Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-02-15

ment of American industry, and, for himself.
he was willing to abide the result He did not
doubt the capacity of his countrymen to COM
pete with the world The young giant of the
West has not yet attained his full stature. 1t
is idle to seek to bind him; he will go forth in
his path Of enterprise. He will not set up his
pillars by a smooth and tideless sea, but will
meet its pillows and buffet with its storms. Of
this there is no doubt. Would it were as sure
he would be the minister of mercy, as it is that
he will be of power.
Mr.. Hunter reprobated the universal lust of
dominion, that would bring from the ends of
the earth the handful of soil or the branch of
the tree, as emblems of his seizure and of his
title to possessions that may be useless when OBJ
tanned. STILL there are acquisitions which he
should use all honorable means to secure. There
is Cuba-the rib taken in his sleep from his
side, male and female created he them. With
some further remarks, Mr.. Hunter concluded
amid hum Of applause.
The subject was then postponed Mr.. Crit
tenden did not speak on the Cuba bill, as was
expected he would. The case of the Indiana
Senators then came up, and was debated sew
eral hours The debate was confined mostly
to the lawyers, and was highly interesting, but
turned so much on the constitutional points
that it is impossible to convey even an outline
of it in this dispatch. Messrs. Seward, Trum-
bull Fessenden Harlan Coamer, and others,
spoke on the Republican side, and Messrs.
Bayard, Green, Benjamin, and others, against
the contestants, Messrs. Lane and Mccarthy.
Mr.. Seward referred to Mr.. Benton's ex-
punging resolution. and said, as the resolution
to-day would certainly be carried, he would
move every year while in Congress, and per-
haps some one will move when he is gone till
it be carried, that the resolution be eXpunged
from the records of the Senate.
Mr.. Harlan moved as an amendment, that
the Indiana case with all the papers connected
with it, be recommitted to the Judiciary Com
mittee, to inquire if Messrs. Bright and Fitch
have been elected in accordance with the con-
stitution Of Indiana, and that the contestants be
allowed to appear at the bar of the Senate and
argue the right to seats.
Mr.. Pugh moved so to amend that, the re-
port of the Judiciary Committee declaring
Messrs. Bright and Fitch senators, be sustain
ed, and that the vote be final in the case
Mr. Harlan's motion was lost and Mr.. Pugh's
adopted.
The report of the judiciary Committee was
sustained, and the Committee discharged, by a
vote of 80 to Is. The nays were, Messrs
Broderick, Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Cola
mer, Doolittle, Douglas, Fessenden, Foot,
Hamlin, Harlan, King, Seward, Trumbull,
and Wilson. Messrs Bright and Fitch did
lipl 'ptS-
HOUSE.
Mr.. English reported bill establishing va
rious new Post Routes, and authorizing the
Postmaster General to contract tor carrying
mails.
A discussion followed, during which Mr..
Jones Of Tennessee, characterized the California
Overland Mail route as a curse to the country
He then moved to table the bill. Negatived-
80 to SO.
Several amendments were offered and re-
jected including one to strike out the clause
establishing post route from St. Paul to Pu-
get Sound. The bill then passed.
Mr. Phelps then reported the ocean mail
steamer bill, and asked leave to introduce a
bill reviewing and continuing it in force for
two years. Objection being made, he moved
suspension of the rules Refused, 81 to 10
The House then went into committee and
took up the Senate bill. After an uninterest-
ing debate, and without action the committee
arose. The House found itself without quo
rum, and adjourned.