The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-02-03
YMn0RAPHIc HIVE.
snroRrsp FOR THE DAILY DrsPArUH.
pRoCyrDIygs or CONGRESS.


WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-Sssate. The senste pass
ed the House bill TO supply an onnissiou tcanssa
nv clerical errorl In the army bill Of the last SEES
sion making appropriations for the support OF the
national armories. The original amount was
1000, and the bill passed In that form. .
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration
of the army increase bill, when the Presidehs
Message was received aud read
IAN abstract of the message accompanies this
report =.
printed and referred to the committee on Terrific
ries. }fHs F
Mr.. Trumbuli, Of Illinois. opposed the motion 10
refer. lie assailed the message as perverted ana
incorrect history, frsm beginning to end inconsis-
tent with itself.
He was followed by Mr.. Toombs, Of Ga, who
made an eloquent and ardent speech In favor Oh
the gound assumed by the President lie argued
that the people Of Kansas clearly desired to De
admitted into The Union, having three years ago
formed the Topeka constitution without authority
OF law, aud more recently the Lecompton coustr
tuition pursuant TO the forms prescribed oy law.
The Senate adjourned pending the motion 'or
Ter.
Huse-The House resumed the consideration
of the bill sppropristiDg 100000 to supply aeh
cheney in the expenses for paper printing htno,
graphing aad engraving for the thirty-thiru aa"
thirty-fourth Congresses. a.,
debate of several hours ensued, lnvoiVlnS Tue
question Of extravagance, and the Dill was "'r
mately defeated by large majority.
PreafdeDtR
received and read.
Mr. Hughes of Indiana, on offering a proposr
ton to refer the message to select conlhi.'ee
made speech against the RcpubIlcan parry an.
in favor of the Lecompton Convention ana oohS"'
tuition.
Mr.. Harris, of Illinois, moved that the message
be referred TO a select committee, with lnstruc-
tions to inquire il the Lecompton Constitution
embodied the will of the legal voters oil the ieii
tory. ;.o
A warm debate ensued, and amid much excite
ment, the House adjourned, without deciu'hs
the question OF reference
SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT,
ON THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS, oNDhn
THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION.
W,suxeroy. Feb. 1.-The Presidents message
on the admission of Kansas, was read In pom
Houses. at 2 o'clock this afternoon It occupies
four columns in the Washington oiioh, p" ''e
following is o synopsis of its principal points
The President says delusion prevails as 10 .i'e
condition of parties in Kansas, and recapituia.es
the history of past affairs in the TERRITORY. ne
Topeka government was an usurpa'ioh' 'hu !. 70
impossible that any people could nave ProceeGeu
with more regularity in the formation of the Lee
com nton Constitution than the people OF Kansas
have DONE The Convention in June last was
propitous movement to settle exlsting oihcui'ies,
but the Topekaites sred the hrst election 10 so
NV default Hence they have no right to COM
niain The Iecompton Convention was legally
CONSTITUTIONAL and invested with power to frame
a constitutions which it did, aud submitted the
question TO the people whether Kansas should be
a free or slave state.
The President believes that under the organic
act the Convention was bound to submit this all
imnortant question to the people. IL did so, aud
again the Topekaies suffered the election to 60 by
default. go
A. the election of State officers on the 18th of
January O wiser spirit prevailed, and the vote
was larger. The people of Kansas have, there
fore, in strict conformity with the organic act,
framed a constitution, formed State government.
submitted the slavery question to a popular vote,
elected officers. and ask admission to the
Union under this constitution.
The President is decidedly in favor Of its adms-
sion, and thus terminating the Kansas question
by localzing the distracting influences now pre-
vailing throughout the country
As question of expediency even, Kansas should
be admitted, inasmuch as it would restore quiet to
tho Union, aud prosperity to the territory and
people of Kansas, The only practical difference
between admission and rejection, is whether they
can more speedily change their present constitu-
ton or frame a second one to be submitted to Con-
gress. 1t should never be forgotten, that in pro
position so insignificant as the slave question, as
affecting the few thousand inhabitants of Kansas,
the fourteen slave States will feel the rejection of
tho constitution keenly. Kansas once admitted,
the excitement becomes localized and coos, and the
troops will be withdrawn. The President oonsci-
entiously believes that the dark clouds now hev-
ering over the Union may be dspelled by the ad-
mission of Kansas, but will be rendered darker by
its rejection.