Weekly Minnesotian and times., 1860-03-10
NEnNEsnAY, March T, 1860.
SENATE PRAYER by the Bev J. u Pope


NEnNEsnAY, March T, 1860.
SENATE PRAYER by the Bev. J. u Pope
PASSED.
The bill ior ain act to provide for sessions
Of the legislature, MAS read three times IN
der 3 Suspension the ruies, ana passed. 1t
provides .hat The members slal, not lecetre
pay for q session lasting over sixty davs-0r
FOR az extra session for over thirty DAYS.
A b'il FOR al act relating to prisoners III
courty jais-
HOUSE. The House was opened at thc
usual hour
Micro SUFFRAGE,
Judge CLEf FLANl:, Eron MAJORITY ot the
Com,iliitee OF Constitution and corsttu .9.al
revision, submitted engthy and elaborate
report in favor Of grantn. tle prayer Of Ger.
tain petitioners from Hennepa county. who
w.si, the word white stricken out Of the con
sttution. The report vas accompanied by Il
bin submitting The aI3eudnent % popular
v,tc.
1Hs sPEAEEE DEFENDS HlNseLE.
Mr. C0GG5N Ell replied 81 ,oQa a.
same grounds, he sad, and t.ad tho >sma
v'ewa Oh these subjects, as he bad when a
member Of tie Constitutional Convention. re-
gardlng the submisson Of this question to the
people. lie did not want the fate of the con
sdiutio.i to depend on 'hat clause, and differ
et frou the others, wnc wanted it 10 ~ III,
aud be adopted ov rejected as totslitv
He denied having voted fer Establishing
Slavery IS had been charged On bin. IN
iionesota, by voting in favor Of Mr.. Robert
sous resolutions, on Saturday. Immediately
after giving that vote. the Secretary 3f State
me- h.n. and solennlg bid him t;ooa bv.
CoEgsweii - TINS ,akiug leave of BIN as p
Republican II it must be so, why lei il be-
70. He was as independent Of The Republ-
ean Party as Il mas OF him, (applause, If
ine charges made against hin we're true, be
would abide by them, bu, if they were false.
IS ne asserted, he asked that his naliguers
ne branded with the charge Of fal>ifynr him.
lac declared hat no concurrent resolutions
"mch could be passed by this ilouse, could
"estabii5h Slavery in Minnesota, az had
been talked about 20 much. No--the design
o taose as Ear - he undcrsuooJ them was
10 grant 10 citizens Of the S9nghsrn States
'fho come here temporarily, their legal rights
under the Constitution. The resolutions, in
nct amounted "a nothing, but gave assurance
70 '~:sster ana slave thai they should no; be
intorie.ed nth while sojourning here, bat
th4. !pT tine this should be neutral ground
Their rights were measured, not bv the con
cnrrent resolutions, bat by {he Constitution
If tna State.
The word e. slave does not appear IN the
resoiutions anywhere It merely says, Gus
.omary house servants" Ho did not know
whether they were bond or free, white or
black, and il was only by q false construction
"a forced construction--that he could be
charged With seeking to institute slavery in
sL,u;eaot2 "a construction not borne cut bv
facts.
" hat might have ooen he snte,atio,s Of the
resolutions, he locked at the effect, in voting
as be did. What is the effect? Why. {
merely pledges to the Southerners who come
here honorable hospitality Do you Cd.
pose doing this The rights" mentioned
are only those granted By the constitution
and laws OF this State--our constitution in-
crates the slave when it touches cur soil. The
resolutions do not say that we vii. aid in
keeping them IN Slavery while here, for ths.
LaS