Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-03-30
Congressional.


ANhnbAif MMui ~
SENATE.
Mr.. Summer presented the memorial Of Samuel May,
distinguished and venerable merchant Of Boston, and
400 others citizens Of Boston, praying for the repeal Of
the fugitive slave law Of 1850, the abolition Of slavery In
the District Of Columbia. the prohibition Of the inter
state slave trade and the passage Of resolution plcdg
inc Congress against the admission Of any new slave
States into the Union the acquisition Of any slave
territory the employment Of slaves by any agent CON
tractor, officer or department NJ the Federal Government
III moved its reference to the Judiciary COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Davis moved il lay the table. Agreed to-yeas
Mr. Wilson introduced bill for the construction Of 90
steamships adapted to the African coast Tor the suppress
sion u the slave trade
President to negotiate with other nations for the right "
search within 20l miles N the Western coast Of Africa
Mr. Wilson introduced order instrucng the jude
iary Committee 10 report bill substituting mprison-
mcu or life instead ~ death. and applying the penalty
10 persons hung slave ships or having interest in
'' THURSDAY, March %.
SENATE.
Mr. Yucc from tho Post Office Committee, reported a
bin n relation 10 undclvcred letters II provides that
persons by endorsing their names on letters sent
have thcm returned fee Of additional charge when
delivered. The bin was passed.
Mr. loombs presented petition in favor Of the Home
stead Bn
Mr. johnson, from the Committee on Public Lands,
reported back the House Homestead Bin, amended by
The sub-it ion of the Senate Bill.
Mr. Wade NOTED 90 substitute the House BID.
Mr. Cliugnan explained tho amendment offered by
him. which proposes 60 give az % every man in the
United States who comes within the provisions Of the
the land sell 1t out il unsuitable. The present bill re-
CURES man TO work i've years continuously on the land
in order 60 get title.
stead bil
Mr. Hale spoke at length the same side. In the
Of bis remarks he expressed sympathy with the
strikers loo New England, and hoped their combination
would continue until they obtain the highest wages com
Mr. wade Advocated his motion to take up the House
hi which nc showed to be more liberal than the Senate
Mr. johnson Of Arkansas opposed Mr. Wade's motion,
nnd referred 20 Mr.. Halcs tremarks iusincere and
d.magoWoical be wanted to hold 20 the canallc Of
New England by the cry Of free homes for free men,
friu hlt under the pressure Of starvation they would
desert him and bis party.
Mr johnson Of tennessee knew the House bill could
NOT PAYS ths body, and the friends Of the Home
stead principle should take that which they could get.
Mr. Wade withdrew bis motion
Mr Wigfa regarded the matter as party question.
iroving as did, The power Of the federal governmtnt
II Ibis government was clemosynary, II established 70
provide pr thc halt blind. lame. deaf. &cif IL could
give land 70 the ande,s why ringers % the niger
less ltmght open ihe African slave trade mission
ary grounds aud bring negroes here 10 be converted
Mr Wiga went into the powers Of the federal govern
mcnt and commended that the trustee Of the sovereign
States, DO bad 900 right 20 vote away their lands la the
course of bis remarks he said it Is nonsense 70 talk Of
State committing tlsou-thc thing Is impossible. Ii
owed aueg. ncc 90 the state Of Texas which, eonoindy
with to other States exercised the same portion u the
sovereign power whenever she declared the federal gov
eminent n1 longer her agent Then would be his duty
O. return 90 his State aud, he should be captured fight
ing under the Gag nf e Lone Star under the law opera
tons. De could not be treated as a traitor
Mr. johnson u Tenn remarked that there prece-
dents Or uc policy proposed IN the bill.
Mr. Wgtal was sorry 10 hear any Democrat refer 10
procedcur II they accepted, banks, tariffs, internal
noanced The policy Of New England, which, By federal
legislation, bad got rich and kept the other section poor
ir ought nothing better could occur than dissolution
~ ih' lmon. New England would then beg the South
1 come back her spndles would turn and her
ships rot at the wharyc her sailors and operatives turn
ell out % starc, would burn and steal He also drew
picture OF mob " deceived and Infatuated people bear
ing on poles the heads y Seward and Hale. II these
men only knew the South was ia earnest, they would
keep quiet They not the coin their hearts
blood into drachmas lie denied that these we're threats
-thc day " arccs has gone hy. H. would speak his
mind freely. and say he believed Black Republican
could ue elected President Northern men talk Of sub
DUNG tue south but he believed southern army would
Texas.
Ile would like to know how they were going to take
Che Nouihf Let them look around the Chamber, and
they would see the Republican side but one man who
ever saV he flashing Of gun, while ne particularized
numbers on the Democratic side who had rendered sig
nal military service.
The military chest was the first matter Of oonsidcra-
ton n var, and where would the North get the money
OIL az The South could send her cotton tobacco.
NC boo the bottoms that would carry them the cheapest
Where would thc Senator from Rhode Island (Simmousl
ger the money for his calico They might talk Of block
aiding thc southern ports bat their officers and men
would want money, and where could they get III Cot
TON was King ond without j, Queen Vel3uas vas
not safe
Tho Union nothing more than compact between
'on'dcratc which the North had broken aud then tried
10 persuade ua That % OF divine Our fathers
She their blood not lr this Uuion but for liberty. lie
compared the federal government % lsns which CON
cenraea and applied the powers conferred by the
Hh Naes as TIE lens concentrated thcrays OF the sun
They admired not the lens, but the glorious orb ffom
which DO derived it, power.
The ancestors Of New Englaudcrs went to Holland.
ht as ihe Dutch would NOT let them pcrsecue ANYBODY
They camc 90 the North They drove out Roger sherman
and he Baptist, and spread themselves over that count
~ They Thought 20 useless 90 dig fnr what the soil
Num MoNh'c' tud have since lived or OF their neigh
h1fs IL went into Argument tn show that the slave
states property speaking are the only free States. NJ
Nisill concluded By dcuuunciug the omcserd bin as
unconstitutional Adjourned.
MONDAY. March 90.
Mr. Anthony presented a memorial for constructing a
railroad 10 the Pacific by the various railroad companies
The Pacific Telegraph Bin was passcd-2s to IS.
HOUSE.
Mt Hunctt introduced bill enabling citizens If the
United States % carry their property freely and without
noesiau'n into the Territory of Kansas Referred 10
the Judiciary Committee.
Nj Morse introduced resolution declaring that more
ehrent measures should be taken Tor the suppression o
the African slave trade, which rapidly on the increase
and as % is crime against human and opposed
To the moral sentiment of mankind the President be
qusted 20 open negotiations with the leading powers Of
hafope with tAe view OF declaring piracy by ntcrna.
u1nl laws.
A scene of confusion ensued, amid which the roll wa,
called aud the proposition reiectcd-6l 20 l06
Mr. Blake offered the following preamble and resolu-
"Ipheyeq', The chiteling Of mankind and the hold
ing ~ persons property il contrary natural Justice
and the fundamental principles II political sssten
and is VIGOROUSLY reproach 10 our country throughout
the civilized world, aud serious hindrance 10 the pro-
gre- Of republican liberty throughout the nations Of the
earth, therefore,
Resoirsd That the Committee on the Judiciary be.
and the same are hereby instructed inquire into the
cNpcdcncY OF reporting a bill giving freedom 10 every
human being, aud uterdictng slavery wherever Con-
gres has the constitutional power to lesisate on the
subject Adjourned
MONTPELIER IrNION SCHOOT