Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-01-13

oil IOnurebS lOCitlilH tuC Ihc Cdpitbl
! required Is SlU0, 900, 600, nearly third Of
: the surplus fund of the country.
Mr. lverson made strong sectional speech,
> and moved that the bill be recommitted, with
instructions 50 report bill for the construction
. of two roads. u Northern and a Southern one.
lie admitted the constitutional power of Con-
gross to grant the public lands, but was aston
, shed that Southern Senators should vote Tor
such Ii magnificent donation to the North. IL
f is IA fact that Southern roads pay I to u pc
cent. dividend, while the Northern ones pay
nJthng s, small an opinion had Northern
capitalists of Southern investments, that he be-
; leved if the wealthy Senator from South Caro-
lima Mr. Hammond offered mortgage on his
+ plantat m and Negroes worth half million of
dollars, for Ian of SlO,W0 in New York, he
could not get it notwithstanding the populari-
, ty of his Blrnw,l speech. He traced tho
slavery agitation from Its rise amonga handful
Of New England fanatics of both sexes to its
present monstrons proportions, and referred to
t the demon Of abolitionism IN its onward march
t. power.
lie also referred to the Rochester speech of
Mr.. Seward and said, He knows but little Of
the human heart Who imagines that anti slave
ry agitation will stop short of the total aboli-
ton Of slavery by the action of the Federal
|
, it attains the Presidency and both houses of
Congress, the Judiciary, ard the abolition Of
slavery, or the Union be dissolved Witness the
result Of the late elections. lie did not consid-
} er the return of Mr.. Douglas to the Senate .
/ victory To the Democracy. 1t was only yicto-
OF Free SIil Democracy over Abolition Whig-
= gerry lie would not turn On lis heel to choose q
between the Wilmot Provlso and the Squatter
Soytregnty of the Senator from Illinois. Mr..
Nv, rsJn roftssed himself in unmistakable terms
t a disunlon man under the aggIesslons OF the
/ North. Let the Snator from New York (Se-
, ward) be elected President. and, in his liver
p, son s. opinion, more than one Southern State
It would take immediate steps to secede. In GER
e tain contingencies, which he stated, Georgia
: would sccede. lie did not believe the South
: would 60 out by general convention ; but let
d IL single State swing out. and she would draw
Z with her or after her, the remaining States, to
| form eithera Southern confederacy or procure
k an amendment of the present constitution
V to secure the rights of the South AS he be-
: leved the dissolution Of the Union was near at
hi ID he Was unwilling to vote money and lands
: for Il road which was sure to be located outside
n ol the South. Hence, he wanted the South to
J. have route equally with the North, which shall
aid her when in the Union and belong to her
. when out of it.
e. The Senate here adjourned
HorsE.-Mr. Craiggie of Mo- asked, bus
fail, to obtain, leave to Introduce bill grant
a ing lands to Krnsas and Nebraska for the con-
struction of railroads,
Mr.. ColIax of Ind introduced bin for the
= providing for the territorial government of
Col,na.
5 (Mr. Cofaxs bill for the organization of the
D. new Territory of Coluna embrace all the recent
!, ly discovered gold regions of Pixies Peak, Cher
ry Valley, etc. The territory will stretch from
the lC3d parallel of longitude to the crest Of
/. the nock Mountains being from four to five de-
:. gees in width, and from the S7th to the i2d
: parallel If longitude making it five degrees in
| length. 1t will thus be nearly square, and will
a include parts of the territories Of Kansas, Ne
braska, Utah and New Mexico. Nearly all,
however, will be taken from Kansas. 1t will
- embrace within it's borders not only the gold
n dggngs, but also the famous three peaks, the
!. head water of both forks Of the Platte, of the
J., Arkansas, and Of the Rio Grande also, its ex-
terror line will he guarded by Bent's Fort in
# the southeast cornI; Fort Massachusetts near
3 it's southern boundary, and Fort Laramie just
o beyond its northern line. st. Vrain's Fort will
i he near lis centre Bridger's pass, which short
ems the rad to California over one hundred
Il miles, is in the northern wirt Of the new terri
! tory, and thu Cochatope pass in the southern.
n Col ma is the ane favorel by the settlers there,
narlv two thousand of whom are wintering in
Q III, gold iiggings. Mr. ColElx Expresses the
; opinion that by next summer there will be at
n Last twenty thousand persons in Cobra, and.
it being important that they should have ter
rit'ral gov, rnment. helas prepared the billy
y III House in Committee iesum d The consid-
If ration of the Indian Appropriation bill.
MIR. Inyiny of Illinnis sand II the nrncnss of
Capitalization SHALL go on as it has done for the
PAST few years, the Executive can say with truth
II am the Executive The passage of the
bill from the COMMITTEES on Ways and means is
not urged on the ground of right and necessity,
, but simply because the Executive has reOmmen-
> led the appropriations He wished to know
:, from the chairman Of the Committee on Ways
ane Means whether their report, that unless Con-
- grass raise tariff to suit tine views of the Pres
ident there would be an extra session, had his
sanction.
!, Mr.. Phelps of Mo. said that he was not re-
sp 'nsible for newspaper remarks, but would say
that unless Congress provide the means for car
rying on the government during the next fiscal
,, year either 10y IL Loan or Reissue of treasury
notes, or by modification of the tariff, or by
v all tires means, there will be u necessity for an
: xtra session during the ensuing summer.
WI LbNV,uy Nlni'tu W kuON WHeLieT tiHlt re-
= mark ad the sanction of the Executive.
: Mr.. Phelps responded-When the President
desired to have an or an here, he would select
some other person, and when the President COM
"a municat-s lis opinions officially, they will be re-
-, ceivcd from the Clerks desk.
w Mr.. Lovtjoy resumed. and stated his objec-
- tons of the bill-one-fourth of the amount
=. plol osed to be appropriated being under tho
head Of Z" miscellaneous EAa
r. long debate then took place on the appro-
= nrntion for removing the Indians in Oregon to
~. the reservations and suhssting them until they
, shall he able to maintain themselves, but with
~ out coming to any conclusion in regard tc it
A. the House adjourned.
h. Friday. JAN.
70 SENATE.-Mr. Seward presented resolution,
: winch was adopted, calling ON the President
h. tor all the recent correspondence between the
. British government and American Minister at
49, u, London, touching the abuses OF the American
ri flag in connection with the African slave trade.
- especially in the case of the Wanderer.
y The Pacific Railroad Bill was taken up
l,o Adjourned till Monday
~ HursE.-Mr Jones Of Tenn. off red rcsou
d tion calling the Secretary of the Interior to
report under what law and by wfat authority
o the Advisory Board of Agriculturists" to tie
+ Patent Office is assembled, the manner in which
~ the delegates are appointed, and from what
~ fund they are paid.
" The resolution was passed. Adjourned.
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~ EoiroR FREEMAN II have read with pleas
ure tn, communication in to days Freeman
he over the initials, J. P s., and take the lib
al erty to say to those who may wish to obtain
:" the publications of the Cincinnati Society, that