The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-02

p n it' iltnfv or state, all must h made read
for state action hv the reop- OF ih- Territory
Olh'rn Use the nachiuerr could not .ti ilfp n!.
tion Immediately The admissi ,u ui Iu- Stat.
which was u0st desirable iherei"'c il had be-
! held from the commencement Of the Guyarnn1cnt
until now. that the peOpir OF STATE. erectius
themselves into stat Government. may elect al
oiiicsTs, and verYIhing necessary Tor sTcn Gove
mert. The present one was similar to a others
Arkansas include3.--Nr. HiNDMAN said thai
because the precedent was established that was n.
reason why an improper course shouId be par.
sued IN the future. The question could oaiy be de-
cded bg Inquiry into the foundations of such action
II right, follow it: inCt, abaudon the precedent -
Mr.. KELLOGG offered jiHt resolution which he
proposed a substitute to those offered bv tn
Committee Of Thrty-three. lie asked that they
might be printed, III order that he might have
an opportunity to cttsr them at the proper time
and place. II provides that the resolution shall be
valid as a part OF the Constitution of the United
States, when said amendment shall be submitted
to, and ratified by, conventions from three-ourths
OF the several States. He submits as article lS.
that in all the territory now held by the United
States all that north OF the line of So 30 involun-
tary service shall be prohibited, except in the
punishment for crime, while such shall remain a
territory. And in all the territory south
OF that said line, all persons owning
or holding persons 10 service or labor shall
not be interiered with by Congress or any Terri
torial Legislature. And when such Territory shall
obtain sufficient population to entite them to a
representation in Congress, they shall be admitted
into the Union on an equal footing with the re-
naming States, with or without provision hold
ing persons to service or labor, as the Constitu-
ton OF said State may provide. As article II
he submits that Congress shall not interfere in anv
manner to prohibit or interfere with slavery in
any State where it is now estabished nor
establishing 1T in any place State where
it is now prohibited not established
Mr. McCLERNAND said he was glad to see
Der from his own State, and particularly
as he stood in so near relation to the President
elect.-Mr. KELLOGG said that he wished it to
be understood that he merely offered these resolu-
tlons in accordance with what he considered his
duty, and no human being on earth was responsible
forit but himself.-Mr. EDWARDS, of Me- pre-
sented memorials praying for an adjustment of our
national difhculties.--Mr. KILGORE, of In
diana asked leave to put upon its passage bill for
the relie of a poor widow woman who he said
had been starving for two years. TLaughter
The bill was passed.-The House then went into
Committee on the Whole on the deficiency bill,
which was discussed until the expiration of the
morning hour, when the special order the report
OF the Committee OF Thirty-three, was taken up
Mr.. HAMILTON, of Texas, addressed the House.
lie took the ground that every constitution was a
compact but every compactwas not a constitution.
He did not think that his people had cause to de-
tach themselves IRON the government OF the United
States. lie did not see that there was any reason
for it. He was opposed to secession. Whence
comes the right of secession? 1t was idle to talk of
1t IN any organized government H advocated
tue IISuI oi revolution. All those who do
make revolution, however, must take the re-
sponsibilitY and the cOnsequences.--b!r
RUST wished to know if enough States went ont
to prevent quorum from meeting in the House.
whether he would send after the members and COM
pei tem to come back and sit in these Has--
Mr.. HAMILTON said, that it was well known that
no law, however solemn however stringent it
would be made, but could be overcome in some
manner. And as it related to quorum Of this
House, lie well aware that law is now in ey-
stence empowering the Speaker to bring in all ab-
sconding or absentng members, but there were ca
ses under which could not be enforced He said that
he might be denounced for what he about to saw
but he most certainly concurred fully in the sen-
mentS of the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr.
Adams,i relation to the compromise line. He would
prefer not to have such line, because he believed
he or any other man had the right to carry their
property INTO the Territories if they thought fit
Ano il we could not take care of the territory
which we now held, how were we to take
care OF other territory in advance of acquisition?
lie was willing to adopt the Crittenden PROPOSE
tons with the exception of the proviso prohibiting
the acquisition of any more territory. When
he left his home to come to the present session of
Congress, he did not single acre of foreign
territory in all his journey. When the Congress
assembled every Statetwas represented this floor.
But when he returned he would be obliged to ira
verse four foreign States. Then the Union stood
firm; then the great fabrication of the temple of
freedom was complete in all its principles, from
pillar to base. But severe storm has burst upon
H.. Irouu ana maJestc though 1t was, 1t was not
able to resist the shock: and although 1t still stands
and rears its proud dome to the heavens, yet it is
reeling like drunken AS for himself,
he has rem aimed here; and he had been entreated,
importuned, threatened and begged to come
out for seceSsion but let come what might,
without any fear Of punishment of future repu-
diation, asking no favor, and having no hone of
reward, he would take fast hold of the horns of
the altar Of his country, scorning all human
agency that might attempt to diminish the proper
tions or mar the beauty of the grand structure
lie closed amid great applause in the galleries and
on the floor Of the House.-Mr. STOKES, of
Tenn, addressed the House. He differed from his
colleagues in some respects, and particularly with
the one who addressed the House last evening (Mr.
Avery. He had taken oath to support theConsti-
tuition and he intended to keep it honestly so long as
he remained on this earth. lie was submissionist,
and he was not ashamed to own it; and more he
would not consent to go into a Southern Confede-
racy. II the men who had so basely deserted their
posts had remained 81 Representatives and y
Senator'S not one dollar of the money in the Urea
sury could have been used by Mr.. Lincoln without
the consent of the Opposition.--After the close
of his remarks, the House adjourned until P. NJ.