, 1860-04-03

Usnsocrats---EE4s snor, ts f1vd-ea.-H1nt.
..Eon'erFs1 1Jsffafs or uFlasl- Faisanea,
H<ip<rfsns. '"'
!, VoFFespon1eaes Of the P.sss and Tribune! =,
WAsnrsG1us, Mach q, 1860. >
Ine gu'tt Of the morning hour was dis
t"rosa I'D 'Ae liouse. to-day, by tl.s receipt Of q
nessace from the President, in which that ven
cradle 1unc1ionaty Eliminates whine that will
20 down TO postcF:iy ns one Of tic most inbe.
Gle acts Of this imbecie Administration, aud us
the e-'ett7evtdenee- OF tho As<aots lold
US charged by a s'un.erous portion 6f bis own
party. Immediately upon the rccript Of this
message, Sir. Sherman novedthat it te referred
u the COMMITTEE on the Judiciary, and n,s1ft
restfnrn IN wtffeh he crntentee that
JAMES fsucLnaan ,w44 no more entitled 10 i'm.
munity lTdin Investigation by Congress ihto the
n1arnrr in winch he had DISCHARGED tho trust
committed to him by the people5 thah ADy oller
EutlG kffFant. =
Mr. Docock volunteered iu beha'f of old
Buck, not feuving this work, as on Il former &c.
ca,iun, to be parfarntd by Dan. Sickles. The
burden Ct iucLok Tetna, Ks waA that the ltepub.
bean party lsnd been guilty Of improper COLL
duct, aud therefore, the President ought 10 'es-
cape censnre. lie made ont an e:cdngly
poor Case for The oil fellow. :.
There was peculiar significance IN referring
this manifesto of James Duchanan's to the
Committee on the Judiciary, for there is II nun
ut the hcad Of that committee who understands
fully the question whereof it treats. That man
knows what tue charges nre that are made
ay 4inst !ames EuchaHun; LIE knows the truth
OF tlln%c charges; hr knnws how to deal with
iiIem le know james Euchuusu, and he knows
tow to deal with aim-aud lie ails the Ecrre 10
dot. Tint man is JoHS U1CKuAS-all honor
to his name!
Wien lie pinch came-the voting pinch
where do you think lle Anti Lecomptou Demo-
Gratis Of the Vest were-thosewho; with thtir
distinguished chief, saM that the Lccompton
"a forced down the throats OF u free people"
Wdhtiag. Upon the count br teliefs. upon
ordering The previous question, Ike Morris,
your states jrwel from the Quincy. District,
eat@d 1oiA tue Il pub!1c1sa;; but mLcn it came to
thc yeas and uays. he r:raftl to t0tf: All the
rest uf yaur Popular Sovereignty jewels rottL
NTH the D5aocrIty IN faeor o. the <4asn:a istra-
fion. Old Major Schwartz voted against refer.
ring the Message IL the Judiciary Committee,
because be wanted it taken up by the uunse
Immediately, US did al5o Mr. Burroughs of New
York. The South Amerioans voted a1uaost to u
1nln with tue Republicans. The nsjority il
favor af the motion to refer was q, the vote be.
ing 105 to r..
Ahcn the celebrated committee that was rais-
cd in the House Of Couanlnns to inycs.ig ate Tie
conduct Of Charles tue First, that munurcb,
taking exceptions to the power of the commit
tee, raised the cry Of" rrlyi'ege." The coinci
deuce in the number. Of that Committee aud of
This, and in the position assumed by that tyr4nt
and By fhis, is striking. The coming in ct'ntaos
First bis head What will be the cost to Amer
ica's james the First, is yet to be seen. Tie
gote to-day IVES one that lmny. possibly cruise a
little unusual wakefu1nesa III tho State Cl.an,-
ber u. the u hite: :Il"t,se during the silent watch
e: "i this night :'snictnbsr, it lacked but little
Of two-tlirds vote. =. /:.::' -
nr. Gruw, 10 day, from the Committee on
50 It was lnade The special order for Tuesday
next. =. ,-'
~ Committee Ct tue Whole, this afternoon,
Billy Montgomery intde his long promised de-
fence ol DnneEas, in reply to tie charges If
Curry. Of Alabama. The sceuc t4eEeuI.ou af.
forded was rich o.c.. lie hid only sut
fairly under way III his speech, betore j se1lcs
Of Interruptions commenced which saon got
linn into watvr boy mud his depth, mud hut 1T
that. Lamar, lsar lsdae aud Singleton o: Mis-
ssssippi, Crawford aud Underwood Of Geur-
gin. Sydenl1am Muurc, Clopton au.1 Cur
r. Of Alabama, uirda'uu OF Arkansas, CLARK Of
Missouri, Niles Of South Carolina. aud others
Of the Southern Democracy, cAtnc at him BY
turns, and thu times Of the disorgaaization
seemed to hare returned. The questions came
50 thick ana taS. that the Chairtuun l,aJ tu ill.,
tcrtcrc to protect poor Montgomery from being
completely overwhelmed. hut the ilnperturba.
bic ;t.ar .:no;a his ground noblJ, and Wlla: lie
lacked in argument he made up in audacity.
Gu ctn l1ilasAc Toe questions HUT were l,ul to
hun, but vs.u cannot well imag gine his answers
As did not take i Verbatim report Of liz COL
lasluy. and us ahsl not see th" official ter,rt
until Tomorrow, will not undertake ~ give i
synopsis ct it, suppos:n5 you will present it to
your readers, us it Is too rich to be lost To
the question Of Lamar, asking him il Douglas
did hut say al Freeport thut no matter whxl he
supre nc C.'art may hereafter decide, the power
remains unimpaired." Montgomery replied tlat
l'ouel:s AaI nsetr uttered any such opinion
lzn't there ASSURANCE fur you? 1t is ouiy to be
compared, in its iciness, 10 Douglass ASSERTION
in tint very Frteport speech tt,a. lie had hun
dfed Hines betore suld what Montgomery now
roundly ass:r.s that kc never said At ali: Or
tue arguments used by Montgomery, when
I'll you they were dull rcaash Of The stale
ss1 1ogisms " It'll which Douglas l,as ,1auaeated 4
o"1'4titnt rrop'r, you will want ,n hear: no
mote ahout thtu'. Wien head the s,creo-
typed query. "At wliut time does the right Of
seit'gos. rnnent leayc the immigrant 10 ii lvrsi-
tory-does 1t fall like knapsack tram his back
when lie crosses Ill iu,uylnary Fueeys1{I felt
di-xusted. Il tocs seem as though that biuiie
ouqht 10 10 played out.
tell you ,he simple. naked truth when say
that t0ar-Efths u the Utn.oc,atic n.en5- r.
Idugh<d u -non;Qomt4ytx .j:.et while he was
making this opening and clearly nciat expo>i-
t!on OF OF ratber auolugy fol. Squsttcr Sover-
eighty. When Ais hour cxpir. d tue Southern
Democrats begged him 10 70 ol1-:he fun was
too good to be lust. Lie made ore ambiguous
essay for which he got rgbuked upon The spot.
lie undertook 10 cite the vete for McCiernuud
~ IN Endorsement Of Popular Sorerei .nty
Several Democrats at once indignantly DENIED
this, aud asked lin how the vote of tue Sorth
fnrI ,rft, t.u.
and openly repud'nted Popular Sovereignty,
was to be considered! This is simply speci-
men of the mauy round turns up tu which Ec
was brought by his merci:css brethren in the
faith.
Talk Of I1elperiam being odious! If Hinton
Rowan Helper had beca the progcnitor Of
Ssquaster Sovereignty, he might think he Lad
done something seriously to offend The
Sonth; fur llcperisin, with all its ter
r1b!e Significance, nevertheless commands
some respect from 1lo South, but Sguatter
Sovereignty is SPIT upon, spurned. ri1icule.l,
kicked. culI=tl, and tIa:nplcd under foct, by the
Democratic party. but Mont sonery saws Anti.
Lecoupton Is dead, like Lecon.p.on, anl 1t the
close of his speec! this afternoon he called this
ISSUE dead one, md he agreed to submi,
Squattcr Sovereignty 10 the decision Of the Su-
preme Court-it that tribunal sad it was wrnue.
ITS advocates would "eheerfull5 acquiesce" Il.
that decision: e. But the supreme Court have
aACAHt AcIsuEA kHa& 40celuH. Sllu LGc 3iu11Q-
pure Democrats to-dav. What Montgomery
did not answer on the floor Of the House, b,it
what he looked, and what to.H be answered TO-
night. when the customary button holing pro-
cess goes on, will be. .'D-u it, we know: the
Supreme Court has decided this question, but
VIC nced another decision Us aa excuse.' The
r.joindrr to all these answers will he eircn 1T
Charleston. 1t won't do, Ar. Dou.'as," say
tic south to him. 'Your intentions are doubt
less good NV; you promise well; but you
must sit OIL the stoul of repentance awhile. :"
The scnalc did nothing to-day Of my conse-
4ueucc. WALDO.
co1ErrTIoN IN THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.
iC"r-"spondencc of,lt C.ce!nna:1 Conmc:e:a11
WAsnlSGTeS, Nurch 70, ls6D Judge ls,rtL. Of
Missouri, sou.e two years ago ma.ic cl,u, res
against the Commissioner Of the General Land
0sice and iu letters to the President which hare
been published, subssuutiated the said charges.
These letters compromise the position and ot!i-
cial conduct OF Hon. Jacob Thomuson, Secretary
Of the Interior, Thomas Hendricks, ia,e Co,u-
missioner Of The General Land Office, and
lion J. Gl4ncy Jones, member # .!.s Thirty
Fifth Congress, and Nr Huchanau's present
Minister 10 the Court Of Aus,ria. Judge birch
i rnn in fhi. rifv and haS t,oon },nc,,e, IT, ~