Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-05-16
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Senate, Tuesday, May Is.

Mr.. Pugh introduced bill, in addition to
.,s acts for the punishment of crimes against
tba United States. Referred.
TN. noise and confusion IN the galleries,
,rb;,i, were crowded in expectation OF hear
W., Senator Douglas. here became so great
,I,7t scarcely anything could be heard.
without taking any action, the special
order of the day, being Mr.. Davis resolutions,
was taken up, when
Mr. Douglas said that he intended to at
.orL mo Senator, but the line of remark pur-
snaI by the Senator from Mississippi, MIR.
navis' would render a review OF his record
IN keeping with the object of the speech
Ia did not intend 10 discuss the legal ques-
tim of territorial sovereignty, for he had al
ready done 80 i'll a controversy with the At
,,r,nv General of the United States tie
had 50 discussed the question, not because
the Legal question was in issue. but because
the Attorney General seemed to have had no
official duties to perform, and he MIR. D.
had leisure enough for the controversy. He
then sent to the clerk and had read sundry
extracts from tie late speech Of Mr.. Davis,
of Miss. which he said he proposed to make
the text of his remarks.
Mr.. Davis explained certain portions OF
the extracts quoted.
Mr.. Douglas, after remarkiug that he
wished to continue To the close Of his speech
without interruption. said the facts quoted
from the speech showed that 'non-lnterven-
tjou" did not originate with him, bat that 1t
had been proclaimed by Gen. CaSs; and the
Democratic party had supported him. 1t
had been proclaimed in the Compromise
Of 1850, the Democratic platform Of 1897,
and the Kansas Nebraska bill Of 1884, and
had borne It's first fruits in Kansas in 1906.
The Senator from Mississippi had searched
his record to find condemnation, and had
found only justification.
This dGctrine Of ''interventlon" was
brought q the attention OF the Democratic
party in 1911 Gen. CaSs had sent out his
Nicholson letter, privately, long before the
date which is now attached to it. Democrat
ic statesmen approved it. The Senator from
Mississippi opposed 1t, but many distinguish
cd Sen@turS To whom it was submitted e1-
pressed no diSapprohation, and Gen. Cass,s
right bower on the occasion, was Daniel b
Dickinson, who offered resolutions embOdylng
these principles, in the Senate. SINE states
then expressed favor Tor these views Of mon
intervention or "squatter sovereignty Tor
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noasnra. or IS51 the Senator from Missis-
vinni had a,da,rnr.1 T., nIt,;n the nroter-
t;nn nIn,form Mr. CI,r rho dst;ncnishaJ
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than h.1I tho J,o.r;,,ns La f,,hts r,r lae he
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maintained 0nuosite views. His Mr.. Doug
lasY views ware ,1onted and th,se of the