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Show J.IL. iueityHBucaxcttcu. , d ' rsCOqRESSpNAlr. . .Tnt-RjDAT.Jan. lO. n Tho business of. the House was confined a be presenting memorials and District y f Columbia business.-. 1 c Skja. Mr.'Blidell called up his re- d alutlon of jcstcrday. rclatlTe tq the ap- n olntrasnt by the President of a Secretary a f-AVafv Ho said-there had been a gross d Tplatlon. Tho President of ithe United I itates has sot acted right In appointing an 1 Acer .tcjbold office only ISorlJ days with- t at tUd, tint being known to the Senate; t lthout It being submitted to their appro- a lation. The power wasonly Intended to n ie exercised, when tho Senate was not in I ession, Mr, Green would vote for tho a csolution without censuring any one. Mr. t 3aulfbury called for the jiai and nays c ihlch were taken. Mr.Davii addressed if ho Senate on the Statu the Union.) lie said, what is tho usq of gainsaying p itates where, there is no wo of defense.-, li Che.messago ,had tho chancteristics of di c lomacy, Thec0nstltnti)ngavonoj)Ower b ococrcoastatej jtgaw tha.array purdy p or defence. When Maj. Anderson dis- g nantltd the guns asd burnt tho gun car- e 'iagcs,-be pot Souti Carolina la the atti- s fldoi.hl3cncwyt4 Jht,lbrta wero'not milt, to .war. ou South Carolina, but for. a ho protection of tho harbor, and to make a bat protection complete. The. tusnrrcc c ion iu pa., under, Washington's admlstra- t ion was not like the present initancp; tho 1 r.ororuincnt then assisted tho slate in 1 pielUpgjt t Fort lrashington, near where the ashes 1 f "Wsshihgtpn repose, is gorrUoued by a t orco scn't from tho Washington navy I rard, for fear of a surprise, At tho con- 1 ;luslou of bis speech Mr. Trumbull arose, i nd,siud, the Senator from Missiwippi Las 1 tssigued the, ycry reasons for maintaining 1 ho Constitution nm preserving tho Uni- m; when tho Senator from Mississippi ( vas secretly Informed, as It seems long i igo, that tho jmblio prpH:rty at Cliarles-' t on would not be protected, lie should S iavo odvUed ut that tlmu,, as a military t nap, tho FrcMdent of the United State 1 o put the public property ot Charleston 1 11 a position to be defended; H-ccssion'l heu would never have progrcs-scd mj far. 1 iut it seems ttiutjit has been said, "go on 1 ou acceding Slates, and gather tircugli, 1 ho United States will do nothing to pro- 1 ect itself from your ussuulu." , Mr. Davis: 1 never heard of that. ( Mr. Trumbull: 1 understood thesena-or thesena-or to ay that a pledge had becu given, hat the fortiGcutions ut Charleston ihould remain a they were. Mr. Davis: Where did you get your information, iu tho iiewpnper? Mr. Trumbull: I dont kuow, I take it back if it is not rcipousitjle; hut 1 unijusv I aniitiforraed that Major Anderson will ; ihell Chnrlestdh arid barn it tot he ground ' f another gun ,is fired' at thcjlir of tho i Wtstj she, wisjpprmlttcd to paw, through M hoble conduct: of Major Anderson, i ho saved' the'shtddiog of blood thereby, I 'Mr. Grecrit doc ' Senator Trumbull t mow on what g'round and what caure of i usi apprehension the Mujof had In leav- : rig lort Moultrie, and going tti' Fort i iumptert ' . ti , J ( ;Mr G rtcn: J do not want junpositleirs ' I wniit facta?. V'iMr( 'Mn-TruiSCullr'JMrya'rceit kho.ws jery; I tell that, South Carolirtn'jretended,toa.v umesdrerclgnty, It hasr beea;- publicly t lkcd about that she will be compelled, r ' her sovereignty Is;denlcd, to assert 4her J irisdlctipn'.i ',--( t ; '" ,-Jlri. Grecni Docs her accession ..Imply cr, right of Xurlsdlclldn .ot'er ithe whole ( 'erritoi, i, i f n Mr'i.TrumbulJ lit .Her. sccesflidn M.movc-1 n lent", in my judgment; Is, ;ndlhlng,((laugbr e Er).7-,ll s notin'ng: hot,. Insurrection j but t pt onlyj fit South .Carolina whew, they rttcndi,d that ;sett93ioa was justifiable, c ihicti" really nmotints to nothing; -but. e ledrgta nu'd Alabama were told that the ublitf; property, could, be scli&I withput t ecisbion; yc( tlio;Seuator:froru lississl;i- t i,say,:,the:bcst way '"to- avoid civil wais t 0, withdraw. thoforccs; knd th sua itaev iodr Swbi tiO, basio, often marched f hopld .bo tfttco.down awl A palmetto ll.ig ( 'un.np Iirifs placefiiTharjnestiort is, can ( -oastitutloual liberty be maintained?.- lias t his govcrnmeufany power' to protect ,t- c elf? Jln other words, , have we a govern- t rtent at'aIIf.fvTh(i' 'people of, Illinois bof fl ieve-wo havo o. 'gbvdnim'cnt ami that the t orernmcnt has power- id maintain itself. n ot by m?kli)g . -civil warr.np, no, we j itopasa to execute the laws of tho federal j Tcrnmcnt?1'Thcyv:who' comnieac the rar on the, federal governaient, Inaugur- t te the war; -When, did .wo,eircr talk; of t berclug a state? 'Tho Senator from Mis- j :rarij refers to tho" contention, which j amcd! tho Cpnstitutiba' off tha United r tates;,wiea it .was argued that the fedp- f d 'governmcut.could not. cocrCe ft state; t agree, with hint there; updcr theeld con- idcrotionhe -gorerumcnfc.ACted In the ( ja'tes. o in , ' v 1 '' I Mr Grcen .replicd, tthat a state bad a y ght in Uio Territory -because tha Terri' j tries belonged;to. ill ,ihe statcs;ra state td tip right to go to a Territory,..buti a c tirenliad.,- J want to.know whelhe t all ie citizeua. have f equal rights ,to enjoy r, idr.propcrtyiuuder the protection of the B ''..'ti si h 'Mr, -Trumbull: ,I1.dcny:.utbat vany state e naalgh in.ihej Jcrripjies uy more i-an i-an .atcounty; , forJi.Instanee,v.Mlsspurl ' s idSt. Ipui.aro equal, hero theidC" i--ito ,thatucasucd, called up the Missouri f. )mnromisc ', , t. ,, ls..a J fMr,,TrumbuU,,said the Missouri com- omiso did ndt wtaJblish slavery south, of f 5 degrcs,.SO minutes, but prohibited it :! wtliof.lt. -. l- Mf. Masort: thp non-cxecnlion of the W in the uPn-slave-hplding states shows j!j e law.ia be a inbject of np talno. j V MK Grcenhcre got the lopr forext Mr. Benjamin moved tbat-iheScnate Ijeurnand'at a quarter past four'tho ?' snatc adjourned, . r . b' |