The national Republican., 1861-03-02
THIRTY.SIXTH CONGRESS,
SECOND SESSION.
Friday, March l, 1861.
SENATE.

A large number Of memorials in relation to
the present condition Of the country were pre-.
sen,ed by Messrs. Bigler, Wilkinson, Critten.
den, and King.
Mr.. Wilson, from the Committee on the Dis.
trct Of Columbia, reported bill to incorporate
the Metropolitan Gas Company, which was
passed.
The Senate then passed number Of pri.
vate bills.
The resolution authorizing Com. Paulding
to receive sword and . grant Of land from
pending question being to strike out grant Of
land"
Mr.. Seward and Mr.. Mason supported the
amendment; which was adopted-yeas 25, nays
l6.
The resolution as amended, was then adopt
ed-yeas "a, nays 7.
Mr.. Douglas called up House resolutions
to amend the Constitution Of the United States.
Its present consideration was objected to.
The Senate then took up and passed bill
for the relief Of Commodore Paulding, paying
his expenses in q certain suit against him by
one Of Walkers men.
The Senate then took up the special order,
being the Peace Congress propositions.
Mr.. Seward offered his 0"National Conven.
ton resolutions" as a substitute.
Mr. Doolittles amendment was also read by
the Clerk.
Mr.. Hunter, of Va, moved to amend by
striking out the first section Of the Peace prop
ositions, and inserting tho first article Of the
Crittenden propositions.
Mr. Collsmer rose to a question Of order,
that as these were resolutions Of q committee,
and being proposed as q whole, could not be
amended, though they might be substituted,
Mr.. Hunter said that it had been his inten.
| 20 Lu,r tho N-;ttopIop Dropoo;t;opo
as substitute, but the Senator from New York
obtained the floor before him with substitute,
so that he was compelled to move the Critten.
den propositions as amendments, section by
section.
Mr. Biger and Mr.. Seward thought Mr.. Col.
lamer's point Of order we'll taken.
Mr.. Hunter defended his position.
Alter discussion by Messrs. Trumbull, Bigler,
and Seward, the Chair decided the amendment
to be in order.
Mr.. Hunter supported his amendment, and
contended that this adjustment placed the
South in worse position than before. The
Dred Scott decision has given the South o
constitutional right in the Territories, while
this plan submitted the subject to the decision
Of Republican judges on the common latc, which
those judges did not believe allowed property
in man, and made it the duty Of Congress to
prohibit the slave trade, and thus forbidding
the free interchange of slaves between the se-
ceded and the border States would induce the
seeded States to pass like. legislation, and
prevent the sale of the border.State slaves to
the seeded States. He believed that the effect
Of this thing would be to divide the conssrva.
tive men at the North, while the proposition, if
adopted, would not be acceptable to the South.
would abandon his propositions, because he
believed that this plan was the only tangible one
for q settlement. He thought that il we could
avert the present danger, we need fear nothing
in the future. His remarks were loudly ap.
plauded.
Mr.. Mason reviewed all the efforts which had
been made at compromise since the election Of
Mr. Lincoln, and said that the last effort on that
subject had not bsen eGectual to give the South
sufkient guarantees indeed, this amendment
took away such guarantees as had been al
ready given. He could not support the propo-
sitions.
| Mr.. Crittenden responded, sustaining the
proposition, and arguing that the common law
was not intended to decide on the right, but to
determine the course of the remedy.
Mr.. Mason said that the remedy would be
as nugatory as the provision for the rendition
Of fugitive slaves.
Messrs. Pugh, of Ohio, and Baker, of Ore.
gon, sustained the peace propositions, as q
| whole.
Mr.. Green, Of Missouri, opposed the PROPOSE.
ton, and denounced the peace conference IS
twaddle.
Mr.. Lane, of Oregon, obtained the floor, but
yielded to Mr.. Doolittle, who said that it was
apparent that these resolutions were not &C.
csptable to the border States, and that longer
discussion was useless. He moved that the Sen.
Ste adjourn; which was lost-yess II nays 81.
MIR. Lane took the floor, but yielded to
Mr.. Douglas, who moved to make the House
resolutions proposing certain amendments the
special order for tomorrow vt twelve o'clock
which was agreed to.
Mr.. Lane opposed the peace propositions.
The Senate adjourned-yeas %, nays %.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported bill to regulate the
value of the new silver form of Austria, in Gus.
tom.house computations, at 46 l9.l00 cents
and it was passed.
Mr. Wsshburne, Of Illinois, moved to post.
} pone the report of the committee of thirty.
three till the 4th of July next
The Speaker said that the report would uot
be tAken up until an hour had elapsed.
The House considered the various Senate
amendments to the army appropriation bill.
ghe Speaker announced the business now in
order to be the bill for the admission of New
Mexico into the United States of America.
Mr.. Lovejoy moved that the further coasid.
erslipn Of The ssbject be postponed until the
4tb. Of July next.
The Speaker said that, in accordance with
the rule, that member reporting a measure
waS entitled to open and close the debate, he
wosld assign the aoor to Mr.. Corwin, the chair.
map of the committee.
II. Lovejoy appealed from the decision of
the Chair which latter the House sustained.
Mr.. Corwin, considering any explanations
unnecessary, demanded the previous question
on the third reading and engrossment of the