Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-11

In THE SENATE, yesterday, after our report
closed
Mr.. Green proceeded to discuss thNresolution Of
Mr.. Pugh in relation to the expedeifcy Of repeal.
ing so much Of the acts organizing the Territories
OF New Mexico and Utah as requires the laws
passed by said Territories to be submitted to Con-
gress for approval, to which MIR. Harlan had sub
mitted an amendment in reference to authorizing
the people Of each Of said Territories to elect ali
their territorial officers, executive legislative md
judicial in such manner the legislatures thereof
shall provide. He spoke at length against the
doctrine Of Popular Sovereignty as inaugu-
rated and maintained by Senator Douglas and his
friends, reading extracts from the bred Scott de.
cisiOn to support his views.
Without concluding his remarks Mr. G. gave
way for an Executive session, on coming out of
which the Senate adjourned until O'Clock to-day
is THE HOUSE, yesterday, after we went to
press Mr.. Edwards, Of N. H rose for the PUP
pose Of presenting resolution. They had been
here for thirty days, and had not done as much a,
the Thirty fourth Congress did in the first five
make 1t their first duty every day TO ballot for
Speaker, but instead Of that they were wasting the
time In speech-making, which could be produc.
i've OF nothing but evil, by provoking unfrendly
OF discord and agitation
Mr.. Hill, of Ga, asked If it was not the habit
Of republicans to circulate these infiammatorv
speeches among their constituents!
MIR. Edwards said he spoke only for himself
but 1t was his practice to send to his nsttuents
information of what was going on here on all
sides; but the newspaper press did more to clrcu-
late speeches Of mem bers than all other 40 ences
lie condemned the resolution of the gentleman
from Missouri, (Mr. Clark on which these
speeches were supposed to be based He denied
that any member had right to ask for the action
Of the House upon resolution Of that character
lie had not seen or read or signed that HELPER
book, but he denied that any gentleman had a
right to attempt to prescribe rule of action for
m pm heP He ID
abstraction. and held that it could have no appli-
cation TO the gentleman from Ohio (Mr Sherman. }
who had disclaimed the book. He objected to the
course pursued by the other side in wasting the
time Of this House by speech making and there
fore proposed the following resolution:
RtSo!rsd, That from ana after this day, on each
succeeding day Of the session until Speaker shall
be chosen, the House will proceed to an election
Of that officer precisely at one O'Clock, and will
take at least three successive ballots and any
Der having possession of the floor at that hour shall
immediately surrender it for that purpose
Mr. Winslow, of n c.. and Others objected
Mr.. Edwards moved that the parliamentary rule
be SO far suspended as to receive the resolution
Mr. Barksdale, Of Miss obtained the floor, but
Mr.. Wright. of Tenn, who proposed to address
the House briefly
Mr.. Edwards insisted on his motion
The Clerk was Of opinion that it could not be
pending.
After some discussion on the different points of
order
Mr.. Wright charged the gentleman from North
Carolina (Mr. Gilmer) with having introduced
his resolution for the purpose Of shielding the re-
publicans He believed they were in harmony
with the republicans on nearly all the great ques-
lons before the country. He charged the repub-
leans with being disuni onsts because they were
the party which four years ago elected an open
and avowed disunionist (Nathaniel p Banks)
Speaker Of this House, and yet that was the only
party which aPPlaused the Union speeches of his
colleagues He went on at length to denounce
the sectional character of the republican organiza
lion, quoting from speeches Of their leading men,
resolutions OF conventions &c to show their hos
tllty to slavery. lie denied that the democratic
was sectional party, and ridicued the idea that
'e hopes OF the country rested upon the little
oand OF twenty-four Americans-all from the
southern states save one. The democracy Were
certainly not sectional to locality and he chal.
lengtd his colleague to name a single right of the
South, claimed by the most extreme southern
man, which was not constitutional and lust IL
MS colleague waited to preserve the Union he
must bend his energies to preserve the Consttu-
ii ion and put down the sectional republican nsrtv
The democrats were standing upon the defensive
and loved the CniOn quite as well as and much
more wisely than, his colleague He hoped his
people would never submit TO the lordly dictation
of d party of traitors.
Mr.. Hill, Of Ga explained his position in re-
gard to the Union. He would not dissolve the
Union in case of the election of a republican nor
even an aboltionist, but while he would not in
slst upon general law for the protection of
slavery N the Territories whenever the case rose
in Territory where slavery naturally belonged
he would join the most extreme men Of the south
In demanding protection for slavery in such Ter
rltorles whether against unfriendly legislation or
against northern aggression. Applause
Mr.. Leake, Of Va, repudiated the idea that Viz
GINA would seek to maintain her rights inside the
Union by force. There was peaceful and Con-
stltnflonal remedy Virginia had the right to with
draw from the Union, and would do so whenever
occasion required
MIR. Scranton, Of Pa, obtained the floor, when
on motion of Mr. Stevens, of Pa, at five minutes
before four O'Clock the House adjourned