Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-25

Proceedings Of Yesterday Aftern..,

| Mr., TOombs proceeded with his remarks on Mr..
Douglass internal invasion resolution. He said
that THIS was step in the rig ut direction but he
feared that the disease lay too deep to admit of a
| remedy. Since the war Of the revolution. which
resulted in the independence of this country. we
| nave had many great questions which have aoi
lated mems minds and upon which the nso nSLe
We're divided. When referred to the great con.
| su'utional arbiter-the ballot box-thev passed
away and society felt But now all this Is
changed Hitherto, the success of one party or tie
| other brought no public danger. We have now
| however arrived at period our history when
1t Is known here and felt throughout the land that
the success of what is called the republican na-tv
| brings us face to face with revolution We arc
! now virtually in state Of civil war. 1t is felt
| upon this floor that large body Of men in these
| confederate states are enemies to our country Hc
| knew that they Were every day COMMITTING acts
which In all civilized communities are lust c.ns.S
| OF war. There has been no time in Its history
| Wheh the Federal Government has been truer tn
Its mission, when it has been more faithful to the
Constitution, than within the last seven wears II
Is because 1t is faithful TO the Constitution that II
IS denounced by the coalition in this country
seeking to get control of it. This is an oruaniz,
on that has been gathering force and STRENGTH for
| twenty years, whose sole governing principle Is
hatred and hostility to the people and the insti
| tutons OF fifteen States of this Union and who
| nave shown as combination and as ndiyidu,ls
| liked and unalterable purpose. by acts and dec
larations, In spite of the Constitution and In snte
| OF their own Oaths to obey il. to weaken and sinh
vert the institutions of those States He tnsw
mere We're many strong charges; he bad not made
| them lightly; they were made not in amer bnt
IN sorrow; and it was his duty to ma Ike them GOOD
the civilized world O
Mr.: T. proceeded to advert to the difficulties
which had been experienced in carrying out the
| provisions Of the fugitive-save law i'm the T. 90
States, especially abiding to the PERSONAL hertz
blil passed by the Connecticut Legislature in s,G
ne also spoke of the sympathy expressed in the
manner In which the. democratic party in the
| Nor'h iad stood up against the waves of section
| Ism ana fanaticis:n that threatened 70 sweep
mem .,itil away. lie called upon the South to defend
the!r rights, and never for instant permit the
| republican party to get hold of the reins of GOV
| ernmeht-to defend those rights not only ut the
hearthstone but at the doorsill and resist the ao
| are a declaration of war fJ
| ar. Foster defended the legislation Of Connec
| ucnt Ior The prevention of kidnapping
MIR. Mallory asked if the Senator was in favor of
| carrying out the fugitve-save law!
MI oster l am, to the utmost extent of its
| constitutionality
Mr. Mallory replied that that was Just such an
| answer as he expected to get to that Question
| MI Benjamin read the sections az the law of
| Conhectlcut and showed wherein thew were in
Tended 10 preclude the master from reclaiminy his
| IuSluve slaves, by requiring such evidence as he
would not be likely to possess, "' TIC
| YIN motion OF MIR. Brown, the subject was post
poned until to-day, and his resolutions in regard
10 Inc rights of property in the Territories also
made the special order for half-past one O'Clock
| to-day, Alr. Wilson having the floor.
| AFTER a short executive session, the Senate adj
| Journed. ~"
HousE-lr. Corwin, of Ohio. occupied the
| floor until the hour of adjournment Yesterday
He reviewed and defended the policy of the re-
publican party, claiming that thei- views w-r,
uehtlcal with those of the fathers o: the Repu5-
nc, ana Inanta ned that the Constitution of ~.
lnlted states authorized Congress 20 lppisIata on
the SnnJect o1 slavery in the Territories either To
P,onpl' or exclude the institution The record
or th1ff ha
lS2O was approved by all members of the Cabin.t
not even excepting Mr. Calhoun II the r.puh
| lcdn party, therefore, Were traitors and eneiui =
VI .ne oouth, then Were Mr.. Monroe and all the
distinguished Intn who formed his Cabinet all,
traitors and enemies of the South He referred to
Inc early legislation of Congress on the suli.ct az
| slavery III the TERRITORIES TO show that the very
men VINO framed the Constitution believed that #
gave them control Of that subject and cited from
early decisions OF the Supreme Court maintainiur
| tn:s view Thus the three great branches of th.
| government had agreed upon the subject and the
| republican party were guilty Of nothing hit con-
| curing in the views they Lad affirmed. It was
| SHOWN, then, that the men who formed the Con-
s.lsu'iGn aGteo upon that power Of Congress if it
| were III the Constitutions; that the lepisIative
branch OF Government leg slated anon il down tn
| iSJo. and that the Federal Judiciary SO decided
II as concerning the legal relations OF persons
| down 10 1913. And 1t was not till 1854 that that
power was first removed by the Democratic nartv
| In lS3l the democracy departed from the comma
| satisfied. Wy "
| Mr. Corwin proceeded to show that the demo-
| cratlc party had changed front Oh this slavery
| question. They had wandered away into the
worship OF all sorts of diabolical divni:ies, in
| which he had no sort Of confidence He quoted
| from antl-slavery resolutions Of the democratic;
| party OF Ohio few years ago, in which it WAS
| declared that slavery is all evil and ought to be
| tradlcated. That meant that slavery where it is
must be Srubbed up by the roots and be presumed
that John Brown had read these resolutions of the
great democratic party of Ohio rs well as the
irePreSslble-contiict speech OF Senator Seward at
Rochester.
| Mr., Vallandigh of Ohio. desired to read
| some resolutions Of previous democratic conven.
| tiCn in Ohio.
| Several gentlemen on the republican side ol,
jected '''' Wv
MIR. Vallandigham said if his colleague Welded
| TO him they (the repUblcans) could not stop linn
| ing for order.
Mr. Corwn himself read the resolutions and
| PfOcecdeu 10 comment upon them Having been
carried caPtiyrs to Babylon in Is, the democracy
| had now suddenly walked up to the beauty and
glory OF slavery, and had defended that institu-
| hon with oil the zeal of new converts The his.
'0ry of the DcmocrAtic party showed that it had
| changed It's opinions once i'm ri plt wears
| Mr. G. in expressing his own views on the sub
Ject OF slavery said he believed the finger of & cd
| was in it, rs in all the institutions OF men and
mat II was destined 10 work out tie elevation Of
| The African race. He did not believe the slavery
| agitation would continue ten hours if Conore,s
| world resolve not to acquire any more territory
LOT The next ten years. He had been through two
or three cf these periodic dissoutions of the onion
| ana Yet the MON was stronger than ever
Out of all the shades, stri pes and coors Of par
nes, they had not been able to elect ANYBODY for
speaker. But there was one man whom he had
| sometimes thought they might all, after a little
caucussing, unite upon and elect Horace F.
Clark, of n V. did not belong to any party. or
| anybody He did not trust anybody, did not
love anybody, did not hate any body and did not
| care for anybody, and perhaps they could not do
| Detter than to make him Speaker Laughter I
MI Keitt, of s. C., obtained the floor. when IT
half-past o'clock. the House adjourned
Proceedings Of To-day.
| IL THE SENATE. day Mr. Lane presented Tie
resolutions of a Union meeting recently held at
Troy, ~ Y, accompanying them with 4 few
appropriate remarks
Mr. Hale thought that l. was not tie practice
OF the Senate tn entertain mere expressions of pub
lie sentiment that do rot invoke any legislative
action.
Pending desultory discussion on the proprie'y
| OF receiving the resolutions Mr. Lane " ii lrew
them.
After the transaction of routine business
The resO utlOns of MIR. Brown. on the rights of
property In the Territories, being taken up
Mr.. Wilson proceeded to address the s. n .te
thereupon when our report closed.