Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-03-03
MESSRs. BLACK AND GIDDINGs.


The House of Representatives spent the
day n The consideration Of the annual appro-
pTation bill for the Indian Department, and
for fulfilling treaty siipulaticns with Indian
tribes, which was passed to a third reading,
and finally disposed of So far as the House
is concerned Tffe debate in Committee
for time assumed personal Character be-
tween Mr.. G;ddings off Ohio, and Mr.. e. J..
Black OF Georgia, and but for the in;erpos-
ton of friends, who by their utmost strength
| held Mr.. Blacks arm, he would have assal-
ed Mr.. GiIdings with heavy ebony cane.
| The circumstances attending this afftir We C
these when all the amendments oifcfe d
% the hill had been disposed Of, Mr. Cd
diags rose to make s)a,e general o5scrva-
tions on the bill itself, and he assumed it 10
be measure which aided and Supported
the institution OF Slavery at the cost OF the
people Of tho free States. He annually
speaks on this bin to the same effect; he
charges that many Of the payments made TO
Indian tribes ar for services rendered in ar
resting runaway negroes and restoring them
10 oiaEc.v, ana occupied the time allotted
| 10 hIna in a speech of great boIdness III its
denunciations of Slavery. Mr.. Black sue
caeded Mr.. Ciddings, and amongst other
things denied that the people of Georgia
viewed Slavery as an evil. He put several
questions Of Mr.. Gddings in the course Of
lis remarks, which Mr.. Gddings refused to
! answer, unless the floor were surrendered
to him without restriction. Nj. Black for a
time refused to yield the floor for any other
purpose th2na simple reply to plain ques-
ton, but ultimately he appeared s;len ly to
acquesoe in Mr.. Giddiugs taking the floor
to reply without restriction, and Mr.. Gid
dings accordingly proceeded with rem ,rks
of much The same character as those with
waicn ais p7c::os speech had BEEN made
up. In these remarks, however, he was n
teuuped by Mr.. Bl ck, who said he had
spoken fifteen minutes wit cut touching
the point for which he had given the floor.
Mr.. Black called upon him 10 say distinct
ly whether he meant to represent the peo-
pie Of Georgia as holding that slavery was
an evil Mr.. Gidd ng's reply was that he
was not Representative Of Georgia MIR.
Black then claimed the floor .hat he might
proceed with his speech Mr.. Giddngs,
however. denied the right Of the gentleman
from Georgia to the floor and stated firm
y that the floor had been yielded to him
absolutely and unrestrictedly, and he should
net yield it till he had occupied his hour
Mr.. Black appealed TO the chairman, Mr..
Vinton who decided that the floor had
been given to Dir. Giddings without condl-
ton. Mr. Hammett apr called from the de-
,,ist pG hai- nd iIar n1,l Ia a IA
ment began to develope itself. A, last
the decision Of The chair was reversed, and
VIZ Black once more resumed his speech,
in the course Of which he said he might DC
in error when he undertook to speak TO,
or Of the ''member" from Ohio. That
"member" complained that he had been
assaied by low, dirty TRADE, and he Mr..
Black did not regret the language he had
used TO that 'individuaP'; he only regretted
that there was occasion or necessity to
speak of him at all on this floor, for il was
impossible COR the best bred man TO speak
to or Of him,or even TO lock at him without
without becoming low and dirty.
| After some other remarks OF the same
character, Mr.. Black adverted TO what he
sty led The marvellous anecdotes which Mr..
Giddings had told on the floor of the House
in his illustrations Of the horrors Of sla.
very. OF one case in particular he spoke,
which Mr.. Giddings vented but few day s
since-it was the case of negro man who
committed suicide rather than be sold into
bondage at u distance from his wife anc
children; his hole story Mr.. Black said
he had discovered 10 To entirely false. He
then spoke Of Mr.. Giddings' moral scnsi
biIiies being on raged by the existence oil
slavery, aud asked him if he had not beer
charged with claiming wagon with which
Torrey, now in the Mary land Peniteniiary
had used for negro stealing. He said Tor
rev was fit advocate and CO. mate for the
member from Ohio ;and they ought 10 be az
sociates now. The member from Ohio, ht
said, had dared to talk of morality, and o
his character, but he would ask him If he
had no, sent a calico irock through thC
, Pos; Office. franked as publ document
The member from Ohio had talked Of g r
) ments dyed in blood, and thus he had beef
= reminded Of this calico garment which wa
: thus stained wilh fraud on the goTeInmen'
Yet while he was guilty Of such an act h,
. dared to talk of Sou, hem moral ty. He hlC
also spoken of negro children, but no homes
! men would desire to have the breed of thu
: member from Ohio around him. Mr. BlacI
, oil I Mr.. Giddngs TO 60 home and ascertain
what his character WAS there; for, bc!Ur
t Col and men he declared that he had M
character here.
NJ. Mcdowell at length ln'erposed am
,kcd the chairmln il this was in order. MIR
: G'd'iI,ngs, who appe 'red to be und S'uroeC
r. oy it, lem irked IN if it was not III order
e. i; was very Interesting. M, Burt of Souil
: Cloino. Mr.. Sldell, and some others, en-
: treated Mr.. Black to pursue this matter n
e further. aud he yelled TO their cntrea,ies
: Mr. GiIdings, however, afterwards claime
\ the right to reply, and he characterized III
: stores about the wagon, the calico frock
g and the vest. as filsehoods Matched in he
i and retailed here. lie spoke with grea
= warmth, and while he proceeded, NJ. Blac
e left his seat on the opposite side Of tn
t House, and approaching Mr.. Giddiags from
+ the outside of tha bar. attempted 10 strikt
z him with heavy ebony cane. Nj. Ham
5 nett, however, seized Mr. Blacks arm, an,
o restrained him. Daring the Struggle be
= tween Mr. BLACK and Mr. Hommaft Nj