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xxxvIth CoNGREss-lst SESSION.

WASHINGTON, January 3.
SENATE.-There was q very slim attend
anoe.
Mr.. Hamlin asked leave to withdraw GER
tain petitions.
Several private bills were read and referred
Mr.. King stated that the resolutions adopted
at the Union meeting at Rochester, N. Y,
had been forwarded to the Senators from that
State, and he would request that they be read
The Secretary read them.
Mr.. King desired to say few words on
these resolutions. he, in presenting them,
was gratified to say that the people of New
lican institutions and our present form of Gov
ernment. All parties there entertained the
sentiment, "The Union must and shall be pre-
served" That sentiment could not be turned
to party account. The Union meeting had
proved the strength Of that sentiment, and the
resolutions adopted speak for the whole peo-
pie of the State. He called the attention Of
the Democratic Senators, who had expressed
disunion sentiments, to the fact that these ex-
pressons Of attachment 10 the Union came
from prominent Democrats Of the North.
The resolutions were laid on the table,
Mr.. 6lidell moved to refer tho paper on the
subject of the Houman's land claim to the
Committee on the Judiciary. It belonged
praperly TO the Committee on Private Land
Claims, but as the motives Of himself and col
lesge on that motion had been impugned, and
as Mr.. Benjamin was Chairman Of that Com
mittee, he desired to change its reference.
Mr.. Collamer called attention to the fact
that Mr.. BENJAMIN was also on that committee.
The subject was laid over till tomorrow. A
large number Of petitions Of no general interest
wore PrUsOutod.
Mr.. Brown, Of Miss, desired TO dsclaim
any intention, as imputed by the newspapers,
to assail the President or his message, unless
by bis respectful expression Of his dissent to
some Of his statements, they considered him
in that light. He entertained q strong per-
sonal regard for the President, but il he did
not, age and his long public services would.
He had a right, however, in common With
every citizen, to courteously express his views,
and would do so.
Mr.. B. then referred to the expression of
the President, that the Dred Scott decision
settled the slavery question. He denied this;
further legislation would be needed. The ju-
dioisry, the President said, could apply rem
edies for any wrongs to slave property in the
territories. Congress must at once act, and
pass laws authorizing protection Of slsvehold-
ers In Kansas, in their slaves, as American
citizens in protecting their property intransitu
over the Isthmus-a measure recommended
by the President. The courts could not fur
nish protection to slavery in Kansas without
statuatory law.
He ewould demand his rights under the Con-
atitution, and would see the Democratic party
destroyed before he would withhold the hon
est expression of his sentiments. Without
further legislation there will be no more slave
territory, and, consequently, no more slave
States. He knew what would become of the
Dred Scott decision if the Anti. Slavery party
have the United States Supreme Court. In
order to preserve the Union, slave States must
be multiplied.
A speech was made by Mr.. Doolittls, who
declared that the threat made by the South Of
breaking up the Union, was addressed not to
the manhood of Northern Senator's, but to
their want of it.
He went into history Of the legislation of
the country to show that every administration,
from that of Washington to the present, had
recognized and exercised the power Of Congress
over the territories.
Mr.. Doolittle gave notice to the Senators Of
the South who threatened disunion, that if
they designed to seize on the Government,
they would resist and put down the attempt
peacefully. He denounced the term "Servill,"
applied by the Senator from Virginia to the
Northern States. After further debate the
Senate adjourned.
H0UsE.-Mr. Boyee, who had the floor on
Friday last, resumed his remarks.
Mr.. Hickman made explanation, that if
differences occurred between tho sections Of
the Union, the responsibility will rest on the
South.
1.-THE dispatch closes with no notice Of any
vote being had, or oven Of adjournment.]