Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-24

Proceedings Of Yesterday Af.ern.s,.

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| Mr.. Douglas proceeded with his remarks on bis
| internal Invasion resolution, which is follows:
| "Resolred, That the Committee on the Judiciary
be instructed to report bill for the protection OF
each State and Territory Of the Union against in.
| vasion by the authorities or inha bitants OF any
other State or Territory, and for the suppress on
and punishment OF Conspiracies or comb nations
in any State or Territory with intent to invade,
| assail, or modest the government, inhabitants
property, or institutions of any other State or Ter
| ritOry of the Unon''
He thought it was clear that the power was cop.
ferred upon Congress. first to provide for repeling
invasion from foreign countries; and. secondly to
| protect each State of this Union against Invasion
from any other State, Territory or place within
the Jurisdiction of the United States. The next
| question is, what legislation is necessary, JIa
Thought it would be necessary to place the vrbnis
| military power of the Government at the DISPOSAL
| OF the President, under proper guards to reDel
ana suppress an invasion, when the hostile force
shall be actually in the field; but that alone was
| not sufficient Such legislation alone wouId NOT
| be a full compliance with the guarantees of the
Constitution. The trainers of that instrument
| necessary to secure protection against invasion
from other States or Territories and must amtho,.
lze the jndic al department Of the Government TO
| suppress all conspiracies and combinations in the
| several states with intent to Invade a STATE or
| modest and disturb its government its peace If,
citizens, It's property, It's institutions of
pei, ne laws passed against every conspiracy or com.
Dlnatlon IN every State or Territory of his -nion
| 10 Invade another, with intent to steal mr. ,un
away property of any kind, whether it be NEGROES.
| horses, or any other description, into another
Sta!ei make ia crime, punish the conspirators
by Indictment in the United States court and con-
fnement in the prisons or penitentiaries of tbe
State or Territory where the cons iracies NAV he
| formed. lie would carry these Provisions of law
| as faI as the constitutional power Of Congress
| would reach; he would make it a crime to form
| consplracles with a view of invading States or
| territories to control elections whether they be
under tie garb Of Emf grant Aid Societies i'm Neyy
| LODGES in
LAT this point in Mr. DIS remarks the applause
| IN the galleries, which were densey crowded
was rather decided '
Mr. Mason rebuked this mani festatiop of feeli,
ana hoped the presiding officer would preserve
intact the dignity and order Of the BODY If such
conduct was repeated, he would feel it his duty to
insist that the galleries be cleared entirely
The Vice President, with much dipnitv Of man
ner asked the Senator from Illinois to pause for
! moment, observing that 1t was impossible for the
Chair to preserve order without the concurrence
OF tue vast assembage in the galleries. but trusted
there might be occasion to have to refer To the
subject again.
Mr.. Toombs hoped the presiding officer would
have officers placed in the paileres and mt ston
| at once to the thing. He thought such demon
STATIONS bad sign Of the times ali Ike unbecomi ny
that podV or the deliberations of any free people
The Vice President, The Chair has not the
force at command to place In the gallery
Mr.. Douglas suggested that il might answer to
place officers in different parts of the gallery with
| instructions that if they saw any persons giving
to disturb the proceedings. they would instantly
have the guilty party removed.
The Vice President. That has already been
done.
Mr. Douglas. proceeding. said it migbt be 50 ID
tat tls was not the proper time fo- such lenisla
ton; for such events would not bc likely 20 recur
In reply TO this be proceeded TO inquire into the
causes which produced the Iarperf S Ferry insur
rectioa, and expressed the belief that il was the
natural logical, inevitable result of the doctrines
ana Ieschlnss o. the republican party ex-
piaincd and enforced in their platform, by their
partisan presses, their pamphlets and books. and
especially III Tue speeches of their leaders in and
out of Congress. The members of that party i'm
the Senate had denounced the crime of John
Brown; but that was not Sutii cient unless they
also repudate and denounce the doctrines which
produced the act. This system of sectional war
fare must cease. The Constitution has given the
power, and all We ask Of Congress is TO give the
means.
MIR. Fessenden believed legislation on this sub
Ject necessary and should be exercised to prevent
the recurrence Of such an invasion as that at Har-
per's Ferry. He proceeded at some length to ey-
culPate the republican party from the charge of
being responsible for that crime. and Insulated
that MIR. Douglas was Influenced by uterior mo-
particular time
MIR. Douglas rejoined, after which, on motion
OF MI Iooln0s, the subject was post poned until
half past one O'Clock to-day, MI. Toombs having
the floor, and the Senate adjourned
Enthusiastically after We went to press veste,-
day
Mr. Corwn, of Ohio addressed the House ON
the subject of organization. IL he thought it would
avail anything he would move to vot,. for :,
speaker. tor, II they ever did organize it would
be by voting. They had been amusing themselves
here seven weeks, but the people Of this country
had begun to look upon their farce as rather seri-
GUS business, and they ought TO begin TO think
seriously Of what they Were doing. He had heard
PianSole arguments against the plurality rule, and
had been told that in certain event the man they
should elect Speaker would become President Of
| the United States. 1t was hardly probable, how
| ever. that both the President and Vice President
would be amlable enough To die for the benefit OF
the Speaker of this House. and thnnn they could
not fo:etell the ProvdenceS of the Almighty they
were hardly justified in taking that c0ntinu,pcy
into serious consideration.
In referring to the Helper book he asked if II
WAS possible that any institution which 4 correct
and enlightened community maintains conld lie
overturned by n pamphlet. MIR. Seward, who
was looked upon as the great devil of the repub-
lcan party, had never uttered sentiments more
offensive to the Soutn than the language which
had been employed by some of tue Fathers of the
fePunic VINO, ike W ashiDgton. wished if it
Were possible to slavery abolished in the
hltcd states. There had been controversy as
| to the Bible, but he warned gentlemen both of
the NGrth and the South that arguments were TO
be found in the Bible in support of both sides OF
the question But that good old book he fea red
had very little tn do with the organization of this
House. This nation covered only about one-tenth
Of this poor little dogkcnnel of world, as astro-
| think that all creation depended upon the election
OF John Sherman 10 stand up in that chair like
the woodPecker tapping hollow beech tree :;
daughter
He hoped. for Gods sake, gentlemen were not
going to dissolve the Union about the Bible
There was no doubt that some of the patriarcls
held ives as property. Hagar and her hoy Were
uhquestionahly sent into the desert by their mas
ger in order to avoid trouble in tie flmily with
LOAF Of bread and bottle of water, which We're
rather poor provision for a Journey to Canada
Inc angel OF the Lord, who came to IIasar in her
distress told her she was In very bad circumstan-
ces, but babe her not TO re d scoIrayed. but rick
up her boy again and hold Kim in her hands for
ne was destined t be or, at tiibuster Laugh
Ter The angel told her farther that she had bet
yer go bac to her master; and he supposed if VIM
Lloyd Garrison or Wendell Philii is had been tina,
angel she would have been ad vised to take her
boy and make tracks for Canada daughter !
Ihat very Abraham who was the father of that
boy had another family, which was afterwards
sold into slavery and stad there 40 years at the
III OF which the Almig hy repealed the fu ,itive
Save blll, and they left the land Of Egypt
His colleague tMr Cox had spoken of meet
Ing OF republicans in Ohio, and with the comic
power SO characteristic of that rising Young man
ne initiated the nasal tvvdnS of those Yankees on
the Reserve who joined in singing the MarseiIles
No doubt it sounded ridiculous to him So the
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