Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1848-08-21

uupDGitF OF lOCOlOCOlsHl. MUCH lcilidlitS
to be added. The Cass and Butler press
designed!y omits all reference to another
vote of MIR. Fillmore, in reference to the
resolutions of Giddings, Before the lat
ter withdrew his resolutions, another
question came. before the House, to wit
"ShaIl the main question be now putt"
Mr.. Fillmore, with a majority of the
House, voted NO, thereby refusing to en-
terrain the main question, which was.
"that the House do agree to the resolu-
tons" (See journal House Of Repre-
sentatIves, I'd session 9th Congress. pa
ges 567-S-9 and 37O.)
1t is true that MIR. Fillmore voted against
the preamble and resolutions offered hy
Mr.. Weller. His object was to treat
Giddings with whitening contempt, as a
brainless, crazy fanatic, not to elevate him
into consequence by ar appearance OF
persecution. He wished to see the reso-
~lutions kicked out of the House, as the eff
fusion of a madmen and besotted bigot.
MIR. Fillmore voted againstall proceedings
on the subject, deeming it as much be-
meath the dignity of the House to discuss
Mr.. G~iddings' insane folly, as it would
have been gravely to debate a proposition
to dissolve the Union, Or to change the
form of our government. That these were
the motives which Influenced Willard Fill
more is evinced by a fact carefully kept
from view by his detractors viz: that MIR.
Fillmore did everything in his power to
deny to Giddinss an opportunity of maxi
ing a speech in his W defence, for hav-
ing presented the obnoxious resolutions.
An extract from the journals will safi-
GENTLY sustain this fact, and make still
more manifest the gross and glazing in
Justice of the Locofoco press.
Extract from the journal House of Repre-
sentatiyes, I'd session 9Th Congress.
? March 22d, 1912, pages 573.
"Pending the motion of MIR. Weller,
for the previous question, Mr.. Giddings
inquired of the chair whether the effect of
that question, if sustained, would be to
exclude him from giving his reasons why
the resolution should not pass.
"Tlle speaker decided that, if MIR. Gid
dines desired to be heard in his defence,
and claimed ii as a matter of privilege, he
would not entertain the previous question
at this time, as it would cut him off from
his right of defence.
"Mr. Gidlings then moved that the
further consideration of this subject be
postponed Until Thursday week next, to
the end that he might prepare his de-
fence. z.
"Debatc arising OF this motion, Mr.
Fillmore submitted that debate was not IN
order, and that the motion for the pre-
vious question (by Mr.. Weller) should be
now entertained by the Speaker.
"The Speaker then decided that in his
Judgment the matter before the House
was a question of privilege; and that on a
question involving the privilege Of men,
Der of the House, the previous question
could not be applied; and consequently,
that the motion for "postponement was
open for debate.
"From this decision Mr.. Fillmore took
appeal to the House, and after debate,
"Thc previous question on the appeal
was moved by Mr.. Hopkins, and was de-
manded and put, viz: @Shall the main
question be now put" And passed in the
affirmative.
On the next day the question was put,
viz. "Shall the decision of the chair
stand at the judgment of the House." and
il was determined in the negative: Yeas
Ga, nays llS.
So that Dr.. FiLmore's views were
maintained by the House, and Dir. Gid
dings was thereby refused Tie privilege Of
speaking IN defence Of his, odious tsolu-
tons. y.
And now, wings and democrats, We
have laid bare to you the dlsreputable
Juggling of that party which seeks to re-
tain power Ivy fraud and falsehood.-
Beaten a, all points; safled and foiled in
every effort to deceive the people, and to
traiuce the fair fame of Taylor and Fill
more, it has no other esourca than to per-
sist in the desperate game in which it is
engaged. Its flimsy pretences have been
torn away; its calumnies have been nail