, 1860-06-05
xxxvlTH eoSCRBs-FiRsr SESSION

SAsArE,-Mr. Wilson presented resolution
TINT the Secretary Of State be directed to con-
municato 10 the Senate copies Of anT CORES.
poadenee or other papers on file ~ his depart
American vessel at Palermo. OF Father Sau.ea,
an Italian Patriot, by the Intervention or agency
Of Heary q. Darstow, the Consul of the United
Statea At that place. Adopted.
Mr.. Kennedy moved 70 take Up the blll TO
cire the right of way to the Baltimore Ohio
Railroad through the District to connect with
the Virginia roads.
Mr.. Cameron hoped not: He proceeded to
show that the Baltimore l. OHIO Road, in its
rates on coal, discriminatas against Pennsylva-
MIA.
Ar. Kennedy said he would tRkr occasion to
sylvania, and would ahow that bis opposition
to the bill was based On personal interest.
The motion to take up MAS lost.
ME. Toombs mored to take up the bill Te1a.
tive TO the Houmas grant. Agreed to.
Mr.. Polk moved to strike ont the second and
third sections Of the bill compelling claimants
to sue ia two years or forfeit their lands. The
question YVES divided, and the second section
was stricken out and The third section was re-
tanned. The subject WAS postponed till to NOR
row at 12f o'clock.
The kznsas bill was taken up.
Mc. Sumner spoke ut length. Mr. S.'s speech
on the ba1barism Of slavery was rery lengthy.
Undertaking now, after silence ofmors than
four years on this important subject. should
suppress the emotions natural to such an occa-
slon, IT l did not declare on the threshhod my
gratitude to 1batSnpreme Being through whose
benign care am enabled, aftu< much suffering
aud many changes; once agsn to resume my
duties here, and to speak for tue cause which
is 30 near my heart. When / last entered into
this debate it became my duty to expose the
crime against Kansas end to insist upon
the immediate admission Of that territory
ns a State Of this Union with a Con-
stltution torbidding slavery. Time has
passed, but the question remains. Re-
sun,ing the discussion precisely where l.lt
it, am happy to ayow That rule Of moderation
which it is said may venture evan to fix the
boundaries Of wisdom ITSELF. II have no per-
sonal griefs to utter Only barharousegotism
could intrude these into this chamber. l
have n. personal wrongs to ayenge- Only a
vengeance which belongs TO the Lord. TIE
yea1s that have intcrvened, and the ton,bs That
have opened since |, spoke. have their voices.
too, which caunot fail to hear Besides, what
am l? What is any man, among the living, or
among the dead, compared with the question
cuss, and open the argument with that easy
yictory which is found in charity.
Mr. Sumner closed as follows:
Thus, sir, speaking for freedom in Kansas, I
have spoken for freedom everywhere, and for
civilization, aud as tho less is contained ia the
greater, SO are all arts. all sciences, all ccono
mics, all reflneHents, all charities. oil delights
OF lite embodied in this cause. You may re-
gret it, but it will be only for to-day The sa-
cred anifnosity between freedom and slavery
can end only IN the triumph Of freedom. The
same question will soon be carried before that
high tribunal, supreme over the senate aud
court, where The judges will be counted by
millions, and where tho Judgment rendered
will be tho solemn charge Of IN aroused
people iostructing new President in
the name OF Freedom.
HoCsE.-The House ncted m the Sen.ta,s
amendments to the Fast f1fics I,afc;sncv Iii
aud non-coucurred in lint atrit;or mi H. nra'
yiso for the restoration Of the susnended inland
mail service, and requiring proposals from 1i,e
| lowest bidder for calryinF he mails between
Charleston md Panama.
Among other bills renorted from The com.
mlttee were tho following ~ '''
| By Mr. Adams of kentucky, aushorlxin., a
daily mail ialand between Sau Francisco and
Olympia, Washington Territory. al u SUN not
exceeding 300 ooo Instead NJ III ssu; nnonth1v
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