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coniu*ittce, liavc arri\<.< , •••
their seats to-day. , . .. . ,
Ti,. . MMHuiemUoo of the t*U to a-lirnt Kansas into
ti»«- Uuinn wnt l resumed. . .
Ml Sl--J. liH'-ingiiii- floor mtimat«l nu* 'hv.pn
to ..ff. r It nulmlitute.
Mi i’wmpbeli, ofOtaio.Mkod him to »«:*' p* ho
ameiiiliueut ti.er»»<>. in effect to repeal .... rnucn of
tl..- N'abrn.-ka unit Known. act a.- declare* void ui»
\li**.*uri Compromise.
Mr. Stephen*. Ido not MOBpt it,
Mr. Campbell. I suppose not.
Mr Wasuburne, of Maine, said Mr. !>tepbem pro
.i<m was a side blow to kill the Kansas bill.
Mr. Stephen# denied thi#, expressing ins dew re
;lmt the latter uhoukl I*- referre*! to the committee
tl»t- whole. JI«- vindicated the Kansas and N*
i.rank* act and coudk-mued the movement# of the
Northern people to thwart the policy of that mea-
U >lr. Evan#, of Texas, said he was in favor of ad
mitting Kansas at once without any regard to the
number of inhabitant*, provided a hair ejection could
t„. UwL In order to secure such a result he thought
i. u. rul Scott should he seat there, and if the exist
ing government of Khiiwus had been established by
ii. ..- or lraud it should be abrogated.
Mr Dunn. of Indiana, -aid that desiring to strike
down what had, in his judgment, made the distur
bance in Kansas, and restore things ax they were
fn-tore the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska bill,
U- submit ted an amendment to the amendment of
U*- g«-utieinau from Georgia, which was substanti
ally to restore the Missouri Compromise.
Mr. Grow, of Pennsylvania, t ailed the previous
question.
Mr Walker, of Alabama, at 4 o’clock, moved the
liou#«- adjourn. Negatived—yeas 77, nays 118.
Mr. Walker then moved to lay the bill the ta
ble, which motioif was not agreed to—aye# 7b, not*
101.
Mr Crawford, of Georgia, moved that the House
adjourn, which motion wan negatived.
The previous question was then seconded—aye*
•8, ms* 03—and the main question was orderea to
be put.
Pending the motion of Mr. Stephens, of Georgia,
to commit tie- hill to the committee of the whole,
with instructions to report his amendment and the
amendment of Mr. Dunn in lieu of the original bill,
the House at half past 4 o’clock adjourned.
IN SENATE June 30.
The bill authorising tie- i««ue of an additional
number of arms for use in California haspassed.
Mi Douglas, from the committee on Territories,
to which was referred various bills relative to af
fair* in Kansas, made a voluminous report on the
subject.
The report was confined to an elaborate discus
sion of the bill which the committee repotted,
which provides for the appointment of live commis
ioners to In: selected from different sections of the
1 nion, to represent fairly all political parties. They
diall take a census of uif the legal voters of the Ter
i i!ory, and make a fair apportionment of delegate#
to Im- elected in each county, to assemble and make
a Constitution and fctate Government. When the
apportionment shall have been thus made, the com
iai doners are to remain in session every day, ex
cepting Sunday, at places most convenient to the
inhabitants of the Territory, to hear all complaints,
examine witnesses, and correct fill errors in tin:
said list of voters, which shall In- previously printed
and circulated through the Territory, and ]>osted in
at. h*asl thre* of the most public places in each vot
ing precinct in each county. So soon as all error#
idiii-1 have been thus corrected in said lists, thecora
mi. sioners arc required to cause lists of the legal
voters to be printed and copies furnished to each
judge of election, to be put up at the places of vot
ing, and circulated throughout every county in the
1 • nilory before the day of election. No person
nail be allowed to vote whose name docs not ftp
pear as a legal voter. The elect ion of delegates to
lake place on the day of the Presidential election,
and the convention to assemble on the Ist .Monday
m December, to decide, first : Whether it be expc
dieut for Kansu* to come into the Union at that
time, and if so decided proceed to form a Constitu
tion and State Govennin nt, which shall be republi
can in form, uudadmitted on an equal footing with
the original Slates. The bill provides that no law
-dial! be offeree or enforced in the Territory, infring
ing tin- liberty of speech or the liberty of the press,
or tin* right ol the people to bear arms, etc. Also,
mr punishing illegal voting, or fraud, or violence at
th«-election, ana to use the military force for that
purpose. The main point is : •‘The present inhabi
tant# shall decide all points in dispute in Kansas, at
a fair election, without fraud or violence, or any
oilier improper intlueuce. All male white inhabi
tants over the age of twenty-one years to be allow
* d to vote, if resident in the county and Territory
three months previous to the day of election, and no
other test is to be required—no oath to support the
fugitive slave law, or any other law’, nor any other
rendition whatsoever.”
Mr. Douglas gave notice that lie should ask to
have a \ ote taken «>u the Kansas billon Wednesday
next. The bill reported by the committee was then
taken up and read ; und the further consideration
of the subject was postponed until to-morrow, in or
der that it might be printed.
The J’rittiaont’H recent veto message was then
considered together with the bill to remove obstruc
tions to the navigation at the mouth of the Missis
ippi river.
Mr. Cass wished to speak on the subject, but was
not prepared to-day, and the bill was postponed
until Monday next.
The Senate then proceeded to consider the Indian
appropriation bill, which was amended and poM
poued.
A bill to extend the charter of the President and
Directors of the Firemen's Insurance Company
•»t Washington and Georgetown, D. C., was passed.
Alter passing cue or two private bills the Senate
found itself without a quorum ami adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Grow made the closing speech in favor of the
bill for the admission of Kansas into the Union, op
posing all the substitutes for the measure undei con
idcrution.
Mr. Stephens, of Georgia, moved that the bill be
j ceominitled with instructions to report a substitute
which In- had submitted for that measure.
Mr. Duuii moved to amend the motion of Mr.
Stephens, by adding a section to restore the Mis
«»uii Compromise. This was agreed to—yeas 101*,
nays I0\?; when the question was taken, and Mr.
Stephen’s motion its thus amended was rejected, on
ly two votes being cast in its favor.
The House, by a vote of yeas 101, nays 100, refu
nd to eonnnit the pending bill to the committee of
tl..- whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. .Jones, of Tennessee, moved that the bill be
laid upon the table, but the question was decided in
tin* negative—yeas 10C, nays 107.
The I till was then put to vote and rejected—yeas
I or,, nays 107.
The result was succeeded by clapping of hands
and vociferations of joy by the opponents of the bill,
while the friends of the bill exhibited signs of disap
pointment and mortification.
Amid much confusion the House adjourned.
IN SENATE Inly I.
The Senate adopted resolutions calling on the
PiWident for infornmtion relutive to tlu proclanm
l i« >11 of martial law and the arrest of the judge of the
court of Washington Territory by Gov. Ste
phen*.
Mr. Colhuncr, trom the Committee on Territo
ry submitted the minority report on the Kansas
question, which was read and offered to be print-
Mi Thompson, of Kentucky, spoke somewhat
m favor of the bill reported by Judge Douglas,
yesterday.
Messrs. Bigler and Halo opposed it.
Mr. Adams moved to‘amend the bill by striking
out that part which gives suffrage to all persons who
hall have tiled a declaration of tlieir intent ion to be
< <m,u-eiti/a ns of the Cnited States in eomplianee
with tlu* unturol'uution laws.
Mr. Crittenden favored the amendment.
HOUSE.
Mr. Barclay moved a re-consideration of the vote
,»f yesterday,* laying the bill for the admission of
Kansas on the table.
Mr. Houston moved to table the motion.
Business was then suspended to hear the reading
of the
Abstract of the Report of the Kansas Committee,
Hie report shows that as soon as the bill to or
ganize tlie Territory of Kansas was passed, a large
numbrrof citizens of Missouri went into the Terri
tory, and held squatter meetings, passed resolutions
denouncing abolitionism, and declaring that slavery
existed therein.
In the autnmn of I Sol. a secret political society,
cnlh*d the Blue Lodge, was formed—the nlan of op
erations, oaths, etc., of which are given by the iv
port. Tliis Lodge controlled the snbseoinnt move
ments aud invasions on the part of tlie Missourians,
At the election on November 29th, IST»4. for a
J. U gate to Congress, there was no fraud except in
tin* sparsoh settled and remote districts, whereeiti
•,-ii; ,»t Missouri appeareiland voted. Details in iv
l.ition t«» these-foets are given in the report, which
ins it is reduced to mathematical pivcison that
. vent ecu hundred illegal and non-resident votes
were c;ist by citizens of Missouri, and that the re
mainder were eleven hundred legal votes. Whit
tled received a plurality, and would have beer
« i. eted without the aid of his Missouri friends.
During the winter, very great excitement existed
on account of the invasion, public meetings were
held, and much bitter feeling was manifested. In
February, 1855. a census was taken, and the num
ber of legal voters w*as ascertained lobe 2,‘.H>5. It
was also discovered that ou tlu* !lOth March, 1855,
• vi ral days before the eh* •tkm, active preparations
went on in" Missouri, where a complete organization
was effected.
Loaders were appointed ; tents, previsions, am
niuuiUons and arms were distributed, and the forces
wen* divided into companies in Missouri: and on
the day of election at least 5000 citizens of Missouri,
: : testified, l»n*k up their line of march for Kansas.
Companies went into every eouue.il aud ropresenta
;i\e district of that Territory but oue. the great
ma-sot testimony consists in detailing the acts ami
i\ ings of these companies
Th, Imvv ligating Committee iugd before them the
ttoil bm»ks, census roll*. etc., showing o lio wen*
\ _;:il as well .ns who wore illegal voters : ami from
mvur. t and almost absolute proofs, it appeared
.>f al>'Ut t£U»o votes, five thousand were those
-? non residents. The majority of members of both
u.5 t «. ... .... I.e^ : 'hitive Assembly, the I'ommittee
, would h.n\e been Kuo Sir.t<* irtett hat! there
been no invasion of Missourians. The Governor
vt aside the result of the eiecfio: < in some of tho
districts on account of informalilks*. A now eloo
!:„n u»ok. p*a» e liuivin on the .-M of May, but this
did not eifeei the result . Free-State men were
chosen n*these districts,except Leavenworth, where
then* was illegal voting.
i t 'o'.muilti c !.h*K a 1 tree mas* of testin'-*ny n>
.raiding the proceeding of tho l/rgis’um * Assembly,
wtn ?hoy >ay arc characterized by red;', *sncs*
ami injustice. They likewise speak of tie crimes,
sm-ii .-•> murders and robberies, which w» iv frvqucut
sa\in.; that iu no case w ith t: c exception «>t M< it.ie.
ta t Slate mat:.’ was ih. tv ;.ny nr -sr. ind et
ui. I rji 09.ceUti.-n for !h->e oflVm >.
1 lie nj>ov. contaiua fall and c» mplete ■ -tails es
wivo.ing cwnneeod witi : - br. .0 :.> . i Iva
prior to the l *vh of March 1 st, and s«vs l: is clearly
ptio on that Sam;:, i J . Joihm, the
SI
he >,»prominently figured. Mr. ('liver of Missouri,
pme of tin* investigating Commute* ma lea speech
tn the loth district, bn: did not vote, aithoni-.s he
went over w ith one of the companies from that
S: <t%* into Kansu-
T1« ttauduskaisof the committee an-that each of
... , . :mu> in Kv - . *v:i« d bv b>. _
liotu Missouri— the Legislative Ass a.blv j> an
iih-g »*onsftuited boriv, and thereforelias up w
% • 1 F-: t '■* t - i*.
i \. „t T! . lion of J. \\ . \\ 1 .Mi, : |
I'lk* r«-pi»u lia*ais ot obstruct ions thrown in :!•«
wnyoi the conauiUet, ami of the gvncml violence
wliit ii prevails iu th*- 'iVmioiv . It is very vol.ual
m»u>. and is signed bv Me&nv, Sac. man and How
act
Aii* i the reading of the report, the Iloilo ad*
foamed.
IX Ml NATH July
i*o * t: air laid In i. re the Senate a ctHirnmuirn-
Amerh an t • imuisiu«»ni rs at Fat is. to liquid - 1< j«*id
audit the eiabiw of American citizens against iK-
Krc h gov eminent, Ik mg for debts due u>, and
for tb« satisfaction of which provision was made bv
tl:- C uYcIItKMI betW-eU tin IVitcd Slab > u ,,d !
Framv. April Kith, tJ*«.
Mr Ch»vton mid this r.port was mn-h in answer
t<>&i e.oi submitted by itiuiiK cue time ago IK*
dor-v-.d ttHjiil i.Ueiiliou to the do. mu i;', «k-i ;.us**!{
IYe>;J* ot based his V* U) of th« Ka .iviiS^oluthiu
bft ! ■• vet .- • ;
under tire treaty of l K ‘'d, Inti this document ditcloart 1
the lact that, so tar from this, they Were excluded |
torthi. reason that the connuissiouers had nothing to f
do wit h them
He alluded t»the bu t, that several yearssiacc. he I
examined the nuhject when it was before the Senate, *
i,. in" a member of the Select Committee, of which
|j : \v, ; v*. ■' ■ dt'sm.f*. Mr. Welled* ! :
in the matter, and .Mr. Clayton tiding second <
.»> th - <•«>:,. rit“ investigated the sutjjcct and ro * :
tforted ad, whteh, contrary to the ex | Relation# c*f t
loany • ■ * friends, pa-M-d Ijoth hotisei§by deehScd 1
iii;ij<»’iii<' v ', but the x elo ; i
..fi’: -id. ’it Pt* k. afte.i wa; S anoth* r bill. si:.dial io .]
j .d by C:• .ogrCn- ..:*d vet -d by Pi.j
Pierc- *.bu|lne hr ter \< p wj,* n t-.l ; e»l u]*o;i fte j '
same reasons as the former, and any Senator who j
will take The na’mfl *o examine tiie d canv.*nt» now
b.-son the Senate, would see that the whole f«*unda- I
lion of Mr. Pierce’s veto was an error.
lie added that his sympathies were strongly !
in favor of fbese • laimanU, and he hoped some j
measure would. U adopted Ly a inch justice may l>c
done.
Ti;e H m~<- bib granting rght of way te the St. i
Louis and from Mowntatn HmimnAi ttiwgli the «r- |
-cnn!. magazine, aad Jefferson barracks tracts, was j
di.-cu.-.-'.-d and paa^ed—yea# Si, nay# 17.
The Kansas bill was taken up. and Mr. Wade
addressed the Senate on the subject. He said he J
stood here to advocate no new d«>c)rin.:, but only to
contend tor the great principle of equal rights to ail
men, block and white —that was the doctrine of the
father of the republic , they regarded the subject of
-lavery as a great stigma upon this country, tod
hoiked forward anxiously to the time when it
should be wiped out and be no more seen forever,
lie alluded to the compromise measures in
which were called a finality, and remarked that toe
Democratic party had put tIH- present administration
into power upon the platform that they wou.d
resist slavery agitation. Jb- did not. know how
they intended to resist, whether with bludgeons
or otherwise ; but they liad no right to resist the
agitation of any subject pertaining to this Govcrn
ii7. t. He ■.tool equally pledged to resist all at
tempts to infringe Ore right of free speech, whatever
might be the consequences.
11. proceeded at some length to oppose the b; 1
under cunsideratiou, and criticised the political
course of his colleague. . , .
Mr. Pugh replied, ID -aid that Mr. Wade had
luted language not becoming a gentleman or a . cn
nU,r, u*ir a liluck Be|ittUi<:an, but buigunpe benuii
inga bhmkguard. iSen-.ation. 1
The Chair called Mr. Pugh to order . ,
Mr. Pugh said that M . Wade had im nglit to
charge him with loving slavery and hating kbtrty ;
and *dmrply retorted on hi# cojlr-ague.
Mr. Briggs said it could not be di-guwed that there
was an evident foreshadowing in Mr. Wade's re
marks of the determination of the latter's party, d
tl l<; y cannot succeed at the ballot-box, te pull down
this fair fabric of liberty, consecrated by the blood
andsatrrifices of our forefather#. He then advocated
the bill under consideration.
Mr. Clayton, at .j o’clock, said he desired to .-peak,
but did not care about addressing only a doz<-n Sena
tors, and under the*-* circumstances he moved an
adjournment. Negaii ved.
The question was then taken on Mr. Adam .'f mo
tion to strike out the clause giving the right of suf
frage to ail persons who shall have filed their declar
ation of intention to become citizens of the l uited
•States in compliance of the naturalization laws.
No quorum voting, on motion of Mr. 1 )ougias, t!ie
Sergeaut-at arms was directed to compel the attend
ance of the absent members.
A pause of some fifteen minutes followed, the ab
sentees occasionally coming in.
Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, a*ked whether the decree
for u night session w’lis irrevocable and unalterable.
Mr. Douglass asked whether the decree to break
up n quorum w r a« irrevocable-.
Mr. Bell. Docs the Senator allude to me ?
Mr. Douglas. Does tin Senator allude to me 7
Mr. Bell. I do.
Mr. Douglas. We have heard and overheard
that it was the doaigu to break up the quorum.
Never liisho much time been given for debate on
the Kansas question. We want to end the discus
a ion. When the bill was upon Monday, not one ol
tiie members who are now trying to deprive the
Senate of a quorum, spoke, yet they complain of
there not being time enough allowed for debate.
Mr. Bell. Ido not stand here to defend or explain
tin* conduct of Senators, tasked a civil question
and a parliamentary one.
The Chair said the debate was out of order.
Mr. Bell. I have nothing unfair to disguise. I
i.in anxious this bill should pass, but with some
modification.
Mr. Douglas a quorum now being in attendance)
called for another vote on Mr. Adams’ amendment,
which was udopted.
yens—Me sis. Adams, Bayard, Bell, of tenues
see, Briggs, Brodhead, Brown, Clay, Clayton, Colla
mer, Crittenden, Fc-denden, Fitzpatrick, Foot,
Foster, Geyer, Hunter, Iverson, Mallory, Mason,
Iteid, Thompson, of Kentucky, and Yulee—22.
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Bigler. Bright, Cass, Dodge,
Douglas, Evans, Jones of lowa, Pugh, Seward. Sli
dell,'Toombs, Weller, Wilson and Wright—ls.
Mr. Wilson moved to strike out all after the
enacting clause of the bill and insert “all the acts
passed by the Legislature of Kansas, or any assem
bly acting as such be and the same are hereby
abrogated and declared void and of no effect.”
Mr. Crittenden said it seemed to him that some
oxplunaliou was required. Was this a remedy for
the disturbances in Kansas —complete and entire.
Mr. Wilson replied that the bill, in his judgment,
was to make Kansas a slave State, as the report just
made to the House shows that forty-nine hundred
Mis-•urians forced on the people of that Territory
the Legislature which passed the inhuman and un
christian enactments which occasioned al! the trou
bles. His proposition was designed as preliminary
to other legislation to protect the people in their
rights and punish all violations of the laws ot the
country.
Mr. Weller. The proposition simply is to repeal
all the law.- and settle the dispute by physical force.
Mr. Toombs. That’s a good way. No body ob
jects tot hat.
Mr. he ward said he would, with the greatest plea
sure, vote for Mr. Wilson's amendment. The pres
ent can have no other tendency and effect than
confirm the success of the object of the passage.of
the law abrogating the Missouri Compromise mid
form a slave State out of Kansas. There is no code
of laws, no legal society in Kansas other than in the
organic act of TS.VI. The government of that Terri
tory is a usurpation mid tyranny and not legal—
there is no moral obligations to treat it with the
lwist respect. The House, more true to freedom
than the Senate, sent a commissioner thither, and a
report was made which establishes these facts be
yond all question. The day for compromise has
ended.
Mr. Toombs. lam glad of it.
Mr. Seward. And so am I—we henceforth take
our stand on the Constitution.
Mr. Toombs—interrupting.—On Hie “ Higher
Law.’
Mr. Seward—continuing—They who stand there
arc firm, and those who do not an- onu sllpery and
unsubstantial foothold.
Mr. Toombs. 1 think so, when you got on the
“Higher Law.’
Mr. Crittenden said lie regretted exceedingly to
hear Mr. Seward say the day of compromise had
gone by. The form of the bill might not be alto
gether satisfactory to the gentleman, but it is offer- i
cd to him in a liberal spirit, yet he had declared his
intention to accept no amendment to render it more
satisfactory and conciliatory. Tiie proposition of
Senator Wilson would increase to a 1 mindless
extent the existing evils. lie (Mr. Crittenden)
would compromise to the last moment of time,
provided they could preset vc the original prin- j
ciples upon which *thc government is erected.— j
The prt sent crisis demanded of every Senator (
serious and solemn consideration. He earnestly
appealed to gentlemen to come forward in a liberal
spirit, and do justice to all sections of the coun
try. He almost despaired when those from whom
he had expected so much seemed disposed to do so
little.
1,0 Mr. Clayton said he lmd served long in public life,
but never, from the first day lie entered this hall,
‘ ,O had he believed the country to be in so much danger
I°* as now. His desire was to* offer the gentlemen on
both sides a compromise. Alas, this day they had
t 0" heard a word dear to American Statesmen treated
!ftS with levity. They had been told that the time oi
d- compromises was passed, If so, tlie period of the
duration of this lb public is gone I rhe Const it u
lßt ♦ion of the United States was a compromise—every
w, |,in j iaS sed is a compromise. Men could not live to
gether in civil society or private life without com
promise. If we have arrived at a determination
tig that wo will never compromise again, we might iu*
ho Wi .\\ throw our Constitution to the wind.
jc- In the spirit, of compromise lie had introduced a
ice bill to abrogate all the laws of Kansas that were
manifestly unjust, including those regulating the
elections; requiring an oath to support the fugitive
slave law: and abridging liberty of speech and of
do the press, lie explained his proposition and pro
of dieted that if the bill now pending should become a
law, the application of Kansas for admission as a
State into the Union at the next session will produce
ncr an excitement exceeding the fury and violence of
1820. He proposed that Kansas should undergo
~ pupilage before admission as n State.
Mr. Hale said that one objection he lmd to the
" r * bill was that lie was not willing to entrust its cxecu
K® tiou to the present Executive, in whom he had not
n * tin* slightest confidence. If the Senator from Ken
tueky had such a high opinion of compromises, that
*y they will come with healing on their wings to the
whole nation—if such is his belief of what compro
hv> mises will do—was it not the first dictate of patriot
*P- ism. prudeuce and justice to see what the effect will
!V ‘ be of restoring the great compromise of 18**0 ? He
believed, with Mr. Crittenden, that these are peril*
1,a * ous times.
. a Mr. Toombs said he believed that Mr. Seward and
,n his coadjutors wanted grievances and discord, and
n ‘ not lung* but ri'volution to obtain power. He would
' offer to the country evidence of these facts. When
1,1 he (Mr. Toombs) submitted a pure ballot-box. with
;lt all that houor could throw around it, with the entire
,s military force of this great country to protect it, he
V* was met by the tender from Mr. Wilson, backed by
Mr. Seward, of the cartridge box! If he believed
v that they represented the feelings of the North he
would withdraw Isis bill and accept that issue.
1 If he believed that the free States were ready for
*’ e that lie would be content, lie had no compromise |
to offer—but principle. Blit lie did not believe these
11 im n here represented the feelings of the North. Hi*
P did not know about the claim they lmd to speak for
the North. 1L lmd no Higher Law.*’ lie despised
! * s the mnu who had. H e looked upon him as a wretch
,w who would steep his conscience in perjury in order
to obtain the advantages of place.
!1 ‘ Mr. Bigler said he could scarcely imagine that
* Mr. Wilson’s amendment was to be pressed on tlie
': l consideration of the Senate, and was seriously in
!* U'lided as a remedy for tin* existing evils. He be
s - Hevcd that one of the reasons for offering it was to
! *‘ place those who vote against it in the attitude of
:l ! sanctioning all tin law.-- which exist in Kansas. IL
regain led the lending bill as the best measure for
n storing pi ace aud order in Kansas.
u ' Mr. Wiis m would say to Mr. Crittenden, if this
lv bill pass, will it not meet the object the gentleman
lI J prof* s-a*s to have iu view * He believed that the !
Hhwar* intended to m»vn A* labors of the Inst six
Sl ‘ i months, and make Kansas a slave State. The
! Senator from New Yolk was rudely assailed b:*-
'■ onus.* he declared his opposition to a compromise of
:v tin. slavery, in wh.ich the X *th bad al
' r ways been defrauded and cheated. Freemen from
u * ; the* North have been driveu out of that Torritory. |
Have been order* d out by you.
w Mr. Crittenden. Not. me.
Mr. Wilson. I will :hc of Kansas
and the masters of this ml mi n'st ration—the border
rut linns of Missouri. Tiie men who conquered the
Territory, and the men who govern at the other end
o! the avenue, if they do not govern here. He then
• defended the Five State mov cinents in Kansas, and
"
j and send there a sober, hones* and competent man
t- \ ,nte the ’ ,ws. What he told the Senate on
ISth of January last has come to pass. Gov.
s aur. n has made a civil war. and been wandering
•«i down th« Territory, telling women that if Le
i -id : heir husbands he would cut their it —d hearts
j <*ut.
IK defended ldms, ;•/ at: l his con-'tutors from Mr.
I •• units* ehargt of their being traitors, enemies to
bhi-riy, and hostile to the institutions of cur com
:.e ae iintry IU tlcseanled on the principles and
fair pt.«spi **;? oi tl.-. Uepublicau party in the ap
. ■ id.n the term ** jubilant Seiu-
Mr. W il-s-t. - ■ d that hs referred to the ex
iu .•> Mr. Bigler spoke yesterday
‘ Mr »* ’ . ’ _ elected to the I’rest
.... t v :iator fifOta Kentucky
• ' •: *. > ’> -at before it was
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i■' 1 ,r ' < . ,in.,.... * .'• . < a vi.... :L* blow! ~f
: . u,i„.|,r..i i-. K- u-i-.-av from bis
, but ;.'b • don « ..very "* :K tv was flung
Ihea '• •*: ?? :-.i g ..way. !!»• vlh! : i want any
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pro
•1.- *. - Itn v.tu-qget a ,-:.. | .-:.,v r • rlglmdiy,
a !:«• >?uoti-vi the autlu-r ly o; ‘ b-vt Madison,
"
M .T,,u.d uK said a:u:iy f» a;s of tin- biU met
;,ipK- .ido; . |t c-.-:*»Jiitu ... of
jiovvr «n l. . • *r i* • ..i.dre-
I adiated aqu uu i s.>wuv *[y. ictivv s > ,*r^ t
rd.»! A*, am! he «WgUd ilr "u:i:imtiu- on 1. .>ju - }
ri - had HI l:-s| , .1.,., t n . :... . i. »• *s
d« tuning the offa *un k hi- - .1 1 - uas *«■. ,
such tJiii.goe eonsuu. iive in.t . ..u ; * I ’ • -,i- t
ers of the Free biate party ai’e iu pusou . . .* ,»
trumpeii up <4>arge. Tllit* ufikx-is lucie are acting |
out the designs of the meu who invaded the Terri- J
tory. lie then gave ids objections u> the bill .-yiy- J
iug. that if it pass it would not give peace to Kan- ’
. as. hi
mouth, and his right hand forget if? cunning, if he |
» ver voted for the admi ffou into tiie Union of a j
■Sint# cjs>n which :.iV‘-»y,h. , ui been loroyd by fraud i
atui vioK'tqe. Never »*• help nim G<xi! Nor did
lie beiitv.-ih'-1 Oopk-of the country would. Two j
things iuu tbe done to give peaCe, Exclude slave
»ry from Kan.- # whilei* is a Territory. Give the \
a fairclc&ftoii and if they establUh slavery j
thowajuiib on a# a State mjnijt be csot :.t«.-d to. — j
Then abolLArnl! tho4kdion»snd infamous law-.
Mr. IKII. *f'JV :s<.about midnight, said tliAt !
every gentleman who had looked info the question
must know that this agitation will continue to go
on until finally s -tth-d by th -admission of Kansas
a? a State hito The Unirrn. If he had the power he
| that he should not go into the Presidential election.
I The time is too short for its execution. The bill
| |tending meet* the car*.-too p.omptiy. During the
[ turbulence ol the Presidential election that measure
was not likely to give satisfaction to the country.
I IT- did not believe that any measure could be
| «(i<ir»tff*d to give entire He proposed
1 Mr. Clayton’s biii, leaving out the Federal ratio of
representation. Abolish and abrogate the unjust
and obnoxious laws and let the people go on under
th e provisions of that bill and establish a State gov
ernment. aud meanwhile elect a new Legt-latix*.-
Assembly.
T.vu O’Clo- k. A. M. —Mr. Crittenden at half
past twelve o’clock moved an adjournment, when
Mr. Douglas and others on his side of the question
\r!io had been regailing themselves in a private
romn, caaao inand voted down the motion—Ayes
lioc-s S2 —and then retired. .
About two dozen persons are in the gallenes—
some asleep. A few Senators are snoozing in the
lobby on the solas or in the chairs. Meantime Mr.
Bell i» discu -siite the admission of States into the
Un: .n in cour.ectiOT with the slavery question.
At t Li- point we close our report, there being no
prospect of n seasonable conclusion of the struggle.
Reporter .J
COSLLL'SIO S or LAST NIGHT S SESSION.
Washinoton. July J. —Senate. — Senate
continued in session last night up to 8 o’clock this
morning, when it adjourned after passing Mr.
Douglas' bill for the settlement of the Kansas difii
culties.
At 4 o’clock, Mr. Seward made a speech in advo
cacy of his bill for the admission of Kansas with the
Topeka constitution.
Mr. Keid replied to Mi. Seward's remarks relative
to slavery, saying that when a majority of tiie peo
ph* of the North became prepared to enforce the
doctrine declared by Mr. Seward, this U nion woud
not last an hour longer.
Several amendments, comparitively unimportant,
were adopted and others rejected.
Mr. G« yer ottered an amendment ‘ that no law
shall be made or have force or effect which shall re
quire a test oath or oath to support any act of Con
gress or other legislative act as a qualification for
any civil office or public trust; or for any employ
ment or profession, or to serve as a juror, or vote at
an election, or which shall impose any tux upon
condition <to exercise the right of suffrage by any
qualified voter, or which shall restrain or prohibit
the free discussion of any law, or subject of legisla
tion in the Territory, or the free expression of opin
ion therciu by the people of the Territory.
This gave rise to a debate involving the question
of squatter .sovereignty; and whether Congress
ought to interfere as proposed, having left the peo
ple to settle their own affaire.
Mr. Cass said some of the acts passed by the Le
gislative Assembly of Kansas were disgracelul to
the age. How could the people properly pass laws
unless they have the right ol free discussion. The
amendment was then adopted.
Mr. Wilson's amendment to strike out all after the
enacting clause, and to insert a provision abroga
ting all the laws of the Kansas Legislature, was then
rejected—yeas 8, nays 35.
The bill was then passed, as amended—yeas 35,
nays I S —as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Bell of Tennessee,
Benjamin, Biggs, Bigler, Bright, Brodhead, Brown,
Cass, Clay, Crittenden, Douglass, Hunter, Iverson,
Johnson, Jones of lowa. Maliery, Pratt, Pugh, lieid,
•Sebastian, Slidell, Stuart, Thompson of Kentucky,
Toombs, Toucey, Weller, Wright, and Vulee.
Nats—Messrs. Bell of New Hampshire, Collamer,
Dodge, Durkee, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Hale,
•Seward, Trumbull, Wade and Wilson.
On motion of Mr. Casa, 10,000 copies of the bill
were ordered to be printed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Camp bell, of Ohio, asked leave to offer a reso
lution changing the daily hour for the meeting of the
1 louse from 12 to 11 o’clock.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, objected, unless the
time for the final adjournment be first fixed.
Mr. Giddings. No bargains.
Mr. Houston moved to take up the (Senate’s ad
journment resolutions.
Mr. Matteson and others objected.
The reading of the report of the Kansas Investi
gating Committee was resumed.
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, moved that the House
suspend the further reading of the documents, the
report having been finished.
Mr. Florence objected.
Mr. Houston remarked that when Mr. Phelps
moved that the further reading of the report be dis
pensed with, Mr. Hickman insisted upon the read
ing.of it. If that be true, certainly the motion of
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio, was not in order.
The Speaker decided that it was the right of any
member to have all the documents read whicli are
to be referred or printed.
Mr. Houston was now satisfied, he said, that the
reading of the papers was a farce.
Mr. Hickman in reply to Mr. Houston, said he
preferred to speak for himself.
Mr. Houston said he did not propose to speak for
the gentleman.
Mr. Haven suggested that the questions pending
—namely, the motion to reconsieer the vote by
which the Kansas State bill was rejected—be post
poned Until the report and evidence in this ease
shall have been printed.
Mr. Clingman moved to dispense with the read
ing of any further portion of the report.
The Speaker decided that any member had a right
to call for the reading of the paper.
Mr. Clingman appealed from the decision of the
Chair.
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia, earnestly appealed to Mr.
Florence to withdraw his objection.
Mr. Florence acquiesced.
Mr. Washburne of Maine offered a resolution
that the report be referred to the Committee of Elec
tions and be printed, and that leave be given to the
minority to submit a report any time within ten
days, and to take additional testimony, and when
submitted the same shall be referred to the commit
tee on Elections and be printed.
Mr. Phelps inquired if the object was to have all
the papers printed ns one document.
Mr. Washburne of Maine said such was not his
object.
Mr. l’helps said justice and fairness required
all the papers Should be printed as one decument,
and that the report of the minority should lie in
cluded.
The Speaker said no difficulty could arise. 11
would be the duty of the Chair so to direct, accord
ing to the practice of the House.
After further proceedings, the decision of the Chair
was sustained—yeas 175, nays 7.
Mr. Bowie called for the reading of the testimony,
and the Speaker directed the Clerk so to proceed.—
However, before doing so, the resolution of Mr.
Washburne, above referred to, was adopted, and the
House adjourned.
IN SENATE July 3.
The President pro tern, took the Chair at noon,
blit no Senator besides himself was present, and the
only persons present on the Hoor were the secreta
ry sergeaut-at-arms, one door-keeper and two pages.
In the gallery there was one reporter and two spec-
The Chair announced the signing of several en
rolled bills, including the Kansas bill, and then in ac
cordance with a previous understanding, declared
the Senate adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
A message was received from the Senate announ
cing the passage of the Kansas bill.
Mr. Campbell, in response to a question by Mr.
Kunkle. smd that he intended to call up the report
of the select committee relative to the assault on
Mr. Sumner, on Tuesday, but would not then move
the previous question if the friends of the parties in
volved desired discussion.
Mr. Clingman remarked—There will be discus
sion.
Mr. Campbell said he would move the previous
question on Wednesday.
The House, by a vote of yeas 101, nay? 00, re
considered the vote by which the bill to auuiit Kan
sas as a State, with the Topeka Constitution, was on
Monday rejected by one majority.
The question was then taken on the passage of the
bill mid determined in the affirmative—yeas 00,
nays 07.
I’he House adjourned.
Laic from South Florida—Severe Fighting
with tlu* Indiana.
We arc under obligations to Gen. Carter for the
I following interesting despatches from South Flori
{ da, received by this morning’s mail: — Sar. Gcor-
Spicial Agency State of Florida, l
I Tampa, J une 28, 1856.
l l'.ditor Georgian and Journal —Gentlemen :
l Enclosed 1 hand you a copy of official report of Cap
i tain Francis M. Durrance, of the States Mounted
i Volunteers, detailing briefly, the results of the en
* gngements with the Indians and our forces on the
* frontier, on the I Ith and 16th instants, in which we
lost several good cit zens killed, and several others
l are suffering with wounds. They fought desperate
ly on both sides—at a distance but little more than
the length of their guns, and in hand to hand com
bat. The achievement of this little band of brave
men is unprecedented in modern Indian warfare.
They fought more than two to one. (Ine Indian was
dispatched with a knife, by one of our men on the
Mill, in hand to hand strife.
Kos pact fully, your obedient servant,
Jesse Carter, SpecL Agt., &c.
Fort Frazier, Florida, >
10 A M., June 14th, 1856. S
Gen’l. Carter —Sir : 1 have just received intelli
gence of an at tack, by a party ot Indians, on tlie
house of Willoughby Tiliis, at sunrise this morning.
Lieut. Carlton, who happened to be at Ft. Meade,
on a visit to Ids family, heard tlie report of the guns,
and, in company with six others, went to the relief
of Tiliis and his family. On the.approaeh of those
men the Indians tied to a thicket near by. Lieut.
Carlton, with his little band of brave men, charged
them, and a desperate engagement ensued. Lieut.
Carlton and Lott Whidden, of mv Company, were
killed, and Dnr.iel Carlton wounded. William Par
ker, of Captain li n ker’s Company was also kill
ed. and J. 11. Hollingsworth wounded. There
wore three Indians killed and several wounded.
Immediate!;.* dispatchod Serg'ts. l’ogg\. s - and
Durram-e, with litn-eii mdh to the relief of Tiliis, j
j who had maintained his position so far; they ar
j rived at Tiliis’ half after twelve o'clock ; found the j
j luinily sate . they proceeded to the buttle ground ; j
j found the trail—pursued it that evening; discover- j
j ed that the ludi&us laid reinforced considerably. !
j they then came into Ft. Meade for provisions: they :
| were on the trail early next morning, and were re- j
| inforeed by a few men from (.’apt. Hooker, and a j
j few men from Capt. Leslie’s companies. The In- j
I dians had taken tlu* Creek Swamp, and remained in
i it. The men pursued them until late that even- |
| ii.g: came out of the Swamp and encamped for •
I the night.
! June 16.—As a small guard was lett with the ,
] horses, the fiirce was now reduced to 16 men. who j
[ were earlv in the swamp in search of the enemy.— ;
jAt about*lo o'clock, a camp was discovered: a
| charge was ordered, and a well contested battle
j fought. Our little bund stood to their ai ms manful
ly, charging the Indians where they were concealed
under the river bank and shooting them not mow
tiuui 8 or 10 feet from the muzzles of their gu. is.
ICobert F. Prine. and George Howell killed, and \
James \Vbidden, Wm. P. Breaker. and John L. ;
Skipper, wounded, and from the best calculation j
that can be made, there were sixteen or seventeen
Indians killed, and several woundt-d.
Our forces consisted of Lieut. Parker of Captain
Leslk’s Company, Sergeants Boggess and Duran |
cer, with tweln* mer., from my Company, three
men from Captain Hooker’s, ana one from Captain :
| Sparkman's Companies. My men >poke In high
tcrais ol Lieut. Porker,as a brave ami gOinl soldier, j
I Some of the artk ics taken from the wagons at i
Simmon’s Ilammoek, w ere found on the bank
ground. Capt. Hooker, with 23 men, IJeut. Ken- j
(trick, with 2d men. Lieut. with 14 men.
and Lieut. Parker, with a small detachment from
Capt. Lcsii« Company, are now in pursuit oi this
band of savages. 1 am in hopes they wfll be able to
give a good account when they return.
1 am, yours respectfully.
F. M. Dprrance.
C'aptain Com’g.Co. M. V.
General Carter. Sr...*cial Atri-nt Btate of
Florida.
. S.—-Tliis band was supposed to consist of at
least forty F M. D
N to Kansas—Tiie design
V- l * ,c to send Gen. Persifer F. Sinitii to
Kansr.s hn> ovea r.--« rted. denied, and i < now re-a -
lli> instnietions, it is ?aid, areemphati callv ’
t » proven armed invasion from anv quarter, aud to
• ff«*rrt protect l* n to peaceable sertfere at a: v ccot.
Vo' Nui'iCv-r wi!! retain liis present position in Kr.u- '
•v.s '* (t to U.e ordere of General Smith. w!.o i* I
* otm-Ud with large duw»-rs, and & j
*■;*<. K:u*.'as affairs. Gen. Smith was M*’ecUd for <
»i»cs UuiA uitlj d»;tt*r«ne*- u> his prudence, alni.iy and i '
firmness,as Wc-li as kgal knowledge, enubliug Lim ! 1
to dis4-ruiiinate on delicate question-that may arise. ; '
—Halt American.
EUiIdPE VTi INTELLIGKNC K.
BY THE HERMANN AND CANADA.
q* . , mails bv'Steamer Uermami 'to the lStii aud i
by the Canada to the -'lhi ult. are to hand.
’The fjeasdon Times of June 17, says: Mr. Cranap- !
t- u,lat • British Miuhi- i to the United States ot •
America arrived in L udon yesterday, and had an
interview wait the Earl of Clarendon. Mr. Crump
ton also paid a visit to Viscount Palmerston.
The preparations for the naval expedition against ;
Mexico continue. Hut later advices, telegraphed to i
Purls on the same day, report that the government ;
accepts the mediation of France in the difference j
with Mexico. J
Lord Palmerston had caused ordeis to l*e forward- j
ed to the various commanders in the West India j
and North American squadrons with a view of pre
venting collision between English and American
Naval Commanders.
Sir William William.-, of Kars, arrived at Dover
from France on the loth, lie was uimst enthusiaa
ticaltv received. The gallant General, in a &peech
of some length, folly rev iewed the incidents connect
ed with the campaign in the East.
There is a further talk of a determination on the
part of Russia and Prussia to bring about the uuion
ipf the Dauubian Principalities under the sovereign
ty .»f a foreign Prince. Prussia supports the Duke
of Amrusteuburg for her candidate, whilst England
favors one of the Princes of Nassau. Austria and
Turkcv are alone opposed to this union.
(>n Friday, the lhtii of June. Mr. Peabody invit
ed the American Minister and his family, the Lord
Mayor and Lord Mayoress, most of the principal
American femilies now iu Lxmdon, undularge nuui
ber of English friends interested in the prosperity of
the United States, to a c-moirit and banquet at the
Crystal Palace, at Sydenham. The company num
bered about one hundred and forty ladies and gen
tlemen.
The Loudon papers are filled wirh comments on
American a hairs. The course announced by Lord
Clarendon iu the House of Lords and Lord Palmers
ton in the House of Commons, of continuing diplo
matic relations with Mr. Dallas, is acceded to with
a bad grace by the Times and Morning Post. Hie
former paper has suddenly discovered that Mr.
Crampton was not so unexceptionable a minister as
it recently asserted he was. In an editorial of June
17, it says :
Mr. Crampton was certainly not the man to send
as Minister to the United States. Hut the truth is
the United States is not a favorite embassy, and it is
not very easy always to get the man you want for
it. You may offer it to the “proper many’ but the
proper man won’t take it. He does not like to ban
ish himself lroin European society, taste and refine
ment, and to fix himself among a new and rather
rude and uncouth people, who cannot abstain from
cudgelling each other in their own Senate-house,
and whose ways and habits are yvry different from
ours. Diplomatists are not- adventurers 5 their
character is rather the reverse of the adventurous
character. They are the children of civilization and
established order—the disciples of system, manners
and etiquette. They prefer Paris, Vienna, or Ber
lin as an embassy, on the same principle that they
prefer the society of Uurope to the society of the
backwoods. The diplomatist is a delicate article ;
he does not like rough handling; he likes the smooth
security of decorous ceremonial and oily words, in
tercepting u!l disturbance, and acting qsaq infalli
ble breakwater against the violent surge of human
passion and petulance. Moreover, diplomatists,
like soldiers, sailors, clergymen, lawyers, and, we
believe, most other professions, like promotion, and
the United States Embassy, as being a new crea
tion, U«*s out of the regular line of embassy promo
tion. We do not see why these defects in the Uni
ted States Embassy should pot be remedied, far
as they can be. Wccamiot make America Eu
rope. or contrive any other way to the United States
than across the Atlantic. Nor can we make a new
state of society an old one. Hut we can, by an ar
rangement of our own, raise the United States Em
bassy to a higher rank, and bring it within the cir
cle of promotion. The rank of an Embassy ought
to reflect in some degree the power and resources
of the country to which it is attached ; and as the
United States rise in wealth, population and politi
cal importance, it becomes more and more necessa
ry to secure the services of able men as Embassadors
there.
The Morning Herald, file organ of the Conserva
tive interest in Englanii, makes objection to tlie
conduct of the British Government, and considers
that Mr. Crumpton and the three Consuls arc dis
missed from office or suspended from their functions
because they obeyed instructions, while those who
issued them are to be exonerated if, in addition to
a humble apology they will consent to deliver over
their “too faithful employees.” The same journal
expresses its great desire for peace but considers
that a submission to injurious demands on the part
of such a power ns America is not the right way to
secure it.
On the Cehtral American question the Times of
June lk, says:
Mr. Morey’s letter to Mr. Dallas on the Central
American (piestion will not immediately satisfy
those who expect to find in it the compensation we
are to have for t ho step announced in t he other docu
ment, —who wish to regard the dispatch on the Cen
tral American question as counterbalancing the dis
patch on the recruiting question, and to see in the
acceptance of our offer of arbitration on the former
point a set-oil' to the dismissal of Mr. Crumpton in
connection with tlie hitter. It must indeed be
frankly confessed that Mr. Morey’s dispatch on the
Central American question is, at first sight, a rather
perplexing document, and that it is not easy to
know what to make of it. The offer of arbitration
is accepted, but it is accepted with such qualifica
tions and reserves that the acceptance appears at
lirst to be greatly neutralized. An ordinary render
will be very likely to go away with the idea that
what the American document means is, that they
accept tlie offer of an arbitration with this under
standing, that if the decision of the arbiter is in
their favor they will submit to it, but Hint if it is
against them they will not.
On the Clayton Bulwer treaty and the Cincinnati
platform, the Times of June SiO, thus discourselh:
In the phraseology of the New World, the Con
vention at Cincinnati having “reaffirmed the Balti
more Platform in a manifesto, adds thereto some
resolutions, which will be found in oui columns.
They are not very pleasant reading, either as to
their style, which is very much what the giant
Gargantua would have employed for ins least amia
ble occasions, or for their tone, w hich is that of self
will, ns opposed to nil the doubts that international
right or any other consideration might suggest. At
the present, however, we are not m the mood to
quarrel either with the tone any more than with the
style. We are prepared to make things pleasant
for our rather quarrelsome cousins, and, it possible,
would not leave to Mr. Buchanan, in Hie went of
his election, the trouble of discovering some now
doctrine, of the Monroe class, for the settlement of
the remaining differences between us. It is true
tliut oil a perusal ol the resolutions heroic u?, and ol
other documents of the same description, we are
tempted to a good deal further than Mr. Buchanan
in that peculiarity of vision which lie has applied to
these affairs. He docs not see whirl there is to arbi
trate upon in the Clayton Bulwer Treaty. But will
Mr Buchanan, or miv gentleman m Ins behalf, be so
good as to say what there was to have a treaty up
on what occasion there was for any conference
a t id!;—what subject-matter for any agreement?
It the Democrats of Cincinnati and Mr. Buchanan,
and even the President, have any clear idea on the
subject, it must be that*the British Government
went through the pompous cerem ny ot sending a
Plenipotentiary to America to declare, that wliei eas
it had nothing, it would acquire nothing, and pre
tend to nothing, in Central America. In all sobe -
ness and sincerity we always suspected there. \va.-.
something very amiss about that affair, for the sim
ple reason that our people here seemed to think
they had made a very great .coup. \\ y do not be
lieve in diplomatic coh/js. \Yhen nations are well
beaten out of a position they submit to it with ns
good grace us they can. They give way when they
don’t think a point worth fighting for, or when there
happens to be some national teeling or interest con
cerned. But no nation ever was bound by a mere
form of words, and it was not tobe expected that the
United States would ever be bound by a phrase.—
Evidently they know as little about the Cl&ytou-
Bulwer T'reaty as 1t,99b out of 10,000 do in this coun
try. They think they have a natural right to Cen
tral America, if they cun get it, and all that stands m
their way is set down as moonshine.
Important Debate in Parliament.
Iu the House of Lords, June 10, in reply to Lord
Derby’s enquiry as to the course her Majesty's Min
isters would pursue in consequence of the dismissal
of Mr. Crumpton, Lord Clarendon said:
I stated the other night that it was the intention
of her Majesty’s Government to lay upon the table,
at the earliest period, the papers which have been
communicated tons by the American Minister.—
Those papers have since been laid before the Senate
of the United States, and are now in the possession
of the people of tins country. They will be laid
before your lordships as soon as an answer is deter
mined upon by the Government. Your lordships
miu t be aware that the framing of that answer will
occupy some time, and require much consideration,
and it is because it is not yet determined upon that
the papers have not been placed upon your table.—
! But 1 think it is tlie duty of her Majesty’s Govern
, incut to satisfy the natural anxiety which is felt by
the country with respect to our relations with the
United States, and hence I do not hesitate in taking
this occasion to inform your lordships that it is not
the intention of her Majesty’s Government to advise
her Majesty to suspend diplomatic relations with
America. [Cheers]
The Karl of Derby—Of course it would be ex
tremely premature to enter into any discussion. I
mvself rejoice personally in the announcement
which has just been made—(renewed cheering)—
because, though I deeply regret the course pursued
by the United Slates Government, yet it is impossi
ble for us to approve the course which has been ta
ken by the representatives of this country. Be
lieving, therefore, that the United States has a just
cause of complaint, 1 rejoice that her Majesty s Go
vernment, by acquiescing in the withdrawing of
Mr. Crumpton and of the three Consuls of her Ala
jeaty, lias sanctioned the opinion which I entertain. j
At tiie present moment I will not enter into any dis
cussion, but content myself with rejoicing that we
have acknowledged our error, even though by ac
quiescing iu that to which i is painful to ourselves
to submit, the removal by the authorities ot
the United States of our Representative at A\ ash
ington.
The Karl of Clarendon—The noble Lord has said
that to enter into a discussion upon this subject
would be premature, and accordingly he has not
done so ; he has, however, pronounced a most posi
tive judgment upon the conduct of Mr. Crampton.
[Hear, hear.] 1 can only appeal to your lordships,
and through you to the country, not to join with tlie
noble Earl in prejudging the case, until the whole
of the materials upon which to form your judgment
shall be before you.
I The Earl of Derby—l have formed my judgment
j solely upon the papers which have been laid upon
your lordship’s table by the Government.
, In the House of Commons, on the same evening
I Lord John liu>sell spoke at considerable length on
the same subject. He took the most friendly view
| of the difficulties between the two countries, and
j suggested that precedents could be formed to sus
j tain the Ministry in the retention of Mr. Dallas, and
he then alluded to General Washington having dis
missed M. Genet, the French Minister in 1793, and
| Mr. Madison Laving dismissed Mr. Jackson, the
; British Minister in —raid in both cases diplo
' malic relations continued unbroken. lie referred to
J Mr. Marcy's letter on Central America, and styled
] it a “ very dispassionate despatch.’’ and thought
: the offer of arbitration as there laid down might be
! acceded to. He spoke in tue highest terms of Mr.
] Dallas, General Walker, he also mentioned and de
scribed him as “an enterprising military chief of
considerable energy. The cause of humanity and
civilization,he said, would suffer if war occurred
between England and America. Even' lover of
freedom would deplore such a contest, and every
oppressor would rejoice. In conclusion, he said: I
am convinced that there are no twocouutries whose
interest and duty it is more to < ultivate friendly re-
I lations with each other. There is room for us both
I on the globe. We have a great Empire to ride, and
great curb, sto fulfil: tit United States are no doubt
j destined to a great Empire and to great duties, and
let us both use the power which God has given as
! for the benefit of the human race.
I Lord Palmerst «>n in reply I am ready to
j answer the question of my noble friend as to the in
j tent ions other Majesty'* Government with regard
to the diplomaticarrangerne -ts between this ooun-
I try and the United v, N*«w ti>to be observ
| eu. in the first place, that, alii*nigh >he United
j States Governmciu have tuougLi tit to intimate to
I Mr. Crumpton that they cannot continue their rela
tions with him, in consequence of which he has loft
Washington, that intimations diu not go to the ex
tent of a rupture of diplomatic relations; tut, on the
contrary, was accompanied, in another despatch, by
the expression of a desire to continue, through the
American Minister at this Court, diplomatic inter
course upon another matter. Now. Sir. her Majes
ty's Government, duly considering all the various
bearings of the matter, and attending to those con
'ideraiioiis upon which my noble friend has dwelt,
have not deemed it their duty to advise her Majes
ty to suspend all diplomatic intercom se with the
American Minister at this Court. [Cheers.] We
are, therefore, prepared again to enter into com
munication with him upon any matters w hich con
cern the interests of these two great countries. I
think the House will feel that I am best performing
my duty by abstaining on the present occasion fr m
entering into any discussion beyond tliis answer to
the question, [ilear, hear ] My noble friend has,
however, expressed a hope that the instructions
which her Majesty's Government have given to the
naval force which was recently d from this
country to the coast of America rm- not such as are
likely to bring about any unnecessary collision be
tweeu the American auu British squadrons. Sir, I
• an assure my noble friend, I can assure the House,
that it is the anxious desire of her Majesty's Go
verffment to avoid any thine Vhich might briag
about such a collision .- that instructions which
have been given to the c&pr zander of that force
relate to the protection of t* ritl-h interests, of Bri
tish subjects, undo! B: uiv. property; and that there
is nothing in those makroc dons which would tend to
a collisiou between the B itishand American forces, j
[Cheers.j \\ e certainly did thiiik it right, consider
ing the uncertain—tine# rtain as it then undoubted- i
ly position ot our relations with that great na- I
val Power, that our f«y ju these seas should be *
piact-din sacha .-..edition that it might not l>e liable
to any occasional i» iS as:,-rs. [Hear, hear.] We
tootle-lit it right to la stn.no ■ hut. lieintr strong, we
shall not be the aggr ewsors. Although England was
never better Drepared tor war. he was determined
to act with moderation, especially towards a country
bke America, where there were so many causes of
union and so many mutual interests at stake.
Mr. I) Israeli followed in a speech of much signifi
cance. He hoped the House would not imitate the
American Cabinet by drawing a line of distinction
between the Ambassador and the Ministry. Mr.
Crampton, ut all events, attempted to do his duty to
bis country, and he had apparently acred upon the
instructions of his superiors, and should not be made
the scapegoat ot diplomatic sins. He wished the
House would take the opportunity of inquiring
< aluily into the cause of the painful and frequently
recurring misunderstandings with America. It was !
impossible to conclude that the recruiting question j
was really the cause. It will be well if we take this
opportunity—l do not mean this evening, but before
these great questions are settled—of arriving at
some definite result upon this point. It would be I
wise if England would at last recognise 4hat the U. !
I .States, like all the great countries of Europe, have a
I policy. I observe in the papers which have been
laid upon the table of the House that the American
Munster who is here commenced his communica
tions with her Majesty's Government by saving that
he thought it right to announce that the President
had adopted the Monroe doctrine as the foundation
<»t his system of government. Now, sir, the Monroe
doctrine is one which, with greufc respect to the
Government of the United States, is not, iu mv
opinion, suited to the age in which we live. The
increase in the means of communication between
* Europe and America have made one great family of
the governments of the world, and that system ol
government which, instead of enlarging, woukl re
strict the diplomatic relations between those two
quarters of the globe is a system which is not adapt
ed to this age.
111 making that observation, however, I would
sav that it would be wise in England not to regard
with the extreme jealousy with which she has hith
erto looked upon it, any extension of the territory
of the United States beyond t Inf bounds which were
originally fixed to it. I hold that that is uot a good
policy which is founded uu the idea that we should
regard wUU extreme jealousy the so called “aggres
sive spirit of the United States. [ Hear, hear.} I
am of opinion that the treaty concluded by Lord
Ashburton was one of the wisest diplomatic acts that
has been performed m modern times, at least in this
country; [hear, bear] that it waa the indication of a
sound and liberal policy, and that those who oppose
it are the supporters of a policy which is regarded
by the Government of the United States as one hos
tile to the legitimate development of their power.—
[ Hear, hear ] Moreover, iam persuaded that it is
the belief on the part of the United States that the
British Gover. meat is auimated by such sentiments
in tiicir regard which lias excite I the feeliug that has
seized upon the enlistment question as a means of
expressing their dissatisfaction and distrust. [Heat
bear.]
It is through no duaire to Introduce controversial
questions op the present occasion that I venture to
offer these remarks, [hear, hear,] but simply be
cause I wish to remind the House that such is the
feeling which prevails in America [hear] ; aud that,
if it is always to be impressed upon England that
she is to regard every expansion of the United States
ns an act detrimental to her interest and hostile to
her power, wc shall be pursuing a course which
will not prevent that expansion on the part of the
States, but which will involve this country in strug
gles that may prove of the most disastrous charac
ter. [Hear, hear.] I remember what extreme
jealousy existed a few year* ago in this House in
conseiiUeiH-e of the conquest of California by the
United States. [Hear.] That was an event which
was looked forward to with the gravest alarm, and
one from which the most calamitous results were
anticipated. Have any of those gloomy forebodings
been realized ! (Hear.] 1 would ask the House
how fur the balance of power has been injured by
the c inquest of California by America, [hear, hear,]
and whether there is any event since the discovery
of America which has contributed more materially
to the wealth, aud through the wealth, to the power
of this country than the development of the rich re
sources of California by means ol‘ the U. States ?
[Hear, hear.]
These things are worthy of consideration ; for, be
lieve mo, sooner or later we shall have to adopt clear
and definite opinions 011 this subject: and, indeed,
I cannot hesitate to express my belief that if sound
er views with respect to it had prevailed in this
country, the Government might not have felt them
selves justified in taking a course with regard to the
enlistment question which, whatever may be its im
mediate consequences, certainly has not terminated
in a manner fluttering to the honor of the nation or
grateful to tin- feelings of any class of her Majesty’s
subjects. [Hear, hear.] These are the two points
to which the noble lord to whom we are indebted
for this discussion has particularly referred. For
my own part, I look on all that has happened with
regard to the enlistment question as indicative of
the distrust which prevails in the. United States, and
which has its origin in the conviction that the policy
of this country is hostile to the legitimate develop
ment of their power. It is my opinion that all that
America has fairly a right to expect she may obtain,
without either injury to Europe iu general, or to
England in particular [hear], and that it is the busi
ness of a stetesman to recognize the necessity of an
increase in her power, and at the same time to make
her understand that she will most surely accomplish
all the objects she proposes to herself by recogniz
ing those principles of international law [hear]
which in civilized communities have always been
upheld [hear], and to impress upon her that, instead
of vaunting that she will build her greatness on the
Monroe doctrine, which is the doctrine of isolation,
she should seek to attain it by deferring to the pub
lic law of Europe, and by allowing her destiny to be
regulated by the same high principles of policy
which all nations which have great destinies to ac
complish have invariably recognized. [Cheers.]
3larNlia.il I.uw in Washington Territory.
The far distant territory of Washington lias been
the scene of an unusual and extraordinary exercise
of power, the Governor having proclaimed martial
law, suspended the writ of habeas corpus, and ar
rested the Chief Justice and dispersed his court. —
Tlie act had occasioned great excitement, as from a
report made by a committee of the members cf the
bar we gather the following details of the circum
stances leading to it and the manner in which it was
‘ carried out. The matter has already been made a
subject of inquiry in the United States Senate :
Several citizens of Pierce county, one of the most
populous in the Territory, who had been ordered in
from their claims to the town of Steilacoom, on sus
pieicn of intercourse with the hostile Indians, and
had subsequently returned to their homes, were ar
rested without process of law in the latter part of
March by a force of volunteers acting under direc
tion of Governor Stevens, and, having been first
carried to Olympia, in the county of Thurston, were
by the Governor remitted to the military post of
Port Steilacoom, with request to the commanding
officer to detain them on a charge of treason. Col.
Casey having replied that he could not hold them in
defiance of civil authority, and the persons arrested
having sent to the nearest judge, who resided iii
Uhina county, a distance of about a hundred miles,
lbr a writ of habeas corpus, Governor Stevens, on
the 3d of April issued a proclamation in the follow
ing words:
“Whereas, in the prosecution of the Indian war,
circumstances have existed uffording such grave
cause of suspicion, such that certain evil disposed
persons of Pierce county have given aid and com
j fort to the enemy, as that they have been placed
under arrest and ordered to be tried by a military
• commission; and whereas efforts are now being
I made to withdraw by civil process these persons
| from the purview of the said commission.
i “Therefore, ns the war is now being actively
prosecuted throughout nearly the whole of the said
county, and great injury to the public, and the plans
j of the campaign be frustrated if the alleged designs
j of these persons be not arrested, I. Isaac J. Stevens,
Governor of tlie Territory of Washington do hereby
proclaim marital lair over the said county of Pieice,
and do by these presents suspend for the time being
and until further notice the functions of all civil offi
cers in said county.
“Given under my hand at Olympia this third day
of April, eighteen hundred and fifty six, and the
year of independence of the United States the
eightieth. Isaac J. Stevens.”
This document, it will be observed, alleges no
other motive than that tlie persons so arrested, with
out warrant and the sole authority of military force,
were about to sue out the great writ of right to re
lieve themselves from illegal confinement.
Following upon tlie heels of this extraordinary
document, which was without sea/ and without at
testation, which found no other publication than
the transmission of written copies to a few niili
tary officers, the persons so charged were taken
once more from the county of Pierce and removed
by a military guard to Olympia, out of the district
where martial law had been proclaimed. Yet,
notwithstanding this removal of tlie suspected
parties, the proclamation was continued in exist
ence, and the volunteer officers directed to en
! force it.
* After a few days, some of tlie persons so ar
rested were permitted to return on their parol to
1 Steilacoom, while the others were and are still in
! custody at the seat of government, and as isreport
-1 ed and believed, are to be tried by a military com
! mission of volunteer officers, to be held in Pierce
i county, on a charge of treason against the United
States.
The United States judge assigned to this judicial
district being detained at home by severe illness at
ihc time when by law the term of the District Court
was to b«* held, the lion. Edward Lander, Chief Jus
i tire of this Territory, who resides in the adjoining
I district, at the special written request of Hon. Judge
! Cheriowith, undertook to hold said Court, and on
i Monday, the oth May inst., arrived at Steilacoom
I and opened the Court in due form. Having been
inform d. however, on his way to Court, by Lieut.
Col. I>. F. Shaw, commanding a volunteer force un
dor authority of tlie Governor of this Territory, that
ii he attempted to hold said Court he would be forci
bly prevented, Judge Lander, in order to prevent a
collision between the executive and judicial author
ity. suggested that ho would simply open and
adjourn the Court until Wednesday, that the
Governor might be advised to withdraw his procla
mation.
About three days previous to opening Court, Col.
Shaw, commanding the volunteer forces, who had
received written instructions from Gov. Stevens to
enforce martial law until further orders, being di
rected at the same time t* inform him immediately
if, in his opinion, it was longer necessary, Lad writ
ten by express to the Governor, stating that no oc
casion existed in the county for its # continuance, in
forming him that important business was to be
transuded before the court, and recommended that
in consequence the proclamation be abrogated.
J udge Lander now himself wrote to Gov. Stevens,
informing him of the course he had taken; that
there wt-re important causes to be tried before the
court, <ne of which—the suit of the United States
vs. the former Collector of Puget Sound—ought to
be tried ; that there was imminent danger of a col
lision between the civil authorities and the military,
and recommending that martial law be at once
abrogated, especially as the present condition of the
country seemed not to require it.
In reply, Gov. Stevens, on the 6th instant, while
declining to withdraw’ his proclamation, suggested
that Judge Lander adjourn his court to the first
Monday in June, and informed him that he had ex
amined the law, and found no difficulty in his ad
journing from any time to the next term of court.
Upon the receipt of this information Judge Lan
der, having done his duty as a citizen in endeavor
ing to prevent the expected collision, proceeded to
fulfil those of his judicial office by opening court at
the appointed rime. Accompanied by the clerk, the ,
United States Deputy Marshal.aud the Sheriff, he
went to the court house, opened the court by prqela- ]
mation in tlie usual form, and caused the grand jury
to be Cmpannelle d aud sworn. j .
During tins time a company of volunteers, (many
of them citizens of Oregon, although enrolled in |
this Territory,} drawn from Clark county, on the i «
Columbia river, entered the court room with loaded j I
rifles and drew up w ithout tlie bar. Another com- j (
pany was kept in reserve without to assist them if j
necessary.
Judge Lander then directed the deputy marshal
to prevent the entry ~f any armed men within the
bar: but the commanding officer, having announced
that he acted
reeled his men to arrest the judge and clerk. In
obedience to that order they entered the bar, the
deputy marshal being unable to prevent it, and ar
rested the judge in his seat, the judge stating that he
only succumbed to force and declined calling upon the
paste comitaius because he wished to avoid blood
shed.
J Lander and the clerk, J. M. Chapman,
were then removed by the military from the court -
bouse, and cm the same day taken out of the county
and carried to Olympia. The records of the court,
which were at first seized, were subsequently re
turned to the deputy clerk.
During this time the citizens present, though mani
festinga deep feeling of indignation at the transac
tion, refrained from any disorderly or violent acts.
The conduct of Judge Lander was throughout dig
nified, firm, and worthy of his high position, and
was, we are satisfied, dictated only by a strict sense
of duty.
Killed by Li«.htn;s <Z— OkTbureday night, one
of the wagons of Flagg A Aymer's Ovens Com
pany was struck by lightning between Nasbau and
Concord, N. li., when one man and four horse* were
killed, one nian severely injured, and the wagon
shivered to pieces.
WEEKLY
(Lijnmidc & Sentinel
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AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY NOltMMi JII.Y !», 1556.
KOK PRESIDENT,
MIELAKI) FILLMORE.
Ol' New York.
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It is our purpose to make the influence of the
Chronicle \ Sentinel felt in the approaching oan
vass : and we, therefore, submit the above terms,
with the hope, that the American Party throughout
the State will cordially aid us in our design.—
To do this most certainly and effectually, our
friends everywhere, must circulate the paper. Aye,
loose your purse-strings, and scatter the paper
among all classes of people, especially those who are
not iu the habit of taking a paper. It will be an easy
matter for a few individuals iu each county to sub
scribe a sum sufficient to send from one hundred to
two hundred papers in every county in the State,
where they are needed to enlighten the people.—
And this is the plau to pursue. Do not fold your
arms and wait tor such people to subscribe. As
a hint to the wise is sufficient, we do not deem it
necessary to enlarge on this topic ; and only desire
to say iu conclusion, we are ready and willing to do
our whole duty. All we want our friends to do, is
to help us to accomplish the greatest good.
The Three Candidates.
Millard Fillmore is so unquestionably the
model of a patriotic statesman, and his career as
President won so completely the nation's heart on
account of his fidelity to the Constitution, and his
strict impart iality of character, which led him to in
cline neither to the North nor the South, but to la
bor only for the perpetuity and integrity of the Un
ion, that to compare him with the rival candidates,
is almost an injustice to his fame. Still the public
safety demands that each nominee should be faith*
tully portrayed, and wo must not flinch from the
task. It now seems generally admitted that there
will be but three prominent candidates for the Pre
sidency, and that Mr. Fillmore's formidable com
petitors are Mr. Buchanan and Col. Fremont.
These two rivals of the illustrious statesman are
alike, and yet most unlike. They are alike in pre
tentious and hollow words, and in being tot ally devoid
of all tin- requisites demanded for the crisis. They
are unlike in years and in their study of the trade
of politics, the elder having been a proficient in the
craft for nearly fifty years, while the other owes his
sole merit to having taken to the business within
the last few months. They are alike in being popu
larity-mongers, and in trimming their sails to suit
the tickle winds. That steadfastness of purpose,
that sublimity of courage which forgetting sett
thinks only of country, are wanting in both.
Every true Democrat will remember the emphat
ic words of General Jackson, that “ James Bn
daman was an unreliable man they will review
his public course and see how fully have the hero's
words been corroborated. On the question of slave
ry he is peculiarly unreliable; his Lancaster resolu
tions in 1819; his Jesuitical sentiments, uttered in
ilie U. S. Senate in 1811 on the admission of Texas
into t!i« * Union, will show his character; lie voted for
the admission, but said it would restrict slavery,
thus seeking to curry favor with the North and
South; lie wished slaves might be driven across the
Rio Grande, and there be lost in amalgation; he de
sired that Texas should eventually make three free
and two slave States, and looked forward with plea
sure to the day when all the Southern farming States
should be given to freedom. Can the South be true
to herself if she place the slightest confidence in so
truckling a politician ! lie was a Federalist till 1828,
so long as Federalism was popular; he was an ad
vocate of American principles until foreign votes
prevailed in the Northern States; he was the advo
cate of cheap labor, and careless whether the me
chanics of Americasunk into the abject condition of
factory hands until he remembered they had votes;
he was the false friend of the noble-hearted Henry
Clay, policing in every village in Pennsylvania to
do him wrong, and to secure the Secretaryship of
State for himself; lie was the unblushing old filibus
ter of Ostend, who talked of wresting Cuba from
Spain, and now prates about conserving the peace.
Well might General Jackson declare that Bu
chanan was “ an unreliable man.”
The times arc peculiarly critical and require great
men to control them. Mr. Burn anan would be but
an aggravation of the Pierte evil; an evil which
lias arrayed North against South, and complicated
our relations with foreign powers. Mr. Fillmore
is the only man for the crisis, and we earnestly call
upon every patriot to rally to his support.
3lr. Fillmore’* Speeches.
The eloquent and patriotic speeches of Mr. Fill
more in response to the cordial greetings of his fellow
citizens along the line of his travel home, are electri
fying the conservative men of t he country, and win
ning for him crowds of admirers and friends. The
Freesoil and Buchanan organs are, however,
furious iu their assaults upon them; they see tlie
effect upon the public mind, and they hasten to de
nounce the speeches to ward off’, i possible, their in
fluence. They feel that Buchanaiiisin nml Freesoillsin
cannot flourish where these speeches are apprecia
ted. The New York Tribune and the Courier 4’
Enquirer , both ultra Freesoil Black Republican or
gans, are furious about them, and charge Mr. Fill
more with “ treason and sedition ” because in his
Rochester speech he justified the South for the re
peal of the Missouri Compromise, and denounced
the Black Republican organization. We congratu
late the Buchanan organs upon their associates;
the fact that they and the Fremont organs are so
cordial and vehement in their denunciations of Mr.
Fillmore’s speeches, will open the eyes of Southern
men and the conservatives of every section, and
cause them to rally to his standard.
The Columbus Enquirer publishes the speeches
at Newburg and Albany and remarks:
“These speeches will electrify the nation—they
have here re-animated the spirits of our friends and
made them prouder than ever of their noble leader.
There is no cold calculating policy or selfish reserve
about these addresses—they throw down the gaunt
let of defiance to Black Republicanism and denounce
its schemes as ‘moral treason.’ Its miserable fo
menters shrunk away before the indignant rebuke
of a statesman ‘ whose virtue awed them,’ and
trembled at the plaudits which from many thousands
of honest tongues responded to these noble appeals
for conservatism, the Constitution and the Union.—
Let the reader contrast these glowing speeches of
Mr. Fillmore—his proud defiance of abolitionism in
its stronghold—with Mr. Buchanan’s cold and call- .
tious endorsement of a very ambiguous ‘platform,’
and his declaration that he w ill not respond to any
future calls for his opinions! Such a speech as Mr
Fillmore’s at Albany, if made by Buchanan, would
drive from his support tlie Freesoil wing of his par
ty, and no consideration could induce him to speak
out in Mich manly and denunciatory terms of Black
Republicanism and sectional agitation. But the
people of the South cannot behold with indifference
the contest now going on between National Ameri
canism, under the lead of Millard Fillmore, ami
Black Republicanism. They will rally around the
man who thus broadly makes up the issue with their
enemies; and, in co-operation with the conservative,
patriotic men of the North, they will return him to
the Presidency.”
Celebration of ilie Fourth of July.
Independence day was observed with great
spirit in Augusta. The various military and civil
companies formed in procession on Broad street,
at half-past seven o'clock in the morning, and ac
companied by a fine band of music marched to the
City Hall. A platform had been erected in the park
which proved a great boon, as the day was one of
the hottest of the season. Under the shade of the
trees the citizens, including many of the fairest
daughte-is of Augusta, listened, tranquilly seated, to
the patriotic addiesses.
Prayer having been offered uptothe throne of mer
cy by the Rev. Mr. M inn, the Declaration of Inde
pendence was read in a very effective manner by
YV.'R. McLaws, Esq. An Oration of great force
and ability was then delivered by Hon. VYm, Gib
son. The orator, who spoke with much fervor, en
laiged upon the blessings enjoyed in this highly fa
vored laud, and drew a vivid picture of the lives of
the early settlers on this continent, men who had
given up all the endearments of home to cast off the
evils of monarchical and religious tyranny. The
descendants of such men were the apt patriots to
struggle against and to triumph over oppression
here. The sectional strife and bitterness now rife
throughout the land, and the traitorous wiles of
demagogues were severely denounced, and an ap
peal was made to the patriotism of the country to
frustrate tlie designs of the evil doers. The Oration
closed with a touching tribute to the influence of
woman iu every noble cause, and a belief, that it
would have a potent effect in cheering the sous of
America in their struggle to maintain intact the lib
erties of their beloved country.
The companies again formed in procession, aud
returned in the same manner in which they came. -
At one o'clock the AugUfta Fire pepartment, with
their guests, the Oglethorpe Fire Company of Sa
vannah, marched to Delaigle’a Grove, where they
enjoyed their barbecue, aud passed several hours iu
social mirth. ,
In the afternoon the pupils of the Houghton In
stitute delivered a variety of patriotic addresses at
the City Hall, in the presence of a large number of
citizens. The intelligence' displayed by the children
of either sex reflects much credit ''•n their teachers.
There was class singing by both, and recitations by
Misses Sarah Fennel, Hariet Ingalls, Alice
Emery, Anna McDonald, Margaret Wellauer,
and Adalaide Ingalls, and more than twenty
boys. Where all were praiseworthy-in their exer
cises it would be unfair to particularize.
Great amusement was caused by a party of Fan
tasies, who, mounted on quadrupeds, paraded the
streets in high glee. Some were dressed as knights,
others as damsels, while several represented eccen
tric characters, such as Punch, Aunt Beecher Stowe
and old Mother Goose. They played upon rude
horns, drums and whistles, and created a mad diver
sion.
On the Parade Ground at night the Fireworks at
tracted a great number of persons, and like all the
other festivities of the day, came off with great
spirit.
Death or Major Hardin. —Tlie Columbus Hun
of the 3d imt. nays :—We regret to announce the
sudden death, on yesterday, of Major Edward J.
llardin, an old, well known, and much esteemed
citizen of this place. Major Hardin was a native
of Warren county, in this State, and in early life,
was a merchant in Augusta. He went thence to
Florida, and finally removed to this city. He had
been at one time Clerk of the Superior Court of
Muscogee county, but was not engaged iu business
at the time of his decease. He leaves a wife and
several children.
:Ur. Fill mores I'ro^retw.
e have already recorded the long succession of
triumphs awarded to Mr. Fillmore in New York
City aud Brooklyn on lus return to his native laud
While Mr. Bern anan is in his den at Wheatland,
Pa., gulping down one plank j>cr diem of the Cin
cinnati platform and groaning at the thought that
he can digest these planks far ’easier than the peo
ple can digest his name; while Col. Fremont is
awaking to the disagreeable fact, that killing a griz
zly bear is not a sufficient claim to the Presidency ;
Millard I illmoßE, America's noblest son, is re
ceiving the heart-felt testimonials of gratitude and
love from all sorts and conditions of persons whom
he meets with. As the steamer Alida on Thursday
morning, the 20th June bore him on the bosom of
the Hudson, the banks of the beautiful river were
thronged with the citizens who came forth in thou
sands to greet him. Tiie whole journey from New
York to Albany was a constant ovation.
The Alida first stopped at Cozzens’ Dock, where
Mr. Cozzens, in behalf of the American Party, and
all Uuion meu of Orange county, addressed Mr.
Fillmore. He was then introduced to the joyous
multitude, and having tendered them his acknow
ledgments proceeded on his way. When the boat
arrived at Newburgh flags were flying from the pub
lic and private building, and the various vessels,
and cannon were booming, while countless numbers
of human beings were loudly cheering. Mr. Fill
more landed, and was introduced by Mr. A. K.
Chandler, of Dutchess, to his enthusiastic friends.
W hen the shouts ot welcome had, in some measure
subsided, Mr. Fillmore spoke as follows :
FEi.LOw-CiTr7.ENs of Newburgh.—Accept my
cordial thanks for this unexpected but hearty greet
ing. My friend has introduced me as the standard
bearer of the American Party, and a frieud of the
Union For the former position, lam indebted to
my friends, who have, without my solicitation, made
me their standard-bearer in the coming campaign.
But I confess to you that I am proud of the distinc
tion. I confess, also, that lam a devoted and un
alterable friend of the Union. I have 110 hostility to
foreigners: I have witnessed their deplorable condi
tion iu the old country, and God forbid that 1 should
add to their suffering by refusing them an asylum in
fliis. I would throw the gates wide open, ami invite
the oppressed of every land to partake of the bless
ings of our laws and country:— l would only ex
clude from this emigration the pauper and the crim
inal. I would give free toleration to every creed ;
but while 1 did this, 1 would, for their sakes as well
as ours, declare that Americans should rule Ameri
ca. (Cheers.) They should have the benefit of
equal laws, —but neither their education nor know
ledge of our institutions qualify them to govern
America. (Applause.) The failure of every attempt
to establish a free Government in Europe is demon
strativc of this fact. But if we value the blessings
which Providence has so bountifully showered upon
us, it becomes every American to stand by the Con
stitution of this country, and to resolve, that inde
pendent of all foreign influence, Americans shall
and will rule America. (Long and loud applause.)
1 fuel fellow citizens, that I need hardly allude to
the importance of maintaining this Union. 1 see
tin* National flags floating from yonder heights,
which marks the consecrated spot where Washing
ton had his head quarters. Tuere was performed
an act of moral heroism, before which the bravest
deeds of Alexander pale, and with which the great
est achievements of Bonaparte are uot to be com
pared. (Immense cheering.) It was there, on that
sacred spot, now shaded by the flag of a free repub
lic, that Washington refused a crown. (Great ap
plause.)
It was there, that the officers of the army, after
our independence had been achieved, made him the
offer of a crown, which lie indignantly repelled.
I am sure that l need not urge upon you who live
in sight of that flag, the importance or duty of fol
lowing the Farewell Advice of the Father of his
Country,to maintain the Union of the States, as the
safeguard of our liberties at home and the bul
walks of our defence against attacks from abroad
(Cheers)
Again I thank you most sincerely for this cordial
welcome to my native soil. (Cheers.)
Amid the deafening cheers of the people, Mr.
Fillmore once more embarked, and as the boat
glided on to Poughkeepsie the air resounded with
the shouts of joy. The banks were alive with peo
ple ; every available space of ground was filled, and
thousands of honest men and women, and children,
were made happy by seeing the boat in which the
good man passed. On arriving at Poughkeepsie
the bells were gaily ringing, banners flying to the
breeze, and cannon roaring welcome, while the citi
zens were raising shouts to heaven. The introduc
tion of Mr. Fillmore to young and old was cordial,
and it was with evident emotion that the patriot thus
responded :
Fellow-Citizens :—lf anything could add to the
deep pleasure I experienced upon again returning
to my native land and State, it would be the most
cordial and enthusiastic welcome I have received all
along the river, since we left the city this morning.
Can you then wonder that my heart is utmost too
full for utterance ? Can it surprise you t lmt I am
pleased to again behold the banks of the noble Hud
son, the pride of the State, and, I may add, of the
United States ? (Applause.) lam indeed rejoiced
to return to America, “the land of the free,” and the
asylum of the oppressed of all nations. I can assure
you that I appreciate the kindness of the citizens of
Poughkeepsie, which is one of the most advantage
ous and prosperous places on the river. You can
hardly sufficiently appreciate the advantages of your
location. It isot double importance both to you and
the State, situated us it is in so central a position be
tween New York and Albany.
I can assure you that you cannot appreciate the
beauty of your city and our free and republican in
stitutions more than I do. These institutions were
the gifts of our forefathers, who fought and bled in
the battles of the Revolution for the boon, and it
cannot be possible that the sons of those fathers,
who, for upwards of 75 years have held t hose gifts
inviolate, can now prove false to the Union and
our Constitution. I say it cannot be possible that
the sons of our sires, who shed their blood for
our liberties, would think seriously forone moment
of attempting to form themselves into any sectional
organization that Ims for its object the dissolution of
this free republic. It behooves us to hold well to
the councils of the Father of our Country; to dis
trust all persons who by their acts cause dissension
and bickering, or who advise any dividing line in
our common country. Following the instructions of
Washington, we cannot but distrust all who would,
by their acts, attempt to array the North against the
South, or the South against the North, or to create
sectional parties and thus be the means of inciting
civil dissensions among us themselves. (Applause.)
At Catskill Landing the boat again stopped, and
again was the same warm greeting bestowed upon
him. At Hudson Landing there were some ten
thousand persons assembled, and their voices rivalled
the roar of cannon in the loudness of their welcome.
Mr. Fillmore thus addressed them :
Fellow Citizens: —So cordial a reception as this,
on my return from a foreign country, cannot but
draw forth from me my heartfelt gratitude. But I
am almost worn out from having so often been called
upon to address assemblages like the present with
in the past few days, and must, therefore beg of you
to excuse my saying more on this occasion. I Deg
leave to again return you my sincere thanks for
your welcome.
There came on board the Alida at Hudson a dele
gation from the City Government of Albany, to re
ceive Mr. Fillmore, and escort him, on his arrival,
from the boat to the State Capitol. Within live
miles of Albany, the steamboat Young America,
having on board Attorney General Cushing and
several of the State officers, and a large number of
delegates and citizens, met the Alida, and welcomed
Mr. Fillmore with firing of guns and music. The
Young America displayed banners containing ap
propriate inscriptions, such as these : “Fillmore is
welcome home;” “Fillmore President—Peace for
Kansas “The Union—lt must and shall be pre
served ;” “’76—Wc rise to conquer;” “Fillmore
and Peace—Buchanan and War—Fremont and
Disunion.’*
• It was five o'clock in tlie evening when the Alida
r came within sight of Allmny. Immense crowds of
j citizens thronged the piers, docks, housetops and
vessels, and welcomed Mr. Fillmore with the
: most enthusiastic delight. When he had entered
the carriage provided for him, a procession was
\ formed, and amidst the earnest cheers of thousands
he approached the Capitol. A spacious platform
1 had been erected in front of the Capitol, and to this
Mr. Fillmore and the New York delegation were
conducted. The tumultuous applause of the people
. was louder than ever. Mayor Perry of Albany,
thus welcomed the Uustrious statesman :
Hon. Millard Fillmore. —Sir: It has devol
ved upon me to express to you the heartfelt plea
: sure experienced by your numerous friends in this
[ city upon your safe return to your native land.—
(Cheers.) Those friends desire to express their gra
-1 titude to that kind Providence which has watched
over you during your sojourn in foreign lands, and
which now restores you in health to your home and
to the affections of your countrymen. (Cheers.) (Jo
where you will, sir, in this broad land, you will find
but one sentiment pervading the community, and
that of universal and heartfelt joy at your safe re
turn. (Cheers.) We welcome you back as a dis
tinguished and honored son of the Empire State
(cheers); as one who having worthily received the
highest testimonial which a free people can offer to
patriotism and exalted worth. (Cheers.) The wa
ters of the vast Atlantic could not wash you from
the rememberance of the people of these United
States (cheers); for during your absence it has been
at once the pride and pleasure of the American peo
ple to present your name again as their choice for
the high of lice of President of the United States
(cheers) ; knowing that you sought not office for
office sake ; knowing that no mean ambition
could tempt you from the path of duty. The
public rninu stood in anxious suspense until they re
ceived the welcome announcement of your accep
tance of that honor ; and if anything could add to
the pleasure with which we now welcome you, it is a
knowledge of the fact, that if there are those in the
North who desire anything against the South, or
those in the South who would take advantage of
the North, they are not the men who should give
you their suffrages. Sir, we glory in the patriotic
announcement made when you arrived on our
shore, that should you again be called to the office of
Chief Magistrate of the nation you will knmr only
your whole country , and nothin'' but your country.
Those proofs we derive botli from your past and
present course, that the same pure patriotism you
have ever manifested will continue to influence you
in the future, in whatever position you ina y" be
placed. (Cheers.)
Mr. Fillmore : In the name of the citizens of
Albany, and on their behalf, I bid you a most hearty
welcome to our ancient and honorable city.
After the cheers had somewhat subsided, Mr. Fill
more replied in the following terms :
Mr. Mayor, and fellow citizens: This overwhelm
ing demonstration of congratulation and welcome
almost deprives me of the power of speech. Here
nearly thirty years ago I commenced my politi
cal career. In this building I first saw a Legis
lative body in session, (cheers) but at that time it
never entered into the aspirations of my heart that
f should ever receive such a welcome as this, in the
capital of my native state. (Cheers.)
You have been pleased, sir, to allude to rny for
mer services and my probable course if I should be
again called to the position of Chief Magistrate of
the nation, (applause.) It is not pleasant to speak
*f one’s self, yet I trust that the occasion will justi
fy me in briefly alluding to one or two events con
nected with my last administration. (Cheers.)
You all know that when I was called to the execu
tive chair by a bereavement which overwhelmed
tlie nation with grief that the country was unfortu
nately agitated from one end to the other upon the
all exciting subject of Slavery', it was then, sir, i
that I felt it my duty to rise above every sectional
prejudice and look to the welfare of the whole na
tion, appfcmce.) I wo.-? compelled to a certain ex
tent to overcome long cherished prejudices, and dis
regard party claims. (Great and prolonged ap
plause.) liut in doing this, sir, I did no more than
was done by many abler and better men than my
self. I was by no means the sole instrument, under i
Providence in harmonizing those difficulties. (Ap i
plause.)
There were at that time noble, independent, high- 1
souled men in both Houses of Congress, belonging
to both the great political parties of the country—
Whigs and Democrats—who spumed the character i
of selfish party leaders, (cheers) and rallied around
my Administration, in support of tlie great measures 1
which restored peace to an agitated and distracted i
country. (Cheers.) By the blessings of Divine 1
Providence, our efforts were crowned with signal 1
success, (cheers) and when I left the Presidential i
chair the whole nation was prosperous and content- i
ed, and our relations with all foreign nations were i
of the most amicable kind. (Cheers.) The cloud i
that hung upon the horizon was dissipated : but t
where are we now 7 Alas ! Threatened at home 1
with civil war, and from abroad with a rupture of t
our peaceful relations. ) shall nojt seek to trace the t
causes of lliis change. These are the facts, and if is c
for you to ponder upon them. Os the presept Ad- '
ministration I have nothing to say, and can appre- t
ointe the difficulties of administering this govern
ment, ami if the present executive and his support
ers have with good intention and honest hearts,
made a mistake, I hope God may forgive them as I
j ’• (Loud, and prolonged applause.; But if there
be those who have brought these 'calamities upon
, ‘ c “J} il } 1 y» fbr selfish or ambitious objects it is your
sibui’ty{ 'c\ Wizens, to hohl them to a strict respon
-Ihe agitation which disturbed the peace of the
country m In.*. Wiw unavoidable. It was brought
U])»| II US by the m-ijuisition of territory, for the
jjovenmient .it whieh it "•„« to provide
tern otm Admimstrmions. i tut j, j a f„ r you tosny
"•bet ter the ir.ae.lt whieh distruct, tlm
country and threatens us with civil wur.husnot been
recklessly and wantonly i,v„d«, ed by the adoption
ot a measure to aid in personal advancement rather
than any public good. (Cheers.)
Sir, you have been pleased to say, that 1 have the
union of these States at heart. This, sir \ X Jhoif
true, for if there be oue object dearer to ’me than
miy other, it is the unity, prosperity, and glory of
this great Republic : and I confess frankly, sir, that
I tear it is in danger. I say nothing of any particu
lar section, much less ot the several candidates be
tore the people. 1 presume they are all honorable
men. Rut, sir, what do we see ! An exasperated
tecling between the North and the South, on the
most exciting ot all topics, resulting in bloodshed
ami organized military array.
Rut tins is not all, sir. We see a political party,
presenting candidates for the Presidency ant Vice
Presidency, selected for the first time from the free
States alone, with the avowed purpose of electing
these candidates by suffrages of one part of the
Union only, to rule over the whole United States.—
Can it be possible that those who are engaged in
such a measure, can have seriously reflected upon
the consequences which must inevitably follow, in
case of success t (Cheers.) Can they have the
maduess or the folly to believe that our Southern
brethren would submit to begovomed by such a Chief
Magistrate ? (Cheers.) Would lie be required to
follow the same rule prescribed by those who elect
ed him in making his appointments ? If a man liv
ing South of Mason and Dixon’s Line be not worthy
to be President or Vice President, would it be pro
per to select one from the same quarter as one of his
Cabinet Council, or to represent the nation in a
foreign country ? Or, indeed, to collect tin* reve
nue or administer the laws of the United States ?
If not, what new rule is the President to adopt in
selecting men for office, that the peoj le themselves
discard in selecting him?
These are serious, but practical questions, and in
order to appreciate them fully, it is only necessary
t«* turn the tables upon ourselves. Suppose that
the South having a majority of the Electoral votes,
should declare that they would only have slavehold
ers for President and Vice President ; and should
elect uch by their exclusive suffrages to rule over
us at the North. Do you think we would submit to it ?
No, not for a moment. (Applause.) And do you
believe that your Southern brethren arc less sensi
sitiye on this subject than you arc, or less jealous of
their rights ? (Tremendous cheering.) If you do,
let me tell you that you are mistaken. And,
therefore, you must see that if this sectional parly
succeeds, it leads inevitably to the destruction of
this beautiful fabric reared by our forefathers, ce
mented by their blood, and bequeathed to us ns a
priceless inheritance.
1 tell you, my friends, that I speak warmly on this
subject , for 1 feel that we arc in danger. lam de
termined to make a clean breast of it. I will wash
my hands of the consequences, whatever they may
be ; and I tell you that we are treading upon the
brink of a volcano, that is liable at any moment to
burst forth and overwhelm the nation. I might, by
soft words, held out delutive hopes, and thereby
win votes. Rut 1 can never consent to be one thing
to the North and another to the South. I should
despise myself if I could be guilty of such evasion.
(Tumultous applause,) For iny conscience would
still ask, with the dramatic poet—
‘‘ls there not some secret curse.—
Some hidden thunder red with immortal wrath—
To blast the wretch who owes his greatness
To his country's rain?” (Cheers. ]
In the language of the lamented, immortal Clay—
•* 1 had rather be right than be President.’' (Enthu
siastic and prolonged cheers.)
It seems to be impossible that tlrose engaged in
this, can have contemplated the awful consequences
of success. If it breaks asunder the bonds of bur
Union, and spread anarchy and civil war through
out the land, what is it less than moral treason ?—*
Law and common sense hold ti man responsible for
the natural consequences of his acts, and must not
those whose acts tends to the destruction of the gov
ernment, be equally held responsible ? ( Applause.)
And let me also atm, that when this Union is dis
solved, it will not be divided into two Republics or
two Monarchies, but broken into fragments and at
war with each other.
Hut, fellow-citizens, I have perhaps said all that
was necessary on this subject, and I turn with plea
sure to a less important, but more agreeable topic.
(Cheers.) It has been my fortune during my trav
els in Europe, to witness once or twice the reception
of Royalty, in all the pomp and splendor of military
array, where the music was given to order, and the
cheers at word of command. But, for myself, I
prize the honest spontaneous throb of a flection with
which you have welcomed me back to my native
State above all the pageants which royalty can dis
play. (Cheers.) Therefore, with a heart overflow
ing with grateful emotions, I return you a thousand
thanks, and bid you adieu. (Prolonged applause.)
The noble spirit that breathes through this patri
otic address created a profound emotion in all pre
sent. The, people rushed forward to grasp Mr.
Fillmore by the hand, and to express their hope
and confidence in him. The evening was passed
by the Ex-President at the reception rooms in social
converse with the citizens. Gov. Clark and other
distinguished gentlemen, paid their respects to him.
Serenades and fireworks and general rejoicing
throughout, the city continued until the night was
far advanced. Such a day as that we have chroni
cled leads the way to a genuine Fillmore triumph
in November.
Fillmore mid the I'liion.
Mr. Fillmore’s progress through liis native State
is compared with peculiar felicity to that, of Harry
of the West in his palmiest days. There are many
points of resemblance between the two illustrious
men ; their sincere love for the Union, their undy
ing patriotisfh, their total forgetfulness of self, their
outspoken chivalrous language, and their noble
presence which “gives the world assurance of a
man.'’ Since the death of Henry Clay, no speech
has produced so profound an effect upon the Ame
rican heart as that delivered by Millard Fill
more in the capitol at Albany. It has awakened
long-silent emotions ; it has portrayed in glowing
words the dangers that menace the country ; it has
rebuked the spirit of sectionalism ; it has revealed
the shortcomings of the timid and vacillating ; it has
caused the faithful to renew their faith from its
fountain head—the Constitution.
On leaving Albany on the morning of Friday
last, the same enthusiastic reception awaited Mr.
Fillmore. At Fonda, Little Falls, Utica, Rome,
Syracuse, Clyde, Palmyra and Rochester, the citi
zens came forth to do homage to his worth. The
speeches that he made were full of the noblest sen
timents, and won the approbation of every listener.
Wherever ho passed it was evident that he was the
people’s choice. Beautiful young girls presented
him with flowers; their parents gave him their,
smiles and cheers, while old men greeted him with
an affection little short of that with which their
fathers had welcomed Washington.
The procession at Rochester led Mr. Fillmore in
triumph to the Eagle Hotel, where flouted proudly
a banner with the inscription, “’Fillmore, the
Pride of the Nation.” Standing under this banner,
Millard Fillmore, the sworn friend of t he Union,
addressed the assembled thousands in the following
eloquent strains:
After returning his thanks for the manner in
which ho had been received, and for the flattering
terms in which the Chairman had been pleased to
speak of his administration, Mr. Fillmore said that
lie had no reason to disguise his sentiments on the
subject of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise,
which seemed to be the chief source of the unfortu
nate agitation that now disturbed the pence of the
country. He said that it would be recollected that
when lie came into the Administration the country
was agitated from centre to circumference with the
exciting subject of slavery. This question was then
forced upon the country by the acquisition of new
territory; and he feared that the eloquent address of
the Chairman had given him more credit for the set
tlement of that question than he was entitled to—
not more, however, than he would have deserved,
had his power equalled liis desires. JJut the truth
was, that many noble patriots, Whigs and Demo
crats, in both houses of Congress, rallied around and
' sustained the Administration in this trying time,
* and to them was chiefly due the merit of settling
. this exciting controversy. Those measures usually
called the Compromise Measures of 1800, were not
’ in all respects what I could have desired, but they
were the best that could be obtained after a pro
tracted discussion that shook the Republic to its
very foundation, and I felt bound to give them my
i oflicial Approval. Not only this, but perceiving
there was a disposition to renew the agitation at the
next session, I took the responsibility of declaring,
[ in substance, in my annual message, that I regarded
[ these measures as a “ Anal settlement of this ques
tion, and that the laws thus passed ought to be
maintained, until time and experience should de
monstrate the necessity of modification or repeal.”
I then thought that this exciting subject was at
an end, and that there would be no further occasion
to introduce it into the legislation of Congress.—
Territorial governments had been provided for all
the territory except that covered by the Missouri
Compromise, and I had no suspicion that that was
was to be disturbed. I have no hesitation in say
ing, what most of you know already, that I was de
cidedly opposed to the disturbance of that Compro
mise. Good faith, os well as tho peace of the coun
try, seemed to require that a Compromise which
had stood for more than thirty years should not be
wantonly disturbed. These were my sentiments
then, fully and freely expressed, verbally and in
writing, to all my friends North and South, who so
licited iny opinion. This repeal seems to have been
a Pandora’s box, out of winch have issued ajl the
political evils that now afflct the country, scarcely
leaving a hope behind, and many, I perceive, are
ready to attribute all these to our Southern breth
ren. I Jut is this just ? (No, no.) It must be
borne in rnind that this measure originated with a
Northern Senator, and was sustained and sanction
ed by a Northern President. Ido not recollect that
ever a petition from a Southern State solicited this
repeal ; and it must be remembered that when a
Northern administration, with large numbers of
Northern Senators and Northern members, offered
the Southern States a boon, Southern members of
Congress ventured much if they refused to take it.
It could only be done by sacrificing themselvas
upon the altar of their country for their country’s
good ; and this is certainly expecting too much
lroin political men in times like these.
The blame) therefore, it appears tome, with all
due deference, is chiefly chargeable to those who
originated this measure ; andhowever >ye play de-
act, it affords no just ground for controver
sy with our .Southern brethren—certainly none by
which they should be deprived of their political
rights. But, as we now see a party organized in
the North and for the first time selecting its candi
dates for President and Vice President exclusively
from the Northern States, with the avowed inten
tion of electing them, to govern the South as well
as the North, by what rule is a President, thus,
elected, to select his cabinet-council, his foreign
ministers, judges and administrative officers ? Are
they also to be selected exclusively from the North ?
—or may you take a Cabinet officer from the South,
though you cannot a President or Vice President?
The*® * u practice, as I have said on another occa
sion must become embarrassing questions. The
North is,beyond all question, the most populous,
the most wealthy, and has the most votes, and there
fore has the power to inflict this injustice upon the
South. But we can best judge of its consequences
by reversing the case. Suppose that the South was
the most popqloqs, the most wealthy and possessed
the greatest number of electoral votes, and that it
should declare that, for some fancied or real injus
tice done at the North, it would elect none but a
President and Vice President of slaveholders from
the South, to rule over the North. Do you think,
fellow citizens, you would submit to this injustice ?
[No, no.) No, truly, you would not; but one uni
versal cry of No w ould rend the skies!
And can you suppose your Southern brethren less
sensitive than you yourselves, or less jealous of
their nghts. If you do, let me tell you that you are
mistaken—and that you therefore must perceive
that the success of such a party, with such au object,
must be the dissolution of this glorious Union. I am
unwilling to believe that those who are engaged in
Ibis can foresee the consequences of their own acts.
Why should not the golden rule, which our Savior
hasprescribcn for intercourse with other, be
applied to the intercourse between these fraternal
States ? ' Let us do unto them as we would that
they should do unto us in like circumstances. They
are our brethren—they are our friends, and we are
all embarked in the same ship ; and if she founders,
in consequence of the mismanagement of the crew,
we must all go down together : this Lnion must be ’
torn asunder—this beautiful fabric, reared by the j
hands of our ancestors, must be scattered in pieces, (
and the people, in the lunguage of the eloquent ad
dreas of your chairman, be converted into a nation 1
ol i-hm i-lilM. I cannot contemplate such a scene I I
witli'opt'Jlorrer, ami J turn from it with loatiiiutf and I f
disgust. ’
I fear that your Chairman anticipates too much
when he supposes it would bo in mv power, if elect
to the Presidency, harmony to the
country. A!1I can say is, that in such au event, I
should he willing to make every sacrifice, personal
ana political, to uttaiu so desirable an object. Rut
1 can never consent to be the President of a portion
° tins nation as against tlie other. I can give no
pledge tor the future that is not found in iny past
conduct. If you wish a Chief Magistrate to ad
minister the Constitution and laws mpnrtially and
in every part of the Union, giving to every State
and every territory and every citizen, his just due,
without tear or lavor, then you may cast your votes
loi me. I repeat hero, what 1 have said elsewhere,
that if there be those at the North who want a Pie
sklent to rule the South—if there l»e those at the
South who want a President who will rule the North
—I do not Want their votes. I can never represent
them. 1 stand upon the broad platform of the Con
stitution and the Laws. If 1 should be called upon
to administer the government, the Constitution and
laws of the country shall be executed, at every
hazard and at every cost.
Early on the morning of Saturday, Mr. Fii.i.mokk
to, »k his depart ure from Rochester and proceeded
amid the cheers of the people, who welcomed him at
every point at which the railroad cars stopped.
Rrockport, Albion, Medina, (where he was address
ed by Ex-Gov. Hunt, in the presene.* of many thou
sand people, and responded in his happiest manner,)
and 1 ouawanda, were profuse in their salutations
tom o clock in the attemoou the train came in sight
ot Rutlalo, the home of the patriot statesman. There
the military, the common council, the judiciary, the
State and county officers, the clergy, ‘the Board of
Trade and the Fire department, with all the leading
citizens, awaited him. Scarcely a house was un
docorated along the line of march—banners, flags,
and incriptions met the eye at every stop, and the
joy of the people iu welcoming home their distill
guished fellow townsman was almost delirious. The
procession was upwards of two miles in length. The
holies came forth in great numbers, decked in their
‘brightest smiles, while beautiful*children clustered
round the feet of the patriot as he mounted the plat
form erected in the park.
Mr. Hknky \Y. Rook us, a prominent and most,
worthy Democrat of Buffalo then addressed Mr
Fii.i.mokk iu a speech of great ability as follows :
Mr. Fii.i.mokk : Your neighbors and friends, rep
resented by a committee of citizens and of the Coin
mou Council of the city of Buffalo, have cominis
sinned me to express to you, on your return to the
city of your residence, their friendly greetings. This
agreeable duty 1 gladly perform, and in their name
and on their behalf 1 do now extend to you a sin
cere and hearty welcome. (Cheel's.) Your quali
ties a*: a neighbor and a citizen, no less than your
distinguished public career, have elicited for you on
this occasion, a spontaneous expression of affection
and regard ; and it is cause for gratulation that this
reception is without distinction of sect or party, and
is generally extended to a citizen sustaining in some
sense partisan relations. This,sir, happily illustrates
the liberal feeling, good sense and justice of men
whose education grow out of and have their fouiida
tfoil iii free ami liberal institutions. Even our
graceful little daughters, catching tlu* impulse that
moves the popular mind, hasten to do you homage.
(Immense applause.)
Not many years since, you entered our city as you
have to-day, amid the roar of artillery, tlu* ringing
of bells ami the joyous shouts of our citizens.—
(Cheers.) You were then the incumbent of the
highest office known to our constitutions and go
vernment. You come now, clothed with no ins
nia of office, in the simple character of a private
citizen ; and it may well be to you a source of high
gratification that the demonstrations of respect
which greeted you then, ui# still more imposing
now. (Cheers and applause.) During your ah
sence from the country we have not been inatten
tive observers of the respect and eoi sideration that
have been paid you by your intelligent countrymen
resident abroad, and by the distinguished persona
connected with the several courts, which it liuh been
your privilege and pleasure to visit. (Applause.)
Your unostentatious movements have especially at
tracted our attention and commanded our respect.
Men of sense, in the old world ns well as the new,
have fully appreciated the simplicity and dignity of
your deportment, (applause) and we are proud to
avow that your intercourse with the illustrious and
enlightened men of Europe, t Inis characterized, has
reflected honor and lustre upon our country and its
institutions. (Applause.)
You have had an opportunity, and have not failed
to contrast and compare the governments of the
< )ld World with that of your own country; and we
will not doubt that your confidence in tlu* ultimate
siicees* of the great experiment of a government
based on the popular will, has been thereby mate
rially strengthened and confirmed. <)f your present
relation to public and political affairs, 1 do not pro
pose to speak. It is well understood, and fastidious
delicacy should attempt to conceal it, that iu re
ference to certain important and vital questions
agitating the public mind, you and a large class of
your fellow citizens (myself included) entertain eon
dieting opinions. A discussion of these questions
does not therefore pertain to this* occasion. Hut
your admininistration of the Federal Government
belongs to the past', and its history is written
(Cheers.) It is stumped with a conservative and
national character that challenges the respect of all
just and enlightened minds ; and your countrymen
will continue to recur to it with patriot pride. You
succeeded to the Presidential office, and entered
upon the discharge of its duties in troublous times—
the Union was in peril. 1 should be false 1o myself,
unjust to you, sir, and faithless to those whom I re
present, when speaking of your administration were
I to pass unnoticed the important part you acted iu
bringing about the compromise measures of 18. r »0.
(Applause.)
It is not to bo forgotten that envy and malignity as
sailed your motives—tli'ht you were deserted by
former political associates aud friends, and that in
the midst of a popular excitement and clamor that
blanched the check of many a patriot, you stood
fearlessly and firmly by the Union. (Long np
clause.) Justice to others, and among them the il
lustrious dead, requires me to add, that, around that
Union, side by side with yon, stood Clay and Web
stur, and Dickinson, and Cass, whose deeds like
yours have become the common heritage of the Re
public and are indelibly written in its history. All
honor to you, sir, to them, and to other statesmen
who holding diverse political and party views, stood
together in that struggle for tin* defence of the Con
stitution! (Cheers.)
In your personal success, and in your fortunate
career as a public man, your fellow citizens and
former constituents restricted by no party lines,
feel a just and an honorable pride. Your progress
has been marked by unusual industry and self-reli
ance, and affords a. most useful lesson of encourage
ment, especially to the young. From humble birth
and small beginnings, you have filled the highest
station upon earth. The mothers of Erie county and
other States, will hereafter point t heir sons to your
example, as a triumphant uiuslmtion of wlmt vir
tuous conduct and untiring effort may accomplish
applause) in a government whose honors are with
in the reach of the rich and the poor alike, and whose
favors mid blessings, like the dews ol Heaven, fall
equally upon all. In conclusion, sir, t congratulate
you upon your safe return to your native land, and
wishing you many yearn of health and happiness, I
again greet you with a cordial welcome home.—
(Cheers.)
In response, Mr. Fillmork spoke in his happiest
manner thus :
Friends and Fellow-Citizens—l receive this elo
quent congratulation upon my return, from your ap
pointed organ, with no ordinary sentiments ol grati
tude, and I return you my heartfelt thanks for ll is
welcome to my home. No man, unless he lias been
separated from those he loves most dearly, and from
the country which he values above price, can tell
how-sweet it is to revisit his home and his friends
after an absence, in a strange land and among a
strange people. While Wandering, sir, over the va
rious countries of Europe, looking at its fertile fields
in some parts, and at those which are blighted in
others, witnessing here tlu: pomp and splendor <>l
her Courts, and there,the squalid poverty and the
sufferings of too many of her people, my mind lias
often turned with yearnings to my home in W» stem
New York, and I have longed for the opportunity ol
once more beholding this beautiful queen city of
the Empire State, and of breathing again the fresh
air t hat blows from her lakes.
I receive your congratulations, iny fellow citizens,
ns friends, and not us politicians. I need not, how
ever, disguise the fact—for it has not been disguised
by my eloquent friend who has welcomed me - that
it has been my fate to fill the highest office in the
gift, of this great republic; and I cannot doubt that
that fact had much to do in producing the vast eon
gregation 1 now see before me, and in prompting
this pleasing demonstration on my return among
you. Indeed 1 can account for it in no other way.
It is true, I did hope there were those who Imd ilii
affectionate regard forme in the city of my resi
dence; but could I ever conceive that I should bo
11 the recipient of such congratulations as these ' - Unit
I should behold such a sight us this on my return '
u My friend who hue an eloquently addressed me, has
-> made reference to my early history. 1 trust, there
K fore, that I may be pardoned for the apparent egn
y twin of alluding myself to that subject. My career
, has been quite us miraculous ami mysterious to my
) sell an it can be to any others, i came to this city
’ tin /ears ago, a boy—a stripling, for the purpose of
8 finishing my education ami preparing myself for the
y practice of the law. When I had received mydi
-1? plonm I had not the confidence to commence my
career here. J saw men around me in the profes
j sion, of marked ability and distinguished position,
11 and I must confess that a want of confidence in my
* seif deterred me from entering the professional
'' arena with such as these. 1 went, therefore, into a
;! neighboring village to pursue my occupation of the
law. 1 labored there as long as Jacob did for lia
-1 chad—(Laughter and applause)—and then I ven
-1 tured back to the city. From that day to this uiv
T fortune, my fellow citizens, has been bound up iii
; yours, (applause,) and if anything in my subsequent
1 career lias reflected honor on myself, it lias reflected
s the same honor upon you. (Applause.)
There is oue recollection that above all others is
prized by me. Although J have often been a parlv
candidate for public office, and have been oppose I
; —and very property opposed—by those wlm held
different political opinions to my own, it is due f<»
' them, ns well as myself to say that while I represent •
eu you all for H years in Congress and Legislature,
1 vote that I ever gave received the ceusure of
my political opponents. (Applause.)
1 It is due to thom to say that I feel gratitude to
them within my heart, and that this consideration
forms no little inducement to me to return to IJuffa
10, where I shall probably end rny days. (Ap
plause.) j \ i
Yfiur eloquent chairman Ims alluded to the fact
that I have been travelling tor some time in a foreign
country It has been my fortune or my misfortune
While there to see Royally on several occasions
when it has called forth such enthusimuri as it can
command, but vou must pardon ine for saying, thut
though I have neard the cheers given to order and
. the music made to command, I yet feel prouder at
this spontaneous expression of the friendliness of a
people with whom 1 have spent thirty years of my
life, than I should to be received as Queen Victoria
was received in Paris by the French nation. (Cheers
and applause.) I regard this, my friends, as the
proudest day of my life. 1 feel, indeed, so over
whelmed by your kindness, that I can scarcely give
utterance so iny feelings. Exhausted as I am by
a week of continued excitement, following close up
an a fatiguing voyage, I can only say to you that
you have my cordial and grateful thanks for the
fluttering reception you have given me, and that
next to gratitude to that Divine Providence which
has guided me in rny journey ami brought me safely
to its end, is my gratitude to you, iny fellow-citizens,
for making my return to my home so pleasant.
(Applause.) May Heaven bless you all and re*
ward you as you deserve. May Ibe permitted to
remain with you until I sleep here the sleep of death,
for to you and to you alone I trust my reputation
and my happiness hereafter.
This address was received with cheers again and
again repeated; and the roar of cannon and the
ringing of bells continued until Mr. Fillmore. ai
rived at his residence in Franklin street. It was
the expression of every one present that never be
fore had Buffalo witnessed such geuuine rejoicings
Sunday was passed in quietude by Mr. Fillmore,
and on Monday morning be started for Aurora, six
teen miles from the city, to visit hie aged lather,
now eighty-six years of age, who resides I iere mi
his farm. The joy with which the pa trial < i
corned him could scarcely surpass that "*t * w 1,0 1
America had received her favorite son.
Serious Accident.— The only accident that oe
ciirred during the festivities of the 4th, in the city,
that we have heard of, was that to Mr. Charles
McMi/RPHy. While driving in a buggy, the horse
became alarmed and ran off, and coming in contact
with a tree, Mr. McMurfhy was thrown against it,
with such force, as to render him unconscious im
several iiojir?. He wa3, howeve*, much
yesterday, and hopes are entertained of hi*
'desperate °f Ju, fPr ed f
peacefully enough in Augusta, but in the suburbs of
the city, at Harrisburgh, there was a scrums affray
among workmen belonging to the Belville Fan
tnry. We have not obtained full particulars, but as
far as we team Nathaniel Okeen received sonic
four or live wounds, indicted by a knife in the ban Is
of a mdn named Lammons, and it was feared the
wounds would prove fatal.