The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-06


end OF pleasant dream, if possible, before break.
fast, for the fourth OF July has ended long ago.
THiRTIETH CONGRESS-.
FIRST SESSION.
Senate.
WAsHINoroS, July 8, 1S4S.
THE ADJOURNMENT OF coNcREss-rHE wrLMoT PRO.
rso-THE OPINIONS OF GENERAL cAss VS.. GENERAL
The resolutions from the House. proposing the clos
ing OF this present session of Congress the 18th
this month, together with the various notifications
"osea IN the Senate, coming up for consideration,
Mr MANcuM took the floor, and after some prepara-
tory observations. resumed his examination COM
nenced rtnight ago. of the principles of Gen Cass
In reply to the campaign speech of Gen. Foote in
position of tho absence of any platform of the whig
party and iDquiring into the doctrines of Gen Tay-
or the no party candidate of the wing party for the
Presidency MIR Mangum, in his reply to Gen. Foote,
assumed,
First, That Gen. Cass in laying down his platform
fcr the campaign of 1S4s, evades avoids not
come to the only and real issue before
ana that ne leaves the people wholly the dark this
Ma. MAsoum in calculating this assump ton showed
that on the two million bill in AS, and the three
million bin in 467, Gen Cas- clearly in favor of
the Wimot proviso; and that although he declares
bis subst quent position in his letter Mr. Nicholson
that Congress has power the question
~ in the territories Of the United States Cas-
has not changed bis opinion Besides by the position
assumed of Congress having no power over slavery n
the territories any act passed by the territories
subject coming Congress for approval of
by Congress be vetoed by Gen Cass if he should
De The President because he will not admit that \y01-
gress has any jurisdiction over the question There.
icre, under this doctrine of Gen. Cas- of
territory of the United States the subject of
~ must become a nudity because Congress having no
jurisdiction in the cannot act confirm any
Of territory the subject Without such conirma-
t1on, such act is unconstitutional and void. Whe-
ther, therefore, the debased people Of New Mexico,
blacks and mongresthe most degraded Of all the
graded population of the republic of Mexcoshal pass
a law aboishng or excluding slavery, Gen. Cass, if
President will be compelled veto the act under the
M itv IN lppis lafa
upon the subject, pro o con-
MIR. HANNEoAN-Csu Gen. Cass take other course
than TO veto the Wilmot proviso if that should be
adopted by a territory?
MIR. MANGUM-Whatever course the territory may
be way or the other-whether it be for the admis
sion or the exclusion of savery-Gen Cass, from his
declaration that Congress has jurisdiction the
subject. must veto the bill.
MIR. HANnEoAs-Does the Senator from North Caro-
lima object to the fact that Gen Cass will under that
construction be compelled to veto the Wmot proyjso
Mr>MANGUM-Oh ! that is another question My
present object in showing up this democratic platform,
Is to show that upon this most important question
Gen Cass is nowhere. The South is under the delu-
sion that he has committed himself to them No such
thing Upon that one great questionable only ques-
ton upon which the country is dvided-he is not
mited at all Such is the platform Of the Baltimore
Convention while our opponents charge us as having
MIR HANHEeAN-Oh yes; tell us something about
the whig platform.
Mr.. MASevM-Yes; but have something to say upon
yours. first
Mr. Foo1E-I have the newspaper to which referred
the other day. Will the Senator allow me (The
newspaper that to which MIR Foote referred hav
ing the speech Of president Moorehead at the Phade
phia Convention, in which Mr.. Morehead is repre-
sented saying, that the wings must emblazon upon
their banners this" to the victors belong the spois y
Mr.. MASGUM-By and bye and the Senator frat
proceeded to show that in several of its the
platform Of the Baltimore convention was based upon
mere generalites, to which no man could dissent
With some conversation, by the way with Mr.. Foote
chiefly a. to the question whether Mr. Fillmore was or
not the originator of the tariff Of AZ and whether
O ex
ploded measure, Mr. Mangum defended the act with
much earnestncss as having saved the country from
bankruptcy referring, also to the democratic flags in
Pennfylvania in 1874, Of Polk Dallas and the tariff
Of AZ Is evidence in its support.
TWO FACED PAMPHLET.
Mr. MANcuM produced two copies of n pamphlet, pur-
porting 20 be q life Of General Cass.
MIR. FooTE-Where does it come from
Mr. MAScuM-( Reading from the pamphleD-From
80 cents per hundred copies Ola haD
Mr. FooTE--Is the Senator satisfied It is not wing
forgery?
Mr. MAycuM-I presume the Globe office will not
deny it's types. One Of these pamphlets differs from
the other only In the last page, and the distinction
here would warrant the suspicion that the edition
intended for the North and the other for the South
and have marked them accordingly, the one North,
and the other South The last page Of the edition for
the South contains an extract from the Nicholson
letter Of General Cass denying the power Of Congress
over the question of slavery in the territories.
Mr. HANNEGAN-Read that over again.
MIR. MANeUM-Yes sir (snd MIR. NJ read from the
other pamphlet extract from the last page in lieu Of
the Nicholson letter. which substitute gives account
Of the eloquent speech Of General Cas at sympathy
meeting in behalf Of France at the Odd Fellows Hail.
in Washington) Now, that will suit admirably for the
Northern market-much better than the Nicholson let
ter.
Mr.. FooTg-Do the two pamphlets conflict
Mr.. MArcUM-Oh no; they do not confct-one
takes straight cut to the barn, and the other by
shoot TO tho woods. Ola ha y The Northern pam
pbet in lieu of the Nicholson letter has apology for
the vote Of General Cass against the proviso 1t is
said he gave 1t because the provso would defeat the
three million BILL and shackle the vigorous prosecution
Of the war.
Mr. HArSgoAS denied the possibility of General Cas-
giving countenance to any such two faced proceeding
Mr.. MArern-Mr President, Mr. Prcsidcnt-I-
MIR HANsEoAr said he was authorized to say that
the Congressional (Cass) Docume ntary Committee de-
MED any agency In the production of these PAM
plets.
Mr.. MAScvM contended that these pamphIets were
genuine productions Of the Globe Office and would bear
examination.
Mr.. HArsKoAs- who marked them respeetively
North snd South?
MIR. MAsouM explained that he had marked them
under the suppositon of their respective
Mr.. FooTE explained that one Of the editions was
printed after the French meeting and that hence the
reference in that edition to Gen Casss speech that
occasion. The other was printed before hence the
space occupied with other matter.
MIR. BRiGBT suggested that the Senator give way for
the Oregon bill.
MIR. MArouM declined and prosecuted his examine
tion Of the democrsto platform aud those democr
pamphlets and said the different complexion Of these
two pamphlets looked very much like a deliberate and
pernioious fraud upon the country The senator from
North Carolina then passed into eulogy Of the Ame
ricen Union declaring his belief Of the utter impotency
OF tho Wmot proviso TO shake the confederation,
mented By the blood Of our fathers To accomplish