St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-04-26
From Washington.

In the senate on lne lOlll, SUMMIT
and Mason had sharp tilt.
Mr.. Mason, (Dcm., Va.) presented
the return of United States Marshal
Johnson on the warrant for the arrest
of John Brown. jr. in Ohio. The re-
turn states that it is impossible to ar
rest Brown, unless armed force IS
used for that purpose.
Mr. Mason also presented the re-
turn on the warrant for the arrest OF
+. b. Sanhorn, which rccapitulated the
facts as stated heretofore, and adds
that no arrest can be made, owing t"
the judicial proceedings of the State
of Massachusetts, Both warrants and
returns were referred to the COMMITTEE
on the Judiciary, with instructions t"
inquire and report if any further pro
crcdingS are necessary to vindlcate
the authority of the Senate, and to
eff ct the arrest of witness.
Mr.. Sumner (Rep., Mass. } moved to
refer the memorial of Mr.. Sapborn to
the same Committee.
Mr.. Mason moved that it be rejected.
Mr.. Sumner said he felt it to be his
duty to protest against such a suggcs-
ton. 1t was related of one of the
Judges of Hell that he punished first
and heard aftcrward. The Senator
from Virginia had taken that as pre-
cedcnt.
Mr.. Mason said that the Senator
had used language in making opposi-
ton to motion, which, so far as his
intercourse with gentlemen went. he
had never heard outside the Senate.
He could not take it as personally OF.
frnsive. The Senate was the best
Judge of what was due to its dccorum.
Mr.. Sumner said the Senator from
Virginia, in his scli.confidence, had un'
dertaken to lecture him on manners.
In reply, he would say that when any
outrage comes before the Senate he
shonld speak of it as it deserved, and
if any precedent from bad place
shonld apply, lie should not hesitate
to use it.
Mr.. Mason briefly replied, but his
remarks were inaudiblc.
The special order coming up, this
question was not disposed Of.
The Pacific Railroad Committee ha:
finally determined on one road, adopt
ing the basis of Curtis bill, with I
clause that the route should toucl
Salt Lake City. This bill will be re
sisted in the House by the larger in
tcrest, friends to the Southern Paciti,
project, and if it should pass ther'
! will encounter more decided uppos
ton in the Senate, where an effort vii
he made to amend it with that add
tion. Recent intelligence states tina
in surveys made through the Births
Possessions the Canadians abandunc'
the scheme of Pacific Railroad a
impracticablc.
Senator Mason, of Virginia, in tn
purse of his remarks against tn
Homestead Law, explained in a fey
words why his class was so irrcconcI
ably opposed to the law. He said:
was a proposition populating Ere
Territories by Emigram Aid Societies
The intent and design of the bill wer
t, aid, as a great engine of polite;
power, to get the Republican party
!
end of this bill would be, then, to Of
crate on slavery in the States"
There can be no doubt that the pa
sage of the National Homestead La
would be the most thorough, yet mos
pcaceable anti-slavcry measure thu
ever passed Congress. 1t is for tn
=, rcas IN that it will be vetoed by b
chanan, in case it should pass the o
deal Of the Senate.
The Attorney General concurs wit
the Secretary of the Navy in justlt.
ing the capture of the Mexican stear
ers, and has given an opinion to tn;
. effect. They are labeled at New o
, leans as prizes. and the question wi
! be judicially determined whether the
were pirates or became prizes throug
a., an alleged act of war, in firing III
9 the Indianola.
Mr.. Hickman, of Pa, very tru
said in the House 90 have learnt
that a man may support every mea
, IRE of "A Democratic Administrative
yet, if he vote against single int
est of slavery, he is 40 Democrat, al
if he votes against every measure
the Administration, and will susta
the interest of slavery, he is,
course q good Democrat" Shaver
and Democracy mean now pretty mue
the same thing.