, 1860-04-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


lspcs!-l Correspondence Ct TIC Tn 6 and Tfuuae,1
"Asa1so7os. Mueh =. 1su.
Mr. Nelson, Of TENNESSEE, having returned
IRON Lis Ln'on"kav'ng expedition to New York,
renewed in the House this morning the agitation
Of the Poiy.amy question, which bids fair to
rival the slavery ngitation.- The surnises TINT
have been INDUCED in rs to the course that the
Democracy would take upon Mr. Ms bill pun
isting roiygamy in all The Territories Of the
United States us crime. were correct They
are going to oppose it; on what grounds, Mr.
Branch Of North Carolina, explained IN his
speech upon 1t to-day: II you can dec'are
fo'yGnmy crime, and punish 1t rs such, IN all
shc territories, ~ aet OIL congress- sa'd nc.
what IS 10 prevent 5oor SO aee'atine a.o pun
.Sh'ns '"efc'n 'ta1 o'nes Twin rene Q. o"fpa''
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u 'Da' 1e''.,o'' CIV A's', u"o oe'a espse'a'
tesei'eu ~ oo"s'ese' aaa ~ oae' 'u 1' "n.n"'
hent u Af. .sc.son I'LL" ''a'Nl"g '''e app'ca-
t'on o1 II 10 lae AeF1alory o' o'an' Tue a'neno:
ment repeating tne 1efrlos'a' Government U.
ufah' ana estaoishang IN IT'S stead Coahc'i o.
Eleven, "'th u 1osernof' VINO s"ali e'ns',lu.e
tae en''fe eo'eronenl o. Tue le11l'oF!. 40"
'ae ncpaoneAns aie oee'"eu's o'sPoseu - 1ooA
WIN iaSor upon 1a's amendment aoa 'ne5 p1os
p'se ~ aooP' ~ "Ao wv" :. 'Aee W ."s ''a ~,
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."g ffocess nus oeei' s5one '1fousu VIM, VIII
'orm IN interesting aoes''on' lug c'ns'"sFa'
''on o1 'nas on'' '''et pf'e' sA'f""so, WIS PosE
ponce 70 "ohoa' neal' "nen 'nere wa" pe "os'c'
I'll eo'a"''ec o. 'ne no'e' ''''s s''c'noo''
Tue army all'fopt'a''on WI "as uooe' eonS'a-
efat'on' a''o note'eP sl''V,'oo aa'eno''en1 'of
inc Harper felFy anu sp''ngne'u a'Sena'S was
handsomely 'o'ea oo"n' 'o'in brown s'os.
WIS onec Aolo l'a'aue" oe'o.e 'ns ,.'os o.' ~
was no 60 oeh' 'ol'h''e.'o' -se" iofh'pfopos.
Gu 10 aoo1'sh our '''n'oF'es a'of'e'"e': 'Inu gu
qAAe fesreesao'e 'o'e Oh A's p'opos"'on' 'he
MOTIFS o' ,l'no's' 'o'ca ~ ':!'or =, IT. a''"o'g
ttoos'on''1 1A'o"nA, eA' p'."s -. A'e
.o' '''''' ~ s.' o'""' ,"5 Foo, VI ."' De'I' a.
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PosS'o'e Oh war ''oans. tne p'''es u 'ne
Nci'aoac@h pau, p"tv ~ 1"h' '"e oppoe''e-''
10 eneou'a"c 'oe at's u peaee. eo'se4uen', ),
''s '''''s' - e''' AMI e''sfAe 'u' o''sns'u "
QUE o'seaa'S, hh'S 5aras' a"a 1'e s'""o'ps5
a'1as' "n''c 'Ac 'a'1e' 'ooAs con''s"a''s Will j"
'ea'o's ese "fo" SUN 'Ae'."s'
ut' 7a'tn,'n unos'N'o.eu ~ W, - o''.A' ."'
passas' ~ '"s t.oa'e % 'eeo'u''os. a77s4''6
ec.esuas heAt Ioi snc sono'octa''on VI 'ne
farlil bill bus - opjecf, eafnc hercei5 from
11eist, and was echoed By bali dozen other fire.
sA's's. -"'' -. .,"e'Na 'us" t'~'o 1'' @a' =.
Should, on "wednesday, move 10 take up 'l'e
Iar' bill and mike It The special order, lot that
and every succeeding tiay, until it was disposed
Of. This will bring matters 10 focus. There
will be " desperate fight against this bill, and
the EuIliiiers will act exceedingly ugly npon it
In the Senate, Today, tie NaSal Appropri:s'
tlon bill las consumed the whole day. Jeh. D.,'
Wis Is having everything pretty much his o"n
way there; but LIS little bills Will be cut down
in the proper places when they come to the
House.
The speech Of Charles d. Ssdgwick, Of New
York, in Committee ofthe Whole, in the House
Oh Monday, which eslcctcd to mention in ny
last letter, was one Of The ahlest Efforts Of the
session.
The disnnion Democracy are making icrri
bic howl over the preamble and resolution intro
duecd by Mr. Blake, Of Ohio, the other day,
| which stirred up such an excitement among
them at the time The resolution, IS originally
introduced, was as follows:
Rsxo.red, That the Committee on the Judiciary
pe: ana !he same are hefeoy, 'ns1ruetea 10 m
a,.;rino fTectom to ercry hHman he;nr md inter.
dictins slavery, wherever Congress las the con,
st'tas'onal power to le''.islate on the subject.
As published in tile Democratic newspapers
there Is punctuation marx inserted aiser the
words "eSery human being, and the word "ln'
terdic:ins" is changed from its parfcplal loru'
to The roan Introduction, with definite article
before it. making it read, "to inquire iuso the
oxno,;a,cv or -sno,t;,r , ,;,f o;,;ao f.<.,h., n
sNpeu,e, =, ~" s'0"y ! '"' ~ =, -
tfery Au1acH b<'"g, anu thc intera'ct:cn u s'a'
very wherever Congress las the constitutional
mower tn leris1ate on the subject" Every Dem.
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o~'*'s'e eo''' '44"s q 4e'eoS ''a' '.. so"'".'on