The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-16

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providing for giving ths notice the honorable gentems
IRON Massachusstts voted for IT, the honoTabis gent
man from Virginia voted against III but when i was ineo
poraed and had become part of the bill on the hnaI pa
sage Of the bill where did the gentleman from yirgin
the gentleman from MasSac hasetts right wrong that
new the track he would neither go behind nor prors nm
but he bolted, and did not vote at all"
| How do the facts stand in this particular (aske
Mr.. J.) The journal of this House showed that
southern man. a gentleman from Mississippi, Nj
Il Hammett when the bill for the establishment OF
l Territorial government Oregon was before tn
House at the last session Of Congress, offered al
amendment 10 incorporate into that bill provision
for giving the notice TO Great Britain for the terml
nation of the joint occupancy Of the Oregon terri
tory. That amendment was adopted by the yea
and nays The gentleman from Virginia MI
| BAYLYl was in his seat and voted upon the amend
ment; and upon the passage Of the bill, which fol
lowed Immediately after, the House was called, an,
| the gentleman does not cote! MIR. ADAMS was In hi
| place, and voted against the bill. Mr.. BAYLr wa
against the bill, too but determined TO follow
in the lead Of Mr.. ADAMS, and as ADAMS comes be
fore BAYLI thoughit reasonable 10 infer thai he hat
boled. But If am mistaken in this, | will not b.
tenacious about tie word bolt, but will soften i
down by saying the gentleman came up MISSING
when his name was called upon the passage of ih'
bill
Mr.. J. thought that he might conclude tbis-p
iioa Of his explanation with the Introduction Of Mr.
BAYLY's-that is, by saying that Mr. BArLY's ex
panation $50 far as II refers to my speech, is It's
sue Of Misrepresentation from beg inning 10 end unn
territorial, he supposed"
The gentleman says he vii mot stop to inquir,
into the dsieacy Of member from Tennessee, which
has not voted for republican President since 1892
undertaking TO lecture ViTginians about democracy
who has never voted for any other" Upon thi;
point Mr. J. had one or two words to say. Mr.
BAYLY had here fallen into another error Tennes-
| haIN.
republican than MIR. Van Buren,. II is true, in thai
dark night of 1910, amid the drunken revelry, bac
chanaan song-singing, coons, hard cider, and al
that kind OF thing, Tennessee did wander from the
republican fold. She went OF in the great excite.
ment as many of TIE republican States did. In 1914
the State was nomnally carried against US; but the
election close the moral force Of il was with
the democracy. But now, thank God, shr had re-
turned 10 the republican family Of States where, he
trusted, and most sincerely hoped, she would re.
main sieadfast in all time TO come. IL is true, Ten
nessee has recorded her electoral vote twice since
she came into the Union a Stnte-vr: in 1910 and
l844-for federal candidates for the presidency
The Old Dominion, God bless her, has stood firm
and resisted every temptation, through veal and
through wo, and has given her support to the de.
mocracy throughout her whole existence as a soye.
reign State.
But at this point Mr.. J. begged leave to draw
some distinction between what the Old Dominion
king, and what some Of her sons had done. And, il
il would not be question Of too much "dsReacy,'
he would like to know whom Mr.. BAYLY supported
for the presidency while the Old Dominion had
been so consistent and uniform in her support Of
republican presidents. II he, (Mr. J.,) had been
correctly informed, Mr. BArLr and Tennessee were
in the same category, both uniting in the support Of
Gen. Harrison, the federal candidate for the presi
dency He presumed it suited the gentleman much
better to brag about the consistency Of Virginia, in
the support Of republican presidents, th9n on his
own consistency. The difference between Mr.
BAYLY and himself is this, if he correctly in.
formed. In 1910 he (Mr. j. went with the Old
Dominion in support of the republican candidate fol-
the presidency, while Mr.. BAYLY united with Ten
in the support Of the federal candidate for the
presidency; and, from present indications, he was
preparing for another somerset.
Mr.. J. said he thought from the peculiar sensi-
tveness manifested on Saturday last, and again to.
day. that the assumed Achilles OF the Virginia dele.
CATION had been caught by the unguarded heel; his
mother, when immersing him in the Stygian winters,
should have been more careful, and have rendered
the whole man invulnerable. He intended TO lei
gentlemen know that when they involved them
selves in dilemma of this sort they could not play
the cuttle-fsh with him, and, while the water was
beclouded, elude his grasp. He intended to stick
their inconsistency close to them as the poisoned
shirt Of Nessus, and they might frown, twist, and
menace as much as they pleased
MT y. salu, III alluulDR 10 the venerable mempe1
from Massachusetts, tMr. ADAMS he wished il
distinctly understood that he was not so vain OF
prcsumptuous to suppose MIR. ADAMS needed the
aid Of his puny arm to defend him against any sup
posed or real inconsistency upon this question. l,
would be like the minnow coming to the relief of the
great leviathan. Mr.. ADAMS needed RIO such feeble
aid. He than competent to defend himself r
all matters OF this sort; and Mr.. J. thought, from
recent developments in this House, that some gen
demen ought to have been convinced Of this fact
before this time. However, he said he knew, as
Economically speaking, that there were some bodies
opaque, and shone by borrowed light. He knew
there some ambitious Of distinction to bt
always willing to take opposite position for thu
purpose of making themselves conspicuous. III,
said he had read too, of the fool who set fire to the
Ephesian dome, and in reading Of the destruction o.
that splendid edifce, we were compelled to read o.
the fool that applied the torch Mr.. BAYLr will moi
make personal application of this illustration t.
himself
After Mr.. JOHNSON concluded
Mr.. BAYLy rose, and made some further re
marks.
Mr.. JOHNSON again called upon Mr.. BAYLY tc
point out single fact in which he had misrepre
scented him. Now, in conclusion, before the Hous,
and the whole country, in substance, he repeated
and reafirmed what he had said on Saturday last
The House then passed on to other business.