, 1861-01-24

Hill should not pass unless the District Court
| amendment Wis adopted. He went on to say
that All important case WAS pending, Involving
the right Of 4 Territory to exclude slavery, and
unless District Court was provided ia the
hiil The slave cause cou1d not be carried up to
tie supreme Court The object was to get
fancy & Co. to pronounce a1afnst the right Of
y Territory to exclude slavery, as commended
lur b: tbe advocates Of popular sovereignty.
Cn1amer said that except in the single ease
when this Judicial provision had been includ-
Cd. # any such thing was necessary 1t could
he done after the bill is passed, and ho would
yotcfor it al any time,
Aftermore pro aud con- debate the Repub'i-
cnus called for vote nn the amcudmcut II
wills understood That Douglas and Crittenden
anl perhaps Latham, would Totc with them
against the judicial proceeding, which would
have defeated it. 1hercupon Cameron got up
AMI moved 10 adjourn, making another speech
in favor Of his motion. The Republicans cx-
lnstn1ated with him to no nyaI1. He wanted
liz dinner, he said. Again the motion was
v"ed down Further debate eneucd. Fitch
WI. afraid to let a vote be taken on the dirty
dog amendment. Green wns getting tired,
aud 1t was seen that If eomcthing wns not
speedily done, the flual rote would be taken
and Kansas admitted, when Cameron pro-
posed that if Green, Fitch d Co., would agree
10 have The vote taken Oh Monday to-day the
Senate shouid adjourn, to whiel. they gladly
G.,rcrd. Hale gave way, RI he is apt to do on
questions to adjourn. Crittendrn. Bg1er, Rice,
Lat ham aud Thompson supported the notton,
and Cameron's motion prevailed, and the
Senate adjourned
The elec: ulay be tl.at Crittcndcn will he in
Gucrd to vote for the Judicial amendment,
and 1rcrson and other abacntecs may be pres
cnt, Which viii carry It. Lila j: Ia. ke1mlil
awanty-flv years with a pro.slavery District
Judge, they will have Simon Cameron to thank
for IT, The Republican Senators are highly
indignant at his treachcrous condnct.
The Kansas bill was thu special order on FRI
;lay, and before making it the special order for
Saturday. Cameron moved to adjourn The
motion narrowly escaped passing, which would
have thrown the Kansas bill 10 he foot Of the
calendar, where it would not again have been
reached this session. These taken In ronnec-
lio1, with Lila motion to reconsider Critten-
len's slave code bill, which had been defeated,
whereby 1t his again come before the Senate,
give Republicans cause to regard him as n very
poor stick Of timber to constitute part Of the
Republican Cabinet It Is ardently hoped thnt
ka,lsas will be admitted to-day, and thus put
aa eud 10 the inaisnities, injuries and l,erse-
eutIons undtr which tue people Of that Terri
There are now twenty-six Republican sena-
tors {;ucluding Caneron), kansas will add two
on the 4th Of March,. Indiana, Pennsylvania
and Ohio will contrihlte Lane, Cowun and
Chase, raising the total to thirty-one. which
will be = clear working majority, In the ab-
sence Of the secession Senator's Latham of
California aud Ncsnlitl Of Oregon will vote
will. the Republicans on all important oues.
tfone.
The most notsblc act done by the Senate last
week was the confirmation Of Holt as secreta-
r. Of War. The opposition was very bitter and
strenuous, led l,y Jo Lane, Wicfali. Gwin. Sli-
dell and Benjamin. Wig!aIl was especially Sc
yere on the President, charging that he hai
violated his agreement with the South Caroll-
ia rthcls, By refusing to remove Anderson for
A. both Holt and Anderson nre Kentuckians.
Crittcnlen came to their rescue, and from all
accounts malc the hest speech Of his lie, but
rs the Senate was In secret session, no report
oft was na1c.
To the charge Of Viefa1l and BENJAMIN that
WAS truc, and for that very reason he support
I'd him. A government that would not en-
ploy coercion to maintain it's authority was
utterly worthless. 1t was no government ut
all Why sit here in Congress to make laws II
the government will not enforce them. Why
establish n Constitution ~ a supreme law Of
the Land, If insurgents shall be permitted to
nullfy 1t and ret its provisions at defiance.
Where is any mans security for life orproperty
or liberty, If the government abdicate its
power and avoid its duty to nut down rebellion
and enforce the lawss II By the present form
and the authority Of the uatiop be maintained.
lit . stronger form Of government be estah.
lishcd better have dcspoti5ru than anarchy.
tyranny was prc{rrrab]e to rob rnic.
Those WIN preached aratnst what fbev called
coercion vas aiders ma abbettnrs of frcsson.
and their nrruments were merely sonhistriea
and nraterts TO shield rebels fFom beinV forced
to aner fhr 1axs of thclr cnnntw A. weii
mio1,f 1bnsc rcnt1cmen cn.,oso sha,;fT. .nd
nns;ccmen f,n,n nrestingf gf h;1huev,non and
bnTo,ars m liz ,rronrd ~ onHs,.;t;an ~ cosr.
c;nn ~ the serI ~ ~ ~" ors " T. -.
srnurnr 8 cncrcio;1 ma Ssthnnt nv - .n"I,
tb;n~ a. isw ~ order cn,,1d r-sv.Ii = rhe I sr+;.
cnsr,:on;sts st-sle - ~ -. * n,..;ts..a
socctr aod etsnd ~ ths san;t ,,,.tfn, ~ ~ ~
men Who Dcople our ini,s and nen;ten.;sr;es
and SWIM fronn ronr;s ends r Th.v s;.o nrs
opnosed to coercion, ~e' ~A0o A'
tn rspari to fho snec,ons c1.n.tr.n .hon+
cocrcinr a Stntc NJ Ertftsnden Eta 3ha4 e..
Siatc EoreTnmrnt ,rns condncted wi,h',, .r ;ts
Const;fntionnl nnherr tbcTe ron1a "r rarn, is hs
any conflict between + and ths Eener,1 GnT.
er1mcnt. Rnf r. l.~icss rnrr nsrT,a3 H.
Tunc1ions of fhe Federal Gorer,ment nd e ~
trrnr,tcd to shci,.r the,nse1rcs 1.c,,,aS - st.t.
aufIinrjty II was m c1crcion ~ ia st.t" -
dras tI,em INN fhe;r i,tdino n,.ca .nS .f~sn J.!
thcfn of thr;r ssnirn carfnepts st.tee
had no laWfni noweT to ns.nm, ~
functions Of The National 3Syernment
sa aman t1e r. st a!t nao p asurp nc 70
oIatlon Of tl-ir sI3sr;sncr wers e-,<,.rad T., ~ ~
fnsnYrect3nn s,of,,sf ~ rsS4s.t Gaa ~ -
fhev con1d m! ~ -srseJa1 .5 ~ ..IN e..at
anfkor;ty. as anr ioS ~ So aG.s5GH ~ St.s1
fhcn ID 10 act -. nn,or. ..S tts.
fore nur aul yoid Ther 1rcrs oHu
fnr reI,eis ard rn11tt ~ M aorn e' ~ '.he II
tionsl Government in eeff defencc ~ t1.e 1 Gnr- nv
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