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The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Message from the acting Governor of Kansas. (search)
ed a resolution of inquiry relative to the interference with the navigation of the Mississippi river. Mr. Wilson offered a resolution inquiring into the manner of the expenditure of the appropriation for the aqueduct in the District of Columbia. Mr. Mason offered a resolution of inquiry as to what troops have been ordered to Charleston. The bill for the admission of Kansas was postponed. Mr. Hunter offered resolutions for withdrawing troops from the seceding States. Mr. Polk, of Mo., made a speech in favor of the resolutions. A two hour discussion ensued on the proposition to give Mr. Crittenden the floor to-morrow, instead of Thursday, to the exclusion of all business. The proposition was finally withdrawn. Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, in a speech, said, Mr. President, when the record shall be completed, which Senators are about to make, it will show the absence of the Senators from Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. I rise to say a word about why thi