Show from N X Y T beraldi july 3 and 51 ai 61 51 THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS SENATE THIRTY FOURTH CONGRESS THIRD SESSION washington july 2 1856 the bill for the admission of kansas reported by the committee on territories was taken aken up mr wade fticar hierzer ni Erzer worshipper wor shipper of ohio said he stood up to advocate no new doctrine but tha the th great eat artl ipie uple of equa equal ri t h a lo 10 all men nien arand bl bla bia k and IV abie I 1 e that w a 3 tha the TO doe dor doctrine trine of the falters fai tiers liers of this republic TI then alluded to ba passage of the compi nase measures of is 18 1 which aich wr gre wre re called fin fino binm ia ily lly measures moan ures pres and sad sam twe the ta dea dem demcy demar ir tic tic party h td 0 put the tbt A present administration lito nto power upon a platform T I inal them to 10 resist a agitation TI A d n not ote know now h hw w they anten ld d t to 0 resist wh i r with bl ill apons or ot otherwise berwise how howl vei vel hay hoy had no ti in ht bf to resist the ai agitation tation of an suh sub sn rf ot pert iri irl ieng to this thia gov gol government ern Irn ment HP he B s it 11 here to osis n sis st t all attempts to infringe the T r h ht of free aith sp ech what mr might be the conr hien hlen bences pien ces cos ha H opposed f f b be bill under cona cons i ration I 1 i conclusion iki ili ha the po 1 il course T f hi bri colleague mr pugh delu delv of ohio replied and said mr wade iid ild lid h d lise ilse used language not beco becoming mim a gp ge deman urmah nor nr a senator nor nr a black republican nephi but lai guage gaage becoming a blackguard 1 cation sa isa tion the chair e oled mr air to order and pr eo piling A lh hii remarks mr pugh sid s id mr wade had no right to c I 1 pare bare him with lovi lovings e slavery 1 avery and hatina I 1 L rt v ile he ro ii if i i med flod mod a at some length sharply re 0 in i az upon mr wade mi mr biggs dm dim of N C said it could ant be cism isad that tint there was waa an evident fre ihla llla ilia I 1 10 lo wit n m mr wades wados remarks of a prim nation among the pai pal ty to which the lar la lar r belong 1 if they cannot succeed at the ballot box to p 1 down the fair fabric of liberty i by the blood blond and sacrifices ot of lur cur ur foreba b is i a ile he mr air bi biggs g 9 9 advocated the uie lii under coi cai me arc claytn claib m K N of DA 31 at five sad he desir desir I 1 to speak but did not care about a 0 dy lv a dozen senators and under rh se circuits ances ho he moved an adjournment the motion was tae tap quest i n was taken on mr air adams TO t in n to str kp ke out the clauie clanie giving the right of to all persons who shall have filed their declara ion lon of f intention to become citizens of the I 1 ii ted states in compliance with wilh th h n it i tir irali aliz n in on ion laws no q lorum v voting ll 11 j ilg rig on motion of mr doug lai lav la SLI v dem dem of ill til the sergeant at arms arma was to c impe the attendance of absent nl 6 41 r a r ua of f fifteen minutes minu tea durino during wh b absen ibsen PS a o entered AT bell tl 1 jonal ional lod IDD il of tonn toon asked ahr ther ha six doroe dorpe d f a d night session was vas irrevocable and u i i P mr doug dong a asked wh her the decree to ark ip a q i awn vas wis irrevocable AT bell D 3 I 1 he fhe sena 0 alaide to mp mr mtr doug s does the 8 ator lator allude to mi IT r bell I 1 iu do mr fr dougl i q W V heard at n d overheard that it ads the dl a i to beak heak hi eak rp i a quorum never eb hag hig go SC mu h hinr i ta hen been y g v n for debate as in th kinsie q rilon alion W want to end the d 31 i n til th bill vj vi up tip on monday mon I 1 iv n t or orp A sena i r N h is now arving ng to deprive I 1 hp he benale senale of 0 i q lor iiii alet ct they coni com pili piel lan that th IP i e is not at time tune rif i ih h allowed for ebitz elite M doil bell 1 I 11 not pot lot stan I 1 h arp rp to defend 0 or r explain i the fu I 1 tet let of siv Sov S r tors rs I 1 asked a cwill c vil vii i vi i i i a one the chair ch lir it i n tb t h dabat v w ia i a out wit of or order mr bell ball I 1 n in nothing anair lr lr to diagne di agns I 1 am alm liis lils bill sha ld pass but with wilh some bome moll gic fic n mr air dubi dumi D igl I 1 i d i qwin q irim win rv n w v twin lwin beng heng in attendance agn abin alin uin tin i i 11 a for a v vi c c on ar mr adams 41 li was wag adopted the vote aping being as follows fot fol iova lova Ys Y s me a adms 13 bavard avard bell of teg tem biggs brodhead B bown clay clay ton collamer ci it fessenden fitzpa fitza a trial foot fos rr geyer gever hunter iverson mallory mason reid thompson of ky yulee 22 nays mers me afe rs alien allen bigler butler bright C ass dodge dr do lalas eval s jones of or iowa rowa pugh seward li lell leli toombs weller wilson lg 16 mr air wilson i worth of mass moved to strike ol 01 11 ail nl aft after erthe ohp enacting claus e in the bill and 11 i i sert serf all acts passed passes by the legislature lest Lesi slature cf of kansas or any asi assembly embly acair aching acting cis as a cb be and the same are hereby abrogated and declared void and of no effect 11 mr crittenden K N of or ky said it seemed to him that some explanation was re in anred In red ired was the remedy for the disturbances in kansas kansis complete and entire mr wilson replied that in bis his judgment the bill was to make bake kansas a slave state the report juat made to th house shows that there were forty nine hundred missourians Missour Misson ians rians forced on uhe ilie people of that territory and that it was the legislature which passed inhuman and unchristian chrLs chris tian enactments that occasioned all the trouble his preposition t ion wag designed as a prelim preliminary 1 inary to other legislation to protect the people in their rights and punish all violations af f he the laws of the country mr weller welter dem of cal the proposition is to repeal all laws and settle the dispute by physical thy rhy liiva Iliva ical force mr air toombs toomb national of ga gathina rhita Thita a goodway good goed way wax nobody objects object fp to abat that mr air sward saward S ward n ger worshipper wor shipper of new york said he be would with the greatest pleasure vote for mr wilsons wilsona wll Wil sons sona amendment the present bill tan fan have haie no other tendency and effect than to confirm the success of the object of the passage of the law abrogating the missouri compromise and form a slave state out of i kansas there ia is no code there are no laws and no legal society in kansas other than that of the organic act of 1854 the government of that territory ia is a usurpation and tyranny and there are no legal nor moral obligations to heat it mita vifa the tho fb 1 at drespel re c the house I 1 more tr trie ie to f frei fret on than thin the slid liia t sent a commission thither whose establishes these facts b beyond ond all question the day for compromises lias hab has ended mr air toombs I 1 am glad of it mr seward and so am 1 I henceforth we c 0 1 s stand tand on the const constitution aution mr toon ibs lbs interrupting on oa the higher bir hir w mr seward continuing they who stand there are firm and those who do not are on a slippery and unsubstantial foothold mr r TOOMBS I 1 think so when you get on the tho higher law mr cit regretted exceedingly to hear mr air say that hat the day of compromise had gone by the form of the bil bill might not be altogether to tile the gentleman but it is offered to him in a liberal spirit yet he has declared his intent intention ion lon to accept no do amendment to render il it more satis antis satisfactory factory and conciliatory the proposition of mr air wison would increase to a boundless soundless extent the existing evils ile he mr crittenden would world compromise to tnie trie last moment of or 1 inie ime provided they could preserve pre serve serva the original principles on which the tha government was erected ereCt Od tila the present crisis demanded of every senator serious Fe rious and solemn consideration lie he earnestly appealed to gentlemen to come forward in a liberal spirl and do justice to all ali sections of the country ile he almost despaired when those from whom he h had export d so much seemed disposed to do so 30 ii biltl tie tin i mr air CLAYTON CLAYTO CLAY TO said lie had served lona iona long iong F in public life but nver ner from the first day that lie entered this hall iid had ha lie believed the country in lit as much danger as now his ilia desire was to offer offar gentlemen oil on both sides ca compromise m romise alas this day they had hoard board a word tear lear dear to the american state esmin retted recited ret treated rei ted with levity they had been told that t tie ie time lime for comp compromise romme was passed if so tiie tile period of duration of th a republic argone is gone cone tha tile of the united states wasa was a compromise gor eor gornish niso every bill passed ia is a compromise ln men could not live liva in civil society or private life without compromise if we have bave arrived at the determination that we will never compromise again wo may as ss well throw oar our constitution to the winds in lit ashira of compromise he had introduced a bill to ab abrogate rogate all laws in kansas kan sas gas manifestly unjust including those regulating elections requiring lin 1111 oath to support the fugitive slave law and abridging the lil ill lylerly erty erly arty of speech and the press he explained hin lii ili i proposition and predicted that if the bill now ig should become a law lle ile the lie application of kasas for fur admission as a state into the union next a ss soi would produce an ail excitement greatly exco ding tho ihn fury and violence of 1820 lie ile ered liht lint kinnias kensas should undergo pupilage before her as a state mr HALE said one ol objection he had to the bill bin wis ws that he lie was wis not willing to entrust its execl tin ibn to tile the present executive ii ii whom be he had not the lilt elight st confidence if the senator from K kentucky stucky had such a high opinion of compromises tilt that hey will come with healing on their wi wings ggs to tile the w whole hole hoie nation if it such is hla hia belief as to what compromise comm corn promise bijl A aiji do why was it not the first firt dictate of patriotism prudence and justice to see what the tile efret will be of or restoring the great compromise com coin promse of 1820 lie he believed with mr crit teada tend n that these were perilous times thries mr air believed that mr air seward and aej ills ilia coadjutors grievances of discord and aud nothing a I 1 ut revolution to obtain power ile lle II 11 would ft far r to the ite lie country the evidence of these facts IN lini liln lie he lir ier mr toombs submitted the pure ballot box hok with 11 II 11 that honor lionor could throw around it with the entire military force fonce of or his this great country to protect it lie ho was met by the tender from mr wilson b licked by mr air seward of the cartridge box il it lie he believed they tiley represented the feelings of the he would withdraw ills his b bli bil 11 and ac celt celt that i lur ihus ur if lie ellered believed b tile the free stated stale state reada rency for that he be would be content ho llo llad biad no co to offer but lut principle but brithe blithe he did not cieli lel bel v vc that these men here represented tile the feeling of the north ile he did dij not know what claim they 1 h id i peah peak speak for tile the north ile he had no iid ild higher her lae lai lie ile man who had tile 1110 lle lie looked 0 hi lit n as ns a wrench who would heep deep i ills hia conscience it in perjury in order to get advantages ta of place 1 mr biglen BIGLER dm of of co ca could cond scarcely irria gin gln that mr Wi sons amendment vias wag to be he prad on itie file consideration of the senate and w a seri serl seriously intended as a remedy lor for ex sling evi evl evi evl ile he believed that one of the rea ren reasons solis folls fur for df sering fering it was to place those who vote vole against it in sile llie attitude altitude of sanctioning all laws exist I 1 in kansas ile tie regarded chepa the plug ping ding dieg bill as ris the best measure for or restoring peace atod arm order in kinsa kansas mr air WILSON would say to mr crittenden tint lint if this bill should pass it will not meet the eject object gentlemen profess to have llave in view lie ile believed beli aved that the tile bill intended to crown lle ile the lie 1 labors of the last six months and tn mike ke kansas a flave slave stile the senator from new york was rudely assailed because lie declared his ills opposition to compromise on tile the question of slavery in which the north had always been defrauded and cheated clie cile aled freemen freamen from tiie vie north anve been beell driven out of that territory ferri tory havo have been ordered out by you al mr r cruttenden 4 no not t m me e I 1 mr wilson I 1 will wili say the tho masters of kansas and the masters of thi thin i administration the border ruffians lans ians of M the tile men who conquered tha territory and the men who govern at the other end of the avenue if they do not govern here he flo defended the free state movements move ments menta ln in regard to kansas lie ile said among other till tili withdraw governor sannon shannon and send bend there an honest sober and competent man to execute tile the laws what lie he told the senate on the of january last had come to pass governor shannon has made civil war and been wandering up and down the territory telling romen women if he could lind rind their husbands lie would cut their damned I 1 hearts out ile ho defea defended ded hint himself self seif and his coad tutors from the charge of mr air toombs that they were traitors enemies to liberty and hostile to the institutions unions of the common country lie ile then descanted des canted on tile the principles and fair prospects of the republican party mr air bigler wished to know what mr air wilson meant by applying to him the term of jubilant senator aughter L mr wilson explained blat he be referred to the tile exultant tone in which nir mr air bigler spoke yesterday 1 of mr buchanan bing elected to the presidency while iv hilo he lie invited the senator from kentucky thompson to get into the tha boat be foreit forell was full mr air D barr iger was sall sill eted hed with the flie explanation because becar ae the tile remark was vas confined to a particular case if mr air wilson thought lie was in that ditmor under his ilia speech speed there was a mistake mr air wilson did not suppose that mr air bigler would be jubilant after the november election laughter in answer to the of mr air toombs on ills lis honor president pierce lie said that he pierce stood before the cincinnati convention with the blood of the murdered people of kansas kances dripping from his hands but after doing slav erys work lie he was filing flung like a worthless thing awry away ile he did not want any more of that mans control in kansas as the pending bill proposed mr air clayton maintained that the missouri compromise was on an unconstitutional provision origin auy illy and quoted the aut authority hority bority of madison not heretofore presented to the senate mr trumbull worshipper wor shipper of in ill said that many features of the bill met his approbation it t contained as an assumption of pow power e r that congress had the right to govern the tha territories terr lt ories orles and repudiated squatter sovereignty there was no such thing as sovereignty and self government in the territory Terri territory tor and lie was glad the committee lad kad on oil territories had at last com come e to till 9 conclusion in n condemning the ibe affairs of kansas he said there |