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WASHINGTON, Dec. he

1 r SEHATE.-AIr. King, of N. Y, presented
a petition from Daniel Tieman, Mayor of
N. Y. City, and one hundred and three
Others, fayoring the passage of tho Home
stead bill, and opposing a monopoly of the
! public lands
Mr.. Mason's (ya.) resolution to appoint
a committee of investigation to inquire
into the Harpers Ferry invasion, then
came up.
Mr.. Clay, of Ala., said he wished to
know where We stood. Let there be no
concealment. The Senators on the other
side profess to respect the Constitutional
rights of the South, and declare they will
preserve and maintain them If that de-
claration be sincere, and the Republican
party will keep their pledge, there is no
cause for complaint But the South has
good reason to distrust these professions
when the conduct of the opposition Scna-
tors is so different. One Senator treats
the whole matter with levity which
would be offensive if he did not always
treat every subject in the same manner,
and he will probably die like Rabelais,
with a.Jest upon his lips, and never wake
to the responsibility of life and death un-
til he is called to judgment. Another
ridicules the cowardice, weakness and i'm
potence of the South in suffering a hand
full of men to seize the Arsenal at Harper's
Ferry, in the face of fifteen hundred in
habitauts. These are the evidences of fra
ternal affection, respect and regard for the
South which you present us. Wendell
Phillips had said, in speaking of the foray
in Virginia, that it was the natural result
of anti-slavery teachings, and for one, he
respected it. Mr.. Clay admired his cour-
age and candor. 1t was the truth. 9th
ers had predicted the same things. He
hnO oil I,o III
publlcans, showing their hostile feelings
towards the South.
HoUsE.-The question being ON the mo-
ton of Mr.. Hickman, of Pa, to amend
Fridays journal, by inserting that he had
offered resolution to adopt the plurality
rule in the vote for Speakership, Mr.. Sick
les, of N. Y, said that he would not tres
pass on the time of the House, did he not
deem it an imperative duty to protest
against much which had been said on this
floor in the course of discussion As to
the sentiment of the North, the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, Mr.. Hickman, had
avowed that the irrcpressible conflict is
not in the future, but is a fact and is pre-
sented in this Hall. Dir. Sickles snid the
Northern sentiment was otherwise. There
beats in the North, millions of hearts de-
voted not only to the Union but to the
SOhosAhuIlOA Ou WHICH ~ rests, ana Inay
would never rclinquish their allegiance to
it, or be unmindful of the duty of per-
forming the obligations with which that
allegiance inseperlblEnc connects them and
without which their love for the Constitu-
ton and the Union would be hypocricy
and delusiOn. He said Mr. Hickmun's
view of the Northern sentiment is us I'M
founded in point of fact us the charges he
makes in the name of the North, as we'll
rs in reason; these feelings are uniustilia-
BILE. In the course of his reply to Mr..
Hickman's charge that the South has vio-
lated covenants, compacts and compromi-
ses, he referred to the history of the adop-
ton of the Constitution and kindred sub
Jects, to show that there had been no vio-
lation of good faith by the South. He de-
sired the antidotc to go forth with the
poison.
The gentleman from Pennsylvania could
not sustain himself in his first charge
that the clause in the Constitution was a
| concession to freedom on the part of the
South. When he(Nr. Sickles) had proved
that the clause MS originally reported by
eleven of the States, was enlarged and
sustained on motion of gentlemen from the
North. There was no instance when
Southern courts had failed to take cog
| niznncc of, or furnish those engaged in
the slave trade expeditions.
at the conclusion of his remarks, Mr..
Sicklcs was appladcd.
Mr.. Adrnin said the recent article in the
Constitution in which his name was often
siTeiy mentioned, was properly rebuked by
Messrs. LIaskins and Hickman. He asked
the Democrats whether that paper was
their organ, rs we'll us that of Buchanan.
Appeals had been made to him to rally to
the support of .Bocock., How could he,
while charged by that paper with not as
sisting in the election of their candidate
for Speaker. It w0Hld DC q disgrace to
which he never would submit. During
the discussion of the Lecomption he was
approached with show of corruption and
told that if he would vote for Lccompton
he could get foreign appointment. a
leading member of this House came to
him whispering in his ear that it was all
settled i'll the Cabinet and he could receive
the appointment fora near friend. He de-
clinGd the prefer and continued to resist
to the last, the attempt to force on the pco-
pie OF Kansas constitution against their
will.
Mr.. Clark, of N. Y, said that he had
reason to believe that it would have been
acceptable to Judge Douglas if his friends,
such rs himself aud Mr.. Adrian had gone
into the Democratic caucus. (Applause.)
Mr.. Adrian said if he had gone into the
caucus the result would have been. the
same. As his friend Clark knew TINT it
would have been acceptable to Douglas if
he and others had gone into the caucus,
why did not Clark go into it himself
(Lnnghter.)
Mr.; Clark replied that at the proper
time he would give reasons which would
be acceptable. n
In conclusion, Mr.. Adrian expressed his
belief that none of his constituents up
proved of John Browns conduct, and cv-
cry Northern man who goes into the Sou
thcrn States to interfere with it's rights,