Daily Republican., 1880-12-17
FOURTH EDITION.
rnE OLD KANSAS srRUGsLR.

Old Ossauataamie Brown ne
noansed ana Defeadea an ths
Benase-Ksnsas slave Oede.-spisy
Debate.
The following interesting debate oe
Cured in the Senate at Washington
yesterday:
On motion OF Mr.. Cockrell (Dem.,
Mo. } the Senate took up the Senate bill
for the relief OF SAmuel A. Lowe, ap'
propriating s4,750 to pay him for ser.
vices and expenses as clerk OF the Ter
ritorial Legislature Of Kansas In 1856.
Mr.. Ingalls, (Rsp., Kan.) said this
was aD attempt TO have pay granted
for the compilation OF what are known
as the "bogus statutes" Of Kansas, or
the same code hich was repealed and
publicly burned by the Free Soilers aa
sooD as they obtained control Of the
State. The statutes were the blackest,
most damnsble body Of laws ever a.
tempted to bs passed. Lowe had no
authority to ocomnile them. Mr.. ingalls,
read as sample one Of the sections OF
this bogus code, which made It felony
punishable by imprisonment at hard
labor for two years, to bring into the
Territory any printed or written mat
ter denying the right OF persons to
hold slaves, and making It a capital
efence to bring afugitive slave into the
Territory. loves claim was repudia.
ted by his own party In Kansas. The
laws we're not enacted.
Mr. Cockrell said that Lowe deserved
his pay for services legally rendered.
Mr.. Vest (Dsm., Mo. referred TO a
remark OF Mr. Ingalls,, that the code
was based on the code Of Missouri. No
such statutes ever existed in Missouri.
Slavery was dead and he had no wish
to bring II 10 life. Bat he could not re-
frain from saying that violence begat
violence, and outrage provoked out.
rage. The people sent out by Plymouth
Church and other pillars Of God and
morality, headed by that old scoundrel
John Brown, who sfterward Justly ex-
plated his crimes on the scafOld 81
Harpers' Ferry, were responsible for
much OF the violence OF that unfoftu-
nate time. Lowe should be paid for
his clerical work.
Mr.. Ingalls, said he did not propose
at this period Of the, Nations history to
enter upon q vindieation Of John
Brown. John Brown was executed as
traitor on the 2nd OF December, 1859.
But the Nation took up the the nag
at he laid down at Barpers' Ferry,
and bore it in triumph through fsur
years Of var 10 Appomattox Court
house. John Brown was about four
years ahead of his time. II was the
Nation that was laggard, and 1t requir.
ed few years after his death for the
Nation to occupy the platform on which
he stood. The laws Of Missouri formed
the basis Of the code in question, being
changed or supplemented In such re.
speCts as to ft them for the peculiar
state Of society desired to b. established
in Kansas.
Mr.. Harris (Dem. TsDn.,) stated his
opinion that LOwe's claim was good.
Mr.. Bdmunds (Rsp. W. said he be-
gan to get interested in this bill since
John Browns name had been brought
up, although, he added, nothing that
can be said 0 him In this Senate, good
or evil, will mar the brightness OF that
tame that will 90 down as the type Of
honest, though it may be misguided
love Of liberty. His body lies mOldsr-
ing In the grave, bat his soul, thank
God ia marching on. MIR. Edmunts
then cited an old act showing that
Lowe was, mot legally entitled to pay.
Mr.. Allison (Uem. Ga, moved to 60
into executive session.
Mr. CockreIl called for the yeas and
nays on Mr.. Allison's motion.
The call was not seconded, and at
2 J0T. H., the Senate went into execu-
tive session, and when the doors were
reopeued adjourned until to-mor row.