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1MB. BATES YlBUcIs0 " A RE" J
At the request of M A Missouri Emancipa- t
tionist." we insert the following article in win- a
II dication and exposition of the position of Mr. 1
V Bites. ;
Orrp?pon?tecce of the N. Y. Tribune. t
MR BATES VINDICATED AS A REPUBLIC AM. C
Washinotok. March. 3. I860. t
Mo. .?.rdid roan in the country must ad- *
a t that the Tribune has treated the names of 1
iitiea-eu proposed as Republican candidates '
for the Presidency with singular fairness and <
justice- If anything can secure unanimity and 1
& happy result of the deliberations of the Na- 1
tiocii Republican Convention at Chicago, the I
course it is pursuing will oertainlv succeed.
But as a friend of Rdward Bates, I have
somewhat against the Tribune. I will easily
couvince you that you have not done Mr. Bates |
justice in admitting that any man in the nation
is more thoroughly than be a represent*
t :e of the principles of the Republican party.
Your language on this subject has been about
this: " If the Republicans deem themselves
sufficiently strong to carry tbeir candidate by
the mere force of their principles and their sole
party organization, then Mr. Seward or Mr.
Chase should be the nominee at Chicago. But
if there is d.?ubt of success in presenting purely
Repablican candidates, then it will be the part
I of wisdom to nominate Mr. Bates, who has not
been identified with the Republican party, but
who will be cordially supported by the Opposition
of Missouri, and by thousands of others
whose votes on our side could not otherwise be
obtained." It is upon this admission that the
editors of the N. J*. Courier and Enquirer and
of the Abendzeiiung have charged you with a
willingness to sacrifice the principle# of the
Republican party merely for the gross and nnworthy
end of obtaining possession of the offices
of the Government.
Let mo ask yon in what particmlar Mr. Bates
is not as truly and purely a representative of
the principles of the Republican party as Mr.
i /-i \.f_ i u: i ?j?. i
W V/* iiii. uc woiu U1IUOCII i A UUUerBlAQU
that the cardinal principle of the Republican
party is opposition to the extension of Slavery
over the Territories. Mr. Bates has stood upon
that principle always, and as unswervingly as
any man in the nation. He has opposed, and
does oppose, the Slavery propagandise of the
Democratic party as sternly as Mr. Chase, Mr.
\i * Seward, or any Republican living.
But if Republicanism means more than mere
opposition to the extension of slavery?which
is a sort of negative position?if it means an
enlightened and Christian protest against the
institution itself, as a " relic of barbarism}"
then let me ask you who more nobly represents
that Republican idea than Edward Bates of
Missouri, who, born to the heritage of slavery,
and swathed from his cradle in the prejudices
in favor of the slave system, yet had the moral
ken to see through its pernicious nature, and
the moral courage, amid a slaveholding people,
to uncoil the folds of the hydra from around
his household, and stand forth an Emancipationist
in practice years before the great lignts
of the u Republican party," sueh as Mr. Sewr
ard and Mr. Chase, bad elevated the grounds
Icf emancipation into illustrious political principles
1 Why, twenty years ago, twenty years
before the present Republican party wa9 formed
L or thought of, Edward Bates held and was
& quietly working out in practice the fundamen^
tal principles of Republicanism. Mr. Bate9 is
indeed one ol the Fathers of the Faith, of which
Mr. Seward and Mr. Chase are certainly honored
and able apostles.
But let me ask, further, in order to arrive at
the true lustre of Mr. Bates's position?Does
Republicanism mean even something more
than the non-extension of slavery, and something
more than a protest against the instituI
tion itself as a "relic of barbarism?" Does il
mean, also, a positive vindication of free labor
as the only honest agency by which a man roaj
elevate himself in society? Then what is th(
record of Mr. Bates on this point? Not onlj
did he emancipate all the slaves that ever cam*
into his possession, but he did it wisely anc
i humanely, as a well-considered scheme of life
He did not tnrn them adrift, iguorant, helpless
and unprovided for, to become paupers and t
pest to society, but he carefully instructed
i , them, and prepared them for freedom, ant
[ r0 established them as well as he coiild in life, s<
that they might be self supporting, and usefu
to society, and one of them, at least?an in
telligent boy?he educated thoroughly, an<
sent to Liberia, to be?what he really is?i
missionary of civilization and Christianit;
i among the heathen tribes of his kindred race
While Mr. Bates was doing this work of hu
m&nitv for a dependent class by his nnaide<
> free labor, he was at the same time rearinj
ana educating ore ot tne largest tamiiies 01 ni
own that Goa ordinarily gives to men.
Excuse me that I mention here the particu
lar fact that the wife of Mr. Bates, a South Care
i lina lady, has borne him in their long marrie
[life seventeen children, eight of whom survivi
Consider these two families, sir?the white an
the blaek?that Mr. Bates has provided for, a
a Christian father and philanthropist, and te
me what citizen of this great Republic ha
more gloriously illustrated the dignity an
Eower of free labor? Is it any wonder that M
ates has always been poor, too poor to be
politician and an office-seeker, too poor to o
cupy seats in Congress and in Cabinets, whic
he had the opportunity to occupy, but decline
because he had " work to do," and could n<
afford to hold office?
Let any candid and true-hearted man in tl
world consider the relative efforts of Mr. Bate
Mr. Chase, and Mr. Seward, toward effecting
wise and Christian solution of the great pro
lem of human slavery in our Government, at
^ the comparative trying circumstances of the
^ individual relations to it, and, my word for
he will hail Mr. Bates as a very Paul amor
the apostles of Republicanism?the true Jeffe
soman Republicanism which it is the. desire at
purpose of the present Republican party toji
tsb?re; and Mr. Chase and Mr. Seward will m
this award with manly pride and fraternal syi
pathy.
Mr. Bates may not be the man to lead tl
Republicans in the next canvass, though yc
ana 1 might hold that for many good reaso
he should be, not the least of which is the a
solute certainty of his election if he should 1
the nominee at Chicago. But if he is not t
lected as the standard bearer, let it not be sa
that it is because he is not identified with tl
Republican party, and is no fit represeutati
i of Its principles. By putting aside Mr. Bat
on such grounds, the Republican party wou
be doing a grievous wrong to itself, and a fl
grant injustice to one of the most illustrio
advocates of human freedom, and vindicato
of the power and duty of free labor, that tl
age has produced. Mr. Bates is glorious
identified with certain principles in regard
slavery and freedom. If they are not the pri
ciples of Republicanism, so mac?1 tcorse for t
I Republican party. ?,
If we should find, in some distant, isolate
i L.I: _ i .i
Ivvmu un relieving comraunuv, wnere mere was i
church, no priest, and no sacraments, asolita
man who was devout and God-fearing, and wl
manifested in all his life a true piety, and tl
graces of justice and charity towards his fello
men, would we not call that man a Christiai
I And with what feelings would we be move
if we should see any more fortunate Christii
brothers, folded in the bosom of their churc
and enjoying the benefits of its organizatio
refuse the right hand of fellowship to this loi
disciple, on the ground that he was " not
member of the church,"' and could not ther
f fore claim to be identified with or to be a re
tentative of the principles of the Christian re
gion ? In this illustration, you may easily pe
ceive the relation of Mr. Bates to the Eepub
can party.
But it is nrged that Mr. Bates did not su
port Fremont in 1856J and this is considers
an objection by a few. It should be reinen
bered, in explanation of this fact, if it be coi
sidered of any importance as compared wit
the hazard of losing the Presidential electio
this year, that there was no organized Republ
can party in Missouri in 1856, and consi
f quently no electoral ticket for Mr. Fremon
But it there had been such a ticket, and M
Bates hsd voted for it, it would have been
/ mere formality, for it could have had no effe<
whatever on the canvass in that State in thi
I year.
Von have now the grounds on which I pri
est against any secondary position being a
signed to Mr. Bates among the repraSMtoiiw
Tj| of pure and exalted Republicanism. I advanc
p him tc> the foremost rank of the leaders of th
| P* Opposition army that will move this yes
Against the trained bands of a veteran and dm
I , pvti< Democracy.
Now, a word or two to the editor of the Ne'
|k J * orh Courier and Enquirer, who, in his unfei
opposition to Mr. Batesy* bolting his uo?i*'
/ /
/ 4 m* x"
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ion in advance," may be considered u repreentative
roan.
The editor says, substantially, that he " vill
lever agree to sacrifice principle by accepting
\? a candidate for the Ireside-riey either Bates,
Sell, or Crittenden, or miy man who did not
rapport Fremont in 18it>. Bat that, if either
>f the gentlemen named js hall be willing to acStho
Vice Presidence on the Republican
st, the editor will cheerfully grant it." Now,
t principle is a principW-no more no less?
ind the grade of the ofho in this case no more
kffccts the virtue of the pri :iple than the amount
>f the taxation without i (presentation, in our
colonial state, affected th qnestion of its juauce,
and the propriety of csistance. Any departure
from principle kill it.
Suppose that the edits of the Courier and
Enquirer should vindicati his "principles" by
rejecting Mr. Bates as a :a ad id ate for President
at Chicago, and i odd nominate Mr.
Seward for President, am Mr. Crittenden for
Vice President. And sn se that, soon after
their presumed electioJMr. Seward should
unfortunately die, and m. Crittenden succeed
to the Presidency. Wewould have a wise and
Ktriotic President, to nure; but how much
tpublicanism would tl editor of the Courier
and Enquirer find in me incumbent of the
White House? Wheiwould the vital and indispensable
"principle! exist,that were so immaculate
and iuviolaM that a man like Mr.
Bates, grown poor anda-ay in their self-sacrificing
practice, amid smainsayiug world, had
been immolated at dcago to appease their
rigorous demands? willingly leave the public
to its judgment, ametween the course of
*U?v 7L>lv*iMj iVsn /lirioi- in tKo moHor nf
MAC JL / IL/K/K auu vuw ww , iu i-uv .u?^?vi v.
indicating the princiaa of Republicanism.
A M is3(*i Emancipationist.
THIRTY-SIX? CONGRESS,
First fession.
Wedne*day\j.rch 7, 1860.
8E1TE.
Mr. Hunter reportelhe House bill making
appropriations for fuling treaty stipulations
vith the Ponca Indls, and other Indian
bands in Oregon and feshington, for the year
ending June 30, 1860|rhich was passed.
Mr. Davis, from thdoramittee on Military
Affairs, reported hackle bill making an appropriation
for the su(4t and maintenance of
a regiment of monntelolunteers for the defence
of the frontier oAx&s. and recommended
its passage. J
Mr. Wade discossetle slavery question at
conMkrable length, mwas followed by Mr.
Toomot, who reiteiatRhe positions he had
formerly taken on thiAject.
On motion by Mr. L, the Military Academy
appropriation hilft resumed, but, without
making any progmin its consideration,
the Senate adjourned A early hour.
Mr. Farnsworth off em resolution directing
inquiry into the expeAy of establishing an
assay office and branclut at Chicago.
Referred to the CHittee of Ways and
Means. ^
Mr. Thayer, from tAmmittee on Public
1 Lands, reported back Aforrill's agricultural
j college bill, with a rectmeudation that it do
! not pass. I
Mr. Morrill moved iRnsideration be postponed
till the third Tium in April.
Mr. Branch moved rim be referred to the
Committee of the WhEn the state of the
Union. 1
Mr. Morrill said his let was to afford a
fair discussion of the mle.
Mr. Branch remarke&t this bill was of
i vast importance, not on Ao the public property
DroDOsed to be donmbut the Drincioles
involved. He did not Be to see the bill
pushed through the HouAder the whip and
l spur of the previous que* or gag law. He
, desired to offer amendonBas the provisions
' of the bill were grossly urBto the old States.
> Mr. Morrill repeated thBwas not his purr
pose to move the previouAtion, but to give
i a fair opportunity for discBp.
1 Mt? Branch said thatAit proceedings
show tbat the majority of House are in la,
vor of the homestead billlthis becomes a
i law, where would the laBome from for
1 building up the proposed Altur&l colleges
1 in the several States ? ?
j Mr. Crawford moved to tB,he bill?nega1
tived by a vote of 72 againaB.
The bill was then postpB till] the third
1 Tuesday of April. 1
* Mr. Windom, from the CoBtee on Public
y Lands, reported back the SJ bill to extend
!. the provisions of the swanBd act to the
>- States of Minnesota and OB ; and it was
i passed. k
g Mr. Cobb, from the same Biittee, reports
ed a bill, which was passedBrming or authorizing
patents to be issuBthe contraeti
ors in their pre-emptions ofBfor mail sta)
tions on the overland mail rB and authord
izing the Postmaster GeneraBlect reserva;.
tions west of the Mississippi^ Pacific for
d similar purposes. f
is Mr. Aldrich asked, but failfteceive, conU
sent to introduce a resolutioAructing the
is Committee of Ways and MeaBnquire into
d the expediency and proprietyAnoving the
r. capital 01 me nation to sumo hvosi 01 me
a Mississippi. 3
c- Mr. Harnett, from the ComiAn the Dish
trict of Columbia, reported a iBicorporate
d the United States AgriculturaBtv, but no
ot definite action was taken on tlBeet.
Mr. Morris, of PennsylvaniiBd a reso
ie lution, which was adopted, Bting the
a, Committee of Ways and MeanBjuirti into
a the expediency of abolishinBom-house
b- oaths, and of substituting declHs in lieu
id thereof, with proper penalties fSch of the
iir same. I
it, An ineffectual effort was maH adjourn,
>g that members might avail the^k of the
sr- invitation of the Ladies' Mounftm Assoid
ciation, to visit the tomb of Wain.
e The House went into a CoiB of the
til Whole on the state of the UtiioA
n- Mr. Van Wyck, of New York,B speech
on the pending issues between Brth and
le the South. w
>u Mr. Burnham, of Connecticut, B speech,
ns in which be discussed the questiKongresb
sional power over the subject ofly in the
be Territories. a
ie- Mr. Perry, of Maine, made a B on the
>id slavery question. 3
be Mr. Moorhead, of PennsylvBiade a
ve tariff speech. a
es The Committee then rose, ur| House
Id adjourned.
la
us Thursday, March 8, 18
rs SUN ATE.
lis Mr. Grimes gave notice of his tion at
ily an early day to ask .eave to intro bill to
to provide for the retrtcession of th trict of
m- Colombia to the Stat? of Marvlant the reAe
moval of the capit? of the Unit ates to
some more central ahd convenient
no Relations, 11 morial
ry of William g^tennff?rlr' rePr ttive of"
bo William Bean, prftyaBHjr'Pf'n9 out
be the fund provided e ^or
w- negroes carried off ' 'n
)? war of 1812, reporte^^* for 1 dief of
d, William K. Jenning^^?*"!; :h was
in read, and passed
h, Mr. Davis, from
Affairs, reported a in*
Agatha O'Brien, t r J* *\*
a J. O'Brien, late of tt^^H"es ,^Ilnd
e- asked its immediate^^^^^E-'Tf )eiu?
P agreed to, the bill l'"' a!
passed. 1
r- Mr. Saulsbury, ? l,Com'
li- merce, to whom was^^^^^Rl 'nl atl?n
to the Louisville I1 ??
p- joint resolution ault^' . oft"1
d and the constructio^^^^^H^ . . eVou?s'
u- WU.,.ua Portl?J^*?M ?
a- joint rcsolntion ' , t .
*4gbe discharged fro^^V ^"^on
i S!.;!,hiC5j^^P,?tion of slaMiVCollemer
M
[' very at ieagtMpyand iie'd tQ
t. Benjamia^aiaed*^ had bleeu ad.
r. some of tne
i ^iS^Military A?SIMfc?, resumed,
tt when the amendment pro^l^^Ht^03!5 ?^"
ment of Texas volunteers wa^^Hfeu
9- At half past six the- Senate ad^MB|~out
b- a quorum.
? ROUSE.
a Mr. Branch introduced a bill, whiciHK
0 ferred to the Committee on Military^?
it providing for the payment of the exp^^r
i. curred in the suppression of Indian
in California.
t Mr. Branch offered a resolution,
ir adopted, lustructisg the CommitteeM Ja'
i-l dietary to inquire aud.xeporl whether le8'
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THE NA'
islation was necessary, and can be adopted consistently
with the Constitution, to facilitate the
organization of the House, to preserve its order
and regulate its proceedings previous to the
election of a Speaker.
Mr. Kellogg, of Illinois, introduced a bill
granting lands to actual settlers in the Territories,
and providing that the inhabitants shall
elect all Territorial officers. Referred to the
Committee on Territories.
Mr. John Cochrane introduced a bill to
amend the act limiting the liability of ship
owners, and for other purposes. Referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Hurley made a unanimous reDort from
the Committro on Printing, in favor of the bill
providing for the public printing, binding, and
engraving, lithographing, Ac. He said the
bill proposed a radical reform. He would
not now enter into a statement representing
the multitude of the evils of the present system,
which was condemned by both houses
and the public at large. Recent developments
at the other end of the Capitol show the uses
made of the profits, which has served to deepen
the irapreas8ion in the minds of honest men, of
all parties, that some plan should be adopted
whereby the Government may have the work
faithfully and expeditiously executed, free from
peculation, fraud, and corruption. Giving out
the work k> the lowest bidder has been fully
and fairly tested, and failed to meet the expectations
of Congress, while the Government has
been thoroughly fleeced by the contract system.
Why should not Government have its work
done by its own authorized agent? The present
system is immoral, and has disgusted the
entire country. The remedy is the establishment
of a Government printing office, which
would effect a saving of from fifty to one hun|
<3red thousand dollars per year,
i Mr. Houston desired to know at what time
the bill would go into operation.
Mr. Gui4ey replied?immediately, so far as
the printing of the Executive department was
j concerned.
Mr. Houston said he wanted to know how
the bill would affect the binding and engraving.
Mr. Gurley replied, that the bill would explain
those matters.
It was then referred to the Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. H&skin offered a resolution, which was
adopted, authorizing the Committoe on Public
Expenditures to employ a clerk or stenographer.
He said that committee had been directed to
inquire into the subject of public printing, to
( ferret out abuses, and to propose reforms.
Mr. Colfax, from the Committee on the Post
Office and Post Roads, reported a bill to reduce
i the expenses of the Post Office Department,
which was referred to the Committee of the
i Whole on the state of the Union.
He also reported a bill inviting proposals for
: carrying the entire mails between the Atlantic
! and Pacific States, on one line. He spoke of ;
; the saving, at least half a million of dollars,
which the purposes of the bill would effect. It !
was reserved to the Postmaster General to re'
ject any or all the bids. He repeated, the bill I
j simply proposed to ascertain at what sums the
mails can be carried overland as well as by sfea.
There was no definite action on the bill.
On motion of Mr. Burnett, a resolution was
adopted, instructing the Committee on Public
Expenditures to inquire into the mode by which
the public binding has been let out, whether to
the lowest bidder, and in accordance with existing
laws, Ac.
Mr. Sherman, from the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported the army appropriation
| bill, and moved that it be referred to the Com;
mittee of the Whole on the state of the Uuion.
Mr. Stanton moved that it be referred to the
; Committee 011 Military Affairs ; whereupon a
I discussion ensued as to the propriety of the ;
! last-named reference. It was said the Com- i
! mittee of Ways and Means properly had charge j
of the appropriations to carry out existing laws, j
which did not prevent the Committee on Mili- |
tary Affairs from proposing reforms.
The bill was finally referred to the Commit- <
tee of the Whole on the state of the Union. ]
The House dismissed the bill directing the '
printing of the Executive documents in ad- I
vance of the commencement of Cougress. A |
motion to lay it on the table was negatived? ;
yeas 54, nays 106. The bill was ordered to
be engrossed for a third reading. [It provides ,
that the President bo authorized to have bis
annual message and accompanying documents
printed in advance of the session of Congress ;
or, if he deem proper, the documents alone, together
with the financial report of the Secretary
of the Treasury.]
The House adjourned.
Friday, March 9, I860.
SENATE.
Mr. Brown introduced a bill authorizing the
Levy Court of the District of Columbia to issue
tavern licenses, Ac.
Mr. Bright, from the Committee on Public
Grounds, Ac., reported a bill to enlarge the
Capitol grounds. Mr. Bright stated that the
Committee ot both houses had unanimously >
agreeed upon this bill, and that he would call
it up at an early day, as he considered it a question
of great importance whether the Capitol
was to be extended or not.
ThiTbiil granting a pension to the widow of
General Persifer F. Smith, with amendments
granting a like pension to the widows of General
Macomb and General Riley, was passed.
On motion ot Mr. Mason, of Virginia, Thaddeus
Hyatt was brought to the bar of the Senate,
and submitted, under oath, a very long answer
to the questions, " What excuse have you
to make for refusing to answer the summons of
the Harper's Ferry Investigating Committee?
Are you now willing to answer the questions
which may be put to you ? "
The Clerk began to read the answer, and had
proceeded at some length, when
Mr. Mason, of Virginia, said that as the answer
to the first question was a very long one,
he proposed that the answer to the second be
first read.
After further debate, Mr. Dixon demanded
that the answer be read.
Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, objected; and,
after debate, the Senate decided, by a vote of
yeas 40, nays 12, to hear the answer read.
The witness answers the first inquiry by a
long argument against the right of the Senate
to summon witnesses in cases not strictly
criminal, but intended to lay the foundation of
legislative proceedings. He declares that he
has always been willing to voluntarily testify
before the committee, but as yielding to the
summons of the committee would be an admission
of the right to summon him, and a surrender
of his right to a usurpation, he cannot conscientiously
appear and answer as required.
Mr. Mason, of Virginia, then offered a resolution,
which, after reciting that Thaddeus Hyatt
had refused to purge himself of his contempt
of the Senate, and declined to answer the proper
questions of its committee, therefore, that the
said Hyatt be committed to the common jail
nf Wnnhinfftnn pnniitv. there in remain till be
purge himself of his contempt, and declare his
willingness to make true answers to such proper
questions as may be put to hira.
Pending this question, Mr. Seward moved to
adjourn, but withdrew the motion.
Mr. Mason then offered a resolution, that Mr.
Hyatt be committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-arms,
to await the further order of the
Senate.
And, after some unimportant business, at
6ve o'clock; the Senate adjourned to meet on
Monday next.
HOUSE.
The Speaker announced the following-named
gentlemen as the select committee on the subject
of the PaciBc railroad. ?
Messrs. Curtis of Iowa, Farnsworth of Illinois,
Phelps of Missouri, Davis of Maryland,
Scott of California, Rice of Massachusetts, Fenton
of New York, Smith of Virginia, Taylor
of Louisiana, Kellogg of Michigan, Blair of
Pennsylvania, Aldrich of Minnesota, Hamilton
of Texas, French of Maine, and Stout of
Oregon. /
Also, the following list, as constituting the
tselect committee under the resolution of Mr.
Covode, to inquire into certain alleged abuses,
viz: Messrs. Covode of Pennsylvania, Olin of
eew York, Train of Massachusetts, Robinson
Illinois, and Winslow of Nttth Carolina.
Mr. Carter made an ineffectual effort to correct
certain statements in the preamble and
resolution? of Mr. Adrain, in defence of the
inauguration of the statue of Washington committee
; which preamble and resolutions were
in response to Mr. Carters resolution.
Mr. Spinner, from the Committee on Accounts,
reported a resolution providing for the
payment of additional compensation to -the
former employees of the House.
Mr. Gurley, of Ohio, from the Committee
on Printing, reported a joint resolution making
provision that the printing of each House
of Congress be executed under the direct supervision
of the officers of the House.
nONAL ERA: WASH
After much discussion, in which a charge
made by the Republic newspaper, that there
had been corrupt bargains made in relation to
the binding of House documents, was alluded
to?
Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, moved to lay
the resolution on the table; which resolution
was not agreed to, by a vote of yeas 66, nays 97.
And, on motion, the House adjourned, to
meet on Monday next. .
Monday, March 12, I860.
SBHATB.
After the usual uninteresting routine of morning
business,
Mr. Mason moved that Mr. Hyatt, the contumacious
witness, be brought before the bar of
the Senate, and that the resolutions which he
submitted on Friday last be taken up for consideration.
The motion being agreed to, Mr.
Mason ebtained leave to modify the preamble,
retaining the substance that Mr. Hyatt be committed
to the common jail of the District of
Columbia until he is willing to testify.
Mr. Sumner and Mr. Fessenden discussed the
resolutions?the former opposing them, and the
latter in their favor.
Mr. Hale followed in onnneitinn to tk? Mart.
lotious.
Mr. Simmons submitted a substitute, tfcat Mr.
Hyatt be discharged from custody, as iie has
declared his willingness to testify voluntarily;
but this amendment was subsequently withdrawn.
After some further discussion, the resolutions
of Mr. Mason were adopted?yeas 44, nays 10?
as follows:
leas?Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Benjamin,
Bragg, Bright, Cameron, Chandler, Clay, Clingman,
Collamer, Crittenden, Davis, Fessenden,
Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Foot, Foster, Qreen, Grimes,
Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill, Hunter, Iverson,
Johnson of Tennessee, Lane, Latham, Mason,
Nicholson, Pearce, Rice, Sebastian, ftlidell. Ten
Eyck, Thompson, Trumbull, Wigfall, Yulee,
Bigler, Brown, Dooiittle, Johnson of Arkansas,
Kennedy, and King?44.
Nays?Messrs. Bingham, Dixon, Hale, Hamlin,
Harlan, 8immoos, Sumner, Toombs, Wade,
and Wilson?10.
After Executive session, adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Washburn, of Wisconsin, offered a preamble,
setting forth that most shameful frauds
have been perpetrated on the Menominee Indians
by desiguing men, reducing them to ntter
destitution, and asking the appointment of a
select committee to inquire into the subject,
and report by what authority R. W. Thompson
received $40,000 of their money. These Indians
have always been on most friendly terms
with the United States, and joined oar forces
in the Black Hawk war. A few years ago,
they owned nearly all the State of Wisconsin,
bat now, having been defrauded out of their
lands, they have been reduced to a very small
reservation.
After farther proceedings, the House refused
to suspend the rales for the introduction of the
resolution?yeas 113 nays 60.
Mr. Lovejoy called up his motion to reconsider
the vote by which the homestead bill was
referred to the Committee of the Whole on the
state of the Union. This was agreed to?yeas
106, nays 67.
Mr. Branch moved that the bill be laid upon
the table; but the question was decided in the
negative?yeas 62, nays 112.
The homestead bill, giving to every head of
a family a homestead, on condition of actual
settlement and cultivation, waa najwnd?
115, nays 66.
The House passed the bill authorizing the
sale of the military asylum at Harrodsburg,
Kentucky, and adjourned.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
St. Johns, N. F., March 8.?The steamship
Nova Scotian, from Liverpool on the 22d ultimo,
put into this port this afternoon, short of
coal. She has twenty passengers. Her advices
are four days later than previously received.
The steamer North American arrived at
Queenstown on the 20th ultimo.
The ship Luna, from Havre for New Orleans,
was wrecked on the French oast, and one
hundred and five lives were lost. She had
eighty-eight passengers. She ?as wrecked
near Cherbourg, and proved a tota. loss. Two
men only were saved, and their names are not
giveu.
Great Britain.?I)'Israeli's motion for the
consideration of the French treaty in advance
of the discussion of the budget created a warm
debate is the House of Commons.
The vote for the motion was 230; against,
293. The Government majority, 63.
This vote is considered a guaranty of the
ratificatiepafdhe treaty.
Mr. DaeadW motion against reducing the
tariff, and te favor of creating an income tax,
was under discussion.
France.?It was reported that the French
Government would consent to agree to a modification
on the coal stipulations contained in
the new treaty with England.
The French Ministerial circulars demand an
obedience to the laws from the clergy, on the
Roman question.
The Paris Bourse had advanced. Rentes
closed at sixty-eight francs.
Prussia and Russia.?It was reported that
Prussia and Russia had joined in the proposal
for a conference of the five gje*t Powers for
the arranging of the Italian difficulties.
Hanover.?Hanover had consented to submit
the Sound dues to a general conference of the
Powers.
China.?A letter from Hong Kong says that
the claims of American citizens, for their losses
suffered at Canton in 1856, are in a fair way of
liquidation. A dividend is to be paid forthwith,
and the remainder is guarantied.
The Lateet.?Heavy gales have been experienced
on the English coast. The steamer
Odione, from Dublin for London, came in collision
with the steamer Heroine on the 19th.
The steamer sunk in twenty minutes, and some
forty or fifty persons were drowned.
The ship National Quard, from Liverpool,
for Galveston, bad pat back leaky.
Rumors were current of an address, attributed
to Victor Emanuel, calling Naples and Sicily
to insurrection.
The construction of armaments at Piedmont
was being accelerated.
It had been decided at the Vatican that the
King of Sardinia was not to be excommunicated,
whatever political events might supervene.
A report was current that a plot against
Napoleon had been discovered.
A Madrid telegram says that the Spanish
troops had repulsed another sortie from the
Moorish garrison, suffering a loss of thirty-three
killed, one hundred and forty-six wounded, and
twenty-one missing. The Spanish press are
unanimous in their demand for the adoption of
an energetic policy against Morocco.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Halifax, March 12.?The steamer America
arrived here this morning, with Liverpool dates
of the 25th, and per telegraph via Queenstown
intelligence to the 26th.
The resolution offered in the British House
of Commons in opposition to the budget has
been rejected by 116 majority.
The arrangements have been concluded for
Lord Elgin going to China on an extraordinary
mission.
The British channel fleet has gone to the
Mediterranean, it was rumored, on account of
Spain having demanded a large cession of territory
from Morocco, as one condition of peace.
Austria rejects England's Italian propositions,
and announces that she abides by the
Villatranca agreement, one win not empioy
force at present, but reserves liberty to do so
in the future.
Spain demands from Morocco, as a condition
of peace, a large indemnity, and the possession
of all the conquered territory, Jtc.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company propose
again to attempt to restore the old cable.
The Markets.?The Liverpool cotton market
closed quiet. Sales of the week, 57,000 bales.
Breadstuffs closed steady. Provisions were
quiet. Consols closed at London on Saturday
evening at 94{ @ 95 for money, and 95 @ 95$
for aecount.
Where did thet come From ??The Macon
Telegraph of Saturday says: M Between sixty
and seventy negroes, bought in southeastern
Georgia, passed through here on Tuesday, on
their way to New Orleans. The person who
purchased them on speculation gave us his
name, but it has escaped our memory. A majority
of them spoke a sort of mongrel French,
much to the astonishment of several, who supposed
them genuine natives of lower Guinea,
and recently landed by slave ships on the sea
coast"
INGTON, D. C., MARCE
A Postai Desideratum.?We perceive thst
i Mr. Coif** r> ported from the Committee on the
Poet Office .n the lower house of Congress, a
few days alnce, a bill to " authorize publishers tc
print on Iteir papers the dates when subscrip
lions expire." Tnis is a matter of some importaaoe,
not only to the press and its subscriber*
, who receive their papers bj mail, but the public
i generally, as the plea of affixing to newspapers
and periodicals a very small printed label, containing
the date of the expiration tof subscription,
as well as the snbseriW's name, is connected
with a system for briefly and eempactly
keeping and dispatching accounts in printed
form, which has been patented by Rev. Robert
Dick, which it is claimed is not only applicable
" to newspaper business, but all other species of
accounts, embracing fuH ledger exhibits, Ac.
The system had been largely brought into use
among the leading newspapers of the country at
considerable cost and to great advantage in
establishments wnere large editions had to be
' mailed, under the impression that it was entirely
within the provisions of the postal laws, which
allow publishers to enclose bills end receipts,
of much more balk, in the publications sent to
subscribers. The Postmaster General, bowever,
under the strict construction of the law,
held himself constrained to decide tbnt the
printed/label should eootaia only the name of
the subscriber, bat not the date to which his
subscription is paid. He nt the same time,
however, recommended an application to Congress
for inch modification of the law as would
_I1 ?.11- 1-^ !-'? ?
auuw m idu iatwr privilege, deeming tne system
as very desirable and convenient to all parties.
Hence the introduction of the b 11 by Mr. Colfax,
as above stated, the Post Office Committee of the
House unanimously favoring it. The bill, we
hope will be promptly passed, so that the Post
Office Department, the publishers, and their distant
subscribers among the people, may at once
be in the enjoyment of the whole benefits of
Mr. Dick's admirable " account and dispatch
patent."?Baltimore Sun.
Bold Words of the Hungarians.?The
deputation of Hungarian Protestauts, who were
denied an interview with the Emperor of Anstria,
are reported to have spoken as follows to Count
Rechberg, his Minister of Foreign Affairs:
"We came here to see onr king, but our king
will not listen to us. We are referred to Count
Thau, but we have nothing to do with that
minister of the concordat Words are vain
things; we demand acts, prompt, complete, and
satisfactory. If yon do not perform those acts,
yon will have to endeavor to escape from existing
embarrassments not only without our aid,
but in spite of our opposition. Venetla is lost i
Vienna is in a very bad hnmor; the Tyrol is
agitated; the clergy are discontent because
you cannot assist the Holy Father; the coffers of
the state are empty; there are no means of filling
them, and loans are impossible. Russia,
moreover, is your enemy, and you cannot confide
iu Germany. But you may count on us,
on condition of being just. You must, bowever,
make haste, for the danger is great."
The Moun-j Vernon Excursion.?The visit
of members of Congress to the tomb of Washington,
on the 7th, was a very pleasant affair.
The party numbered about two hundred persons.
The Marine Band accompanied them.
The day was delightful. The visiters employed
their stay in wandering through the mansion
and about the grounds. At twilight they approached
the tomb of Washington with uncovered
heads. The band played an exquisite
requiem, composed for and dedicated to the
ladies of the association. Here they were
joined by the family of Mr. John A. Washington,
and, each one having provided himself with
a relic from the place, the party took leave.
When the boat was fairly under way, loud calls
were made for Hon. Mr. Larrabee, of Wisconsin,
who spoke appropriately, introducing Hon.
John Cochrane, of N. Y. Mr. Cochrane was
greeted with loud applause, and spoke appropriately
of the scene and the occasion.
Harvard University ? The Strikers.?
Boston, March 7.?At a meeting of the board
of overseers of Harvard University this morning,
the Rev. Dr. Penbody, of Portsmouth, N.
H., was nominated as Plumtner Professor, in
place of the Rev. Dr. Huntingdon, resigned.
But the meeting adjourned till next week without
voting.
There was a great procession of the strikers
of Lynn?a thousand women and a thousand
men?with the Lynn City Guards and bands of
music, to day. Large delegations attended from
Marblehead, Saugus, and other places.
lUK Wrrcx of the Hosoituv.?Montreal,
March 7.?Messrs. Edrnunston, Allan, A Co.,
received to-day a message from Barriugton, N.
S., stating that the body of a man had been
found on Cape Sable. The head was off, and
the body so much decomposed that it could not
be identified. A trunk has also been found,
containing letters to W. 8. Boulton ; also a desk,
containing letters to Barry B. Costen, Lambour
House, B&gshot.
Massachusetts Republican Convention.?
Worcester, Mass., March 8.?The Republican
Convention of this State met yesterday, and
elected John Andrews, E. H. Kellogg, George
S. Boutwell, and Linus B. Comins, as delegates
to the Chicago Convention. Messrs. Andrews
and Kellogg are said to be in favor of Mr. Seward
for the Presidency; Mr. Boutwell favors N.
P. Banks, and Mr. Comins is non-committal.
' Mr. George 8ennott, who is in Richmond,
applying for legislative action iu the case of
Hazlett and Stevens, publishes a note, in which
he says that he has been kindly and courteously
treated by the Governor, by the members 8f
the Legislature, and by the citizens of Richmond.
He thinks that in no other place in the
world conld a stranger be more hospitably received.
Gerrit Smith has institnted suits for slander
against the Fifth Avenue Hotel Committee, for
charging him with complicity in the Harper's
Ferry raid. The members of the committee
appear severally anxious to avoid the necessity
of proving the charges, and show a disposition
to back out. Mr. Smith lays his damages at
$50,000 in each suit, making an aggregate of
a million and a half.
Strength of Douglas.?The Mississippian
says: " The strength of Mr. Douglas may be
stated as follows: He has all the States in favor
of his nomination which are certaiq not to vote
for him in the election, and all the States opposed
to him whose vote for the nominee is
equally sure."
What's in a Name.?A person by the name
of Frederick Southgate Brown has petitioned
the Louisiana Legislature to allow him and his
family to change their names. The reason given
for this silly request is, that there is on undying
stigma attached to the name of " Brown," consequent
upon the actions of " Old John," at
Harper's Ferry.
A Wagov-road Collision.?A row occurred
Wednesday, P. M., on Pennsylvania avenue,
between Messrs. Lander and McGraw, the
Wagon -road superintendents. McGraw had reported
in St. Louis that he ran Lander out of
one of the hotels here. The latter, meeting him
at the Kirkwood House, paid him some lefthand
compliments, and invited him outside the
door, \rmed or unarmed ; but Mr. McGraw,
though armed, declined the invitation.
Oveelind Express.-*- Complete arrangements
are made, by which the Overland Pony
Express will go into operation April 3d. Mr.
Russell, of the firm of Russell, Majors, & Co.,
has returned from the West, where he has been
supervising the arrangements. He is determined
to demonstrate the practicability of a
mat central overland route. Letters only will
be take~i through to California.
Sympathy roa the Pope.?Toronto, C. W.,
March 7.?A large public meeting was held at
St. Michael's Cathedral last night, to express
sympathy with the Pope of Rome. Over 4,000
persons were present.
Ci.se or Shermiv M. Boots.?Milwaukee,
March 7.?The Supreme Court of this State has
refused to grant a habeas corpus, applied for
in the case of Sherman M. Booth.
Th* Missottri Legislature.?Si. Louis,
March 8.?The bill excluding free negroes from
the State, under the penalty of becoming slaves,
was passed by the Senate yesterday, it had
previously been passed by the House. The
same bill was passed by both honses at the last
session, bat failed to receive the signature of
the Governor.
The Charleston papers confirm the statement
that $6 a day will be the established price for
board at the hotels of that city during the holding
of the Democratic National Convention.
I 15, 1860.
t The Cask or Stevens and Hazlett.?Rich>
mond, March 9.?The Committee on Courts of
\ Justice reported that it was inexpedient to take
t any action in reference to the commutation of
the sentence or the reprieve of Stevens and
Hazlett.
, Eastern Shore Railroad.?The Legislature
of Maryland lias passed a bill'appropriating
one million of dollars to complete the road
under construction through the Eastern Shore
of Maryland, down near the line of Virginia.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
This Convention of Delegates, assembled in
pursuance of a call addressed to the people of
the United States, without regard to past political
differences or divisions, who are opposed
to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise ; to
the policy of the present Administration; to
the extension of Slavery into free Territory ; in
favor of the admission of Kansas as a free
State; of restoring the actiou of the Federal
Government to the principles of Washington
and Jefferson ; and for the parpose of presenting
candidates for the offices of President and
Vice President, do
I. Jtesefse, That the maintenance of the principle*
promulgated in the Declaration of Indepeadeeee,
and embodied in the Federal Con
stitution, in essential to the preservation of
oar Republican institutions ; and that the Federal
Constitution, the rights of the States, and
the anion of the States, shall be preserved.
2. Resolved, That, with our Republican
fathers, we hold it to be a self-evident truth,
that all men are eudowed with the unalienable
right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi* j
ness ; and thai the primary object and ulterior j
design of our Federal Government were to secure
those rights to all persons within its exclusive
jurisdiction; that as our Republican
fathers, when they had abolished Slavery iu all
our National Territory, ordained that no person
should be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law, it becomes our duty
to maintain thiB provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it, to prevent the
establishment of Slavery in the Territories of
the United States by positive legislation prohibiting
its existence therein. And we deny
the authority of Congress, of a Territorial legislature,
of any individual or association of individuals,
to give legal existence to Slavery iu
any Territory of the United States, while the
present Constitution shall be maintained.
3. Resolved, That the Constitution confers
upon Congress sovereign power over the Terri- I
tories of the United States for their government,
and that in the exercise of this power it
is both the right and the duty of Congress to
prohibit in its Territories those twin relics of >
barbarism, Polygamy and Slavery.
4. Resolved, That while the Constitution of
the United States was ordained and established
by the people in order toJJ" form a more perfect
anion, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity,
provide tor the common defence, aud
secure the blessings of liberty," and contains
ample provisions for the protection of the life,
liberty, aud property, of every citizen, the dearest
constitutional rights of the people of Kansas
have been fraudulently and violently taken
from them;
Their Territory has been intaded by an
armed force; ?
Spurious and pretended Legislative, Judicial,
and Executive officers have been set over them,
by whose usurped authority, sustained by the
military power of the Government, tyrannical
and unconstitutional laws have been enacted
and enforced;
The rights of the people to keep and bear
arms have been infringed ;
Test oaths of an extraordinary and entangliug
nature have been imposed, as a condition
of exercising the r ght of suffrage and holding
office;
The right of an accused person to a speedy
and public trial by an impartial jury Las been
denied;
The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures, has been
violated;
They have been deprived of life, liberty, and
property, without due process of law :
That the freedom of speech and of the press
has been abrideed :
The right to choose their Representatives has
been made of no effect;
Murders, robberies, and arsons, have been instigated
and encouraged, and the offenders
have been allowed to go unpunished ;
That all these thiugs have been done with
the knowledge, sanction, and procurement of
the present Administration, and tbut for this
high crime against the Constitution, the Union,
and Humanity, we arraign that Administration,
the President, his advisers, agents, supporters, |
apologists, and accessories either before or alter
the facts, before the country and before the
world ; and that it is our fixed purpose to bring
the actual perpetrators of these atrocious outrages,
and their accomplices, to a sure and condign
punishment hereafter.
5. Resolved, That Kansas should be immediately
admitted as a State of the Union, with
her present Free Constitution, as at once the
most effectual way of securing to her citizens
the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to
which they are entitled, and of ending the civil i
strife now raging in her Territory.
6. Resolved, That the highwayman's plea,
that M might makes right," embodied in the Ostend
Circular, was in every respect unworthy
of American diplomacy, and would bring shame
and dishonor upon any Government or people
that gave it their sanction.
7. Resolved, That a railroad to the Pacific
Ocean, by the most central and practical route,
is imperatively demanded by the interest of
the whole country, and that the Federal Government
ought to render immediate and efficient
aid in its construction, and, as an auxiliary
thereto, the immediate construction of an
emigrant route on the line of the railroad.
8. Resolved, That appropriations by Congress
for the improvement of rivers and harbors,
of a national character, required for the accommodation
and security of our existing commerce,
are autharized by the Constitution, and
justified by the obligation of Government to
protect the lives and property of its citizens.
9. Resolved, That we invite the affiliation !
and co-operation of the men of all parties, how- '
ever differing from us in other respects, in
support of the principles herein declared ; and,
believing that the spirit of our institutions as well
aft ttie constitution 01 oar country gusranui1#
liberty of conscience and equality of rights
among citizens, we oppose all legislation impairing
their security.
THE NATIONAL ERA,
WASHING TON, D. C.
VoL XIV. January, 1860.
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and Family Newspaper. It is an uncompro
mising opponent of Slavery and the Slave
Power, an advocate of Personal, Civil, and
Religious Liberty, and the friend of the Homestead
Bill, and all measures calculated to give
to Labor its just consideration, recompense,
and political weight. Regarding Slavery and
the issues involved in it as the Great Political
Question of the day, it has supported and will
continue to support the Republican Party, so
long as it shall be true to Freedom. In principle
and policy the Era will continue to be, in
all respects, what it has always been. The
melancholy event which transferred its responsibilities
to the present proprietor, will make no
Jchange iu its character.
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keeps au accurate record of the pro
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a large portion of the most important Speeches
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for a long time a contributor, and known to you
since last January as Assistant Editor, will
have charge of the Political Department, assisted
by other able writers. The Literary Miscellany,
chiefly original, is supplied by some of
the best writers of the country.
In the midst of a community hostile or indifferent
to its objects, the National Era has for
thirteen years labored for the establishment of
the principles npon which the Republican Party
is fbunaed. It is certainly important on the
eve of a Presidential Campaign, and when incendiary
appeals are again made for its suppression
by mob violence, that it should be
vigorously sustained, and that the seat of Government
should not be surrendered tb Pro Slavery
influences. The terms of the Era are as
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