Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-03-19
From the Vernon, w.,
From Washington 'S''


The regular debate on the Kan. ~
was commenced in the Senate :. :.
day. Senator Green of M;sson.. lie
in a brief and not very forcib,. %
favor of the bill, and was fOno,.,
Senator Collamer, who had rs, ?
ded his speech when the hour or.s
ment arrived On Tuesday, g..
Collamer concluded, making a ,..,a
and convincing exposition Of III. =
side OF the question. Senate, 9
then obtained the floor for wsa,
and used his day in speech wb;.I :!
even to his high reputation >, i,
man. On Tuesday, Senator -
(LecomptOn Democrat, gave Dof..
amendment to bring in Minnesota ~
same bill Senator Pugh Dem. -
"9c CO. 80 u an amendment, m
viding that the admission as a ,t.,a !. ~
not preclude the people, with tbs ., ~
of their Legislature, to altertb. y ra
tuition at any time. This is designed :,
help distressed Democrats-ma, ~
wish to go for the LecOmptop GU we
ton, but are afraid Of their coDs1i u.u.a'
apparently the purpose is to en.h,s ~
people of Kansas 10 abolish a.v..., 'S
once if they wish: but reaHy,bs
sition conceals trick. The Leoi, Jp~
and Governor are elected, but it ren,;,,
with John Calhoun to say pio Ar. !.
ted. Upon the will of this man. lb., !
ponds the whole question. He No,
tarn free-state men or pro-saysr,
just as he pleases and this man La,
this power stands charged til s,..
as 3 participant in the most vs,u.,
frauds upon the free-state men hsw
have been committed in Kansas. M,
over, somebody must be cheated BY m
action. If he should return both Lepi.
lature and Governor free-state men, II,
South would be cheated. II he da
not so return both, or at least two
thirds Of the Legislature the North viii
be cheated. But there is, | apprehen!
a cheat beyond all this. Let COngs
make this proviso: will the Supen.
| Court sustain it? VIII it hold that
Constitution may be changed, contragb
its o,cn prOrisiOns2 The Court has d.
ready decided that Congress canEot in
pose conditions upon a state as TO isua
stitution-i. e. SO as to prohibit sayey
That was the ground on which the Cm
declared the Missouri Compromi:e u
constitutional. Now will not the Gov
hold-muSt it not hold, in order to maj
tain its consistency-that Senator Pug
amendment will be unconstitutional q
void p? In this view of the matter,
proposed amendment must be regard
simply as delusion and cheat.
the way the Supreme Court decd
in the Rhode Island case, that the gu
ton of which is the true government
political question, not judicial. Bu
fear the Court has forgotten that imE
tant distinction, when it ousted Cong
from power over slavery in Federal
ritory. Telegraphic intelligence has b
received that the Commissioners appo
ed by the Kansas Legislature to inye
gate the Border Ruffian frauds at
election of December q, will have cFU
ing proofs of fraud furnished to the Ho
Committee within a day or two.
: Committee will not report until 4
week.
The Burns Case.
To-day, Mr.. Burns of Ohio denied
7 charge that he had been tampered
! or tempted by Executive patronage
: demanded an investigation. Mr. do
of N. Y. who brought the matter BET
, the House, promptly accepted the pro
sition Of Mr.. Burns-but the Demon
! laid the whole subject on the table
f. A South Carolina Speech.
To-day Senator Hammond Of 10
{ Carolina made his debut in the Sen
2 in a fierce and characteristic pro slaT
r speech. Cotton is King. All and
: Democrats are his subjects. lilo" "
|, ocratic! The South, through SLAVE
n rules, in products and in politics
: poor wretched, pusillanimous Nor'l'
r dependent upon the South! tbs !
e told, is the substance of the speech
e Look out for it as a valuable o0'uI'
e for Northern use.
The Army Bill
g General Quitman, Chairman o.
!, House Committee on Military ADaH'
now making strong praci'cai "
. against increasing the standing army