Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-01-20

ing slavery in the North--that was all humbug.
lie (lyersun) believed as he did in his own exis-
tenee that it is the settled design of the North.
ern States to break down slavery in the South
ern States.
Mr.. Houston rose to reply, bat was prevented
by Mr. Polk obtaining the Dor and moving to
adjourn, which was carfiM. Adj.
Thursday, Jan. IL.
SENArE-Mr. Seward of New York intro
dac,l Il bill Amending the existing acts ON the
slave trade.
lis principal provisions are to hire ten steam
ers, to he manned, armed, equipped and consid-
cred vessels Of the navy, to be employed 70
cruise on any Of the coasts Of the United States,
Cuba, Africa and elsewhere, where the Presi-
dent may Judge an attempt il being made to
carry on the slave trade. That any State may
pass laws prohibiting the foreign or African
slave trade within its lsmits. That no ship shall
sail for the African coast without Il clearance
from the District Attorney, and til, Secretary
Of the Treasury shall designate the ports of AZ
ri,. wnerc American CoIlsuls snail reside, and
where only Commerce shall BE- carried on. The
acts rel calls all acts incompatible with its pro-
visions, and approprates II million Of dollars
for the expense Of carrying out lis PROVISIONS
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
| A dIscursive debate ensued On the Pacific
Railroad bill, the pending QUESTION being Mr..
Bigltrs amendment to locate the eastern ter
minus b1twden parallel 80 and 43.
| Mr. CJllam2r OF Vermont spoke IN opposition
to tie Southern route.
Mr.. BroJerck of California and Mr.. Clark
of New Hampshire supported the Central
route
| Mr.. Douglas of Illinois spoke against exclud-
Ing amy section of the country by limiting the
parallels Adjourned.
! Friday. Jan. IA M
| SENATE.-A vote was taken on Mr. Biglef's
amendment, to limit the Road between the 37th
and I'D parallels of latitude, which was Lust
nays 2j Yeas 10.
Mr.. Chandl r Of Mich, spoke strongly against
the bill, after winch Mr. Wilson's amendment,
providing for the appointment of a Commission
er. to locate the Road between the Bath and AID
parallel, and for its being built by the general
government, was voted Oh, and lust-3l against
70.
, Nlessrs Biglcr and Wilson off red modiica-
tions. the object of both Senators being to pro-
t vide for the completion Of the mountainous and
DIES TT portion of the route, although they diff
fered respecting the details
IN the course Of the discussion, Mr.. Doolitte
submitted I'm amendment, providing that amy
contract made by the President be submitted by
him to Congress, and take effect only by joint
p. + solution.
I MIR. TRANQUIL of ILL.,, supported Mr.. Doolit-
tie am :ndmont insisting that unless some pro-
vision WAS adopted, taking IRON the PRESIDENT
the dilnitc SC Ccton OF the route the bill could
c not pass. The enemies of any road had unit-d
with II few of its friends, and rejected the
amendment to limit the line of the road to %
= central route between the parallels of "a and
43, thus leaving to the President, not to the
II contractors, us some supposed, the location of
I've route. A MA prity of the friends OF Pa
d life railroad would never give such discretion
!, to the President, after the experience We have
4 had in the loo ltion Of the overland mail route
Mr.. Thompson Of KY, also opposed leaving
t the location of the route to the President. lie
d did not disguise his opinion that the Pacific
: Railroad scheme was u magnificent humbug.-
i fie President was clever old gent, ana could
{ do his own marketing as sensibly as anybody
that is going about, but is not endowed, by yir-
d tdre Of the Presidency. with any extraordinary
c quality. III making the contracts the Brisident
t might resemble the man who went to Jericho
| and fell among robbers. 1t was time this bill
/, WIS killed outright. True, it was recommended
in the Cincinnati platlorm-but what of that
that platform was the work of a lot of young
t sters who got on a bust and framed it, and it
wa. brough forward Us IA sort of second consti-
9 tuition, to govern the action of Congress-
3 lie himself stood, solitary monument to
, the genius, patriotism. and common sense of the
, old Wing party. Like this Texas friend, Mr..
Houston, he might be corpse, yet he speaketh.
t The people wanted mail road They were
! m)on-struck by the magniticence of the scheme,
IT. WAN said the Auplo-Saxon blond rebelIed
, against taxation, yet we the most insdiously
taxed people on the face of the earth, are crying
: for the unlimited, illimitable and nonsensical
f project Of building railroad thousands Of miles
through the Indian country. 1t was the duty
of the conservatives of the Senate to turn deaf
, ear to these unreasonable cries. He would op
pose the project as greater humbug than the
f Atlantic Telegraph.
The D1olittle amendment was then adopted.
Adjourned