Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-28
xXXvI CONGRESSES Second Session.


SENArE.-rho tariff bill WIS taken up.
A duty Of so per ct. was placed upon all
wines
Mr. Bingham offered an amendment placing
duty Of per cent. on all wool worth under Is
cents
Mr.. Wilson opposed the amendment as inju-
tous to the manufacturers, and OF no benefit 10
the wool-gowers.
The amendment was adopted-23 TO 30.
Some other amendments were adopted, when
the bill was reported to the Senate. Adj
ilousE.-Mr. Fenton of New York offered
resolution providing for the calling OF Nation
al Convention as a substitute for the report OF
the Committee Of Tbirty-threo. Ordered To be
printed. Adjourned.
Wednesday, Feb. 90
SgyArE.-Several private bills were passed
The bill disseminating postal service IN The
seeded States, was taken up.
Mr. Mason objected to the bill, arguing
thu, th9 thiog might plunge the country INTO Z"
civil war.
The Tariff bill vas then taken up.
The committees amendments we're adopted
except a few on which votes were taken. Inc
amendment reducing the duty on sugar and pla-
eng duty Oh tea and coffee, was agreed to-
The amendment for placing duty OF per
cent on wool was carried. 70 to ~.
The amendment placing . per Ct ad yalorem
on books, periodicals and watches was carried
Mr.. Lane offered his amendment, which sub
e'iute, essentially the tariff OF 1916.
Mr. Hale moved that the s'ataafy and pant
inc. Of American artists be free, but that a dnty
OF 10 per ct be levied on all others. Adopted.
The d5ty Of per ct. On copper ore was adopt
ed -
Mr.. Lanes amendment was reJected-l3
against %.
The till then passed.
YrAs Messrs. Anthony Baker, Beer,
Bingham, Cameron, Clark, Dooliule Durkee,
Fessenden, Foot. Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan,
King. Morrill, Seward, Simmons. Sumner, len
Eyck, Trumbull, " ade, Wilkinson, Wllson-23
NArs-Messrs Bragg, Llngman, Douglas,
Green Hunter. johnson OF Ark, johnson OF
Tenn, Lane, Latham, Nicholson, Pearce' Pow
ell. Rice Sebastian-l4. Adjourned.
Thursday, Feb. 81
SENATE Mr. CriHeudcn resolutions were
taken up. and Mr. Wilson spoke After allud-
in, IN pointed terms to the secession Increment
which be characterized as reasonable, he pro
ceelel to argue that the assertion that the North
hated the South was untrue
The citizens OF Massachusetts, aud the whol'
North ever treated the South with kindness aRt
courtesy New England, especially Massachu
sets. had been singled out for rclfoach' Mas
sAchasetts clng' TO the teachings OF Webster
and Adams She reads in all history tha
slavery FASTENED the decay and fall Of nations
and finds in the pages of Plato, S)ceates' Burke
Fox. Humboldt Washington, Jefferson anl
t,tllr+f= .44,i.nnny which d.cpcned her conviction
against slavery, domination and eETauv1urr
lie eontended that the sentiments OF the Nartl
were those OF the Declaration OF lndepence OF III
fouu Ter. OF tie Republic. The venerable Sena
Tor from Kentucky comes forward as pacihclto
with compromise lie accorded 20 tie yener
able senator purity Of motive and latruti
intentions, bun said tie plan for the line OF 30
80 vas not compromise but unqualified conccs
sion. cheat aud delusiou.
The leaders 10 slavery popoglndsm had FIX
hungry ewes on Cuba and Mexico, and Tough
the lattlc on that question, bat were ignumlui
ou,y beaten by the people, and then rebelied
TIE senator for hy also proposes TO make I'll
rue applicable 20 all territory hereafter 10 b
acquired The r1cmcn Of lle North who taugu
tac bAtt ia Nov viii never accept OF this II
also proposes 20 insert INTO ,le Constitution
provision HAT CougO>- sbai not abo is' SLAYER
lu tue District ID Columbia while D. exists Il
Virginia and Maryland
Why should TIE nation bind iiseltlo wait tn
pleasure o., Virginia Sucha proposition is al
inisoity AMI insult to the people Of the I $
The senator from Ky. seconded by The ) uato
from Ill, Mr. DougIas) proposes that tb
elective franchise shall not be exercised by an
persons OF the African lace. Why are sucI
propositions made noN This class OF men hay
exercised Tie right OF citizens Tor eighty years.
HE ancestors OF these men fought with heron
courage in the Revolution for liberty and inde
penlcuc2. The men OF the North could ueyc
put the propositions OF the senator from Ky
into the Constitution. They would icar,it the,
did, the perpetual reproaches OF an msulted re
giuu and u violated conscience; that their name
would be enrolled among those who have be
tra,ed the cause Of the people, and be consigned
to the moral indignation OF history. Adj