Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-04-17
TH1RTy-slxrH CONGRESS- FIRST sEssIcE
W.rss7uAT, hr#'L II. i.tc
gsoHsc Of

YilsGc, and read .ro The report Of Ike tiIcbe o; Ger
TAN M dsor!ery roee.li"ss during The recent s"rch If
nr I'"Fejoy, nj lluns lie charged liza; Mr. Potter, o:
Wisconsin, ia inerpoat certain rcEarhs his into .!r
Frcora o ;hos" ess'. placing parties IN 4 false Att
tudc.
Mr. Potter admitted h:vinc corrected lis OWE REMARKS
bs Inserting w0-a spoken hy him which, In the confusou
.h1 !ep"rirrs failed 10 catch and claimed that he had
sleat TO 10 lie inquired il he member from Yir.n:
hah mol done the ti1
Mr.. Pryor -.Id in i:.s.a,."s lie had substituted
one word nr another, .; IN change the aIcaIng
tie understood The n!einhe! from Wiscon.in In using the
w"Tds you are dolEs The thing, to charge him Mr.
Pryor with shaking his lsts in v"!e.l; and runy
nrF, and inquired IL he tNlr. Pc:te:l Intended menace
or oEcncc 10y that rrmar:.
Nh Potter replied that lie Deprecated the shaking Of !s:.
on hoth sides, anu when The member from Virginia charged
Mr LoYrjoy With that r aid very naturally "Tou arc
doing a sanIe thing lie near. wa: lie Snd, and would
stand by what he Said. II. "aGG!i The menbe from
Virginia had Not taken The h:rry @: "rasins The remark
from the maiscr' "! ihs r-!'nri.rS after he Sr forr
had revised Il:
Mr.. Pryor replied that r had felt ii,'rlf authorized to
erase an unwarratnhc n;cE;ect!o from the record. The
gentsnpn said Lr stood H. his language and he OR Pryor
understood that he liberty 10 eons;ruc il he
pleased lie should cnnruc the remark he pleased. and
whether the gentleman would sand y il not the sequel
would demonstrate.
Mr.. Dawes o. Massachusetts desired 10 sly he heard the
remark OF the gentleman from Wisconsin, reported in the
Globe.
r. Smi u Virginia, tp"k. In opposition the bill for
Us ADMISSION j! .nla' and defended the eeonpom con-
stltuon against charges Of faai &c lie insisted that
the lnCh Li |ls binding upon the people of Kansas.
and that their present application was rot legally here
lated the r; n" the Indians in han.as guaranteed by
treaty stpulaliOEs.
9r. Garnctt, Of rirsia, .i-a opposed the hill. and
ianc Ills seton iu supporting the English bill in the last
Congress. That bill oir passed Ly way a compro
mise and 70 strengthen the Democracy Of the North and
could have received the vote. southern Democrat.
hut for the restrictive clause Il then andrrs,ond that
the restriction to population no; 10 Gppr Oregon
and Minnesota, bat should apply 10 Kansas and all future
Territories applying for admission States Reosing
upon these try passed the bill and he prot
ell against this proposed violation OF the agreement. There
10 stand by the pledges ey theo gave. He thought .h
character OF this government had hcvn lowered by the
premature admission Of new States They settled In
good part Ivy drrgner Of whom gf; their
try for their conn.:ys gocd and majority OF whom were
unacqnained with institutions. and belonged In their
own country 10 the more laarau. ard lcis valuable class
nf society.
Mr.. Esrr. OF Eea York. s-d |. wal an lri.hnan ,,ha
killed ;s Hst Of the invader. of Virginia Harper.
Ferry.
Mr.. Garncti much Obliged that Irsmal. Laugh.
teri S h- thought. though there many good foreign
born citizens those Tho give tone aud character AEeE
can institutions :homdbe American born citizens.
Mr.. ldrcl OF Minnesota. said gentleman i,r.prs-
scn,rd the population OF lis State.
Mr.. Laraee sal. The gentleman us Ignorant IL tho
people o! the North some at the crh Of the pr0.
pie OF the South lie would lake occasion hereafter vim.
dicaie The character Of hia constituents.
Mr.. Gariett sail he wa- urging that the cnss Of syru
turcrs Who seek the Territories, with little love hon.
und hearthslour not the desirable citizens lie
opposed the admission Of Kansas alo because would give
the Republican party three more electoral votes In tho
coming Presidential contest. upon which ;hc OF the
nu In great drerr. deirudci. lie regarded :hEt ,
c.i-;: objection, and deeply regretted that Northern
Democrats had gone 6u; Of their way to help along this
Republican measures
Mr. Grow OF PcuI demanded the pr sYious question oil
the passage OF the bill
Mr. Maynard desired To withdraw us motion to rsconr,!:
and oCer amendment Instead
Mr.. Grow declined to yield.
The rrerou, question secp'ist, AID the anT qrrs-
ton ordered to be put
Mr. Grow closed the debate tie b!l replying briefly
to the objections urged again H. 1t vas time. he said,
that this record Of hansa should be closed The blacklist
pages Of our history we're those OF the past four years
In the blood Of III. pioneers Q! Kansas; and the
record would he read with shame by their children.
time open chapter In The history OF Kansas; and
when Kansas shoul he admitted into t. Union by the side
Of her sister States they would hear OF frauds and
rights Of those pioneers covca down hy the bayoaetS
the Ua.sd States army. ilands or and lei this people
manage their oTn aasIss in ;heir own way and lie waI
content.
The ucon 10 reco.nInit tl= Lii wa. lost, rithou.
count
The yeas and nIys or=s"d the passage Of :he
bill resulting rs follows:
YrAs-Messr.. Adam: Of Mass, Airun, Adr!ch, Allen,
Alley Ashley, Rabbit, Barr, Barrett, Deas, bingham,
Elnr ElaSc, Bray,on. Irigg-, Eut.nton Darch, Iura
game, BuTnham G,:ctcld, Campbell Carey Carter Case,
CLARK OfSew Iori cIars D. CcchFane, John cocSrans,
coax Cnnkilnr Cooper, cor.in, Covode, Cox Curtis,
Dawes Delano buell.. Dunn, EdgrEron Edwards Eliot, Ely,
E,herse, farrnswoIih, Fen0n, Ferry Forenee Foster
Fouke, FRANK, french, Gooch Crow Gurlcy, Hale, Hail.
Ia.tin leImick, Hickman l!nlrd HOLMAN, Howard,
Humphrey, ilutchins Irvine Jrnsin Kellogg OF Michigan,
ksSgs n aS nsn{ oe N%f Sss
Joy Marion Martin Of Oh:y, McClrrnand, Mckean Nc
Knight McPhersor M6nir rUncr, Mrrrlead Morrill,, Mur
ris Of Pa Morris Of H. Morse, NibseE, Nixon, 0ln Pal
mer penie;on Perry, Petit, Porter, Potter, o,le Rice,
Riggs Robinson Of Rhode Island, Robinson Of H., Royce.
sch*ars Scranton, Sedgwick spauns, Spinner, staun'
ton Stevens Stewart 0t Peun,yTsnia Stout Stret,6n,
Turpan Taysr, Thcaker, TompEins, Train, Trbe. Val
lan,lisham, randevcr, 'erree Wavon, Walton. Wash.
burnc OF Wis, Wa!burEe OF Ill., Waihbu:nc OF Maine.
Webster, Wells, Wilson. TnJom, Wood and Woodruff
la5.
YNArs.-Messrs Adam. of Kentucky, Anderson Of Sl!s.
souri, Anderson OF Kentucky Asmorr Avery, DarksGale,
Bocock Eorham Bctecr, ErnbsOn, lnyCe Branch, Bris
tow burnett Clark Of Missouri, CIop:cn, Cobb Craig o:
Missouri Crn:r OF North Carolina, Crawford, Curry la
wilson, Davis OF Maryland, EdmundsOn, English Garnct;,
tiar,rr Cler, Hamilton, Hardeman, Harris OF Virginia,
IIat,on Hawkins i, lIinnand, Houston Hughes, jack
son. Jenkins Jnncs Kett Lamar, Leach of North Carroll.
na, Lcakc, Love. Mallory. Maynard, Mcqueen, McEne,
Miles, Silson, Moore Of Kentucky, Moore Of Alabama,
Nelson, Noc pr:! QuarleS Reagan, ,Iuln, Scott Sches,
Sms Singleton Smith oi y;rs!ng, smith OF Sorth Caro-.
ln Staw ORTIZ, Stokes, ihonas, Vance White
lev, Winslnw and Wood.on--I5.
So the hill was passed. During the voting
Mr. Mcknight OF Pennsylvania said protesting against
the I section Of the Wyandottc constitution providing
for alien suffrage he would vote aye.
MI English. Indiana, said, :kan two thirds Of
his political friends had voted gns the hill he would vote
with them. and changed his vote 10 no.
A; hal!.p:si I've clock the House adjourned.