of Kentucky had
again come to the rescue, as bad also the
! galantry of Maryland Kentucky aided
Ohio against Enelish movements then, and
she united with OHIO to resist the English
movement now. Laughter.
The bill he supposed would pass. Ninety
two so called BLACK Republicans" had, un-
der pledge of honor, voted that slave
State north of SO so, # she desired 1t,
should be admitted into this Union. They
had been true to their pledge, and il, for the
purpose of settling this dispute, he bad been
tue means of inducing any member to vio-
late his pledge, or his conscience, he asked
pardon for it. He was sctuated solely by a
desire to remove this thing forever from the
balls of Congress. He warned gentlemen OF
the South, that, in pressing this measure,
they inaugurated new principle, which in
the end would prove dangerous to their instl'
tuition. 1t was an unjust discrimination be-
tween the two sections of the country, IN pro-
viding that Kansas might come in as a slave
State, but should not come in as free State;
and it endorsed the proposition that the peo-
ple may at any time change or abrogate .heir
constitution, regardless of its provisions. If
this proposition was enforced on the North
by the South it would reach further than
Kansas 10 the future. Under this rule, tue
masses of the people, including unnatural
lied foreigners, might hold Conventions to
change State constitutions and abolish sla-
very in Kansas, and elsewhere. Virginia,
Kentucky, and other Southern States, might
expect foreign emigrants from the North.
10 conclusion, he renewed the demand tor the
previous question.
MIR. UAsKIN, of New York, desired to oc-
cupy a few minutes, but objection was made.
Tellers were ordered on the previous ques'
ton.
Mr.. Grow, of Pennsylvania, moved call
OF the House, on which the yeas and nays
were ordered, and the motion was disagreed
to-yeas IS, noes 100.
The question required on seconding the
previous question.
MIR. GROW said he rose to privileged ques'
ton.
Mr.. KE1TT, of South Carolina, asked his
side Of the House to give the gentleman from
New York (Mr. Hsskin) FIVE or ten nit
utes. He understood that would satisfy the
other side.
MIR. BURNETT, of Kentucky, and others,
objected.
Mr. Grow moved that the House adjourn.
Mr.. DoDD. of New York, moved that W ben
the House adjourn, it be to meet on Monday
| next.
Mr.. ADRIAN, of New Jersey, said he did
not desire to make speech, though he should
like to explain his vote. but be hoped the
House would hear the gentleman from New
York, who, he understood, would not speak
five minutes, and the question would then be
settled.
Mr.. HUGHES objected. -,
MIR. STEPHENS proposed that there should
be an understanding on all sides to take the
vote at 3 o'clock.
Mr.. CLISGMAN thought that was too long
time, as only the gentleman from New York
wanted to speak.
Mr.. MORGAN, of New York, objected to any
Limitation of time upon his colleague.
Mr.. j. CocHRANE hoped the Democratic
side of the House would not object to hear.
ing bis colleague.
Mr.. HAsK1N said be proposed to reply brief
" to the remarks made by the gentleman