The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-04

CoNGREssIoNAL.-The telegraph line be-
ing down Friday night, we missed our
Congressional and other dispatches of that
day. We got them Saturday in the Terre
Haute Express.
In the Senate, Mr.. Ten Eyck presented
joint resolutions Of the Legislature of New
Jersey ia goring the Crittenden Amendment,
&C., and insructing their Senators and
Representatives in Congress to act in ac-
cordance with the Resolutions. Mr. Ten
Eyck said he could not obey instructions
If he had to do so, a piece of mechanism
would do as well for a Senator as a man
He did not believe the instructions repre-.
sented the feeling of New Jersey.
The Presidents message was then taken
up. Mr.. Latham made a Union speech
The people of California were loyal to the
Union. Consideration of the Message post
poned till Monday.
The Indian appropriation bill was post
poned till Saturday, and the tariff bill till
Wednesday.
Mr.. Cameron presented the credentials of
Mr.. Cowan, the Senator elect from Penn
sylvania.
The diplomatic and executive and judicial
appropriation bills, with amendments,
passed.
Senate went into executive session and
then adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Conway, representa-
tive from Kansas, took Mr.. Hindman to
task for calling in question bis right to his
seat. Mr.. Hindman explained that he
meant no personal offense, but thought it
was not legal for Mr.. Conway to have been
elected while Kansas was a territory. After
some debate between Hindman, Conway,
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Mr.. Sherman, from the committee on
ways and means, reported bill to author
ize the President to borrow twenty-five
millions of dollars previous to the lst Of
July, for the purpose of redeeming treasury
notes, &c.
Mr.. Edwards presented the memorial of
the constitutional union party of New
Hampshire. Referred to the special COM
mittee of FIVE
Mr.. Kilgore presented bill to establish a
Metropolitan police force in the city of
Washington.
Mr.. Kellogg of Illinois offered resolu-
tons as a substitute for the report of the
committee of thirty-three.
Some one having expressed qualification
over this proposition, on account of Mr.
Kelloggs near relations to the President
elect, Mr.. X. said no person was responsible
but himself for me resolutions. They were
ordered to be printed.
The House considered the report of the
committee of 80. .
Mr.. Dunbar (no such member of the
House-mistake in the paper we copy FROM
made Union speech SO did Mr.. Stokes
of Tennessee. These were noble speeches,
Judging from the brief summary we have
Mr.. Stokes maintained that there was no
cause for sundering the Union, and denied
the right Of secession, but admitted that of
revolution when oppression becomes intoler-
able and all constitutional remedies fail
He would vote for any compromise to settle
the difficulty he admitted that he was a
submissionist but would rather be that than
rebel and traitor. He earnestly appealed
for the rights of the South, speaking in
commentator of the Border State and
Crittenden propositions; however any plan
of adjustment would meet with his approba-
ton.
There was recess till Z o'clock, and an
evening session. Mr. Killinger (Rep.) of
Pennsylvania was in favor of enforcing the
laws upon the seeding states, and said
if the Border States would renounce the
theory of secession he would meet them
half way in a spirit OF Cancellation.
Adjourned.