Year: 1859




WAmMaroN, Dec. Z, 1859.


Tbs CHAIR presented report from the Secretary Of the
Senate showing the progress made in the printing Of
American State pspers.


Mr.. crAY, (dem) Of Ala, gave notice Of his intention
to introduce bill to repeal the fishing bounties act


Mr. POWELL, (dem Of KY, gave notice Of his intention
to introduce bill to abolish the frankng privilege


m HAlPxRs TxRRY INVASION


Mr.. Mason's resolution was taken up


Mr.. SIMMONS, (rep) Of R. l., favored the amendment
thinking one inquiry equally necessary with the other
legislation required to prevent similar ourages We
too apt to overlook awess acts BE deprecated any
attempt render POLITICAL party responsible such
ouages and denied that any general sympathy had been
excited the North for brown his movements Browns
conduct was unaccounabie. In his crime there was not
one quality TO redeem Il from utter detestsHon.
StI, he waa q brave man. Il was the duty OF
the general government to extend protection to all
parts of the unon and there question about its
power to do so. St the attempts to impcate parties
without proof very dangerous proceeding, and
not calculated to produce quiet in the minds Of the poo
pie.


Mr. MALLoRY (dem) OF Fla said since this resolution
has been shorn Of all its moral effect by the oppo
son it had received he quite indifferent whether
passed not The cause Of Virginia is the cause Of the
South they proud OF the high tone she has taken
this matter, and expect to stand by her. He
prsed that Senator's denied knowledge Of Browns plans
be expected less of them-but the sympathy
universally expressed in the North showed that
the +" irrepressble confict' had indeed commenced.
He referred to Helpers book In severe condemnation and
said that two endosers Of that book candidates for
Speaker Of the House. The only safety for the country
was to be found in the democratic party.


Mr. Iverson dem) Of Ga desired to call the attention
Of Senator Wilson, who yesterday discaimed that the
black republican party had any sympathy with Brown
and his acts to the proceedugao the Legislature Of Mass
chusetts on the ID Of December. Upon the motion to
adjourn the vote stood eight TO eleven he did not know
how they cassed but he would venture the asser
on that there was not solitary republican who voted in
the negative or rather that there wasnot democrat who
voted In the affirmative. There were twenty absenteee
and he took It for granted they shirked the question,
doubtless because ashamed TO place th upon re-
cord. In the House Of RepresensaHx of all the mem
bers who took part IN the debate, b no Of them de-
nounced the proceedings Of Brown, and they were
members Of the democratic party and yet that Senator
said there no sympathy for Brown. But they had
meeting fremont Temple the Friday night succeed
ing when that large hall filed to overowing and in
the remarks made by members Of the Legislature not
only sympathy expressed for Brown and his acts but
the rbad sentiments against the South and her in
sttutons uttered and encored to the Skies They
(the repubHcans) disavowed such sentiments and yet
voted for who uttered such sentiments and TO-
day attempting to elect Speaker who endorsed
the most reasonable sentiments uttered Did their dis
TRUTH They were not worth the paper Upon
which they printed. If he could bring forward all
the republican papers which had expressed sympathy he
could pile up Of testimony high the skies TO
show them the deep sympathy Of the Northern people in
the fe and conduct Of Brown When he said yesterday
that too many Southern democrats sympathzed with the
republican party he did not intend to include the whole
party for he satisfied there were as true men there
iived the earth. But had not their strength been
rittcred away by going to the republican party
until they were now in minority They had nom
nal friends in the ranks of the Southern democratic
party but he believed the greater portion were as rot
ten as the black republican party. What difference was
there between Judge Douglas and those who agree with
him and the Senator from Massachusetts, who s the very
personncaton Of rcpubicansms There were some rood
and true men among the republicans; but why had not
they expressed themselves in public demonstrations IN
denunciaon Of BrownY Why had not thoy risen NJ in
their might all the country, and expressed spmpa-
thy with Virginia in this inroad upon her rghss Tdey
afraid to do it, because they would die political
death. The republicans evinced their sympathy by
brnging Sherman who endorsed sentiments more infa
nous than Brown expressed out for Speaker or the
Hoasc II was true he had taken occasion to disavow
any knowledge Of what Helpers pamphlet when he
signed IT, Int this was adding insult TO injury. He
had committed n crime against the constitutional
rights OF thc people Of tho country, FOR which
Brown was executed on the gatIows, and which
shoud hang every man who approved and ordorsed II.
ana yet this brought forward for the third or
nee 70 the git Of The American people. This course
WHICH 'ho i'ruoican party pursuing warned South
ern peopc Of their danger They stood on the brink Of
volcano, and unless they took time by the forelock