Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-01-08
LATE NEWS.



between three central routes SURVEYED
e Either can be built in ten or twelve wears
without derangng the financial condition
OF the country. therefore. he was in favor of
e the Central Route as the center OF the pop-
u ulstion. Mr. Harlan was severe on thoee
J. membcrs Of Congress who after having spent
half million in explorations, published
immense quarto reports illustrated with
pictures for those Who cannot read, wanted
: TO shlt on the Mail Contractor the re.pon.
e slbility OF locating the road. lest they should
offend their constliuents In not securing il
for their particular loca ity
Mr.. Ward SPOKE in favor Of the parallel
OF 81 deg. coml airing its advantages Of roads
D and distance over the Central and Northern
routes, maintaining that the Southern route
can be built with the smallest amount OF
money and in the 8 ortesi time
Mr.. lverson made strong sectional
, speech, and moved that the bill be recon-
mltted with instructions to report bill f,r
the construction of two roads. a Northern
and Southern one. He admitted tn. cons,i.
rational power of Congress TO grant the
public funds, but was astonished that south
ern Senators should vote for such msynif
Icent donation to the North 1t is fact
that all the Southern foads pay TO per
cent dividend while the Northern ones pay
nothing. 80 sL- all an opinion had Northern
capitalists OF Southern investments that he
believed II the wealthy senator from south
Carolina. Mr. Hammond offer mortg ye
on his plantation and negroes worth half a
million Of dollars for lean of $40 600 IN
New York, he could not get it. notwIth
standing, the popularity OF hi. Barnwell
! speech lie traced the slavery agitation
ts Ia, f,,ll y
land fanatics Of both sexes To it present
monstrous proportion. and referred to the
temon OF Abohtloni-in in its onward march
and power lie also referred 10 the Roeh |
ester speech Of Mr. Seward, and said he
knew but little of the human heart who i
| imagined that ani-slaverv agitation viii +
/ stop short OF the total abolition OF slaver4 I
/ by the action Of the federal Congress. To I
I ave and reign II must % on until il attaius
the Presidency, aud both Houses cf Con
gress, the Judiciary, and the abolition of +
Slavery, or the Union be dissolved Wit +
ness the result OF the late elec'iCns We do +
not consider the return Of Mr. Douglas 10 {
the senate victory to the Democrats. 1t
was only victory Of Free Soil Democracy
over Abolition Whiggeiy He would not
turn on his heel to chose between the vii.
mot Proyiso and the Sq4atter Sovereignty
Of the senator from Illinois
Mr. lverson proclaimed himself. in un.
nistakeable terms, Disunion nan. under
the aggressions the North. lie, the Sen
aior from New York be elected President,
and IN his tlsersou's) oriuion, more than
one Southern State would take immediate
steps 10 secede. In certain contingencies
which he stated, Georgia would seceie.
lie tNr. lyerson) did lot helIeye the
south would 70 out by general convention,
but let single state swing out. and she
would draw with her or after her the re.
naming states to form either Southern
Coniederacy or procure al amendment Of
the present CONSTITUTE Ii to secure the rights
oi tie south. As he believed the dissolu-
ton of the tr.on was near at hand he was ,
unwilling to vote money and lands for E
road which was sure to lie located outside l
the Sou h, hence he wanted the south to
have route equa! with the North whic.
shall eii her while in tie Cnie anl felong
to her when out Of it. The senate here ad-
lourned
Mr. Lovejoy. OF Ill, said if the process of
Capitalization shall 20 Oh "a. 1t has done for
the last few years, the Executive can say
with truth II am tie Lrecutipe The pas
sage ofthe bill from the Committee on WAYS
ana Means Is not urged on the ground OF
right and necessity, but simply because tie s
Executive has recommended the aplroI,ria
ton tie (LoyeloyD wished to know from
the Chairman Of the Cor. mlttee on Way- 4
and Means, whether the report that unless
Congress raised the tariff 10 sait the views 2
OF the PRESIDENT. there " ould be an extra 4
session held al his sanction. !.
Mr.. Phelps, Of Mo- said he was not res pon- ::
slble for newspaper remarks, but he would :
say that unless Congress provide the means
Tor carrlin on the government for the
next fiscal year, either by u loan or re-issge q,
II Treasury notes, or by modification ofthe 81
ariff, or by all these means there will be
he necessity for an extra session during the .. %
:nsuiug summer |, eh
Mr.. Lovejoy wished to know whether io
hat remark had the sanction of the Ex =.
cutive ~
Mr.. Phelps responded that when the A,
resident desired to have an organ here he R
ron d select some other person and when "a "a
he President communicates his opinions Of
cialiy, they will be read from the Clerks 70,
esk
Dir. Lcvejoy resumed. and stated his OBJ
actions to the bill-one fourth Of the amount !
roposed to be appropriated being under the {
cad Of miscellaneous. dis
IL X
Thich Mr.. Lovejoy sought to strike out =
Mr.. Bryan, Of TeXas, advocated the ap-
for additional agents and inter
reters and for buying presents for the In. u
lans Of lexas lie argued that the people
fthat State were entitled to prot. elton, and
lcidentaliy said they were fast being alien
ted from the Union, owing to neglect Of
le Government
MIR. Giddings, Of Ohio, here suggested /
lat the gentleman introduce resolu. ion. and
.peahng the annexation of Texas -,
Mr.. Bryan reptile! that the annexation es
lexas was In the nature of q treaty in
rec. z
Mr.. Giddings said they had in the repeal = o
the Missouri Con- promise Of 1854 an il 0e'f
strious example for the repeal OF the re- I
lutious for the annexation Of Texas Ais
Mr. Bryan-Repeal the Annexation re-
luton and then we will know what to do. An
e did not know but what it would be son
.stly to the interest Of Texas if the resolu- dor
Dns had never been passed and she never hun
limited into the Union. II protection was P.il
= given to the people Of Texas they will bra
think 90, as great many Of them now rsse
}. and will be willing for tie repeal, tax be .
& the initiative themselves
Mr.. Granger of N. Y. wanted to know if Pa,s rsns
'xas was not able to protect herself against -
few ragged Indians, and said if the affec
'ns of the people of Texas were to be alien
ed from the Union, there would not be !.
lch love lost
Mr.. Bryan, referring to Mr.. Granger, re.
led, II would say, with such We are will
3 to part. The people Of Texas have re-
wed nothing but what was Their due
hen this Government will cay it will not
70 ~ protection, We will resort to such -
ans - are amply sufficient to protect -
rselveA"
Mr.. Giddings remarked that such threats
4 lost their elect here, and created ~