Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-03

Proceedings Of To-Day.

Is 1HE SENATE, to-day, Mr.. King produced
newspaper containing the proceedings Of late
Union meeting held in Rochester, N. Y, and In
pursuance Of resolution Of the meeting requested
that the proceedings be read In the Senate, which
was done by the Secretary; whereupon-
MI King made few remarks claiming for his
state, past, present and future, loyalty to the
Union He called the attention of Democra ratio
senators, who had expressed pur pose to dissolve
the mon in case Of the election of Republican
president. to the fact that the meeting was COM
Gratis
The proceedings were laid on the table.
mr.. Mallory introduced bill for the increase
ana reg ulation OF the pay Of the Navy; referred
aiter the transaction of considerable routine pri
Va.e business OF no general interest to the public
Mr. Brown arose to speak upon the Presidents
message He said he was sorry to See II reported
to the country by some Of the newspapers that he
intended to attack the message This, be said " as
not The case. IL his great personal respect for the
IRE s would not keep him from doing this
the age experience. and long public service of the
Cniei Magistrate would shield him from any
attack OF his. Still he considered il his right in
common with all other American citizens to dis
he did not concur in
He then proceeded to advocate at lenoth the
doctrine OF Congressional Intervention in the Ter
ritores in maintaining the constitutional riubt. ~
the citizens Of all States. He Thought thai The
Constitution and the common law guaranteed
such Intervention, In the absence of statutory law
In THE HotsE, after the reading Of the journal
Mr.. Boyce being entitled to the floor, said, tint
Notwithstanding the disclaimers of individual
members upon this floor, that the Republican
party was In sentiment and In philosophy and I'm
practice too, at war with that clause of the Con-
stitution providing for the rendition of fugitive
slaves, he thought he had shown conclusiv. j; ;
this was so If then 1t be proven that they are at
war with that clause In the Constitution. II
followed that they antagonstc to every slavery
clause Of the Constitution. They all rest upon
the same basis. Another objection he had to this
party was that its principles Were dangerous to
the South
He held that that same philosophy of the repub-
lcan party-the compelling them TO prohibit s.a-
very In the TerritOries-would compel them. as
soon as they secured the Constitutional majority
% go on and abolish it in the States He warned
hem OF The consequences to result from the tri-
nph of such principles as these; and referred to
tmc history OF the revolutions in England and
France, as evidences Of it.
What is the object, th,n of aritatipp thi. oues
ton of slavery. They could not hope by this
means to eman"ipate the saves; for between them
and en- nci pal n lay llaze revt luton and
u Sea of blood, which could not BIZ avoided To
fe" the slaves would be to them a misfortune
Could four millions If enfranchissd slaves live
upon "a social and political equality with eli hit
millions of whites Impossible
The John Brown invasion " it'll the sympatbv
While had been expressed for him at the North.
was the tocsin Of civil war. Ia the event Of the
election of President of the United States enter
talnlng such sentiments he considered to be the
dnty of the South to Immediately withdraw from
the L MON He preceded to d late on the benefit
OF the MON to the NOrth-its value in dollars to
the North was one hundred million dollars
Mir. English, Of Ind. proceeded to defend his
(the' celebrated English bill ~ and was spea X
ing as our report closed.