The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-13

under their constitution be. Il was a question whether
an not they should be admitted to-day or to-morrow.
EIs colleague f NALIASDiGHANl had found something
20 be hankfei ior aud he glad Of So far be
yas concerned he etlrey welcome 20 all he could
make out OF H. IL had been decided in the Of Kan
Gas, BY the epet united vote OF the demoeatc party
that that State should not be admitted with constitution
Of ses making without having the ratio 81 feresen
taon ascerained by true and legal Gensls That was
recognised and spread upon the records Of the country
part che doctfpo and principles OF the dernccratc
party Ihctc was no escape from It II hfs colleague
ia that state Of facts, with the whole record Of dem
ocfatc party IN the Other bsnrh of Congress against the
admission OF kanscs free 5;are as proposed by the
Crittenden Montgomery einehdment supposed he coali
make any cttal out OF republicans voting against tho
admission, OF Oregon then he wecome % make ~
sic would not stultify himself by pscfssng 10 ignore
what he knew to be the operating which controlled
De votes OF members IN voting ion agas, The admis
Oregon II Kansas had been admitted under the
Crittenden bill gentlemen very well knew that in ss5
other end OF Che Capitol two senators would hc had votes
daing the next presidential term and they knew very well
taose two votes would have eeen republican Anamesake
Of the gentleman fos Oregon Mr. LANE would possibly
have been ot them. When that state of facts had
been presented 10 the consideration Of Che o.het side Of
the Hcuse they contended that Kansas should have the
full PATIO of representation aecetaned by and fe
81 census. AN he asked when they wts State
protesting TO be free, and with democratic senators who
10 during the next presidential term that they
SHALL have meted them precisely the rules
which they proposed 20 mete to Kansas He would
not aid in adopting one rule for the admission of
publican State and another FOR democratic State,
Mr. SYANroS oontended that it white nah should
exercise control black an his Industry in the
icrstory Of Oregon, should mako him his slave, the
gro would have redress In the courts. He could not
ask babsus corpus bring action of respass the
recovery of the products of his labor The provision in
Ms constitution regulating emigration into that State of
persoas not qualified to become citizens of the United
States also met his dsspprobation, 1t was in con-
sravention OF the constitution Of the United States
IN his opinion the effect the bill would be to make
Oregon Slave State There great struggle going
between the two sections OF the coneeTacy about the
propagation Of slave and free labor and exerted
trolling Influence upon the admission Of Oregon.
Accofding to the agreement general debate here ter
Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia then proceeded 70 close
the debate Apart from his consideration. of public duty
and justice % the people claiming admission there was
another consideration that would impel him to vote for
the BILL and that The opportunity that il afforded
im, rs southern man and member of the democratic
PARTY 10 ow the grouudesness of the statements made
last YEAR that they in favor of putting rifle
State applying with slave constitution and another rule
FOR free State The gcntuman from Ohio, Mr. STAN
Tos, who has just taken his seat had reasserted that
He had repudiaed Il at that time and he repudiaed il
the present time. The position of Kansas and the po-
stion of Oregon totally dssmilar and every
sideraton OF duty compelled them to place that restriction
hpon Kansas and like considerations of duty required
they should be put Upon Oregon. Ii he had
derstood the gentleman from Ohio and the gentleman
from Massachusetts,, Mr., DAWES, they we've willing to
vote for ofsgon provided the restriction on Kansas
fS'-NiSA
that. nasmuch they believed the democratic party
wrong last year, they would do wrong this year, He
could not see how two wrongs would make right, and
he would tell them that their votes would spike every
gun they Cred ut the democratic party Let them rather
set the cxampe Of doing right as the gentleman from
Massachusetts, Mr TEAyERl did yesterday He appeal
ed TO gentlemen his side of the House, and every
side and asked gentlemen how they could get over that
obligation contained in that provision of the Oregon bill
of s4s which declarcd that the rights and privileges
tended to the western Territories by the ordinance of s.
hp SeSf ,,l y, O.. 49,
siyer, parallels of latitude but the people that made
State, and the compact entered into regard Oregon
was, that she had sixty thousand inhabitants
she would be entitled to admission and if the public
good required IL, she 70 in sooner The ques
ton Identical u that raised upon the application
Iennesseesi simply of right and he ngged members
TO decide 1t according to the precedent then established
III was not question OF 93 600 inhabitants ques
ton of Kansas restrictions but simply the naked ques
ton Of fulfilling the obligations of the compact which had
been agreed upon g
How stood that part which affected negro equality
that part which excluded negroes from the courts He
wondered if the gentleman from Ohio had forgotten the
Topeka constitution which excluded free negroes entirely
from The Territory of Kansas.
Mr. GROW, of Pennsyl yana, stated that Topeka did
not exclude them but the question submitted to
the people as instructions to the legislature to ra act
or not
Mr.. STEPHENS. And a large majority voted for it,
Mr., GROW. Exactly.
Mr.. STEPHENS fesnming) said their professed friends
were less usotr nens than the democratic party Topeka
excluded them, but they the Sanafltats The gen
seiap from Ohio asked ii the slave in Oregon could
ever obtain his freedom Ha would tell him that by the
constitution slave could not exist there the funda
mental law excluded him. In relation to the maintenance
Of suits in the courts he held that they would 10 treated
IN Oregon Just the in Georgia wr,r the negro
might institute proceedings like an Infant OF q Iunatc
by his next friends. He denied the alleguo. Of Mr.
STANTON that democrats voted against Kansas because
there would be Two republican senators in the Senate
marking that ut the time the vote taken it was
known who would be elected Where the democratic
senator WHO had voted upon any such principle that II
might be that the gentleman from Ohio acted upon that
principle. He was not governed by any such principle
When State came before Congress with proper const
tuition he voted for her admission irrespective Of her po
afterwards come of IT, Wrong did not produce such
fruits. -
FIe then called attention to the report Of Mr. zorlcor
in relation alien suffrage where that gentleman
had quoted from the decision of Judge fancy 10 the cas-,
OF Dsei Scott aud stopped in The middle OF sentence
The words quoted to The effect that mo State can by
natarazng alien invest him with all the tights and
privileges of citizen of the United States Judge fancy
went righton said Mr.. and declared that 50 far as
the alien concerned he would be entitled TO the rights
of citizen and clothed with all the rights and immun
ties which the constitution conferred upon the citizen
Of the State. Under the constitution of the United
States the right of voting and the right of suffrage
expressly reserved TO each State and the government
could not interfere with that law.
Mr. zOLLICoFFER was enforcing the position that
the Supreme Court had made the declaration that State
could not confer upon the foreigner that right far
the federal government concerned and he quoted
norton which he pl ti,,