Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-02-17

by both both parties. However desirable the
acquisition Of Cuba may be or h, on CONNER
cial and political considerations, the question
whether We would have it if VIC could, is not
presented in this bill. The only naked aterna-
tive is. shall we appropriate thirty millions
! from an exhausted treasury, or by superadding
to the public debt, as u bride to Spain to mako
such treaty, and as compnlsion to the Amer
lean Senate To rauiy it2 The Senate is CO.
ordinate branch of the treaty making power.
without whore ssent all treaties are null and
! Of M account The hill is II Legislative assump-
/ liJI. Ut lr rJg.tive Of the Senate, and is,
j th !urh, Unc.Hlstituti nnal.
/ Mr. rGgh offered ii shhstItutc For Mr.. Foots
,a,tn ia.tn, t. Inc ef.'ci that No payment be
u .si,, h,rtr =, q art, which shall involve more
7 IN ~ Sil6,N0,thH.
/ MIR Paxa spoke two hours in fnycr Of obtain
! lug uIe,. telis or, as the key Of the Gtif
! it h lupg d 20 as, and be had ho doubt the nc"-
| II; Vt that Island rally d,sry,i nu annexation.
! II isE.-r. cu.Sid r"lI,s OF The Nebraska
c,nt sted election ease resumed.
/ Mr. Step ems then reported b,cs from Il
| Territorial COMMITTEE. without mtnGmtnt, Tie
S,nat, bin for the admission of Oregon, aid
lrornd,sl t. rIeak in favor OF the admission of
| Oregon.
/ Mr. Grow, RETIRING 10 the Kansas restriction,
said the population OF that Territory WAS great
or than that OF Oregon, and that be would
never give his sanction t. such unjust restric-
ton MS was proposed in favor Of Oregon. Adj.
Friday, Feb. II.
! SENATE.-Mr. Benjamin spoke on Cuba. Ile
commenced by stating the value Of Cuba. All
the British, French and Dutch West Indies, to-
gether with the possessions Of those powers in
Guinea, were not equal, intrinsically, to that
solitary island. lie then proceeded to demon
strate the failure of the disastrous experiment
Of emancipation, saying that the emancipated
negroes have not yet become the amiable peas
antry and yoemanry the English abolitionisis
prophesied. Compulsory labor was necessary
in the tropics. While Cuba is kept in the
grasp Of Spain, she cannot keep up her supply
Of negro labor by surreptitious slave trade and
the coolic system was infinitely worse. Adj.
IIoUsE.--Alr. Sherman of Ohio stated that
no testimony had been submitted involving Mr..
Soaring in any abuses whatever. The testemo-
ny would be submitted carly next week.
/ The House resumed the consideration of the
Oregon bill.
Mr.. Zollicoffer opposed, on account of the
alien suffrage clause and insuficiency of popula--
ton
Mr.. Comins was ready to admit both Kansas
, and Oregon with such constitutions as the peo-
pie may adopt.
}, Mr. Thayer argued in favor of admission
With regard to the arguments touching the in
sufficiency of population, he reminded Republi-
cans of their vote for the Topeka Constitution
when Kansas had less than half the population
Oregon now has. Adj
J, Saturday, Feb. II.
SENArE.-Mr. johnson of Tennessee offered
resolution that the President be instructed to re-
quest the heads of departments to prepare the
estimates for 1860 on basis not exceeding fifty
millions of dollars, exclusive of interest on pub
lie debt, and that part referred to Committee
on Finance. Adjourned
HoUsE.-The consideration of the Oregon
r bill was resumed and discussed at length.
: The question was taken on the preamble to
the bill, and 1t was agreed tolls against IS,
and the bill passed by ia against 1903, precisely
as it came from the Senate.
The announcement Of the result was greeted
with applause. Amid much confusion, Mr..
Stephens moved that the Representatives from
Oregon be admitted to seats. Adjourned.