Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-03-31
PASSED THR SENATE.

ID was we'll understood would be the case,
the bill for the admission of Kansas under
the Lecompton Constitution has passed the
Senate of the United States. We have be-
fore alluded to the fact that it has been sell
dom indeed that We have found the Senate
fail the csaatry, when devotion to her cause
was needed. This is -eminen,ly saeh q
time, when the question to be decided is.
whether peace shall be afforded the nation,
and its true interests, to the exclusion Of the
calls Of fnnaticism and party aud personal
hate, shall command the attention Of the peo-
pies servants, anu when the great effort OF
the opposition is to break down the oply na-
tional party of the country, which has always
been the bu!wark against which the tale cf
sectionalism has broken its strength, and
upan the existence of which mainly depends
the sCccess of OUR institutions aud even the
perpetuitv of the Union! In sach a time the
Senate has >gain been equal to the ca.l Of the
country, and once more has gone fo-.s from
its chamber the proclamation, that in their
connsels and action the nation shall find safe
ty!
The debate on this question IN the Senate
has been most ardent, and very considerable
feeling manifested on all lands. This is 30
be regretted but was doubtless lnsepsraele
from the character of the contest waged there.
1t was not between parties but minsi led with
it some of the bitterness of frateraal ttrife-
We give this morning the telegraphic abstract
of Mr.. Douglas speecS. which was iuadVer-
tently omitted yesterday without our knows-
edge He was somewhat intemperate IN his
language. manifesting unusual feeling. he
is reported to have said
| La conclusion, he would ASK who made this
| question of Kansas with the Lecompton Con-
stitution a party test QueAtlonI Is 1t the right
of the administration to decide what are par
ty measures. and what are not =? When John
| Tyler attempted to lay down what is party
! measure, he was defeated. Is the Pacific
Railroad party measure? We will see If
the gui!lotine is to be applied to each
man who does not yield implicit support
to it. Loan Bill, the Army BIll, and others,
have more right to be calico party questions
than this bill By what right does the Ad-
ministration interfere with the Constitution
1t was sent direct to Congress, and the Presi-
| dent only got hold of 1t by S0rVcyor-Gen.
| Calhoun. 1t was addressed TO Congress d.
rect and yet, because Senators and Repres-
sntatives 40 not yield obedience to the dlcta-
ton of the Administration, IN a matter IN
which the President is not called to act. they
are subjected to prescription. The Presi-
dent has his duties to perform under the Con-
stitution. is responsible to his constituents,
| Senators have their duties to the soverei9n
States they represent. Representatives have
| their duties to perform, and the President has
no more right to prescribe test 20 Senators
and Representatives, than We have to apply
to him test faith. Were We to do SO. would
| be not rebuke our impertiuence w hen the
time comes that the President can change our
allegiance from the sovereign States to him-
/ Ill 1f
and because be who does not pay allegiance
to the Executive which he does no. owe, was
to be called traitor to his party, and be
rea out of it by all the newspapers that share
the government pap, Is the question to be
asked every petty Office holder, ''are YOU
Douglas enemy 2" If not, of goes head. In
| England, the peoples representatives can
hurl the administration from power II az
hour Yet here, they who refuse TO obey
are rebels.
This called cut response ID Z Ike vein
FROM Mr. Toombs. assaiIius Mr.. Douglas
record. We regret all this, Tot because /
may not be in itself uuexceHtionable. bat be
cause of the spirit which brsathes through It
The Senate when. fall consists Of thirty
seven democratic. twenty Pepubiicsns sn,
Ave Southern Americans. Of the latter gen
tlmen, three Messrs Kennedy, Tbompso,
and Houston cast their votes with the body Q
the Democracy on this question. But thre
Of Our party. Messrs. Doa ylas, Stewart ant
Broderick, have failed Us at this crisis, HOS
mesgre result, when remember tie terri
bic outcry tha: was SO persistently rsised b
by the Anti-Lecompton men among US Ir
Pugh has also voted nsy. put it was cast III
der the instructions from the Ohio Legisll
ture, while his vievs are clearly for Lecomp
ton.
We have no disposition to exu:t over tai
action 1t WAS but pha. We expected froI
the Senate and its Democra " hat will
the result in the House, to which the struE
, gle has now been transferred. we cannot su
ely predict, but we we'll know what the cou,
try demands of this body. III. be direiic
: and fail TO give peace to our land, DIRE,
responsibility must rest upon those who a
| the guilty. We will but add, that notwit
standing the assertions of the opposition, Y
a have yet seen nothing that satisfies US tn
their predictions of defeat are warranted.
Appointments by the Governor.
e Gov. PACKER has Ii, ,adc the following q
: pointments
: For philadelphia
f George NJ. Lauman. of Reading, Flour l
G spector.
e Joseph Collins, Whiskey Inspector.
e Wm. Q. Kline, Bark Inspector,