New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-04
xyxyth CONGREss...First Session.

at Fort Kea,ney, Nebraska Territory, prevocs 70
The The following House bills were passed To .tss
the tina for holding the United States Courts 10 Soets
Carolina aud for the payment OF invahd ana o'aS
The unfinished business Of yesterday wss then 70
Mr.. WILSON lMsss.) offered an amendment to ths
motion 10 refer the Message of the President on hsnAe
to the Comnntee Territories, similar To that sbo
mitted yes,erday by MI Harris in the House.
Mr. TRUMBCLL I'M desired to call up q ques'
ton of privilege-ramely, the report OF ths Csnm'
tee on Judiciary on the contested seats 0' h'eSsS'
Mr. BAYARD DEL objected. He thought ths
Kansas question ia. mere important, and one which
ought first 10 be settled, as i involved cons,dsrsuon'
which might, perhaps, effect the stabnr7 Of ths
Mr. TRUMBULL was of opinion that the reason
assigned by Mr.. Baysrd was the very beet reason in
the world for settling the question Oh the rign' o mes
gentlemen to the seats they now occupy. II the
Kansas question is important as that senator repre-
sented IT, the frst thing to be done Is 10 eetermus
who hiss the right to settle the question. ana 4 40
much the more necessary that u saoua oe ~
the Senate properly constituted. TINS oontes,ee
election has been pending for nearly year ana IN
order 10 have sn understanding when wsuid % as
posed Of he moved to make the SUBJECT tho Spee'o
nv. BAYARD replied that if there were any other
gent temen contesng the seats would present ON
fereut case but these members have taken tne seas
under regularly signed credentials, which constituted
,y;,po f,cie evidence that they were entitled 10 them
ipasmuch as they represent the public sentimest OF
Indiana they ought to retain their seats until tne
Kansas question is disposed OF, even theie snoud
turn out TO be irregularities IN 'no i"u0 VI '"0 WV
ton. l. .a ..;.u.,,
have the question settled, as soon as possioie, AT
frat he could hardly believe the Senator from ILLINOIS
was in earnest in insisting that he and his colleague
were not entitled to the seats they occupy out, since
that Senator had pressed the matter with such psftn
acity be was ready and anxious to meet the mvesti
Mr. BROWN (Miss.) remarked that if the design
was c make this subject the special order tomorrow
10 the exclusion of all other business, he should inter
pose NO objection. -
M. HALE contended that. as a question Of priv.
leoe the Senate were bound to consider and dispose OF
H. for If question of this kind could be postponed
by the action OF the Senate what uao suo"
n question over any other
Mr. TRUMBULL an withdrew his motion, bus
said that be would renew II tomorrow.
The Presidents Kansas Message was tnen taken up
Mr. WILSON (Mass.) attacked the Presidents posi-
tons stating that the history in the Message wes
stupendous gigantic Misrepresentation of the affairs
Of Kansas. The President was not IN the country
when the Nebraska bill passed. He was nominated
for tbe Presidency for that reason in order that he
might be able to prove dlibi. He denied the state
ment in the Message, that there has been party IN
the Territory setting at defiance the Constitution o. tho
set of men there. While giving his version Of tho
history of Kansas affairs, he said that Goyerrer
Walker went there with the object OF dividing
Democrats with the Pro-Savery men 80 ~ 70
make it q Pro-Slayery Democratic State. Tha
was bis mit sion, and no man could have isbored
more faithfully efficiently to accomplish that
object. He alluded to the remark made the other
day by Mr.. IversOn, that Lawrence was sink of
folly filth and fasehood, and said that there was
not town in the United States, Of the popula
on that contained more Of individual worth or per-
sonal character and intelligence. There were mors
college graduates there than in any other town Of s
population in the country. 1t was law abiding and
liberty loving population: He denounced the Ls-
have the Constitution with Slavery than without d.
because with Slavery il might be abolished and
without il il would be perpetuated II was psrver-
sion Of fact and truth, IN the President or anybody
ese to charge that the people Of Kansas. by voting
for the election Of officers under the Lecompton Con
stitutlon intended in any way to give their sane
tion to it. They went to the ballot-box on the 4h
Of January to beat out forever that Constitution
They knew that the people against it by over
wheming majority Of five or six to one. They meant
to overthrow Calhoun and his corrupt minions in the
Territory who have violated justice and stained their
names by fraud, Outrages and murders. The oRly
way to do that was to elect men pledged against that
Constitution, and who would come here as they have,
to ask Congress- and the country to reject it fraud
the people of Kansas And yet this act fairly and
aboveboard proclaimed TO the country and the world,
the President msrepresents and misstates. We have
had enough OF this petty clubbing IN Congress, with
out expecting it at the other end Of the Avenue. We
have had the pleading Of technicaites Of all sorts
which could be brought into great question of this
kind; and we have had all these outrages in Kansas
kept up under color of law. Tyrants always rule
under the color of law. Instead of asking
what is the will of the people of Kansas,
we have had Senators and Representatives,
and now have the President, clubbing on
echnicalites and FORMS by which the substance is TO
be lost to the People Mr. Wilson paid high CON-
piment Mr.. Douglas for his manly advocacy Of tho
great principle of the Nebraska BILL in opposition 10
the dictates of the Slave Power. For this the Senator
from Illinois had been called " Black Republican"
Any called who refused TO support this
If his whole life had been devoted to the in
teress of Slavery he paused and refused TO a.
sent 10 these palpable frauds, he was to be crushed
out OF the party.
Mr.. BROWN (Miss) concurred most heartily with
the Message Of the President Seldom had he read
document Of the length which he found 90 little
to dissent from. There could be but two opinions
relative TO thst paper those entertained by National
Of all parties On side and those sntert aimed
by sectional men on the other. He never expected
that the Senator from Massachusetts would
the arguments and conclusions Of National President,
whether he might be Democrat, American or Wing
Nothing but sectional Repubbcsnism would meet the
appreciation Of that Senator who had made mistake
in supposiDg that speeches like old WINE, would I'M
prove with age. For ks own part, be loved old
friends and old wine in moderate degree tlaughfer
and he reverenced old age but be aoboned an Old
speech delivered from year to year through whole
-enato,ial term Instead Of proceeding with his re-
arks, be would yield the floor if the question could
now be taken on the reference of the Message.
Mr.. FESSENDEN Mel said ne wished 10 express
his views but could not promise that his speech would
Mr.. BROWN (Miss.) resumed-In what be had to
say be did not expect 10 convince those the other
eide Of the question. Like Ephraim they joined
to their dos, and be would let them alone. He then
proceeded to present considerations to the inas
of his political friends, which might perhaps nRaencs
them if they entertained any doubt as TO the courss
they ought TO pursue In the course Of bis remarks