The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-07
xxxvI coNGRE Ess
FIRST SESSION.

Mr.. Rufir called up his motion. made yes
rerdsy, TO amend the Journal. His name on
the last Tote for Printer was not recorded ;how
it happened ne was at a loss TO know. He was
quite certain that he had voted for Mr.. Clos |
brenner, and infinitely stated all the circum-i
stances at the time
Mr. Hindman confirmed Mr.. Rufin's state
ment.
Mr.. Sherman supposed from what had been
said that everybody was satisfied that Mr.. Ruff
I'm had voted. therefore his name ought to ap
pear on the journal whatever may be the con
sequence. ~
After fnrther debate Mr.. Corwin said that
there could be no doubt about Mr.. Rufin's
voting Should the journal be corrected it
would result in what is called tie vote, and
there would be no election. With view of
coming to as speedy conclusion as possible,
he wished TO offer preamble recitiug the facts
in the case, and concluding with a resolution
declaring that, notwithstanding the informali
ty in the election, Mr.. Ford be declared the
Printer of the present Congress.
Mr.. Rufin refused to yield the floor for the
Introduction of resolution. He had right
to have his name recorded for Mr.. Glossbren
uer. 81 Tz 57fl -7 7seasi 5fo@ aa
The House ordered the Journal to be so
corrected, -.-s- ls.,t r.5e
The Speaker said the House would proceed
to the election of printer.
The House proceeded to vote Whole mum
Der $50; necessary to q choice. 81 ; Mr.. Ford,
81; Mr.. GIossbrenner..7S; Mr.. Seaton. 19; Mr..
Newton, 2; Mr.. Ball. 8; Mr.. Ritchie. J..
On motion of Mr.. Sherman, the further con
sideration Of the subject was postponed till
Tomorrow at two o'clock.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union. d,
An the members with the exception Of a
dozen, went to the Senate.
Mr.. Regan made speech maintaining that
neither Congress nor Territorial Legislature
can abolish or have power over slaves in ter
ritories, which are the common property of all
the people.
Mr.. Grow discussed the propriety of ceas-
ing forever the sale of public lands, and dedi-
eating to free homes for free men. -. -
Mr.. Junkin advocated protection to all in
dustry, and condemned the free trade policy of
the Democracy. sens a5t,e9
The committee-rose, and the House adj
jeurned. e.o
SENATE, Feb. 29-The Senate was denssly
crowded. in expectation of speech from Sen
obOt OO"o oA0 "
Mr.. Seward moved that the bill for the ad-
mission of Kansas be put on its second read
ing. Carried. - s5 azrsa.
By Consent, Mr.. Mason offered resolution
that the President communicate every com
munication received from the Government of
Texas relative TO disturbances on the Rio
Grande. Adopted. a E
Mr.. Seward presented the memorial of the
Legislature of Kansas. praying for admission
into the Union.
| Mr.. Seward then spoke. He opened by
remarking the evils of Slavery. Labor eth
of fellow men or of slaves was the cardinal
necessity of society. Some chose ene kind
and some the other. The slave State strikes
down and affects to exfinguish the personality
of the laborer not only as member of the
political body, but also as parent, husband,
child, neighbor, or friend. He thus becomes
in political view merely property without
moral capacity and without domestic, moral, or
social relations, duties, rights ahd remedies, a
chsttel, an object of bargain. sale, gift of in
heriiance, or theft. His earnings are compen-
sated and his rights abused by his owner
The State protects not the slave as man,
but the capital of smother man which he rep
resent. In ncontrast, Mr. s. reviewed the con-
dition of the free labor and the free slaves
| He said that the State which respects Slavery
encourages and animates the labor by main
tanning and developing his national personali-
ty in all the rights and faculties of manhood
and with the privileges of citizenship. He
| thought he might not inaccurately call slave
States Capital States. In the opinion of Mr..
S. the fathers Of the Republic adjusted the
Eslavery question so that it might have given
us much less than enr present disquiet had not
circumstances afterwards occurred which they
had not clearly foreseen
they condemned the practice of Slavery
and hoped for its discontinuance. They ex-
pressed this when they asserted this as fun
damentnl principle ip the Declaration of Inde
pendenca, th It all men are created equal &c
lie thought the Democrats recognized every
human being not as capitalbu as person !
| After giving brief history of the settle
ment of Louisiana territory, the speaker refer
ed to the question of 1920 was identically the
question OF 1860 sh@
He alluded TO the contest going on between
/ freedom and slavery Tie Democratic party
was generally found-to support policy OF
capital. He quoted instances,
Mr.. Van Buren launched prospective veto
ngainst the anticipated measures of removing
slavery from the District of Columbia. A
Democratic Congress brought Texas into the
Union, stipulating for its future reorganization
in four slave States. t.-
Mr. s. referred briefly to the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise, and its effect upon the
1 territory oil Kansas Immediately after the
Wing party went down never to rise again,
and the Republican party was organized.
He spoke of the efforts of the Democrats
to make Kansas slave state and force it in
to the Uniun as such, and denounced that par
i tvs objection to mask itself behind the bate.
!. ry of the Supreme Court. The same party
was itself responsible for the act to subvert
/ the free Republic of Nicaragua, and to open
i it to slavery and the African slave trade.
Mr.. Seward said the Republican party EN-
bodiesthe popular protest and reaction against
policy which has been fastened upon ma
ton by surprise, and which its reason and con-
i. science eoncurring with the reason and consci
u ence of mankind condemn. He spoke of the
coming Presidential campaign.and the RePub.
ilicans holding to the principles of preventing
the Territories by Constitutional means from
becoming homes for slavery and polygamy -
He said the policy of the Republican party
was to stand by the freedom of speech and ol
the press. The speedy improvement of the
public domain by homestead laws viii eucour
age the mineral manufacturers and internal
. commerce with needful connections between
the Atlantic and Pacific States. He alluded
to the fact that why Southern men are moi
willing to see the inauguration of Republi-
: can President because il was sectional party
and passed on to prove that the Republican
party was not q sectional organization HI
asks, Is it easier for Us to bear your sway
than for you to bear ours, is it not reasonable
: that for once We should alternate - He sale
I the real principles of the Republican party
were national He was no assaliant of States
r ALI the States were mart and parcel of hi