Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-17

10 The Presidents letters and speeches as ia back
as 1873 But minute or 30 before his hour
was NJ, Mr. Seldom interrupted him with the
question, whether the President had abandoned
The party platform in bis late cfrr Of a compro-
mise on the i9h parallel The Chairmans
hammer fe! ere Mr.. D. could reply 10 The query
and the floor was awarded 10 the Wing member
fIom Delaware, who, at Mr. Douglass request,
al once gave way that he might answer Had
there moi been a hope that The expected reply
"onM lead 10 elimination and recfinlination be-
tween onf political friends. me. personal but POI
l'licai,l the Delaware man would have seen The
member from Illinois Further" as The say:ns IS,
before dividing minute Of his hour with him.
Bu 50 Il WIS, he gladly gave Up as much OF
the hour as Mr.. ID. chose 10 occupy. The latter
Immediately sci or 10 show that when he present
Executive came into office, he i0nnd PROTOCOLS in
existence which demanded at his hands an offer
by way ofcompromise. Tocarsy aut he implied
faith Of the nation, he :l!en did blt his dnty in
rendering an adjustment; OF the controversy on The
lorty-ninh parallel OF moth aiiucc. II he had
made The offer with his n9nis ioose, Mr. Douglass
would have been reads 10 ,.en,uDce him as hsv-
Ing essayed 10 sacrifice Tic rights ana honor OF
his country, &c. the gentleman further wen' on
10 say, at ifPfesitsEt Polk should consent 70 a
compromise, BY which aEy ne!'ion o! The territory
in dispute shoa'd he ceedfd 10 England, now al
Ter lie had formally whirawn the proposition
and re-a.sened The rieEl otlhe Uoired States ~
to f'tyt tour toiiy he @o;;li sill do his share Of
denunciaiion. This, you will perceive, is sort
oil second edition Ct Nj. Hannegah's laIe hypo-
lhe,cal dcnuncialion in the Senate; ard though
in much milder terms, can see no difference in
the spirit oil The efforts. Mr. d., in conclusion
trusted that MIR Seddon was satisfied with his ex-
PLANTATION The latter then wished 10 put another
question, hutlhe member from Delaware objected
10 permitting any more OF his hour 10 BE occupied
by the parties hless.s. Seldom and T. II. Bayly
both tried for the floor al The conclusion OF the
speech OF Mr.. Douglass; so we may expec,
speech from one or both of these gentlemen TO-
morrow.
Before The debate opcned ior the day. Mr.. Cor
don, OF New York, ncl having the rar % Nc.
Conrclls late personal explanation" before mis-
ewes, rose 10 personal mater" which. under
the rules takes precedence oyer every thing else;
and 50 he went on 10 explain how, and in what
manner the press had mangcd and misrepresen,-
ed his speech, made a day or TWO since, on The
bill then before The House Much 10 The amuse-
men' OF every body in the Hall. he produced four
different newspapers, each oi which conla ned
different version OF his remarks, and al 81 which
he declared grossly Inaccurate in many (to hm)
important and interesting particulars. II seems
Tie reporters misunderstood the point Of his reie
rencre 10 The Oregon question, vale nominaliy
speakn. 10 The river aud harbor bills. Alter
aolorous complaint against reporters il general,
and those vino reported for the four olendine
newspapers in particular, The honorable gentle
man notified The House ard The pubic, that bis
sentimenS upon the OIcron GueS,or-as large
as lie and twice a; na'ural-wcre 10 found ..
fnl length il the Appendix 10 The Congressional
Globe. Mr.. Gordon's quandary afforded deal
Of merrmeni 10 the Hcusc, AMI the hes, part q
the Joke w2s that he himself partock oil j; ~ith as
hearty eles as any enc present.
The Chairman OF the Committee on Military
Affairs gaze notice today that he would soon
move for the consideration 0i the various bills re-
ported, providing Tor the deieEoe Of The country,
&c. So The fifteen hundred gentlemen who have
applied TO Re made officers in ,ietuo or three new
regiments talked Of, u az begin 10 send along an
other avalanche Of rccn;nnenda!oTy papers, by
wa: o. reminding The Secretary 81 War thai they
ars sill anxious 10 serve their country. I'm in.
cired TO think that Congses, viii hardly make Tie
expected appropriation inr an American steam
mail linz het%cen New York Civ al! Eufnpe tie
estimate Tor wh;ch has lately teeG transmitted "a
tho House by tie Postmaster General. I 9 pro-
lcci, he II remembered, wGs not his, hui his pre-
decessors; and he has ONLY GATED tor bids &c IN
ohedienct 10 an order % congress, u oOain Tan
gitle information, on which they are TO determine
whether or not 10 establish the mail route. The
Court for this county decided today that Mr..
Heiss Of the Union had done jnst fifty dollars
worth Of cowhid;ns last Summer, in The scrape
that took place in his office, and 50 mule! him in
IA fire TO tina, amount, which settles the affair.
We are 70 have The ilnous Circus oil WEIGH
and Mann IN tbs city next week, with Lew
North as their sIa: ans. i, IS supposed shorty
aier that MIR. Hove, now performing in BALI
more with the !amcas Madame Macar;e, as The
bright particular, icM also pay Us visit
MACON.