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United States Senate.

The following debate occurred in the United States Senate:

Mr. SEWARD'S resolution was taken up—that the Secretary be authorized to procure the publication in The National Intelligencer of so much of the debates of the Senate during the last session of Congress as has not been already published in that paper, and pay for such publication, and also for the publication of speeches already printed, at the rate of four dollars per column.

Mr. CHASE, of Ohio, moved that the resolution be tabled, which was negatived by 16 to 16.

Mr. CHASE then gave his reasons for opposing the resolutions, one of which was the enormous expense of the system. He was free to say he was willing to discontinue the paid system of reporting altogether, leaving the whole business to private enterprise. The speeches now proposed to be published in The National Intelligencer, have already been published in The Globe, and he could therefore only look upon the resolution as giving a gratuity to the editors.

Mr. BUTLER, of S. C., supported the resolution and spoke in high terms of the character of The Intelligencer.

Mr. WELLER of Cal., believed the mass of the Whig party want Democratic light, and therefore he was for the proposition.

After further debate, Mr. CHASE moved to provide also for publishing the debates in The National Era

This received two votes: Messrs. Chase and Sumner.

Mr. CHASE appealed to the Senate's magnanimity—as they had shown a disposition to respect the opinions of the minority—to order the publication of the debates in The National Era, it having a larger circulation than all the other papers here; besides, The Era represents the Independent Democratic party.

Mr. WELLER replied:—To publish the debates in that paper would be like throwing pearls before swine, and its efforts, if successful, would lead to the dissolution of the Union.—He did not understand the Senator to be the representative of the great Democracy of Ohio. He regarded the gentleman as belonging to a clique for the purpose of destroying the peace and tranquility of the Union.

Mr. CHASE remarked that he went to Ohio from the little State of New-Hampshire, and felt proud of Ohio. The Senator from California was born in Ohio, and manifested his regard for it by moving away. As to The National

Era, it is read by a large portion of the intelligence of the country—persons who do not follow leaders, but make up their opinions independently. His friend had a reason for leaving Ohio—he ran for Governor, was unfortunately beaten, and removed to the Pacific. Mr. Chase justified his political principles, and said he did not support the Baltimore platform because it was against the settled judgment of his state. He likewise defended his own independent democracy.

Mr. WELLER rejoined, saying Mr. Chase was elected to the Senate by the Democracy of Ohio entering into a dishonorable bargain with the Abolition members of the Ohio Legislature. As for himself, he was defeated as Governor by only two hundred and ninety-seven votes out of three hundred thousand, owing to a combination of Whigs and Abolitionists against him. In two years from this time the place that now knows the Senator will know him no more forever. [Laughter.] The Senator will then have an opportunity to extend Christianity over the negroes in this country, and the inhabitants of the distant isles. He should be willing to receive the Senator into the Democratic party, for

While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.

Mr. CHASE said for all his share in any public action in Ohio, he stood ready to meet the fullest and most searching scrutiny. Gentlemen are indulging a vain dream if they think the free democratic principles are not going forward and continually increasing. The principles are not dead nor dying. He denied that the old line democrats and the free democrats had made any sacrifice of principle in electing him to the Senate. He believed that he represented a vast majority of the people of Ohio at this moment. Mr. Chase called for a division of the question on the resolution.

No quorum being present, the resolution was defeated, and the Senate adjourned.