The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-15

WASHINGTON, June 4.

WASHINGTON, June 4.
! SENATE.-Mr. Wilson presented a resolu
ton that the Secretary Of State be directed
to communicate to the Senate copies of any
correspondence or other papers on file in his
department, in relation to the arrest Oh
board of an American vessel at Palermo, of
Father Lausea, an italian patriot, by the
intervention or agency OF Henry II. Bar
stow, the consul OF the United States, at
that place. Adopted. .,.t
Mr.. Kennedy moved to take up the bill
to give the right Of way to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, through the District, to
connect with the Virginia roads.
Mr.. Cameron hoped not. He proceeded
to show that the Baltimore and Ohio road, in
its rates on Goa, Disseminated against Penn
sylvania.
Mr.. Kennedy said he would take occasion
to reply to the remarks of the Senator from
Pennsylvania, and would show that his op.
! position to the bill was based on personal
interest. The motion to take up was lost
Mr. Toombs moved to take up the bill
relative to the Houmas grant. Agreed to.
Mr.. Polk moved to strike out the second
and third sections of the bill compelling
claimants to sue in two years, or forfeit
their lands. The question was divided, and
the second section was stricken out, and the
third section retained. The subject was
postponed till l21a o'clock to morrow.
The Kansas bill was taken up. Mr..
Sumner spoke at length on the barbarism
of slavery. The following are the opening
sentences
After silence of more than four years on this
important subject, should suppress the emo
lions natural to such an occasion if did not dis
charge on the threshold my gratitude to that
Supreme Being, through whose benign care l
am enabled, after much suffering and many
changes once again to resume my duties here,
and to speak OF the cause which is so near my
heart. When | last entered into this debate it
became my duty to expose the crime against
Kansas, and to insist upon immediate admission
of that territory as State of this Union with
Constitution forbidding slavery. Time has
passed but the question remains. Resumlng
the discussion precisely where left it, am
happy to avOw that rule of moderation which
it is said may venture even to fix the bounda-
ries of wisdom itself. have NO personal griefs
to utter; only barbarOus egotism could intrude
these into this chamber. l have no personal
wrongs to avenge; only a barbarous nature
could attempt to WELD the vengeance which be-
vened, and the tOmbs that have opened since
spoke have their voices too which | cannot
fail to hear besides, what am /? what is any
man among the living or among the dead, COM
pared with the question before us p? 1t is this
alone which shall discuss, and open the ar
gument with that easy victory which is found
in charity.
Mr.. Sumner concluded as follows:
Thus sir, speaking for freedom in Kansas, 1
have spoken for freedom everywhere, and for
civilization, and as the less is contained in the
greater, so are all arts, all sciences, all econo
mics, all refnements, all charities, all delights
of life embodied in this cause. You may regret
it, but it will only be for to-day. The sacred
animosity between freedom and slavery can end
only in the triumph of freedom. The same
question will soon be carried before that high
tribunal over the Senate and Court. where the
judges will be counted by millions, and where
the judgment rendered will be the solemn
charge of an aroused people instructing new
President in the name of freedom to see that
civilization receives no detriment.
a Mr.. Chestnut made brief response to
Mr.. Summers speech, speaking of it as an
extraordinary one. After ranging over
Europe, sneakiug into the back doors of
English aristocracy and fawning at their
feet, this slanderer of states had reappeared
in the Senate. We had hoped after the
punishment be had received for bis former
lnsolence, that be would have learned pro-
priety, but had repeated bis former vulgar.
ity and mendacity. The Egyptians defed
reptiles, but it remains for Northern Abo.
itionists to defy an embodiment of malice,
mendacity and cowardice. He was not in.
clned to put further punishment on the re-
cpient of former punishment, who had
gone bowling through the world yelping out
volumes of ISLANDERS, and he would therefore
endeavor to keep quiet.
Mr.. Sumner-He had pointed out the
barbarism of slavery, and the Senator's re-
joinder should 60 as an appendix and fitting
illustration of his argument Adjourned.
HoUsE.-The House acted on the Sem
ate's amendments to the Post Office def
cheney bill, and non,concurred in that, strik.
ing out the proviso for the restoration of the
suspended inland mail service, and requir-
ing proposals from the lowest bidder for
carrying the mail between Charleston and
Panama.
Among other bills reported from the
committee we're the following by Mr.. Adams
of Kentucky, authorizing daily mail inland
between San Francisco and Omyphi, Wash
ington Territory, at sum not exceeding
100000, instead of the semi monthly service
by steamer at $l28,OOO also, bill estab-
fishing weekly mail service between the
United States and twelve ports on the Mex
lean gulf, according to the Butter6eld plans.
Mr.. Cofax. from the same committee,
reported a bill appropriating $4,000 for
post office in Brooklyn N. Y. He re-
ported that they were equally divided upon
the bill, and therefore reported it without
recommendation, and that but for the rule
| adopted by the committee early in the ses-
sion against making any new appropriations
for public buildings, the majority would
have favored this bill, which had special
claims over any other application before
them. Referred to the committee of the
whole on the state of the Union.
Mr.. Lee, from the same committee, re-
ported bill for the erection of post-ofice
in Philadelphia. Similarly referred.
Mr.. Haskin. from the Committee on Print
| inc renOrted hack tho Joint resolution rn.