Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-01-13

seDsibly says be Will not GO out OF th'
Union, but will fight for the South in thl
Uuion. Some Of the 6re-eaters' speeche.
are fagitiously false and designedly in
sultiDg, but the Free State Members pos
sess their souls in patience, calling fol
votes, and making few if any replies
There arc four Anti Lecompton Democrat:
who can supply the needed three votes fol
Sherman, and thus organize the House By
fulfilling the wishes and expectations o.
the majority Of those who elected them.
Bocock eighty-four-Giiner ten eleven
Scattering twenty-Sherman one-huBdrud seven
Oh. that the ''crisis' would come
That has been so long '.impendrs!'
Oh! that the .irrcprrssible' strife
Would come to a speedy ending
If the South Americans would only vote,
And be thing another
If five AntiLecomptontes were worth groet,
We should soon be rid Of this bother
SENATE, jan. 4.-Mr. Mason, Of Vir-
ginia, said that the word scrrilc, which be
had applied to the States where slavery
did not exist, was criticised by the Sena-
tor from Wisconsin. He used the express
ion deliberately, and thought it drew a
true distinction between the States where
slavery did exist, aud those where there
was 90 slaves In common parlance, the
States were called free and slave, aud those
amongst whom be lived, bad never taken
offence a, the latter designation. lie did
not see how exception could be taken to
the term seryile Is be had applied it.
The Northern States are not fee, but Ser
ritc. Part of the population were held in
Joadage. Men who were sui j ,ctad to the
will OF others, were Serrt{e. From Iccess
i,y, there was a serving class in the Free
States as well as in the Slave. These
were made servile By their masters, and
could be seen wearing their Masters liy-
ery and badge of servitude. He bad seen
it in this city. lie therefore thought the
term servile entirely applicable as he had
used it.
Mr.. Dooliitle, of Wisconsin, responded.
He had not received the term 10 an offen
sive sense, because he did no; understand
what it meaut He thought possibly the
Senator might have referred to the Demo-
cratic party in the Free States, to whom
this term might sometimes, with proprie-
ty, be applied.
Mr.. Foster, Of Connecticut, followed.
He said the Republicans are not otnOx-
ious to the charge Of the slavery agitation,
for the question vas introduced into the
message, and on this floor, by gentlemen
on the other side. He did not intend,
however, to discuss that subject, but would
consider that branch of the Message re-
ferrins to our Mexican relations. He diff
fered entirely with the President as to the
course he recommended US to pursue. He
did not dispute that great outrages had
been pcrpe;ra;cd On American ci;izars in
Mexico, and that they ought to be redress
cd; but be thought tais vas an unf0rtu-
nate time to undertake 10 redress the
wrongs there, when, in oar country, and
eren IA tie thirteen original States, -4meri
can citizens eere srbtring Jfom ,eroays not
diaimi1dr, equally atrocious, 0Md e2Ha!,y
calling far re,ireSs. Citizens, Living IN the
slaveholding States, whose views on sla-
very differed with communities in which
they reside, had no more security for life,
liberty, and property, than American eii-
zens have in Mexico. He read the state
meuts of numerous acts Of outrage commit
ted on Northern people in the Southern
States. A general prescription was ex-
tended to Northerners, from which even
females we're not exempt. This i'll treat
ment is not only exercised towards Abo.i-
tionists, but to all Northerners, without
discrimination. He then referred to the
condition of Utah, where no man was safe
who was obnoxious to the Mormons ; and
a,so to the bad faith observed by the Gov.
ernment in carrying out treaties for the
protection of the Texas reserve Indians.
lie houored the Secretary of the Interior
for the manly manner in which he had
brought the outrages, committed on those
Indians, to the attention Of the country.
Unl,r all these circumstances, and when
American citizens are suffering SO much
wrong at home, be thought it mistimed to
undertake to reform other Gorernsients.
We should set better eramp'e ourselces,
and redress home grievances. He referred
also to, and condemned, the offers made in
Southern papers Of money for the heads
of members of this body. He thought,
even if she Presidents recommendation
was acceded to, it was doubtful whether
the Government would las. long enough 10
enable him to get the army there, a:
threats had been made, on the other side,
10 dissolve the Union when Republican
President is elected, an event which would
take place within year. Though be did
not believe the Union vou d be dissolved
it would be wise to wait year, ahd see il
tie exigeney should arise, which The ger.
,leman had referred to. Besides these
objections, he opposed the appropriation
on the ground that it was uDcoDs'itution'
al, and yiolative of the international law
The porer the President asked, was tc
make par. That belonged to US, aud We
could not transfer it to him.
1t is singular feet that while one 9Th
Of the Presidents Message is devoted to
the discussion of the affairs of Mexico, a
neighboring republic, it contains not the
least reference to the grave condition OF
Utah, one of our own Territories. The
Secretary of War makes most alarming
statements with regard 10 this Territory.