Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-05-08

by the Republicans, some Southern men an
others, to prevent vote.
Mr.. Harris, of ILL.,, asked whether he ur
derstood the gent from Georgia to say tn
delay was chargcable to those who oppose
the bill.
Mr.. s. replied, think to very great ex
tent by both parties. (Lavghter)
Mr.. Harris desired to say that from the 2
day of February, when the President sen
in his special message, till now, wheneve
those who have sustained LecomptOn foun'
themselves beaten, they always rcsOrted t,
parliamentary tactics and side motions, an,
to them the delay was chargeable.
Mr.. S. entered a solemn protest against al
such proceedings, and urged and immediate
vote on the Kansas report.
MIR. Keitt argued against delay.
Mr.. Carrot believed that discussion of tLes
measures was due alike to their friends anC
foes, hence at the suggestion of his friends h'
moved postponment.
Mr.. Barksdale Have you not made III
your mind as to how you shall vote ?
Mr. G. replied he had not.
Mr. Wright of Tenn. could see no reason
for postponment.
Mr.. Mullson of Va, said the policy 0
Marshal was to stir up the minds of the peo
pie Of the North and produce the impression
that a great injury is attempted to be per
petratcd against the North. This he dcni
ed.
Mr.. Qitman opposed this measure, because i
contained concession on the slavery quGs
tion which he, as southern man, was not pre-
pared to make. He desired the issue to bt
brought to final determination before thu
North and South-if they cannot do this
they ought to separate besides he regarded
the act of the people of Kansas as complete
and binding, and was against the bill because
it propose dto submit the Lecompton Consti
tute to the people.
On motione of Mr.. Litcher of Penn, the
House by, 122 to 80 adjourned.
SENATE.-The Senate refused by twenty
two against Is, to recede from its amend
ment, striking..out the provision for the pay
House Deficiency bill. and on motion of Mr.
Toombs, committee of Conference was ap
pointed.
The report of the Committee on Confer
encc on the Kansas bill was then taken up
Mr.. Douglas objected to the Kansas Con
ference substitute because it did not submit
the Lecompton Constitution fairly to the peo
pie, but made the admission virtually con
tingcnt on their acceptance or rejection o
the land grants. lie objected also to the
offer of bribc to come in with 400, 900 pop
ulaton, under one kind of Constitution and moi
unless they have 10000 under another
what is this but Congressional intervention
offering the bounty on one hand and q penal
ty on the other, to control the result. Thi:
left no freedom of election. For five month:
he had stood as he now stards, with the De
mocracy of his State on the principle of sub
hitting the Constitution, under which the
people of Kansas shall come into the Union
to the direct vote of the people.
That glorious band of Democrats will
him in Congress and out of Cong'ess, have
achieved triumph. He sought no personal
triumph and would rot therefore enter into
the question of which party had backed
down from its original position, although the
Government had said, at the commencement
of the session, that Kansas must come in un
conditionally under the LeeOmpton Consti
tuition. The Administration has receded
from that position, and he and his party arc
asked to recede from the position they had
taken, because the party had made so many
concessions but that is no reason why We
should conceded principle, from that he
could not reccdc. Strike out the land grant
and strike out the limitation of population
and he wou' d vote for the Conference propo
sition at once. In other words, if you wisl
to make proposal fair, you must make equa
terms to Kansas under whatever Constitution
she elects. How, he asked his friend from
Va, Mr.. Hunter, as a southern nan, ht
would like to have Congressional interven
ton brought to influence the admission o
some States. The time may be reversed
there may become an anti slavery majority
in Congress, and would he like grant o
millions Of acres as a bounty for a new free
State to come in with 10000 population, af
ter complaining of the want of partialty
which would arise from the board OF Com
missionerS containing majority of U. S
officers. lie proceeded to say he was in ia
vor of no Territory forming a State Govern
ment or Constitution until it had the requi
site population. He took his stand firmly il
the great principle ofState equality, of ri ght'
without reference to their locality or the ma
turo Of their institutions. What the conse
quence of the position he had taken would
be he knew not, but if he could not remail
in public life with the principles he main
tanned, he would retire into private life
where he could enjoy the appreciation Of
lis conscience.
Mr.. Brown, of Miss, addressed the Senate
in favor of the Conference substitute, desert
bng it as peace measure with healing OIL
its wings.
Mr.. Toombs warmly supported the Confer
ence substitute, denying that any bribe O
| Ian bo ho
refused to give Kansas the II 900 900 of acre
which she asked.
Mr.. Wilson replied to Mr.. r. in reference
to SIT 100000. A direct bribe was ofIere,
of 500 and of thousands Of dollars. 200,
600 acres Of public lands are advertised to b.
sold on the lst of July, and here is direc
bribe of per cent on the sales amounting
to hundreds Of thousands of dollars of fund
Kansas will come into the Union before tn.
first of July. On the other hand the direc
penalty is that she shall be kept out Of tn
Union, although every one acquainted will
Kansas knows that the feeling of that terri
tory is almost unanimous in favor of admis
sion. Mr.. Wilson then went into a length
ened discussion of the hostility Of Kansas t.
the Lecompton constitution, and charged tha
it was now being attempted to brlbe an
threaten her into it under a project gottel
up by the Conference, and intended to be i'm
posed by decit and fraud.
The chair was suggesting that the expires
sion was unavoidable, when Mr.. Green G
No, rose and said he was one of those re
ferred to-he felt hurt.
Mr.. Wilson said he had made the charg
of fraud, and could prove and would take tn
responsibility. He then went over the record
of the frauds in the Kansas election, to shov
that the administration assented ard approved
of them by continuing its countenance t
their abettors and authors. He thought tn
people of Kansas would reject the bribes an
scorn the threats, and that they could not b
got under this conference scheme into tn
union except by stupendous and gigantic
frauds of fraudulent votes. The people O
Kansas will mike a new and free Constitu
ton, and bring it before Congress if she la
enough population to come in now as slav