The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-12-25
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
By THE E. d W. LINE.
Exclusively for the Journal.
CONGRESSIONAL

4 a meeting of citizens of Reading. Pa; alsC
! a DILL to suppress the invasion of one State
by smother. Referred to the Select Com
Y mittee.
l Mr.. Douglas presented several amend
q ments to the Constitution Ordered to be
printed and referred to the Select Committee
Mr. Wilson introduced bill for the more
? efectual suppression of the slave trade.
The hour of l o'clock having arrived, a
question arose as to whether the bill for
the admission of Kansas should be taken
up, which was the special order, or whether
the Senate should proceed to consider the
resolution Of M. johnson of Tennessee.
Mr.. Nicholson had the floor on the latter.
The question was settled by taking I'D
the Kansas bill and allowing the floor to
Mr.. Nicholson.
Mr.. Nicholson of Tennessee rose to speak.
lie referred to the speech of the Senator
from Ohio (Wade), and said that he CWade)
admitted that he did not much blame the
/ Southern people, as they believed that the
! North were their enemies The Republican
| party are responsible for this feeling. The
! Senator from Ohio spoke the truth when he
said the people of the South believed the
North were their enemies, but he (Nicbol-
SOM denied that this belief was BROUGHT
| about by any acts of the Democrats of the
North
Mr.. Nicholson paid an eloquent tribute to
the fidelity of the Democrats of the North.
VINO, he said, had long and bravely fought
against sectionalism. The belief of the South
IN the enmity of the North came from the
most reliable sources from the speecbes |
and writings Of the eminent men of the Re-
publican party, in which he would especial- !
ly include the Senator from Ohio (Wade) |
Mr. Davis alluded to resolution he had |
Z hn NTTn
wished printed. 1t provided for amend
ments to the Constition declaring slaves on
an equality to all other property under all
circumstances, and not to be impaired bv
local law IN State or territory. Ordered to
be printed
Mr. Nicholson proceeded at some length.
taking the ground ofCounsel and co-Operation
amongst the Southern States and demand
for their rights, and if they failed to get
them, that they should secede or revolution
lze rather than acquiesce. He argued that
the Government had no right to coerce
South Carolina.
Mr.. Doolittle followed, taking the ground
That the Kansas controversy had caused all
the trouble, and argued that her prompt
admission would do much to allay the ex-
element
Mr.. Collamer advocated the passage of
the Kansas bill
On motion OF Mr.. Green, the bill for the
of Kansas was postponed and
made the special order for Monday next.
Adjourned till Thursday.
HoUsE.-The Speaker laid before the il
House letter signed by Messrs. Mcqueen. a
Bonham, Boyce, and Ashmore, in which il
they say they avail themselves of the earli- t
est opportunity, since getting official advices q
making known that the people of South r
Carolina, in their sovereign capacity. have
resumed the powers which they had hereto
otore delegated to the General Govern
nent and thus dissolve theirs the signers'. e
with the House OF Representa-
ives In taking leave of those with whom
ney nave been associated, they as well as
he people Of their cOmmOnW eaIth. wish to r.
xpress mutual feeling of respect, and u
herlsh the hope that in the future their re- j
ations may be friendly
Laid on the table and ordered to be &c
rinted. p'
Mr.. Moore of Ky. introduced a bill DIV al
ng construction to the fugitive slave law d'
I 1898. Referred to the Select Committee C
f 80. W
Morris of III. offered resolution for the &C
ppointment of committee of five to in
ulre into the late abstraction of certain es
onds from the Interior Department. but III
uttered the resolution to lay over for the
resent.
Mr.. Sherman from the Committee op or
Ways and Means, reported the army appro- III
ration bill. M
On motion of Mr.. Crawford il was order rl'
that when the House adjourns to-day. it
g to Thursday next. th
Mr.. Kilpore introduced q h;rr =, o.,o,.,.-, ke
metropolitan police for the city of Wash Is
lgton, which was referred to the Commit- co
,e on the District of Columbia.
The Speaker laid before the House a com,
unication from the Secretary of the Interior >.
atlng that on Saturday last he was in oii
rmed by a voluntary confession of an pc
fcer of the Department, that State bonds no
eld in trust by the United States for the oe
'neht OF Indians, amounting to $4,000 eu
nd been distracted from his custody and SCI
inverted to private uses. The Secretary va '
Us the enormity of the fraud demands full u"
vestigation by Congress in order to vindi- =
tie his own honor and expose the ouiltv ol
Id derelict.
he therefore appeals to the House for the ulc C
'pointment of a committee with full power SCI
send for persons and papers, and asks for vi VI
vesngahon, with the view that full Justice Sli' ~
done in the premises. NO
AIR Sherman said the Secretary of the
'easury also desired an investigation for
e vlRdication OF his character, and intro mi
iced resolution for the appointment of ~,
select committee of FIVE to inquire into Ta; TP;'
d report the facts in relation to said frand d.. Do.
d that the committee have full power to 80, 80
nd for persons and papers, The resolu- ~ ~"
N was passed nol
John Cochrane offered preamble settino oun -
snggasti59 the n,eu'c9 Tue coun- SIM
estlon from the National Councils a. y r
nedy, and concluding with resolution dav
pressive of the opinion of Congress that mil
very shall not exist in the territories feed
nth of SO 80, aud that the States form jish
therefrom shall be admitted with or of +
thout slavery as their Constitution NAV itv
wide, and that South of that line slavery or q
III not be prohibited by Congress or a snec
ritorial legislature. =
The next resolution asserts the SOVEREIGN ing