Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-04-20

Ance until AFTER the Charleston Convention.
Il may BE- the action Of ihA, meeting will
have snmsthins 10 10 with the fate Of the
bill. The impression now generally pre-
walls that the very large vote given in the
House Tor the bill may have an influence
upon the action Of the Senate. IL will he
an embarrassing question for the democrats
to meet 10 the Presidential contest, hence II
they can Get Il out Of theway many Of,hsm
would like to do Il. Mr.. Garnet, Of vir-
GINA had the franknes- 20 admit. In speech
be made IN the House against the bill. tina,
hH prinSlpal objection was the fac, that IL
would give the Republicans three sdl,,ion.
al electoral votes in the Presidential con.
,c.i and he might have added with good
deal Of rroprie,y, two Senator's and one
Representative in Congress.
A majority Of the .slec, COMMITTEES 90 the
Pseifc Railroad have. alter 30 long a time,
agreed upon bill. They agree upon a
Central route. with one or two branches.
Il will 70 resisted hy southern members, a.
j. every measure Of legislation that has not
GOT plantation niger in IL. ~ COZ the
Arizona Texas route. 81 never will be built,
unls.. Northern members. nv voting Tor Il,
abandon evsrv interes, Of their constituent.
for the sake Of hro'ipe the peculiar in,,i.
tuition. The general impression is that no
bin can pass This Congress. The democrat.
&c PARTY j, really opposes % any route tina,
will accommclats tho great mass Of the
American PEOPLE, and % long rs California
links her fortune. with that party, ju', 80
long they will probably "eA, the irai, Of
their Own doius'," by doing vi,hOutarAil.
road.
Mr.. Hickman Of IA, has made report
on the President. SPECIAL message. which.
like everything from the hand Of tha, gen.
,lsmau, Is production Of no ordinary mes.
it. IT., written in tcr.e, visorou. style,
meeting the whole question raised by the
President. between the Executive and Leg.
i.'atiyc departments. referring to every pre-.
ccdcni bearing upon the case and discus.
.,rs m such manner the legal and eOn.,i.
tutional aspects Of the case .. to completely
rcluic tie Argument. OF Mr.. Buchanan,
against the action Of the louse IN raising
n, Covote Committee. This report blow.
the .orhstrics ofihe President TO the winds.
Mc-.r,. Houston OF AlabanA and Taylor
Of L'ui.iana each made minority reports,
giving their views Of the question. They
sustain the President. When tie matter
come. up Tor action there will b. a .hor,
debate. a. IL presents some very interesting
questions growing Of the constitutional re-
h,iou. existing between the two depart.
men,s % the government.
\ bah giving certain individual. the rish,
20 constructs and maintain ,elesraphie line
9, the Pacific coast. Ia. passed the Srna,e,
and is now before tie House. I, .. TO b
bull, hy private enterrrise-hy CERTAIN gen.
tlsmsn named In tho bill-sive. them the
rsh, Of way over the government land.
contracts 90 Tay ihom by the government
hty thousand dollar, per year. and they in
return are 20 transmit all government mes-
.asrs free while the ball allows them to
charss private individual. three dollar. for
every mesas- % specified length. To,
senate passed the b,ll Ellosins CITY ,hous.
and Per snnum from tie government. and
four dollars iur messages Tor individuals,
bot the Post OEcc commiiiee Of the House,
have cut them down 20 the rate. above indi.
Gated. The bill ha. been up frr discussion,
but postponed for final action il, tate ia
the ll1uss !. uncertain.
The French Spolia,i1n bill is again re,
ported in the House Il come. from th,
COMMITTEES on Foreign relations, through
GOV. CorSin. IL. chairman Thi, mea.ur,
"a, hem before Consr.s. about fly year.
has always received the favorable action Of
committees. and once ?ass,i. bu, wa. 70,
tosl by a., Precedent. ltra jos, claim
- Acknowledged ~ nearly all who ha,,
thoroughly examined It ami it has been q
great outrage Upon these suffering creditors
,ha, they have 5, long been kept out oil
what Justly belone' to them, from the gov
eminent twill probably pass the lIousc
bot whether u will e, through the Senate
i, another question: whether II II
should pass the senate, the Presiden, would
not veto IL. !. still another question.
Our reader. have probably seen the isie.
graphic aecoun, oC the affair hs,ween
Mc-.r. Pryor Of Virginia. and Potter Of
Wisconsin. IL will be remembered that the
House barely escaped iissraeeful fsh', a;
the time Of the delivery Of the speech Of Mr..
Lore;oy Of Illinois. upon the slavery ques-
ton. Among Others who stood up upon
that occasion for tho .fr,'eoia Of d,bais in
Congress. WAS Mr. Potter u Wisconsin.
lie declared Lavcoy should speak, and
when Pryor accused Lovejoy Of menace and
rufanly conduct. Potter told him he wa.
" doing the same thing" In the confusion
Of the moment, the Globe reporter. did not
get down all that Potter said. lie took the
privilege every member has, to eoirec, bis
remarks and make them according 10 fats,
before they appeared IN the Globe. In the
meantime Pryor had been to the Globe Of.
Zee and craF5 some Of Potter. reported re-
marks. but Potter subsequently, corrected
them, and they appeared in the Globe as
reviewed by Potter.
Pryor called up the question in the