The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1860-12-19

WAsufSGrox, Dec, II.
SExArE.-Fifteen hundred additional
copies Of the Presiten,'s message and
accompanying documents were ordered.
Mr.. Green moved that Wednesday
aud Thursday. OF next week be set n
part for Territorial business. Agreed
10.
At one O'Clock. Mr.. Powell's rcsolu.
lion was taken up.
Mr.. Wade said he had very little
faith iu argument under the circum-
s.ances now existing in this county
He did not understand that anything
growing out Of the recent election was
any cause for the present condition. OF
the country. II the papers are TO be
credited. there is . reign Of terror in
tho South equal 10 thai in Paris. lie
did not blame the South. for they had
been led to believe that the Republican
party will tTample on their rights and
are their ayOwed enemies. At the North
he would be tho last man 10 advocate
laws dcroyatory TO the interests Of any
State. These personal liberty laws
were not made to degrade the South.
but to protect the free States from un-
lawful seizure. Where tire South las
lost ono man. We h~vc lost ten by un-
lswtul mobs. TIE South cwn the Sen.
ate and President. He then wen, on to
argue that tire Republican party is the
same that itever had been-that il stool
where Washington. Jeiie, son. jackson
and Clay stool. Il holds to the doe
trinc thai slave.y shall not exist in the
territories. He then said If the South
had anything to cmplain Of the char
acter. habits. or principles of Mr.. Lin
coin. or Vice President elect. le; them
name it. The day of compromise is a.
An end. after the experience We have
had in Congress. il is absolutely ridic-
u'ous 10 talk about them. Wien the
American people Gu, loose from the
sheet anchor Of Liberty. that momen,
the Republic is at an md. We must
submit TO the urnis;akabie verde, OF
the people. He said lie would Weld to
no compromise-we had won tie vic.o.
~ as all others lad there were no
compromises To inske-Il,e controversy
must be mot alone by the Constitution.
aad when we 20 astray from that. We
gct into difficulty. The South claims the
Constitutional right TO .ecede from the
Union. Ii tha. BE- 80. We hay. not and
never had any Government. South
Carolina IS small State. and wo should
not miss her much if swallowed up BY
an earthquake to morrow. For himself,
he would allow her 10 20. .bu, as a men,
Der Of this Congress. and supporter Of
the Constitution. hs would not do So
A State has no Constitutional righ. to
go out. They can revolutions; il they
conquer. they are right: il conqersd. they
arc rebels. No new State shall be ID.
mit,ed into tie Union without the con-
sent Of ,wo-.hiris Of all her members
Of both branches Of Congress. and the
vote will be taken BY yeas aud nays. and
shall be entered on the journals. and ev.
cry bill for such purpose vill be sutjec.
to the approval or rejection OF she Pres
iient Of tie United States. ~ in other
eases. excepting that whom returned.
With his objections. it shallrsquire .he
vote Of three toarshs Of both Houses 10
pess il. Nr. W. continued At consider.
.ble length. contending that the pressn.
troubles vsrs mainly attributable TO
interpretations Of the Republican
party and its objects.
Mr.. Johnson Of Tenn. got the floor
and the Senate adjourned.
At . meeting Of the Pennsylvania
delegation tonight. including the two
Sesators. Thaddeus Stephens alone ab-
zen. the following resolutioos was pnsn.
nously ojoDtsd: sr-s D