The Washington union., 1858-03-28

red in his room the presence OF his family That urs
true and he went there with yiow of consulting with
him about the claim of the old soldier aud they branch
cd OF into general conversation after that subject
disposed Of Ii not held directly indirectly with
understanding of confidence the contrary he and
the gentleman agreed that when public Sersed
upon public subjects IL was subject upon which all
might speak at will and pleasure lie had not under
stood the gentleman from Kentucky declining to per
NIT the use Of his If he had understood him,
he should not have referred To him and he made this
PLANTATION TO have this matter understood and he
did 30 because he held it to be duty to the country il
he could TO trace up by any proper and legitimate
| the secret motives of public
| Mr.. MORRIS obtained the floor.
Mr. WRIGHT of Georgia, called for the regular order
of business He thought they had better stop here in
order to them keep from running into personalities
| Mr. FLORENCE, Of Pennsylvania. moved that the
! House adjourn which motion was not agreed to-
Mr. WRIGHT ut the solicitation of friends then with
drew his call for the regular order Of business.
! Mr.. NORRIS then proceeded He had not sought to
impcate the gentleman from Virginia in any private
conversation, and he did know that the substance
OF what had been said disagreed with what he had
ted He did not think it very material at all events.
The gentleman bad announced to the House his settled
purpose to use all private conversation where he thinks
that the public service requires It He did not know
where the gentleman drew the distinction.
Mr. SMITH denied that he said he would private
and confidential conversation for public He had said
this that without the injunction of confidence, he would
regard no conversation upon public affairs private
over the interests of the country He deprecated the
course marked out by the gentleman from Virginia
calculated to do great injustice to friends.
DEFICIENCY BIL-THE ADMISSION KANSAS
On motion of Mr. LErCHER, of Virginia, the House
then went into Committee Of the Whole the state of
the pnion fr BococK, of Virginia, in the cbar,) and
resumed the consideration of the deficiency bill
Mr. LANE of Oregon addressed the committee for the
purpose of setting himself right before his constituents
and the country in regard to Oregon affairs He referred
nf
mission into the Union, and said he did not wish the
Oregon bill the Minnesota bill TO be appended to that
for the admission Of Kansas he preferred that each ap
pcation should stand upon its own merits. He con
tended that Kansas should be admitted having passed
through all the requisite forms emitting her to admission
in satisfactory manner The bill opposed because
slavery existed under tho Lecompon constitution, for
the opposition had voted for the Topeka constitution
The northern democrats who opposed the OPP
posed it on the same ground, in effect
Mr.. ENGLISH inquired whether the gentleman meant
to say that he would not vote to admit slave State.
Mr. LANE replied that he intended to say that the
effect precisely the Let him profess what he
might, the effect of his vote this measure the
if he had determined TO vote for another
slave State Every member from the South ready to
vote for the admission Of Minnesota and Oregon without
slavery. They lived up to the doctrine that the people
have right to form their own constitution, and while
they walked up to that honorable position they found
their friends from the North acted with that party
which had very frequently proclaimed that they would
woman, and child asked it,
Mr. SMITH. OF Illinois, asked the gentleman to point
out single anti Lecompton democrat who did not profess
to be ready to admit Kansas with without slavery
If he knew n man he would like him to name him
Mr. LANE replied that they all ptoessed TO he ready
to do it, but they wohd not do It, Kansas was here
her constitution legal and he repeated that they had
business to go behind the record He had no hcsita-
ton in saying that nine tens of hodc who voted with
the majority voted for slavery, and yet his friends from
the North sail thcy ready so vote for the admission
of Slave State but acted with party who openly
avowed their opposition to It..
Mr.. HALL OF Massachusetts, opposed the admission
of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution the
ground that it did not represent the will of the people.
He declared that the party of the future not yet
formed, and then proceeded to defend the Pilgrim
Fathers from alleged nspcIsions cast upon them
Mr.. HILL. of Georgia, obtained the floor when the
committee rose, and,
On motion OF Mr. JOHN CocHRANE of New York,
at half past O'clock p m, the House adjourned till
Monday next.
NoricK OF ifiia
Mr. PHELPS bill TO establish additional an district
the State Of Missouri.