Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-04-14
VOL. 4.--N0. 80.
LECoMPToN ONCE MORE.

A correspondent of the New York Tribune
gives graphic description of the scene in the
House at Washington, just before the great
vote was taken by which Lecompton was kill
ed. He says:
esActiye among the throng were the leading
Senators on both sides, of whom Mr.. Bigler
was particularly conspicuous in his efforts to
strengthen the wavering and reclaim the err
ing. l did not notice any Cabinet officers on
the floor.thiS morning. Their interference on
previous occasions has been so much noticed
by the press that / suppose they have grown
shy of showing themselves. The Speakers
nerves or his temper were evidently out of Or
der. He raped with uncommon vehemence,
in his efforts to subduc the buzz in the House.
Gentlemen will come to order! Gentlemen
viii take their seats Conversation is too
loud in the hall The Chair will call gentle
men by their names if they do not take their
seatsi' Still the buzz continued. Groups
gathered around Stephens, and around Mont
Gomery, Grow, Gjlmer rand other leading men.
Again the Speaker raped and chided Lis un-
ruiy flock. Nothing could keep down the
excitement. Some ordinary business was hur-
ried over until the hour of l rrrived the hour
for taking up the Lecompton question. All
eyes were turned to the centre of the hall, to
the seat of Stephens, who was already on his
feet, looking at distance Ike one of the pa
ges little taller than his fellows. He paused
a moment as Col. Harris of Illinois, his death
winter and more CHASTITY from the blackness of
his beard and hair, was brought into the hail
and placed reclining in his seat, striking
speciacle of energy and resolution triumphant
over disease and sufering.''
i noble Democrat truly, is Harris, Well
may his friends be proud of him; well may all
true friends of Republican Liberty be proud of
him. We hope his life may be spared. He
deserves the crown OF laurel from the world, a
crown of glory, should he be called home.
Certainly patriotism, when pure and lofty, like
that Of Harris, must go far in making up a
claim to celestial bounties.
The responsibility of keeping open the Kan
sas excitement now lies with the friends of the
President in the Senate As Mr.. Douglas said
in his speech, on Friday, when the CritteDden
amendment was before the upper house Of
Congress :-s'The House had amended tho
bill IN such wise that it now accomplishes two
great pointS-one, that it settles this Kansas
excitement; another that il recognizes tho
right of the people of Kansas to frame their
own institutions. Why, then, not all unto
and vote for the amended bill, and thus settle
the Kansas question? Vote for it, and tho
right of the people is recognized vote for it,
and State rights and sovereignty are preserved;
vote for it, and there is peace in the country.'
We shall see now who are the agitators who
desire TO keep sectional issue in the field.
The Americans, Arti-Lecompton Democrats,
and Republicans, say with one accord. let Kan
sas settle the matter, legally, equitably, peace
fully; one hundred and twenty votes spoke
thus, in the House, when they declared in ia
vor of the Crttenden-M Montgomery amend
ment. Nobody says nay but the President
and his friends. They must shoulder the res
possibility, the people will it thus. When
asked hereafter who are the oppressors that
tried to fasten upon the people of Kansas, in
stitutions that they repudiated, the answer will
be, Buchanan and his supporters, When
1ct-od xrbo fha ,cti hat t-aa al,
sectional issues. arraying the North against
the South, endangering the peace and perpe-
tnity of the Union, the reply will be, Bucban-
an and his supporters.