The Washington union., 1858-03-03

The Senate then proceeed 10 the consideration oi the
following resolutions, which were supm'eu py MI pooa-
LAS on the 4th nit
r.osd That requested
NATION control on the following
don held the Territory Of Kansas IN October lS5e
under s q The act Of the said passed in Feb
1887 providing for the election delegates and assembling
The Of election held said Territory the 2st DE-
es@ss 1891 under The schedule Of The seo%p.oa constitution
outs slavery
the s Of January 1855 under the authority Of law PASSED by
the legislature Of said Territory submitting The constitution formed by
n
9th The returns Of hs election held in Territory the
January 1885, under schedule Of the Iconaon constn
and other s,ae officers and for members Of the
legislature specifying the of each officer whom certificate
election has been accorded m the number Of votes cast and
turned within the time and in the mode provided in said schedule and
subsequently, other modes and stating whether
sequence having time the officer
proper for other stating specifically for whit
oh All correspondence
and Governor Denver relating TO Kansas affairs and
wi has communicated 70 the Senate
R<d Thai tho event all the Information desired u the FORE
the departments he be respectfully requested 70
the orders and take the necessary steps to procure the
the Of the Senate.
Mr. DOUGLAS said he trusted there would be no OBJ
lection to the adoption Of these resolutions If they
had been adopted when they first submitted the in
formation called for would ere this have been in posses
sion of the Senate but he had been anxious that these
should have been before the Committee Terrific
ries before they had made their report the subject
deeming them essential to proper decision of the ques
ton He had present at every meeting of the Com
mttee on Territories, but he never saw John Calhoun
there and never any communication from him to
the committee The committee had not been permitted
to the facts which put forth in the newspapers
having been furnished by the president Of the
ton to the committee Mr. d. wanted to know whether
it true that communications had been made by Mr.
Calhoun to the majority Of the committee which were
withheld from the minority whowe deprived of the op
vairati
in any such form to make him responsible for them
1t notorious that Mr. Calhoun in this city, al
though he government office holder, holding the
position of surveyor general of Kansas Territory He
absent from his post OF duty, and here In this
city supposed, for the purpose of favorng the
project of the admission Of Kansas under the Lecompon
constitution Why it, he asked, that the President
tolerates him In being here and withholding the facts
which essential to enlightened Judgment upon
this subject He does not hesitate to say that the free
State ticket Is elected but at the time he does not
hesitate that he intends to issue certificates
Of admission to the Legislature to anybody until after
Kansas is admitted Suppose she is admitted he
will issue them. Now Mr. ID. said he wanted to
If there not to ascertain these facts
the Senate to go blindy part Of the
try understanding that they had got things in Kansas oil
in their way and the other part of the country
derstanding that things all the other way. 1t
seemed to be the desire that each party should act under
private assurances and then after the act
mated and it too late to help the matter, side
woul find ont that they had been cheated and deluded
Was 1t proper that the government should be ed with
in this by of its ocialsY After the election
the votes were counted the expiration of eight days
and then Mr. Calhoun refused to declare the result
Mr. SEWARD asked whether there any day limit
ed for the reception of returns
Mr. DOUGLAS said that the limit OF eight days
fixed by implication and accordingly at the end OF that
time the returns counted but what he complained
about that after they opened and counted we
permitted to know whether that count and add
ing up are to stand. One day hear that
the slavery ticket is elected and the next day
given that the eeSate ticket is to be declared
elected 1t was important to know the truth Of this
matter for several The first legislature had inn
portan powers in shaping the future destiny Of the Sate
and if that constitution obnoxious to the people as is
charged want to know whether the legislature
willing take the initiatory steps for change 1t Is
an utter deuson tell the people that they have the
power to change the constitutions when the Legislature,
through whom alone that change be made is opposed
to such change Mr. d. went on to say that every day
evidence here OF fraud after fraud and forgery after
forgery in the election returns These frauds not
confined to Delaware Crossing, but testimony had also
been taken that there forged return at Shawnee Of
about nine hundred votes. Two took the returns
over into Missouri, and took poll-book and read
off the while the other wrote them down. These
facts proved by the who present and tran
scrbed the names So, Also with regard to Oxford and
Kickapoo Mr.. D. off In the midst Of his remarks
by the arrival of the hour for the consideration of the
special order
ADMISSION OF KANSAS
The Senate then resumed the consideration of the bill
for the admission OF the State of Kansas into the Union
Mr.. COI.LAMER resumed the remarks which he
menced yesterday in opposition to the bill Mr. c. spoke
of the Invasion from Missouri by which the people of
Kansas had been subdued and prevented from exercising
the right of sclf-govenment The only choice which
the people Of Kansas had in the matter of slavery was
that they should either have slaves be slaves Alu
sion made to the sending out of there to
execute the laws of the Territory and yet do justice to
all parties No wonder they removed after
other and others appointed for they required per-
Al well Herod hay uirpd
his messengers who went throughout Bethlehem execu
ting all the children OF two years old and under to take
that it should be done in Kindness without hurting
anybodys feelings. 1t is well known why the Lecomp-
ton constitution not submitted to the people and it
is vain and idle for to resort to special pleading to
keep the fact out Of sight If the people had been al
lowed to speak, they would have repudated that nstru
ment at and forever The President himself admits
that STILL pledges and had been given over
and again. that it should he submitted and there
FORE they felt bound to submit the question some way
but they took good submit it In such way as to
the effect they wanted and at the time keep
up appearances The whole thing he regarded as cheat
and dcusion
Mr. G. went to refer to the political dogma recently
put FORTH that slave property precisely the in its
legal character and tenure any other property and
being such that the of ssch property have right
to carry it into the Territories and this by virtue of the
constitution of the United States He did not pretend to
opinion concerning slavery when the subject was
properly brought before them but he thought it
much to be regretted that the Judges of that
court, or any of them, should have thought proper
to take advantage Of their position, and put forth
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