The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-16
THlRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS...SEC0ND SESSION
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l4-Mr. WADE presented
petitions of citizens of Philadelphia in favor of the
Union, Constitution and the enforcement of the
laws.-Mr. THOMSON presented petitions of
citizens of New Jersey in favor of the passage of
the border State resolutions He asked to be
cused from further service on the Committee on
Naval Affairs; agreed to.-A private bill, for the
relief of Geo. H. Giddings for mail services, was
debated at some length, and finally passed by
yeas "a, navs 19.-On motion of Mr.. GREEN, the
Bills for organizing the territories of Nevada and
Dacotah were made the special order for to-mor.
row at12% o'clock.-Mr. TRUMBULL presented
a petition from citizens of Chicago in opposition to
compromise and in favor of the enforcement of the
laws, and the protection of public property.-
The Tariff bill then taken up, and sundry amend
ments reported by the Senate Committee were con-
CURED in.-The Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr.. JOHN COCHRANE presented a memorial
from the New York chamber of commerce against
the passage of the Morrill, tariff bill-which was
referred to the Com of Ways and Means
The House passed bill for the benefit of Townsend
Harris, appropriating $4,000 for negotiating
treaty with Japan.-Aso a bill appropriating
0,000 as compensation to Hockaday Liggett for
carrying the mails. The President of the United
States weeks since vetoed bill for the relief
of the same parties to the amount of some S64,-
600. Mr.. MORRIS, of Illinois, asked, but failed
to obtain leave to introduce bill to print q, 900
extra copies of the report of the committee on
the abstraction of the Indian bonds from the
Department of the Interior.--Mr. FENTON,
for the relief of Frederick Champane. Passed
Mr.. MAYNARD reported a bill for the relief of j.
Haste Spaulding. Passed.-Mr. CONWAY pre-
sented memorial from the citizens Of Kansas, pray
ing for the reefof the citizens suffering from
a famine in the State. Referred to the Committee
on Claims.-Tuesday next was set apart fer the
consideration of the business of the District of
Columbia.--The House then went into
Committee of the Whole and took up the postal
route bi and after the addition of sundry amend
mentS the bill was reported to the House, and
amendment passed directing the Postmaster Cen
era to examine into and restore, if not incompati
Bile with the public interest, the discontinued SER
vice on certain post routes, but that he should be
guided in said action by the exigences of the
The bill was then passed as amended.-
| Mr.. YANDEVER, of Iowa, then addressed the
House the special order, the present crisis. He
said that this the first time that the people had
been called upon to incorporate guarantees of the
! Constitution. The people of his State went for
sustaining the Constitution our fathers made it,
| Whatever might be the dictates of his iudg-
| ment he would reg ard such an amendment to be
! conceded under duresse. 1t was said that unless
| their demands were acceded to, the incoming ad-
ministration would be crippled, and those who held
| the purse-strings would withhold the means of
| government. With regard to this, he said they
would not be intimidated by threats, or restrained
by fear of consequences. These guarantees had
been submitted to and repudiated by the people
| The revolutionary cabal appealed to the
| Democratic convention held at Charleston, and
| demanded these guarantees, and they were posi-
| lively denied, by Democratic Convention, and
soon by the voters OF their own section. Out of
four millions of the votes cast at the last election,
| not one fifth part were cast in favor of new Con-
| stitutional guarantees. And this met the issue
again submitted to the people through their repre-
sentatiyes on the floor of this House.---Mr.
CLARK, of Missouri, said that all the South
wanted was Constitutional protection for slavery
in the Territories.--Mr. VANDEVER said that
| question the turning point. The minority
having succeeded in breaking up the Union, and
people, and hostility to the Government, unless
| the name of Abe Lincoln be stricken off the roll
and that of John c. Breckenridge established in
its place President of the United States. If the
Union could not be preserved in any other way, he
would never vote for its preservation. If he could
not preserve the national flag in its purity he would
never nave it polluted by the vile reptile of seces
: sion. The Crittenden proposition specifically recog
niZed and protected slavery in the territories of
United States south of the line of SO deg. 80 mn and
he would not, under any circumstances vote for OF
support in any manner, such proposition--Mr
DE JARNETTE obtained the floor. He had he
said, reviewed the history of the country, he haC
looked with care and solicitude upon the present
crisis of affairs, and in so doing he hao
looked to no North, no South. When this
great American Union in its giant strength
stepped from the Mississippi river to the Pacih.
ocean, the whole globe quaked for her equilibrium
was disturbed and the nations of Europe saw witt
CONSERVATION that another satellite had arisen
= around which they must now and hereafter revove
and it grieved him to see this great star growing
8 dim. There had been aggressions the part o
8 the North, and they had not yet been redressed
lie wished it to be distinctly understood that ther
, were no submissionists in Virginia If her right:
were respected and her reasonable demands accede
to, she would still remain to fill the breach in th
9 Union; but if not, every sword would leap fror
4 its scabbard and defy world in He argue
in favor of Southern over Northern society. In ou
Q republic, he said, will have no element Q
discord. Capital and labor will work in beautiful
3 harmony. African slavery is the only basis o
: which republican liberty can be established. Fl
attributed all the present trouble to the Republ
t can party If the South allowed to go peace
, ably, she would leave the Union quietly. II no
t she would stand in conscious innocence, and de
' fend her rights. The State of Virginia woul
quietly part from the State of Pennsylvania, be
cause, under the present system, she did not lik
the company. In reference to the determined op
position of the Northern people against slavery, b
would say that for every slave-owner in the Soutl
who beat and abused his slaves two white men i
the North maltreated and murdered their wives
He knew that other countries were looking on u
now with eager expectancy. awaiting our dowr
fall, because their rivals in trade and con
!: merce and prosperity.--Mr. WEBSTER,
!. Maryland obtained the floor, and on motion of NJ
. CLARK, of Missouri, the House adjourned.