The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-01-17
NEWS.
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20 snnrt ed fnr the Richmond Dispatch.
Congressional.

Congregational.
,,,SaroN. ian. i6 90 Hose Mr. COX pre-
We. Was series OF conciIiatory resolutions lIom
PEI Mr. Briggs presented sim mar series
Uolo' var York, pray ing for the passage OF
from rTorn,se suggested by the Border State
C!nfan,',mn,ru, of tn. whoie. the Army bill
Is discussed ..s L.
M M hs ked that Virginia would join
Vsps'-Ser STATE Confederacy, but would iiak
h'p,IF "a the South, and wonld become toe
20, of the Sou hern Confederacy. Ia con-
IeSo'., his speech he aaverted 10 the proprie-
t'pS'a ,,ea .eshIs settlement between the two
% 80 tnn arrangemen nj of a system OF Gus
go and the formation of defensive and
io, ss,;xe alliance. This, be thought, would
- All the advantages of the present Con
"t~,.iou without its evils.
Rv,, HutIey OF Ohio, made speech, and In
"a Sa1 10 the seizure of the forts, maya
and ~ senais At the South. &c. he Gained
~ rbsrn people traitors. and urged coer-
."t r,rsearance had ceased 10 be virtue
,ioa,s rdred thousand Norihern volunt eers
a. Ill o:f.r theft services to the General Gov
81. -" HOLMAN, tDem.,} OF Indiana, argued
..'n,, The right Of secession, bat admitted the
@hD n revolution If oppression was intoIer-
X He did not yet pair of the Repub
sySS Morris dem } of Illinois, said that
Len had assumed large proportions. He
-. - n des pair of the Republic. Mr.. Bucha-
he u,
ts..1,.~,ed like a traitor, and yielded TO The
'-.]"inn.sts Secession had led them 10 the
S-t ~ dissolution, but refusing 10 take the
- iesn they had turned their keen blades
A,a,nsi MN:
Adjourned
o,aat.--A communicate n was received from
- President In response TO the inquiry as 10
- was Secretary of War. lie says MIR. Holt
srt,DC Secretary, and he claims the right as
presideet, of appointing Cabinet officers dd
N, Rice, of Missouri, introduced resolutions
,~yidfug for The admission Of new States
ING Them Kansas, TO include in her boun-
t~r,eS portIoHs Of Utah and New Mexico, as
- nreseut defiu ed; Minnesota TO include Daco-
s.b and all Of Nebraska north of the i3d par
al. oregon TO include Washington, and
r,ItaraIa to extend her boundaries TO the line
y, Kansas The resolutions were ordered 10
b. printed.
se,eral compromise memorials were intro
Dir Crittenden's resolutions were taken up.
Mr. Powells amendment guaranteeing
slavery IN All the present Territories south OF
Is deg 81 min, was accepted-ayes 80, nays 1.
Messrs Simmons, of Rhode Island, and
AnthUny, of the same State, made speeches on
The resulu lions.
TIE vote on striking out the preamble and
frat resolution and inserting Ciarke's tof MOI
resolution, was carried-25 TO % The follow
.rg IS the res oIuuou stricken out.
!. hsSoirsd' ~ ne Stmatt ana Ho"se o. hsPfe-
,.Hiaurss OF the LHtfed States # iUttTtcd, an
fsaFrfss ASssmbLtf. That the laws now IN force
f,f me recovery OF fugitive slaves are IN stGlct
pursuance of the ain and mandatory PROVISIONS
-, the Constitution, and have been stnctloped as
~ ID ard constitutional 10y the Juugment ot the
Supreme Court of the United States; that the
syeuridlnE states c entitled to the faithful OBJ
s.ry nee sud execution of these laws, AID that
they ought not TO be repealed or 70 modI he'd or
,1Apsed 10 impair their efficiency and that
IS ought 10 be made for the pam shnent of those
xeo ATTEMPT, hy rescue OF the slaves, OF otner IL
81, means. 70 hinder or defeat the due execution
Of sad laws.
'lr the present.
The Kansas bill was made the order fer
Friday.
The Pacific Railroad bill was then taken up
and argued.
After spending an hour in Executive session,
and pending a motion to table CrIttendeu's
resolutions, equal TO defeat the Senate
Adjourned,