New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-31

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Ocean Service, in order u supply mail facilities with
South America the seaports Of Mexico lying upon the
Pacific, and Australia Japan, and Africa. To reca-
pitulaie, he would have a daily mail to California,
mails daily ano weekly 10 Oregon, and trlinon.nty
ocean service within 81 DAYS, at total cost ol
s1700 600 per anuum, being s537 ,724 less tnsn was
paid a year ago, and s5S7 72l more iha IL nov
expended. II. however, II was INTENDED ~ aviVSa'e
the nresent contracts for the overland mail service we
should make no exception, but include ALL ana then
authorize the PostmRster-General 70 receive scale"
proposals for carrying daily overland man over any
route from the Mississippi River TO San Frapcisc0,
and give the contract 10 the lowest responsible BIDDER
Mr. latham concluded by showing the vast Importance
of this overland mail service, and IN reply 20 the obec-
t as ,o the cost remarked that if tho postal system
was 70 be considered solely with view to the amount
Of money received by IT, and to the number of persons
supped II would be better for the Government to
abrogate the entire Post-OlRce Department AMI sur
render the carriage of the mails TO private enterprise
If the question Of receipts to determine the extent
of the postal facilities which it would give the great
West It would be limited that would be better to
abrogate them entirely, and stop al expense TO the
Government. These overland routes would become
national highways, over which emigrants IN safety
passed This would be but the precursor of the Pacific
Railroad, and following it closely, should have
line Of steamers controlling the commerce Of Japan
China. Mexico and South America.
Mr.. CHANDLER Rep Mich rose 10 question
of privilege. He found in The Giobe of yesterday
language attributed the Senator from Indiana, in
which he characterized him lChandler as Xantippe in
pants and accused him of gross ignorance. He had
Senator was incapable of apprecating the position
which by accident he held on this floor.
Mr.. FITCH Dem, Ind avowed the language, and
still thought il appropriate.
Mr.. CHANDLEk said that when the Post-Otice
blu again came up he would discuss it, and the ques-
ton of ignorance would then be determined.
On motion of Mr. HALE rep, N. H. the Over
land bill was postponed I'LL - clock on Saturday.
The House bin for the admission Of Kansas was
taken up.
To- fhq pf
Kansas is claimed. Another opportunity was now pre-
scented for settling this longagnated question The ap
plcaon Of the Territories for admission into the Union
has generally been favored by Congress, ar he people
of a Territory are not enabled to form their Gov
eminent or make their own legislation without some
check and this is not the most favorable state of things
for people. We should least be willing 10 deal out
TO TIM people the measure OF hDeralty bestowed
upon others. II would seem if this Government
stool with ri ght ID faith 10 these people. Though II IS
in the discretion OF Congress 10 refuse admit them IN
to the Union. stl 1t not measure Of caprice. The
required elements for admission first, have they
sufficient population, and have they geographical
extent of territory sufficient TO meet the necessities OF
State The number OF tie people Is IN some meas
IRE aseraned by the vote of the people. Taking into
consideration the scattered population, and the fact
that several counties not returned and that the
actual vote was about sixteen thousand, II might be
calculated there one hundred thousand lnhabt-
ants in the Territory. The amount OF census
taken for taxation showed some seyenty-one thou
ssnd PEG 5le but IL very Imperfect That census
wac referred to the Legislature and Committee eX-
aRineG the subject, procured some addluOnal re-
turns and they made the number nlnety-seven thou
sand FIVE hundred and seventy. On the vote for del
eg.ie for Congress the number sixteen thousand
nine hundred and fOrty-nne Take all these facts to-
geheI, and appears airy and reasonably tnai the
population at the time OF the adoption OF the
Constitution was about one hundred thousand. What
have been the conditions imposed upon other Terrific
RES Was there a Territory with so large popu
iation7 Never. And is 1t a fact that new rule Is
10 be al piled 10 this people AT the last Congress
(freqo NS1g believed
had anything Ike fifty thousand people; ana now tins
Territory has probably double what Oregon had
Florida also admitted with less than thirty thou
sand inhabitants; but here Is Territory making APP
pIication Tor admission that has larger number OF
people than OF the States already admitted, and
larger than MANY Of the Congressional Districts Tie
would venture 10 say that more than one-haf these
districts cast smaller vote for Representatives than
this Territory did for lis Delegate. Besides, tins Con-
gress two years ago professed themselves willing to
Tg next pOnt + in relation to Extent Of telriEory It
time that in voting for Delegate they did not go
all the extent of territory included in the original
boundary of the Territory of Kansas. One of the
provisions Of the original law by which the Territory
81 Kansas created was that II should be created
into temporary Government by the name OF tne ier
rtory Of Kansas and, when admitted as state, the
sad Territory or any portion thereof shall DO received
into the Union with without Slavery, as their Con-
sttuon ay prescribe at the time that the world read
and they bad right 10 I'm ersiand 1t, as an invitation
~ 90 and settle IN that country and that that Terri
tory shau be admitted State, with OF without
SLAVERY And docs that also imply that they were
TO make a Constitution, and Is not there sort OF
rliohted faith that then il shall be admitted as q
State And had not these inhabitants right 10 be-
leye thew would be treated all other Territories
had been treated They did understand II so, and
they settled that country with that understanding.
II has been ascerained since commenced 10 settle
that country thai there is region OF II, as IT was
originally formed into Territory this SIDE the Rocky
Mountains and ths side the Pike Peak Territory, Of
so1ne three hundred miles, that IL Intellectual for all
Durpose of popuatiOn-a barren waste There never
can be anv intercourse practically between this
part and The Great Eastern portion Of Kansas
But beside this uniniabied region. they have terri
tory of eighty thousand square miles, which would
make State larger than Virginia Illinois, or Mis-
souri, 70 that there be no serious objection ~
consequence Of any limited condition OF territory. All
these calculations Of votes &C. within these limits
This subject has been before this body since last De-
ember but has at last found Its day and he desired II
might be acted upon now, and that not any OF the SCI
enee Of nut of NAV be exercised upon H. He would
seriously ask the dominant party If they had derived
any real benefit from putting of TINS admission.
He could barely see how " no desired peace and
ouie; would wish to put this oil any further. tie did
not think possible that gentl men would IKE TO az
know they opposed this admission on the mere
establishment OF Slavery. This admission was offered
once TO Kansas certain conditions, and no objee-
tion was offered then. Oregon was admitted with
not more than bali the population OF Kansas. lie
could see no difference IN these cases, except that II
xss well known tina, Oregon would be Il Democratic
State and il is not supposed that Kansas wlll be. But
were gentlemen ready 10 stand by thls 40 the rea
son Tor not admitting this Territory as a State He
had anticipated certain objections when appear 10 be
upon the dcrcumocuiiOn office plan or on the prin-
ciple of contriving how not 70 do H. Among the nrs
Of these objections Il Is said that Congress passed an
AT commonly called the English bill which provided
that II the people goud not vote for these IMMIGRANTS
and take the Slavery COnsIitutiOn, which the people
declared they did want if they would DO that, all