, 1859-02-28
PRESS AND TRIBIJNE,
noHnzY; not fana, FEnRJARY IS 1885,
Tim nenlocrktic PevxSVow' over
= h frlenaly Legf9latioa."

+ ff'enaly LeEis'atioa." :
The .molhered fires in the Democratic fur
mace spilled over in the Senate Of the United
States on Wednesday iast, aud ragged with un-
common derceness- for tue space Of ecvcn
housa. THE little matter which kindled 80
,grcat a eopaagration Was Ar. uale's amend
ment to The Executive Appropriation bill, re-
pealiug The c1ausc in the English-L
= hill Of last session, which forb1ls tue ndmis.
sion Of Kansas till she llas 80 40 inlnbirantz'
The only. report Of ftha debate which has reach
edus, il tpat telegraphed to the NcwYotk pa
per-, whlsh gives merely blur Of Tie discus
sioni but it is plainly manifest that Tie ring
leaders Of the party, Hunter, Brown, Davis,
Mason, Green, Slidell and Gwfn-put Mr.
Douglas aud his dogma of "uufricudly lesis-
lation" through tho hopper without mucl
ceremony. -:
Tho dcbste Was opened hy Mr. Seward in =
calm, close defense Of the amendment. Brown
ofMisaifsippi followed with an ultra pzo.alavc.
r. harangue,in which be took pain. to rcpudi:
etc fquatter sovereignty and all 1hc hcrcsics
which grow out Of it. Mr.. Douglas came up
next with bis Freeport doctrine, that Terri
torial Legislatures may do what State Legis~
1atures may not, that is, nullify the Consti-
tuition Of the United States. He repeated
the word swlnd1e about the rights Of the pco-
pie Of Territory to contiscate intoxicating
liquors, which all our reudcrs have heard so
oilen-omitting TO mention that Tue Supreme
Court have never declared intoxicating liquor
to be property. at the same time he re.en-
dorSed the Dsed Scott decision, hut held that
its effect was simply to give the right Of
transit 10 alaveholdcrs cmigratiDg TO tie Ter
Eitories-to establish their inalicnablc right
to march through Missouri, but whisking
away the moment they reach Tue Kausas
bounlcryl In the course Of Mr.. Douglas
remarks he tripped up the clumsy Senator
from Pennsylvania on lis snb4tantiyes- Mr.
Bigler having accidentally alluded to re-
groes as citizens. Mr. Douglas brought him
TO the right usc Of the vernacular, to wit, in
aabitonts. Mr.. Davis Of Mississippi, next took
up the cudgels and went over tie whole
ground, repudiating "untriendly legislation:
as something abhorrent alike 10 COMMON sense
ant the Constitution. Mr. Green Of No., follow
ed in about the same vein, adding Ills decided
testimony against the recent act abolishing
Slavery, in tbs Kansas Legislature. Mason ot
Virginia loomcd up near tue close Of the de-
bate, and put in two or three hard blows at thc
Illinois Senator, as for instance: That tic
right Of property is something clearly knowr
and defined in the Constitution. whereas the
"people Of Territory" are not-that the
doctrine promulgated by The gentleman from
Illinois could not receive an electoral vote
south Of the Potomac, etc. His colleague.
Hunter, affirmed that when the Nebraska bill
was passed, it was lis clear understanding
that under it the Territories could no. exclude.
slavery, and he read from his Own spcccAes in
1854 to prove it. And so tho caullron b1b-
hled. Broderick and Stuart sided with Doug
las Push Of Ohio, with his customary clcar-
ness and d.clsiou, spoke one way aud voted
the uthor.
This is hut foretasIc Of what the Deu:oc-
racy Of the Free States have yet to swallow.
The" Cha:leston Convention will give "au-
friendly legislatlon to the dogs. 4 deal oI
useless mouthins was gone through with Ly
3r. Douglue, in the leIate We have reviewed
touching his solid standing on the Cinci.uatl
platform-as though that was an argurneli,
IN his favor, or had any bearing on tue cae.
Nr. Douglas is a. grocnhorn, indeed. What
ever suits the demands Of nisgcr-driviu:
oi1garchy is good Democracy. Whatever
-conduccs to tic Authorization Of the conti.
nent fquarcE With tie Cincinnati platform,
Whatever does not, Is the rcuntlest hc:csv.
whether coming from tic pen Of Mr. H.,lc ol
the mouth Ct Mr. Douglas. But in The cast.
under review the oversecrs hare b,,h tic
power and The argument. "Uu!ricnd!y lcsis
1ation'' is sfupendeus slam, hard]y yquaiet;
" Popular Sovereignty" Tie latter ,s4,
coccocted tt dafraud tho Free slutcs-1lc
former to savo dcmagusuo by defraudins
the Slave States. Each is laid faced aud iu-
suiling in tie last degree to the common Sense
Of tue nation. Like icebtrgs driven By op2.s-
ite winds and currents, they arc closing upon
cach otler, auu Mr. rouglas' craft is between
them.