, 1860-12-28
BY TELEGRAPH.
A1}lTH C0NGRESS.--Setant Session.

IL
sESATE.-Mr. Green called for the order Of
the day, the Territorial business.
A bill was reported from the Committee on |
Territories to provide for the territorial gov |
Of Arizona, DC, and taken up.
Mr.. Green c1plainedt the bill He said it was
jectional in IT, It WIS necessity for the teni~
toriA government there.
AE. Brown moved to add o section, that the |
net Of the Legislature Of New Mexico for the |
protection Of slaro property be In force in this
Mr; TFumbull moved 10 amend, that the law
Which was In force In the enld Territory ut the
time OF the annexation, to remain In force br-
III It becomes State.
Mr. Doolltlc said we had lived together for
eighty years In peace. Peace WIS based On
two ldeals: lst. That the Federal Government;
not citizens oi nonslaycholdlng States. tsould
make aggression on siaye1y in The states, aud
the other, that neither the federal Govern
!nent, nor the citizens Of the blareholdi..,,
states, should make aggression, no. ondcrtaEee
70 toa overthrow freedom In .ac Territories. If
nrscc eon1ie'ons ~ "erc brokrn there cannot be
H. pss.ee ne said The Constitution vas
suprelne Law Of the land nhA *
~vess state, and if the Constitution
contains, any language v.:icn would abolish
sl,scry IN q Ttrls:Ury, it would abolish II in
State !1a linen referred to the Dred 8eott
:i:II!sion, and claimed that there was Nothing
in that decision to lead any one to infer that
the Constitution establishes slavery in my
territory; nutning that justites men In saying
th::. the Constitution enters the territory nc
CURED from Mexico, and abollshcs Mexican
Law and establishes 4 law guaranteeing the
right to take and hold slavcs in this territory.
nc argued that if VIC should annex Canada,
the Constitution had no power Of its own
force, to repeal the laws there In regard to
slavery, which had been in force hundred
years He said tie Senator from Tennessee
{NicholsoD) had said there was great alarm
1t the South from the free States,
and said he appreEcnded the time would come
whcn tie frcc States would attempt to amend
the Constitution 50 rs TO extinguish slavery.
Why did not the Senator from Tennessee, if
hc wished to allay the slarnl, quote in hi.
| speech that part o. the Republican platform
which declares an essential principle 10 be the
maintenance Of States rights in order to main
Invasion Of any State on 10 matter what pre-
text. Wig did not tho Senator quote from
/ the speeches Of the President elect when be
hal declared, over and over again, that he did
not intend ur wish to interfere with slavery in
the States. Mr. Doolitl!c then read from Lin
COINS speeches where lie had declared lie had
no purpose, directly OF Indirectly, to interfere
with slavery in the States. lie believed be
had no lawful right to d. eo, nor had he any
| INCLINATION 80 to do.
| 11r. Nicholson sail he had stated that the
Republican party had expressed determine.
| tioa to regard the rights of Southern men in
the States, but he lald down general princi-
Pie outside Of the State, which, If carried out,
would destroy their rights III the States,
Mr. Doolittle said he understood the gentle.
man 10 sag that he apprchcuded tile Repub]i.
CHI party would SO increase in power that at
lust 1t would amend the Constitution 60 rs ia
destroy the rights Of the South aud cmanclpate
the slaves.
Mr.. Nicholson said the policy and principle.
OF the Republican party, II carried out, would
eItinguish slavery, and Ae had expressed thC
apprehension that II the free States increased
aud they intended to cary out their purpose
il Nan!d lead to the ultimate extinction o]
slavery.
Mr. Doolitt1e said the Republican party, Z,
he understood 1t, stood pledged to protect an6
maintain the rights of States to all powers mol
expressly delegated OF necessary to carry iutt
effect the powers delegated. 1t was funda1ntu
til with them to maintain the sovereignty q
the several States, aud the right to control al
domestic institutions. lie would undertake
to say that no Republican expressed the desir
oTwish that the GcueEll Government have pow
er 10 Interfere with slavery in the States. III
knew there was \ book published by an indi
yldnal named Spooner, that took ground tha
the Constitution itself abolished slavery, bu
it found M supporters Of any weight. 1t VII
precisely like that other fanatica1 i1ea that tht
Constitution Of its own force establishc
| slavery anywhere on the elrth-
Mr.. Clingman said llc had seen published
that the Senator from New York (Scward) ha.
recommended the book. Did the Senator from
Wisconsin mean that this was . forgery, OF dit
lie mean the Senator from New York had n
weight.
air. DoolIttle believed that the author was
man Of sound sense; hut what lie (ME. D. }6ai
was. that the idea that the Constitution estat
itslcs or abol'shcs slavery, had no shadow o
foundation. The Constitution was formed b.
men who knew tho meaning Of words the,
employed. They recognized the righs c
slayc-hol1ing States to persons held to service
anu made it tie duty OF free States to dc1lye
sovereign over its own laws. The law Of til
slave States makes the slaves property. tn
law of the free States does not make thc1
property. The Constitution does reiu
cr With the idea that the Constitutin
establishes slavery, VIC cannot have peace O.
it first as last. The people uf the Unite
States will never consent that the Coustit,
tion be so altered Is to became by its ow
| force slavery extending Constitution Bu
they do not put construction upon it whic
will make it abolish slavery in any State {
Territory. Wesimp1y ask, let t.e Constitutio
stand As our fathers made it, neither aairmin
| Or denying, then We can have peace. i'll
read again from Mr. Lincoln's speech, to s6o
that ilc lad no desire to Infringe on the ri.il
Of the statss.] He snid lie desired t
sreak few moments on what ":
alleged to bo the causes Of Il
the Senator from Kentucky which he yer
much regretted to see brought up. It W:
ouly recently lie had heard Of it in conncctio
/ with this controversy. 1t is thought some
the nonslaxclold:nss States refuse 10 surrcc!
der criminals. lie said that it had general
oecu admitted as :, rule tha. il 4 crime cor
United was crime within the Ian: Of the Stat
to which the criminal led, then hc should
surrendered otherwise lie cited j ca!
Of Virginia refusing to deliver some negro,
1t al carly day in the history Of the countr
aud tue ease Of the Governor OF kcntuck
He. raid, lay aside tue cxcitenlel
z ten men on the floor would advocate tho do
trinc that a State could by Its own law mai
what II coucedes to be crime, and can by i
Indictment establish Of necessity the cvidcn'
: of gl;lt IS well As Of escape. The houorab
d, Senator from Kentucky, said it was annoyit
kidnapped from Ohio and Indiana, and not
in. to the aveholders that their slaves m:
be c1ltfced to rl1n away! but there Was BIZ.
. er principle involved. Another cause Of II
4 trouble was said to be the non-rcndition OF +
,itiye slaves, He admitted the validity OF II
clausc In the Constitution requiring rcuditio
He admitted that that was one Of the claus
III the Constitution that lie had sworn to su
port, but he eaid questions had arisen Is
| the construction Of this clause He b
]. | licved that tho Constitution si,ould |
strictly construed aud .c thought it the dr
Of the States 10 ina'ie provision 10 faithful
| carry into effect this sl1ase Of the Eoustit
ton but Ac admitted with cqual franknc
4 | that majority 6: the rce?'e Of tlu Cnit,
!. States thought Ca:S.sss Possesses the pow
!. to Icgislste to carry this into effect He sa
q Mr. Lincoln WAS In favor Of giving the Sou
the fugitive slave Law, and Rad speeches
support the assertion. The Sonta complail
that they lose grrat deal BY fugitiycs and f.
are reclaimed. This arises FROM the fact til
they possess species ol property with "
Of its own, and legs OF It's own, and desire
Z its own to get away. This Is no fault Of oul
aud the North Is not responsible forthat- II
Senator orfromVirginla{ Mason) held that fe
he believed she lost the same now. lie won
u conccac that for tue sake Of argument, y
ginia had about 500, GOO Slaves worth about
dollars each At least before the panic, rnakis
$l00, 600. Tic loss Of 500 600 Is only o.
foHieth Of one per cent. or about one quart
:, Of mill on tho dollar. This ~ less tllan Il
risk incurred altogether in any other speci
Of property In the u. j. Suppose the peoT
of tho border States resolve themselves ID
Al insurance company, how snl,Ll would
the premium to cover the loss; and epeci
property has special advantages. Ii Il
advantages Of representation. Is it etran
th1t such property should be subjected to I
;, culiar risks! What will those gentlemen "a
bs scvcriny the bond Of Union If they II
this slight risk now, What risk viii they n
when the Northern States will bc under
obligations TO return their property? Won
ten Der cent coyer the loss Of tue Static! L
= the bond Of the Union be broken, and s1a
J. property would Of necessity retire from T.
border.
He said The abolitionists Of the North sta,
looking with anxiety and praying that t