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VEIOIONT WATCIliWAIN & STATE JOURNAL, JANUARY 10, 1850.
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AfW sotr,e conversation U to the form of do- I
.,.r,r. opinion ofhe committee, by Mr,.)
w-""o - 1 Tr'
and Wilians,llie merits of the 'tiJt)d ,s
iVPKiinim. uutuhi o .in
Cushman,
i fviiuirt-p. nuami
-in I
To discussion. Messrs. Towm'tf'
Ni"cdia-i
0red tuts article, aim ..-.
of
nd i,ellogg nppi-eu
, w il-on wast., lh . ...
ArUC,1yJm"""'rei1 llm tlieCu'nt'ee rise, re
- MJ ani a9'; leave to sit again. A
to; when consider:.'oe dissigreement ap
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p-tnA to exist as in ill effect of the report, and
ihc report was hid on the table.
Mr Chase of Calais introduced a resolution
Tor an evening session ; rejected.
Mr. Field introduced a resolution, directing
,the President to appoint a Sergeant ai-Arun,
do.ir keeper and other necesiry officers of the
ConvenVon; adopted.
Mr. French call :J for a division on this rcso
lulinn, bu'. was ruleJ out of order.
Mr. Butler introduced a resolution for a com
mittee on tuies; adopted.
A motion to adj.iurn was rej-cted.
Mr. Hunt moved to reconsider the voto adop
ting Mr. Fields re-olutlon; eupported hy Mr.
Vilas, out ot courtesy to Mr. French; but q 'ite
a debate arose upon the merits of the resolution
it being objected on the one hand t ut there
is now a Sergeant-at Arms, appointed by law .
and on the o'her hand that it is necessity to
bave officers lor the convenience of tlie Convert
tion and it was intimated, and pretty bpim-th'I
conced-'. .-. j-.- - Convention
aught to have the privilege of geting their hands
into the treasury once in seven years, provided
they did not take toa inucli out. The whole
nutter seemed neir an amicable Bettl-'men',
when anadjmi'ti'usnt wasmiveJ: ayes 1)1. noes
91 ; the chair untied the knot by declaring the
Cunvei.tion adjourned.
Saturday, Jan 5.
Prayer by Rev. S. P. William.
The Chair app- in'ed the ciimmittre on rule,
to wit, .Messrs Butler, of Mou e. Parker of Cov
entry, and Aliirston of .Moi t cliur.
Mr Field called up the resolution authorizing
the President :o a point officers of the Com en
ti.-n; and he acci pted the amct dinent of Mr
Butler -so tint the Picstilctit was U'recied to
appoint a door-kee f-er r.tid o her officers, and to
request the Sergeatit-at-Aru s to attend tip..n the
Convention. The resolution was then adopted
Mr Williams of Woodstock moved to riom-
mit the report cf the committee of the whole
made csterday. Mipporled by Mr Birth tt of
Lyndon, opposed by .Mr Heywood of Guildhall
aiH agreed to
Mr Tracy of Braintree introduced a resolu
tion for a committ' e of deben uros; adopted.
On motion of Air Sowles of Alburgh, the
Convention went into committee of the whole
Mr Hunt in the chair, on the re-olultons ot Air
William-, which resolutions adopted eaili ol the
air.en inents.
The fir-t resolutinn adopting article I of the
amendments ('in the basts of representation)
was cuppored by .Messrs Pomeroy of Burling
ton and Whitney uf Springnc.d. and opposed by
tlltsss Vilas of Chelsea, Butler of Stowe, Wil
liard of Barton and Adams of Alilion.
The committee rose, and had leave to sit a
jain. Mr McLonJ of Woodbury introduced a reso
lution to adjourn to 10 o'clock .Mond.iy tnerning
next Opposed hj .Messrs Barlow, Sargcan',
Marcy, Hinckley, I'tiwnslcy, St"ddir' "'"
French; supported by Messrs N- d'1.'""' FieId
mu nai.w, ta ! p jica. Adj -urned.
ArriRMHi.v.
Tne Convention went nto committee of the
whole, Mr. Ihint in the chair, and the debate
igaa resumed on the resolution adopting the first
articleof the amendments. The resolution whb
Bupported by Mr Bingham and opposed by
jMessrsjFrcn.li of Sharon, Deine of Cavendish,
iiieldof Nevifane, Carpenter of Kssex. Bei-ton
ojiUjunenaurgli and Chase of Calais. The
Icommit'e.- rose, reported progress, and the con
jVpntion adjourned to Monday moruin" 10
clock.
-A. Mo.ndat, Jin. 7,
Prayer by Uev. George II. Manser.
The chair appointed the following named per
sons as omctrs ot the Convention :
Harry Uichirdson, Door keeper.
Camaliel Washburn,
Uiibert Ij Iliitch,
Fr-ineis n K,L-..r 7a messengers.
Isaac U. Kilburn.'
The committee of debentures was announced
asfolows: Stephen Smith, Thomas M'Dan.els,
Elcazer Gorhani jr., Galen I.ocke, George W.
Grandey, John V. Bs'chelder, Joel S. llingham,
N. A. Chase. Franklin J. Fnstman. Stnughton S
Pike, Win L Soules, Bradley Bariow, John L.
Edwards, Win. Itich.
The Convention went into coumittec ofthe
wbole.Mr Smith of Weston in 'he clii.ir.am! the
debate was co-iti'iti-d on the first resuloti u ot
Mr W illiams, adoj ting the firvtarticle of amend
ment, relating to tho basis of representation in
the House. The resolution was supplied bv
Meesis Seymour of Middle'oury, Town.-iey ut
Brattleboro', and Pomeioy of Burlington; and
opposed by Messrs Gnindon ol Ferrishurgh,
Heywood of Guildlitll and Butler of Stow.
The committee rose and the Convention ad
journed. ArTCRMlOM,
"Mr Wilson of Bakrrsfmld introduced a re-a
lution for evening sessions. Mr Vil is oi Cbel
ea moved a p oviso that no question shall beta
ken at an evening session. The amendment
was rejected. Mess.s Necdh im of Bristol and
Trary of Bramtree opposed the resolution, and
that was also rejected.
The Convention again went into committee
of the whole, Mr Williams of Woodstock in the
chair; when Mr Pomeroy of Burlinut ncouclu
ded h s remarks in favor ofthe fir.-t resolution
, of Mr Williams, ami Mr Beardsley of Jericho
followed on the other side. On mo'ion of Air
Adams the committee rose an 1 reported that it
is inexpedient to adopt the first resolution.
The question was put on the passige ofthe
Crrt resolution, and it was rejected: ayes 9, noes
218. Tho members voting in the affirmative
were Messis Atkinson, Blanchard, Hunt, Pome
roy, Seymour, 'I owtisley, Whitney of Spring
field. Williams and Woodward.
Mr Vilas of CheUea moved to reconsider this
vote. Mr Field nfNewfanemr.ved to lay this
raouonon me laoie; lost and the motion of
Mr was rejected: So the firat amend
ment, being on the basis of representation in the
House, wa finally rejected.
The Convention then went into committee of
the whole on the second resolution of Mr Wil
liams, adopting the second amendment, which
provides that "no balloting for town represent
tive shall be commenced after twelve o'clock ot
the night of tho first Tuesday in September."
Tic resolution wis lupported by Messrs Sar
.nch-.trr. HH orCrafUbury, French
and Adam3 ut JhU.,. d opposed b,
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! MS- r ;rlr nf 1 iHr Htnvn. CarDtMllcr ui
t
ex, Cushman of Kochesicr, Paiker ot loven
iry and Ileardsley ot Jericho. By a vo'c f U
o c'O the committee rose and rrported that it is
nofexcdient to adopt the second reunion ;
h ch report wa, accepted and tue Lonven ion
di'journeJ.
Tdfsdat, Jan. 8.
The Convention proceeded to consider the
second resolution of Mr illinns. adopting the
second ainendmei.t (limiting the time for ballot
ting lor town representatives,) yesterday report
ed against by the rommittee of the whole.
The rcso.'unon was supported by Mcsrs
Hunt, I'ingrey, Hale, Co'idge, Vilas, Marcv
and Pomeroy, and opposed by .Messrs F.el .
Slodtard, Chase, Kellogg, Needham, Butunii,
and Caipentcrof Fs-ex. The question on the
piss ige of tlio resolution waa pot:u)is 1 1 "A
noes 111); so the second nrtiole of amendments
to the Constitution was njiittd. .Adjourned.
AiTi.r.sniix
Inconniiiteeif the wh.de, Mr. 1 leant: in the
chair, the resolutions of Air. Williams to adopt
tue third, fourth, fifth and sixth articles ol a
inendnicm guingihe election of ns-iistant judg-
heiifTs, high baililT', slato'-i attorneys ai d
judges . t probate to 'he people were suppctted
by Mcs-'rs. Barrett of Lyndon, r luldof .Newtane.
and itobertsofTownsiiend. and oppo-ed by Air.
Chirk of Aliddle'owu; hen the coumi.llic ro-e
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The Politics ofthe Convention.
The tiiu k and d.cker oracles claimed a ma
jority ot fr. in torly to titty votes m Convention;
an I reiving up in a gat.d triumph, as the result
of the secret eitcukr is-ued by ll e catial in No
vember, lite leadeis ef truck and dieke.'do'n
ere all here to eij y the ' lestivun-s of tliu oc
casion." .Messrs. Bnb-;r, Vil.is, South, Slai.s
bury, Ha-.tmau, Thoo.as, and -undryothersof the
iin, were e.np'ialtcally " n. iu.mi," a Sqotrr.
Statisbury i-i accusto-iied tacaj an. I the caucus
roo it, tie' lohliy. and ihti hall of the Contention
.-II attest to the mo-t luten.-u ze.l on their fart
to secure the 'JJius 'or tl.cir friends. .Messrs
Vilas of Ch.'lsa an I Sn ii of Wes'on were
their lavorite.-. gentleii.eo who raused high si
nning the contracting oaities on the 1511 ol Ala)
last, the one re rcbciiili'g the locolocrary, au.i
the ii' her the Irei; soil party. Alas lor truck ami
dicker ! Mes-rf. Vilus uml S mill were not tin
laiontes ft the Conv entioit ! ihir teon as ei
ther loo ihorlt or t'o stubborn. The Pcttrtot wa
either preoittoie in clauii.ti its larje unjonty,
or the b ooi of the illus'r inn umtyis ol Chel
sea and H e.-mn Is on deumciaiiu sknts.
jTir Wroiiiry lienrl. In addition to v hat we
piiMishfti lsl ..ctk, ue leuiaik, lh.it the Store
tary .4' llu Ticasiiry nfers to Coiijre.-s the ex
peiin ncy ol continuing the sub ttcisurj gysUia,
-nil in case it ts ruiitiuued rectiui.oentls various
i.i.iuucatuii.s a-i uems ntccs-ary to rentier it
praciinihle to canv out the piovistoiis of lie-
law. Ler since its enactu.ent, the ub-lIea6ur
law ha- be n more or less violated, o-it of ab-o-In'e
tacessPv, by the gnveinuu m itsclt, lliriiugli
Its agents. The ll'tirthuiisiny; system does inn
pay it w-hv, bent ri-s nohudy to any erv gieat
extent, ann prat tically Hmniinis to giiint; lu.ptn
icrs a cted.t lor duties due to the government,
i.'o-to.o-lioii-es and other mitters are br.elh m-
ing a mint in Cnlilurui i and i.ther ncctssarv
oia'ttTs tor the protictmu ami enliven, encu ol
co.iiuicrce in the Pacific put of the BepuMic.
The liriorl ol Ihc Stcie'ary uf ll'ur is enncife
and husiiifssl-ilie. An enlure-uient of theanuv
vvsntfil because the countrv has been o'
I ite "onderfullv en'ari-i.il, and viiihl we are
hound hy the .Mexican treaty to lake carenf lie
I.i.lims. 'I he Secretary propo-es to fill- up iip
ex stiu g regimen's, ami to m..ke changes wlnrh
"ill m'ti-'e much guater efficiency int.i the ar-
r.ij, with tut 6tt.Mil increase ni" men andexpen
diture. This is the uuiji lopic of the report.
Smntl IKttifugsmj. The Patriot's cxt arts
ant! coin ents on the second cnrstable's (Mr.
U a-httuni's) case. We re-ts-ert, in the pluin
rst possible t. rms, ihat an t ff.ri irru made liy lo
cos lo rule .Mr. Washburn out because he h id
not given bnm.;s that another man was ivm
mined by a loco for hit pli.e and tint I lie ed
itor heieof mail- tho mou io (whu ii is recorded
by the town clerk ami pihlishe.l by tht- Pa'iiot,!
for the exnress pnt;io-e. pla nly avuued at the
time, of givuir Air. W. furiiier time to give
lionils and sue Ins office. We had a good rea
soo for oer itctmn into ihe bargain: it was to
carry out, in good faith, Uv arrangement which
hat! been made by all parties in reference to
ton ti t.fiii-ers Hatting been one ofthe Co omit
tee a p; oimcd Ui represent the jthei.) three pirtie
ou this subject, wo felt, bound so to nit. Of
course the rem;.ks, suggestions and exjilanati ins
ti.ai!..- were not matters of record: but it is pre
cisely these things ninth demonstrated the pur
poses of all concerned.
Ohio Affairs at Columbus.
Corrcp-intleDce of lh Tnlm-is.
riiLLMEi's.Ohio. Dec. 15, 16-19.
A yet tberu w no iKL'nioznioii in th N.n,i.
The Whis anil Fret' Suiters (Snft exeejited) in
the qua-i Senate are a nnii. Rand ill i now
siern in hn purisise, and fervent in his sympa
iliie- ith ihe Whigs 1 speak auih ritativelv
in saying lint (iKliliiiitsiIoes not now re"anlhi-
as a mere local tpi.-siion. Heaver and Uiake 'nve
behtvetl gill inlly, and hive nude UiemselKcs
alike coiispic H ami ii.eful mi the tleterce a-
L'amsl the assaults ol lawless-and iiituiitie Loco
rncoisiii. ion may be assured ihat not one of
me IB will yield. I'hev have vouetl fi letiiv i,.
each o'herand lo ll.e common cause. The Whins
have largely tamed, in capital, by the contest ot
the last lo weeks. Our Free Soil hroilirun ..I
the House, win, but a Miigleexceptioo, (a I uu
derstanu,) aree as to the propriety-, iu.-tice itml
Ita'ri.iiisniul' the position ot the Wniusan.l Pre-
bo.l.-rs of the Senile. 1 ii: v,u.. ;., ....
Aluuday and more Inlly. "
OAfo. On Friday last the Senate nf nhi,.
made choice ot II. G. Blake as Speaker, on the
thru hundred rtvd first bd'.ol. Mr. Blake is a
mug. mr Knaeii tlocu) was re-elected C.e.k
on the second ballot.
CTWc Icainthat the starch factory at Wash
nigiuu, togeiher wttli i,e c.iu'en s, inoluduig
inn tons ut stirch and one thu iS li d bn-hels o't
pojiloes, was destroyed by fire on Hie Igtli uist
Tne laciorv -ai owned by G. R. Gale, and
valued al 2000 no insaratice. The potatoes
wereoiviiuu by O. Fificld ofOmn e.liradlrd
Gazette.
The Judges ofthe Supreme Court of the U
nited States are equtllv divided in Hie cases ot
Ihe United Stales mint ii Pliiladelthia and the
cusio.H liouse. Port lamt, lo widen tht- quusiioii i
involved of the right ot t'i Siat auinorities 1..
tax the real estate of the United Slates. There
can be, therefore, so decision.
Congress The Committees.
Wc "ive the principal committees, and such
as some of our readers may possibly be interest
ed in :
ftiyj nnrf Mmns Messrs Thnmas H. Bayley,
Va. ; Jacob I hoini son. Mis.; Smwel F Vhi
tnn. Ohio; Jnmcs S. (Jreene. '0. ; f.An
7m6t. Ga.; Harry Hibb ltd N. H. ; milium
liner. N. V. ; George VV. Jones, Tenn. ; .ioir j
Hamilton. Pa. 5 southern, 4 Northern ; 5 lo
cos, 4 w higs.
Ort.l"ii"ci'rM-Peck. Vt.; Bowden Ala.;
..ij.m, Del ; Clev. land. C. mi ; UrecK Ky. ;
Itoss I'etin ; t)rr, C ; Own, Geo. 5 Soulh
rn,: Northeiti; 5 I. cos, wings.
The above omnii'tces will have the Tariff in
charge They certainly arc not over favorable
to protection. e are glad to sec Air Peck at
the head of .Manuf.ictuies, and trust liN com
mittee will i ot he deprheJ (as it sometimes has
been.) of the main chance in arranging the p o-
tective p ut of tlw Tariff To tell the truth, we
wish to see whether Mr Peck will carry out the;
free trade doctrines ol hi party, or whethrr hit
wi I second the views so ably expressed by the
Sccietaryol the Treasury.
On every committee save one, the chairman is
loco ; on every important coiiunittrc the itrour
post is als given to a loco, sii that it w til be next
to impossible to have any whig called to the
chair even tempoiarily ; and on -'Iniost i:ery
Committee, the locos have the uujority. "I iuis
the Committees arc onstitnted : yet the Iocs
are in a tninonH in the House vet the Ainiiin
l-tration is Whig and fro u couttesv as well as
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li.rnWiii'.Iit tn inv'R the nn.vpr !.i rerfeet -otpli
measures as it deems advizahlc yet Howell
Cobb had just pledged hi t self lo an intfinrlinl
ad l itii.-irjtion of the dudtics t f the chair. We
add the following Co ium'tecs.
On Public Jsimlt Mes'sr Bowlm of Mi-sou
soori, HariiiaiHou of L ni-iim. Shrpprd of
North Carolin i, lberts n .if tndiin.i. llikir of
Illinois Cobb of Al ib im i, llrimKs of Now York.
Hoiglaiid of Ohio, llritni of Vermont.
Ot the ' OJji r mid fust .Vi.t-Mes-rs
Po'tcr of Ohio I'ltelps of Alis-touti. MrKinsrk
ot New Vt'tk Fo ti eiston of Alis-u-sippi, r
Imiil of Vt rmiilil. .11 stun ot Al.ih una, I'm ell ol
Virginii, Stamon of 'I enntssec, Dli.kkk of
Wi-coiisin.
For the Diitrirl nf fotnmbiit Mc?rs Brow-n
of Ali.-sis-ipp', Inge of Alabaota. Tui amf Ohio.
Fuller nl .Maine, .Mm tun of Virginia, Hammmi.l
of Mij l.uitl. Ali tf M is-h'Ii setH. Hit
liiim of Tcui.cs-ee. Uniltrhdt of New York.
Ot .'igitr t .iic -Mosm l.ittlelield of Maine.
brlierrii of Ntodi ("aio tna. His ea New u,k.
McMnlloii of Virginia Young ot tllinoi-. ( 'nst y
ol rentisvtvaiin ot.ii.'o i ol
of New Yor!-. Cable of dlio
Kentm.kv, L'tum
Onlh-Mliltn- Mes-trs Prosier of N Damp
fclure. Savage of 'I etuies-ec. King of Uhode Isl
and, I't.ty uf isronsio. .1L re et I'enn-ylv.i
nil. ini.r tit Neiv York. II bbins of Peousyl
v ilia, '! liump-nu of Ion a, .lwt.i im of Venn .nt
On hoi i fun .tjitirs A. t s-rs. .McClcrnand if
Illinois A ctlimu 1 of Virginia, ll'inthrop ot
Alit-s.chnsetts Haralson o! lieorgti. ili!t aril o!
Alabama, UomLvdrd of South (." riiliou. Stun'ey
of Nttrt i Carolina, iluel vf ...icl.ian, Sp iMu
of New York.
On the Ttiiitarits Messr-t Boyd nfKcntucky,
lilcliarilsoii o! II inois, hoik.crll t.f vinssaehu
suits, Seddim of Vuginii, CVmareMn ot No lh
Carolina, Katifm hi of 1 ex .s. C-ll ot'N. ork.
Filch ol liidiaiu, liiiiiu.NGs of uh o.
tyThe public service will imi differ by the
r c-.iit fashion of throtv lug up minor ofiiees. We
line no tear ut that, but it miist be coutess. tl
the practice steirs tu be spread ng. We shall
n .t distress ou.-selvt s to airesltt: in tiuth we
ptel'er to laugh. II u! ih s repugn-incc to t.fiice
h tiding broken mil earlier and moro gmieiahy
among our i.urarol.itisly tuode-.l Iocofo-ct breih
ren. there niilit it.w l. lu.. ... . t ...t.....
Turee or four tks ago a Jail Couuuisti tuer in
Orinsu Cotiuiy cliillengptl the ad.inr iimu ofthe
public by throw. ng his coin'iiission in Ihe Gov
erimi's face. Suhsequently a worthy to llsiniui
of ouro'vii went and did Itkwise in the news
papers", for the Governor has not yet 13-uei! a
proclam Hum mi the sii'-jec, nn I we are there
fore 111 ihc dark as to ut.tther Ihe docuu.eiits
fiave been faithfully lotnarded. Now wo are
called umn lluiiigli wo sii-pect the uii er.
sliould have selected the Patriot to am ounce
the following resignations, to winch we bespeak
the earnest attcn ion of the organ of all sell
inartyred otHcials
Tat lit VV iorhn-i-.fi.
To the Giftrnii nf Ihe i-ln'.e .Vit Mrn'ianed:
Trie la-t Genera! Assciu'iU ol ihn Slate elec
ted me K it Trap t'eni ms-i.tner fir the Cotimv
of l.lrange tor the en-uing vetr. Tin Itn-j
Team, ilisre-Mt-dnie; tlio von e ol the Short Team
drivers if the county as expressed in Btr
Itooui (onventltin, forced ttp-m the county
all Its breatl anil cheese, (-xcopt one me e
c.'teese p iriiiu lo in-) 111 viotauoo 1 f the practi
eiil cons' roi'liOil ol ttie til. ton. ttli'.'h i-tall Cieese,
and in vtolati ui tit ihe dert donry rights ot minor
inajonii as ut-ll as .i-tauiit the ki.tniii com
ptets ot Tiuek ami Ditker. I would iiavc mli
bttl u.y criimlt in silence nod 111 s.-cr.'t, as I nl-
.ivs 11 ive sitiveti ni d.., lint tneru been iinv
large hunks thioti 11 tu my ileuiocraiiu kuh aoil
klu. hot theii-' ihe misehtel ! there uai not ituv !
The niggards! S-ich bu t-hery evinces a 10310
sition Just like the Wreenms S! nighter-H.iiise.
or Shoreh-iiti Slaiititer House, I lorgt-i which
at all evens like Brighton S'uu.lite r-Huusp,
where the) knock do 11 nut only urcat oxen but
little ea vcs. I leel, in view ol these melancholy
anil pntiligioiis I ict-, ih it 1 cannot consist' nlv
with my perpeiitlicul ir respect stand up umicr
it, and Iheietore, as this wicked Joint A-senihli,
ntoresaid. ue-j.'ectetl lo kuoc me down, 1 a.o
goin.' to kiint k myself down. Wherefore ku iw
ye tnal I rt specltinly resign ihc office of Hal
Trap C01u1u1.-s11.ner lor ihe Couniv of l)r,in'e.
GKDIIGK LKA 1 1 1 Kit HEAD.
N. B. I am ihovii.
tht Governor ;
I sty liuio to (it-iiro Leather Head : Put tha
in your pifo unJ Mutdku it.
A. SAPLING,
Ft: Rat Trap Couimissioncr for the County of
Wasliiu-tion.
ffJWc copy the following Iro n the Bos
ton Transcript, as n specimen of the way in
which the 11 jii-political papers speak of Ihe mes
sage. President Timor's .Message. This document
seems to have pleased everybo ly save tho-e pol
iticians, who are fearlul t'1.11 till the popularity,
tintii iiu aumiuisir.iiu 11 may gain, will lie -abstracted
Irom iheir capnal. and ill onerate as n
hindrance tu their schemes ot opposition ' to the
bitter end."' t more truly patriotic, sensible.
anu unexceptionable messige never eiuauatcd
lio 11 u I'resnlenl ot ihe United States. There
is not.1 sentence or a sj liable 111 it, breathiu-r a
partizm spirit, or conceived in a-iy other ulieri
or lutein Ihan that ul the country's good. Among
Hie propositions with which e are especially
pleated is ihat lor I tie establishment of an A"ri-
ciiluiral bureau. Such an office may be made
pmuuciive 01 incalculable beuelit to the coun
try. The President's views in regard to the con
finemeiit of his tuuciious to - rccoiuiiieudiiitt"
and n it "dittatiug" measures to Congress, a"re
suefi iis must meet the approbaiitin of every con
sislent republican; and bis sentiments luuthluj;
the exercise of the veio power ure sound and or
Ihodox. His cuiicltdiug re.uuiks, so eloquenilv
exjiressive ol aiticliuieiit tu the Union and a re
solve to uphold it, will, ne trust, hnd a iespnse
in every American heart.
Fdr.msiii.no Gouus. We venture to say that
our readers, ou visiting Oak Hall, Boston, will
be higtly pleased with U13 rich display of' Fur
nishing Goods, that there meet the eye, and still
belter with their luw pr.c.i.
(P.? If the truck and dicker organs are to be
believed, it was exceedingly cruel in the Whig
long team to refuse to draw their enemies into
office: we therefore pspectfully submit that the
Democratic Convention by hfiy majority" is
guilty of a refinement in cruelty hitherto unpir
alleled: it refused to draw even those very ar
dent friends, who had a'pired to be its lords and
misters. The Patriot will sing " Old Mortality"
antus. The Freeman is a little hoarse about
these days.
A'.abamn. The legislature of Alabama has
unanimously adopted reso'utior.s for a Southern
Convention, and the withdrawal of her delega
tion from Congress, in case the Wilinot proiiso
is adopted. This reminds us of the terrific ef
fect which has followed the withdrawal of cer
tain Vermont " brethren" ofthe Alabamians from
the jail enmmissioncrships. According to the
" juufe. "ry oc mourns
l J ... ...f.
irive uceu exicuiieu uuuui uvu menus aim inree
quarters by broad grins.
Greeley it McElralh have published
their very valuable Whig Almanac for Ig.lO.
" Psyrhnlnny : or the science ofthe Soul, con
sidered physiologically and philosophically, with
an npppii lix, containing-ntes of mesmeric and
psychical experience. By Joseph Hadduck, 31
D" Such is the title of an English pimphlet,
I ....I.I : Vn... V.l.- k.. I,' 1 9.
- ' :..,-.
I Ndl .ws.. .mucr CMVLrst DrlCf! el-t.
U i eisoos uaviug ii cs oi uie vvatcnman,
it book-s belonging to the editor, are requested to
return them.
Wic Intention Mr II. G. Page of Putney
has a very .beautiful working mode! of a fire en
gine, at the Union House; and a model pirlor
stove, irAtVA regulates itself, by one of the simp
lest app'ications of scientific principles, may be
seen at the Pavilion. They arc both worth see
in ff.
.1 .'eu Fchnol Free SniUr. Cf all th antics
ppipetrateil hv so enl'pil Ktre S illism, f'O.n the
rejection of General T-tvlor herausr; he wns'nt
Win - enttntth. nlon thmunh th" eonstrut lion of
the Boffilo Plntl-.rm, and th adopt jen nf Maitin
Van Bti-eii the great Ann Shvery lender,
down to the Truck ami Dirker movements of 'he
"cut citppatsn, ami t tli r.rpsent innmenL th"
stra wrest sltulit i.t'haii I tr.rlc of all Hnstheimiu.
. f '"oti'n ot Willim, J. Brown into a nw lotht
I ree ."-niter ami an nerpptah'p t '' Soil canci
th'e for the Spm-kership o"i!io U S Housp of
Itepre-ientitiips Tlie cautin.j senhlilers of the
piilv t"ll us that to v- te for Robert C. Winthno
f..r Speaker, was to L'ive a pro slavery vo'p, and
t v.ie to stille Ipois'atton on th great measures
.fFrec.lt1.11. Ind-eil' And hv what rulps of
h.eic or rntninnn -ensp was a vote for Brown a
"Ptunne F'ep Soil vote ? .et uj see who Willi
i 10 J Brown is. tint Free Soil pitiers should in
sult the intpllijenfe mil di-corn n?nt nt New
Fuji m ! frpprnpn. hv jnsiilving a v t for such a
rrpamre, and iigmili7.i'g the supjurt of 1 man
itke Winthrop. vhoui all are proud lo honor, as a
pro -lnv-prv vete.
Mr. Brown has been a niPinbcr nf Congress,
anil Ins et.ii ir there is open m ihe exauiination
all. What was it on those measures which
Free Soiiers profess to consi ler paramount?
lien- is a sunll spenmen. which the Albany Jour
nnl sun s up to our hands.
I. lit voted to lay the table certain rpso
lotions of tho Ala-sachtisi tts Lt gislaiuie, pro
tes'iint nnaius the annexation of Texas.
0. lie vntetl to !.iy on Ihe ttble a fftilinn
prese'iied bv Washitt-tnti Hunt to have iht: Or
dinanre n 'r7 applied 10 all the territories west of
tbf Mi--s-ippt.
ii ... . : . .1 ,- i .1 11
clitisitis resolutions in reiaiioii to Slave Repre
sentation. I. lie voted to lav nn the lablo Mr. Adams'
resolution to rescind ihe mlmus gag rule
5. He voted aeHtti-t a subsnjuunt proposition
to rescind 11 it ruV.
Ii. I It. made futptpr.t motions tn lay on the
table the question ol the reception nt anll-st.ive-ry
pet I' 10 us.
7. He votpii ngiinst .Mr. Il ile's proposition to
s--iiro Freedom to line lull" of the territory of
Texas.
t. He declared, in a -p"rcl' in fiavnr of the
am ex'tluin of Trxa, that he would sustain the
n--tiluiioii of Slavery to the farthest .xient."'
1) I Ie voted against Air. Winturon's pr ejosi-
I1011 to embody the Orduiince of 17?" in the hill
slabltshing a territorial govcrmueiit for Ore rou. I
aliiioogli all Ins c. lleagees and nearly every
other Nordiern Uepre-entative, of all pirttes,
voicil with Air. Wit.throp.
10 While holding the place of Second A-is.
taut P.wt Ala-ter Gen-'ril. he turned out of office
every man he cnuld reach who favored the Fr-o
Soil organization, or who he-it.ni-d 111 his sup
port tif 1 a-- lor tlip Presidency.
He did other tliinrs, by ilia score. Poualiv in-
tlicaiive of of his pro slavery in-tincts ; and as
ih- active manager ol tne Cass Locotoc.i C0111
o.itti p, iluring the Pre-iileutial Campiign, was
pro'iahli more obcoxi us than any o'her man 111
ihe country. No one, who navs anv coiisidcr
itile utti irion to public alfu-s, could be ignorant
ol his sentiments, h's political career, or his
eh irat ter. No Repr. sentanve, certainly, is ex
t u-a!ie tor a want of knowledge of tl.o man.
I'no National Kri, the lending I-'roe Snl Jour
nil nt the country, trti.ta'cs ihat he was incoui
pe.eni, " mall respicts, plusicatlj), mentally, mor
t..tor tlie chair ol the Sp-jakeVslnp." v ul
our iiilor.,ainn in reiaiiou in ihe public cireer
am! th-clnracter of Air. Biiiwn," says the Lie,
"anil with ourvtews of the altitude he held to
wards ihe slavehohling members of Congr- fis, rre
trnittd nut hare opened tiny correspondence tri h
J, uh in.Miiii.il i.t a.n v i"r.n(ii:s 11 k Mionr
JivKK o Titr. sLiijicr or Si.avfkv. His cs
'CT hid been marked by entire devotion to
slave holding interests, and we believed him con
senting that the South shpuld su-tain linn on ihe
sliengtli ol lite record of Ins acts and speeches on
tlie Slavery Question." Silent Register.
" Oregon Mn. Thurston.'' Being present
in the l.epresenlativt ' Hall nn the first diy nf
the sissiuu of Congress, we were a wutiecs
ot tho ttiisutton prod'.icetr, and a sharer ot the
singular emotions excited, when the clerk, in
calling the roll ot members, hy State and Tern
lories, uttered the words, '-Oregon AlrThurs
loii,' (the name of the delegaie.) and the answer
was proinutly given "Here." Ves, Oregon has
inueed come! That tar oil' region, which scarce
ly a dozen years ago, s-emcJ almost like an ap
pendage ot another pi met, answered ' here," by
us representative, in the city ot Washington!
It was ihe mighty Atlantic calling 111 a thunder
ing lone tu the rquslly mighty Pacific, "I greet
vou to-day;" and tbe l.ttier responding 111 the
roar of its surges, "I reciprocate your greeting."
liiotighl could but be bn-y with ihe past, as
well ns with the present and future. It rantjed
rapidiy from the rock ul'l'ljin.uih to the Fall",, I
W aliauiviieu from December HMO, to Dtceui
:"iiibtT Iti-l'J, lid coming down to the asscui
tlage in the Hall as to a focal point, it thero
fuuiid tangible and living evidences that the
y.tu tg giant of ihe West already stands with a
1 jot on either ocean! lt'ilinin!?tonjY.Curolina)
Chronicle.
KJJict of Railroads on the .Market. Whether
ihe ladroads leading into New Vork have had a
tendency to cheapen produce 111 the city, we
cannot tuy; but certain 11 is, they havo greatly
enhanced the price at the farmer's door. We
ere struck with this at Biiighaiuptoii, the other
day. The price ol Poultry has more than doub
led. Butler is within two cents of the weekly
average in New Vork. Venison used to be a
co.iiiiioii ilisli upon ihe tables uf the quiet villa
geis uf that once inland town ; but now they
cannot ufford 10 pay ihe lvo shillings a pound
that the city epicure will pay in New Voik.where
11 can be seut in iho morning. nd s-rved nn i..P
upper tbe same day. sitr. Jlgricull.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Mr. Cobb's Speech on Inking the Speaker's
I hnr. Gentlemen ol Hie IIourp ot Represen
tatives: It would be ti-elcss lo disguise the fact
tint I feel deeply embarrassed in taking this
Chair under the circumstances attending my
elerlton. I mn conscious of tho difficulties by
which this position is surrounded at this time.
The peculiar ori'anizitinn of this hotly is exhib
tied in our prryecdinps since we first met. The
nature and character of the various important
and exciting questions of public policy which
will cngiec our attention during the present ses
sion of Congress, conspire lo render the duties
of ilus office peculiarly cinbarras-ing, onerous
and res'iousible. I may be permitted, therefore,
lo a-fc, in advance, your generous aid and sup
pint in the effort I shall make, firmly, faithfully
and impartially to discharge its duties. The
country has been looking'with anxiety to our ef
fort to effect an organization, and thepeoplp will
continue 10 rpgard with interest every step we
take in our legislative course. Our duties will
he laborious our re-pon-ihilities great.
Let us, then, :n vieWof these considerations,
invoke, in the discharge of these duties, a patri
otism as broad as the Union, anil as comprehen
sive as the nature and character of her various
interests and institutions. Guttled by this spir
it, und.'r the Olessing ut Heaven, out action will
result in the continued prosperity of our com
mon couniry. Accept, irentleinen, my grateful
acknowledgment for the honor you have confer
red on me, in electing ine'asyntir presiding offi
cer during the prest nt Congress.
Further ulracts-rom the Debate oj Thursday,
Dec. 7.
Mr Rockwell addres-eil ihe Ilou-e. He said
Mr. Sjeaker. the honorable gentleman Ironi
ilhi", Mr. 'iidilng-, in Ins remarks lo Ihe
II......O .i.is mnrnintr. said, lhar tlie Committee on
the 1 enitories, appointed by my honorable coi-leagu-
Mr. Wlnihrnp,at the last session ot Ihe
lasi Congress, refused to report bills lor the or
ganizi ton of territorial governments containing
the prov isions of the ordinance of 177, or, as lip
calls it, the Wilmot Proviso, until Ihey were 111-
suucied to do so hv a vole ot the House. When
he made that state eut, I rose nud inquired of
linn it tie meant to state Hint as a fact to the
Hou-e and Ihe countrv. In replv, the gentle
man said he would alter his phra-eology, and
would say that that Committee neglected to re
port those bills coin. lining that inat'er, until they
were instructed to do si by the House. He then
appealed to ".lie record, and sinl, with an air ol
triumph, thai he did and would stand upon that
record, that that committee nog-cited that dutv
ontil they -vere instructed tu pe.lorm It by ill-
liouse; evidently impeding In convey the idea
that ihat Couuni'.iee neglt cled their duty in this
regard tor so long a per.od ot lime, that the
House was obliged in 111-truci them to do wlut
ihe inajority ol that committee would not other-
K' have done. viz. to report bills l..r territuritl
governinenis in New Mexico and Cililbfnia.coii
taininz the restrictions on the -nbjecl of tlomvs.
'lc slaveiy, winch were a pail of Ihc ordinance of
1 7.-7.
Sir. this representation on the part of the gen
t'em in fro.n Ohio tourhes not mere! v tbe con
duct and lo'icy of my cd.e3goe, the Speaker of
(hut House, but also, the character ami fidelity
ot the tueoihers composing Ihe majority ol thil
ctiioo utei- their fidelity In principles well known
to have been eutcitainetl hy th , and to their
consi no. nts. For this rtasou I tepiy tuihit rep
lesPitiaiion, as unfounded and unjust S r, I ap
fC'ltti the record for proof undeniable of the
11 c .rrcctne-s and injustice of til- -la'eiuenis and
11 s nu ni'ins. Here it is, sir, the Journal of the
asi session of tne last C-mgre-s. By this record
I apjj-ars ihat at tl.t last sssioti of Congress,
w Incii C Hiimenced on the 4 ll day of 1) co ober,
he standing commitiees were anuoi.ited 00
1 our-tlav, the ili of December the Co.nmtl
lee on tlie Territories a nong the rest. The
Ihmse adjourned from that day un'il .Monday ihe
I lib. On Wednesday, the llidi day ol Deceni-b-
r, the resolution in-lrnciit'g the coauiiiitee wa
atlopied. iisi 1 the motion of my li iunrablc friend
troui Ohio, (Mr. Rooi.) But thrcd legts.attve
days had eiap-ed between the pioiutment id
ii it co uniiiiec and the passage ot thalrtsdu
11011. The period 111 the session was soeariy.and
the tl i.c bad been so short, that the committees
reiierallv had not been called iuueiner by their
respt c'lve chairmen, i'ew subjects had been
referred to the committees, and I believe no sub
j.'Ci hat! been relerred to this cii iumttee, excep
me. which was a re-o'ution p.t enid by no fi-in-
irante gentleinin from 1 iwa, liislruciing that
com ntt'e lo intptire ititn the exji-vdiency of so
t.ivitliiig tip territory of Upper California, as to
.rgnmz" and extent a distinct leiruori il govern
ment over tint portion of -an! Territory which
includes 'he white settlements 111 the vicinity ol
Salt Like.
Sir, the Comuiitlep nn the Territories consi-ted
of nine members. The Journal s'luws 1l1.1t five
of th -e tune members voted tor this resolution.
Here ar" their votes: rt-idtng Ipun Ihe Journal:
Xttiiian Kvins Daniel Gott, Julius R.ckwel!,
Caleb B. Smell, and Ja.oes Tiit'inpson. That
portion of the Pre-lilont's Messige relittng !
Ihe Terrilones had not ln:n referred to th;
1 ouiiuiltee. Tins resolution was the first matter
relating to the general su'ijeet wntch was refer
red to ihet.i. The Jour .at shoas that ou the
twentieth dav of Deoe ober, this co uuiittco re-
ported the bill to espibli-li Ihe leirimriil govern
merit tif Uppe; Ciltforni 1 ; anl on the third d ly
of Jaiiu iry the hill to est.itiiish ihe territory ol
New Mexico. B ith these bills contained those
icr - tv isious of the ordin inee tif 177, forever pro.
ni'tiling slavery 111 tnose I ernto :es. ivow, sir,
I -u'jinit to the Ilou-e, tin I to the geiiileuiiu Irom
Out 1, Mr. Guiding-. ni nselt, it it is just, lair
r candid, lor him to -tale, or insinuate, th it tlie
Coiumillee 011 the Territories neglected to rt '
port terntori il bills containing Ihe provisions of
the ordinance of I7c7 so lung tint it became ne-
cessiry to instruct mom to do s.i Sir, that coui
uitttce were guiliy of no such neglrct us the
gentle. 0.111 h ts charged upon tlie. 11. They de
layed nut at all. The majorily of that co nmit
tee reported tho-e bills, and a!was faithfully
sttjip irted ilicin, as you, Mr. Speiker well know,
In you was a member of ttiat Coinuiutee, though
decidedly opposed lo Ihe ina'oriiy upon the-e
points. Tne bills were repined just as soon at
ier the appoiutiiie.it uf tho committee as the
questions of the boundaries of these 'I'erntones
could be properly investiga.ed by the commit
tee.
Mr. Slienck, expressed ihe reluctance with
which he took any pari in this extraordinary de
bate; but he telt as a norihern man ami an Ohio
man, thai he could nut longer reuiiiu without at
least undertaking 111 a few words to define his
own p.,.itiuu. 111 relation to Certain matters, what
ever other gentlemen might think proper to do.
He had been accustomed to hear the North lec
turedthe North told to stand up and tace the
music," the North spoken to by certain gentle
men, who undertook to be the peculiar champi
ons of freedom ou this tl iur. He should pass all
that by, if these gentle. urn confined Ibeui-clves
lo mere general lectures ; but they i nt lurther,
as his colleague had dtme Ibis morning, and came
before this lluusc utnle. taking to misrepresent
the position ot other gentle. 11011, including him
sell', (Air. S ;) he felt that he wus called upon to
repel every such m'srepti sentaiiuu made lo Ihe
country. His colleague, belore any Interroga
tory had been put lo him, hid volunteered the
declaration that to the northern Whigs of this
House it was peculiarly owing ihitthe present
speaker a southern gentleiiHii no occupied
the chair. He had said that if Ike Whig party
had put up a candidate known to be in tavor of
tlie v iluiot proviso, ne could have been elected
111 an hour; and thereupon h-r (Air. S) thinking
his colleague's possittuii untenable, hid asked
htm why, il he was in favor of any northern
man who was a Wilmot proviso man, he had hui
taken ihe northern man presented, who hid al
ways sustained the Wilinot proviso, but had con
tributed by his course to Ihe elt-ctiou of u south
ern speaker ? The gentleman had replied, that
he did not recognize the candidate ot the Whnr
party as Lemg in tavor of jhe Wilmot proviso!
And how did he pruve it? Did ho refer to Ihe
tact Ihat Mr. Wmthrup formerly moved in this
House to incorpora'e that provision ot tho ordi
nance of '67 into the Oregon bill ? Had his
colleague referred lo the fact that Air. Wmthrup
had voled for that very proposition, when il was
hrst christened the W ilmul proviso? Had he
.elerred to tho votes of ihat gentleman, and to
his past cuurse 111 this Hall? Nut so. His col
league had left years ol Jejjistaiiou, or continu
ous consistent conduct, on the part of the gen
tleman from Majjjucliiiselts, out of view, and ru-
ferred o the organization of the committees
this House at the last Congress, in such a man
ner, his colleague had contended, as to uptioiu
the traffic in si ives in this District.
Mr. Gid 'in?s (Mr. Shenckyieldingicxphined
ihat his objection io the gentle nan from .Massa
chusetts for Speaker, was, that afier the present
Hxecutive of the United States was nouumted,
that gentleman Mr. Winthn.p had declared his
opinion at a Whig meeting in Massachusclte.nid
had moved to lay on Ihe table ihe proposition of
a gentleman from Cambridge, w Inch pledged the
Wh'g party against the support ol any man who
was opposed to the Wilmot proviso. His objec
tion to the gentleman arose also from the tact
ihat he hid gniu; for Texas, in a public toast at
Funeuil Hi.ll, Boston, 111 July, Iit-13, before Tex
:w was annexed. His objection to that gentle
inm were also lounded upon the acts of his
whole public life, and pirlicularly upon whit had
been said ill Whig caucus upon llio Saturday
evening previous to the commencement of the
present session, when the gentleman'.-, colleague
had said, that it was no part of tho Whig policy
to adopt Ihe Wilmot provi-o.
Mr. Ashmun. To uliu.ii docs the gentleman
refer ?
Mr. Giddings. To vou.
Mr. Ashmun. I did nut use nny such lan
gutge. Mr Gu'dinis. The public hive seen the I in
guage. It was, I believe, that neither the Whig
p.ily of M.is-acbu-eits, nor the people of .Mas
sachusetts made the WlUnot proviso a lest.
Ilis objections (Air. G. columned) had arisen
from the.-e ami tlie other demotistritious which
the gentleman from Massachusetts nod his
fiiends Ind made in stisljining for President a
man wlnse education, interests and issoctatlous,
led htm to oppo-c 1 In" Wilmot proviso.
.Mr. Schenck (resuming,) with a remark upon
the mgrcssi in which Ins colleague hid imw
made Imui Ihe course of lemark 111 which he
W as eilgogr-d, ..J m wutj vt ajsl. -f- t" Alt'.
W mihrnp fur seeming to undertake his defence,
wbii r would be dune so much more nbly by him-
selt, hrn flv' nuticed and replied to some ot the
pii ts just stated by Ins colleague. With rel"
erence to what his colleague had s ml concerning
the course 01 the geiitltimn fro 11 M issichusetts.
1:1 lug caucus, they had the testimony ol t"i
gentlemen lro.it Massictiiisetts on ilie niher
hand, contradicting Ihat charge of his colleague
and there be left the gentle i.au, with two it-ues-es
agiinst him.
Then as to the charge of his c"IIeigue ihat
the geulleiniii from AlassacIl J-etts hid support
ed the annex itmnol Texas: from the beginning
tu t fit- end, 111 every form, 111 ihe twenty-eighth
Congress, ( hen the incisure was pissed) Hie
gentleman fro. 11 .Massachusetts hid been loom!
voting ami acting against ihe annex ition. Not
-0 w ith the geulleiniii trout Iodl ma. ( tlr.Bro.v n
lor who 11 his Colleague hid Voted. 1 he votes ot
Itiai gniletiteii were diametrically nuposed lo
tuitsetii ihe genileuiiii troui Alassachtisetis, and
were with the cupporters of aunexattuu.
He iroceedeil 10 notice the charge of his col
league ba.-ed upon the composition of the com
mittees ot the last Congress, winch, after all, he
( Ur. S.) .-ant, seemed to be the gre.it charge ot
his emit ague against the ge tle.iiaii fro 11 .Mas
sachusetts. Ot the nine members of that co 11
miitee at the first ses-tut) of tne last Congress,
live w ere tio 11 the tree, anl four tr.t 11 tlie save
Stales, and the .-am . proportion was continued
at the st-coinl scssiou of that Cuiigre-s Air.
Blown of Mt.sissippi bt-tng app lined 111 me
p.nce of Air. AlcUtiWill of Virginia, and Air.
Gaines of Kentucky, 111 ho plac-j of Air. Si n. ol
S nun Cir.ilina ; and ilicr mat c i.inge h id t.ken
p ace the bill Had been r, pur ed to pu' an end to
the -live trade 111 tue Ul ritt of Cnlti.nbia.
Air. G.ddmg
igs-D-t-s'lv
coiloag
mem to
', s y thtl lint com totlee refuted a bill to
prohibit tins sale and tramter ot hu.iiiu bemgs
wiiiuii ihe I)i-tilcl of Columbia?
.Mr. Sctieuck read tne title ot the bill, being
a bi'l "to prohibit tin introduction o'' slav-fs 1..
to the llisirttt of Colu.u'iil ftr .oercliiudtse,s.ie
or hire." It might be (he said) that the odl
del nut entirely prohioii the site of slives
here; 111 olier words, 1 h it it Ol 1 not abolish sla
very 111 this District, (tor the one would be equiv
alent lo lite other.) 11 bad bee 1 well snu, Ii .w
ever, bv tlie gentleui-iii lro.11 Al i-sictiuset's, ttui
it did more in to h-d evei been pro,tO-ed by any
ioti in mi liouse bettire. lt was- kuqaa bv its
line as a nn 10 anoikii inn slave l.a.l in tin
l)i-iricl. It was so uud?isto.t J at t'.o '.line ; and
tvh t'ever tue e:ent ot its provisions, it accom
plished more thu It id ever been propised hi
my com ititiee of gentlemen from the North and
South. lie reterretl to lite records, showing Hut
Air. 11 tratson hid mme-1 to lay ti.e sin! bi.l 00
the table, wlucti moiioo was rejected by 1 17 nays
10 4 - v e 1-, uit.i 10 11 uio tnj intuits; were tne
n ones ol S'.x members of thts com oittee. vvfule
the names of but is. wero 111 favor of the mo
nnii, (-fie member not voting.)
!!- pittceeded lo argue thil ihe course of Mr.
VVit.t'ir tp, 111 the 4o tipsnsitii.it of ihe cm imtecs
dur.ug the last 'J-'iigres-, could 11 it hive been
ihi-r true reason tortlieojijTisiti.iuot his colleague
to thil gentleman, because CIS ..olliugne lint ta
ken ihe same ground at Ihc commencement of
die la-t Congress. There must be smne oilier
reason tor the gentleman's course. Tnai reason
h.(Mr. S ) conceived l-i be the pecul.ar orgmi
zitiou of his cnileagUb's in.ttd, and Ills peculnr
mode ot rta-omng, 111 which, with all due del-
nee to In- colleague, he must be a'lowed
iv 1 te y 10 tiilf-r who li.tn. t'he geiuteuiin ctred
not whit might he the past course of a 111 i'i; he
caied not lor a life ot consistency-a life illus
trating Ihc particular views h euiertained inre
gaid 10 great political questions. All these went
for ii-aog.it wiih hint, and he preferred pledges
made 10 order on the eveof an election toetiect
the purp ises of tne occ ision. He ( lit. S ) ttio't
ddfeieiiily. He caicl'iery little, he cared 11.1t
i at all, fur pledges bv winch somebody was to be
cm a ed. but he uid care lor a lite in irked up
on Hie records ol the country, w uh iutsu;li temptation-lo
iiitlueuco him as were in ide o-e ol to
proctiic p.edes from a CdtdiUdle 011 tha eve of
election.
Ho did not rest merely uponapriVn'rea-oning
in whit he had said w-tii reteicucc to Lis col
league's KisiiMn. He hopeJ to be excused tor
referring to tacts which had recently laken place
liverj body recollected how a certain bill to pot
a man in the Chur, or to make himself Sp -aker,
had been read a first and second limp, and tin illy
been lost upon us passage. Kverybody recollec
ted the agreement which had taken place be
tween two pirtics in tins Hall, and Ihe po-ittou
of their candid 1(6. He begged the gt.-nlle.il in
Iron Indiana, (Air. Brown,) to excuse hi in for
this reference, because it became neces-ary to
answer his colleague. Tne gentleman I'rooi In
diaim stod opoti ihe records lor some two or
three Congresses, voting directly opp isitc 10 tho
gentleman from Alassacuusetls (Air. Wiuthn.-u)
on some of these questions. Tlie trt-n It-man
(Mr. Brown) hatl been lo-the annexation ol 1'ex-
us; tor slitting debate; tor laying 011 tlie table
mid sm.tiheriiig resolutions ii.qiiinng into the
proprt. ty of abolishing slavery 111 lhe"Di-trict of
Columbia, and exiemiing the ordnance ot ITrt?
over all the territories of the United Slates.
1 liese were the gentleman's votes, and Iu4s.1i.
league (Mr. Gutdings) knew it; jet he hid cho
sen to vote lor tne gentleman lr.1,11 Indiina upon
a pttd;e Irom ihat gentleman, vauipcu up for tne
occasion, co.ilradtcti.ig the tenor of Im wboe
previous course. He (Mr. S.) had not ,n,icli
faith III these death-bed repentances. He hid
not much faith in .hese sudden conversions, and
least oi all had lie faun 10 ihem when ihuy seem
ed to nave been made under Ihe siron", impul
sive iniluence of a reward just uheadthu was
to be give.i mease pledges wero made on the
other side.
He repeated that ho was tired of hcarin r cer
tain gentlemen assume to themselves to lecture
Hie W nig ,,aity. r,1Bru m,ilt b(J a0 ne (jn
ety 111 11, ii1By had nut enutely sepaiaied Irom
the 1 any ; but, ti ,vig dona so, he mu,i proiest
aga,,i ,ie rignt ot gentlemen, 11. a pharisaical
spirit, to preaei. purity and good conduct to all
he rest ot the world, assuming to be ch.impiou-s
o. all thai was right, and putting CVt.ry ,
else in ,l,e wroug. This requiring ot Jlrd
showed lliu there were me,, al each end of The
Union who would 1101 votu for candidates who
rt lused to give pledges of a seciio.ul character
-who would not vol.. lor a noithern man be
cause fie wasu norihern man, ,nd l,o would not
vole lor a southern man because he was a soaih
crn man. What did this meaii ? If be took llio
position that bo would not vote fur a man be.
cause he was a southern man, and another "en
ileiuau would not vola for a man because !iewas
a nurtimrn man, what did it amount to? It was
of I disunion. Thev micht cover it as th-y plei.e,
it was disunion. - It might perhaps he defined
as but Ihe first step towards dl-uninn; but it was
istepfrorn which the cons. quel ce follow e() in
evitably as fate. One section the North nr ilra
Souih must have the majority. Di-franelns
all upon the other side, and the Union cnuld r.nt
hold together a dav - it ought not to hold lo-'eiu.
er a day. TI.e Whig parly ami some ot" in
Democrats, diflered Irom his colleague jn tj
respect. They believed that ttis iini..n ,
stilted fro'it a compromise belwpen ihe s ave &i
ihe Iree States. They entertained peculiar 1 c.il
section il views, winch education, habit, as-oca.'
IIIMI. Il-lll .tt-..l 1.-.-UII .' I . !' IICH J., J g
question of slavery. lie was 111 favor or tdeor.
ditiance of 1787. lie had a Iwa vs. vned
the gentleui 111 Irom Ma-sachnsetis (Mr. Win.
ilirop) 111 favor ot it ; yet he did not feet .,
011 this account he roust stand here and clti,u 0
distrauchi-e every man living in the slaves Si
because he ditreretl with hloi on tint
ttonal que.-t inn. lit had voted the oiut tittr 3
put ot the ti ne lor Norihern men, and a pait'if
the lime for S-outheru men. He had hn n ,.
ling to vote for any 111 in whom lie bel.eied r., h.
acon-erv.itive and u true Whig, itur, tanm-r to
elect such a in 111, and tin ling that, at b.t,h Vr.
Ire nes of tlie Union, there were men who tvo,, 1
stand out impractical. ly ' to the bitter end" .
less the who. e ma -s uf the House cor.sen ed t
iheir peculiar views, he was one ol tlm,,. n
had very reluciiintly consented to the piura,,;,
"i stem, as tlie only mode of nr.atnzu". n
House. He hoped lie did Ills Ctllca ml-n . "
justice when he said he knew Ihe nbsii JCy ,
tus cliaiacier, at.u that iiu Impression Cmui bn
made upon Itltn
Air. Uiddmgs, (in his spat.) ou are riIit.
Mr. Scherck (coiilimiing) snd, ihe fennein-in
then admitted that unless the House of ItVpre
seuta'.ives came to linn, tlie House could n.,I hu
organ zd ; but that he would prefer, in ihe I n,.
iuaire ot the gei.t'e.nan froto Geor ua IVt.
Too obs.) "-liiat disorJcr should rei-rior, ,e ti
rather tuan that the liouse should be or an 7.H
111 any other ground III in tint wh cli he t-
He (Air. S) did wit leel thus. B-Ii. ving it ;o
be entirely constitution il. aitlmugli in otii. rc;-.
cu .ist inct-s, ot doubitul expediency, he had vo.
ted tor the plurality rule. lie had not kmn
however, as his colleague ban intimated, la tt tne
e ectlon of the pre-enl Speaker would tie
result. Hehiil known ill it the orgin zatun of
he liou-e would be etli cicd by it. He tiaii i..,t
known bul that, when the issue came ttemeea
me present Si.esker and thu Nortber i VVinj
who ha I not givun p edgi-s butwho wis ka inn
to be right and suo.id iipuu alt these qi estt us.
who, upon the record, hail ciiiertam- d tne vies
generally ei.ie.t une.l 111 re.-ard lo ih-se sx u.i.
. I and luci! questions ov the me.ubers ot tim
two great lea-ting pirlies ot the ctm-.trv at : i
N artu lie had not Known but hat wi.eu ;h- is
sue was presented betw. e 1 these two gent..' aen
souicot Ins collen gue's asjociiites at lea-t ur- Ii'
oe induced to take the g-iitieuun fro 11 Al. ssi-
ciuisetts as j ciioich nt evils, it be migat te . -l.ed
the expre-skin. But he hid futid Uh:
tie was nil-r.ken. '1 best' geullemeu had he j
nit to the end, iteteitntned tint the Ihtm-'s.u J
remain ill a state of disorganization, unle-s e
iteat mass ot the House cuaie to their nuDracti-
cable vievvd.
Tuttr.sPAT, Jan. 21.
Mr. Atcht's nn intra luced IIm ies .iutiiMisnl :n-
Legislature of ihe Sjie ot .Missouri on the sU
jeel of slavery, and insirii ling tneir Semio s ti
vote against ihe ailopiion ot the Wilmot Proviso
principle, winch were lead.
Air li-mton -aid, tins is the proper ti ue for me
to siv whai I be't,fve to be .he tact, thit tl, e
Res iluMons tin not represent tht seu'i .e n's of
te people ut-.Mi-s.mri. They are a law-a nd a '
ml a utiiiui-lovmg p-ople, niA hive no id-a of
entering into a cuuibtnati.in to resist or inn ei-
date the legislation n: Cotigr. ss. Tne Generil
Assembly has mist.men the senlime its ot tue
Siate 111 adopuj.g these Il-suttiuoii-; and oimy
iiieuibers wn voted lor tne 11, and tne Govern .r
who signed them, has siucu dis ivowed a d rj 1-
tlnted them. I do not intend to discuss ttitse
Re-oliitions at this tune. T.11 11 di-cu io 1 1 i j
pirt ot my prest-iitobject. I spea ofint p'ed,'8
h ch Ihev c.intiin, an I call 11 a mist ike, an 1 -av
ihat wh never tiny be the wishes or opinions ,if
the people t.t Ali-souri, on the suhj-ei ,if" x:m--1011
o--anv cry to Itie t'erritti tea. ihev h.ve 10
idea of resisting any act of C iiitrrt ss .".n ie ,0.
J"CL l'liey abide the law when 11 co i.es. be it
what it wn u ,t ,ay, subject tu he decision ol th-j
ballot box am! the Jud.oiarv.
Alr.AtCiiHons.lld,as l.ot.ut'ertinn h-i,l h.n .-..'o
to the pnn log ot the resal.u.on, ,e tud but one
word to say, which wja ,eielv lo evoress ih-
umitiii ihii Ilie petiule ofilie. iiat .,f t,n..r.
when the lime arrives, wii nrVB , M'nk.,,
Itut every sentiment 111 this resolution iv,ll be
usmineu oy idem.
A mutlo i was made that when ihe Sen-tf-
jouriutbe to Alondiy next.
.ur. 1 netpj expie-sed the tinn. ths; tl,c:.,.,
would meet li in.irr.iw. for ihe ,.. . r I
up in thcspecnl order-ih r. s.,i..,; "
lion 10 the fxp-iisesot collecting the revenue It
was exceedingly desirable and n.-....
s ne immediate action on ihe subject should be
hatl.
Tha motion lo adjourn over wis withdrawn,
rr,, ,, , . Fsiotr. Jan. 4.
1 113 House after sun.ljy important resolutions,
fjourned over until .Mori.lt v.
In the Senate, the resoln 'ion of Air. Ciss re-
P'Cttng non-iiitercur.-e witn Ausirin. n.,.
Hesatd 111 supp irtuf it, ihat Trie-tt; was the oni
ly port in Au -tru, and ihat a consul there it.., .1,1
be quite sufficient f'rall necessarv ousine-s be
tween Americi anil Austria. The course of
Austria, with regard 10 the Hungarians, was a-
trociou. lie congratulated thecouirry on the
co operation of Mr. Webster, in symi'athiziii r
nh Hungarv, -uid so icited also ihe suonort of
Air. Coy. siytug Ilie latter Semtor had atlvtiea-
ted non-1 nturci torse with Luropean monarchs.
He gave a history of the Hunpririan war n.1
said thtt ihe a tai kson Ilungiry hau been inido
111 violitluii of the law of nations, an I mm .sr
the spirit of the age. and were 111 ir-ied by wan
ton and c.uel bloodshed. Austria, was unwor
thy of intercourse with us. He opposed the
ppointment of Air. James Watson Webb as
minister to thai court. Air. Seward delended
Air. Webb.
Air. Foote of Mississinni. .nt-n-l.-...! Ms s..-.
ard 111 a lengthy speech, alter which the consid
eration of tlie resolution of Mr. Ca-is was p j -poned
until Aloud ty. The Sen 10 then went
into executive session, and afterwards adiourued
over until .Monday.
Mo.ndat, Jan. 7.
In the Senalr, l!r Clav Drm tfiitixi ,. iMittion
urging Cougiess to ihuihiim itn. Hi.t. ...... f. it
ot L bt ria.
.Mr Davis of M iss.. nresented nnieernns neti-
Itons to -.bohsli (1 iggmg in thu nav,.
Mr II..Ie replud tu the speech ot Air Cass, on
t ie Ausiri 111 einba.-y.
In the Untie, the balloting for Clerk was re
sumed. On tlie first billot, Forney had IU",
Campbell Ul, scatteriier y.
Locofoco Love Jor Irish nen L icoto3oi.-m.
when 11 wauls ..t -, makes nili soundiog jre
leuslonsol kvc for Inslimcn, but seldom tuls
10 instill Irish nen, whenever it rait T .e
vote in tho Senate on Thursdiy la-t is signifi
cant. A motion was niide that Father .Maoiew
be allowed uie punlege of a seat wuiuii tho bit
ot the Semite, during Ins snjuu.ii m the Ale ro.J
olis. The benevolent old man h is warn, ad.t.ir
ers in all classes. Uveii those who gain thtir
livelihood by ihe sale of ardent spirit--, pay hom
age to the genius o tue pious philanthropist.
11 was tum:y p,,t t Vllte and carried by ne.-ly
two to one; S.J Senalois voting tor it and 13 -gainst
H. Toose who voted against ihe old
mail, wc give another chance for .imuiuilamy in
our columns noting tneir politics.
.Messrs. .iUhtsnn, Bidder. Berrien, Holland,
Uutter, Cnlhuaii, Climens, D iris ot .Mississippi,
Dawson, FoAe, Hunter. Mison, .Morton, I'earce,
tiuik, ScLisUin, Tiirney, l'ulee Id.
Thus uut oi 1:10 Id ua tiled tu insult this
benevolent cj osue in a strange, laud 13 are i.o
colocos. Tribune.
From Texas. Dates from Galveston are to tbo
-17tli. Bom houses ut me legislature were dis
cussing um Siota i'o qucsttun.
dT'Tho Waterbury and Hydepark Planlc
Road Sioclc has been taken 10 the amount of be
tween S70OJ and H3u(H.MounUiiuter.
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