Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-18
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MOultrle ana suTFieTi hhu NaetEtFt III his
| Judgment, the number vas sufficient to Defend
II ese forte against any attemlt st domestic
| violence; whether additional men had been
| ordered to either of ssid forts. or any steps
taken 10 put thsn in condition to re-i-t any
attack in hose custody the arsenal at Charles
tn is placed what arms and property are
| there kept, or. il removed, by whom; why
ssid arms are not pu. in possession Of officers
| o the United States upon . rsqusition, or II
| this has ever been refused, and further. wheth-
! ir atructions had been given to the officers Of
said forts in case Of . demand surrender them
| by any person in authority made upon them.
Also the copies ofany correspondence between
| the Commander in-Chiefs OF the American
army relative to the necessity of supplying the
Off GERS Of said forts with protection was tax en-
| uP.
| Mr. Brown objected to its consideration, and
il was laid over.
$4,000 additional copies of the Presidents
Message and accompanying documents were
ordered.
Mr. Wilson introduced Joint resolution for
the repeal Of the resolution of June 18TH for
tie relief of MIR. DeGroat, which was referred
| to the Committee on Claims.
Sir. Green moved that Wednesday Of next
| week be set apart for territorial business.
Agreed to.
| Mr. florence submitted the following reso-
| luton
Reiolved. That the following amendments
| be proposed to the Constitution Of the United
Stsies<the right OF property in slaves reeog-
zed, ,iani no law shall be passed and no hing
shall. be dont to Impair. abstract Or prevent the
iulI and free enjoyment and use Of such right
in any Territory or other property OF the Uni.
ted States.
/, At one o'clock Mr.. Powelrs resolution waa
taken up.
| Mr., Wade said he had very little faith in ar
| gulnent, under the circumstances now existing
| in this country. lie did not understand that
any thing growing out Ct the recent election
was any cause for the present coalition oi the
| country. If the papers are to be credited there
| il Il reign OF terror in the South equal to that
! il Paris. He did not blame the South for they
| lad been led to believe the Republican party
viii ,rample on all their rights and by over
avowed enemies at the North. He would tie
| the la.t man to advocate laws derogatory to
the Interests Of any of'the. States These per-
s5nal liberty bills were not made to degrade
| the South, but to protect the free States from
| unlawful seizures Where the Saath has lost
one man we have lost ten by unlawful mobs
| HE South owned the Senate and President and
! lie sid not see what they had TO complain II.
| Fl e then went on to argue that the Repuhli
can party was now the saine az it ever bad
/ been that it stood where W Washington, Jetf-r-
ron, Jackson and Clay stood Ii holds TO the
, octrine that slavery shall not exist IN the Ter
ritnries. II, then asked if the South had any
| thing to complain of the character, habits or
! principles Of Mr.. Lincoln or the Vice Pre-id nj
| AMI 81 ii the day Of compromises is al end.
! After the experience We have had 10 Congress
it is abso olutely ridiculous to talk about them
the moment the Americau people cut loose
from the shaet anchor OF Liberty, that Nom NJ
| the Republic is at end. We must submit ID
The unmstak cable verdict Of the people, H.
,.ld he would yield to coEprotnisa W
| have won the victory as all others had We
| have no compromises to make. The contro.
| versy must be Let alone by the Constitution,
and when We 60 astray from that We shall &c,
! iato difficulty.
! The South claims the constitutional right to
/ eecede from the L MON. Ii that be 50, we have
not and never had any government. South
| Carolina is small State, aud we shculd not
| G.iss her much if swallowed up hy an earth,
! quake tomorrow For himself he would allow
her to 20 out member Of this Congress and
supporter of the Constitution. She coali
hot do So A State has no constitutional right
to go ont. They revolntionize; it they
| conquer they are right, if they are conquered
| tAey ara rebels Ne new State shall be admit
ted into the Union without consent Of two
thirds of all the membe Of both branches OF
| Congress auf the vote shall be taken ty Yea.
and NAYS, which shall be entered on the Jour.
rails. and every bill for such purpose shall be
snblect to an approval or rejection Of Presiden,
~ the United States, as in other cases, except.
| Ing that when retu turnei with his OF lectioLs it
al. require the vote Of three -fourths Of both
llousea of Consress to pass it.
HoUsE.- offered preambl o
setting fort conflict Of opinion threat
ening the peace and harmony OF the L Mon has
arisen concerning the true sentiment and
meaning of that part Of the Constitution re-
latng to African Slavery within the territory
| IF the United States, and that the opinion OF
the majority OF the Supreme Court Of the Uni
led States as delivered by Chlei-Justice T4ney
recognizing property in slaves, &c, should ht
| received as the settlement OF the question a.
therein discussed and decided He also pro-
oaed a. an amendment to the Constitution
hat Congress shall have the power to estab
lish governments for any territory. The peo
PIE therefore having adopted a State Consitu.
,on may be admitted into the Union, and that
| neither Congress nor the people during Their
territorial condition shall pass law to annu
or impair the right OF property therein.
Referred to the Select Committee
On motion of MIR. Grow, Wedneslay and
| Thursday were set apart Tor the sidefat OF
of Territorial business
| The Speaker laid before the House, q .etter
from the Secretary Of the Interior asking for
an appropriation to supply the def-nces for ths
suppression of the slave trade Tor the year.
ending January. 1861 end 1862.
On motion Of Mr., Carter, two weeks from
next Thursday was set apart for the consider
alton Of business relating to the District o
/ Golumtia.
| Mr.. Adams. of Kentucky. introduced bill
TO more efsc,ually to protect the rights Of cit
zens OF the United. States 1t provides pun
ishment for oostructi n to the execution Of the
fugitive slave law and demands for the loss o
a rescued slave double the amount Of the value
to be recovered by aclion iu the State Federal
| Courts Referred to the Se lecs Committee OF
| SO
Mr. Scott introduced bill authorizing the
| Post Master General t. contract with the Pom.
| Express for the ira nspor taton Of the govern
inent mail Referred to the Post Office Com.
! mittee
| Nv Sickles introduced resolution which
was adopted, instructing the Poet Office Com
mittee to report bill establishing a metro
| rolitan letter delivery within circuit Of II
miles of the City Hall, n, Y.
/ Mr. 1ran offered the following:
WuLREAs, The Constitution of tie Unit ed
States is the supreme law Of the land and III
ready and faithful obedience is ths duty OF
al coed ard law abiding citizens, Therefore
Resolssd, That We deprecate the spirit ol
| disohedence to the Constitution Wherever
| mani, sted and that we earnestly lecofntn II j
the repeal Of all statute laws by the State
! Legislature in coufict with, and in violation