New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-02
XXXVITH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
1871

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May Il l~U.
The consider CT Territorial business post
poDed until Monday and Tues day rext.
The resolutions reported from the Committee on Jul
dietary the Presidents Protest, were post ,onsd till
Thursday next, at 10 o'clock.
Mr. MAYNARD IS Am, Tenn introduced a bin
granting pensions to the officers aud soldiers OF tho
war Ct 1872 ard those engaged in Indian prior
that period Referred ~ The Committee on Military
Affairs.
The Houfe vert into Committee of the Whole.
Mr. WILSON Rep, Irc) wss willing to abide by
all the Constitution declares the subject OF Slavery.
He would ever interfere where il leglimatey exists
but leave the question 70 the saveholdng States, who
ought TO have been contepted with the Fugitive act Of
1898. That of 1850 is offensive to the people OF the
EoTb as it comes in conf ct with snd uproots great
fundamental principles and assumes understandable
and dane erous power; while at the same time, owing
to its seventies and penalties Il is atal blog at The
institution of Slavery Itself The charges OF outrages
and wrongs by the North on the South have only an
imaginary existence Slavery is the aggressive ele-
ment. BE maintained that Slavery ought to be ex-
cuded wherever the power can eonsttulionay be OK.
ercifed
Mr.. ALLEN Dem, o. explained why he voted for
cir Smith of n. c. for Speaker.
Mr.. HICKMAN IA L. DEM, Pal said that section-
alism has bsen nuTsed and animated until Il has be-
ONE the fruitful and commanding parent OF All our
s ctions Ii is not the nalism Of the North but
of tie South-not springipg from the few who ueder-
stand the Constitution In all its bearings, bat from the
many, who, feeling their weakness, nave united for
srengtha seconslism not created IN tue atmosphere
phere Of rice swamps and cotton elds-a seconaiisu
now mild and persuasive then fierce and persistent,
il is the emblem the shield Of Alcibiades, child
harmless, but give IL the thundsrbolt and make 1t
fierce and destructive. He wished 10 impress
this truth the public mind namely that 1t lie the de-
termination of the South TO extend rather than to re-
duce the limits Of Slavery. This arrays the different
parts of the country IN hostility, and in this connection
he spoke Of the cTingng Buchanan in contract with
the infexible JACKSON. The North viii endeavor to
preserve the Federal compact in its integrity and they
faSt farm mo- "a n
others from infrsctine il. BE spoke OF the hunilia
ing concessions the South in the compromise OF 1850
including the Fugitive Slave Law, which coupels men
to leave their fields and chops TO after the fleeing
negro whle the North denied equality il tho Union.
The present Executive has not TenceTe0 hGself more
notorious by his partially than he has by the disgust
ing subserviency 10 his rule. He deception as u can
dictate equaled only by his cynical demesnor o lis
true friends, and he felt the h-ttery of sycophsnts
beyond the honest report Of dsnIeTested fnends he
spoke Of the departure from the doctrine of popular
give Kansas to Slavery. Tnose who opposed the
Presidents demands had been branded Wiz treason,
and rodden down under the iron heel Of fierce
tyranny. Cerlin members OF the XAXilld Con-
eress sowe1a .A harvest, the fruit or which has
been reaped III Charleston. In all the broos,v
history Of Kansas the people foond the Pfesi-
de-. could be az fa'se as aSy otner mao. BE
spoke Of liz abb udy Of The South In their efforts to
preserve ro ons tue territory tney How possess, Out
to acquire Me- go, Cuba, aud Central Au,.-''A' Us
South want and strive n unlimited Slavery Extension
and the snbjusaiion of he North. They would fee
this temple; but The North bad the ability and power
to both il and them. He proved, ne said the &C.
Gu, er guilty, and sectiorallsm toe accusatior.
Mr.. MILLSON Dem Va expressed his surprise
that deI uncation CT tie compromise measures OF 1850
should Gene from Northern gentlemen and in ropyog
10 Mr.. Hickmans remarks in connection with the
compIomise measures, denied that the South were In
iluenced by split of aggression on the North
MIR. HICKMAN, in reply TO 4 remark OF Mr. Mill
srn, sad he thought the traitors rather had the
aecendency, looking TO events ut Charleston
Mr.. MILLSON said he had merely called attention
to some of the errors into which MIR. Hickman had
fallen.
Mr.. HICKMAN observed that his remark was In
reply to the suggest that he had Joined new party
He stood the principles he had ever main.
taired.
Mr.. MILLsON had supposed the gentleman had leh
the Democratic and Identified bimself with the Rspuo-
icap party lie ded to speak in defense OF the
Fugitive Slave law In the course Of his remarks he
sid the policy of proit elton is much at variance
with the interests OF Pennsylvania with theiuerests
Of any Southern State. He did not fear the Rspuo-
party In It's ass aalts Slavcry-a party which 70
organized on the false prs,ense ofopposon 70 Slavery
Extension while the rea object Is TO drain the Treasury
with magnificent schemes of internal improvement ana
Cypress the indus ~ Of the country. ine ann 10 10
revive the old Federal policy, in opposition TO the De-
mocracy.
The Committee rose and the House adjourned.