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t fielr government n their Cunttftutinn. The torm passed away. The pliticul at mosphere again became pure and healthful ; ml the government was maintained anil im proved. Aud it i my honest conviction, that there is tio much good sense in the peo p'e of these United Stales to be led away with I'm ides uf disunion, on account of any diffi culties growing out til" tli i que-tiotf surround ed by Hiich peculiar circumstances. I pre l ii t they will not -unlets misled aud deceiv ed. But figuratively speaking-rthey will bi-ing to the block the political head uf all who shall iniiiiil oh any tucli remedy lor such complaint. Mr. Chairman, it is nut to be disguised, that our Southern people are anxious about appearances for the future. They gee the li ce States in number an 1 in Representation, already iu the majority in both House uf Congress, and ihia majority snon to bo largely increased ; t'tat while the Smith fulls into this minority, they have vitne!ed, for the last lew years, among many people of the Iree States, an increasing spirit of bitter hostility to tne South aud her institutions. But let Hi like statesman be calm, briefly trace the history of this thing, and inquire why jt is. Though by the census, the actual figures show that the natural increase of population in the Uve States has been equal to the natural na tite inrrease of the free States, yet the free States have excelled us in the settlement of new Territories and raising up new State. In the first place we of tin: Southern States have been, and now are, the advocate of fiee-tade, and many for direct txe. We have opposed the policy of discrimination in favor uf. our own domestic industry in the old States, iit regulating and raising revenue, and no more than enough to defray the ex penses ol the Go-vern'Deut economically ad ministered. - ' . . To this policy we have made in Bubtan-e, successful opposition thereby in a good de gree cutting- oil' much uf the inducement, that mould have retained the industrious and cn ergetie population in the old States, who, in consequence, have moved to the Territories, there settled, mule new and free States, and became producer instead uf consumers ol the earth productions. , In tl.e second plaee, a majority of Southern politicians have uniformly favored the policy 'l inviting, alluriug, persuading, and in fact hiring emigrants not only the citizens of tlie Hates, butuf the whole world, to m and settle in our Territories. Homesteads, by war of pre-emptions, in the Territories, are offered to all the world. The language uf the whole policy is in substance, "come ye sil the Emh, and settle in our Territories here you can become citizens, anJ without waiting to be naturalized, according to the .is n the Union, you can vote and hold of fice:'' the result of which has been to run from the old States (slave and free.) into the Territories, much of their population, and particularly that portion, though young, iu ilustrious and worthy, who have, or take, but little interest in the institutions uf the South, and besides, we find growing out of this, that huuJ.ed uf thousands of foreigners are locking to as every year that foreign pau pers are by thousauds and thousands being tel apon our shores. In fact, 1 Cod from the best official U lent an is, that the number uf foreign emigrant that came to this country from Jane :he 1st, 1850, to December 31st, 1351, was five hundred and Cftv-eight thou sand for the year 1332, three hundred and teventy-five thousand for the year 1853, tnree hundred and sixty-eight thousand for the year 1951, nearly the same. The war in trie Val diminished the number, but I ven ture the prediction that between the years IsSOand 1S30 there ill have come ( this costttr- foreigners enough M place in each uf Iweuty new S'ates wore population than is now in the Territory uf Kansas. These foreigner make their way mainly to the Ter ritories, r crowd into the free States, oc ca poning increased emigration from them. T!iee fact being undeniable, I submit, liow important it is for uur Southern po'.iticans to turn their attention to the n. While the people uf the Ni iUi were willing to dispense with and check this immense immigration at org them, for reasons of a social charac ter, to dixiuish their taxes, prosecution and the inmates uf their pour houses, jails and l-cmtentiaries, I respectfully ask, why should iot (be bouih, tit a man, for reasons as well understood as expressed, have joined in this j.reat Movement r aud if in the first move uicntsau J organization any rules were adopt ed loo irict ur stringent to be generally en laced, ur toil severe on the honest immigrant. to have given their poteot sid and influence ! in taod.iym; the same, i a to have earned inust useful results to our beloved South i HA it h twen their plti-ore t parsue a tiilTtieut course, and the ieuUs thereof have, im notmail degree, contrib'itcJ to the embar ra.too: circum.Um e that now seem to gather round t and wallow up uur itiflumce in tne National Cuuncil. The argument hs Leru, " sett's and populate tin Territories," lorgeUiu the fact I mI in the last seventy In year 4tr population ha increased from tiiree to ouie twenty seven millions nii fall and il the i.:se ratio uf increase shall ubuiu for the next seventy-live years, the u.l wi.t be tiue time t etilveen million , . l i : .i !- l .. I Stowing ho nuportat.t t!i'e Territories usy be (oid at rrau!ijjie price pud into the treasury , for the home uf uur own pu frniy, snd ul honest worthy foreigners, who cvwe to us they did ia ioimer days, from a lute uf uwr free go.eromeiit, and w ho are wil li to settle among us, sure ol being prelect ed m all their lignuof religion and property, aad who are w 1111114 to wtt until they have eiiderstood sod bee oue familiar iih our people snd thrir ius!,Wt t,n b-fn' claiming the right to paiticipate in their government. These su';rurs I hive tuatie to Suutit ern gentlemai here, and thruutfhoul the 'are State, ihit on rrtiVition ih-y may de ter-nine whether they list not bt-n mm ia '.i .l.ni to to ut to the aid uf a 'ie qs.-e material to Southern iuSaeme aud Southern jtiteirM I w i very mu'.H enerained, Mr. Chair- oyr fcotlhern friends come up here and talk man, by lh speetb uf the gentleman from about associating with Abolitionists, and of Louisiana Mr. Sand.ilge and, if I had time, hoggin abolition doctrines as a sweet inor i should tike to incorporates! least half of it J tel ! Why, Mr. Chairman, the whole thing ia mine, to show, Fa addition to the million j in that im-sre is, "in with Xamaeoul fiat bave already come, bow many ur re j with tfrmtry iVA'na" and identically the millions of paupers are to come under our! same thing is in tlie Senate bill, that the present rstm of inviting thrm to come here. South ia called upon to rally at one nan to But, Mr. Chairman, what i it that we have ru (!icaiog here lor the last ninety days? This dicusion has been either intentionally r accidtn'aUr conducted an a to bring out p) tlUc sectwJiI vieet ef gentlemen from the Soutti anrj from the North. It ia only within the last eight or ten days that any conservative man has been permitted to address the House on this agitated question. Jit is said that this is a question whether any more slave States shall tone into this Union, and speech after speech is made and sent to the South to tell the Southern people that we are solemnly debating in the House of Re presentatives he naked question whether any inore slave States shai come into the Union. - ' '" " : - " Why, Mr. Chairman, If that were true, If that were the only question here, it might have been settled within twenty-four hours after this debate commenced. If that were the only question, I take it that all our Ame rican friends whould vote for it, every man from the South would vote or it, and I am inclined to think that the Free-Soil wing of the Democracy these Buffalo-platform men could be got to vote for it, with a flreen amendment. That is mv opinion. Hut, Mr. Chairman, Is that the question ? On what has this debate arisen ? On the special message of the President. Does he say that whether there shall be any more slave States is the question ? No sir ; that message, as I understand it, means these two things and it means nothing more and noth ing less to the South, "come in Lecomp ton,' and to Northern gentlemen, " it is the surest and readiest way, and the only certain way, in which yon can confiscate Southern property and get clear of negroes in Kansas." I have listened to treutlemen here professing great regard for the interests of the South, and, w hilst all of them have been eloquent on the first part, of the picture, they have all, save and except a gentleman from the chival rous State of South Carolina, passed over that portion as tenderly as sucking doves. Laughter. I will read from the President's message, in order that there may be no mis take about it: - . : - " As a question of expediency, after the right has been maintained, it may be wise to reflect upon the benefits to Kansas and the whole country which would result from its immediate admission into the Union, as well as the disasters which may follow its rejec tion. Domestic peace will be the happy consequence of its admission : and that line lerritory, which has hitherto been torn by dissensions, will rapidly increase in popula tion and wealth, and speedily realize tle blessings and the comforts which follow in the train of agricultural and mechanical in dustry. The people will then bs sovereign, and can regulate their own affairs in their own wav. If a majority of them desire to abolish domestic slavery within the State, there is no other possible mode by which this can be ellected so speedily as by prompt ail mission. The will of the majority is supreme and irresistible when expressed in an orderly and lawful manner. They can make and unmake constitutions at pleasure. It would be absurd to say that they can impose fetters upon their own power which they cannot afterwards remove. If thev could do this. rthey might tie their own hands for a hundred as well as tor ten years, these are funda mental principles of American freedom, and are recognized, I believe, in some form or other, bv every State constitution; and if Congress, in the act uf admission, should think pVoper to recognize them, 1 can per ceive no objection to -such a course. This has been done emphatically in the constitu tion uf Kansas. It declares in the bill of rights that 'all political power is inherent in the people, and all free government are founded on their authority, and instituted for their benefit, and therefore they have at all times an inalienable and , indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish their form of government in such manner as they may think proper.' The great State of New York is at this moment governed tinder a constitu tion framed and established in direct oppo sition to the mode prescribed by the previous constitution, ft, therelure, tlie provision changing the Kansas constitution after the year 1 86-1. could by possibility be construed into a prohibition to make a change previous to that period, this prohibition would be wholly unavailing. The Legislature already elected may, at its very first session, submit the question to a vote uf the people whether they will or will not have a convention to amend their constitution, and adopt all ne cessary means for giving effect to the popular will. " It has been solemnly adjudged, by the highest judicial tribunal know n to our laws, that slavery exists in Kansas by virtue of tlie Constitution uf the United States. Kansas in therefore, at this moment, a much a slave 'State as Georgia ur -south Carolina. Wilh- out this, the equality uf tlie sovereign State composing the Union would be violatrd.and the use aud enjoyment of a Territory acquir ed bv the common treasure of all the States, would be closed against the people and the property of nearly half the members of the confederacy." And then he conclude with thie very rheering doctrine for Southern men anil Southern interests: ' Slavery can, therefore, neve be nrohib- , iumi in Kansas, except oy means ui acunsii re-itutional provUion, and in no other manner can tins be obtained so promptly, if a tnajou ... . r .i.. i i f. . V ' - i ; ty uf the people desire it, as by admitting it into the I'll iou under it present constilu- The president points out the way in ad vance. He stimulates the I'ree-Soilcrs in Kansas to dislike t ie constitution. . He re quests this prompt mean uf fretting slavery out ufKan-as to be recognized in the bill of admission. Here is the menage. I submit it to the Chairman, to the Committee, and to South ern men suppose, that instead of having the name of Jame Bucnanao attached to it, it had had the name uf the disiingui.lied gen tleman from Ohio, Juc H. Ciooiioa at the end of it, I ask, if that name had been at- tarht-d, whether it would not have been an 'entirely different rase? We would pronounce iit a rank abolition document. . And vet. air. he support of. I have a(ed many of our Letoinpuia friends if this Guam amendment, which they have got in the bill, speak the language "of this message? Some a no, .ethers sty u dae and tar it tnethercl who gave the answer ihe girl gave to her mother, when asked, if a certain gentleman was courting her ( she replied, ' it is a sorter so, and a sorter not so, and rather more a sorter so than a sorter not so." Laughter. Now, that amendment is a very little thing only a few lines. ; There is not much of it, but I tell you I never read it over but it reminds me very much of the boy who was scolded for not making the potatoe hills on a wet morning large enough. Well dad," said he, " it is a tact that they are small, but I tell you they have got a darned sight of dirt in them." Laughter. Sir, if this is a pill gilded over to make it acceptable to some , Green men, Southern men ought to be ashamed of it. I know that this peculiar policy is practised in our little electioneering scuffles in our country, aiuU suppose everywhere else, but I never supposed it ought to obtain in the Congress of our nation. Once when I charged a friend of mine with having said some foolish things in a speech which he had made, and told him that I thought he had hurt our cause, he said; " Ah, Gilmer, you do not know the folks as well as 1 do. A great many people are like a nest of young birds, if you tap the side of the tree, they'll open their mouths, and swallow the worm down." Laughter. southern men supposed that we had cot something by the Died Scott decision. I, Tor one, as a Southern man thought we had ob tained something; I thought that we had got upon safe ground ; that we had perfect equa lity in the Territories j that we could go there with our institutions and pur property, and be just as safa-there as the men uho go there from any other section with any other species of property . But if this is the mean ing, if this is the result of the Dred Scott de cison, then those pf us who go into the Ter ritories with our slave property, have to run two chances first, that the people may ex clude us when they come to form their con stitution, and if they do not run us out at first, then whenever the majority of the peo ple desire it, they may run us and our ne groes out, And tins is the doctrine upon which the South is to stand this is the doc trine, mark you, which Alabama and other States are to go out of the Union on, if they cannot get It is not from any objection to the constitution of Kansu that 1, as a South ern man, oppose her admission. I would he pleased that we could fairly and properly get slavery permanently in Kansas. But I object to this doctrine, that we can be pro tected in our property while in partnership, during the Territorial state, but the moment we become an incorporation a State every man that owns joint stock is instantly liable by constitutional provision to have his pro perty confiscated. And this is the doctrine which we have been told here, month after month, and day after day, that every South ern man must stand upon, otherwise he is an Abolitionist and opposed to the interests uf the South ! Mr. Chairman, w La t is the question which has agitated thecouniry for the lat fooryearsfi It is one that has taken up' the entire stirn tion uf tongresn. Vie have ben figuring about it until, I believe, not only the country but the Government itself i upon the verge of bankruptcy. I his question commenced with two faces une for the Free-Soil Demo crats of the North, and one for the South ; and the same identical double fare is in this bill, and 1 will detain the Committee only for a moment, while I refer them to some history of it. We had our troubles sine years ago.grow ing out of the discussion f the compromie measure. In January, 1851, the venerable fa titer of the land, Whi;auil Democrat, gath ered together, with lleiirv Clay at ilifir bead, and drew up a pledge to the country that from and after that day their influe nce would be exerted against every man lor office . Mate or Federal, who would refuse to stand upon tne plaiform uf ihe adjustment measures of 1830. The people rallied to that standaid. The Uemorratic convention met in D-ltimoie, in 1832; the Whig convention met in the same place, and they both bowed down at the same altar ur peace upon this agi'ating question. They re affirmed in substam-e what .Mr. Fill more said in December, 1831, that this rum promise ul 1850 should be finality, snd there should be no mure agitation ul the slavery question in or out uf Congress. To that both f the great leading partu- were pledged to the country. Thry put their candidate ep on that platfosso, General Pierce a elect ed. He wa installed. Unfortunately, bow er, he in a short time made some injudicious appointment ; he fuiiml out the true Demo crats of the No-lh, men who I am proml to fi limiting in tle saiue runks they did then. Van Uuren, lix, Cochrane 4. Co., Ihe Bulfjlo plat form men, were then coming in, ami the party was about t break up. Something had to be done. The Administration was going down. A prescription Iwd to be made. It was given and on the principle that you precribe to one choked with a turn p, gel him to swallow a pumpkin, and it would vrliesehmi. Laugh ter J I hey went upon tins' incinnati p'at form. I am nut going tn detain the Commit tee to show how our irieii'l siewed it in the South. That is well known. I desire to show how the matter stand with the Administra tion, to show what the Democratic Free-Soil-er said belore, afterward, and all the time. A few month blore the I incinnati conven tion M.et, edi.tinpiiihed Free-hmler wrote lo the North. Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Woodbury, anii an tnne noisy men tt the JiuUaio con vention, began to five evidence that they wanted to return to their friend. Here is one; I t,ie it as a fair specimen uf their let ters and peche. it is the letter uf ihe lion. U. C. lambreiingi " Huntington, Deceaiher 1ISS. Wim.u IT. I.t Diww, E. i "My JJear Mr: Even Southern mm In Kana acknowledge that it w ill inevitably be a free State. Tin is thk t ast TRinoi.s rot Lr.ar;for the half dozen Territmies re msiniogsr alnaily fret and will remain so. M There would not have been half the trouble about Kansas, but for Atchison's struggle to et back into the Senate. As the question now stands, there ought to be no Difficulty whatever in uniting the Democratic parly lor the principle of the Nebraska and Kansas bill squatter sovereignly whstever its ori gin, give every Territory belonging to the United State and all we have now to insist apon is, that it shall be honestly enforced that Kansas shall have fair play. Practically there is no difference worth quarrelling about. " It appears to me la be perfectly absurd for us to be grumbling about squatter sove reignty, at Ihe presriit time, when squatter sovereignty will mk free every inch uf ter ritory now belonging to the United States. " After the acquisition of California, with the prospect ot the addition uf more Mexican territory, when Gen. Cass proposed .the doe trine of non-interventi6ii,'"uwasai) important, question, as it might have led to the introduc tion of many sUve States l but after the South had been completely checkmated by California's declaration in Javor of freedom, wehaano rea son to object to the doctrine of non-intervention, or squuller sovereignty. We have now, be sides Kansas aud Nebraska, N.Mexico, Utah, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington, making seven Territories, which will give us seven free States. Some slunk the fate of Kansas doubtful, but the invasion of the Missouri rowdies, independent of natural causes, will make it a free State. These borderers came over first to vote for pro-slavery men the second time to vote against them in the loca tion of the Capital and the third time to make a bluster under Shannon, puiirr th$ people, and drink whisky. Under such circumstances I cannot con ceive what we can possibly gain by resisting a principle which has hitherto excluded slave ry from our Territories. V- The slaveholders will not get Kansas, snd they are now deprived of the pretext of going into the Territories south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes, underihatcompromise, They generally opposed non-intervention on that ground, and contended for carrying the compromise line to the Pacific ocean. Jt is certainly not for our intcml now to have that compromite line restored. Why the South should have voted lor its repeal is a question for themselves to settle.' They all, at the time, admitted that Kansas would never be a slave State. I hope our friends will meet the issue boldly, snd leave the question of State organization to the people of the Ter ritory, who have the natural aud best right to decide for themselves. "Let thk squatters settle hut insist that that principle of the Nebraska act shall be honestly carried out; that the squatters shall hae fair play, and shall not be controlled by invaders from Missouri, or any military pow er whatever. As to more slave Status,' there are none in prospect ; and it is useless to em barrass ourselves by anticipating question bich may not arise." Now, sir, these t wings are standing to day exactly where they stood belore. fell me, if you please, why these men you are hogging to your bosom on the other side, stand with your these men who were, and now are, rank Free Soilers? Tell us why the Urkkx amendment is admitted? Which would you rather have for your bed fellows? I tell you the difference is very much like 'the slave' reply when asked whether Jim and Moifi were not Very much alike? He ai, ' Yes, very much alike, iudeeil; aud parti cularly Mose." laughter. It is nut so much, I fear, that they care about getting negroes into Kausas, or getting them out. It it not ally principle uf this kind. It is, i apprrhend, a mere contrivance by which i .i . - jobbing has been carried on in tins country to keep certiin men in power. In fact this w hole management and shuffling reminds me uf what ocruned in one of our .North Carolina limns some ye' ago. A silly fellow de clined liiiukelf a candidate for town constable. The boy had a circular printed lo hiiB. It was printed both sides like tins with Lecouiptun un one side, and Guess on the other. On one sul, he addressed Inmtelf to the debtors; Fellow-citr.eu, vole fur me, and if I am elected constable, I will never force you to payment, even at any ex tremity." On ihe other side wa an addret to the creditor : If )ou will come up and vute fur inr, and I shall be elected, I promise, upoo my honor, I wdl bate yoi.r monev paid, in every instance, at the diop of a list.'' .Mr. Chairm-n, I am nut disposed to detain this Committee with a review uf the decision uf the Supieme Court in the Dred Scott cae. All I have lo sav i this ; that my virws uoon the cHstitut onality of the Missouri compro mise were known long before that deriaion was made ; and I thought thai the compromise was nut in accordance with the spirit of the Consti tution. Although my opinion im line to tl.at uf the Supieme Court, and did before thede cuion was wade, yrt, from the length uf lime it had been a compromise, I wa ilip.ied to look upon it as a co.i.promii.e which had bet ter be abided by. As in the case uf I w o neigh bors whose boundary line it in dispute a! boundary which can only be -etiled bv the pro- j vision f a deed, an'l no agreement they i might make by parol would ehanje the lne I Iixed.by the ilee l, any more than any agree meiit between two section uf ihe country by Congie, could be changed. But when the neighbor have established line b prol agreement, staked ami chopped it o!T, anil have lived in peace, harmony, and propri ty under it lor more than thirty years, if they should Come to me and ask mv adice whe'li er they should bieak up this nld landmark n w the true f i being a-crr'ained by he deed and go bick to their rights according to law, I should ay, a a mm, a neighbor, and a a Christian, also," that the had better let the old landmark stand and abide by them ; and by no mean revive old disputes and qnai rel. So wiih the cae of the Missouii com promise. I do not believe Ihe South i gum; t gam anything by its repeal, and I firmly believe thai the only reward the Xoulli Will ever get from its repeal will be to her injury, and ant thing but an aJvantage lo her Hue interests. But it is said that the only way to pacify the country is to admit no amendment lo this bill ; that H cannot be bettered ; that in no way can it be improved that it ha got to be pasted in the shape in which it is pie tented, even though a prnpoition should be presented, which, if carried out, would more efiectually pacify and quiet the country and elll the whole question. Why, say they, it would be intervention. Now, let me detain the Committee a moment lo show how ndicu loui that idra it. What i this thing uf nun- intervention t Why, is it intervention to leave the people uf a Territory perfectly free and untramnieled to settle this, with all ether questions, in their own way, fnly and properly, subject only to the Cunstitutiun uf the United Stales? Now, tir, do we consider it any interven tion, in the ctse ul a trial by jury, alter Ihe verdict it announced, to set lh Mine aside, and grant a new trial upon affiiiavitt which clearly prove and salisfy Ihe judge Ihsf Ihe verdict was obtained by fraud, by perjury, by deception, ur by any tnal-practire? 'it it any intervention for an honest and conscien tious judge, after bring satisfied ol the facts by reliable affidavits, to sar that he doubted whether the verdict had been fairly obtained, ! and in the exercise uf lh discretion which it vested in him, decide to grant anew trial, in order that justice might be done? Is lhatan interference with th right of trial by jury? And suppose" a jury is einpannelled to settle the question, and they co.os back to the judge, and one of the jury gets up and says the ver dict is so and so, and another say it is hot so, and the judge telle them, gentlemen you had better retire, set together again and consult, and scrips unon vour verdict, and. when yuu come in, it will be recorded" is that any interference? I wanted to show how ridiculous this idea is. Is that interven Hunt What are Grekn's and Puoh's amend ments? Let our Northern anti-slavery men, of all parties, understand that the President ol the United States has given a true con struction to the Died Scott decision, sod you will never have any more fuss about this nutter from them. .The President says meant that when the people of any State tee proper to get together in a legal way, to get up a convention sanctioned bylaw, a mere majority vote. of their assembly Frce-SoU, they may form a constitution and the negroes ...:u .ii.i ' :.. .i. sc. win an wiupc v mil is giving m nuoiuiuu- ists a 'new cue, and one which will run out the institution of my beloved section from all Territories, certainly, and endanger it in many of the States. Mr, Chairman, desire to look upon this question without reference to any section, ur how it will effect any body other than the general good anil peace of the whole country If no other plan can be devised and agreed on, I may feel myself ror strained to vote for the measure, being urged uy Southern Iriends and sectional pressure. And if 1 do, the (ass amendment stricken out, it will not be (and I say it here,) a measure which my sound judgment can approve as the better plan. If 1 could, 1 would put the whole re sponsibility upon the Democracy, where it belongs, lor I do believe il they would relax a little, and honestly set their heads to work with our Southern friends aud other conser vative men in this House, this whole mat ter might be put upon a footing entirely satisfactory to the South to the East lo the West to the North satisfactory to the people uf Kausas and without any com pro mise of any principle substantially iu the manner uiuicaien uy in nereioiore. 1 must sav that when I hear it asserted here, and everywhere, and the proof strongly tending to show that Ihe government ul Kan sat wa, in the first instance, ruthlessly snatched frmn the people, unconstitutional lest oath applied, by which the minority. who uy Iraud obtained the control or the government, and by whirh the minority were kept from participating in the government wiien 1 l'ii told and Hie proof tend that way that not more than uue-lwll of the coun tie of (he Territory were permitted to lie represented in the conviction, I doubt the propriety uf supporting the constitution fram ed thus. I dissent from the idea that a ma jority uf the counties of any Stale can make constitution that i binding on the minority of counties who did not have a chance to be represented in the convention. V hy have you more judge than one ) It is not simply for the sake of numbers, but that there may be conference, argument, interchange uf view. M may ba to day a II inclined une war, and M-umrrow a greater and better mind than any uf us, representing but une district, may make a suggestion sufficient to change the upinion uf the whole Congress. U'e know that the election uf the 4 ill uf Janua ry wa recognised by the Secretary of State, who gave instructions Hist that very election should be fairly held, and the Vote fairly and impartially taken; lhat vole turns out to be ten thootand against the constitution. We are told, too, aud assured, that the Leg islature of the Territory, representing the will of the people, are uosnimously protest ing against this thing; and we are also told tlut the whole constitution rest on fraud, deception, and violence. And, permit me to say, further, as SoeiherM man, tlut when 1 see my Southern fnandsuo the Special Com mittee in tin matter, declining to obey the instructions u (he House, ml shrinking from inquiry, it leaves the suspicion stronger un my mind that these reports are true. 1 hop that they are nut. 1 hope that the deeds per petrated there have not been so humble as they have been represented; but when I see chivaliuu gentlemen from my own section uf th Union turning their back upon an iuvesti- gation, and saying that we had better not j look into l!ce thpig, I take it fur granted that there ia mure in thrse assertion than 1 i belore supposed. But, sir. thi Special Com- iiuitee was directed to do another thing. That was, to tell u whether thi Territory had within its confines ninety-three thousand inhabitant. Now, I ask eery man heie, on what figures, and n what evidence, he can satisly Ins mind that there arc ninety three thousand in Kansas! What wa tiie lat census? Mr. Sum;, of Ohio. Twenty-three ihuusai d. Mr. GiLMita. How long sgo wa that ? Mr. Siuan:,uf Ohio. Lssi June. Mr. Gilher. Then where, I appeat to Southern men, do juu get Ihe requisite nine ly-three thousand population? But they cum forward and tay that the Krpublieant wanted to have Kansas admitted under the Topeka eunstitutinn, and therefore they arc estopped. And thry also lay that at Ihe last Congress our Democratic friends undertook tipas an enabling act, and therefore they are eloppd. Well, that may apply to the lte publicans, and may get them out uf court. It my erj well apply lo uur Democratic Southern friends, ami turn them nut of court. But what are ihey going o do with the poor American? We say that the Republicans . niisiaarn, ami mat that wa only a movement of intemperate zeal. W want to know what the f.ct are. I venture lo say that there arc nut f,.ur Individuals there it every single voter. The experience of Ihit country show that in a lerritory where theie sre but few females, and few ul.l ur very young persons, the voter are in ihe ratio uf mil more man one to every three or lour. Well, now, take the ten thousand voter and multiply that fir by three yos) have but thirly thousand f population there. Multi. P7 it by tour, and yon have but forty thou ed. Multiply it by live, and you have but fy thousand. Multiply it by sii-what we all know is far beyond the ratio and you have only got titty thousand. And yet here are Southern gentlemen men who want le protect the equality ul Southern represents liun in Congitst coming forward here in no; nisic ancj Denouncing at an Ab ulilionist; everv man who will not consent to allow the thirty thousand or forty thousand quarrelling people of Kansas to cume in as a State, ana to send her two Jim Lanesand somebody else like them, to vote in the Congress uf the United Slates; and that all for Southern in terest! 1 VK That, mark you, is advancing the great In terests of the South ! 1 knnw there is not a man here who can say that he ha evidence that there is a population of ninety-three thousand people in the Territory of Kansas. The fact it not to; snd the fact that our Southern fi 'tends, having the control of the Special Committee, declined to inquire into that important point, proves that it it not to. But, Mr. Chairman, permit me to say, in conclusion, that we are not left in the dark, and without precedents as the proper course to be pursued in a difficulty of this kind. Kentucky, after several attempts, was admit ted into the Union and allowed to frame her constitution subsequently, in her own way. So I believe now, that Kansas should be al lowed to come into the Union, and that the should be allowed to settle this question and frame a constitution for herself. Do this, and Kansas will be satisfied the House will be satisfied and the whole Union will bo satisfied. , . NEWS ITEMS. Goo on thk Watkrs. A ship arrived re cently in New York, whose captain and crew (of 30 persons) had all been converted at sea, " without any other obvious instru mentality than their religious convictions." Ravivau. The revival interest ha ex' tended to various pirts of Canada. In .Mon treal prayer meetings are held three timet a day aud are largely attended. , ,. Havivat, i Yaib Connor,. The deepest inteixtt it manifested among the students. The revival in the Culiege is probab'y with out a precedent, to far as numbers interested are concerned. In fact it is said to include nearly all the students; among the converts are tome who have been very bitter seofrrs, and who were tolerably well armed with tot philosophy of the itiQJel. , ; . . " Incidents. A young man ol skeptical tendencies was passing through Amity ateet, in New York, a few dart ago, and aaw a child weeping bitterly. Ha inquired what was the matter, and it appeared that the child, who family lived in Anthony street, had lost hi way, and knew not how to, get home. "Com" with me," said the young m.n, ''ami I will show you the way home." But he could not persuade the lost one to accompany him. The young man left the child, and a he walked on, he thought, " That child i like me lost and' will not be guided home. The impression ripened into conviction, penitenee, aud conversion. The Legislature of Georgia, tat it late session, passed a law providing for the ap pointment of inspector by the aeveral city authorities and inferior courts of the State, " to prevent aod punish the telling and man ufacture uf drugged or other poisonous and deleterious liquors, spirits, and wines." The prettiest lining for a bonnet is a smit ing face. We have dates from Gieat Salt Lake to February 6th. The Mormons had held mas meeting to sustain Boghatn Young, in dif ferent part ol the Territory. Une uf these assemblage, held in Salt lake City, had adopted two addresses, one directed to" Presi dent Buchanan snd the other tn Congress, sitting forth the rrievances uf the Mormons, and ileclaring a fixed determination to resist Ihe entry of lh Ann into alia eilr. It is reporte J that a force of one thousand men ws ordered nut fur Ihe purpose f cuttin- ulf Colonel Johnston' supplies. The speeches uf ihe leaders were as inflammatory as ever. and, if possible, little worse. Bngluin had furnished passport lo some eiht hand red disanVrtcd Mormon, who were about leaving the Territory. Killed ar Liohtixo. During a violent thunder storm about aundown un Sunday evening, 1 1th inst., a negro woman belonging to Mr. Kobert S. Aleiander, of Ashevil le, wa struck by lightning tnd instantly killled. About the tame time the liffhtiiiiu struck ' ',r? brn and tWe un the farm uf John Womlfin, Esq., about one mile front the V'"S"' fire, and in a few minute !-e budduig ami it contents, consisting ut r"' ! provender, were reduced to ashes. Seer"' ''urses and mule, in thtable, were fcsrtunate'y gotten out uninjured. A$knille Hews. Ws.hin;Un, April M. Sii-camo Ocriaoi. Sixteen Inburing men left Ihe here to-dsr on the turnpike for Balti more, and thi afternoon Justice Donn re ceived intelligence that when two mile di- j Isnt ihe men met a woman whom they assault- ru. is.nives were nrawn. aoilh ws tlrsg ged intu the woods and bintally treated. Of fieri were dispatched in pursuit, and thirteen of the wretch, arretted at Beltsville. The prisoner were tied and brought back thi evening in the car. Justice Donn commits 14 them all lejail for further etammat'on, when it is hoped all witnesses will be present. Their return crested considerable excite ment. ! A Washington letter iyt i "TheFe'cr tare ul War i making every effort to aupply Cul. J hnston, uf.tlm UUh espedition, with troop and topplis t; but it is feared his handful of toldier will fail to'stnk terror into Ihe heart uf Young and his disciples. Since the failure of the Army bill before Congress, it has been Ihe current belief that Young will not only remain in possession of Salt lake City, but that he is able and quite willing to repel any invasion from a force even, doubj that of Col. Johnston.'' Hm.nho tnt KssyA correspondent uf the Cincinnati Inquirer, writing front Camp Scott, Utah, says, on examining the wsgona of the contractors for freight for the army, there were found one thousand pounds "of powder and other merchandise intended for the Mormons, and directed loan agent uf the Mormon church. Thi powdsr ws carried tern the plsin at Ihe aspens of the United Ststes government for its enemies f snd in the trains which were employed to csrry provi ions lo the army which Ihe government hat tent nut to put down Ihe Mormon rebellion. This it Iskinr advantage of nvrrnmant llh. rainy with ivengence;
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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