Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-11
'THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, VA.
Sa;araoy Morning, January 8. 1913.
THE SPEAKER CT TIE HOUSE w NE
REPRESENTATIVES AGAIN.

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REPRESENTATIVES AGAIN.
few days ago, The Richmohd wing !" .''n
..or,;,o ,oo, an article OF the Charleston Mef
nnrr disanprorins he withdrawal ct AF' Ho'me
g,om The House OF Representatives, penang ~
election OF Speaker, By which nc c0n''' t,a..
III. Success OF Mr. "inlhTo9, spoke as 'V''oNs
at has been said, indeed-sna 'ne i''" unch
| r.o,i,er Cnar,ul esvie Jeh1iso"i'", ~; - n.
b,,a Republican, and perhaps ".".a ", h-;,,n -,
- v:,.;pia. have not hesIa'eu 10 Vi 'pE "
! feIs III .'S''' .oaiDs, hini- that on Nj
~. ',e. ;" ,nn;nn that veiy ProViso was 'nser
~ '.''..o f Cocoon =; e, fi,ora BILL winch, iaS WIN
u" ~ Wv u,.si.e the House OF Representatives
~ a a., ,he non action OF The Senate. lndeed :
| 1U. yarveI that any ScntkeTn Locoloco paPe
Har,,J reyiye a Renaissance, in regard 10 "nc
~, one of them, so lar as we Rno~' mas cseI nr'
' w. ndor or The courage 10 te IT'S ieaoeis ",
mini, trulb-as not one oil them, We '."e Nv
will ever do. They are prompt enough ~ ~ =,
claim that Mr. Winthrop proposed 'l',S to n,oe,
The Oregon bill; hui they dare i"' n', %rOrSSC
,ban TWENTY SOUTHERN L 6S :Tt U
| REPRESENTA- Elves, SONr so0 r., n'.,,
| From VIRGINIA, VOTE r-" ,.,,, rus,,
~ rurM ~ Is siIRE"D Oily stsPEcTEp
v.v,.c ruep,sEIy wITHoRawN, tas MI t1o'"'e
,oi,hd,a.y -, IN. e,cc ion OF SPEAKER IN "Hpt'
| ,,,.,-,r reov,so y r WHICH THEY WE'RE Nut b ID
80. ran r, v.rs MOTT PAS BY TuEiH Refusal
60. 80, p, THEIR NAMES Now we TesPect
49,, al, ,bn.e SUI hem Journals lnat denounc'
NJ Win,h:oo Tor proposing that prov'So, Why
nv have kept so prof 'und silence " r,"tv'
) ,,ihe coui s, pursued ~ nearly fir 30 =
| ERN I.OCOFOCO REF RESEN ia ~ Go
nnr hall in VOTING FOR IL. ana ice 9'hel
halt il REFUSING 70 FO Al hLl;' ~ !;
order that It's adoption might pr >ecu,Sus i. :.
was so 'pecularly objeciionao'c" IN Sonim.s sH
w mo n offer Thai prUvisO how mucn more 81
was !, in nearly ffy SOUTHERN LocoFoc"s lose
cnrs he adonlion by their VOC 10 us favor, OF oy
:,,n;r ennarv effective siience2 Tne Charleston
A.arcrrv in ICED. denounced these SonhcTn 10
toto,o u:,lmss fo,oviso men a, the t:mr out 10
her Southern Administration paper echoeo us
sn,,bens II,ir. il; needs no ghos; from The grave
10 TELL"
The Italics, the Small and Large Capitals are
the Wings own.
etrbe time this article first appeared, We were
very much surpriz.d at lis statements, oa' we mao
m, the meaus Of Information ready al band which
wonid enable rs to correct them. We now pre-
cord 10 that task. And wha, viii The country
think when We inform them that The statements
nj Inc Wing are tissue OF Misrepresentation
from beginning 10 end2 The occasion 10 "hi'h
we referred, upon which Mr. Winthrop moVeo
the Wino, Proviso, (as il is mi~ca''ed,) was no'
lac, winter. as The Wing sIaIcs, hut as onf a'I''
Gle showed on the Is Z! February, 1919; ana so
far from its heinc une that ou that occasion
"TwENrY SOUTHERN LocoE, CO REPRESENTATIVES,,
SOME OF TEEN FIR :, VIRGINIA, v.rhD r 1T, he
fac, Is that NOT ONE Solitary DEMOCRATIC MEM
BeR FROM the SOUTH DID 50 VOTE iHcit were
oDv .our representatives from Gaveho'dins
States VINO Yo.ei Tor it, and 'hey all wings.
Those lon! were aless:s. Brsnsle OF Nd, Order,
Tnonpson and While o. Ky. The only North
en- member who voted against the ProTiso was
Charles J. Ioscrsol!, who was rejected BY the
Wings OF line Senate, 4, its last session, as MI
mister lc France, and whose rejection was e1red
in BY Mr.. Ashman, Of Mass as his aae in con-
sequence of "ais uniform subscrviency Ia the
South" as he was pleased 10 term his fidelity 10
The compromises o: he Constitution.
Perhaps The Wbig will say thai i! did 30: al
luda 10 The vote upon the Proviso when it was
by Mir. Winthrop, tui 10 the vote upon
Inc bill, alter the pfcv>o was incorporated in IL.
[, such was he ailusion OF the Wig, il ought 10
nave said so, and, n, tn same linz, have o'd its
readers the ss1,s tn h ted;:e 10 l'a' voc, which
i. seems so apryeh ns!ve ,hc Democrats press w''
mol do. If he Wnis should iaie ihis ground /"
wou!d b. ob9ua>ly a. a:ie--ihousAi 10 e'ca:e
from is Misrepresentation, is language afeaoy
o,,..d woud snow. Tha, language IS very eX-
n,iei,. Ii "They are prnmp' enough 10 Pro-
claim that Mr.. Winthrop proposed This Pfoviso 10
the Oregon bill; but they dare no. add that more
Than ,wcnty Southern Loc,ioco representatives.
some Of them from Virginia, weed 'oT 1t" No"'
he impression which this statement vii! make
anon every oue's mind Is, that hose Sru'"e'h
conservatives voi.d to incorporate The anil
sin vcrv restriction in the bii, wnich is 'hc "ery
reverse of The iac'. !! i very dltIafeni 'hiaP'
as,l na;sons know. a. all verscd in parlia'n6n'a-
~ l,w rs IL. .dior ef the " Zig =, IT, vote ior
an ameD,,G.ecl 10 bill when is IS Pf"noset, anu,
after vung against il, 10 vote .nf me OH ho'"''h
Stardinn he amendment las been adopec. l he
one vote sho KS hat The person giving II considers
thc amendment ghl IL iiseii-ihe o'hef that 'ae
bill contains enough which is desirable TO justly
the yo,e ro outstanding one oijcciorabe provi'
sion. And in This case sppTosi'ion that h.
ern representatives who voted tor the b"', al e.
Mr.. Win.hro;Is amendment was adopted intend
o. 10 SANCTION The Pfoviso, is rrec!nf'd ty iha fact
that as a disii"cI pf"rosi'ion they voed against
it. And, We repeat, i, is not according to pafila-
o4n,ary construction 20 held q membef rsspols!-
BE 70, each pax: II hill consisting Oh m7ay par
,ocau.e he has yo;cd Tor lie Bill as whole
An!lhis is particularly he case when, as Ia Ibis
instance. suuh member rces agains! the otjec-
,;onabe paris when proposed in The toIm oil
amendments.
The votes referred to were ciTca under lhesr
circumstances: The people o. Oregon had Pc
ri,icnec Cuacfcss to eAieud the laws at the United
States over lhem-ihry were living without any
sovernmen eyce1. such as they had informally
constituted for rseves-'he submission 10
which. was rather voluniaIy man otherwise. ]!
vas consiGerc! tr snch members as voicd Tor the
b;;i, that this cond iun 4 things should rot cen.
,iouc, bu! that lie 1r,inn OF the people should be
complied wi h. C:',la is five aud half dc.
r-ecs North Of he =, .s'1ri Compromise line
aad besides, in cons 4neoce CT The inhospiIahle
character OF the Climate, ii was known that
slavery never could exisi there. Il was prohibit.
Ell By he lawsof Na'a:e, much more efiecInally
,ban il could be by lhe laws Of man. Under these
circumstances, the Tiin'arop Proviso 10 Inc Ore.
gon Bill was mere 'bru'aa fa'm,ea," and they
did not choose to vote against The bill because il
contained it. BIZ; this circumstance SO far from
4, exlenua;ing the offensive charactc. Of the con
due, OF those who proposed it, greatly aggravated
j.. And this was The view we took OF il in the
article 10 which the Wing refers. The language
We then used was his
"And yet Southern Wing members Of Con.
gress voe fer gentleman az Speaker, with al
Of his influence as such, who, with mach more
proprie;y than MIR. Wi!mot himself, may he said
L. be the author o! The Proviso which improper.
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