The North-Carolina standard., 1847-02-17
'THE STANDARD,
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wednesday. February II, IsA7
CORRESPONDENCE of the standard.
WASHINGTON Cry, Feb. .12, 1884,

| -federalist-only think of hl-was, on Sat
urdav morning last, sworn in as representa-
! tive from Arkansas. This comes OF DIVISIONS
among our friends, who ran three candidates; the
first being beaten twenty-three votes, the second
one hundred, and the third hundred and fifty,
bv Newton the 7arG avis. The democrats OF
The State deserve to be thus represented by teder-
aIist as punishment for their foolish divisions
We had lust such scene on Saturday morning
in the House as never before witnessed. Went
worth rose to make speech against the eol'or OF
| the Union. and was booted down sans ceremo1ae
For twenty minutes he braved the opinion OF his
| fellow members with unexampled pertlnacIty, but
| had finally to give way to the noises MADE 10
drown his voice His attempt was "out OF ORDER,
| which gave the House-wcll inclined 10 orano
| him with it's contempt-a fair excuse to DO so, as
he essayed 10 break the rules with set purpose.
After getting through with the debate upon the
admission of the Arkansas member, IN which, by
the by, Mr. Dobbin participated in an able thougn
short speech the House devoted its attention 10
private business for the balance Of the day ReVer
DIV Johnson of MARYLAND occupied the attention of
the Senate on Saturday in speech against Inc
three million bill, from which gathered inc I'm
preston that Berrien's proposition Tor tne WIN
drawal Of our army was brougnt iorwaIo III ooeI
dence 10 the dctation ofa secret federal Senatorial
caucus, We had more of Wentworth" on Mon
day morning, in the shape of resolution miro
duced by Douglass of Illinois, for the expulsion
of the reporter for the Union, as punishment Tor
a verbatim report Of the scene of Saturday, IN
which w. was hooted down by the House Doug
lass, NOBLE generous fellow, who probably was
only moved to come to the rescue of his colleague
from sheer pity, based this resolution on the as
sumption that the report in question was gross
Justification Of the record, perpetrated with view
TO bring the moral force OF the House to crush
his colleague Kennedy of Indiana, replied TO
him, maintaining that instead of doing injustice TO
Wentworth the report suppressed many OF the
contemptuous expressions applied 10 choke him
down, and that he indlsposed TO see The moral
force of the House applied to sustain one who
deserved such treatment at the hands oil the House,
as to find the House willing to screen its own dis
orderly and supplementary proceedings by a
vote 10 censure a reporter who dared present its
conduct to the world in its naked deformity. At
length the resolution of Douglass was modified
so asto order the appointment OF select committee
to investigate into the truth of the allegation that
the report was false. Bayy of Virginia, alter
wards moved that in addition to the duty of ex-
aiming into this report the reports of other papers
should be scrutinized by the committee, and also
that they should make enquiries whether any
member had been guilty Of .pilfering letter envel-
opes and wrapping paper. This last item wns
pointed at Wentworth, who has earned SIN
gular reputation here. AS the charge was too
u,ir fuitr, however, the motion lost The
three million bill was next taken up and was de-
bated by G. J. Ingersol WiImot of Pennsylvania
(who then again offered his provso of the last
session, as an amendment the billy Strong of
New York, and Chapman Of Michigan This
was the real, formal opening of the debate on the
question of excluding slavery from the territory
which may hereafter be acquired by the United
States-embraced in The Wilmot proviso. Will
mot himself, alone maintained the propriety of
such an enactment. in speech Of much less force
than was expected from him. He avoided the
constitutional question altogether, upon which, by
the by, the whole issue must turn, and which pre-
senis barrier to the wishes of fanatics and those
who would use them for President-making pur-
poses, SO long as the union exists according to the
provisions of the constitution Ingersol, ,!Strong,
and Chapman, were all agains! the enactment of
the proviso, though all from the North. On that
day, (Monday,) Morehead of Kentucky, delivered
weak speech in the Senate, against the three
million bill. He went over the ground first
travelled by Berren, and afterwards by Reverdy
Johnson, without giving birth 10 a solitary new
view connected with the question The Senate
afterwards took up the report of the committee OF
conference on the army bill, and disagreed to 1t,
on the ground that it was unconstitutional 10 per-
NIT the Executive to appoint the company othcers
OF The contemplated ten regiments in the recess OF
the Senate. This is shallow humbugy be-
eve sixteen acts have been passed according sucn
powers 10 the Chief Magistrate since the adoption
of the federal constitution The truth is, malt
dozen democratic Senators voted with the wings
on this question, believe because they were AFRAID
the Executive would not appoint as many OF their
creatures MS they might choose to dictate lhey
hope by combining TO vote against the nominations
of all Others the Executive may be forced to send
in the names of such as they name to him. Alter s
spending so much time at so important a period,
in the consideration of this army bill, to reject it a
thus upon frivolous and untenable excuse, is but t
another strong evidence of the reckless desperation
with which hacknied politicians in the Senate r
scheme for ulteror purposes. " f
On Tuesday, we had great speech from Mr. g
1t was as able an argument Ia defence b
Of his position upon the war question: as he has il
ever before delivered in his long career. He goes
or a defensive war-wishes to have the troops n
1rawn this side of line commencing at the mouth
Of the Rio Grande running up that river to the a
pass Del Norte, and from thence in direct line s
o the head of the Gulf of California, leaving us Il
New Mexico and Upper California as an indemni- b
v and payment for old scores. He does not say d
hat he will vote IN favor of the permanent acqui O
,tion of that territory. His course that ques- e
ion is to be determined by the votes of the North Fl
n the House of Representatives This take it, O
means if majority of the House vote to inhibit d
he institutions of the South from California and r
New Mexico, he will throw himself against all t,
errtorial acquisitions He thinks few regiments c
will suffice TO keep possession of the country east
If the line, which can be paid and supported by v
luties collected at the Mexican posts thus held. v
On that day, Tuesday, we had chapter fifth of ii
in the House. Douglass again h
brought forward his proposition for the instant ex-