The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-01-14

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shrined. The rsgaosat 81 his sollsL Leur
ssas good L trus-thaf r. Il the eks,es
:. .sre saysssigs sd isdependeak |This
ne controversial. aad u they vsre s{ver-
eign end indspsndent, they were nbt %
after coming io'o ths Uaioa. The bbli
CATION oscs taken rendered thsm IN in1i.
visible natiou. ssss
Mr. 0ssvsns said the ecasIsusa iron
Ohio Peodlssos } hsd exhoaosatsd those
IL srms, the rebsI States, iron respdsei-
bi!ity for this bloody vsr and PLACID i
spco hi0self (Ssevsns) and those Who
soted With bin. This vas grave charge,
II true, and should msks then fsel 10,
osly regret but remorse for their coadsca
- thanked God that his long estertsioed
hesred 0f slavery had not been wcskdned
by esfsebling sge. The party with which
he had acted could not hesitate to do
what duty required, namely, 10 exolsde
slavery from the territories, oon6uing Il
% the spot ~hich il already polisted. II
the States he had hoped that the great evil
would work its own destructios, bat hone
with whom be had scted had proposed
. violatioa Of the Constil ution for srhdi
eating slavery. He said the epitbph
OF the gentleman from Ohio would be-
"Hsre lies the ablsst and most perttsa-
cioas defender Of slavery and opponents Of
Liberty Of his party" while his own
(S.ephen's) would be-"Hers lies one
sho never aspiFed to any emiosnce and
only coarted the low ambition to have il
sid thai he sought to ameloriate the con-
dition OF the psopie. Of the down-trodden
OF every land, age. race and color.
Baldwin, Of Mlss., entered into an ar
gumeat as TO the character of our form Of
government. denying that this was
Ccofeder.cy Of Sovereign States; it was
untrue. He bri, fy advocated the pend
ing resolution. regarding slavery as 30
outlaw Of civilization and as the propa-
gator Of treason. which should be At once
abolished.
No other speeches we're made on the
resolution.
Mr. Cole introduced q bill 10 amend
ment Of the Pacific Railroad oct, ratify-
ing the assignment made By the Central
Psci6c Railroad Company Of Califcrpia to
The Western Psci6c Railroad Company,
and requiring said Company to complete
25 mica yearly. and the whole road from
San joss TO Sacramento in fsnr years.
Hubbard, Of Iowa, introduced . I'LL
authorixiog the Secretary Of The Interior
- institute geological surveys Of the
Blsckhill. in Dacosah, and appropriate
go. 900 for that purpose.
Adjourned Till Monday.
SENATE.
The Consular Appropriations Bill was
taken up aad passed.
The resolution in relation to the Con.
duct Of Col. Chevingion toward the To-
dams in Colorado vas then taken up.
Wiley presented the petition OF ci.ix ms
OF Illinois in behalf u the soldiers csp.
tared in the Streight raid into Georkia,
setting forth that sii off+rs 10 secure their
release had been uuavailiug; that tAey
we're suffering in Soatheln dungeons 1ud
could not get fresh air because unable to
bear the ball and chain, anJ prayiog that
something be done to relieve them frbm
the slow but certain death which av1its
them.
Clarke presented the petition Of citisens
Virgia,a, asking for . territorial govern
msns inssad Of their present state gov
ernmeut.
Referred TO COMMITTEES on territories
Hove presented the petition Of the
Wisconsin Historical Society, asking for
The reduction Of the duty on imported
books, which vas referred to the CJm.
.nit,ce on Finances.
Line. Of Indiana, presented the petition
Of the Iadiana Publishers' Associates 10,
reduction Of the duty on imported pa
per-.
Samner presented the psti,ion OF lit
izen of Massachusetts, who had lostl ,
Government bond. and asking that il b,
restored 70 him.
Sherman said that the Secretary oi
the Treasury had indicated his iotentior
to make good the loss Of bon d aiser the
lapse Of a year or so, but il the treAsur,
notes were lost, they could not be returned
~i.to on further legisl ltiou, and that such
= petition - that presented By Mr.. Sum
ner shoa 4 60 10 ,hs Committee on Claims
The petitIoh wss therefore referred 70 tn;
C0amittee On Claims.
Riddle offered : resolution instructine
the Secretary Of War to report to tn,
Senate the number Of men furnished b,
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